AmyO'Shields

This. This is just magnificent! Spring bottled!!! The lavender is beautiful and not astringent or bitter and there is a lovely dance between it and the orange blossom and teas...gorgeous. I just bought a bottle.

This is the black tea from Furo...that smells like anise/licorice to me. :-( I am glad i got to try it but that tea smothers the other notes for me.

Oh dear. If there was no vetiver in this it would be perfect. The vetiver literally strangles poor white musk and lily who were just starting to make themselves known. Its a shame, the vetiver just doesn't behave (and it never will). Vetiver lovers rejoice! I want to love this so badly. I can smell the perfume under the vetiver and it is heart achingly beautiful...maybe this will be the one vetiver blend i try to wear...hmmm.

Beautiful grassy verbena with a hint of blueberry but only for the first 5 minutes. Weird, no lavender and the blueberry disappears almost instantly. Maybe its my decant? It is really nice but i would have enjoyed the lavender/blueberry scent in addition to the verbena and grass.

Soapy lemon verbena and nag champa for the first 10 minutes and then...this morphs into such a comforting, smooth verbena-champa scent. I don't get orange blossom or myrrh but this is very nice and will be even nicer if those two notes decide to come forth. Will definitely use up my decant and may need a bottle.

Sometimes when I look at my daughter, I feel like I can see the woman that shell become someday. This is a perfume for that woman, forever my daughter: frankincense, sweet myrrh, bourbon vanilla, and a hint of willowy, pale fougere. It must be my decant but all i get from this is tea. :-( Edited to add that it is a very beautiful tea and i would have bought a bottle if i had my decant in time. :-/ ETA: I managed to acquire a bottle after falling head over heels with my decant recently. This is not just tea. This is indescribable. Utterly beautiful and I don't even know what I'm smelling. Top 10.

Straight up pink strawberry cake. Delicious, cakey artificial strawberry. I love this, i did not enjoy Sprinklecake and don't think they are similar. I might need a bottle...

I'm glad to see i'm in good company here: this is the first frankincense dominant perfume that i can wear! I love In Templum Dei. I am sitting on my couch listening to the song as i enjoy the drydown. This is truly special- feels sacred but whimsical, if that makes sense. The frankincense is strong at first but ultimately gives way to liquidambar's spicy, vanilla-ish loveliness. I may need a third bottle of this before it sells out.

The Sasquets ancestral estate: vast dark halls of stone threaded by cascading rivulets of beeswax, and the scent of snow-laden fireweed, Pacific silver fir, thick mounds of vibrant green moss, purple lupine, Pacific bleeding heart, and lava ash. Um...this is fantastic. The Lab's chilly, yet comforting stone note with LUPINE! And moss and other light flowers...gorgeous. And then the beeswax comes out and stomps and pees all over everything. Crap. :-(

Wow. I have worn Ava quite a bit since i first got my bottle and she is aging beautifully. The oil is getting thicker and my skin sucks it up somehow! But it smells SO good...expensive, shallow, beautiful, selfish and a gorgeous blend. I wish i could say that i can discern any listed notes but i can't. I guess if i REALLY try, i can tell the mandarin and almond are floating in the vanilla and the tuberose fits in nicely. Beautiful and i am glad to have my bottles.

This is my favorite Pumpkin. Wet, it is all pumpkin spice woah but dry? Delicious ginger spice tea with a hint of pumpkin...exactly what i had hoped for. I cannot stop huffing my wrists and i will be buying a backup. Note: bpal black tea normally goes foul licorice on me but not here!!!

French lavender, white plum blossom, white ginger, and rice wine. I just got this in the mail and wanted to share my initial impression, this usually changes but: Lavender is most prominent in bottle and wet on skin. Its not a TKO lavender but closer to the lavender in Needlework and A Nocturnal Reverie. Actually, this has a very similar vibe to Needlework. Dry - I get a hint of ginger and a nice soft hit of the rice wine. In short, if you think you will like this, get it. There are no surprises here if you like the notes involved. I think it is pretty now and may very well turn into a drop dead stunner in a few months time. ETA: After an hour the plum comes out! This scent has a gorgeous waft...it will certainly age well!

I am SO smart...but late. I got a decant last year...just put some on tonight and i really hope this comes back this year because woah i am smart now and will buy a bottle, or two. This rose is everything a rose perfume should be. I love Rose Red for her bright, crisp dewy loveliness, and i love Peacock Queen for being her sexy, voluptuous older sister. Wow...this is beautiful, true velvety rose scent and i love it.

I received my 2nd hg a few days ago but wanted to let it decide when it had settled down :-p On first spritz i couldn't decide if this smelled more like Independent (fizzy lemon-lime) or if there was an evergreenish note in there too... I still can't decide. This is nice but i am not sure it will go with anything i wear... Edited to add the number! XCVI :-)

You know, i wasn't sure if i liked Morning in New Orleans until just a few minutes ago...when i stopped thinking that its supposed to smell like coffee but it really doesn't blah blah and just smelled the perfume for what it smells like. GAH it is beautiful! It would fit right in the Parfumerie Generale line of perfumes, if they made oils. Holy crap, what a masterpiece. It is 'coffee-ish' but so.much.more.

I'm wearing Virginia to sleep tonight and i haven't worn her in quite a while, so i came here to check notes and my review only i never wrote one. Huh. Virginia, like many folks have said, is similar to Mircalla and Marianne most (i'm thinking musk + black orchid) and i adore all three. I checked to see if i still had my backup bottle and kinda freaked out when i realized i no longer have one and my bottle is 1/3 full!!! This is beautiful and my skin chemistry loves it. Another winner.

I am confused. The waft from this is beautiful, Autumnal and warm. Up close it smells terrible. This reminds me of Samhain and Autumn and i like Autumn best so this will hopefully go to a loving home. Dry down doesn't smell terrible anymore but i don't smell anything magnificent here. I will stick to the leafy scents! :-)

I would love this in bath oil or hair gloss form The candle smells beautiful unlit and i can smell the lavender, cedar and fig, in that order. I may not light this because i tend to get more scent throw from these candles when they aren't lit.

Aw. This smelled so beautiful before i lit it. After lighting it has barely any throw, but the scent is wonderful. Piney with a hint of incense that i can't describe.

I was a bit worried reading reviews but i love this. Yes, it is candy sweet in the bottle but turns musky and dark and beautiful on my skin after 10 minutes. This one is gonna change with age and i am looking forward to the journey. :-) So glad to have a bottle.

I got LXXI. It smells great, but my nose is completely failing me...my first thought was candy corn but im not so sure. :-) What a cool experience. ETA: after spraying the hell out of my hair with this yummy hair gloss last night, i think there might be a cherry note and possibly a pastry note? It is delicious smelling.

Allspice, nutmeg, clove. Eh. I was hoping for ginger and cinnamon but this is ok, just not something i will wear.

Im scared. I hate honey and was really hoping it would be a minor player and i am so sad reading all of the reviews...hate honey.I am staring at my bottle right.now. and am telling it to be more cinnamon, patchouli and vanilla which are three of my five favorite notes. I will edit this post to add my review tonight...if i can get up the courage... Editing to add my review... Well then, why was i scared?! This is gorgeous patchouli sweetened by the vanilla and a touch of cinnamon honey. This is GORGEOUS! I love it and am so glad i took a chance!!!

This is perfect...light, airy green and yellow leaves falling from the branches...no sap, no cologne, no musk. Backup bottle needed!

I was hoping this would be the year :'-( My skin must not like something in this blend...i don't smell anything like apples or any patchouli, just medicinal ick. So sad...i guess that was my last attempt as none i have tried have worked on me.