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Rocking-Horse Fly has always sounded very woody to me, but it's one I haven't tried. I found Captain Cully to be quite a good wood note, but the leather in it was too strong for me.

In the bottle I got creamy chocolate and roses so I thought I'd love this but on my skin I only get what I assume is the champaca and it's giving me a bit of a headache Off to swaps with this one I'm afraid.

Smut comes back with the Lupercalia scents in February (at least I hope it does so again, I need more!) Until then you might find a decant or bottle on the Sales or Swaps pages. It is one of my two 'can't do without' scents. I also thoroughly recommend Crowley

I've tried them both next to each other and for me this is way nicer than Sticky Bat - the lemon I find lighter and less sweet with a lovely kick of coriander in the background just freshening it up. Happily for me I don;t get much iris, which was the note I was worrying about as florals don't often get on with me. I may have to get the bottle of this.

Oops, I read this as orange, red musk, porn and patchouli ... and it seemed a fair description too I tried this in the bath - the main fragrance I get is a rich, slightly bitter orange, like a high quality marmalade, which is rather lovely but probably better when its cold outside rather than in summer. On my skin afterwards I get far more of the red musk and patchouli so this will layer really well under many of my autumn and winter favourites.

Warning: using this will attach your nose permanently to your skin I just got a decant of this and had my first bath in it ... this is so beautiful, in the bottle, in the bath and on my skin afterwards. It doesn't morph much on me - I get pastel summer petals (cottage garden or wildflowers) dripping with a really rich thick honey. It reminds me of those edible sugared petals, and also a little of Pink Snowballs. It has quite a decent throw but I still keep sniffing my arm because I just smell so damn good! This is glorious and I will be treating myself to a bottle or six as soon as I get paid. Edit: 16 hours later and I can still just smell it

With perfect timing this came through my door on the first sunny day for over a month In the bottle I was worried, it smelled very plasticky like the strawberry in Hollywood Babylon, but once wet on the skin that fakery receded - it was like squashed overripe strawberries and bruised strawberry leaves. Dry it started out mostly strawberry, real strawberry, but over time the sharp green background took over, so now after 3 hours I have a fresh green scent with a hint of strawberry.

Oh wow - just got to try Ice Princess bath oil, thanks to a very generous swapper who swapped me whole bottle This is truly glorious. I would pass on it from sniffing the bottle as it smells a little strange, but once in the bath I can smell every wonderful individual note - truly beautiful. Edit: I still smell gorgeous quite a bit later - this lasts really well

In the bottle the almond is so strong I almost didn't try it, and this continues when wet. On drydown though it's surprisingly lovely, the musk kicks in making it a warm nutty, slightly spicy scent - yet not actually sweet - more like the remnant of a savoury spiced nut mix. Very gentle and I have to agree, comforting.

I love Evil Gnome - a smoky yet fizzy scent - but today I'm trying Evil Gnome Paladin, which I think is a mistake! It started off turning into a weird floral soap once it dried. After a couple of hours it now only gives me beeswax with a tiny hint of Gnome's original fizzy ginger.

Wet I get that overpowering blast of fresh lavender, just like everyone else! Once it dries it calms down to a really fresh creamy almost citrus smell - I guess its the raspberry but I wouldn't recognise it as such. It really reminds me of Monsterbait Bigger Critters once its fully dry. I don't know if I want more but I might.

Wet, it is all almond and I get nothing else. Once it dries it becomes a lovely slightly spicy, slightly almondy musk. There's not much throw to it for a musky blend. Definitely a keeper but I'm not sure if it warrants a bottle

I wanted the fresh peachiness that I get from it wet in the imp, but almost immediately it dries down to faint peachy soap, so sad

I put it on and all I could think was 'melon, with a backnote of scrotum' I'm counting down that 30 minutes to see if I can cope ... Once it's properly dried down I do get musky melon, but the melon is so in your face that I can't see it's worth suffering through the scrotum phase

When wet I get a refreshing cologne, but as soon as it dries I first get a whiff of very strong leather and then it settles into something half medicinal, half like a very savoury spice scent - it smells of one of indian cooking spices that's rarer in the west, I just don't know which one (my partner has a very extensive spice rack but he's not around to ask). The trouble is, while I'd be happy for my kitchen to smell like this, I don't want it on me. After a couple of hours it has finally mellowed into warm vanilla and tonka, yes quite reminiscent of Dorian, but I don't want to wait that long for the good bit.

Cuddly evil deliciousness - if evil smells like this I'm all for it I'm not sure why I bought this as leather tends to turn nasty on me, but I'm very glad I did. Wet on skin it is very cologney, with the leather adding a backnote that threatens to be overpowering, but once it's dry I get woodsy musk. After an hour or so it has mellowed to a comforting, smooth, vanilla musk, with a little wood right at the back, reminding me of Smut, and I know I *must* get a bottle or be eternally damned!

I agree that this smells like it should be in the Steamworks section - when wet it reminds me of No. 93 Engine. Once it's dry, I'm fairly certain that the citrussy note here is lemongrass and then theres a lovely light resin smell and some light wood, I don't know what but not as rich as oak. The more I sniff this the more I think of walking through scrubby silver birch type woodlands, early in the morning on a summer day when it's still cool and fresh but will turn into a scorcher later.

I tested this today after a cold wet day and an hour's personal training and I am totally impressed - after a long soak in the tub my muscles have stopped screaming. It smells almost medicinal when it first goes in the bath, I guess that would be the epsom salts, but that's soon overtaken by a lovely steamy ginger and nutmeg cloud. For the next couple of hours my bathroom smelt of spicy honey which was also wonderful, and it has an incredible throw on it, it wafted both up and down a floor!

Thanks you Fright - they have both arrived this morning despite my Lab CnS still saying the package is in the US!

I'm wondering if or when I should worry - I got my CnS on 7th April and still haven't got my parcel - it's a UK order - and the tracking page says nothing since it logged it in LA on the 7th. As a contrast, my BPTP order CnS shows logged out of LA on the 13th and is showing logged as recieved at the UK post office last night. How long should I leave it before officially worrying, as opposed to the unofficial worrying I'm doing now? They've never taken longer than 6 days from CnS to delivery before now.

This is far too soapy for me - it's a posh herbal soap but sadly there's no trace of the lovely blackcurrant I wanted, and I don't even get the myrrh.

Lady Una, Tristran, Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat and Jezebel for me

2012 version In the bottle I get strong men's cologne and nothing but cologne ... but once it dries on my skin it morphs into something much softer. There's still the backline of cologne, but there is a soft powdery rose over the top and a hint of some greenery, maybe bay leaves or some other leaf of that ilk. There's a tiny bit of sea spray if I sniff close but the throw is all woodsy. I get no rum and no berries at all, and thankfully no strong leather note. It is quite masculine, even though I tend to like some masculine blends - but strangely I can imagine myself wearing it while lying in the shade on a boat in really hot weather. Not one for general use for me though - I'd rather smell some tall dark interesting stranger wearing it!

Can anyone find the review thread for this year's Frederic? I don't know if my search is just fritzing up - I can find the 2008 one.

There was a moment of hesitation, and then she sniffed her wrist again, and she was, under the strange stars, utterly, irrevocably, lost. I never thought I'd find something I loved quite as much Dorian, but here it is. Yes I get berries and vanilla and musk, but also that intangible sexiness that's also in Dorian. I'm in love.