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smells like fruity wintergreen pine trees at first it's a burst of pure wintergreen, and i thought i would hate it. on the drydown though, it becomes more pleasant- mountain air with a sweetness..i guess it's all the fruits, but notes don't really stand out. this is an interesting scent but too sweet for my tastes.

this definitely has jasmine or some white floral in it. i dont get any rose...i am more a fan of rose than white florals, but this isn't so bad. it's like a musky/resiny white floral. it's hard for me to pick out any other notes. i like it quite a bit for a white floral blend! i don't think i'll get a bottle, but will keep my decant.

this smells so familiar, i feel like i've worn a scent like this before in the past. it's a beautiful musky floral, and a bit perfumy, but in a good way. i think my skin displays the magnolia, blood orange, tobacco flower and white musk up front. somethign about it reminds me of stardust, it has a similar feel to me, but is a little warmer than that scent. definitely getting a big bottle of this

i like a lot of citrus scents, but this one just isn't doing it for me. it's very crisp and fresh, but i don't generally like that sort of thing. kinda reminds me of hairspray or some kind of zingy detergent. off to the swap pile.

ooh i like this a lot. i love coconut, and when i first put this on it's all sweet-lemony coconut, if not a little too sweet. once it dries a bit, the smoke and musk comes out and i now i absolutely love it. i don't get any tuberose at all, which is strange because i think my skin generally amps it, so this must have very little in it. must add it to the big bottle list!

ooh at first this doesn't smell all that great on me, grapefruit with a weird old-herby smell, which may be the white tea or apple blossom? but now that it's been an hour it smells beautiful warm and the ginger has come out more. i get a grapefruit-white musk feeling. very clean and summery.

i get a sugary-sweet lemon floral from this. i can't seem to pick out notes but it's definitely a fizzy lemon scent with a floral backdrop. i like it quite a bit!

this smells just like freshly turned earth, and i do get a mushroomy feel from it. it smells like dug up dirt to me with a hint of herbal-sweetness and incense. it's beautiful in a really weird way. it reminds me of big sur for some reason, incense, a slight scent of perfume and fresh earth. this is earthy but not in a hippie-ish way, so i actually like it. i will keep my imp for sure.

this smells very green with a touch of golden light and earth, but not in the 'dirt' sense. it's calming and pretty and smells a bit grassy too. it's reminding me of something else that i cannot quite place right now. at the beginning wet stage, i thoughti sensed something aquatic, but i am not getting that anymore. it does smell very cologne-y at first though.

hm this is interesting...i'm not even sure how i feel about it. it's warm and smoky and a bit earthy. it smells dark and really familiar to me. i can't really pick out scents, but this is the second scent containing vetiver to work on me, in a week! all previous scents i tried with it, (which wasn't many admittedly) did not do well at all.

honey and ylang ylang tend to not be my favorite scents, but i thought perhaps mixed with musks and laudanum i'd fare better. i suppose i did, because this IS a pretty scent, but i think the honey ruins it for me. bpal's honey note often turns to a strange straw-like musty scent on me, and it's doing that in this blend. luckily the ylang ylang isn't too strong. in fact my skin eats most of the scent up and leaves a linger of honey behind.

this smells warm and golden, like an incense stick. i think i am getting mostly myrrh and herbs, with the myrrh being most strong. it smells pretty much like generic incense with my skin chemistry. nice enough i guess, but not really me.

at first this started off smelling like b.o. and shampoo...not sure what notes were doing that! now that it's faded a bit it's a sweet berry-floral with a soft almost powdery undertone. it smells kind of good, but i'm not sure it's my type of scent. i don't get lavender from this at all either.

i wasn't sure about this one, as florals are often good to me but not always. this smells very green, wet and earthy, but earthy in the sense of dirt and moss. i smell white flowers...maybe magnolia or gardenia? that's just a guess, though, i can't seem to place the florals. i am surprised that i like this one as much as i do!

i get a sweet, fruity red scent with woods. this reminds me a lot of hell's belle, except it's not spicy. hell's belle is very spicy on me, and i prefer the spice to this as it tempers some of the sweetness. lampades is just too earthy-sweet on me.

i am a carnation fiend, and i personally think the most carnation-y scents are alice and maiden, though maiden's rose note is a bit more prominent on me. carnivale was overpowered by berries, maenad by fruits. i love brisingamen but didn't realize it had carnation, so i'll have to re-try it. i also love the bow and crown of conquest- i get leather, musk and carnation from it mostly. it's so good, but the leather does put a different twist on the carnation. i am dying to try the carnation single note, but i have never even seen anyone with it.

i got a sniffie of this from someone with just enough to test it once or twice. to me this is a very clean scent...more oceanic than cold or snowy, yet not aquatic. i smell a soft herbal-musk, and something slightly crisp. this reminds me of something, but i can't put my finger on it. very nice and clean and refreshing but it doesn't go wonky on me like aquatics do. even though it's not aquatic, it's very blue. that's the only way i can think of to describe it.

someone sent me this as a frimp, and it was on my wishlist, still i was a bit wary of so much.....berry. but i thought i might get more wine like in bordello. this reminds me of bordello without the wonderful vanilla and wine. i just get berry berry berry. it's very sweet and fruity and i can't smell the wine or thyme at all. not a bad scent at all, just too sweet for me personally.

hm, in the imp this smells crisp and a little masculine, lemony with a herbal sharpness in the background. on my skin however, it doesn't smell masculine at all, and actually a bit perfumy. in the beginning i strongly smell the white musk, verbena, plum and fig. as it fades the lavender and coconut comes out more with the white musk, and the fruity notes settle down a bit (which i like.) as for the vetiver, i'm not sure. i tend to avoid it, and in other scents it's been kind of overpowering, but i don't think i smell it at all in this. i don't think i'd buy a bottle of this but it is a nice, sweet, crisp scent and i will keep my decant.

Bright, intoxicating, hectic notes masking a twisted, corrupted core: sweet wild berry, spicy carnation and heliotrope layered over deep amber and musk. i got this basically because it has carnation in it and i <3 carnation. i was wary of the berries, as i well should be, as they are hit or miss on me depending on the blend. carnivale is pretty much a miss. it doesn't smell horrible on me, but not that great either. at first it is musty berry-musk with baby powder added. an hour later it smells like cheap berry candles.

i can't seem to pick out any notes in this. i get a kind of sweet herbal-floral, with a sharp musk and a slightly underlying pencil-shaving scent that i get from frankincense. it burns my nostrils. this one doesn't seem to work with my skin chemistry at all...i wish i could pick out some of the notes. i'll have to try it again at a later date and see if anything changes.

i really wanted to try the hermit becaue it's a card i closely identify with, even though the reviews sounded iffy. i can't tell what notes are in here at all. it smells fruity, but not too sweet, with an herbal-ness to it and maybe a teeny bit of spice. it smells closest to grapes, and very familiar, but i still can't place it. an hour later it smells similar to white wine you spilled on a tablecloth and let sit for a day or two. not for me.

when i initially saw this description, i had no interest in it, then i read some reviews on here and thought it might be right up my alley. at first it's a beautiful warm musk with leather, both notes i love. then, the cedar comes forth and drowns out everything else. cedar smells like pencil shavings on me, not unlike frankincense, and it gives me a headache, and now after about an hour of wearing, all i can smell is strong, strong cedar and all the leather is gone

first off, i must say that this scent really evokes the artwork, the color especially. something in this reminds me of the haunted palace, as someone else said. also a little of stardust i think. it's a soft floral with a tinge of spice and darkness added, and the mandarin is definitely apparent, but it's not strong. the florals are really well blended, as it's very difficult for me to pick out any of them. there is a sense of them being there, but i can't really smell a separate rose, orchid or carnation. i really like this one-it's subtle but sophisticated. on my skin the mandarin and vanilla flower with florals seem most apparent. all in all i really like this, and i am glad i bought a bottle. my only wish is that it had a little bit more throw.

i had some fear of the calla lily and honey in this, but figured i'd try it anyway. in the bottle it smells like a crisp, white floral-i definitely get a 'bride' feeling from it. however, on my skin it makes me sneeze and unfortunately i am getting a wilting-sour-floral scent from this, like that point when flowers start to turn. i think it's the osmanthus or calla lily, which my skin seems to have amped to the nth degree. i am so sad, i was really really hoping this would work on me.