reynardine

My first impression is something cold and sharp, but then it sweetens as it dries. It’s the berries. I love berries and berries love me. Unfortunately, this faded on my skin very quickly, like 10 minutes in. Alas. I really liked it.

First impression: whoa, spicy!! Also, it might be something the Man might like, since he tends to favor the more spicier scents that I am rather meh about. The musk starts coming out, and yeah, it is certainly the red stuff. Some musks just turn my stomach, and this is one of them. I mean, real nausea. (Nothing against the scent—it’s just me. I don’t like a lot of men’s perfume for that reason.) Pass.

Starts off with a very bright dandelion scent, almost like rolling on summer grass (grassy smells are not spring-like in Iowa’s climate. Spring is the time of snow mixed with mud.) There is a touch of light florals, mainly the wildflowers. Not getting cherry blossoms at all. If there is myrrh in it, it is hiding itself very well. Maybe it works as a binding agent? I do like this scent very much, but I already have a couple of other “green” scents that are rather similar, so no bottle on this, although I might put it on my want list for swaps. Certainly going to keep the decant!

I picked up decants of all the Phoenix scents because even if they don’t sound promising, I do like to try them. (I should amend that statement to “unless they have an allergic note in them.) I wasn’t sure if Phoenix in Autumn would be something that was my style, but you never know. I used to not like foody scents, either. It starts off with the teak and tonka being way too strong. Some folks may like teak and tonka, but I don’t much care for them. I don’t care either way about patchouli (military family, not a lot of hippies where I grew up, so no associations in that direction). Picking up just a touch of ivy, but the bitterness of the coffee doesn’t let much of it through. What surprises me is how the coffee and patchouli work well together. Anyway, it was an interesting scent to try, but I just don’t care for that wood element in there. Not for me.

It smells so gorgeous in the bottle and I was very excited, but the plastic note of doom got me as it hit my skin. It burned off a bit as time went on, and you get a sort of strawberry pastry scent, but the plastic is always in the background. I'm so sad! But the scent in the bottle is so wonderful that I'm going to keep this around and use it as a locket scent. It's that nice. I just wish so much that it had worked on my skin!

Goes on as bright red pulpy apple. Then the candy kicks in. But the apple stays dominant. Lasts about four hours before fading. I like it, although I prefer last year's Pomona as an apple scent. Still, apple scents are perfect for autumn!!!

Gingery/pear smell from the bottle, but it went to soap on my skin. Really nice smelling soap, but yeah, soap.

Got this one as a frimp. In the imp, I was mainly getting a green scent (ferns). Once on, the lavender came out to play. It dried down to a light, pleasant scent, rather like a stream running through a meadow. As someone else commented, I may try this one as a sleep scent and see how it does.

Not sure which version--someone frimped me a decant of this. It smells like champagne and tuberose. Actually quite pretty, until the sandalwood comes into play. I'm allergic and my eyes started watering. But if sandalwood doesn't bother you, it might be worth a try.

This is an odd one. When I first got it, it smelled off to me and went sour on my skin. But now that it has aged? It's this fruity blend with a touch of milk in the background. I'm mainly getting pomegranate and pineapples. It's still a bit of an odd scent, but I think I'll keep my bottle around a bit longer.

2010 version: Almost aquatic? The sap is foremost on this scent. Masculine.

Almost single-note marigold. Rather nice but not something I’d wear.

Rather bitter green scent, crab apples dominate. Turned my stomach, so no.

From a decant. This started off as a nice aquatic with a bit of floral peeking out, but then went to pure soap on my skin. Nice smelling soap, but soap nonetheless.

I wasn't that impressed with the scent I got from the decant (vague greeness) but on my skin it turned into a lovely pile of leaves, both fresh and dry. I may have to get a bottle of this!

I really liked this one. Mainly dried leaves scent with a touch of apple. Does leave a hint of fragrance on the skin, which layers well with autumn scents. Very nice!

Really, really interesting scent. The fruity element is sweet, but balanced out by the vetiver and tonka. The only thing that didn't work for me was the frankincense. I took a gamble on this scent because of the other notes, but in the drydown, the frankincense really comes out on my skin, and I'm allergic. If I didn't have that issue, though, Bogle would be wonderful!

This one is a winner! Very spicy, which worried me for a bit. More cinnamon than pumpkin to my nose. But there was the marshmallow behind it and as the spice faded, the marshmallow came forward. The drydown on this stuff is fantastic!

Lovely scent! Clean, sweet, pretty! Light enough to not irritate. I like this almost as much as my beloved Anti-Zoog spray! Will certainly get more!

Decant. Starts off as a dry, bitter chocolate (actually smelled good) with some incense. Later spicy notes came in, but it was wonderfully blended. However, the jalapeno note rather throws things off for me. Glad I got to try it, though!

Went ahead and ordered a bottle of this since I really liked the 2008 version. This version seems a little sweeter, but otherwise is identical to 2008. Lovely orange-cake scent. The anise comes in later to spice it up a bit (which is why I can’t use this as a sleeping scent!) but the overall effect is very smooth and nice.

Just as the description says: white tea and violet leaf. It goes on very green and then the tea takes over. There’s a touch of lemon in this. Simple and very clean smelling. However, I already have a ton of tea scents, so I’ll pass on getting a bottle of this.

Not remarkable in decant. Applied to the skin, this is a very “green” scent. Reminds me a lot of The Little Bird (from the 2010 Bards), although a quick glance at the notes doesn’t show anything in common. Maybe it is the greenness of it? For some reason, though, it went very sharp on me and gave me a headache. Pass.

I have no idea where people are getting that this stuff smells like urine. In the decant, it smelled like honeysuckle, straight up. When applied, I’m getting honeysuckle, chrysanthemum and hydrangea. It’s very, very pretty. Light floral, not sharp at all. Honeysuckle can go piercing on my skin, but this one is behaving nicely. I am so getting a bottle of this! (Note: this seems more like a springtime/early summer scent than autumn.)

Very odd scent and I can’t really identify what it smells like. Maybe because I’m not familiar with amaretto? Kept debating as to whether I liked it! Wet, it wasn’t appealing, but the drydown was okay. But not quite me.