Lady_Fire

I'm testing Paris today and on me it smells exactly like the spicy carnation of Potion/Ruby Red Slippers.

I shook it to no avail. I layered it with vanilla and its still wrong. I think one of them is mislabeled and I think its the big bottle. I am trying so hard to figure out what it reminds me of and what comes to mind is a perfumed body powder my great grandma used. I so wish I was capable of picking out scent notes so I could describe what I'm smelling I should just send it to someone with a refined nose to sniff! lol

Nope, will go try that. I had read in a different thread you arent supposed to shake. Guess I have nothing to lose though cause I will not wear it as is.

Yeah, theres no sweetness in this at all. It is a very heavy floral and maybe some sort of resin-y incense smell. I am awful at describing, but it has none of the sweetness that vanilla usually brings. I dont even smell amber in it.

Its totally different. I get no vanilla from it whatsoever. I suspected it may be a mislabel, but who knows. I think I will just go ahead and order a bottle and compare If it's at all helpful, I've smelled two Lyonesse imps, and both were "warm, sexy vanilla," not incense =D So I'm guessing (even though mileage may vary) this is a mislabeling case. Happened to me recently too. I bought a bottle of Winter Heavens after smelling a decant. Totally different. After researching, I realize the bottle is the real WH and the decant was a mislabel. Of course, the annoying thing is that when this happens, one doesn't know what the mislabeled item really was, which makes it hard to trade off if you want to get rid of it :/ Thanks. Vanilla is my favorite and the bottle has none. I mean zero vanilla. It reminds me of a heavy "grandma" floral. Really cloying and heavy.

Its totally different. I get no vanilla from it whatsoever. I suspected it may be a mislabel, but who knows. I think I will just go ahead and order a bottle and compare

I have an imp of Lyonesse that is the most lovely vanilla ever, so I swapped for a bottle and they smell nothing alike. The imp is a warm, sexy vanilla. The bottle is incense. I get no vanilla or floral from it at all. Completely different. Both are aged (imp 4+ years, bottle 1+ year). Do batches really vary this much? I was thinking of ordering another bottle of Lyonesse in the hoopes of getting the lovely vanilla. Thanks!

To me, this smells exactly like cheap, bathroom air freshner to me. I could never walk around smelling like this. I do smell salty notes, but I just cant get past the air freshner smell. I might use it on an oil warmer in my bathroom....