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Ancient, golden, gleaming wood, polished by ages of loving hands, doesn't smell like this. But it should.

Black Forest + Schwarzer Mond... I LOVE this one very dark, yet soft, enveloping and velvety-smooth. As good as it gets :D

A soft and warm musk like that of Ivanushka, sweet pale amber, something spiced, that actually reminds me of carnations... it must be some spices with the rose, but I wouldn't have been able to tell it is rose, it is so soft and pale. In fact I would describe it as something between Ivanushka and Brisingamen. The general impression is pale, delicate, femenine, lightly sweet and languid. To me it has a dusty, peachy, muted color, like that of silks discolored by the sun, but the scent itself is not too powdery. Old fashioned, but not musty. I really like it, I am going to get a bottle of this one.

Well, I was surprised too although on drydown the description doesn't seem so wildly off anymore. Soft, green and a bit sweet, damp when wet. Linen, and, perhaps cucumber, or lettuce? Wet it is like a cross between Frenum and Berenice (I love both). When it dries out it becomes more floral, in fact something in it smells like Abbaye de Flavigny violet drops so I do get a quite dry, a bit powdery violet too. The general effect does smell kind of like old haberdashery shops. The combination of damp and dry is perhaps what is intended to evoke mold. And definitely old fabric. It is very faint on me though, and has virtually no throw but I really like it, maybe I must slather. I will wear it a few more times to see if it does really agree with my skin enough to buy a bottle, I am not sure yet.

At first I do smell the cypress (I love it), and water and ozone. No olibanum unfortunately. In fact I couldn't have said it better: But I do quite like it. In fact, to me it smells quite similar to Selkie... go figure! I didn't think I would like it, I expected to be sharp and gritty and grey, but on dry down it is very fresh and quite green, a bit like freshly cut grass... Another bottle to consider.

This scent is soft, creamy and sweet, just a little bit powdery. The soil is very soft, not at all smoky or gritty earth, but a sweeter note, like that found in Death Cap. And the blood note, is fortunately not Dragon's Blood which I don't like, but a slightly metallic and salty note. Soil and blood are not the protagonists of this blend, at all, but they do a great job darkening the otherwise bright and sweet floral, heliotrope. I really like this blend, I thought it would be flatter but it is quite deep & dimensional. Very interesting, I will consider purchasing a bottle.

I ordered one decant of each of the Literary Vampires, and I am glad I did because if I had waited to read the reviews, with all the mentions to vanilla, I wouldn't have tried this one as I can only take vanilla in the smallest of doses. Well, I do not get vanilla, although the blend is certainly sweet, but I do not find the sweetness to be foody at all, but instead floral (in the way of lilies or lotus) and a bit resiny (from the amber I guess). In fact, to me the most remarkable aspect of this scent is the paleness of the resin. It certainly is white, the scent itself is immaculately white. Not a blindingly bright white, but pale rays of light through the darkness. The jasmine/ylang-ylang are very soft, not sharp at all. It doesn't feel cold or even cool to me though. Not warm either, due to this white hue, but, well lets say lukewarm at skin temperature, and for me the subdued musk stays behind as in a backdrop. I wouldn't describe it as crystalline (but perhaps opalescent, since it has an almost creamy feel to it) on me there is no sparkle to it. I think if the birch would be more noticeable, perhaps I could call it crystalline. The birch is there though, and although it is difficult for me to tell it apart from the other notes, I have to take a deep breath and concentrate, I still suspect that the very subtle "mintiness" of it balances the blend out, and actually makes me really like this blend... this is so not the kind of scent I normally like! I like dark and warm scents, but this one is fascinating in its own way. It is what I hoped "Brides of Dracula" to be. Pale, at the same time heady and transparent, and hypnotising. And I wanted to add: this one is powerful. Funny how big a difference chemistry can make, because several people remarked that it dissapears on them. Well, I often have scents being swallowed up by my dry skin, but this one is quite potent, with a decent throw (which is almost always very reduced for me), and a very long wearlenght.

This is what I was going to suggest, I think Berenice is perfect. I would also second Pollution.

Glad to hear Rose Red seems the only rose that has enough green for me to wear, hehe. Well, togheter with The House, a very gloomy rose with green and rotted wood. Oh and Madeline, where the rose is white and ther is also rot, I think.

Btw, Medvssa ™?

Hmh, have yuo tried to apply body lotion (and let it sink for a while) before you try scents on? I find that when my skin is dry (and it tends to be) it eats up the perfume, and sometimes it smells a bit weird. I also think for this reason I use more perfume than other people.

Ugh, LOL I cannot get over the smell if I do not like it. Oh, and I am not superstitious I think that smells can have an effect on people, but this can also be affected by their personal experiences in life.

LOL, no I didn't realize

You like Love Me? I think you will like Brisingamen it is very soft, feminine, sexy, and it has carnation.

Hehee this really rings a bell

Hmhm, difficult, we have very, very different taste I think it is a nice idea to get Persephone because as you said it is a change from the general trend. If you are worried about them lasting so little, you can always take an imp with you and re-apply. The LEs, well, if you do not like them then you can surely sell or swap them afterwards but you may kick yourself if you don't get them now (or pay through the nose later) As for GC, there is never hurry because you can always get them. Or you can just get imps for now. They last quite a bit and you can test them again fresh and see if you still like them. I have the impression you would like Sudha Segara

I like many of the notes here but... it turned to rusted metal and syrup on my skin. Veeery weird.

Wow. This is Crowley pour femme. I love Crowley and I would wear it, but in my mind, now it is reserved for my BF. This one has the same feel to it, a dark, deep, strong, assertive perfume, but it is a bit more feminine. It is still not an archetypically feminine perfume at all, but to me, it is perfect. Most strong, on me, are the leather and woods, both aged and polished by use (a bit of musk too, perhaps?), but they are quite sweetened by the honey and amber, and well, whatever else is there that gives a hint but is not really distinct to me. It has a dark, shadowy radiance to it, I love it. It is a tad smoky, but not so much I could qualify it as tobbaco-ish, fortunately. This one is a bottle for me!

This one is very faint on my skin, while wet. Like a soft, damp, citrusy cologne I do not care much for. However, Severin is hiding something if you are patient, he will show you his true colours. It warms up and the leather comes out. It becomes quite sultry, and refined. I quite like it, and I might even use it now and then. But I much prefer it on my BF, and it now lives in his imp box.

Wet, it is wood and bark and dry herbs. A little dirty, dark, quite masculine. But dry, when it is completely dry a few hours afterwards... it is just glorious. It changes so much on my skin, it almost seems a different perfume. It becomes golden and radiant, soft, deep with a low throw, velvety and a little sweet, a little spicy, almost like resin but not quite. I does smell ancient, in a way. I don't know what it is, but it makes me think of amber and clove, although... not quite. As you see I cannot really describe it, other than that I absolutely love it.

Bliss in a bottle, the moment I opened the vial I knew it would go right up into my favorites list. And then I tried it on, and as it dried I only liked it more. And more. And MORE. Really Amazing Stuff.

Ditto. I couldn't smell wine, only stale, old fashioned perfume. The rose and the jasmine were gritty and pungent, and they normally work for me. Myrrh, sandalwood and patchouli I like a lot, but I didn't even get a whiff of them. Even though I didn't smell the wine, I think it is the culprit this does not work on me at all. Wine spoils any blend for me, although it rarely smells of wine at all. Weird.

(from Dark Delicacies) This is a perfectly fine and beautiful blend, just, especially in the wet phase... not my thing. It is too sweet, too purple, too bright. Kind of haughty. While it is still wet, the blend is bright and flashy, the notes kind of clash like complementary colours: each of them is a saturated, rich colour: red, orange, purple, yellow. And this is in fact a very good interpretation on the subject. The vanilla has a sweetness that is too foody for me, and the gardenia is such a lady bloom that I cannot cope with her. I love the rest of the notes, and luckly those two notes become more subdued on the drydown, when I can actually discern the rose and the amber and red musk. By then the vision of the Palace has kind of faded, but I am not going to complain, since I like it a lot more like this. Much warmer and quite a bit humbler. Still, it is not my style of perfume and I doubt I'll use it much.

(from Dark Delicacies) I love the darkest green note of cypress, and in this case, togheter with the wood and the patchouli, it saves the blend for me. The orchid, which generally I don't like, is obviously there, but it is not overdone, although it is very present, it just adds a moist, heady sweetness, a perfumey quality. You have to dress up to wear this. The blend is damp & earthy but not gritty, more of a mature patchouli than a vetiver to my nose. Very dark, but somehow peaceful. It is not disquieting like for example I found Typhon to be. It is opressive, the flower is heady in a way that draws the air out of your lungs, and the rest of the notes are dark. Actually the flower is quite dark, too. But well, I am not a claustrophobic person ;P so I quite like it, but I don't think I am gonna reach for it very often.

(Dark Delicacies version) Clean but not soapy, light but not bright, neither dry nor damp, although fresh, very pale green but not at all sharp (but have in mind I kind of like sharp green notes) The tea in this one makes me think of green instead of black tea, and has a very slight sourness like that of citrus. A very balanced blend. This is my favorite scent from all those clean and light I have tried so far; polite and understated, excellent.