mxtine

The label sends shivers up my spine. I've seen the little beasties in plastic bags attached to guest injury reports when I worked at a major hotel/casino. Ick, ick, ICK. Once I got past the ick-factor, I tested it out. It did smell like caramelly gingerbread cookies.

There is a slight buttered popcorn smell to this upon initial application, along with syrupy red musk, root beer and creamy vanilla. The popcorn smell disappears and I'm left with Snake Oil, Smut and root beer. I also detect a metallic smell, but that's something red musk does on my skin sometimes. It's sexy-foodie, and I love it. Thank you NYCC angel.

Mmm. I want pancakes tomorrow. This smells like fluffy pancakes drowned in butter and maple syrup. I detect some boysenberry which is keeping this from smelling too buttery and sweet. For a moment I got a rancid/sour milk note but it disappeared quickly. It's very well done for a foodie scent but I wouldn't need anything more than my testable sniffy.

Well since its missing its infernal component, this one would just be 'lover' Or Dough Boy Lover... for both the 'play dough' associations some people had, or in my mind the fact it smells like components in a baked good. It smells like shortbread cookie dough to me (now that its had some time to settle), so I could imagine this is what a baker would smell like being naughty in the kitchen with his skin heating up the dough on his skin a little. or "pg 13 lover" I love the scent, I'm wearing it today as a matter of fact. It definitely lacks the staying power of red musk components though.

White grape honey-wine. I like sweet scents, but I'm not a huge fan of grapes. The grape note fades a bit on my skin, and it's mostly a fruity honey. I wish I could smell the dandelion because it would balance the sweetness out.

OMG a BEDBUG imp?? The label is so icky!

I hoped this would have smelled more "sugary" and bright, or at least smelled like white chocolate. It smelled more like milk chocolate-covered violets. There's something funky about this too. I can't put my finger on it but it's too foody for me, period.

I got contact high from smelling this in the decant vial. I don't know why I put it on, maybe I thought it would work like the booze in Banned in Boston worked. This is unbearably sweet. I can't do foody + chocolate. There's almost a banana and coffee note in the mix. Must wash off nao.

I'm a sucker for naughty boy scents and this is amazing! I smell cola, but it's not the mainstream chemical Coke/Pepsi variety but a natural, spicy cola I tasted once. The musk, amber and patchouli gives the cola note a smooth creaminess. Later, it smells a little musty, but I rubbed the oil to break up the scent and it turned into a delicious spicy, incensy floral. Nice...

Wet, it smells like orange bubblegum and honey. On skin, there's the honey from O, and a musky orange blossom with a bit of rose. Minutes later...It turned into sweet citrus baby powder.

I received a frimp of this (finally!). Wet, it's sweet oakmoss, damp dirt and sharp rose, in that order. As usual, rose fights it's way to the front with the mossy dirt notes in the background. It starts to sweeten after several though. I can't see myself wearing this often, but it's nice to have.

London smells like a perfume my great grandmother used. Surprisingly, the tea rose evokes fond memories of my Grandma. It also reminds me of a rosewood rosary my mom has.

Rose and lily soap. It's interesting how it smells somber though.

Lavender and jasmine. I appreciate the effects of each essential oil in their individual forms, but not together and not on my skin. I would like to test this on a spot on my pillow to test the effectiveness on my wicked insomnia.

This doesn't seem like a Yule blend, but it does evoke 'mist and dewy trees'. It's a faintly aquatic floral, bordering on old perfume. I get a dingy yellow color from this fragrance. I have to say that I like how the rose doesn't stink like it usually does when combined with other florals.

It's boozy chocolate in the decant on on skin for less than a minute, then it turns into Godiva Liqueur spilled on cigarettes on the barroom floor. It disappeared quickly.

Lavender and white floral. Light musk. For some reason I hoped it would be more sweet, but I think Beth captured what a fallen star would have smelled like.

I have chestnut brown hair, and I tend to like sweet, rich incensy stuff like Snake Oil, Smut, Now Winter Nights Enlarge, and Spellbound. Candy sweet perfumes like Loli.Goth, Velvet Unicorn, Sugar Skull, and the occasional foody (aka cupcake) MB: Closet, Cake Smash and Beaver Moon. Last but not least, I'm a huge fan of Lady Una and Dorian-based perfumes like my chaos theory and Sybil. And HONEY. O and Womb Furie...yumm. I think they all seem "brunette" to me because they're so rich. I can see sultry red heads and kick-ass blondes liking those scents as well.

CCXXXV: It's a fruity musk in the bottle, and on my skin it's Dorian and Sugar Skull. I lovelovelove Sugar Skull, and Dorian is my new favorite; so this is a huge WIN for me since it's the best of both worlds. Dorian is keeping this from being super sweet, so I don't smell as much of the brown sugar. This is truly beautiful.

I'm reviewing the original 2005 Beaver Moon. In the bottle, there's soft cupcake and a splash of rum. On my skin, it's like Cake Smash but lighter. Definitely a red velvet cupcake with cream cheese frosting. For a minute there's a sour milk note (some others have said 'vinegar'), but it disappears quickly. Drying down, it's still foodie cupcake heaven but I'm noticing a yummy spiciness, almost like a creamy Bengal. I love this.

^^Me too. Maybe we got some interesting new prototype...

This is the response I just received from the awesome Bill in customer service:

I emailed the Lab as well. Waiting on a response. I received my 2nd bottle in a swap, but while it's very pretty, I wanted a backup of the red musk version.

I did get a Guerlain Shalimar feel from Haunted. I liked it and wanted to re-test, but I accidentally sent it away. I want to try it again to see if it's bottle-worthy.

There are two versions. I received a bottle from a swap and it was a honeyed cream scent, with the usual golden colored oil. The bottle I purchased from the Lab when the weenies were released is dark red oil, and smells like heavy red musk and honey.