ltrittipoe

Long before the gods of cinema turned their celluloid eyes to the streets of Los Angeles, Chinigchinix, He Who Enforces the Law, stalked Southern California. With the aid of his eyes – Crow, Mountain Lion, Bear, and Rattlesnake – he watches over the ancient people of California, ensuring that they behave in accordance with correct moral codes. Black copal and white sage with chaparral, beach saltbush, pearly everlasting, fire poppy, and white flowering currant. I can't believe no one has reviewed this yet! I had a wonderful fairy pick me up a bottle from the first Lunacy back at the Lab, which this scent commemorates. Right out of the mailbox...still cold, But this is really lovely! It smells like night time in the desert... Or at least what I imagine night time in the desert would smell like! Dark and dry, there's an herbal astringency but not sharp... I'm not familiar with most of these notes, but I do recognize the white sage. I think that is the astringency that I smell. The black copal contributes a resiny faint sweetness, and overall I just feel like - if I were sitting in the desert, in the middle of the night, watching the stars, no people anywhere, - this is what I would smell. This is one of the few scents that gives me such a clear visual. I know a lot of people see scents, but I rarely do. This is so evocative, I can't help it, though. I wish I were better at reviews, too!

This is just lovely - plum and patchouli with that underlying bitterness of the vetiver, with that soft swirly muskiness. The combination of black plum and musk turn this into a scent very reminiscent (to me, anyway) of Snake Charmer. Less sweet, definitely - but the same feeling. The vetiver starts to fade as this dries down, and I still get black plum and patch predominantly. It's dark and faintly sweet, incensey without being smokey, musky without being dirty, and patchouli of the elegant kind. Snake Charmer without the vanilla/amber.

Try Bayou! (A lazy, warm deep green scent with a thick aquatic undertone: Spanish moss, evergreen and cypress with watery blue-green notes and an eddy of hothouse flowers and swamp blooms.) I can't pick out any specific florals in it, and although it is "aquatic" - it doesn't have that cologne smell that aquatics usually have (on my skin, at least). It smells of summers in the South to me.

This is so pretty in the bottle, sweet but not too sweet, a background of Dorian with a strong carnation/honey in the foreground. On, wet - now the Snake Oil does appear, carnation/Snake Oil, with the honey still strongly there. Very pretty, and sweet without being foody. As it dries down, that sweet honey (it's like the honey from Door, not the skanky kind from O or Womb Furie, which is SO bad on me) comes out more, and I am still getting that floral spice of the carnation, those are the most prominent notes. I think the moss and blackberry leaf are keeping it from turning *too* sweet, there is still a green freshness supporting the carnation. The honey does kind of take over, though - and now I am not getting any Snake Oil or Dorian, sadly. I at have to try layering to amp those notes more. Dry, it's honey with some carnation. I'm not sure about this one....nit might be great for summer, or the honey might just be too much (as it usually is.... Door is the only blend with honey I can wear).

I amp almond, but everything else sounded soooooo perfect that I had to get it anyway. It's a little .... bitter, oddly. I think the almond and suede make it a little bitter, while the tonka and amber are sweetening it up. Bourbon vanilla can sometimes be a little sharper & more herbal on my skin than expected, so I think that is happening as well. It's a very unique scent on me, definitely more than the sum of its notes.

I think that this will age very well - right now it is a little too "perfumey" for me. A sweet, peachy musk, with a little smokiness from the myrrh underneath. Sometimes myrrh goes super powdery and smokey on me - this doesn't seem to be doing that (yet). I think the vetiver is holding it in check a little, although I can't smell vetiver or patch specifically. I know this is kind of vague, and I keep sniffing looking for the other notes, but can't find them. I get sweet peachy red musk.

This is just beautiful - I get soft leather, sweet resins, and a hint of peach. I think this is just gorgeous now and will only get better with age. I don't get much of the oudh at all - just enough to add a faint smokiness and enhance the leather, I think. And even less balsam. The sandalwood comes out a little more on drydown, but still stays soft. Overall, I think that amber, sandalwood, balsam, and oudh are just combining to create a golden resin-y haze, none of them come forth enough for me to absolutely pick out. Leather, resins, peaches. In that order. Beautiful!

Wet, I get florals and sweet incense. As it dries down .... Dryer sheets. Darn ozone!

Beautiful! I really don't know how much of the differences are new vs. aged - but there are subtle differences. The new Mme is fruitier, the currant doesn't stand out but adds a sweet fruitiness. This is a bit sharper & more perfumey than the original - all that aging smoothed out the original so much! And brought out the patch. In this new version, I'm getting red musk, vanilla and wet, juicy fruit - with a hint of patchouli in the background.

This definitely is more a "perfumey" scent than a straight up chocolate scent..... Someone mentioned that there may be lilies in this, and I think that is what I am smelling. Like The Candy Butcher was wearing floral perfume, and then the chocolate/cream scent of her wares. There is something a little "off" smelling on my skin, when I sniff close. It's a gorgeous chocolate/cream with that hint of floral in the waft, from my wrist to my nose at normal distance. I'm not sure when I put my nose to my wrist what it is - if it's the cream (which I usually don't have problems with) or what - but it is... Odd. Kind of dirty/sweet. Hopefully that will age out a little. Eta: after about 30 minutes, the "off" note does fade away quite a bit. It's still there, but has receded. Now I like this much better - dry chocolate and cream with a floral undercurrent.

#50: Wet, this is a clean, almost soapy white floral. I think it's lily of the valley. It smells very Spring-y to me. Pretty! And then, as it dries down.... Anise? Licorice? And still that lily of the valley scent. But on e I pick out the anise, that's all I can smell. I like anise, but only with vanilla.

#49: Wet, this is fruit and... Metal? Strange. It smells red - like red fruit, not any that I can identify though, with a strange metallic scent floating around. The metal starts fading, and a vanilla-ish note comes forward. It takes about 30 minutes for the metal to vanish, by which time I am sort of nauseous. It dries down to a warm, fruity, musky, really pretty scent - but I just don't think I can outlast the metal.

#12 Wet, this smells identical to a freshly mown lawn, wet, juicy grass. Even with a little bit of sharpness from the lawn mower, And then my skin eats it. Gone completely.

#42 Wet, this is delicious - like lemon curd buttercream cupcakes. As it dries down, the lemon vanishes and it morphs into a milk/cream note. It isn't very strong, but it lasts for hours.

#12 This is gorgeous, and so super familiar that it was driving me crazy. Definitely red musk, very distinctive and the oil is dark red. Some sweetness, vanilla? A hint of soft leather? So I went through some of my red musk blends to see if I could figure it out. Anteros. It is softer, sweeter, not as "sharp" - but trying them side by side there is an unmistakable similarity. Especially after drydown. I think there is a touch more vanilla, and I still get a tiny bit of leather in the background - but I think the saffron & bergamot are present.

I received this today, and of course had to test it right out of the mailbox! Definitely beeswax, honey and vanilla are most prominent. This is a light floral honey, not the heavy musky honey which turns so bad on me. This is the honey of Door, or Sweets to the Sweet, with a wildflower note. The beeswax and vanilla add a creaminess, and I get just the tiniest bit of clove, just a faint dryness that I would overlook completely if I didn't know it was there. No cinnamon appears at all. This is lovely and light, pretty and almost floral. I'm glad I took a chance, this will age gorgeously! ETA: (6/29/17): This truly has aged gloriously! The most prominent notes are still the beeswax and vanilla, with a floral honey behind it. Sweet but not-sweet, creamy and waxy and just lovely. It's gotten deeper and richer over time, still clings close to my skin but has a weight to it now. There is still no cinnamon.

This is so delicious smelling! The deepest darkest barely sweet chocolate cake, with chocolate buttercream. I think the stout keeps it from being too sweet, and although it is foody, it is not purely foody on me. Chocolately but I don't have to worry about "Who has cupcakes??" This is sweeter than Boomslang, but has a similar feel to me - like a combination of Boomslang and Bliss. I definitely get the incense vibe, that smokey scent. I am so glad that I was able to get a bottle.

This is amazing stuff - I am not an aquatic lover, aquatics tend to make me a touch nauseous after a while... I have no idea why, but even if they are gorgeous at first, on my skin I get something that isn't necessarily bad, just isn't good. BUT GJR is the exception to that! The gingerbread morphs the aquatic notes into something that isn't quite so watery as just... outdoorsy? Fresh air? I think that is it. Whatever it is, the notes blend into something that is gorgeous and reminds me of .... something else that I can't quite put my finger on. Something from my childhood. Oddly enough, on my left wrist I am getting fresh air and gingerbread. with the gingerbread way in the background, and on my right wrist I am getting predominantly leather and gingerbread.

Wet, this is a gorgeous incensey floral, sweet and resinous. Dry, it turns to nail polish remover. Whatever note does this to me..... It is in Lady Luck Blues as well. Pure acetone.

At least one reviewer got white sandalwood from WRW, and it is a listed note in Stardust. I think the richness of the florals are the most prominent, but white sandalwood can add to the powdery-ness, making it smell more "old fashioned" or soapy to some people. Fallen, Half-Elf, and Kuang Shi are others that mention white sandalwood specifically.

This starts off as a sweet chocolate, with some woodiness underneath, as as it dries, the chocolate recedes somewhat and I get a sandalwood/chocolate/patchouli blend. It is sweet-ish but not really a sweet scent on me. Fully dry, it is Velvet + Banshee Beat. Really beautiful! ETA: a year later, this has gotten smoother and richer. I get the sweet patchouli from Banshee Beat, but I don't get honey. The sandalwood is just adding to the sweet woodiness, I think - I can't pick it out, just supporting. I get cocoa, vanilla marshmallow, and patchouli - more sweet than before. Even more gorgeous.

Count Chocula. I seriously get the oat cereal scent underneath the chocolate/marshmallow.... It's yummy and fun, but not as rich or deep as I was hoping for. But I still like it.

This is such a pretty scent! The mint settles quickly and just keeps the scent fresh smelling as it dries, the apple and vanilla and florals are light and sweet. It has an almost misty feeling, very much the feeling of a garden at dawn... soft and gentle. It is very sweet, but in a natural fruit/floral sense, not in a cake/candy sense.

This is a gorgeous, grown up apple scent. On my skin, it's not super sweet, other than from the apple. A natural sweetness, not a candy-ish sweetness. Wet, the apple is at the forefront, with the resiny smokiness in the background. As it dries, the apple recedes a little bit, and allows the darkness of the other notes to come forward a little - oh, the apple doesn't fade, it's still there, but the copal, myrrh, and saffron are more noticeable. The apple becomes more of a supporting note in a very sophisticated scent.... Completely dry, it is so well blended and hard to pick out any individual notes, I get more of a smokey apple haze impression. I think the orange is keeping the apple there - I keep thinking I can't pick it out, and when I sniff again, I think I can. I love this, so much.

Lovely creamy sweet coffee. Cafe au lait, heavily sugared. Really really lovely, but Bah! Is still my favorite coffee scent.