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I've not tried *oils* as in using scent to combat nausea, but both mint and ginger have tummy soothing properties. I personally prefer mint (as ginger can sometimes cause me heartburn), and I believe that the scent of mint would be more tummy soothing than ginger... but again, that's just me. Good luck!

Huh, I thought I'd posted this here already, but I guess not. Czernobog comes to me via the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Innana9. in imp: sweet & bitter musks, lemon? on wet: 12:15 - musk, vetiver? lemon - is that mullein? drydown: 12:35 - if it weren't for that bitter top note that my nose interprets as lemon, this would be a really nice scent! Dark dry woods & musks - and then that bitter lemon top note. =/ 1:01 - wafting scent is myrrh & lemon rind... hug scent is bitter musk. Actually, this is a very bitter scent, with lovely wood undertones. drat. This could have been lovely, if not for that... I dunno, mullein? whateveritis that adds the lemon-ish bitterness.

This is an imp I'm donating to the cause of Civet Evangelism! in imp: very bitter musk, red no doubt... something... furniture polish-y? leather & petroleum. on wet: 12:07 - patchouli comes out, sweetening this... red musk bitterness and leather. This could be good if my skin didn't amp bitter musk like crazy! drydown: 12:25 - and the red musk amps everything else out of existance. Sometimes I hate my skin chemistry. >_< 12:50 - sweat and faded incense - a very dirty hippy smell. It definitely invokes "dirty old man" - the dangerous, not the playful side of a satyr. 1:00 - less sweat, more patchouli. Still bitter. (Stupid red musk) 1:20 - sweat again, but cleaner now. The smell of a hippy sweat lodge? Not sage but patchouli and musk. 1:30 - about the same - bitter sweat with hints of sweet patchouli. On me, not so pleasant, thanks to the red musk.

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Moonarcana! in imp: dried fruit & spices: almost 'pomander', slight forest smell: pine & oak... this reminds me a bit of a "country store" smell - Kirklands or the like. on wet: 8:15 - much spicier, right off the bat with a musk that's somehow both sweet and bitter? And pomander fruit or mulled wine/cider in the background. drydown: 8:30 - fruity now, very mulled wine or cider with only a hint of woods & musk. To me this isn't the hunt in the forest, this is the women at home, preparing the warm wine and cider for their menfolk when they get home. 8:45 - dried pine, mulling spices, soft fur & a lot less fruity. If it'd stay like this I'd love it. 9:20 - dried spiced fruit: pomander again, dry pine & oak planks, just the barest hint of fur. This could strongly remind me of "country store", but the musk almost keeps it from becoming totally that. Almost. All in all, not bad, but I'd like this to be less fruity and more musk-woody.

Not a review for the (new) retail-only; I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Moonarcana! in imp: herbs, musk, lemon. hmm. on wet: 12:44 - herbal floor cleaner? Not pine, lemon. Not too sure about how this will react on my skin. Ah, my first impression of this scent is "shampoo for blondes: lemon, chamomile, etc." drydown: 12:55 - Still smells kinda like that shampoo, but now more like that shampoo scenting someone's hair - there's a light musk scent that just smells of clean hair. 1:24 - add pencil shavings to the lemon-n-herb washed hair. Heh. This reminds me of Roman Dirge's Lenore! 1:55 - blonde wood with just a hint of lemon-hair. This has become nice!

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of JennyGardener! in imp: moss, touch of ivy, touch of pine... anise underneath it all, swirling in & out on wet: 1:40 - anise and moss come up stronger, pine gets darker, is that vetiver underneath it all now? And ivy note singing a descant on top. drydown: 1:50 - yup, that's vetiver, which is VERY bitter when mixed with anise. This is a very cold scent, icy winter wind freezing your nose off as you walk through a pine forest. 2:15 - it's gotten sweeter, I believe that's civet coming up all sweet & musky, grounded by a bitter vetiver and surrounded by a descant of twining ivy and anise. 2:40 - waft is bitter & cold, anise and ivy and moss, up close is civet & vetiver. Overall this is quite bitter, so I'm not sure I like it. Rank it somewhere around 2.5 of 5. 3:21 - it's starting to fade now except for the high bitter notes... which alone becomes soapy. If I put my nose right up to where I put the oil, I can still smell the sweet musk and woods, but the waft is all bitterness and soap.

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of JennyGardneer (a tarted imp!) in imp: red musk & baby wipes. very bitter, astringent. on wet: 9:40 - still very astringent, still red musk & baby wipes. drydown: 10:00 - musks (red & black is my guess), still, something astringent, though not like baby wipes any more. 11:00 - I'm getting no grapes here, but this is turning into... morning breath is my best way of describing it. Um. Not of the good. next morning - I fell asleep and if I put my nose to my hand, I can still smell where I put the bit of oil. Now? Now it smells lovely. Woody with a hint of red musk that's not bitter any more. However, I'm not waiting through at least two hours of ick just to get to this pretty scent. I'm glad to have tried this, because now I don't have to chase after a very HTF scent!

This is my (last minute!) addition to the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle. in imp: red musk, myrrh, geranium? - someting bitterly yellow that's not reading as lemon to my nose. on wet: 6:05 - patchouli comes out adding a sweet dark background to the bitterness of myrrh and red musk... there's still a high yellow note that's reminding me of geranium. drydown: 6:25 - something both dirty and sweet, almost rotten, with a bitterness overlaying it all. To me this is a wonderful representation of (especially the Rider-Waite) The Devil - chains (often self-imposed) binding you to the physical realm at the expense of the mental, emotional and spiritual realms. There's a musk here, as well as a definite scent of myrrh and patchouli, as well as the bitter (now rotten as well) overtones. 6:45 - sweet aged patchouli, bitter woody myrrh, red musk plus a musk that yes, I think is civet. At this point I like it, although I didn't before. That yellow rotted bitterness is gone. My husband says it smells like baby powder and attic - like his grandmother. 7:15 - ah phoo, the red musk has come to the fore again and made this all icky: rotten flowers and sweat... with a nice background of civet and patchouli! *sigh* I can't be the only one whose skin amps only the notes they don't like?

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of JennyGardener! Everything but the rose & ylang sound good... (hopes) in imp: woah. rose soap and lovely lovely civet. *crosses fingers* on wet: 7:48 - =/ rose is overpowering everything, but underneath the ROSE! I can tell there are some absolutely wonderful things! musks and resins and ooh! Please, rose, go away! drydown: 8:00 - aw crap, now not only is there ROSE! but there's also YLANG! If I try, I can catch just a whiff of the previous woody/resiny/musky loveliness... but really it's all floral soap. 8:40 - roseroseroserose. Soap. Since I know it's there, I can tell there are other notes, but really, my skin just amps rose like crazy. Foo and bleh.

I did not use this scent in a ritual, but do feel attuned to Herne in some ways, so I hope he doesn't take offense at this being a purely scent review. This decant was obtained through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Innana9. the oil is separated, so I roll it gently around first to mix it. in imp: oh my gods, I need this... wait, baby wipes? hmm... main scent is clean musk, pine-ish and vetiver-ish and resinous... but then the scent that lingers is baby wipes. er. on wet: 12:10 - juniper, benzoin or maybe tonka, lovely woody musk... baby butt. um. drydown: 12:20 - vetiver, black or red (bitter) musk, a hint of benzoin... and baby wipes. WTH? I don't know what the heck is turning this scent into baby wipes (it may have been in Jacob's Ladder) but if it's civet, it's not the civet I'm familiar with! 12:30 - ashtray and baby butt. ugh. And this started off so nice too.

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Cranberry! I've tried this before, and have a decant of my own, but since this is the decant that's going to be passed around, this is the decant I'm going to test. Plus, maybe my nose will smell something different today. I liked it okay before... in imp: slightly soapy cologne, but dark. on wet: 7:10 - cedar, cologne, wet leather & bitter smoke drydown: 7:30 - mostly a dark, sinister, bitter men's cologne, a bit spicy, a bit cedar, a lot of hot wet leather, and some tobacco or incense smoke. 8:30 - this one actually doesn't change all that much on me, simply becoming a bit dryer and a bit spicier - the grass and mosses coming out? A masculine murky cologne with cedar, leather & spice. Not quite to the edge of sweat smelling. It's nice, actually. Edited to add Civet Evangelism pimpage!

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Cranberry! Um, reading through the above reviews does not bode well for this being at all nice on me... in imp: ylang ylang with jasmine. oh gods, do I gotta? okay, a tiny drop... on wet: 8:05 - soap, glue and alchohol. yeah, this isn't gonna be good. drydown: 8:20 - soap and onion. yup that's ylang ylang and jasmine on my skin. 8:50 - the soap has become much more floral & green (though it's still soap, but the onion smell of jasmine is still there. I'm done and washing this off now. Blech. No one will want to seduce me smelling of onion and bitterly floral soap!

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle courtesy of Cranberry! in imp: myrrh? patchouli. murky musk. I suppose that murky musk could be civet, but not the civet I know. on wet: 6:54 - sweat & dirt with myrrh underneath. But this isn't a vetiver dirt I don't think? I don't know what all this is. Dirty patchouli, dirty sweaty musk & myrrh. For all that, it's not a nasty scent. drydown: 7:05 - um. skunk. and ballsweat. with maybe a hint of patchouli. er... not so nice any more. Give it a bit longer... 7:15 - sweat & dirt - like some man's been working in the garden. And smoking. There's a definite smoke quality now. 7:40 - yeah, still sweat & dirt & smoke. Not a perfume I'd ever choose. And I'm not sure I'd be able to report on its use for its intended effect. Ah well, next!

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle via Cranberry! in imp: patchouli, amber, something spicey, and frankincense backing it all up. I don't know if there's civet in this, but it is musky in that frankincense/patchouli kind of way. on wet: 8:30 - frankincense in the main (but not bitter - this is aged, therefore warm and dark and resinous), something spicy hiding around in there - not dominant enough that I can tell what it is, but definitely there - my hand is tingling a bit... patchouli's there and amber is the highest note. This is nice, if a bit reminiscent of head shop. drydown: 8:38 - this has Clove EO in it. How do I know you ask? Because I acidentally touched the part of my hand that has the oil on it to my lips, and now my lips are tingling in a very clove-oil numbness. So, clove is the spicyness blending so well with the rest that I simply couldn't identify it - the rest being frankincense in the main, a sweet patchouli as a base, amber as a high note and perhaps a touch of myrrh? 9:05 - hrm, the patchouli has faded quite a bit, the amber disappeared a while ago, but there's still a sweetness, perhaps that's what's left of the patchouli & amber - just this lingering earthy sweetness underneath the frankincense & clove. All in all, this is a nice scent, though I wouldn't recommend it for someone with sensitive skin. I like it, but probably wouldn't wear it as a personal scent. I may have to report later on its effects on my husband! 9:15 - it's staying about the same now, although as my hand gets warmer and cooler, the clove comes forward and backs away. It's still subtle though, if I didn't know the clove-numbness, I probably wouldn't have recognised the scent. 10:00 - mostly a sweetly modified frankincense now. I say modified, because while it doesn't smell like pure frankincense, it doesn't smell of much of anything else either. I can see where the above reviews get the idea of cola from.

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle via Cranberry! in imp: orange-infused chocolate! ooommmm! on wet: 7:35 - oh yeah! orange-infused chocolate! nummy nummy nom nom nom! Oh wait, is that patchouli peeking out around the corner? drydown: 8:05 - warm patchouli (that lovely dirty scent) in the background with the taste of orange-infused dark chocolate in my mouth. Nummy. Not a scent for everyday wear, but this would be luscious in a diffuser! 8:23 - hrm. This has gone the tiniest bit soapy. So that it's like eating orange-chocolate in a bathroom that's got patchouli-scented soap infusing the air. Still a nice diffuser scent, and not one I'd wear as a personal scent. 8:41 - the patchouli is coming out more, blending with the chocolate smell (of course, it always was the chocolate), and the sweetness of the orange is still there. A lovely scent, perfect for a room, not great as a 'me' scent. Still, I like it. 10:05 - this has settled down, away from the orange-chocolate, into a warm, spicy, almost pomander scent - orange that's dried, so its scent is subtle and then there's the spices and ribbons wrapping it. The patchouli has become itself and is absolutely lovely with the orange pomander. I may have to get an imp of this for room scenting!

I got to try this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle! This is my second time trying this - last time the opium overpowered everything... and I'm not a fan of opium, but I'll give it another try. in imp: opium & murky musk on wet: 7:20 - a bit spicier, but still... opium in the main, like the (was it Dior?) expensive women's cologne. drydown: 7:35 - the red egyptian musk is coming out a bit, but still mostly what I'm smelling is OPIUM! 8:05 - this is a little more complex and interesting than the cologne Opium, but my skin is amping that note to the exclusion of all else. And I'm afraid I just plain don't like that scent. eh. 8:22 - maybe a bit more musk, but pretty much still all opium, all the time. Ah well.

Got this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle! in imp: water. faint, green, pretty... barely there. on wet: 12:00 - faintly crushed stems. clean pond water. drydown: 12:15 - shampoo, but a good smelling one. This is a clean, wet subtle scent. I like it, but I don't think I'd wear it often. Also - there's civet in this? 12:30 - this reminds me of my mom a bit. Maybe it smells like her shampoo? a nice clean damp smell. 12:50 - right, I know now why this smell reminds me of my mom: it kinda smells like Oil of Olay. I say kinda, because the Olay has rose in it and this doesn't. Whatever happened to the civet this is supposed to have? I like this, it's not something I'd choose to wear, and it's nothing like what I expected. It also doesn't morph very much.

Got this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle, and I admit, that's the only reason that I'm trying it. Two of the four listed notes work on me though, so we'll see. in imp: um. okay, my first impression is "ew". Let's sniff that again. There's something spicy & warm & sweet underneath that 'ew'ness of ylang ylang and red musk. Okay, here goes. on wet: 10:30 - not quite so much ick, but it's still there, all bitter and sharp. I do get a nice background of patchouli and myrrh, but just barely. drydown: 10:50 - ah, ylang ylang has done what is always does and turned into baby wipes on my skin, drowning almost everything else out. There's a bare hint of red musk, but that's not a good thing. This is definitely not a scent for me. 11:11 - nope, all ylang ylang and red musk all the time, barely any hint of anything else. Bitterness and babywipes. Ah well, this works on folks other than me.

Got this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle via SueDonym. (I've wanted to try this one for ages... I'm afraid I'll be very sad if I hate it... but then it's so hard to get, I'll be sad if I love it too! LOL) in imp: grapes... I think that's bitter sage, there's faint oakmoss or vetiver... hopefully my skin won't amp the grapes. on wet: 6:25 - and this has gone into a scent blind-spot for me! weird! There's barely a hint of sage, some grape maybe and something both woody and musky... but BOY is this faint! drydown: 6:35 - I'm starting to be able to smell this now. The sweetness of the grapes is still there, without actually smelling *like* grapes. There's a definite herbal tinge that I'm pretty sure is sage (which is weird, since I know the smell of that herb fairly well) and a background flowery musk... this is like the civet I know... and yet I'm not in love with this scent. 6:42 - oh now, that's the civet I know and love. with the herbal sage and an extra boost of sweetness from grape, this is not manly at all, quite feminine in fact. I could wish there was more of an oomph from the oakmoss. 6:50 - civet & sage. Mmmm. I like this. It's not my IMUSTHAVETHIS scent, but if I could get a hold of a decant of this, I'd grab it! 7:10 - the grape has come back out a bit, so that I'm smelling grapes (or kudzu flowers), civet and a nice woody herb. This scent doesn't make me imagine Puck, but does make me want to roll around in sensuous joy, so maybe it does invoke Puck. heh. 7:20 - this is a feminine, non-foody sweet musky scent with absolutely no vanilla. It's sensuous; it makes me want to roll around on a velvet blanket running my hands down my body - just that, nothing more 'naughty'. It makes me purr. Although to be honest, for this scent to be 'me' it'd need a tiny drop more of oakmoss or dark amber. Still. Prrrrrr. I'll be on the lookout for this.

Got this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle via SueDonym in imp: cedar is strong at first, but it's not a dry "pencil shavings" cedar, it's a green cedar... then juniper comes forward, bringing a furry musk with it. This may actually be too 'green' of a scent for me, but we'll see. on wet: 5:45 - the juniper isn't as prominent, leaving the cedar & furry musk (civet, dur) to dance together. drydown: 5:50 - the musk has faded, letting cedar have the forefront... this is an interesting triangle of scent, with cedar as the point and juniper-civet as the base... this has gotten much warmer and less spring green, now it's shadowed green. heh. How does one go about describing a sense? 6:05 - this is now cedar & dirty musk with a touch of juniper in the background... barely green at all now, so I'd guess it was the juniper making me think "green"... I like this, but it's not a 'me' scent, you know? I only wish my guy could wear scents. This would be great on a guy... just not mine. 6:11 - there's a sweetness and a powderyness coming out now, that I just can't explain. Almost... fruit, but I'm not sure what kind. I'm getting an image of a nightmare-beast (off the clock, it's daytime) in the forest, with slaver and juice running down his chin. 6:30 - powdery musky juice over cedar? huh. I like this, but not enough to chase after a HTF decant. 6:45 - everything's almost blended together to be cedar in the main, a powdery musk over that, and a touch of sweetness. I'm out in the barn playing with the dog when I smell tarts being baked. And now I'm amused by the fact that I'm using a lot of allegory to describe this scent. ETA: 7:30 - and the fruit has gone away, leaving only the woody powdery musk. nice.

Got this imp through the Civet Evangelism Sniffing Circle via Bombus. Now red musk has historically not worked on me - as in it amps and smells like bitterness and plastic, so we'll see... in imp: hm. sandalwood & red musk, twirling around each other... not bad, but forboding. on wet: 9:03 - sweet rosewood, then.. woosh! plasticy red musk. sandalwood is peeking out the door, thinking about coming to play, but hasn't decided yet. drydown: 9:10 - the sandalwood is trying to get the red musk to calm the heck down and stop yelling. It's not working so well. 9:23 - no more sandalwood, no more anything but bitter red musk. *sigh* I was afraid of that. blech. 9:33 - a titch more sandalwood, but no. On me this is all red musk, all the time. Bleh. 9:40 - same. what happened to the amber??? *sigh* time to wash off!

Got this imp/decant through the Civet Sniffing Circle, via Bombus. Here goes with the review... in imp: PINE! almost pine-cleaner sharp. on wet: 8:05 - pine & lemon? but no longer cleaning-fluid. More like... lemon curd in a pine forest? drydown: 8:10 - the musk is starting to peek out from behind the pine. As is the cypress. I'm still getting a lemon-flavor though... could that be ambergris? I've never had it smell like lemon before... 8:25 - still pine that attaches to the back of my throat, trying to drown out everything else... but the other notes do come through! Cypress is the next note I notice, then a sweet musk that balances out the bitterness of the pine-cleaner and cypress/juniper. 8:35 - the OMG!PINE! has died down a bit, starting to blend with everything else... heh, a two year old who had been running around the room laughing and screaming their head off that's now calmed down enough to behave like a human being again - fit for company now. The cypress/juniper gives a nice woody base, with the musk being a round sweet middle note and the pine and ambergris being a high piercing note. It's too much PINE for me, though I do like it. Not sure I even want an imp of this. 8:55 - about the same as last sniff - Pine and ambergris as very strong top notes, the musk is a sweet middle note and the cypress/juniper are a nice woody base note. As I said, too much PINE for me, but not at all bad.

Mad Sweeney in imp: peat-smoked oak whiskey. alcohol fumes, RIGHT UP THE NOSE! on wet: 5:01 - scotch whiskey, alcohol fumes, sweet tobacco. drydown: 5:11 - less fumey, more sweet, still pretty much whiskey/tobacco. Pipe tobacco though... actually... this reminds me of waiting in the library/salon for dinner in the Dungeon at Dalhousie Castle on our honeymoon in Scotland. All leather seats, wood paneling, pipesmoke and WHISKEY. 5:35 - even less alcohol fumes, sweet whiskey/leather/tobacco, even more reminding me of the library/salon in Dalhousie. I wish I'd taken a picture of it. 5:58 - I may have to try this on my LH, see what he thinks - it's quite a nummy smell.. I *want* a big bottle, but dunno if I *need* one... just hope I have money and time to make up my mind. I like it at any rate. PS to the review: yes, we went to Scotland for our honeymoon, we stayed at a castle ("We're up to here with fuckin' castles"), and the fancy dining at this castle was in the dungeon. What pictures I have online are here: http://s5.photobucket.com/albums/y160/Curr...moon/Dalhousie/ no pictures of the library, nor the dungeon.

I didn't care for Wolf Moon's last incarnation. It was okay, but 'air' and 'ozone' scents don't get along well with my skin. This year... I knew I'd like it and ordered two imps from a decant circle! I do like it! (and so does my DH) I normally do my review without looking at the notes, so as you read this, know that my nose isn't all that refined yet! in imp: pine & musk... perhaps not pine but juniper or cedar. on wet: 11:33 - a bit more greenery. and a touch sweeter. That's not quite pine-sol, not quite christmas tree. a cirtusy overtone? and a solid musk base. I like it. Not a lot of throw... drydown: 11:47 - the pine has turned to citrus overtones (blood orange maybe?) and a powdery brown musk... am I getting a hint of oude? 12:00 - ooh, that is just like oude. and cedar. Holy crap I'm glad I got 2 imps of this. I'm just sad it's not got a lot of waft. Myk loves it too! the top note is still kind of citrussy, but not by a lot. This is dark damp dead wood. I might just need a bottle! 12:50 - reapply. spicy citrussy woods. hrm. still nummy. And again, dries down to cedar & sweet juniper & musk. it's not quite the copy of Wood Musk that I'm looking for... but it's A wood musk!!! This is a three on my scale of one to three!

I have an imp of Graveyard Dirt and as everyone else said, it's exactly what you're looking for - good clean potting soil. However! As Graveyard Dirt is soo difficult to come by I thought I'd recommend another brand - FeMaledictions has a scent called Dirtnap that to me smells exactly like Graveyard Dirt. Happy gardening scent!