SophieCedar

OMG.. this scent begs the phrase "Who.. me? Why I would never!" in that kind of deceptively evil coyness we've all seen from female troublemakers of the romantic kind. Comes off a bit more powdery than sweet syrupy honey. I think the orange blossom/rose combo is pouffing this up a bit. reminds me of olden days women's perfume with a modern sweet twist. The powder burned off slightly however the rose is still throwing what would be a perfect combination for me. If I wanted to corrupt the butcher or milkman or even the mayor, in the 1950's-60's, this surely would have been my signature scent.

One word: peculiar. This is reminiscent of a lush signature scent that's escaping my olfactory quick ref. Alkmaar? Uuuh banana moon? Oh wait it's gone now.. First whiff comes off as Portuguese sweet bread & butter with a bit of tea and pepper to me.. (I think the white pepper is tricking my nose... Still..thankful it isn't pulling it's normal joke of smelling like stomach acid vomit though!! ) This mellows to a lovely round linen and ginger combo. Very nice! Glad this was the catalyst for my recent order.. Thanks Mari!

Mmm. the sweetheart freaked out about this one. He loves it. earthy dirty and sweet. Something like fresh dirt and patchouli are the undercurrent upon application... the upper layer is sweet ripe figs and dates. Not pulling much currant out today however I was the 1st time I tested? Very brown & black. The dirt/patchouli burns off slightly to release a bit more of a golden smell from the fruits. I'll have to give this a few more tries before debating a bottle. Seems what others fancy on you aren't always the ones you flip your lid over. I do like this a lot however!

I've avoided getting many of the smash hits from the lab at once. Dorian just came with Monday's order. Wow. This morphs each time I wear it. Yesterday it smelled mostly vanilla and floral (a la Black Lace). Today, I can smell a bit more of a cologne and floral mixture, obviously giving it a more masculine spin to the sweetness.. I love it however need to weigh it out before ordering a bottle. After all, gomorrah came as a frimp and my sweetheart totally flipped over it. hmmm...

Definitely smells like bathroom cleaner in the imp and first wet, as a previous poster stated. Warmth comes out as the spices and balsam get a chance to open. This is clean, lightly metallic, and warm.

Whoa! thanks stellans! This is the exact scent I've been searching around for a replica of. It was used as a candle perfume about 14 years ago.. called lotus flower or something? It was sweet and oppressively sad. Melancholy and longing in a candle... now in a bottle! Found! Whoo hoo! I mean *AHEM* whhaaa boo hoo!!!

Atleast I think this is what stellans sent me! The flowers burst upon skin contact, then a mentholish burst from the eucalyptus, and finally back to flowers but sweeter. Crisp cold icy and gender neutral.

Someone else mentioned it and I agree: this morphs differently whenever I wear it. Both times I rotated the bottle exactly the same amount to ensure anything that could have settled to the top was remixed. In imp: vanilla is super detectable here. Can smell peaches but none of the florals or neroli really. Wet: vanilla amber burst and the peaches get syrupy like someone smushed them onto my arm with vanilla caramels and honey. Drydown: gardenia and neroli has appeared! The gardenia is not as heady, being up against such prominent sweeteners. The magnolia in Josie did a bit more scrappy fighting to stay a level with the peach. However if Josie was too much for you.. definitely try this one! She's much less brassy.

Yummmm. Just received this today. In imp: candy sweet peaches Wet: this changes so much! and for the better. The cream amps on my skin. More like the ingredients have been reversed! the bf says it's a little spicy..? anyways.. the osmanthus and jasmine pop out however too hard to detect the lily of the valley here. Very little grape pulled here and the tangerine is giving it a garnders creamsicle feeling. Does that make sense? No. Didn't think so. Drydown: Yay! More jasmine and lily of the valley are detectable. The cream mellowed (whew). It keeps morphing and mellowing until it's a sleepy, haze-inducing love. Feels like I'm being cuddled to sleep in the sun.

Received as part of a superfluous gift pack (thanks!) Mmmm dried fruits, syrupy cherries, and creamy cake!

On first application and in imp it smelled a bit like a fish tank...? Not in a bad way. But that mossy water plant and electric whir smell. Wet: opened much more nicely than expected. Still a bit fish tank-ish but sweet cinnamon and vanilla come out. Drydown is the best part. Totally sweet juicy, spicy and sexy. Not sure what the tank thing was all about. Puzzled but end result, happy. ETA: definitely has cinnamon in it... contact dermatitis! Up to the swaps it goes...

OOOOOHHHH.... Sweet white grape patchouli and nag champa. Little I could add to this.. all the previous reviews will tell you everything you need to propel you towards a bottle. However, on drydown, this smells a bit bo-ish on me as the grapes subside. I suggest layering to keep the notes detectable.

In imp: strange... blonde leather and apricots? Wet: turns into almond paradise on me. Sweet tropical flowers with slight night blooming jasmine tinge, fig, and almonds with a dirty tobacco underscore. Drydown: lightens significantly. bergamont becomes dominant. I equate this to the complexity and tone of kubla khan. Nice but I wish it had more staying power.

It's a straight divide between patchouli and apricot on me. Uhm... wait.. the apricot is winning? Anyways, I like it!

Ok not that anyone really follows my woes and glows on here, but I've been battling my hatred for violet slowly with the help of bpal. This is the hit.. even better than violet ray. I realized what I really hated was distilled or abstracted violet. What I really needed was the true smell of violet, straight off the plant. Exactly what this delivered!

omg Where has this been my whole life? It smells like snake oil in the vial and first wet however opens up completely different and so complex.. yet there's only 4 ingredients..Drydown: Smells like a rich buttery spicy snake oil with a touch of honeysuckle on me! Totally need a bottle.

Yyyyuummm! This is so tasty smelling. In imp and wet I smell berries orange blossom & grape. that's it. Wet the berries/grape burst and an herbal smell starts to come out (rosemary). lemon peel pops out for a minute but subsides. No menthol mint however I think it had something to do with the herbal poof upon application. Mellows to a soft cloud-like sweet herbal mix.

I'm really confused by this one... I love it, yet it's meh on me. The notes seem to clash on my skin when I know on someone else this would be magical. Then it gets an undertone of my 2 favs Samhain and Dia de los Muertos? Then it fops back over to waterlily. It keeps morphing each time I sniff it!

This opens up strongly vetivert on me however the weird part is that it subsides ( which vetivert is not wont to do...). The florals and cactus do a nice job of juicing this mix up a bit, making it much fresher and greener than I expected it to be.

Wet wet wet wet pine. Smell of dew for sure. Mental image is hanging out in the white mountains or cape cod's white pine marshes in early summer morning. Nice! I wouldn't wear this however would make a nice room diffuser scent (if I owned one..).

Sweet cloying grapefruit and a touch of very sacchrine verbena. Smells like lotus has been added? Could be the white musk mingling with everything else.

This one is very delicate and faint on me. However I tried on Paris before it, so the lotus could be obstructing my ability to get a good solid sniff. Faint berries, green organic, not dried concentrated or syrupy.

Mmmm sugared lavender. Makes me think of lavender cakes and frosting. As with all lavender, it bursts on the skin when first wet and fades quickly, this time behind a sugary spicy veil.

Hmm. Violet, apple blossom, and grass? Clean refreshing and smells a bit of cherry blossom girly body wash.

Mmm. This makes me salivate! It's warm, smoky, and spicy on me. I can detect vetivert in the imp and first applied, which mellows and sweetens as it dries down. There's a crushed allspice ginger cookies and loam coming out on my skin? This really likes me. Similar to the density and darkness of kill-devil (another unexpected hit with my chemistry) I think if I was out pantherin (which doesn't happen anymore) this would come in handy. Very seductive and dark! Watch the application level..I seem to have used too much and its giving me a headache....