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Vial: Soft, slightly fruity rose.

Wet: Distinct pomegranate smell, but with floral sweetness, not as acidic as the actual fruit.

Drydown: Gentle but fresh rose - the fruit keeps it from becoming cloying.

Vial: Jasmine, which I don't usually like, but not too overwhelming. Sultry with a slight, not unpleasant bitterness.

Wet: Quite acrid, for some reason I'm getting bitter-sweet almond.

Drydown: Hint of rose, becomes sweeter and less acrid. Reminds me a little of Santa Muerte (not that it has the same components, but the general mood of the scent is similar).

Vial: Strong nutmeg, pungent, slightly bitter. Faint hint of something sweet, almost like maple syrup. (I don't know what sassafras smells like, so maybe that's it?)

Wet: Very nutmegy

Drying: Nutmeg still present but less sharp. Pungent, peppery, musty, smoky spice.

This is a really interesting, evocative smell.

Vial: Strong, slightly boozy plum, musky floral, a hint of something earthy.

Wet: Very similar, more strongly floral.

Drying: After a bit the rose comes through - a deep, deep red rose, with dark berries in the background. There's a pungent, sweet but not sickly-sweet smell that might be the opium?

Seductive and powerful. I like this more than I expected to, although it gets less interesting as it dries.

Vial: crisp, greeny-white, definitely carnation

Wet: white, but spicy

Drydown: Lovely spicy carnation, slight almost citrusy note that might be the tea. Hint of rose develops after a while, but not too strong. I really like this!

Vial: Light, fresh, faintly spicy floral.

Wet: fresh and clean, can't distinguish any particular notes.

Dry: Developed into a nice floral, light and not at all cloying, like early spring flowers. After a while, it started to smell exactly like the hyacinths in my garden in spring. I have no idea where that came from, but I liked it.

Vial: Doesn't smell very strong, maybe a hint of spice. There's also a slight musty smell that reminds me of the old books section in my university library.

Wet: Earthy, spicy. This might be the frankincense, but I'm not sure as I've never smelt frankincense before. Can't detect any cinnamon.

Dry: Still spicy, but becoming more woody.

After a bit, though, it suddenly started smelling like stale lavender. I don't know whether that was the violet reacting weirdly with something or what, but I had to wash it off.

Vial: smoky green with an astringent tange, can't make out any particular notes.

Wet: Herbal, bitter but not unpleasant

Drying: Became less sharp but still herbal, then suddenly overwhelmed with pine.

After a few hours, had faded to a soft misty green smell.

Vial: Sharp citrus and tea

Wet: Very lemony, vaguely reminiscent of floor-cleaner.

Drydown: Lovely crisp yellowy-white smell, but fades in 10 minutes, leaving faint but delicious trace.

Vial: Strong lemon, hint of neroli.

Wet: I can only smell the lemon verbena. Fortunately I love lemon.

Drydown: As soon as it started drying it turned into lemon-scented soap.

Vial: Sharp floral and greeny-yellow herbs.

Wet: Definitely sweet pea, exactly like the ones I used to grow. Less herbal, more musky.

Drydown: Soft and sweet without being cloying. I like this a lot better than I usually like florals, but I miss the sharp herbal edge it had in the vial.

Vial: Exactly like an alcoholic mint chocolate.

Wet: Minty sugar with the alcohol stopping it from being too sweet and cloying.

Drydown: I smell like a boozy After Eight chocolate mint (do you have those in the US?) Mmm. Weird, but tasty.

Vial: Acrid coffee, hints of rose and fig.

Wet: Aaagh, bad coffee

Drying: Coffee fades into heavy rose and jasmine. Smells rather stale. Vanilla develops as it dries. Meh. Not for me - I really don't like strong florals.

Vial: Nice crisp fruity/green smell.

Wet: Floral with a hint of fruit - blackberry?

Later: Ew. It suddenly went sickly sweet on me. Shame, it started so well.