Venneh

In the bottle, I'm getting mostly what I assume is oleander smoothed out a bit by the honey. On my skin, it's a sharp floral honey. Hrm. Not really for me.

In the bottle, I'm getting green tea and white musk. On my skin, I'm getting green tea, white musk and lime, not that appealing to me. ...Turns into lime froot loops on me. Huh.

I'm getting orange incense from this pretty much straight off the bat. On my skin, it's sandalwood and champaca and a bit of orange in there somewhere. This will prolly not turn out well.

In the bottle, I'm getting an equal blend of black plum, rose, lilac, and frankincense/myrrh. On my skin, this is mostly frankincense and myrrh with the rest hiding in there somewhere. Not working really well for me, mainly b/c of the frankincense/myrrh and rose dominiating.

I think I remember this being a huge disappointment at C2E2, but I want to be sure. In the bottle, I'm getting really chemically leather and a bit of honey musk underneath that, but the leather is really offputting. On my skin, it's mostly that chemically leather and musk, not really working well. This is probably one of my biggest disappointments, as I wanted the sweeter kind of leather from Liz and CC: Female, and combine that with the rest, and it could've been out of the park amazing.

VETIVERRRRR in the bottle, there might be something else in here, but my nose sure as hell can't tell. Vetiver and tea on my skin, we'll see if I get anything more. There's a hint of sweetness that creeps in from the flowers and makes it sweet and tart, but the vetiver dominates in this too much to make it something I'd wear, which is sad, because I like the sweet-tart scent I get underneath the vetiver.

I tried a carded imp of this before passing this onto someone, remember not being quite sure what to think of it. In the bottle, I get plum, rose, and what's either the sandalwood or incense, not sure there. On my skin, this is mostly plum and rose and reminiscent of Kitsune-Tsuki and Blood Countess. Hmm. Ends up being Blood Countess/Kitsune-Tsuki lite on me, going to pass on this.

In the imp, I'm definitely getting the dandelion, and it's smelling similar to Roadhouse. On my skin, again, dandelions and booze, aka, Roadhouse. Don't have high hopes for this knowing that.

I'm getting pear and vanilla in the imp, absolutely sweet and wonderful. On my skin, the same sweet vanilla and pear, love it. Probably going to a full skin test.

Got to try this from a generous fairy, thanks so much! in the imp, I'm smelling poppies and faint florals. On my skin, this is a faint, sweet floral. Hrm. We'll see how this goes. On the full skin test, it's a lovely, soft floral, reminds me of a moonlit garden. Gonna try to find a bottle of this.

I remember testing this at C2E2 and because I had so many scents on my arm, I couldn't tell if this was working or not. In the bottle, I'm getting watery fruits. Hrm. On my skin, it's plum and orange, we'll see what happens. Ends up going really watery and really faint on me. Eh, not quite for me.

In the bottle, I'm getting the black musk, myrrh, and star anise. Really dark and prowly. On my skin, it's straight up black musk, and a really dark yellow color that stains the skin. The oil itself is a really dark brown. Ends up being black musk and myrrh and star anise on me, not that appealing for me.

In the bottle, I'm getting patchouli, sage, and fig leaf, very dirty and brown. Probably not gonna work well. On my skin, it's that earthy dirty patchouli and the sage. Urgh. Not for me.

In the bottle, I'm getting the Egyptian musk from Gothabilly (I think?), and the stone. Interesting. On my skin, it's mainly musk and stone. I don't have a good feeling about this. (Also, getting the blue-green oil, really neat.) Mostly Egyptian musk on me, fades quick. Not for me.

Ah, Lamia. I remember you being a bit weird at C2E2, then again, that might've been because I had six scents on my arm (this is why I stick to one a wrist). Let's try you out again. In the bottle, I'm getting the peach and I think the coconut, which is not encouraging. Getting the peach and the oude and myrrh which is not really a good combo on me. We'll see what she does. Fades quick, not for me.

Testing this while decanting. In the bottle, I'm getting primarily the amber and maybe the tanned hides or the sage? I really can't tell. On my skin, it's amber, sage, and the clove starting to dominate. Don't have a good feeling about this. Goes to chemically leather on me, sadly, gonna pass on this.

Testing while decanting. In the bottle, I think I'm getting the leather-opium-rum, a really interesting scent. On my skin, it's the same, not really sure if it's working or not, will get back to you on that. I really want it to work, though, cause de Carabas is one of my favorite characters from Neverwhere. I think I'm getting the wool and opium and rum, and it's just not panning out for me. Good, because I won't have any leftovers from this. But, still, WHY.

Testing this while decanting; getting honey and chamomile in the bottle, so long as the tobacco flower doesn't show, this should be amazing. I remember testing this at C2E2 and it being really good. On my skin, this is stunning; honey and chamomile. Definitely keeping the leftovers of this one and giving it a second full skin test. Second full skin test gives me honey and chamomile, absolutely amazing scent, definitely keeping the bottle.

Testing this while decanting. In the bottle, I'm getting mint and orange and lavender. ...yeah, this probably will not turn out well. On my skin, this is pretty piercing mint at first that's quickly fading because of the good old lavender. Betting this won't last five minutes on me. Yep, gone in five minutes, with nothing to show for it, which is a shame, cause the mint-orange would've been an interesting combo.

In the bottle, I'm getting cream and licorice and coconut. This is probably not going to end well. On my skin, it's coconut cream. Urgh. Definitely not for me.

In the bottle, this is very much a woodsy scent, maybe incense or myrrh with honey, vaguely reminiscent of Sed non Satiata. On my skin, it's very much that myrrh/incensish type of scent iwth the honey underneath. We'll see how this goes. It goes incensey and sharp honey on me, not quite for me.

Herbal honey, which I got off of the half of the bottle that I spilled everywhere while decanting (DAMNIT), both in the bottle and on my skin. Eh.

Really green, really sharp on me, a bit of fruit in there somewhere along with the honey, both on my skin and in the bottle. Not optimistic about this. Green and sharp, not for me.

Testing this while I'm decanting stuff out. In the bottle, this smells nothing like the ass-fruit that I've been told that durian smells like; sweet fruity booze, not getting the honey. On my skin, sweet, quickly fading fruity booze and honey. ...Fuck me. I'mma getting the ass fruit as it dries down, and I need to get this off, now.

Frankincense, patchouli, vetiver in the imp. Again, probably not gonna turn out well. On my skin, all that in mint. Oh, this is probably not gonna be good.