salamandrina

Not a scent I would've ordered on my own - I tend to like things a little more complex, despite my unabashed love of patchouli. I got this as a frimp with my Bats' Day purchase, and tried it this morning.

 

All the rich earthiness of good patch, overlaid with juicy ripe apricots.

 

At first, it was a battle to the death between the two, and I wasn't sure what would win, but it actually has settled down into a lovely, slightly fruity earthiness. I don't feel depraved, I feel like a harvest goddess...quite lovely.

*dances around*

I smell like sexy cookies!

This is a beautiful cinnamon-y spicy snake oil blend on me.

It did bite, though - on my left arm, I have a ginourmous welt. On my right arm and my collar bones, nothing. Weird.

Anyhow, this works out to be pretty balanced on the non-welty spot, and a little heavier on the spices over the welt...
Worth the pain...

I finally got to break open my box.

 

It was so fun - the packaging had an Alchemist's Local sticker on it, and the coffin itself was filled with Spanish Moss (my kitties were in heaven - boxes and herbage to roll about in!)

 

In the bottle, the oil is all juicy pomegranate.

 

Wet, the oil is dark, succulent fruit - almost candy like, but very quickly it dries down to rich, sexy patchouli, sweetened with fruit. The floral notes are almost non-existent on me (which is not a bad thing - sometimes rose goes way soapy for me).

 

It's earthy and rich, and I really love it. It's reminiscent of Mme. Moriarty, although less sultry and more dignified.

Mmm....this is amazing.

 

I love the cocoa-ness of it, and I love Snake Oil.

 

It just smells amazing, and it makes me happy to wear.

D00d - there's jasmine in this?

 

I'm amazed. On me this is sparkly lemon, drying down to a really nice earthy woody smell.

 

My husband has told me that I smell like summer and "comforting, like a Tower Records". *shrugs* I don't get it, but I'm glad for the snuggling and snuffling.

 

I have a feeling that this just turns into a skin scent, because after a little burst of lemon, I don't know that I'm wearing perfume, unless I'm really huffing my wrist.

 

I like it. It's subtle.

Mmm...spicy sweet carnations that dry into spicy bubblegum.

 

A very girly, pink, lovely spring scent, and I'm so glad I bought a bottle.

 

Love for me, and my husband loves it, too.

There's an element to Mama-Ji that reminds me a bit of Kajurajo. Must be something about floral-tinged spices. Where Khajurajo is all sexy insence, sultry woman scent on me, though, Mama-ji is older, more sophistacated, almost glamourous.

 

It's positively delicious though, and I love catching little wafts throughout the day - sometimes roses, sometimes cardamom, always good...and it's a winner with the husband, too.

Wow. Am I the first?

Caveat - this was purchased for my husband, and tried on his skin.

Drew's not a prettystink boy. He'll let me scnet him once in a while, especially if I fawn over him, but this made him talk about how good he smelled. He asked for this, because Herbert West is his favorite Lovecraft character, and he just had him written into the second volume of the manga he's working on.

It's a very clean, slightly lemony tea scent. It's cool and masculine, but not overbearing and not cologne-y in the slightest. There's nothing chemically about it, either. Just clean manly goodness.

I might have to get him a bottle of his own...or maybe they'll make some soap - because that would be lovely.

Warm gingery goodness with a little lemony love in the background. Delicious, delectable, and very comforting.

 

I love it, the husband loves it. Will be keeping/buying more.

This is the 2007 version.

 

In the bottle, it's all Nag Champa incense.

 

Wet, it's sweet, heady florals grounded by a resin. It hass a wonderful exotic, incensy feel to it.

 

On me, the initial burst of florals die down quickly, and become sweet, honeyed champaca.

 

I steered away from this one last year - the florals scared me, but I'm glad I got to try this at a meet and sniff, and I'm really glad that it came back.

Mmm...I like this a lot.

 

I was a little surprised - it was very astringent and medicinal in the bottle, but I also was really sick yesterday, and that probably affected my opinion.

 

I put some on right before I left for work, and gave the Mr. a big hug...it lasted a while, because he thought I smelled so good. Fresh, it was a very spicy orange - it reminded me of a pomander, or some sort of decadent tea cake made with orange rind and spices.

 

As it dried, the citrus fades away, and I'm left with a warm, spicy musk that smells lovely, although there's not a lot of throw right now.

 

Definitely a keeper, and I'm glad I tried it. It's a very feline scent, and I love the little tricolor on the label.

I probably shouldn't have worn this to work - it's much heavier than what I usually wear here.

 

Trick#1, though, is amazing. Warm, sultry, and ridiculously expensive smelling. Wet, it's strong leather and patchouli, and then it dries into an extremely warm spicy leather-with-a-hint-of-vanilla scent.

 

It reminds me a bit of what might happen if I mixed the drydown of Red Lantern on me (all spices) with the dry down of Loviatar...

 

The goblins picked so well! This is going to see a lot of wear.

Ok...Let me start by saying that today kinda sucks - I overslept, and traffic was awful, and I have a terrible, dizzying sinus headache.

 

For once - I don't really care. I slapped on some Et Lux Fuit this morning (and the cute little rollerball it came in made me squee, too), and it was like walking outside during the golden hour.

 

Something in this smells like Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo and White Light to me - that bubblegummy, sweet floral. It makes me very happy to have that scent wafting around.

 

During the drydown, I just get warm, vanilla-y amber.

 

Lovely! I wish all the florals hadn't frightened me away when it was live.

This is amazing - spicy, warm, and red. I can smell the all thespices, sweetened with th dragon's blood.

 

It even evoked the sleepy "Mmmm...you smell good" from the husband.

 

Definitely a keeper.

This is amazing. It's dark and strong, and a little medicinal at first, but it mellows into this amazing spicy-sweet earthiness.

 

I am in love, as is the husband - all three times I've worn it he keeps saying how fabulous I smell. When it rubbed off on my kitten, he talked about how good the cat smelled.

 

Now I need to try it on him...and maybe hunt down some more.

This starts as a sharp floral scnet, but as it dries, I get more carnation and vanilla. It's very light and sweet, almost springlike.

 

I like this a lot, surprisingly, since it's not one I would have ordered on my own. It's great for work - I feel like I smell very clean and feminine, but not perfumed.

 

It's blending really nicely with the scrub that I used this morning, too, which is a plus.

this was way more floral than i was expecting.

 

it was strong, musky calla in the beginning, and then it went kind of soapy floral that made my nose itch.

 

I was all set to swap this off to someone, and then i went into the bedroom and hugged my sleeping husband. he woke up with this beatific smile and told me that i smelled really good.

 

After a while, the itchy flowers went away, and it was a lovely, spicy plum blossom for the rest.

 

The boy likes it, so i'll keep it...and it really grew on me. I think that the other scents will be a little more prominent as it ages.

i don't wear jasmine. it hates me, and it sticks in my nose to the exclusion of all other scents.

 

except here. This is a gorgeous, lush, feminine scent. it's completely unlike anything i usually wear, but i really love it.

 

it's blended perfectly, and it smells like that perfect blue hour between sunset and darkness, or right before dawn.

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this one yet. Somehow, I have 3 imps of this - 2 lab frimps, and a swap frimp.

 

My older imps have a much stronger herbal smell than the newest one, in which I can detect the grape very strongly.

 

I really enjoy this scent - it's herbal and fruity, with a lovely feminine floral underneath. It's nice and understated, perfect for some of my days at work.

 

I think my imps will hold me for a while, as I don't go to it as often as it derserves, but it's truly lovely.

Mmm...chocoriffic.

 

I smell like fondue.

 

It's very yummy. Both my husband and I are enjoying it.

Laginappe from the lab.

 

In the imp, this was lovely cherries and almonds.

 

On my skin, though, it turned straight to soap, with an undertone of something unpleasant.

 

I'm going to have to give this another try at a different point in my cycle, though....it should, by all rights, work on me.

 

If not, it's off to swaps.

I knew I'd love this, and I was right.

 

It was wonderfully musky and fruity, and then the patchouli came out to play. I couldn't stop sniffing my arm. This one's definitely going to get better with time, and I might have to order a second bottle, I love it so much.

Delightfully refreshing!

 

Lime and tea and aloe. It's delicious, and it's a perfect day after scent.

 

It made my husband's eyes light up, too, which is unusual.

 

Definitely a keeper!

CTIII MXXVIII (1028)

 

Hello fruit! It's a very sweet, raspberryish scent. I can't place what it reminds me of, although it might be raspberry gum of some sort.

 

I dig it, but it definitely needs a few more tries before I can make a decision, as it's not the kind of scent I'd pick up on my own - I'm definitely a spicy/incensy/musk fan.

I've been working with HtP and Blockbuster lately, trying to bash through this mental block and finish my scripts.

 

The two mixed together smell pleasantly creamy and herbal, and there's a fruitiness to HtP (I usually put that on first) that I enjoy, but since I wear it purposefully, as long as it doesn't send me into migraine-land, I'm not going to care.

 

I had a few false starts...kinda. The first few times I worked with it, I didn't get any writing done, but I did get a lot of the rumination and pondering that usually proceeds my writing done. (Drew says I write like someone with a stomach virus. Pondering, followed by projectile vomiting.) The last time I used it, I managed to get a whole bunch of pages written, including some revisions that were tossed on at the last minute and needed me to rethink several plot lines.

 

Not only was the writing accomplished - it's good - editors and collaborator are quite happy with just what was spilling - no tweaks in dialogue needed.

 

I've been applying to my palms, rubbing them together, and focusing on overcoming my block, and letting out what's trapped inside.

 

I'm pleased. Quite pleased, actually, and it doesn't hurt that I get a whiff every time I open the lappy.