Dark Alice

Fresh from the bottle: Leather with hints of green papyrus. (I know how fresh paper smells) It then dries down to this wonderful dusty, fresh papyrus scent with hints of leather. I think it brown leather. Either way...I don't care...this is gorgeous!

This is resiny and full of oude. Aged...I think this will be amazing. Right now...the oude is making the frankincense smell funky.

This just has way too many notes going on and not blending well on my skin. Wet: I individually smell the gardenia, honey, and rose. But these are the dominant notes and they don't blend well for some reason. Dry: Gardenia all the damn time with rose following in the close second. No vanilla, no pear. Sigh...I had such high hopes for this one.

On me..this is Skadi's younger sister. More berry, less pine, more snow note. I am the BPAL snow notes and pine. Skadi is more pine and snow not berry. Skadi lovers rejoice!

This is the lavender incense version. It's just lovely. This goes on with a strong lavender and incense with the barest hints of sweetness. It's almost like there was supposed to be cheesecake and honey in this...but it didn't quite make. I just love it. And this will be worn quite a bit during the winter months.

I remember one winter evening looking at the sky and watching the clouds slowly drift in and saying Oh Shit! We are going to get hit with a blizzard. And that's exactly what happened. This scent evokes that memory from me. It smells like a pre-snowy night, the biting chill in the air, the cold snap of the wind, and the scent of moisture. Cold damn moisture. This is one of the few scents that is truly aptly named. It smells like the Winter Heavens...before it dumps a butt load of snow on us.

Seriously...this is just lovely. Matcha Tea, gorgeous patchouli, and smoky black leather. In my bottle the leather is a little bit stronger but not by much. These notes just blend so beautifully together..the problem is that I think I may need to re-home this due to a possible headache inducement. I can't tell if it is the scent or something else causing it. I am going to have to wait and see after a few days.

Hot damn there is grapefruit and yuzu in here! (wet this is all I smell) Dry:Vanilla cream, yuzu, and something slightly mentholated. No more grapefruit. Just creamy, a little plastic with yuzu and menthol. I think I am going to keep this sucker for those days when I don't feel well and can hardly smell anything. The menthol will help me alot.

I don't know what this is but there is no chocolate in this. There is the scent of fresh green hay with hints of incense. Ashy incense. But no cacao at all...at least while wet. Dry there is the barest hints of chocolate, something lemony, with hay. This is definitely not me. But I am glad I got a chance to try it.

This...is the same conversation that my skin has had with this scent. My skin eats citrus scents so I should not be surprised at all by this. But still...I had to try it as I do enjoy the lime but the cedarwood....yeah....it's dominating and turning everything else into cedarwood with a fresh coat of furniture polish. This is nauseating. It must. come. off!

This starts out as a beautiful white honey and vanilla scent. And then the brown musk takes over. It rubs its fuzzy brown musk butt over my vanilla and honey and poops out a little beeswax for the ultimate f-u! I don't like this scent at all and it will be rehomed stat!

Generic wood and resin scent. Nothing special. I have a feeling that this will be beautiful with age...but right now this is just not spectacular on me.

Cooling pretty gardenia with the barest hints of tea rose. There is something in this that evokes a beautiful cool breeze. It is a classic floral and it is gorgeous...but thankfully it is not something I Need more of. ETA: and this dries to tea rose soap. So glad I don't need anymore of this.

Dry dry dry! With the barest hints of lemon. A very dry bitter lemon sitting in dry grass. Evocative but not for me.

I write this in all seriousness but while wet this smells just like the kitty litterbox when the overlord had freshly used it. Urnine and deodorizing crystals. Dry: this doesn't improve as this is the kind of jasmine that turns to cat pee on me. *sigh* Off to the swap with this one.

Dark, animalistic patchouli which I love. But the vetiver kills this for me. It makes it too dark and too bitter. So sad as this could have been wonderful.

I can see where the previous poster got green peppers. This smells like I walked into a garden with green green grass, different flowers, fresh spices while cutting up a green pepper. It's lovely, but not quite for me.

I love this. I can't pick a note that is overwhelming it's just a scent that I like. However, the linen note is taking over. And this is now a fail b/c I smell like fabulous clothing detergent. *sigh*

This starts out as a gorgeous spicy pumpkin scent. I am in love. And then the Blonde Wood takes over and that's all I seem to amp. This is so sad as while wet this is just gorgeous. I wonder though if I find a partial if I can just age it and see if the pumpkin comes through.

This starts out as a beautiful light pomegranate scent with the barest hints of rose. As it dries the pom disappears. The rose steps in and is absolutely gorgeous and soft. But it has a generic feel to it. I think I will keep my decant....but I won't need more of this. I just wish the pom note lasted a bit longer.

This smells exactly like sour apple Jolly Ranchers on my skin mixed with strawberry jolly ranchers and nauseating rose. NOT A FAN! So sad as this is the only apple that has not worked for me.

Bright Marigolds and honeysuckle and grass. This is a wonderful spring blend. At least it is to me. I don't need a bottle but I will surely enjoy my decant. I now see why everyone is going a little nutty for this blend.

Light sexy slightly coloney leather. Sometimes tobacco can go cologney on me. I like this but I don't think I need more and that I will definitely enjoy my decant.

I get slightly burnt cinnamon marshmallows. There is definitely a smoky aspect to this. I want to eat this which means I don't need to wear it. I don't like smelling like food.

Pom + mulberry=Pomagranate Cough Syrup. Not. A. Fan.