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Kumari Kandam was the first thing that came to mind for me as well; it's sort of clay cavelike... there are some other harder-to-find Limited Editions that might fit the bill - Shanghai Tunnel and Carfax Abbey come to mind. One of the more earthy blends from Rappaccini's Garden, maybe Destroying Angel, could add the earthy decay. While I wouldn't call it cavelike at all, an "out there" suggestions is Cathode, which to me is fairly heavy on the oakmoss and spanish moss, and the mint adds a sense of coolness that might be interesting to him. edited for spelling

I relied heavily upon Berenice for my job interview(s); it smells awesome on me, but is very subtle and non-perfumey. I got the job, too

You could see about tracking down a decant of the LE Bakeneko, which is very tea-and-spice to me.

Jezebel reminds me a lot of Lush's B Never Too Busy To Be Beautiful shower gel.

I am not familiar with Versace Woman, but when you mentioned it smells like sparkling peach, I immediately thought of Tamora, which has: Amber, heliotrope, golden sandalwood, peach blossom and vanilla bean.

You may want to track down an imp of Cloister Graveyard in the Snow, from the Salon series - for me, it's a beautiful interpretation of the solemnity and stillness of a winter's night.

I've worn Stardust 2005 for the last two New Year's Eves, so I'm thinking of making it a tradition. Either that or the darkhorse New Year's Eve in Dogville - my husband's playing a live set at a party

I think Greed might be an interesting choice; also, I found Ides of March and the Beltanes to be nicely greenish without being too sweet.

Someone just mentioned the exact same visual in their review of Snow White...

You may want to try Moscow if you haven't already

I'm looking for a list of new items since the last time the Nattie/For_the_Nonce one was updated in the spring. I'm totally behind on my spreadsheet. pugmom, thanks for the link! The layout is quite a bit different, but I can definitely use yours as a backup if I can't track down something closer. Anything specifically you're looking for? I took most of Nattie's spreadsheet and tweaked it a bit for its current incarnation.

I love this - smelling this gives me strong visual impressions of the same "pre-hunt celebration at the feast hall" that I visualize when I smell Tintagel, except Hunter Moon is the celebration before the hunt and Tintagel is the "the hunting party returns" celebration. In Hunter Moon, the wine flows strongly on this warm autumn evening, the smell of leather fills the air, cheeks are slightly flushed with pride and alcohol, there is merriment, and the muskiness of the hunters mingles with the distant musk of the hunted, which electrifies the air with a throbbing sense of anticipation.

The Perilous Parlor smells like orange circus peanuts to me

Has anyone maintained the Nattie's spreadsheet - either the older layout or the newer one that For The Nonce put together?

I might be wrong, but I'm under the impression that Tonka is in the same general scent family as Vanilla, and so, I'd recommend Dee, which is pretty swoonworthy

How about Mata Hari, Snake Oil or Perversion if she's wearing a bit of leather?

I would recommend you try Florence

My favorites for going out to a show are: the 13 from April 2007 (the guy next to me stuck his nose into my hair at one point, and I'm convinced it wasn't an accident ); Trick #2, Mme. Moriarty and Snake Oil. There's a "dirtiness" in those that meshes well with a dark, noisy club, and they have enough throw that you create a little aura as you glide on by

It seems like every time the wind kicks up, Oya demands to be worn. I find it works well with the tempestuous NorCal weather

You might want to try Blood Kiss, which is darkly sweet (vetiver, vanilla, honey, clove, cherry); Samhainophobia is another darkly sweet blend, but it's an LE from last fall, so it may be trickier to find.

In an attempt to help/enable a co-worker, can anyone suggest a BPAL that's like Sheseido's Inoui? It's from the seventies and discontinued. I poked around the web and found it described variously as: "rich, warm chypre," "green fresh balsamic," "fruity-floral with a myrrh base," & "floral chypre." Top notes: Lemon, Galbanum, Peach, Juniper Middle: Jasmine, Pine Needles, Thyme, Freesia Base: Oakmoss, Cedarwood, Myrrh, Civet, Musk Most reviews called out the galbanum, peach, jasmine, freesia, myrrh, and (on occasion) oakmoss. Thanks

Well, I liked the simple, sweet spiciness of Pink Moon 2007, but it gave my husband flashbacks to the first day of school in the Soviet Union, when all the Young Pioneers would give boquets of carnations to the teacher or the girls would wear carnations in their hair. He kindly asked that I swap or sell this one

MCLXVI (#1166) This one is quite a morpher! It starts off with a strong grapefruit-y note (I'm guessing it's yuzu) and then as it drys down, moves into something that smells like Intrigue (black palm and fig maybe?). At any rate, it's one of the more interesting Chaos Theories that have crossed my path. I like it, but don't love it, so off to swaps it goes.

Bookwise, I'd add to the chorus of Dee and also toss in Aureus, which (to me) smells like the inside of a wealthy gentlemen's library bathed in the golden glow of late afternoon sun. He might like Jolly Roger, Loup Garou or The Bow & Crown of Conquest.

I think Manhattan is my new Springtime favorite