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  1. This smells exactly as described: mostly sugared mint with a touch of bourbon and a suggestion of citrus. I normally do not love mint, but the mint note here is super nice. It's tame and natural. Overall, this is cool, sweet, and refreshing. Spray this on Derby day! :)


  2. This scent is beautiful--I'm surprised it's not getting more love. To me it smells like sweet, warm rain with a hint of sea breeze. It's not sharp, ozoney, or cologney. It's gentle, soft, clean, sweet, natural, and beautiful. This is basically the aquatic scent of my dreams. :wub3:


  3. A pretty fruity floral! I smell a lot of orris which lends a breezy, ethereal quality, and plum blossom, which is pretty plummy (as in the fruit). This is a very fun and youthful blend. I have no idea what Malibu Musk smells like, as TTP mentions above, but this smells exactly like something that would be called Malibu Musk. :)


  4. Basically fruit roll-ups for your naughty bits: wild cherry and sugared up strawberry with hot pink peppercorn.

     


    DO NOT ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON YOUR NAUGHTY BITS.

     

    Fruity candy! Specifically, fruity gummy candy with maybe a hint of marshmallow? It’s reminding me heavily of a Lilith scent—maybe The Devil Will Work for Idle Hands or Battle Fairy in Training? The fruit note is also similar to what I get in Rajnbow Swirk. This is a fun and lighthearted fruity scent!


  5. Argh this is gorgeous! It’s like a refreshing summer time cocktail—sweet blueberry tempered with chilly lavender. I agree with sprout that it’s a scent for both day and night. It’s happy and pretty—sweet and refreshing!


  6. I love this one! It smells fresh and beachy—like a sea beeeze and sun warmed driftwood. The cucumber isn’t super cucumber-y, but blends very nicely to create the fresh breeze vibe. I will definitely be getting a bottle of this one—it will be great scent for summer!


  7. What we need, said Wednesday, suddenly, is snow. A good, driving, irritating snow. Think snow for me, will you?

    Huh?

    Concentrate on making those cloudsthe ones over there, in the westmaking them bigger and darker. Think gray skies and driving winds coming down from the arctic. Think snow.

    I dont think it will do any good.

    Nonsense. If nothing else, it will keep your mind occupied, said Wednesday, unlocking the car. Kinkos next. Hurry up.

    Snow, thought Shadow, in the passenger seat, sipping his hot chocolate. Huge, dizzying clumps and clusters of snow falling through the air, patches of white against an iron-gray sky, snow that touches your tongue with cold and winter, that kisses your face with its hesitant touch before freezing you to death. Twelve cotton-candy inches of snow, creating a fairy-tale world, making everything unrecognizably beautiful . . .

    Snow, thought Shadow. High in the atmosphere, perfect, tiny crystals that form about a minute piece of dust, each a lacelike work of fractal art. And the snow crystals clump together into flakes as they fall, covering Chicago in their white plenty, inch upon inch . . .

    Snow upon snow upon snow.

    I'm very happy to have this bottle in the middle of summer! My favorite thing to do in the heat is to spray down my bed linens with cool-scented atmos (The Cemetery, Many Years Ago is probably my favorite to use for this purpose), and Think Snow For Me is going to be excellent. Most of what I get is the cold minty kind of snow note. This snow note usually doesn't play nicely on my skin, but it's a wonderful scent that makes for an excellent room/linen spray. Backing up the cold minty snow is that lovely soft sweet snow note. It's reminding me of Go to Sleep Darlings (from several Yules ago). Overall, this spray is lovely, and I'd say it's a must have if you love snow scents.
  8. Ranger


    I love Ranger. It's a beautiful deep woodsy/evergreen scent that isn't overly sharp or masculine. It's very natural, peaceful, and calming. I love to wear it to bed, when I'm cozy at home, and when I'm playing my night elf hunter on WoW. :)


  9. Toe-shoe pink with an iridescent lilac sheen.

    Pretty and delicate! Totally appropriate for work or any other occasion. On the nail, this reads as a translucent, milky light pink. I was a bit disappointed that the beautiful blue/purple shimmer did not seem to translate onto the nail.

  10. I should not have tried this one, because red musk always makes me queasy and gives me a headache, but I was lured in by the good reviews that downplayed the red musk. The red musk is indeed not prominent, but it's still there and I had to wash this off immediately. :(

     

    It's a shame, because the cherry blossom is fresh and beautiful, and the strawberry cream is a delight.


  11. This oil is a morpher for sure! When I first apply it, I get an initial blast of lavender, followed by a warm, spicy blend of the lavender with the amber, carnation, and hay. I absolutely love it at this point. The spiciness of the carnation blended with the warmth of the hay and the amber give it a resinous/woody quality to my nose. Someone mentioned that it smells like a sunny garden, and I agree wholeheartedly! It's like Thomas Sharpe meets Victoriana.Goth.

     

    As the oil dries down, it changes pretty significantly. The strawberry candyfloss and vanilla cream make their big appearance, nearly drowning out all of the other notes. The lavender and carnation feel like they're wafting in and out with the breeze, while the candyfloss (with a few bits of hay and amber scattered in its sweet fluffy pink cloud!) is most prominent.

     

    All in all, this is a super fun and happy blend that I will enjoy wearing year-round, but especially in the spring and summer.


  12. Chinese peony aflutter with gilded vanilla, sweet honey, peach, and spiced carnation.

    I've been super sick, so I should probably formally review this when my nose is working properly, but this scent is gorrrrgeous and doesn't have any reviews yet, so here goes!

     

    Y'all, this bath oil is amazing. It smells like stewed peaches with a little whipped cream stirred in. There's not a ton of whipped cream (this is probably the gilded vanilla note), but it's definitely there. The honeyed peaches, however, are the star of the show. I surprisingly don't smell any carnation, which is usually such a strong scent, and the peony seems to be freshening things up a bit so that the overall scent is not too foody. But if you like the Honeyed Peaches and Sugared Peaches bath oils, then pick this one up! Fluttered Peonies is like a more delicate, refined (I feel ridiculous typing that, but it's true!), slightly less foody version of those.

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