Lethran

In bottle: Amber, daemonrops, and honey dominent. It’s delicate and quite lovely. I’m suspecting it will be way too feminine for my body chemistry. Wet: Still a light honeyed floral with amber. The musks strengthens on the skin, though it stays more sweet, than sexual. It’s a lovely and unusual floral, quietly stunning and totally wrong on me, alas. Dry: OMG! This is absolutely lovely, very light, innocent, yet with a hint of sensuality.

In bottle: Orange blossom dominant. The ginger adds a pleasing sharpness and the patchouli is pleasantly smooth. I know that with the strong orange content and the amping, this will all be tang on me, so I’m not testing. It smells like a rather cool orange blend for someone else, though.

In bottle: They are not kidding about the heliotrope. It too sweet for me really, what with the peach and vanilla supporting the heliotrope. Wet: The sandalwood is much stronger now and it smells exactly like playdoh with some added elements. Dry: More complex peach blossom playdoh.

In bottle: Aiyee! Vetiver corrupted patchouli with sharp black pepper. No. Just no. I’m not skin testing.

In bottle: this is weirdly dry and woody in an interesting way. It’s surprisingly minty as well. Wet: I’m getting a skin reaction, so I’m guessing mint could be among the herbs. I’m starting to get the currents, etc., but really this is more herb dominant than fig/date/current. I really do like it, and am sad the skin reaction means I can’t keep it. Dry: Mostly current.

In bottle: This is lovely. The peach, osmanthus, rosewood combo is delicious. This is floral dominant, but unusual and quite well blended. Wet: tbe peach is a little stronger on my ski, though the whole thing maintains a lovely balance. It’s an outdoors sort of scent, rich and lively. Given time, a bit of sandalwood comes out, making the blend even richer. Dry: Alas it goes a bit artificial after a bit. It ends up rather dried flowers and vanilla.

My Latin thirds the above, BTW. I'd tend to emphasize the middle sylable, but that's instinct more than distinct memory.

In bottle: hazelnut, amber, and honey are strongest. May I just say that the food/insense combination is stunning and beautifully blended. This is smooth and sweet and elevated. Wet: The vanilla and sandalwood strengthen, but it retains that lovely balance between the food and incense that characterized it in the bottle. One really does have to like hazelnut for this to work, but it is excellent. The nut note reminds me of pffefferneuse a bit. Dry: Fast fading, mostly to nut.

In bottle: Chocolate hits the nose first, but the flowers and herbs really open up into a rich blend. The banebery is particularly strong. The floral blend is unusual and the herbs go nicely with the chocolate. It’s quite impressive and unusual. Dry: Baking as smelled from the garden outside the kitchen The florals are strongly assendant here. The whole effect is wild and gloriously fragrant. The scent is complex and different elements surface with each sniff. Dry: It fades to soft herbs and vanilla mostly. It’s still quite pleasant, but very different.

In bottle: Dry, drak chocolate is strongest, with a light insence underneath. The sea related elements are pretty much drowned in the bottle. Wet: chocolate is strongest still, but it’s sweeter and richer now. The insense is still quite delicate, but adds body to the scent. As it warms, the kelp and saltiness come out. This is lovely and quite different from most chocolate blends. I’m really loving the balance of this, all the elements work so well to create an elegant whole. Dry: the incense grows stronger and delightfully complex. The sea related stuff fades back again to hide under the chocolate. It really is a lovely chocolate/incense blend, but don’t except a lot of kelp.

I second Kumiho. Dorian is not floral at all and to my nose tea dominant.

In bottle: This embodies the concept well. The sharp sting of the snow and moss rides over the lovely dirt scent. It’s a pleasant cousin to death of a gravedigger. Wet: Mmmmm… if anything the moss/wood/snow/dirt is even richer and more lovely than in the bottle. All this nuance comes out on the skin. Dry: The moss is a little overwhelming compared to the other elements, but it’s still doing some fascinating things.

In bottle: The pitch is a little strong, but it’s lovely. I like the pine and clove with the pitch hear. It’s rough, but in a good way. Wet: The pitch is still a tad to much, but it’s rough hewn beauty really comes out with the warmth of skin. The pitch really butches up the pine and the clove stays soft, but lovely. Dry: Ooooo! Lovely lovely clove over wood. I think I’m in love. It really smoothes out. I didn’t mind the rough sailor lovin, but this is clove cigarettes in an aged pine box.

In bottle: Very herbal with a strong wild smelling musk. I’m not entirely convinced it’ll work. The hemlock is interesting here, but not playing nice with the musk and the heavier herbs. Wet: Ah, there’s the wood. It’s weirdly reminiscent of champagne and cigars, having that same bubbly quality. The musk is tamped way down under the herbs. I’m not entirely convinced it will work, but it’s certainly interesting. Dry: It retains that weird effervescence. Underneath is a nuanced herbal combination, but I know I won’t weir this because of the way I respond to the accidental champagne effect. Strangely, we seem to have found the only musk my skin doesn’t amp.

In bottle: The currents are rather too sweet to me when combined with the cake and vanilla. Vanilla dominant. Wet: The cake is stronger here. It’s still too sweet for me, but the currents mature rather on the skin. Dry: Turns into a quite pleasant vanilla with a current undertone. I hadn’t much hope from the bottle, but it’s turning out to be a sexy rich scent. Who knew?

I would consider Crowley and Robotic Scarab fairly androgynous. so is Galvanic goggles. I'd consider Dee strongly masculine and Perversion fairly masculine, but that could be my scin chemistry. Calico Jack is fairly femme as theoretically masculine scents go. Dragon's Hide is a very floral leather. Havana is very womanly. In Mary read, the leather is soft, but if you like ocean scents, this might be cool for you.

In bottle: The moss is strongest. The woods, incense, and ocean are soft, but well blended. Wet: The trees strengthen. This is a rich outdoorsey scent, suggesting trees on a dark shore and a hint of wicked incense from some dark rite. Incense strengthens as it warms as does the wood. There is something not entirely pleasing here, but it’s not prominent I’m guessing it’s one of the incenses I don’t recognize. Dry. It’s all heavenly woods and rich incense. The less fortunate note fades right out. It’s glorious on my skin.

In bottle: Richly sensual, despite the faintly medicinal ebb. This is mostly opium and orchid in the bottle. Wet: Softer on my skin. This is a classic women’s perfume designed for seduction. Very not me, but absolutely lovely and well blended. The opium/orchid combination is exquisite. Dry: It is softer and more insense like. Still lovely, but less overtly sexual.

DCLXV (665) In bottle: Lovely rich spicy fruit with resin. Or maybe not fruit. On second sniff it’s much more men’s cologne. If it is fruit, I’m guessing a hint of citrus and maybe pomegranate or something similar. I’m guessing fougere and something mildly herbal. It’s really very me, either way. Wet: Curry? That can’t be. I can’t tell if the musk is from the blend or the fougere amping my natural musk. It’s quite attractive in a men’s cologne, vaguely herbal way. I’m still getting that hint of lime/pomegranate and that touch of resin. The curry fades out as it warms. It’s calmly sexy on me at any rate. Dry: The pomegranate or whatever that is is stronger now, along with the resin. Little else remains.In bottle: I’m guessing green tea and bamboo with maybe a touch of sugar cane. It reminds me of hungry Ghost or holiday moon. I’m guessing a touch of linen or silk. It’s got an Asian feel to it. Wet: more complex on the skin, though in the same vein. Is that maybe those sweet rice flour cakes with the bean paste in there? It may have a touch of one of the softer lighter musks, though that may be my skin. It’s a bit less foody and more cologne like than Hungry Ghost Moon. Dry: Dry grass, a hint of something sweet, a touch of silk. DCCXXVII (727) In bottle: I’m guessing green tea and bamboo with maybe a touch of sugar cane. It reminds me of hungry Ghost or holiday moon. I’m guessing a touch of linen or silk. It’s got an Asian feel to it. Wet: more complex on the skin, though in the same vein. Is that maybe those sweet rice flour cakes with the bean paste in there? It may have a touch of one of the softer lighter musks, though that may be my skin. It’s a bit less foody and more cologne like than Hungry Ghost Moon. Dry: Dry grass, a hint of something sweet, a touch of silk.

In bottle: It smells a little like sacharine metabolizing. It’s also musky. I’m suspecting a Dragon’s blood base. Wet: now I’m getting sandalwood and musk, mostly. The saccharine scent is almost gone. It is very dry smelling and certainly conveys the idea of desert and resin. There is something underneath that does smell like feathers. I wasn’t expecting much having smelled it in the bottle, but it’s much better on the skin. It may be too much musk for me, but that’s not the blend’s fault, but my skin chemistry. Dry: A pleasantly rich sandalwood dominant resin and musk blend. It still doesn’t quite work with my skin chemistry, but close, so close.

In bottle: Pretty much as described. Cabernet sauvignon. Wet: Wine. Sweeter on the skin and vaguely reminiscent of Bazooka Joe bubble gum. The bubble gum appears ascendant. Dry: The bubble gum softens and it ends up a gentle mix of that and the wine.

In bottle: Lavender dominant, sharp and rather medicinal. Wet: Smells rather like solvents. The lavender and medicinal undertone are softer, yet present. The sandalwood is gentle, but more assertive than in the bottle. Dry: Sandalwood with something rank under it. Gah! The more I sniff, the more putrid it seems.

In bottle: Pastry with a hint of apple and a lot of almond. Wet: Almond dominant with the caramel rising. The pastry is softer now, overwhelmed by the almond. Dry: Less impressive as it’s gone a bit powdery. The caramel’s gone a little plastic. It’s still quite sweet, but vaguely generic.

In bottle: Apple and candied fruits mostly. I’m betting there are some mulling spices as well. It’s reminding me of Wassail. Wet: Slightly sweeter on the skin. It’s definitely reminding me of wassail. A tart apple base with a blend of spices, maybe nutmeg and cinnamon. It may have some berry, though I’m not sure. Dry: fades rather fast. There’s a hint of wood to it along with the apple and hint of spices.

In bottle: A very light green scent, with a hint of mixed florals. It’s very grassy. Wet: Fresh cut lawn, under warm sun. The flowers are very understated, more there to suggest the out doors, instead of making the blend a proper floral. It’s very realistic and definitely reminiscent of a summer day in a field. Dry: Slightly more perfumey, but smells a lot like embalming fluid.