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Sweet, hot, buttery, salty, creamy skin and green lilac stems. Weeeeeird!!! DH says it smells like being at the beach.

I got this one because I love, love, love myrrh. I was a little afraid that it would smell just like Phantom (a favorite but I need MORE myrrh!), with the myrrh and rose, and it did a bit, initially. Drying out, though, it is much less rosey, eventually fading out nearly completely, leaving only a trace, reminiscent of mala beads made out of dried rose petals. Then the galbanum really emerges. I have always tried to love green/galbanum scents like Chanel 19, but they smell so dated and disappointing. This, however, lets it shine. A review a few back said this smells like Lancome's Magie Noir (one of my favorite mainstream perfumes), and it kiiiind of does. It's rich and clean at the same time-resinous and comforting. It is does have that 80's powerhouse kind of feel, but totally BPAL, so it's so much more wearable. Epic WIN.

Hand of Glory Brimstone

I smelled this at the Mutter giftshop. I had juuuust seen real shrunken heads for the first time and then...sniffed this. It's what I'd imagine them to smell like, on top of what the Mutter really does smell like: dusty, yet supple leather, stuffed with herbs. Crrrreeeeeepy!

Rereading the Deathly Hallows again... -There are firey Chimeras in The Battle @ Hogwarts -p.649 "...he almost welcomed the oncoming oblivion, the promise of nothing, of no feeling..." -the Coiled Serpent/Serpent's Kiss/Pain in the Shrieking Shack -Black Lily-for Snape's love for Lily -Ron...I think he'd smell good in the Lion, but Howl in Darkness sounds perfect-haven't smelled it. -White Light-maybe for Ron or the memories... -Fenris Wolf -Goblin -Elf ...but what now, for Snape-Severin is gone...Horreur Sympathetique?

Has anyone mentioned Hand of Glory, Bezor or Troll?

I rediscovered Horreur Sympathetique last night...oh, the dark plum honey!!!

Reviving this thread to give some myrrh some more lovin'! I'm having a serious myrrh cravings right now. Hecate, Old Demons (opoponax=sweet myrrh) and Phantom are what I've been reaching for but I think I may need just a myrrh single note. It's so rich, creamy, sweet and warm...What are your favorites these days?

Medea and Phantom.

This is really clean and a little boozy, like a gin and tonic feels. It's refreshing, but light and soft, staying close to the skin and melding ever so much with the white musk and vanilla. It does not smell like cake. It reminds me a bit of B&BW's Rice Flower and Shea, but greener and softer, if that's helpful. It's a good warm weather scent.

I'm kicking myself for not buying this while I had the chance. I was afraid that the woods would be too woody and the rose would amp and smell Platexey. Not sooooo. This smells like Inez with a little Sed Non Satia. It has a lot of honey, so much it's almost nutty. Is that vetivert I smell way down there...oooh, you deep, deep naughty. I do love you here! The wild rose is almost herbaceous but just enough to give everything some room to breathe. I love these heavy basenote laden scents.

I had never heard Siren's call. I assumed that there would be hidden aquatic notes or shrill jasmine that would hate me. However, ih8perfume brought this to the TN Meet N Sniff and held it under my nose...I am so thankful that she did. There's a twist of fresh ginger, almost green, not brown like gingersnaps at all. The jasmine is quite realistic: soft, delicate, creamy, and thankfully, indolic. As it dries down it gets a little...skanky, and I like it. It's like Depraved sister: dark, chewy apricots, but a bit more socially acceptable because of the lift in the topnotes. I could swear there is patchouli in here. Swear. Or wood. No...patchouli...Mmmmmm, I love this. All dried down on my skin it smells like bed pillows a few days after changing the sheets: still kind of clean but also creamy, fleshy, and lived in. Skin but better...yes, oh yes...! Silage when wet is notable, but the drydown is close to the skin. It's not what I'd expect a Siren to smell like; I find the abstraction intriguing. She's one of those happy BPAL surprises that keeps me coming back for more. I'm adding it to my bottle list and she's currently in my Top 10.

Old Demons of the First Class!

It makes me think of the Doormouse: sweet, opaque, pink vanilla. I would say Eat Me, just based on the description, but to me Eat Me is spicy and dark-it dosn't smell PINK, more like spiced cooked berries. It makes me think of the Doormouse: sweet, opaque, pink vanilla. I would say Eat Me, just based on the description, but to me Eat Me is spicy and dark-it dosn't smell PINK, more like spiced cooked berries.

'Here to give some honey love shout out to Door!!! aaaaaand Tobacco Honey!!! aaaaaand the Lights of Men's Lives! Bzzzzzzzzz!

Now Iiiii want some, too! LOL!

Costume National's 21 smells a lot like Bastet.

Snake Oil-Always and forever. Agrat Bat Mahlat (musk,honey,apple)gets LOTS of unsolicited complements from the boy and strangers...in the South, no less.

MINAMOTO NO YORIMITSU CUTS AT THE EARTH SPIDER – Toasted sandalwood, tobacco flower, teakwood, castoreum accord, bourbon vanilla, and patchouli. Blood Kiss

I really wish the Organ Grinder didn't have pine. How about a blend with almond, patchouli,tobacco, and some musk, for good measure?

#325: Vanilla and what smells like apricot and light spices and honey! Mine, oh, mine, oh, miiiine!

OMG! I forgot Old Demons of the First Class!!!! Tobacco Honey, too. They are both smokey sweet AND have a nice, light lift to them.

I cannot believe I haven't tried this before: it's a well established GC with myrrh and violet, two notes I stalk! Whatever. It's beee-u-tiful. I love that cinnamonmel says "it fickers": The greenery and violet really flirt with each other here. It's sun-lit-forestry, like that, with the myrrh grounding it all in this soft, deep sweetness. I want this as incense! I want my SHEETS to smell like this. I will totally wear this when I want to feel clean as a breeze (violets always remind me of a Victorian bath).

Oh, there's that traditional fougere thing going on, so I slap it on my man. This is very reminiscent of Gaueko but I-iiiiii think I like this one better! It's less lavender-y, and while I don't usually like lemon, it's very subtle and lends way to the tangy/creamy/smokey/sweet labdanum (god I love labdanum-it's the closest thing to amber I can get on him-dosn't turn to powder, ya know...)even sooner and more seamlessly. The highs and lows of the Scales are more prominent than in Gaueko. It's got that "freshly shaven sexy professor" thing. Yeah...!

Rawr! The man grabbed this first and slathered it on with a lusty groan. It smells like...a clean, warm man, sunning himself outside smoking sticky pipe tobacco. The drydown is so sweet and musky and hmmmm-mmmm-mmmm-DIRTY honey! Snuggle, snuggle, snuggle... On me it smells really floral, buzzzzzzzzz......!!!!! It dries down quickly, getting kind of powdery and resin like in it's hony goodness...Door?! Is that you?! No, no, it can't be you! Tobacco Honey isn't as strong or complex as Door (which I have to keep a steady supply of), but is so similar on me that I'm giving it to him. It smells REALLY GREAT on him. Like, "Woah".