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this smells like soapy lilac and/or honeysuckle with a very slight tinge of rose. i dont get an overwhelming feeling of rose from this scent at all. i usually like rose, but this is all out white florals on me (which i dont like), so off to swaps it goes.

this is such a strange scent. it's aquatic but musty smelling to me, if that makes any sense. i think i smell the juniper mixed with a shampoo-ish scent, which becomes a bit powdery. it reminds me of industrial soap they have in public bathrooms, and doesnt work on me at all!

this smells like ylang ylang and herbs to me with a slight musky/spiciness. i don't smell any dragon's blood, but maybe it is very very faint. it's pretty soapy on me and not really my style.

i love queen gertrude. at first i thought i was smell violets and rose with some greenery, but then i read the description and realized there is no rose. perhaps it's the wisteria? i love florals and all the florals in this, so it works for me pretty well. only thing is, it fades quickly and gets a bit powdery for my tastes when dry. i'd still get a big bottle though.

all i smell in this is cardamom and rosewood, or some other kind of wood and a slight hint of patchouli. at first i thought i was cinnamon, but now after reading the description i realize it's cardamom. i really can't smell any black cherry or verbena at all. interesting, but not really my style, so it's off to the swaps with this one.

all i'm getting from this is plum and opium, which are probably my least favorite notes in this scent. it's a cloyingly sweet fruity-floral on my skin, which isn't really suited to my tastes. i'll have to swap this.

yep this smells like gardenia and aquatics. it's very light and clear and smells a lot like a mainstream perfume to me. it's very pretty but not really my style, so i think i'll swap it.

omfg i love this. it's like a deeper, darker more complex haunted on my skin. i get lots of black musk and amber with touches of neroli and bergamot. thankfully i cant smell the frankincense at all! i may need a big bottle of this.

when first on my skin, this was very acrid and pungent. it smelled like burning bathroom cleaner. now that it's dried, there is a very familiar note, but i can't place it. it smells dry and grassy, but there is still a strange flammable type scent to it.

oh i love this one. why do i have to fall in love with long-gone LEs? it smells like a musky-floral with tobacco to me. it actually reminds me a lot of what gypsy queen and horreur sympathetique would smell like if they reproduced. wonderful...i will hunt down a bottle of this!!

i got this as a frimp from the lab-it;s very interesting, a bit of a soft aquatic with a soft mint (no sharpness from either) and an underlying sweet tea-like scent that i've gotten from many of the mad tea party scents. this is a little bit soapy but i think it'd be nice for summer.

i got this as a frimp from the lab- smells like gin with an alcoholic edge/slight citrus. smells almost piney at first. not very me, but very evocative indeed!

wow this scent is truly evocative. it smells like an old, dusty, slightly damp house that's been locked up for 50 years and hasn't seen the light of day. i get sandalwood and a slight cinammony-hot-spiciness and the cardamom. maybe faint patchouli, but i dont sense any florals here at all. it's a very strange scent to me, i don't think it's one i'd wear, so off to the swaps.

this was a surprise hit for me! first it started off by smelling like almonds (or some other kind of nut) and dirt, which i wasn't too wowed by, as bpal's almond note smells weird on me. soon the almonds disappeared and only dirt remained. now that it's been about half an hour and i get a great spiciness with a hint of dirt in the background. it's not cinnamon spicy either, i have no idea what it is, but i love it!

Cross between Angel and Lolita Lempicka: Xiuhtecuhtli Prescriptives Calyx: Empyreal Mist Terpsichore: Oscar de la Renta (maybe only on me though??) Othello & Ode on Melancholy: Jean Paul Gaultier

this is a summery, sweet and warm floral on me. not what iris generally smells like to me, so maybe it's the herbs that are the floral-scented component? i dont get much sandalwood, except perhaps way in the background. something about this scent is extremely familiar but i can't place it. it reminds me of the desert.

all i get from this is a strong powdery violet. the lilac and tuberose must be playing subtle supporting roles. this smells a lot like violet candy. it feels very victorian to me, therefore i love it.

this smells like apple cider to me, thus reminds me of christmas/winter/autumn. i can see that it smells like orange spice, but it still reminds me of apple cider, even if it doesn't smell completely apple-like. i think i'd like to wear this one at the beginning of fall, but not much during the rest of the year. it is very evocative of autumn to me though.

i love this one just as much as faith, which i was pretty much sure of. this smells like rose candies. i think the rose stands out here more than the violet in faith, which i think is more creamy, whereas this is more sugary. it smells gorgeous, i definitely have to get another set of these in the future! Switched --Shollin

the cream note in this scent is the only one that frightened me, but the rest sounded amazing. when first applied, i get a creme bruleeish smell, like caramely-burnt cream. once it subsides a bit, the carnation and orange blossom come out , and it reminds me of a perfumey orange tea with cream. the iris adds a strange metallic zing to the background that i actually quite like. at first i didn't like this, but the longer i wear it the more it grows on me.

i absolutely love this. it's a beautiful, soft vanilla-violet scent, what i would imagine violet cake frosting tasting like. i think this may be a multiple bottle purchase. Switched --Shollin

O smells like hay on me, but i'm probably the only one.

oh wow i love this one. different kinds of lilies seem to work on me and others not. black lily is the best lily i've come across. it's creamy and reminds me of orchid a bit for some reason. the color that comes to mind is purplish-black. i think i'll have to get a bottle of this.

at first all i get from this is lavender, then the rose, orchid and white musk peek out. thankfully, i cant smell the frankincense, so i like this one quite a bit. the only thing is, my skin seems to eat most of it up and it becomes very faint

this is very strong and smells like tuberose, gardenia and anise at first. when it dries i feel like i sense some lavender in the background, or something a touch herbal-spicy. as it dries the gardenia is everpresent and now there's a spicy-powdery scent that i can't place. it reminds me of some moonflower bath gel i tried from the body shop once, so maybe that's what that note is? this is like pale shining white in darkness and evokes the moon beautifully.