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Sorry to resurrect an old thread but I thought it was better than making a whole new one! I'm not sure whether I should buy reducer caps or wand caps. Won't I contaminate the oil either way? I feel like I would have less of a chance of losing a bottle to my clumsiness with a reducer cap. Thank you for any input/preferences you can offer!

Personally I'm a slatherer and wand caps are just a little too diffcult to get the amount of oil I generally need (it's good for my very strong scents that I dab though). A reducer cap could be good for minimizing spilling accidents (a roller ball cap like the ones mentioned above might be good too!). As far as contamination goes, it's something I've never really worried about and I think plenty of others as well. I think most of us use some method where our skin touches the oil directly or via wand cap or something.

In the imp: screeching red wine and dark herbs. It was so acidic smelling in the imp I couldn't tell what it was at first. I did not want to put this on my skin.

Wet: red wine calms down, but still present. Quite sweet at this stage, very herbal with sweet dirt.

Dry: soft herbaceous dirt, with a little underlying dark sweetness from the wine. Dirt is not my thing, but this went a lot better than I thought.

In the imp: soft musky sandalwood

Wet: sandalwood, soft and slightly sweet. I get some bright lemon, and the wonky sweetness I get from orris.

Dry: everything is so soft and well blended I have a hard time picking things out. It's soft and dry but not too powdery. There's a slight warmth from the sage. It's innocent and reminds me of moonlight for some reason.

In the imp: Warm and fruity sweet.

Wet: Definitely apricot. There's also something here that just reads "perfume" here, which is an impression I've never really had before. I want to say it's a dark musk or maybe a floral? I'm getting a dark, sensual apricot.

Dry: Pretty much the same but the apricot has softened and blended into the other notes more. A very elegant fruit scent, but still too fruity for me. Looking at the notes though I was sort of right! White musk usually reads clean and light to my nose, so this blends wears much differently than I would think.

In the imp: cool (I first thought of sweetened eucalyptus but maybe spruce?) and herbal

Wet: still cool, almost mentholated, and very herbal. Getting a little bit of sweet, creamy shea.

Dry: Creamy shea layered with many herbs. Not really my thing even though I love that shea note!

If I don't already mention Boober every chance I get, it's light and clean, but I find it to be a little sweeter and less soapy than other clean blends and not at all aquatic. Reapers Gonna Reap, Paladin, Neutral, and Obatala are work go-tos for me. I find light vanillas, soft creamy scents, and not harsh clean scents tend to go unnoticed or at least aren't commented on!

Try getting your hands on a decant of Kataniya, The Clockwork Woman from the Carnaval. The notes are "gentle flowers over hot metal, shocked to life with electricity" and some of the reviews mention the "lightning" note you're looking for, if you don't mind flowers too much.

In the imp: water lily, orris, and a touch of lemon. Bright and watery, but orris has a odd sweetness that I don't like.

Wet: More florals. Damp rose and waterlily at the front, with the others swirling around.

Dry: Mingling soft florals. Water lily and wisteria are most noticeable. Soft and watery. A touch of lemon brightens it. I think the sandalwood and plum sweeten a bit, and the violet leaf adds to the aquatic feel. Lovely!

Absolutely gorgeous. Soft creamy and musky, with a light-handed soft sweet jasmine. A gorgeous softness from the sandalwood and the amber and myrrh create a warm sweet base without weighing it down. Will need a bottle!

Well I've been wearing this scent for I don't know, seven or eight years now, so maybe I should review it? As much as I swoon over other scents that come into my life, Morocco is my soulmate. It's comforting and familiar but still always excites me.

In the bottle: a low vanilla-sandalwood, toasty and slightly musky.

Wet: Spicy carnation, musk, and spices (cardamom? cassia too, but just a little) and sandalwood.

Dry: Creamy vanilla base (which gets super apparent with 4-5 years of aging), and a beautiful cloud of carnation, sandalwood, and musk. The spices give it a hot arid scent. I swear to god it smells like a breeze coming off a baking dune.

When I first spray it I get light white tea and ginger blossom first, light and tropical with just a touch of heat from the ginger blossom. As it settles I get more spicy carnation which becomes the heart of the fragrance to me. The honey and amber add a warm, golden body. I agree with LizzieLuck, this is very versatile for spring/summer. I get a beachy vibe from it, but not strictly so.

In the bottle: soft dry sandalwood

Wet: mossy, but not damp. Sandalwood and incense make things drier, a little bit of white rose creeps in.

Dry: This ends up as a mossy incense on me.Dry, earthy, and soft. A little vanilla hovers about. It's a beautiful scent for sure, but not my cup!

This is a bright, sweet amber with a touch of spice on me. Simple, but delightful!

In the imp: Tuberose with a touch of smoky incense.

Wet: Pretty much the same, though the tuberose chills out a little and it gets mossier.

Dry: This gets moss heavy for me. Earthy and damp, with the tuberose incense making it even more tropical jungle humid and a little smoky. Interesting but too mossy for me!

In the imp: this reminds me a little of Blossoming Vulva, but with lilac not lotus. Though creamy, not slippery.

Wet: LILAC

Dry: spicy amber with honey. A little creamy with just a hint of lilac left. I like it, but I don't need a bottle. Too bad the lilac burns off in the wet stage.

This is just a nice medley of pink flowers, though the one I get the most of and can best identify is carnation. It has a spun-sugar quality that reminds me of High Strung Daisies, but more complex. I definitely get the vanilla as it dries down, but no strawberry. A very lovely pink blend!

A fresh, clean floral-vanilla. Just the tiniest bit of sweetness at the base. Very airy and cool.

Starts off with crisp white tea, and it reminds me a lot of Kumiho as well but minus the zingy ginger. It smells a little sweeter too, I think from the honey. As it dries I get some light fig and a beautiful osmanthus around the white tea. A refreshing fruity-floral tea blend.

In the imp: Very strong pear, it kind of smells like banana candy?

Wet: rice milk and very ripe banana. Why?

Dry: soft white musk and creamy rice milk with light, fresh pear.

This dries down nicely but the wet stage has been so weird. But it is a nice soft spring scent. It doesn't go too foody or clean.

In the imp: juicy pomegranate. I mean JUICY.

Wet: juicy pomegranate and clean white blooms. I can't quite put my finger on what they are, they are not heady so it's not tuberose or jasmine or anything like that.

Dry: Sweet and clean. I agree with the clean white towels association. This is my favorite white musk blend that I've smelled, it's so smooth. The pomegranate adds a nice touch, just a little splash of fruitiness. This reminds me intensely of a perfume I smelled as a child, but I can't remember for the life of me what the name is.

In the bottle: polished wood and honey

Wet: smooth wood, honey, and vanilla

Dry: Dry, almost spicy wood and dry vanilla. A little bit of honey floating around. This is beautiful, but it is so soft on me. If had more throw I'd be in love.

A nice creamy, beeswax and light purple incense. The rose almost candied, but it's not an overly sweet scent. I agree with the grape candy feelings that LizzieLuck experienced, it's like the faintest hint of grape candy powder. If it was rosier I'd be all over this, but it was interesting! Purple rose is definitely something I'd like to explore further.

In the imp: jasmine but darkened a bit by patchouli. While it doesn't share a ton of notes I thought this might be similar to The Head.

Wet: red rose with a little headiness.

Dry: Rose, patchouli, and amber the forefront, with some jasmine floating around. It's a gorgeous dark floral, and much different from The Head. The rose is more prominent than I expected, as well as the patchouli. This is very dark and regal to me, a queen with a naughty secret.

I have not much to say that already has not been said, this is a beautiful creamy, sugared jasmine with just a touch of anise that I'm actually digging here. It smells a lot like my beloved Selbstverliebt bath oil from the Post. I will need four thousand bottles.

I was interested in this, but scared away by the cherry. Luckily I got it in a swap!

I get hardly any cherry. I only really smelled it in the second test, for a fleeting moment which is fine by me. Basically this is a foggy lemon sugar on me. The fog is nice, it's not super aquatic or chilly or anything. Just this pretty, blurry note. I wish I could describe it better than that! Underneath is a pale, sugared lemon. It's overall very soft and obscured, which is not what I was expecting from the description. I like it, but I'm not sure I love it.