sedentaryedge

All flash and glam: white wine, heliotrope, d'Anjou pear, and lotus. White wine, a dabble of golden heliotrope, a curvy, sexy scent with a definite boozy edge to it. This one is very golden, very liquid, but still sassy (again: read boozy): disco-bauble might come to mind. This is running a close second in my Secretly Sexy Scent contest: you can't place the seduction, but it's there. Works well with Hollywood Babylon for over-the-top debauchery. <span style='font-size:8pt;line-height:100%'><span style='color:darkblue'>added description ~ qs</span></span>

Yes, as others have said, a bright floral with a strong pear-note. This one reminds me of those tiny cup-like white flowers one finds on roadways in the mid-spring. the pear-scent is more blossom-like to my nose that juicy-fruity pear, with a woody edge to it. A lovely, brisk floral.

I'm so sad this was a limited edition. Snow White is crystalline, with a buttery, melting white floral at its core. The scent reminds me very much of being out in the woods on a snowy day, somewhere in a clearing, around three-day old snow, sharp, high-nose, breathtakingly white and cold. The warmth in this comes entirely from the soft, white, petal-y center of the scent, a white floral. I can't explain how well this works on my skin, it's sweet, light and clean. Wonderful!

this scent reminds me of one of my very first serious perfumne purchases: an index cologne of bergamot and lemon tea. this scent is bright, green and citrus-y, very calm and open. there's a grassy herbal note in there that reminds me very much of an herbed grappa, but the base seems to be a cool, placid, slightly spicy bergamot to my nose.

yes, I made ice cream based on this perfume. it reminds me of dipthyque's l'eau without such a heavy cinnamon note. white pepper is most prominent here, spicey and crisp. the cinnamon rounds it out somewhat, a verry upper-nose scent, driving and intense.

This perfume is very ROUND: a bubble of peach, a clear bell. There's a rose note there to my nose, but it's managed and tamed by the white musk, some white wine, a dabble of schnappsy booziness. The fruitiness is very clear on first contact, but the perfume dries down to a soft blushing hint of apricot/peach. This perfume is a very sophisticated day scent, the juicyness tempers the musk, keeping the whole out of the "musk" category almost entirely -- lovely.

told me this one had a uriney smell. well, it does: it's the mimosa, I think, mignling with the red wine. This is a verrry very winey scent, and one I quite like. Tannic, acid and a bit bitter, this counteracts the shiny, round mimosa scent perfectly. On drydown, this one loses its bitter edge and mellows out to a winey floral, subtle and piquant. EDIT: This was posted in Old Venice but, as shriekingviolet pointed out, seems to refer to Old Madrid, so I moved it here. --Shollin

This scent manages to avoid the dusty old-lady typicality of carnations by maintaining the flower's *wetness* and subtle, peppery scent. Elizabeth has a knack for seeming to capture the whole flower, pistil, stamen and stem in her florals. The just-cut-floweredness of this one is no exception.

I LOVE love love this scent. At first, I was a bit taken aback: it's tropical, but not in a bird of paradise/debbie gibson way, and there's where the confusion begins. Who ever heard of melding bright, resinous flower with vanilla? Not me. The scent is at once welcomingly familiar and difficult. A very sexual scent, and one that doesn't rely on musks to give it that libidinous center. People *react* to this, and they're not even sure why they're doing it. The oil is seductive, golden-green, grainy and sweet. The vanilla adds warmth and depth shuddering through the perfume instead of shocking with a slick extract-y warble.

Again, my usual dismissal of roses hinges on a general dislike of potpourriish perfumes. This scent mysteriously IS at once dry and NOT potpourri-y. The earth note in it is subtle, not particularly fertile-smelling and dusty. There's a lot of bracken/thorn in there, and a particularly green/wooden rose. Those of you uninterested in typical bright red rose scents might dig this one, as it's subtle, dry and distant on the dry down. Folorn and spare.

While the dragon's blood resin/cinnamony note in this leaves my skin warm to the touch, I love this one as a room scent. A warm, buttery vanilla perfume with a spike of charp sweet-tart candy heart poking it in the eye. Unexpected and difficult, but a warm, cuddlesome winner to my nose.

This is one of my favourite daytime scents. I'm not usually a huge fan of rose perfume, because it smells dry and potpourri-ish. This scent is juicy and golden: the honey is slight to my nose, but the fresh apple-y note really just brightens up the rose: a soft petal scent, without any stem-y ness or bracken.