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this smells so familiar, like an incense i burned a lot in high school. i cant quite place it, but it's got a bit of sweetness to it. i tried it last night and got a faint pencil-shaving scent, which usually means frankincense or cedar for me, but today it just smells like pure incense. it really does have a generic incense feel, as others have said, but i really really like it. may have to get a big bottle of this one.

wow i should've paid attention to the phrase deep cocoa in the description! i pretty much get cocoa, almond and maybe a faint patchouli-musk combination. nowhere are the blooms or leather, which are actually my favorite notes in this scent. way too nutty/foody for my tastes.

wow, this is totally what i thought/hoped snow white would be. unfortunately snow white had a foody note that did not do well on my skin. snow-flakes however, is devoid of that note, and it smells beautiful! it's crisp and clear, yet a bit golden and soft. i don't really sense the mint that others have, but i smell soft florals and maybe some sort of vanilla? it's hard for me to pick out the notes in this. i may need to get a big bottle of this one!

at the beginning, all i get is a cherry-medicinal smell after it finally dries down it's a sweet cherrified-red musk. it's not too fruity once it dries down (which i like), but there are other similar scents that i like a lot better, so i am afraid this isn't a keeper.

strangely enough, this is not a very "me" scent, but something about it is intriguing me. i dont smell any of the pine or foresty notes at all, except maybe very distantly in the background. i smell a sweet floral, which reminds me of a less sweet and intense version of empyreal mist, which was far too strong for me. i don't think i'd buy a bottle but i'll keep my imp.

this reminds me of a less floral and sweet version of the mouse's long and sad tale. strangely enough the only similar element is the sweet pea. this is a great deal more powdery than that scent, however. i think orris and perhaps myrrh can become powdery on my skin. i kind of like this one, i'll have to try it again and see if i like it more. i wish the roses came out more, but my skin eats them right up.

i get it from gypsy queen, like many others. also freak show was very candley/smoky.

i second bayou and i'd add the isles of demons, which smells more like wet tropical blooms. i got a very green feeling when i tried it.

i was happy to find this thread when i did a search. i still don't understand my skin chemistry in regards to incense notes. i tend to be all over the board, some incense blends are my absolute favorites, while some were stomach-churning with my skin chemistry. of the list posted earlier these work: Bastet, The Cracked Bell, Dia de los Muertos, Gypsy Queen, Haunted, Love in the Asylum, Sin, Snake Charmer, Wanda, Xiuhtecuhtli, midnight on the midway (if it's indeed considered and incense blend.) these are ones that didn't turn rancid but weren't my cup of tea: Anubis, Crossroads, Kathmandu, Les Infortunes de Vertu, Mantis. the following were really bad with my skin chemistry: Cairo, The Caterpillar, Cathedral, Dee, Jacob's Ladder. i think incensy-florals work for me and churchy-incense blends do not. i think myrrh works on me sometimes and frankincense turns to pencil shavings nearly all of the time. anyone have any other insight?

this is incensy and leathery on me, though i doubt leather is in it. i can do some bpal incense scents, and others, like cathedral, i just can't. well i can't do aureus either, and seeing comparisons to cathedral explains it all. cedar and frankincense often don't work, so i'm thinking this has one of those two in it.

my friend had this one and i hadn't tried it so i figured i'd give it a try. and i wish i hadn't. it just smelled bad on me, kind of like the parmesan cheese someone else mentioned. kind of resiny and musky but with a bad kind of turning to it. i didnt get any sweetness or citrus, and i generally like citrus. oh well im glad i got to try it anyway, it sounded so intriguing on other people

i love carnation scents and this one worked nicely on my skin at first. i love all the notes except for plum which often turns into a scented-doll scent, and it sort of does it in this one. there is an added spiciness from the carnation which tempers it some, but i wish this didnt have plum, all the other notes together sound like a dream.

i always avoided this for Fear of the Apricot, but i had a sniff-off with a couple friends and i tested this one, and i actually like it! i guess the clove comes out more on my skin. strangely, this smells more like citrus on me than sweet apricot. a pleasant surprise!

i was iffy on the vetiver in this, since it can go either way, but i think it works for me in this blend! i get kind of a powdery leather from iago. perhaps the musk turns a bit powdery? and the vetiver doesn't overpower like it can. a very nice leather scent, i may get a bottle of this someday.

The Giver of Pleasure, Euterpe is the Muse of Music and Lyric Poetry. She is Delight, and her name means "Rejoicing Well". She is credited with inventing the aulos, and is most often depicted playing that double-flute. Her scent is the joy of performing, the euphoria in song, and the passion inspired by all music: carnation and white poppy, honeysuckle, lemon, iris and white musk. i really wanted to love this, since it contains carnation, lemon and white musk, all of which i love. however poppy and ylang ylang don't always do so well, and i think they overpower this one and it turns powdery.

this smells like powdery, slightly musky roses. amber doesn't always turn powdery on me, but in some cases it does. but then so do roses in some cases, so i'm not sure which is the culprit here. or if it's something else entirely. anyway, i like both amber and rose, and this scent is ok...i might wear it from time to time, but not all that often i dont think.

florals are hit and miss, some of the florals in here work well on me, others do not, but i should learn to stay away from calla lily, which my skin tends to amp. i like this one from far away, if i get a random whiff of it from my arm, but up close it makes me a bit nauseous. it smells too funereal on me and not in a good way. i think if the phlox and violet had come out more on me, i'd have liked it better.

i got this as a frimp, i normally would've avoided this one because bay rum scents tend to not do so well on me. at first i get major nuttiness and not much else. now that it's dry it's a slightly spicy, slightly woody scent, and i think mostly the clove is apparent, which i really like. this one was a pleasant surprise!

got a sniffy of this in a swap. for the first hour or two, the rose turns badly sour on my skin, which might be the pomegranate blending with it, because rose often works on me. after about 2 hours it smells kind of pretty, almost fizzy rose champagne, hard to describe. but...i dont want to have to wait 2 hours before it smells good, so i don't think i'll get anymore persephone.

this is a very sweet, tropical floral. it reminds me a lot of shampoo. i think i mostly get the grape and plumeria with a bit of bubblyness to it. this is blended so well though, that no notes stand out greatly. pretty scent, but not really my thing.

i got this as a frimp. smells like a strange floral... the closest thing i can think of is lilac, but i'm not sure that's it. there's also a bit of nuttiness and a murky musk to it. strange scent, and it's late at night, i'll have to see if it brings any good luck my way tomorrow.

nyx is all jasmine and myrrh on me, starts off with a bit of a bathroom cleaner smell. i keep trying jasmine scents, though i should know better...they are just not my thing. i had thought night-blooming jasmine was better on me, but apparently not, or maybe just in nyx. it doesn't smell bad, i'm just not a fan of jasmine. i like rose, but i don't get any rose from this at all.

smells like fruity incense, but incense in a headshop way, which isn't my thing. too much patchouli i guess? reminds me of strawberry incense sort of, even though i know it has a grape note. urd is just too hippy/earthy for my tastes.

the description is so lovely, i just had to try this. however, i vow to never get a scent with cedar again! it never fails, i smell like pencil shavings. kathmandu happens to be pencil shavings mixed with root beer. :/

i am getting smoky, musky, dried leaves. at first it was the musk was too masculine for me, ( i love musk, but this musk is just manly smelling to me...maybe it's the booze combination?) however, now that it's dried down, it's a bit better. i think maybe i'd wear this once in a great while, but not often. it's for a very specific mood.