Venneh

In the decant, I'm getting carmel and vanilla with a slight floral undertone. On my skin, she's very similar to Snake Oil, only with a sudden wood and floral note, and a stronger vanilla muskish note. Oh, wow, she's amazing. Bottle. Also, if I apply too strongly, the cedar comes out and dominates. Need to remember that.

In the imp, The Witch Queen is very purple, almost like an umeboshi; pickled plum, and, I think the florals. On my skin, she's a sharply fruity floral, similar to... Bathsheba, I'm thinking, only with a sharper note. On me, this is really similar to Bathsheba, which, while it's a nice scent, won't need any more than the decant.

Melty vanilla ice cream! Melty vanilla ice cream or yellow cake batter in the decant, for sure. On my skin, it smells the same, and it's absolutely lovely. And making me want to eat my wrist. NOM. It morphs into more of a baking vanilla extract sort of thing on me, but it's definitely going to be a bottle.

In Her Majesty's bottle, I'm smelling florals and what I think is either the incense or the cedar, one of the two. Once on my skin, she smells like the rose and carnations, first and foremost, with the wood and the incense underneath, and the clove playing nicely with all of them. She winds up as a sharper floral with the incense and cedar wafting underneath; a really nice scent, not sure how often it'll come into rotation, but a definite keeper.

I'm getting fruity bubblegum in my frimp; a really bright, cheery scent. On my skin, I'm getting that fruity scent, but it's deepened somehow; not exactly sure why, and can't quite put my finger on the scent. A nice scent, will stay as an imp, but I don't think I need a full bottle of Aunt Caro.

In the frimp, I get a similar scent to Anathema, only with a bit stronger vetiver note. Once on my skin, it's a very similar scent to Anathema, again, only with a bit sharper green note and maybe a hint of woods in there. Yeah, I think the labdanum and the poppy are combining with the orchid and cereus to give me a similar scent to the opium and honeysuckle in Anathema; between the two, though, I prefer Anathema. Medea will stay, but as an imp.

In the frimp, I'm getting spicy vanilla cake; similar to Cake Smash, as someone above me pointed out. And it's the same on my skin; I don't know if it's the currant giving it the spice, or if it's just not showing up on me. Either way, is quite a nommy scent. I already have a bottle of Cake Smash as it is, and between this and Gluttony (which are similar), I like Gluttony better, so this'll stay as an imp.

In the frimp, I'm getting what I think is the orange blossom, rose, oakmoss, and maybe the leather? Once on my skin, this becomes an amazing blend between the leather, the florals, and what I think might be the amber or the incense. The leather in this quickly and strongly amps on me, and I think I might've applied a bit too much. Going to retest after the weekend and see if I can get a better balance on me. First instinct says this is a keeper, though; whether or not I get more depends on the second test.

In the frimp, I'm getting a muskish sort of scent first and foremost, with plum and carnation in the background. On my skin, I get the plum and the musk, with a hint of carnation, and it's a really nice scent, but, again, not anything I absolutely need a bottle of.

In the imp, I'm getting a combination of the rose and the jasmine and the citruses. A very interesting scent. On my skin, it's mostly citrus and roses, and interesting combination, but not anything spectacular. Nice scent, but this'll be just an imp.

I'm not entirely sure what it is I'm getting in the imp. I think it's musk and lilac, can't quite be sure, frankly. And it's the same sort of thing on my skin. It's some sort of scent, but I'm not entirely sure what it's doing, and this is with a fair amount of slathering. I think I might be getting some lilac and violet? It's just this vague nothingness on me at the moment, and I think I'm going to retest after I get back from Door County this weekend.

In the imp, I get a citrusy floral with a vague scent of wood polish, which makes me worry about the play of the lemon and the orange. On my skin, I'm getting what I'm pretty sure is the honeysuckle and orange playing off of each other, which creates this interestingly tart floral. I'm thinking this one will be a bottle as well, especially with the interesting ways the orange and honeysuckle play on my skin.

In the imp, I'm getting the opium and the honeysuckle, with just a tinge of vetiver. This could be amazing... And on my skin it's reminiscent of my dad's cologne, in the initial wet stage, like with Stardust '05, but a bit more floral, but the floral seems to be coming out a bit more here, and playing off the opium and swallowing the vetiver (THANK GOD). And wow, it's amazing; a darkly beautiful floral. Definite bottle, this.

This is my first try at any of the Lovecraft scents. In the imp, I'm getting the vetiver and wood first and foremost, with maybe a hint of the tangerine in the back? On my skin, though, I'm getting a similar scent to Rumplestiltchzen; smoky wood. I think I'm going to age this out a bit and see if the tangerine comes out at all; as this is at the moment, it's a clone of Rumplestiltchzen.

Just got my bottle of this in the mail today, eager to test it. ^^ In the bottle, I get the same sort of scent that I did with Suck It; the black cherries are definitely here, but I think there's something deeper on second sniff, either the licorice or cinnamon. On my skin, I get an absolutely beautiful mix of cherries and cinnamon, with a bit of licorice lurking beneath. Oh, wow, this is beautiful. Definite keeper, this one.

In the frimp, this is green and astringent; it honestly kinda smells like cleaning solution. ...Yep, that's wood polish, all right. Some kind of citrus, green, and a bit of maybe dirt? It went pretty quickly from that to near nothing on me, but not before giving me a massive headache. Not for me, to the swaps so that someone can love it better.

In the frimp, I'm getting what I'm pretty sure is red musk with a darker sort of note. On my skin, I'm getting what I think is the red musk, with something else... cloves, maybe? ...Nope, that's patchouli, all right. Augh. To the swaps.

The warning on this makes me edgy. My skin's kinda sensitive, as whatever was in Mircalla proved, and I'm kind of worried about what might happen with this. In the frimp, I gt almond with a hint of cinnamon. Light application for fear of warning. On me, it's an almondy-cinnamon, a pretty tasty scent, that turns into cinnamon hot candy on my skin. No redness/itching, so that's a good sign. This is a solid scent, but, honestly, with how light I'm going to have to apply this (applied a bit heavier on one arm, and it's stinging a bit and getting red), staying as an imp.

In the imp, I get vetiver and a smoky fire, like leaves burning. On my skin, the smoke/burning aspect amps, and... it actually smells really nice, especially with the vetiver balancing. Not quite what I was expecting, this. It'll be a keeper, but I don't think I'll need more than this imp.

In the frimp, I'm getting fruit and florals. On my skin, I get that as well as the trees, deepening the smell by a lot and making it absolutely beautiful. Yeah, this is definitely going to be a bottle, no questions asked.

Olive leaf, raspberry leaf, vetiver and cedarwood. Got this as a frimp in a decant circle order. In the frimp, I get pretty much straight up cedar and vetiver. Uhm. That's probably not going to go well. On my skin, it's pretty straight up cedar and... something else at this stage, not sure. Raspberry leaf, I think, it's starting to creep in. This ends up smelling like wood and vetiver. The wood note would be good if it was paired with something else, I think. To the swaps.

In the frimp, I'm getting what I'm pretty sure is the moss, the geranium, and the yew, and it's a very sharp scent. On my skin, the moss comes forward with a geranium underscent. I'm not entirely sure what to think of this. I think I'm gonna need to further test this one to figure out whether or not I want to keep it.

I'm not quite sure what I'm getting here in the frimp; the best I can tell is a slightly medicinal note, which I'm going to attribute to the oakmoss. On my skin, I'm getting a combination of the almond and oakmoss initially, and it's really medicinal, though the almond is quickly amping. And then it goes to absolutely nothing on me. Huh. Swaps.

In the frimp, I'm not really sure what I'm getting; on my skin, though, it's LEMON with this darker, medicinal kick. Ow. The red currant comes out as it dries, and turns it into a fruitier floral with a sharp lemon kick. I'm starting to suspect that lemon does not like me. Someone else will love this more; to the swaps.

In the frimp, this smells like... I don't really know, there's this tang, with a watery floral. On my skin, there's aquatic floral and what I think might be citrus? It fades away to a really faint watery floral, nothing too remarkable. As for the affects... well, jury's out on that one, but I am feeling a bit more relaxed than normal for a Monday morning, and some pretty good stuff's happened this morning. I'll keep the frimp, but I won't be needing a bottle, I think.