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Hmm. I keep getting a soapy smell from this. It is a bit grassy, sweetgrass or something like that. I do get the dryness, but everything keeps getting covered with the soapy smell. oh well

Hmm, well I think this makes it official... I like myrrh. Leather isn't a note that I look for in scents, but it doesn't do anything weird here, so that's good. Sometimes leather smells too masculine for me, but not in this case. This is a very warm scent. It's a slightly spicy body type scent. I probably don't need any more like this, but I just can't send it away. I'll have to make some room for it somewhere.

Yes, definitely grapefruit. The ginger darkens it a teeny bit, but it is still a very light and bright scent. Overall it is very nice, but doesn't last at all on me. oh well, to the swaps.

At first it's just neroli. Then it blends into the other floral notes, but I can't separate them. The vanilla never really showed up on me. It's soft and nice, but I really don't think I'll wear it much at all.

cool, the mint never becomes evil in this. In fact I hardly notice it. This reminds me of trix cereal. It's fruity. I get mostly orange, verbena, and something lemony. It's very sweet and clean and crisp as well. I like it!

woo! I love this. It is very sweet and fruity. The honey and apricot stand out the most to me. mmmm Everything else blends right in. Delish!

The orange is what stands out the most to me. It's like a softer version of Rakshasa, which I like very much. I only notice the lavender a tiny bit at first. It gets warmer and dryer in a bit. Overall I like it, but it fades too fast on me.

This one starts out so pretty. Veil is really a good name for it. It is light, wispy, floral, soft and pretty. It mostly smells like lillies and gardenia on me. It is gorgeous. Unfortunately, as it dries it gets kind of harsh on my skin and all the lightness goes away. oh well.

wow, I guess I like myrrh. It seems every one I try with that as a note, I like. The juniper, oakmoss, myrrh, and patchouli all blend very well together. Nothing jumps out too much. Not sure how much I'll actually wear it, but it is really such a nice blend. It is a little bit foresty, but not overly green. This would probably smell good on a guy too.

I love Macha's artwork on this one. My favorite so far. At first sniff I thougt eucalyptus, but that changed into birch with a bit of the pine. Once it dried it went more floral. It definitely smells cold the entire time. I probably wouldn't have ordered this because of all the florals and I'm not usually a cold scent type of person, but my birthday is this month. And to my delight I like it very much. It does get floral after a bit, but it stays cold. Overall it is beautiful.

Hmm I guess I'm naughty after all. My roommate says that nice is no fun anyway. Yup it's chocolate brownies all right. Rich ones. and Hooray! it doesn't seem to be changing and morphing like some of the other chocolate ones I've tried. Very nice, I mean naughty.

In the vial it's very cool and sparkley. The lavender stands out more when it's wet. Then it gets more floral. After it dries it is mostly jasmine. The jasmine just isn't working on me. oh well.

Thoroughly revisited. This year’s Hearth is warmer, sweeter, and more traditionally comforting. This is the scent of candied chestnuts, buttered, covered in brown sugar and honey, alongside the scent of cedar smoke and soft pine. mmmm This is as good as I expected it to be. It is buttery, sugary goodness. There is a hint of cedar wood in here, but I'm not getting smoke. I'm also not getting any pine from this, which is fine with me. It reminds me a bit of this year's gingerbread poppet, but better.

Yep cheesecake all right. It's cream cheesy with lots of sugar. I smell like I did when I used to be a cake decorator and was up to my elbows in frosting. That's how it starts out anyway... It does that awful thing that milk moon and a few others did, where the cream turns sour on my skin. I was going to try a suggestion to put it on over almond oil, but realized that I was out. So I tried it over some shea butter that I did have. It didn't do the sour thing, but did change a little after a while. I still like it though.

The '05 version is just like graham crackers! I've sniffed the '04 version before and it's more gingery and spicy than this version from what I remember. I think I might like this more if I layered it with Three Witches for more spice. It is still good though. I had this on one wrist and beaver moon on the other and I smelled a lot like lucky charms cereal.

At first it's very woody. A little too woody for me. But then as it dries and fades it softens up a lot. There are some light notes in there that keep the wood from getting too heavy. It's pretty green too. Not sure how much I'd wear this one, but it isn't bad. It just isn't really my style.

Aha! I knew there had to be plumeria in here! It starts out so sweet and fruity floral. It is so pretty and girly. I can't stop smelling my wrist. It fades really fast though. It is still everything that it was, but there is just a faint whisper of it. Never got any pear or rose from it, but it still smells great.

Just wanted to add that I had a little problem with an order that I just noticed and Sara took care of it right away. yay!

Well, lime and I think ginger are supposed to be good for quitting drinking. (Don't know about smoking though) Good luck! I didn't smoke heavily, but when I stopped it was mostly the thought that I was paying these big, evil companies to make me sick and weak that helped me quit.

I couldn't believe that this doesn't have gardenia as a note. In the bottle it smells like a strong, heavy, pungent white floral. On my skin it is GARDENIA. My mom will absolutely love this. I poured half the bottle into some unscented lotion for her. I like it myself. ETA: I forgot to add that she LOVED it! She wants more.

This started out smelling woody and spicy. It's dark and mysterious smelling. Then it got spicier and then it turned into rice. Really weird. It smells exactly like rice on my skin. ugh.

This one starts out smelling like chocolate, wine, cherries, and hard candies. Then on my skin I mostly got wine, cherries, and hard candies. The florals never seemed to come out. Then it went to powder. oh well

mmmm I like this. At first it was cherry and almond. Then it mellowed out and became more ambery. I keep getting nice wafts of amber and musk and pale incense. I'm keeping it.

mmmm This is very orangey. It smells more like orange than orange blossom. I wish this lasted on me. It disappeared in five minutes. Red patchouli must not be as strong as whatever type they usually use. Hmmm I'm trying to think of a way to use this that will last longer on me.

I get mostly orange blossom and patchouli in this. I can't really pick out any ginger once it dries. Hmm it is good, but I can't see myself wearing it much. I do like the blend though. The orange blossom and the patchouli are well balanced.