Venneh

In the imp, this is a really sweet blend of honey, orange blossom, and rose. On my skin, it's those three scents mixing, and it's a really sweet sort of blend. I don't think it's anything I need a bottle of, but it'll be nice to have here and there.

In the imp, I'm getting cocoa, patchouli, and incense. Uhm. Well, this should be interesting. On my skin, the chocolate and incense seem to be combining for a similar scent to the March '09 13 on me, but slightly deepened by the leather, I think? I'm not quite sure. Yeah, it's turning out really similar to the March '09 13 on me, sadly, so it's a no go. Swaps/sales.

In the decant, I'm definitely getting the pineapple mixed with a bunch of other fruits, and maybe the rum? Not quite sure. On my skin, the pineapple's dominanting, but the fruit and the rum are blending together for a really nice mixed drink effect. The pineapple's smelling like a dealbreaker, though, here's hoping it mellows out. And yeah, the pineapple is really nauseating me for some reason; ah, well, to the swaps with it.

In the imp, this is really green, with a sharp hint of something, not sure what. On my skin, this is a sharper floral, with the lily playing with the narcissus and the cypress, I think. Not quite sure what to think of this just yet. It softens out to a gentle lily/lilac scent, and is in generally just beautiful. Definitely going to get a 5mL of this.

Got this as a frimp in a recent swap; thanks again, Robin! In the imp, this is a floral blend, and there's definitely some rose in there. On my skin, it's mostly rose, with the other florals in the background. Way, way in the background. It's predominantly a rose blend on me, with maybe a bit of richening from the mandarin, but nothing special. Someone else will probably love it more.

Got this in a recent swap. In the decant, this is pretty straight up roses and honey. On my skin, this is almost glowing roses at first, but the cream comes in to mellow the scent out and the honey sweetens it a bit. I'll definitely keep this, but I don't think I'm going to need more than this decant. I've also got a decant of Pink Snowballs coming, so I'll be eager to compare the two.

Got this in a recent swap, really eager to try this out. In the bottle, it smells really similar to I Fell In Love With a Floating Brain; vanilla, florals, and grapefruit. Once on my skin, it's primarily a spicier vanilla with grapefruit, which quickly fades to a nondescript vanilla with florals, and the florals fade even quicker from there, leaving it with a faint vanilla. It's an okay scent, but I think someone else is going to like this better.

In the frimp, this is a sharp, incensey smell with either the olive or vanilla sweetening it a bit. Testing it on the back of my hand, cause 'm not sure I want it on my wrists. ...This smells like a combination of pine trees and incense. No. Swaps/sales.

In the decant, this is smelling pretty similar to Earth Rat, in fact, I'm pretty sure it's the same note list. Not sure why I'm going to try it on my skin; probably cause I'm stubborn like that. ...Yep, same scent. Swaps.

Earth Rat's a really bright fruity scent in the decant. It ends up being a really vague earthy-fruity mix on me, not something I'm really liking that much. Passing it on to someone else.

In the decant, this smells like a really sweet milk with bright tropical fruits mixed in. On my skin, this smells wrong; something with the milk and the grape went absolutely sour and wrong, and I can't get it off quick enough. Swaps/sales.

In the decant, Sea of Tranquility is a pale, kind of resiny blend; I think I'm smelling the poppy first and foremost, here. On my skin, this is a really silvery, resiny scent, and it's reminding me of something, I just can't place it... this is what Stardust smelled like on the drydown! It's a vaguely cologney scent on me. Like what I smell like after I hug my dad if he has his cologne on. Vaguely powdery, too. Not really for me. Swaps/sales.

Just got a decant of this today, eager to try it out. In the decant, this smells really similar to I Fell In Love With a Floating Brain; cake and citrus. On my skin, it's a cross between Cake Smash and I Fell In Love; spicy citrus cake. Frankly, I already have both Cake Smash and I Fell in Love With a Floating Brain, and they're better scents. Though I may try blending the two, just to see what happens. Swaps/sales.

In the decant, I'm getting a mix of the fruits and florals, similar to Jingu, with a sharper edge that might be the bamboo or the black pine. It's pretty similar to Jingu, in terms of the smell, which worries me, as Jingu went to nothing on me pretty quick.... On my skin, I'm actually getting a scent, which is a relief; it's a darker fruity floral, really intriguing thus far. I'm really liking this on me; to the DISOs, away!

In the decant, I get a fruity honey sort of scent. Mmm. On my skin, it's a really bitter, faint sort of honey scent. Ehh. Swaps/sales, someone else will probably appreciate it more.

In the decant, I'm getting vetiver, tobacco, and lavender. Devilot's comparison to a Chinese herbal medicine shop is very apt. And this makes me nervous. On my skin, it's a really pale herbal scent that's quickly fading. And is quickly gone. Yep, lavender continues to kill blends dead on me. :/ Swaps/sales.

Hm. This should be interesting; never tried date palm or snakeroot directly in a blend, tobacco makes me wary as tobacco flower has a tendency to make a blend smell like my dad's cologne, and leather can be iffy, depending on what it's blended with. In the imp, I can't smell anything. Nothing. On my skin, there's this faint tobacco smell, but otherwise, nothing. Putting it on the back of my thumb to see if I can get anything, and I get a faint tobacco smell here, but, again, nothing much. Swaps/sales.

In the imp, there's a really cold scent, with a really sharp twinge of what I'm going to bet is vetiver. Yep, once on my skin, the scent asserts itself as VETIVER. And quickly fades away to nothing. Which means there might be lavender in here somewhere as well. Aagh. This is why I don't like going into a scent blind; I like having an idea of whether or not the notes are going to kill the blend. Swaps/sales.

In the imp, I get LAVENDER, which, odds are, is going to kill this blend on me. On my skin, there's a faint floral smell for about five second total before it goes to nothingness on me. Yep, that's lavender, all right. Swaps/sales.

In the bottle, this is a really cool, fruity floral. On my skin, it's the same for about five seconds... And then it's seeming to be utterly gone on me, except for a faint tang of fruit and flowers. ...Really? And I applied fairly generously, too, that's the thing... Wish I knew what it was that's killing the blend on me, here. Agh.

I had someone do a WC pick-up for this one, and I'm really eager to test it out, even though I have a very strong suspicion that like most others in this thread, I'm going to end up crying. In the bottle, this smells like an open field in summer; sun, grass, flowers. On my skin... this is smelling like grassy cologne. What? No, no, no, I want this to work on me so bad... There's a rambunctious little puppy in here, I can smell the fur, and it's and the wildflowers are trying so bad to fight the grass on me, but the grass seems to be winning out. Agh. This is still an amazing tribute scent in the bottle, and it still makes me feel a little weepy. So many hugs for you, Beth and Puddin'.

I got a testable sniffy of this in a recent swap; I'm getting a scent reminiscent of L'Estate in the imp. Hm. There's enough to do a thumb test, and on my skin, it loses the immediate comparison to L'Estate, but there's definitely amber, and a bunch of vague fruits. Nothing I need to imp, I think.

In the imp, I definitely get the salty seas and bitter wine aspect of this. On me, it's green and salt; very manny, not for me. Swaps.

In the imp, I get this dark, heady floral. On me, it's this mix of heady florals (I think I can pick out orchid, magnolia, rose, and jasmine), with a bit of the black amber. Not really sure what to think of it, going to test it further at some point.

In the tester that I got in a recent swap from Devilot (thanks!), it's this really sweet, vauge sort of scent. Can't get any specific notes out of it. There's enough for a thumb test, and it's still that really vague sweet scent. Nothing I really need or want more of, so I think someone will probably want a tester of this.