Julia

Grapefruit tarts. I think I like it.

In the bottle: warm, creamy, buttery macadamia and a bit of amber Wet on skin: Dry on skin: marshmallow and cream come out, smells sweeter but retains buttery cookie top note Love it and am very glad to have a bottle. I'll probably break my newly-enforced no backups rule for this one.

I'm afraid to test this on my skin. In the bottle it wavers between a sweet, spicy bonfire scent and barbecue potato chips. I'm going to brave it on my next day off and see if it's more of a layering scent.

To me, this smells like asphalt just after rain has fallen and the sun is starting to shine again. I love it but it's definitely not an everyday scent.

I bought a bottle as a gift for my sister after she feel in love with it at Dark Delicacies so I can't speak to how it wears over time or how it might change after settling for a while but straight out of the bottle it was all sweet pea and sugared cream. After the initial wet stage it was exactly as it says on the tin - sweet pea, cherry blossoms, and sugared cream, a really sweet soft pink scent. She said it wore close to the skin and lasted all day on her. I'm honestly considering a bottle for myself!

I'm not a particularly eloquent reviewer nor do I have the nose for notes that some of our more dedicated BPAers do but I hope this helps! In the bottle: Definitely tobacco and honey. It's very warm with a teensy bit of caramel to it. I can't smell the bourbon vanilla on its own but it's somewhere. Wet: The champaca magnolia comes out. It's sugary with a sharp edge to it. The tobacco is still the star of the show but the honey's warming up. Drydown: On me, it's all sweet tobacco and honey, with the honey coming through at the end. If you amp tobacco like I do and you loved the single note, this is definitely something you'll enjoy.

Like Midnight Eris above me, this is my first 13 and likely won't be my last. In the bottle: It's a dark, barely sweet chocolate that smells faintly savory, a little bit fruity, and kind of dirty. My mind drifts to mole, for some reason. Wet: I get the cumin and huckleberry at the front of the pack though all are still lurking behind the chocolate. Dry: The lovechild of See's Candies and Penzeys Spices has been caught with a purple-stained face and an empty jar of huckleberry jam in its sticky little hands. I was afraid of that sickly fake scent that reminds me of watery hot chocolate from a mix but this is all deep, rich, actual chocolate. I really like it! Oh no, something went horribly sour the longer I wore it. Got dang it