goddessrobyn

TP'd Trees! -- Cypress, oak, and pine covered in 2-ply! I've never been 1st before!!!!!!!!!! And unfortunately, I suck at reviews... but.... here goes! In the bottle, it smells very woodsy but has a slight aquatic tone to it... as if maybe mother nature decided to rain on all that TP to seriously F U Up , I don't know... but it has the lovely soft feeling that aquatics get on my skin. This is soft and sexy... gender neutral definitely... I can't pick out any notes (not that I generally can) but I felt from the description that this would be very hard and woodsy but its not. Its green without being overpoweringly "natural" if that means anything at all... I want to attack my husband with this one and see what I get on him because I'm really loving it on me. (great job, Puddin' and goblins!!! and Beth, STELLAR accomplishment... never did I think that notes which sounded so banal would be so sexy... and... I used to LOVE going TPing... and if my neighborhood had trees, would probably still )

I'm having a really hard time with this one. Again, I tried it on at a MnS at Schackjj's place and its night and day from bottle to skin. In the bottle, its totally foody... warm cookies, probably of the chocolate chip variety as there's definitely chocolate in there The instant it touches my skin all food disappears and it turns to Pledge Furniture Polish (if pledge were orange and not lemon) Then... it becomes a light orange floral (not a strong floral as I didn't run to wash it off... and I HATE florals) It was pretty but not my thing...

I tried this blend at a MnS at the lovely schackjj's place and all I can say is OMNOMNOMNOMNOM. Mel and Jo made fun of me because I looked like a TB test gone horribly wrong by the end of the afternoon since to keep track of the oils and what went where I'd circle where I put them and write the name next to the circle. I did Dv2 and the released version on opposite arms to give a comparison. The difference to me was subtle but enough to have be begging Jo to buy her bottle off her throughout the whole afternoon v2 on my skin was very vanilla. In fact, it is the PERFECT vanilla-lavender scent. If you like released Dorian but sometimes wish it were sweeter and more feminine, this is the Dorian you want. When it dried, it was the ultimate smell of southern sweet tea. For the record: I get absolutely NO coconut. There is a faint lavender/tea scent... enough to make sure that you know its Dorian, but with a lovely dab of vanilla cream which fades slowly until the aforementioned sweet tea drydown. It lasted most of the day but gave off little throw. However, it is a winner and plans are currently being finalized for a little BnE at Jo's house to steal the bottle (just kidding, Jo!)

OMG!! This could be my most perfect BPAL ever... This is the perfect blend of vanilla and ginger ever created. Its sweet without being foody and spicey without being overpowering. It is very sexy and very feminine and incredibly YUMMY! I will need several bottles of this...

I'm so glad (and so sad at the same time) that someone else got the Snow White similarity... I absolutely love this from application (nicely green and fruity) through drydown (sexy, spicey, warm leather, cognac and fig...) but then... out comes the dreaded smell of burnt plastic that has ruined many blends for me... I decided to retest this after dinner... I've slathered it on more heavily than before in hopes that more will stay yummy... but if not, I face a terrible dilemma... do I keep the scent for my love of the bottle art and the inspiration behind the scent, even knowing that I can't ever wear it? or do I send it off to swap for someone else to love who CAN wear it? And if I take option B, do I screen applicants for knowledge of and appreciation for the case that serves as the inspiration for the scent?? Gah... I hate BPAL dilemmas!! But I definitely love this scent... just not on my skin for more than an hour or so... after that... mmmmmm burnt plastic marshmallows... ETA: yes... the "more" method failed me... about an hour after (re-)application I've got nothing but a wrist full of burnt plastic... blech! I want to think that it'll age well, but I'm not that patient... off to swap it goes!

Very citrusy... not really the "paradox" I was hoping for... Its a great light summer citrus scent, though. I don't know that I need a bottle of this since its not what I generally go for when reaching for perfumes, but I really like it. I just don't know if I'm ready to LOVE it.

In the imp and upon initial application this smelled fairly generic, floral, and soap-y. (Sightly disappointing because I had mentally confused Sundew with HONEYdew and was really looking for a nice melon-y scent.... also disappointing because generic, floral, and soapy are NOT what I want to be described as smelling like) After a few minutes, though, there is some sort of spicey kick that comes out so now we're generic, floral soap with cinnamon... Better... but still not something I'll probably ever wear again. Not that it smells bad... just not my thing. Oh... and fyi for anyone who was confused like I was...

Hay Moon is liquid sunshine. Amber heavy with a touch of earthy, grassy, softness and yes... there is definitely a touch of lemon there but it stays nicely hidden behind the amber and grasses... Basically, this is the scent of sunbathing at barton springs when you're supposed to be in class on a March afternoon...

This is exactly as the notes indicate: Tobacco and leather with just a touch of sweet musk. If you like tobacco and leather... this is the blend for you... As it dries the musk comes out more and it gets sweeter and sexier and less in your face than the initial tobacco-leather I bought this from a forumite unsniffed figuring that if I liked tobacco and leather it'd be ok on me. I was wrong... this is NOT ok... it is DIVINE I literally put it on to go to bed so I can hace sweet smelling dreams

This smells like blueberry cough syrup. VERY blueberry... quite sweet... and fairly medicinal. As it dries the medicinal goes away and pretty much leaves me with blueberries. I was REALLY hoping for more vanilla and ginger, but for some ungodly reason, the labs ginger note isn't always good to me (sad since it is my FAVORITE note) Now the blueberry has backed off a bit and we have a little more ginger and tea... I'm not sure how I ffeel about this scent. I love the story and want to keep it just for that but??? I'm hoping with age the spices (vanilla, ginger, coriander) will come out to play more.

A dear friend was kind enough to pick me up a bottle at ComicCon and it arrived today Okay... I will preface this review by saying that I've currently got a migraine and that makes smellie things difficult to tolerate at times so this may have to be revised at a later wearing. Despite said migraine, I HAD to try this immediately (thanks to all the drama hype surrounding this scent. On me... its really doesn't smell at all like apples. Its actually a very light floral scent. Extremely feminine and soft. I don't get the cold/ozone/metalic that others have mentioned and there's not the granny smith tartness. Its very subtle, very nice, but not the greatest scent Beth has ever created. I like it. I will wear it, but I don't feel the need to rush out and try to get another bottle tomorrow when these go back up because unless this changes dramatically post migraine, I don't see this getting a lot of wear in my world. It is VERY nice, but there are so many scents that I like better. Oh... and Stellans, if you read this... absolutely no mint.

I don't think this will be much help since they're all LEs but... The Unheavenly City (C13) Door 13 (Bat's Day LE) Banded Sea Snake from CD Selkie Allison Gross and I don't know how truly aquatic it is but... Tamamo-No-Mae is fabulous I tried Thalassa and it was not a winner for me... I blame the jasmine which usually hates me... On the GC side I do like Kumari Kandam and I've got it on my next GC bottle purchase list

I wore TAL Road Opener to my last interview and basically was offered my dream job. I went in to interview for a position as the high school swim coach. I already had a job as a pre-k teacher for the following year so this would be around the "normal" school hours (we're a fairly small district so I wouldn't be the first elementary person to take a "2nd job" coaching at the middle or high school level) However, when I walked in the principal informed me that she had - 20 minutes ago!!!! - gotten an opening for 5 sections of Spanish I (thats one section short of a full load which fits perfectly with the Swimming Athletics class the coach teaches) and basically, she interviewed me and offered me the position on the spot.

Embargo + Pickled Imp is

Okay... I NEED to go to sleep but I HAD to review this before I do... When I first put this on, I smelled... NOTHING! Seriously... you could not smell ANYTHING. I even asked the DH for a second opinion and HE couldn't smell anything. Then... slowly... this started to warm up and BAM! SEX! Seriously... this is everything that I hoped O, Snake Oil, Anne Bonny and all the other forumite favorite sexy girl scents would be but all of those smell like ass on me and this... mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm The closest comparison I can make is to Chimera... it has that spicy bite to it but there is a wonderful creamy vanilla under it that keeps it soft (and has the added effect of making me want to lick my wrists... which I've tried and, like vanilla extract... it doesn't taste like it smells!) Other than "spice" and vanilla, the notes are hard to decipher NOTHING (not even the vanilla) stands out or screams "HELLO!"... everything is in perfect balance... well blended. Also, other than the 15 minutes of NOTHING, this hasn't changed much since my initial application, or I guess I should say since it initally showed up Finally, it doesn't have a lot of throw... its definitely one that s/he'll notice as s/he leans in to nibble on your neck (and one of those blends that will INSURE that nibbling does occur!!), but not something that a stranger standing at an "appropriate" distance is going to necessarily catch on to. I REALLY wish that CD would make a permanent stop a la Arkham... there are just too too too many beautiful scents and not enough time and money to purchase them all in the quantity that my obsession demands. (Beth... I hope you're reading this!!!! )

This smells like a really REALLY nice new purse... its literally perfumed leather Leather that's been handled - lovingly - by men and women who don only the best scents, lotions, soaps, etc. VERY gender-neutral... I love this and its quite feminine... of a sort... on me... but I also want to douse the husband in it (and then proceed to do VERY unladylike things to him which have nothing to do with "shrunken heads" at all ...) In fact... that may be my evenings entertainment... thanks, Beth, for another great aphrodisiac... uh... I mean scent!! DAMN... I was going to end there... and go to work... but I CANNOT STOP SNIFFING MY WRISTS...

Must Hoard This Scent!!!!! HippieStink+Pepper+Pomegranate = I was terrified of this at first since most things rose do not agree with me in any way shape or form (love the smell of fresh green roses but any attempt at creating the rose smell, even by Beth's Brilliance, is usually a chemistry catastrophe for me... even Rose Red turns nasty when she hits my skin) but I get no rose in this at all... and it's perfect

OMG!!!!!!! I NEEEEEEEEEDDDDDD A BOTTLE OF THIS!!!!! This is my new favorite scent. It's very feminine without being girly... a light aquatic floral that has just a tinge of sexy, spicey to it... I wore this for the day but it could easily be a sexy night out perfume. It definately does have that metallic tang but in a delicate way.... it's like smelling filigree and floral. I'm heading off to sell my soul for a bottle now... if anyone knows anyone looking for an extra soul, you now know my price!!!!

this turns from a nice woodsy smelling scent to soap almost the instant that it hits my skin

Damn GypsyRoseRed and her generous sniffing circle!!!! If not for her I never would have tried this and this would have never fallen in love. I know from earlier posts that this has gardenia in it... but to me (possibly because I've never smelled (or even seen) a gardenia), I get a wonderful rose scent... the fresh rose of Rose Red not a rose scent as most perfumes have (I loathe rose scent becuase I don't think it smells anything like rose flowers) There's also a lot of spice in this... I smell dragon's blood and possibly just a touch of musk. It reminds me of a creamy floral version of Wildfire. I think I'm going to have to sell my soul for a bottle

This is a great blend for people who WANT to love Snake Oil... but just can't. This is all that I wanted Snake Oil to be - spicy, creamy vanilla, and just warm and sexy... This reminds me of hot nights on a bayou or somewhere on a deserted coast... drinking mojitos to the sound of some local band playing softly in the distance almost drowned out by the sound of the night... sitting up late... sweating from the heat of the evening... and the heat of the passion between you and the one you're with... I absolutely love this one... its not so over powering that you can't wear it for that extra boost of confidence during the day... but it's not tame and could easily step out at night. I need a gallon of this one!

I love spice and I'm a fan of Mme. Moriarty, Perversion (which I don't think lists spices in it but definately has a spicy/sexiness to it - one of my sig scents), Chimera (another sig. scent), and of the snake blends my faves are Banded Sea Snake and Green Tree Viper. Although, now that I think of it.. I think Saw Scaled Viper was the one which smelled exactly like Chimera on me so that one might be too much for you as well... but as you know with BPALs YMMV so it might be worth a try... it does have a sweeter side so it could be less spicy on you than Saw Scaled. Other good spices... I like Enranged Orang. Musk (no idea what's in it) but it smells nice on dry down... OH!! And The Black Tower... spicey with wine... makes a very nice combo on me and one I wouldn't have picked out for myself (got it in a swap)

I was gifted with a sniffie of this (and 3 other blends) by an incredibly generous forumite When I opened it to sniff, I was really turned off... perhaps it was the jasmine that everyone is talking about, I don't know... but my reaction was Blech!!!! However... something made me smear a very tiny bit on my wrist and I am in love... Soft, sophisticated, light floral... romantic, etherial beauty... I seriously wish I could get more of this... it's the best floral blend I've ever found and florals are usually not my thing... I even smell a bit of the green roses from Rose Red in there somewhere... and I love the smell of "real" roses but other than Rose Red have never found a rose blend that I can stomach becuase they all smell fake... This smells like a bridal boquet... and I am in love *le sigh* and broken hearted that I don't have any more...

On me... this smells EXACTLY like Chimera. If I didn't know which imp I'd applied from, I'd swear I was wearing Chimera today. Luckily, I like chimera... but as it's much cheaper (and already in my hoarde) I'm sticking to that one and passing on this one... becuase well... if there's no difference, might as well stick with the cheaper version that's already a part of my collection.

This smells like fake plastic dollar store roses. I had high hopes for it, even though I'm not a rose fan, becuase I thought with opium poppy, pachouli leaf, honey, etc. it might not be the straight up rose scent that I'm not a fan of. Basically, I was hoping for the fresh cut rose of Rose Red with a touch of spice... what I got, was single note Tea Rose... which smells to me like the fake plastic roses that you buy at the dollar store... I'm wondering if it will "age" and the other notes will come out more??? (I don't understand which notes age and which dont) Also... it has ridiculous staying power... I applied it LIGHTLY at about 6am and I still smell it STRONGLY all over me at 10:30