Venneh

Herbal, green florals. Will probably not end well. On my skin, swampy green florals. Urgh.

Geranium, patchouli, and jasmine in the imp, and benzoin, maybe a bit of blue musk, geranium and jasmine and patchouli on my skin. Probably not gonna end well.

Marine notes, bergamont, and mint in the imp. On my skin, it's the salt and ambergris that comes out the most. We'll see what this does.

Mostly carnation and lychee and tea on me, same as it was in the bottle, none of the rest of the notes I was hoping that I'd get, sadly.

In the imp, this is mostly sweet cream and caramelized sugar, more caramelized sugar and a bit of cream and fading quick on me.

Finally able to try my birthday month Lunacy, we'll see how it goes. In the bottle, this is supersweet strawberry with just a hint of peach. On my skin, it's much the same; supersweet strawberry sugar. And it's honestly not working that well for me so far. We'll see how it goes.

In the bottle, this smells like a ginger ale float, rather than a gingerbread cookie. On my skin, this is ginger ale and marshmallow and a bit of spices. ...We'll see how this goes, but it isn't looking good. I recognize this ginger note from somewhere else, and it wasn't the greatest on me.

In the bottle, this is really similar to Gluhwein, only mellowed out a touch and sweetened by the marzipan. On my skin, it's a bit mellower Gluhwein because of the marzipan, but it's still really good.

There is a definite similarity to watermelon Jolly Ranchers. On my skin, the sugar plum of Midwinter's Eve makes an appearance, along with a definite vanilla and apricot note. Sweet and delicate and beautiful so far.

In the bottle, I'm getting the rum-butterscotch-cheesecake combo. Mmmm. On my skin, rum and butterscotch, all the way. Oh god, so good.

Spicy leather, which I think is just the general spices and tobacco interacting, and not so much the coffee, but, still LEATHER. And the sexy kind that works really well on me. And, dare I say it.... similar to Spanked at first sniff? On my skin, oh sweet Jesus. Beautiful tobacco and leather and spices combining in a manly way that's not cologney on me, and I may end up humping my wrists here. Mmmmph. Dries down into a spicy, sexy leather that works wonderfully on me. And yes, there is a similarity to Spanked here. Mine. Forever. Second test, and possibly a backup.

Again, could've been awesome, but the trees and grass ganged up on the florals and made it smell like my personal allergy hell. Urgh.

This ended up smelling exactly like White Chocolate and Sugared Violets from the Lupes in the imp, which gave me hopey hope of hopeness. But then the lettuce, oakmoss, and coconut decided to make my life hell, and ganged up on the more delicate florals and made them all watery on my skin. Gonna chalk this one up to skin chemistry, sadly, but it could've been awesome.

In the imp, this was honey and a strong slap of vetiver, and much the same on my skin, though the vetiver ended up domming the hell out of the scent. Not quite for me.

Pear and quince in the decant, but the ginger turns it into a SweetTart sort of scent on me; powdery fruit, and it fades quick. Not quite for me, and I like Sugar Skull better, methinks.

Thanks to Ellebelle for helping me try this! Initial sniff gives me sugary florals, definitely similar to Fairy Market. On my skin, this is definitely some kind of bright floral, but I can't quite place it, and the sugar's further underneath. Hrm. There's a definite sugar note, but it's buried under a soapy floral and incenseish note. At least I don't have to worry about falling for another BPALicorn!

Thanks so much to Ellebelle for letting me try this! Initial sniff gives me white amber, vanilla, and white musk, kinda a cousin to Joyful Moon. On the initial skin test, I'm getting the white musk and amber. Mmmm. But it seems to be going a touch funky... Gonna keep an eye on it. Or a nostril, rather. Ends up going straight into Funkytown, and I think it's the note that turns to plastic on me in DP and Snow White.

This? This is sexy sexy sexy bakery sex. Of sex. Wonderful mix of baked goods and just oh god I'm going to go roll in this forever now, BRB.

Spicy marshmallow at first that dries down into faint marshmallow. Eh, not quite for me, unfortunately.

My Spanked tester for Halloween, cause I'm going to a Rocky Horror showing, and what else would be appropriate?

Seaside hanky panky: a strumpet’s red musk with a merry splash of root beer, a swirl of exotic pipeweed, and a whiff of sweets carrying over from the boardwalk. So much thanks to my pickup angel; it finally arrived here Japanside! In the bottle, it's a sweet blend of red musk and root beer. Unfortunately, on my skin, it takes on a salty fake butter popcorn sort if note. We'll see if it lessens any, but my gut is telling me it's not gonna.

Smooth, slightly dark lather, what with the beautiful purple and black swirls, and a good pomegranate scent. Nice, but not anything I absolutely need more of.

Amazing, wonderful, glorious hard apple cider, wonderful lather, leaves my skin feeling wonderful. Multiple backups, no questions asked.

I'm getting mostly honey taffy and marshmallow out of this, which unfortunately does take a plasticy edge on my skin. It's a good soap, it's just not one I think I'm going to need a backup of. A bit of the frutier edge comes out in the drydown, but it's not quite enough to save it.

In the bottle, this is sugary, tart green apples. Smells so good. On my skin, again, sugary green apples, with a hint of the cinnamon and the bourbon vanilla. Mmmm. Dries down to a juicy, luscious sugary apple and vanilla scent. Totally beautiful and fally.