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In the imp, it was sweet...all honey and vanilla (though neither of those are listed as notes, go fig). When I applied it, there was a rush of spicy vanilla scent, and then it began to bloom. Sweetness and the golden notes of amber just amplified on my skin. I thought it smelled lovely, but it's VERY STRONG. A little dab'll do ya, as they say. The amber made me a bit ill after a while, but now it's toned down a bit, so that I can smell the dustiness of tobacco underneath the other fragrance. Very complex scent. I like it, but I'm not sure that it's really me.

This smells...pink. Sweet, but a little sharpish,very 'girly'. Really not my thing.

On me, it's a kind of sour aquatic, with a strangely 'commercial' tone. As a personal scent, I think it's really only useful for layering.

Jasmine. Pretty much single-note for the first couple of hours. Now it's backed off enough that I smell the myrrh, but still... Not for me.

I'm sad to say that I had such a strong negative reaction to this scent that I could not bear to try it on my flesh. It smelled of grave dirt, and not in a good way. ::shudder:: My daughter tried it on, and lo and behold, it smelled...like patchouli. Seriously weird.

In the imp: smells like...grape juice. You know, the kind of purple grape juice that's all tangy inside your mouth? Wet, there was a sour rush of green that made me go "Ew," but it dried to...yep, sugary sweet grape juice. Truth be told, it's a little much. Think I'll be washing it off.

For once, the jasmine did not elbow its way to the front of the room and flash me. This went on as a heady bouquet of buttercups, and stayed that way for several hours. Now, four hours on, I can smell the jasmine, but it's muted by the other notes. This is a very pretty, girly scent, which totally isn't my thing, except...growing up, my mother always had tons of daffodils planted everywhere. This reminds me so much of home that I think I must keep the imp and wear it when I'm feeling homesick.

In the imp, it was all sweet-spicy, golden and lush. I dabbed it on, and suddenly...whoa. Cleaning fluid? Wait a few minutes for it to dry, and...bleah! Now it smells like those fake cinnamon brooms! Dammit! I lovedlovedloved the way this smelled in the imp - I'm so disappointed. An hour later, the 'cinnamon' smell is finally receding, and I can smell the fig and clove, but it's still harsh and fakey. Woe.

Actually, it smells like...grass. Green, fresh grass (except this doesn't ping my allergies! Yay!) As it dries, there's the hint of tulips, all springy and beautiful. I really like this one - it's perfect for springtime wear. It's not precisely me, but I like it, all the same.

In the imp, it was super-sweet cranberries. Wet, I can smell a rush of dry spices (is that patchouli?) that fade into the background as it dries. Dry, it smells of sweet-tart cranberries and a bit of ginger. No lilies anywhere to be smelled, and no musk as of yet. Hmm. Not sure if it's really for me, though it is a highly unusual blend.

The description may claim it's a 'cerebral' perfume, but I think the word that describes it is heady. Wet, the scent of lilies is overwhelming, but they're not cloyingly sweet. The musk deepens it, and the aloe (which I can just catch hints of) gives it a fresh note that balances the lilies very well. As it dries, the linen smell moves to the forefront. Final analysis: This smells clean, that just-been-washed-and-dried smell. Not exactly what I would have associated with a short story about digging up one's dead love to steal their teeth, but hey...what do I know?

Wet, this smells like a hothouse of exotic flowers. Drying, the vanilla rushes to the forefront, with just a hint of exotic flowers underneath. There are apparently two kinds of vanilla used at the lab - one smells yummy and foody, and the other smells...well, kind of like a candle. This one is the latter (in fact, it smells like the vanilla in Lick It and Milk Moon.) My husband says it reminds him of pipe tobacco. I really don't care for it at all.

Wet, this smelled like juicy peaches on me. As it dried, the musk came out and turned the scent a little dark. Definitely not for me.

I would never have tried this if I'd read the description first. I mean, it sounds like everything I dislike. Carnations? Bleah. Red sandalwood? Eh. Cassia? Ew. Instead, I had no idea what was in it when I popped the cap and dabbed it on. WOW. It was subtle, sweetly spicy, with a warm vanilla undertone and an exceedingly complex blend of spices layered on top. I'm in love! It's got amazing staying power - four hours later it's still going strong, and it smells great.

In the imp, the candyish scent of pomegranate was very strong. I was afraid that it would be overwhelming, as it was in several blends. Well, it wasn't the pomegranate I had to worry about. Wet, the rose and pomegranate married to become a sharpish, womanly scent. It really put me in mind of an Alphonse Mucha painting. Definitely out of my fragrance comfort zone, but as I felt like being adventurous, I applied more. After it dried, I was enveloped in a cloud of heady roses. Persephone has some serious throw to it. I felt like I was trailing clouds of scent behind me as I walked, and the rose smell was nearly suffocating to me. That was at 5 pm yesterday. It's now 6:30 am, and my wrist still smells of roses. That's some strong stuff, there.

Oddly enough, this smells almost exactly like Miskatonic University! The same sweetness and dark edge...it just lacks the coffee notes that predominate in MU. I like it, but not as quite as much as Miskatonic.

In the bottle, this smelled of bay leaf, strong and sharp. Wet, it was very masculine, but settled into a distressingly strong sage smell. Sadly, the cedarwood didn't make an appearance at all. I didn't much like it, and neither did the husband.

In the imp, this was a strong aquatic blend, with a slap of ozone. On my skin, the ozone slowly cleared, leaving the tang of salt air and a gentle hint of violets. It's light and very subtle, and I imagine it would be good for summertime wear.

Wet to dry, this was a sweetened balsam; greenery and spice. In other words, it smells nothing like the ingredients described above. However, it is sweet and beautiful, just perfect for someone who is nice.

On me, it was a sour floral with a bit of an aquatic edge. I assume the sourness was the moss. I didn't like it at all.

It starts out with the scent of bitter oranges, but the citrus burns off much too soon, leaving a woody kind of smell. I didn't care for it. It was gone in a couple hours, and I can't say I noticed much in the way of added moxie to my demeanor.

Let me quote 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' here. "It smells like church. No, wait - evil church."

On me, this was an acrid, old-lady kind of floral smell. Bleah.

Eh. It's a nice, light, kind of dusty floral - if you like that sort of thing. It lived up to its name, though, as it was quite short-lasting.

Beautiful. The cinnamon keeps the roses from being cloying. I might actually hang on to this one. Sadly, no sexual dreams resulted from its use. I was pleased to see that I didn't have any adverse skin reaction to the cinnamon (the woman who passed it on to me apparently had a very bad reaction to it.)