Miyabi

For use when all the f&*cking noise is getting to be too much. A particularly useful reset after social media, especially when you’ve read the comments. Place a few drops on a white candle and a drop on your palms and let it gooooooooo. The components include French lavender, frankincense, steam-distilled Roman chamomile and hops flower. It smells of a gentle lavender (v. Peace, which is pretty much knock-you-out lavender). I tried it at one point as instructed--dressing a chime candle and anointing my palms, and while I didn't feel a rush of peace, I did feel better afterward. I'd like to try putting this on my palms and going for a walk, since that's usually how I decompress from my day.

I get baby powder and a whiff of cookies, but not a whole lot of rose.

Maybe it's just my nose, but I don't get honey--I'm getting herb touched melon. Which is not what I was hoping for this to smell like.

I get a whiff of lavender, but it seems to be mostly champaca to me. It's OK, but it's also not a "me" scent. May need to resell.

Oh, this is perfect. It smells exactly like Dana O'Shee, right down to the buttery almondy goodness. So glad I sprang for a bottle, because now I can smell like almond croissants whenever I want!

I really wanted to like A Grateful Heart--roses and honey sound so lovely together. Unfortunately, on me it's very heavy and smells like Razors in a Doll's House minus the weird note that made me cough to the point of gagging. Really sad. Might sell...

I have to admit, I didn't get much lilac from this, but a somewhat potpourri smell instead, maybe with some white tea. It does dry down to a sweet floral, but there's still not a whole lot of lilac. Will keep the imp, at any rate.

The honey note starts out as very prominent, with a bit of chilliness here and there, and some blink-and-you'll-miss-it mint. On the drydown, though, it feels very much like a honey single note, and maybe a little bit of sourness I wasn't expecting. Definitely keeping the imp, but I'm not sure this warrants a bottle for me.

I don't get any black tea; I get woods with a touch of vanilla. It's a very nice scent, but probably not for me.

FWIW, I really liked Salt Phoenix. I don't know if the lilac note lingers, but it's very, very prominent at the beginning.

I've just put it on--it's pure lilac on me. (Granted, I have a cold, but I can still smell some things.) I love it, but maybe I'll do another test when I'm better to see if it's a "me" scent to wear, but it does smell like springtime, and that's wonderful. EDIT: oh, upon reapplying, I can smell a little salt and lilac. It's very in your face at first, almost too strong. But on the drydown it mellows into something really pretty--almost like a lilac version of Chaste Moon 2010, with that iridescent crystalline note. I'm not sure if that's the jasmine or the osmanthus, but a bottle is definitely in my future.

This. This is the apple scent I have been looking for. It's got a touch of cinnamon, but also goes APPLE on me. I was afraid the grass stain would overpower things, but it just helps keep the pie from smelling cloying, and just really nice and clean. I love it, and I'm glad I got the bottle.

Sadly, I don't get any cider--just autumn-spiced butterscotch. Still lovely, but not the crisp cider I was hoping for.

Develops concentration and creativity, and amplifies communication skills. I kind of have yet to test it out for efficacy--when I tried to get some words down, my physical tiredness beat it out, sadly. >_> It does smell curiously like lavender in the bottle--the cinnamon doesn't come out until it's on the skin, and even so, it's not sweet at first. It's a sort of heat that you get from sitting in a sauna. If you could capture the scent of heat, this would be it. I'll need to get an oil burner for this, though--while it's fine on my palms, it burned my forehead for a bit. (I'm also considering trying out Self-Expression and/or Nine Muses, eventually.)

Soothes frazzled nerves, brings serenity to the heart and tranquility to the home. The first thing I get when I sniff it is a lot of lavender, softened with some other florals. I can't tell you what, though. As for the efficacy: I anointed myself with it like you're supposed to do with Nocturne, and it was, in fact, quite peaceful! This fall/winter I'm going to be working a lot, so I suspect I'll be using it quite a bit (especially with the Absolution bag!)