Dark Alice

Fresh Green Seawater. That is what came to mind when I first put this on. Completely dry it smells like the light blue waters of Koai that I have seen in pictures. I don't know when I will wear...but I plan on finding an excuse to where it somewhere.

Wet in the imp: Fresh Snake Oil and Honey. Drydown: Fresh Snake Oil and honey. But not a honey that makes me sick it's actually quite pleasant. It smells like Snake Oil and white honey. I think a partial of this is in order.

This just might be bottleworthy. Light powdery black musk with Sandalwood. It's just very light though...I can barely smell it. I think I need a partial to age b/c I think this will be amazing.

Ironically...my skin is NOT amping the milk note in this. It's just amping the hell out of the blackberry and snow note. Wet in the imp this smelled delicious like refreshingly washed, cool blackberries. Now it just smells like minty, sour blackberry. So glad I didn't buy a bottle but I am glad I got a chance to try this! Thanks Andrea!

Okay skin....what the hell is going on? you are supposed to hate coconut milk...and ambergis are not our friends. But this....this stuff is glorious. It does smell like fresh cut daffodils and cool suntan lotion. It can be a little perfumey....but on the right day this could be lovely. I think I need a partial.

There is just something wrong with this scent. One of my most hated notes and one of my most favorite notes have been combined in a perfume and my SKIN HATES IT! The caramel...just comes out and tussels the red musk and everything else to the ground and stomps it into nothing. Then it gets evil. Really evil and just turns into burnt caramel. I can't stand this. It must come off NOW!

Snow white 05 smells exactly like my 07 bottles. Chilly white florals with a hint of suntan lotion. Since I love it either way....I will keep the imp.

This smells like a high end pine sol bathroom cleaner that is used in the really expensive restaurant bathrooms that movie stars used. I wish my skin didn't turn these floral scents into to soapy, cleaner smells because they smell wonderful in the imps. *sigh*

I knew when I read the notes that this would turn to soap on me. It's really nice smelling, floral, expensive soap. But it smells like soap from wet to dry. *sigh*

I am upset. I have waited to try this for so damn long. And all I get is fir. Fir and cheap pine sole cleaner. Where are all the other notes? Why just fir? GAH!

Does the red musk in Smut age well? Because fresh Smut is faint...and dies on my skin...but when wet....it's just gorgeous.

At first this smelled like a fresh aquatic breeze. Then it became perfumey. My skin wanted to turn this into department store perfume with hints of that aquatic note that I love. *sigh*

Twilight....THANK YOU!!!! I love the Smut 2010 label.

Green....but musty. Balsam?) Raw vanilla is lurking in the background...and papyrus. Fresh Papyrus. I don't know if anyone has ever smelled the fresh paper plant but this is dead on for it! I also get wood, polished wood at that. It smells like a library. It's pleasant...I just wish there was a little more vanilla in this I think aging this will help a little. ETA: There is no leather in this for me. Normally I amp the hell out of leather...but here the balsam has taken over.

At first...this is quite murderous. The rose geranium comes forth slashing the other notes to ribbons. But as this settles and dries it becomes a softer, slower, more seductive killing. The rose geranium is forced into submission by the tobacco and the myrrh slowly but surely warms things, up and softens them at the same time. Dried down I would call this Killing me softly...as it is a slow yet subtle murderous death. It is truly one of Beth's greatest masterpieces and I foresee wearing this often. And it will definitely require an additional bottle.

Thank you Lycanthrope! Aren't the labels pretty. I love Iganok Jewelers!!!

The bottle has picture of a gorgeous silver ring with a glowing ethereal blood red stone in the middle. That is exactly what this smells like. This definitely has a silver metal note in it...but as with black opal that has a flash of fire to it..this has a soft but fierce flash of redness to it that is sudden, quick, and that dims. It is something that I would definitely wear as Garnet is my birthstone and silver is one of my favorite metals. This is definitely a Capricorn style scent. I love it!

This is the oddest scent I have tried yet. Wet: Lilac. Just (screams) at you. Then something creamy. Creamy freakin lilac. With hints of Ho damn wood. The gorgeous sweetness of the smokey vanilla is hiding somewhere in the background...yelling help...I am drowning in creamy freakin lilac. And then poof. The lilac all but disappears and floats up back to wherever it came from. And now hints...the barest hints of smokey vanilla are coming out. Slightly sweet smokey vanilla and lilac. I probably should have gotten a decant of this but alas my excitement brought me the bottle. I think I will age this one to see if the vanilla will some of the lilac out of this. B/c really...once the cream goes away this is quite a lovely lilac and vanilla scent.

The Iganok Jewelers label is gorgeous. I will post a phone pic if someone will help me figure out how.

Wet: Nasty bourbon...with a hint of vanilla. Drydown: This actually goes from a sow's ear to a silk purse. It becomes a lighter version of my beloved Antique Lace. Glad I got a chance to try it....but Antique lace is fine with me.

Here you go SW: Some of my favorite places that I like to window shop! By no means is this a list of mandatory items that need to be purchased on my behalf!!! Etsy: Paintworks Soapbox http://www.etsy.com/shop/paintboxsoapworks?section_id=6642367 Some of my favorites are: Man in the moon and Sweet Cheeks, Hoarfrost, and Lavendar Truffle. BUT... I am dying to try: Dead Leaves on the Dirty Ground Resolution Indian Summer Ms. Ada The queen is dead! Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/14QNI3BM61VYR Not on the wishlist witch o'mine: Not required...but I just love old movies on DVD esp. horror. John Carpenter's Vampires Bram Stoker's Dracula Wolf with Jack Nicholson and Michelle Pfeiffer. These aren't mandatory...but they are kind of hard to find in my local walmart so I figured I would list them for future reference for witching or for something for me to try and track down myself.

Definitely murky seaweed and water..plus hints of cocoa and incense. Drydown: Light seawater, hints of cocoa and incense. I really like this. It's odd and comforting all at the same time. And it is the SECOND chocolate scent that beth has produced that I can actually wear!

"May you enjoy whatever floats your boat and refrain from stepping on my grilled cheese while doing it. I mean that in the friendliest way possible. "~saralaughs You are my favorite person for this. And this sums up all I have to say on the issue.

Expensive floral rosy soap. Not more to say on this one. But at least I tried it.