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Deana was so kind to gift me a sniffie of this. imp: wow gingerbread with a spicy kick to it wet: I see where people get the evil gingerbread from. This is gingerbread gone bad in a sexy good way. Drydown: For a second there was a smell mixed in like sweat. A sweaty gingerbread man who just got in from the gym? Odd, I really hope it doesn't stay like that. Dry. The sweat stage passed on quite quickly and the scent settled down into the most wonderful gingerbread smell. It is like the oil had an apiphany and decided to turn good. This dried down to a light sugared gingerbread with a hint of spice. I can see why people hoard this. If I can ever get my hands on a reasonably priced bottle imp then I will be all over it.

MXXXI First whiff it smells like something fruity but not to citrusy. Richer like pomegrante wine. On me: This has to be pomegrante or something really similar. It smells like those POM bottles but with a little wine added in. As it dries it only get richer and more fruit. I don't know how beth did it but this is so perfect. I can't believe I only have one bottle of this. thanks to beth and the labbies. this blend is going to be hoarded and well loved.

in bottle: This is lemon/lime citrus and I can feel myself waking up already. Wet: this is almost cleanerish on me but stops just short of it. Drydown: Strongly resembles embalming fluid on me which is not great because embalming fluid tends to be very soapy smelling on me. Dry: This faded really quickly and did end up smelling very close to embalming fluid. But it is very refreshing even if it is refreshing soap/cleaner. I really like it out of the bottle so I will keep it for the diffuser and because it is my first forum scent.

I don't think I have enough to go on for notes so this will be an overall impression. When I first smelled this in the imp it was very fresh and sharp, almost pungent. The moment it touched my skin it faded in on itself. There was a faint grassy smell that I would guess to be the ferns. I can see myself lying in a bed of ferns somewhere near the ocean but the wind is blowing away from me so I'm only catching a faint sniff of it. This stayed pretty much the same on me to the end. Not me sadly.

imp: not sure what I'm smelling it is almost bitter. I think it is the hyacinth that saves it from being bitter. wet: Still that slightly bitter smell only more pronounced. I think it is the smell of apple peelings. Not the fruity sweet smell just the peel. drydown: This is my first blend with dragons blood in it and I think maybe the dragons blood is what is turning my apples bitter. dry: This mellowed out and the hyacinth came into play but it still remind me of apple peels but dumped next to a hyacinth bush. I think that this one is not for me. It is interesting to smell but not to smell like.

okay, I have some of the new scents so time to break my habit of not reviewing and give it a shot. imp: this smells so different than what I thought is would. Christmas and cranberries. Wet: Darn within a minute it's turning all pine on me, granted it is one of the best pines I've ever smelled but the initial blast of cranberry was perfect. drydown: alright here comes the tomato leaf and possibly a little wood with the pine. The tomato leaf is dead on and certainly unique I haven't smelled anything like it before (except on my tomato plants). I am still holding out hope for the cranberry. dry: About an hour in suddenly the cranberry is back! even without the cranberry I would have gotten a bottle but the cranberry with it makes this one of my all time favorites. Definitely on my next order.

I find Opium poppy and the Caterpillar very headshoppy but maybe thats just the head shops around here

in bottle: Hmm. I think I'm going to be one of the people who gets bubblegum from the lab's lotus note. Wet: dang, I was right, Bubblegum. but hope springs eternal, its already backing off into the backround. Drydown: Bubblegum smell is still present but keeping itself back. I get some light florals but no opium or pine as of yet. Dry: There is the faintest wisp of pine from behind the florals and of course the ever pink presence of bubblegum. while I don't dislike this I think it may be way to girly/happy for me. It reminds me of watching my little ponies. Rainbows, plastic, and insanely cheerful music. this is probably going to be a swap.

This was pretty much the same on me through all stages. Wet: Cinnamon (the spice) drydown: Cinnamon with maybe a touch of sandalwood Dry: Still cinnamon not that I dislike cinnamon but that was pretty much all I got out of it. Really wanted the tonka and musks that some of the others got.

I don't think anyone has asked this, I scanned the previous posts and didn't see any mention of it. I've completely fallen in love with Usher. . Does anyone know of a scent similar? I don't know enough of the notes to identify exactly what it smells like on me other than there is no manderin that I can detect and a lot of what I take to be minty musk.

I know cherry blossom doesn't work on me, but I still had to try. The bottle was gorgeous and I'm tempted to keep it just for that but this did not work on me. In the bottle: Seemed like it might work, holiday moon with a light cherry blossom. Wet: Instantly the cherry blossom vanishes (this has never happened before, my skin way amps cherry blossom) and instead something which I think must be the dragon blood emerges. Something in this blend is giving me a headache. Dry: This dries down to skin hugging light floal peeking out from the note I take to be dragons blood. On me this just smells perfumey, not in a good way. Holiday Moon is one of my favorite scents and is amazing on me so I was really excited when people compared the two but on me there was no resemblence. *sigh*

This stayed pretty much the same on my skin as in the bottle only the coconut was even stronger . The coconut really amped and I got no hint of the lime other people mentioned . I really wanted to smell lime. It does have a tropical feel and reminds me of sun tan lotion only a whole lot better smelling and sweeter. If anyone has tried the alternative baking companies coconut macaroon cookies, this was exactly that smell. Glad I tried this and will probably keep the decant around but no big bottle.

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