Soupy Twist

something cold (as in undead) but sweet: I'm thinking Grief or Snow White.

Apple juice with a breath of perfumy sweetness. If I didn’t already have, like half a dozen bottles of a pure apple note, I’d get this. Delightful.

A fake, candied grapefruit in the bottle which never reaches my skin, but that's what my skin does with citrus. Goes on as sweet fizzzzzz!! Wet it's all sweet sliced apples, with perhaps a dash of vanilla rounding it out. The honey debuts here — it's the foodie honey, which is a little cloying on me, not the perfumy honey from Honeyed Apple. As it dries, there is absolutely a white floral note — I'm going to agree with the others upthread and say probably plumeria, maybe gardenia, but definitely not tuberose. This is prettier than I expected but I was hoping for honey, apples, and fizz, and none of them stuck around. Oh well. Still a nice floral.

Whenever I’m sick, tired, or just run down, Lilith always tries to help out. She’s always helpful, but when someone is feeling poorly, she’s an absolute angel. This year, now that she’s a little bit older, she’s taken to cooking a bit here and there. Here, she’s stealing my Evil Dead shirt and making kitchari for me. I was feeling under the weather, and she wanted to take care of me. Oh my GOD, I love this kid. (She’s taken to wearing protective goggles that Brian gave her every time she cooks.) A bundle of Ayurvedic spices warmed in cream, with a little bit of dried fig and sweet dates. Cream in the bottle. Goes on with a clean but lightly spicy note — somehow it feels like antiseptic? But in a good way? I don't know what Beth intends "Ayurvedic" to mean; on me this is a bright, comforting, yet take-charge scent. This is the spice blend of the nurse who is going to make you feel better. I don't know how else to describe it. As it dries, it's very clean, like linen or "free and clear detergent." This continues back to the clean spices. It snuggles close to the skin without a lot of throw. I could see this working really well for people in the medical field. I would be bolstered if my medical practioners smelled like this.

In the bottle: A light clove, like I'm smelling the actual stem of a physical clove itself. Goes on as a hay or dry grass, which is where it stays. Pleasant, but unremarkable.

White florals (that gorgeous gardenia/tuberose combination from Swans on the River) in the bottle and on application. I am swooning in this. A green/planty note comes in as it dries, but it doesn't overwhelm, and finishes as the white floral with faint green notes. Similar to the wet stage of Swans, which, oh dear. Imma have to do a death match, because I might get a bottle of this and rehome Swans.

Sherlock Holmes (221B Baker Street): A high, clean pipe tobacco. I don't smoke and I rarely drink and two of my favorite scents are tobacco and gin. Twenty-One (Bewitching Brews): Gin and tonic and mint and FIZZ. Amazing. Dana O'Shee (Bewitching Brews): Sweet grains, which is surprisingly comforting. Sea of Glass (Sin & Salvation): the perfect hyacinth.

Musk in the bottle with a little stinky jasmine (is that the magnolia?). I had to slather twice to detect anything on my wrist. Neroli wet, which dries to a cloying honey rather than the lovely perfumy honey of Honeyed Apple.

Dammit, I really wanted to like this. The fresh juice of apples in the bottle and on application; I love the Lab's apple juice. It stays there a while through the drydown, but then it becomes a rounded mango, which is okay, until it turns into a sickly-sweet guava. Damn damn damn.

Complete opposite of Caity's experience. Sweet hazelnut and lokum in the bottle and on application. Opens with some rose notes and almond extract, continues into rose candy with powdered sugar. I get some burnt tobacco as it dries, which is maybe supposed to be the wild fig? Finishes as the rose candy with powdered sugar. Dammit, I wanted the hazelnut. I don't like rose. The cause is so important, so I don't regret buying the blind bottle, but why, skin, why? Why you gotta do me like this?

Bamboo and green in the bottle and on application. I really like this! The green stem note is sweet and grassy. Not a lot of throw but very fresh and soothing. I agree with ZZ; this would be a fantastic shower gel or BATH OIL, HINT HINT

2018 release: Sheer vanilla in the bottle. Goes on wet as the vanilla from Antique Lace, which I LOVED wet, and turns a little powdery as it dries, but not in a bad way. I like this! It continues more into Antique Lace's musk, but not all the way. I think this is what Antique Lace was supposed to be but never materialized on my skin. No almond, no florals. Not a lot of throw either, alas; it's very close to my skin. But on my skin it's ooooowee baby!

Honeyed Apple is the most gorgeous perfumy honey I have ever smelled. The vanilla in Antique Lace is beautiful too, until the drydown when it turns to complete musk on me.

GC London (Wanderlust) is pure rose on me Grief (Märchen): gorgeous hyacinth Sea of Glass (Sin & Salvation): the most magnificent hyacinth ever. One of my all-time favorites. Lilium Inter Spinas (Ars Amatoria): Lily of the valley and sandalwood, with a little apple blossom LE Humanite (Luper 2017): floral, hyacinth, peach Vanilla Orchid Single Note Swans on the River (Luper 2018): spectacular white floral, gardenia, honeysuckle

Mango hard candy. Sweet and sharp, but doesn't last very long.