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this smells almost exactly like irish spring soap on me. must be the jasmine and thyme, because i generally have good luck with the other notes. bpal's jasmine seems to overpower on me generally. i am not sure that it does in this, though. this is a clean fresh scent, but reminds me too much of irish spring to be able to wear it.

i had high hopes for this, as thus far, none of the moons have worked on me. this one doesn't turn, but it doesn't smell remarkable either. sort of like powdery cinnamon with a touch of musk.

Based on a Romany incense blend reputed to induce sexual dreams: Somalian rose, Moroccan rose and Bulgar rose with a sultry dribble of cinnamon. this is very rosy with a powdery undertone. roses + cinnamon don't seem mix well on my skin, which seems strange, but there it is. i think i'll hand this off to a friend who might like it.

at first sniff, this smells pretty much like dirt and wine, but that's a good smell. after it fades a bit it smells like a softer wine, like wine with a less acidic flavor. maybe dessert wine? it's a really beautiful scent. i also think i pick up some sort of floral? what, i dont know..but when it dries down it has the most beautiful soft wine scent with a touch of herbal/dirt in the background.

omg omg omg i am in love! with severin. it smells like tea, lemons and leather just like it says, with the lemon and leather coming out strongest. it *is* a bit masculine, but i think leathery scents on a woman can be really sexy. even more so than on a man. so that being said, this one may become one of my favorites. i dont find the leather to be of the 'dusty old book' variety like some have said. i think it's a much more sexy leather and i think the name severin goes perfect with this scent. i must get a big bottle of this.

i wanted to like this one so much. there are elements that smell divine, like the soft, creamy milky smell i get, but there is some note in this that has a urine-like smell on me...ick. this note (i have no idea what it is) is so overpowering that it gives me a headache and turns my stomach when i sniff it. i am having the worst luck with the moon scents thus far.

this smells like milky bubbles! reminds me of milkbath stuff i've tried. pure, clean, innocent and fresh. not really 'me' but maybe nice once in awhile. it certainly is soft and comforting. few honey scents work on me, but this is one of them!

alice smells like milk honey & tea with a touch of soft spices. i guess that's the carnation. a beautiful, soft comforting scent. i love all the notes in this scent, except honey- honey scents usually don't work on me, but this one does- yay! i'll probably use this sparingly, but i admit it's really soft and pretty.

if i do say so myself, this smells fabulous on me. it's a woody-black cherry with other berries coming through as well. i am not much of a fruity-scent person, but sometimes i enjoy the berries. this seems like a wintry/xmas scent to me. very nice- not sure it's 'me' or that i would wear it often, but it's a pretty pretty scent.

silk road is a warm spicy scent. i smell almonds, sandalwood and spices. it kind of reminds me of lush karma. warm and exotic but fresh in a way.

ugh. this one does NOT work on me. and it sounded so fascinating. :/ i think i can smell the leather and tonka, which are both notes i like, but perhaps the rosewood doesnt work on me. it's very strong on me, and when i first put it on there is a weird foody smell, but not sweet-foody, more like meat-foody- like some kind of non-dessert food cooking. which to say the least, is pretty gross. after awhile that aspect mostly disappears, but this scent gives me a headache. im disappointed because a lot of the notes in this are ones i like, but the rosewood or parchment must not work on my skin.

this is a sort of golden and musky aquatic scent on me. but smells like masculine commercial cologne on me, and burns my nostrils. so off to the swap pile r'lyeh goes.

in the imp i immediately smell the jasmine. my skin tends to amplify jasmine in scents as it is, so i wasnt sure how this would work on me. but on my skin the jasmine is this is less overpowering. yay! mostly i smell jasmine, vanilla and/or tonka and the coffee bean. this reminds me of something but i'm not sure what exactly. nevertheless it's a warm golden floral and is very pretty.

i love this one. it smells sexy and a bit vanilla/spicy. it seems more complex than the 2 notes it claims to have. i swear i smell vanilla! but maybe it's just the way it reacts on my skin. i may have to get a large bottle of this...

a fresh, gentle forest scent like the description. i am not sure i can make out the white rose, but if it's there it's very faint. there's no smokiness to this, it smells like a softened pine to a degree. unfortunately my skin eats it right up

this one is kind of confusing to me. when i first put it on i smell a sharp but sweet floral scent with a bit of rose in the background, then it fades a bit and balances out between the sweet/sharp scent and the rose. it disappears a bit quickly on me, and at the end smells faintly of tea rose.

this is a warm scent. to me it smells like chocolatey-vanilla with something sort of like wood shavings in the background. probably the cedar? i cant decide whether i like this a lot. i think i like the scent, but am not entirely sure i want to smell like it. i may have to give it another try.

oooh i like this one a lot. it's a floral with a bit of smokiness to it. it kind of reminds me of bordello minus the wine with a splash of midnight. the violet isnt very strong- i think i mostly smell the night blooming flowers and incense. this is a very pretty and lovely blend.

rose scents tend to be hit or miss on me, as ive said many a time before. black rose is no different. at first it is very strong and powdery-rosy. not what i like at all, as it fades the musk settles down and smells less powdery, and it's a nice scent, but just not really me, so it's off to the swap pile.

after re-reading the description of this, i really wonder whatever possessed me to even try this one. i dont like patchouli, and dont like myrrh (except in one blend). naturally, i do not like dance of death. on me it smells like patchouli mixed with baby powder. reminds me of commercial 'old lady' perfume.

this is one of those florals that just doesnt work on me, and was way too strong for my liking. i cant pick out the florals at all, i just know that it doesnt smell good on me.

when i first put it on, it smells like burnt almonds. reminds me of hellcat minus the cherry (which smelled like burnt maraschino cherries on me.) once it dries down, it softens and smells like a smoky almond with vanilla in the background. it's a cozy scent. i'm not sure i smell the heliotrope at all, but then i'm not entirely sure if i know what heliotrope smells like. this is one of the few blends with frankincense that works on my skin. 2/15/18: i got a frimp of this in a swap and decided to re-try since it's been 12 years and my skin chemistry has likely changed and my nose is more sophisticated now (to a degree): it smells like cherryish almonds, i don't seem to get the 'burnt' thing i got back in 2005 after a minute or two, i get the soft vanilla and heliotrope, and yes, i know what heliotrope smells like now and it's one of my favorite notes (and seems to be underused in perfumery but that's another story...) so it's a creamy almond heliotrope, it's nice. sweet and gourmand-cozy and comforting in winter, but the almonds lean cherry-ish sweet. (now i want to retry hellcat!) after about 5-10 minutes the sweetness calms down and it's this nice almond-heliotrope with a little hint of frankincense and cinnamon. i would love a bath oil of this-it seems so comforting. glad i got a frimp of this to re-try, which i will definitely keep.

it's hard for me to make out the separate notes. also, i don't really know offhand what many of the florals listed smell like. i definitely can smell the wine, though, and maybe hints of the chocolate. kali is a deep, sweet scent, reminds me of walking through flowers in the dark.

A strange, disconcerting embrace… to some, alarming, and to some, intimately familiar: fig, pomegranate and cocoa bean with lemon, bergamot, vanilla, mellow honey musk, calamus and tonka. when i first apply this, there is some note that is too strong that turns my stomach slightly. it reminds me of a candle wax smell, but i am assuming it's the cocoa bean, honey musk or maybe the chocolate. once it dries though, it is a nice, warm, complex scent. i can definitely smell the tonka, but have trouble picking out the other notes.

to date, this is the only lunacy scent i've tried. it smells like sugary strawberries to me. the strawberry being the strongest note on my skin. it does smell good, but i am not a big fan of fruity scents. pretty but not my style.