Delirium1009

In bottle/imp: Very sharp herbs and light berries.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very light pine scent to my nose, with hints of berries. I don’t get the floral scent that I usually get from the lab’s iris note. There’s a harsh sharpness to this as well.

 

After a little while: That pine feel I get settles pretty quickly, though there is still an herbal undertone to this. After a while I get a slightly bitter powdery floral and berry scent. It’s a warm scent, and has a little sweetness from the berries.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent didn’t seem to work for me at all: there’s an odd sharp herbal/pine thing I get from this, and the amber seems powdery. I’m not sure why it’s going so wrong, but I just don’t like this one on me… the notes don’t seem to be playing well on my skin.

In bottle/imp: Sweet, fluffy coconut and almond.

 

Immediately on skin: This smells like almond and coconut frosting. It’s sweet, creamy, and fragrant. There’s a slight hint of fig (the fruit) in the background of this, but the coconut and almond definitely dominate.

 

After a little while: The almond and coconut confection I was getting at first has faded into something a bit less foody and sweet. The fig fruit has come out a lot more and is the base of this scent now, and the coconut and almond blend in lightly, along with a nice touch of sandalwood. There is also a little green bite to this from the fig leaf that I can feel as I sniff this. There’s a grittiness to this that wasn’t evident in the blend until the fig came out as well.

 

Overall Impressions: This blend was love at first sniff… until it morphed that is. I loved the almond and coconut frosting scent that I got out of the imp and immediately on my skin, but when this dried down the fig started to dominate the blend and gave it an almost gritty and sour feel. I’ll have to try this in my scent locket because I love the wet stage of this.

In bottle/imp: Smoky incense with some bright, fruity sweet scent mixed in.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a bit astringent when I apply it. It’s just a tiny bit smoky and sweet, but very sharp. There’s definitely a green scent in there as well.

 

After a few minutes: This is a very interesting blend… it’s a bit dry with a smoky, herbal, and slightly sweet feel. The honey wine is there, but it’s light. The bay is probably adding the herbal note to the scent, and smoky incense is mixing nicely with everything else.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a very pretty scent. It seems very golden and dry to me… when I close my eyes, it makes me think of sand and warm breezes. It’s herbal, but not in a bitter way, and is very smoky and complex. The slight sweetness makes it very pleasant, and it really is more of a honey wine than honey note (slightly sweet, but fermented).

In bottle/imp: Fruity florals and sweet, cool water.

 

Immediately on skin: The floral notes are the stars of this blend; they’re fruity, sweet, and very fragrant. Oh, wait… after just a moment on my skin an underlying smoky flowery note comes out and joins the fruity sweetness. In the background swirls the cool water. It’s fresh and clean… a sparkling silver immaculately kept pond scent.

 

After a little while: As I wear this, it gets more floral and less aquatic. It’s a perfume-y scent on me; it’s a nice mix between sweet, bright florals and something a bit cooler and smokier.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a very pretty and smooth floral blend. The way the rhododendron and bellflower mix creates this sweet and slightly fruity but almost cool and smoky perfume scent. The aquatic notes are evident at first, but fade to the background as I wear this. It’s pretty and cool with a distinct deep flowery feel to it.

In bottle/imp: Lots and lots of jasmine with a background of incense and moss.

 

Immediately on skin: This is very smoky and floral. The main night flower I smell is jasmine, but there’s also a bit of champaca flower and some incense. This has a slithery type of note in the background… probably the moss. This is a very bitter scent on me.

 

After a little while: This settled into a very smoky and dark jasmine and champaca scent. It has a slightly wet, mossy feel to the base of the scent.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is quite a disappointment on me because the jasmine is so heavy. It’s rather bitter and smoky on me, and there’s also champaca flower which tends to be equally smoky (though I actually like that note). The incense smoke swirls in the background, but the floral notes are dominant.

In bottle/imp: Sweet, foody cake. Almost like pastry… crisp and flakey smelling.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very foody scent. It smells like pastries… thick, crispy pastries drizzled in honey. It has almost a saltiness to it, which gives it a crusty feel.

 

After a little while: All I get from this still is that flakey buttery pastry scent. It’s a bit salty, a bit sweet, and smells very golden and yummy.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is that of baked, golden cakes. I don’t smell anything else, not really a creaminess and definitely no wine. It reminds me of the tart crust note in Knave of Hearts (without the rose and currant, of course). It’s a very true pastry/crust scent though. This is totally and completely foody and rich. If you want to smell like sweet, baked pastry or tart crust, I’d definitely say you should try this blend.

In bottle/imp: Thick, damp, and swampy with lots of waxy green plants and hanging moss.

 

Immediately on skin: This scent is an interesting mix between thick swampy plants and fresher evergreen ones. It’s a very damp and overgrown scent. There’s almost too many plant notes clashing in this: cologne-y moss, fruity flowers, waxy swamp plants, and biting pine. There’s a very cloying feel to this, and a sweetness as well.

 

After a little while: The thick sweetness this had at the beginning has faded and this is now more of a fruity greenery and evergreen scent. There’s an almost fresh, clean quality to the green notes of this now, plus a light fruity feel. The pine blends in and balances well with the other remaining notes.

 

Overall Impressions: I don’t know what it is about this scent, but it turns my stomach a little. I think it’s the way the notes in this clash. To my nose, everything in this blend doesn’t really go together; some of the scents seem to fight eachother and just don’t seem to be blending (mainly, the sweet flowery and fruity notes with the evergreen). This is a scent very fitting for the name though: overgrown, lush, and swampy. It’s not for me though.

In bottle/imp: Very crisp slightly aquatic florals.

 

Immediately on skin: This is very well blended. I can smell pretty, soft flowers and they’re blended with an almost salty crisp aquatic note. In the background is the grass, which isn’t overly green but blends with the water to give this and even more “fresh” type of feel.

 

After a little while: This fades into a very generic clean floral scent on my skin. The flower notes are pretty and lightly sweet with an airy feel to them. The watery note and grasses blend in just giving this a fresh, clean feel. This seems very nicely blended.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a very feminine, clean floral blend. The notes go together beautifully in this and are almost seamless in the way they flow together. It’s not a loud scent by any means, but it is pretty and refreshing. It smells a bit like generic store brand shampoo on me, but if the floral notes came out more I’d imagine this could be gorgeous. I think those that like Dirty or the Unicorn may enjoy this one.

In bottle/imp: Dark, thick, smoky resin.

 

Immediately on skin: Immediately I smell the musk, amber, frankincense, and sandalwood. This is a dark, smooth smoky resin scent with a lot of warm musk and sandalwood. The musk in this is very fragrant and warm… not nearly as dry as black musk is on me, so dark musk must be different.

 

After a little while: The blend hasn’t changed much since I applied it. This is mainly a dark, warm musk scent with a slightly sweet resinous undertone. The amber, musk, and sandalwood create a very nice warmth in this and it’s not a dry scent at all.

 

Overall Impressions: This to me seems like Hunter Moon 07’s more masculine brother. It’s warm, dark musk with a nice current of warmth running through it. The frankincense adds a touch of resinous goodness and the other notes add almost a bit of spice. This is a more unisex scent and I could imagine it smelling very nice on a guy.

In bottle/imp: Fruit! Grapes and pear with the sweetness of sweet pea blending in.

 

Immediately on skin: This blend is mostly fruit with a touch of sweet floral notes. The fruit is mostly fresh pear and white grape with the syrupy peach blending in. The flowers that blend in are the sweet pea and just a hint of the cool twisted note (moonflower is a note I can feel in my nose more than smell) of moonflower. This is very sweet.

 

After a few minutes: Sweet… this is very very fruity and flowery and sweet. The fruit is the strongest though: the grape is syrupy and the pear adds a touch of freshness. The peach is all but gone now, but the sweet pea has risen to the occasion and taken over for all of the floral notes.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is very uplifting and bright, but also on the sweet side. I was hoping the notes would behave themselves and the rose, moonflower and snapdragon might have a chance of taming the other notes but nope, didn’t happen. I tend to amp grape I’ve learned, so this might be different on someone else’s chemistry. It was such a nice idea… I so wish it had worked.

In bottle/imp: Soft, fresh grass and light flowers.

 

Immediately on skin: This is so light and lovely… it’s a grass and flowers scent mostly, but it’s soft with a nice freshness to it. Under that is a little fruitiness from the berries, but it’s not overly evident. The berries just blend into the grass and flowers lightly. This smells almost a little aquatic as well, which is probably the dew in the scent.

 

After a little while: As this dries, it gets sweeter on me. The grass note fades a little and the flowers take center stage. It becomes a fresh and fruity soft floral scent with a lot of sweetness going on. The aquatic feel is still lingering, but it blends well with the flowers and is very light.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a nice grassy, fruity floral, though the grass note doesn’t stick around for very long on my skin. It has a hint of aquatics that take a back seat to the other notes, but overall this is a very fresh, sweet floral blend.

In bottle/imp: Dark musk, dark wood, and dry, fragrant herbs.

 

Immediately on skin: The first thing that hits my nose is green stems… no one plant in particular, but the mixture of musk, moss, wood, and sage is creating something like the scent you get when breaking a thick green plant stem. It’s dark and herbal though, not fresh. There’s an interesting bit of dry notes in the background… very dark and dry black musk and wood. This scent has a touch of spice as well.

 

After a little while: This is a bitter musk type of scent. I no longer get that green stem type of feeling; instead I get a dark herbal wood and musk scent. This scent smells slightly damp and bitter, with a very dark feel to it.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a dark (non-pine) forest type of scent. It’s deep, wooded, and damp with hints of herbs and musk and dry woods. This is more of a unisex to masculine scent in my opinion, though the musk does add a hint of sweetness. This scent brings up tones of black, dirty green, and grey in my head… lots of shadowy forest floor types of colors. It’s evocative, but not for me.

In bottle/imp: Plastic-y vanilla with a background of light spice and floral notes.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a very plastic scent on my skin, which is definitely the work of the vanilla orchid. Behind that plastic floral vanilla is a very fragrant, sweet, smoky floral that smells a little like jasmine but is sweeter.

 

After a little while: This is just not very nice on me… it’s still mainly a plastic vanilla scent with a background of fragrant sweet flowers. I’d say this is more of a floral vanilla than foodie vanilla scent.

 

Overall Impressions: Plastic vanilla… darnit. The same happened to me with Opuhi so I’m sure the vanilla orchid was the culprit. Underneath that plastic scent is pretty nice actually… soft, sweet floral notes that are slightly smoky but very fragrant.

In bottle/imp: Icy, cool violet.

 

Immediately on skin: Whoa, violet. It’s sweet but has a nice cool feel to it from the wisteria and delphinium. The sweetness in this is amped up by the other floral notes, but not in a candy way.

 

After a little while: This is now violet with a bit of chrysanthemum in the background. The cooler floral notes have disappeared, but the violet is still very sweet and vibrant.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a violet scent mainly, though at first the wisteria and delphinium add a nice cool tone and later on the chrysanthemum takes over in the background. It is a sweeter violet scent, and a little powdery. Nice though, if you love violet.

In bottle/imp: A mixture of bergamot and white musk with the orchid adding a nice depth.

Immediately on skin: As soon as I put this on, the bergamot and white musk come out strongly. It’s slightly cologne-y and musky, but the orchid blends in and adds a nice floral sweetness to this. There’s a hint of the juniper berries under the other notes, but no patchouli.

After a little while: This almost smells like a cooler version of Dark Delicacies on me, though it isn’t as complex. The main notes in this are still the mixture of orchid, white musk and bergamot, which smells like cool, musky, and has the nice sweet floral tones of the orchid. The juniper berries and patchouli don’t really come through much, though I can sense them. They add a nice background depth to this.

Overall Impressions: This scent surprised me. I love the combo of orchid, bergamot, and white musk… it smells cool but sweet, and deep and musky. The patchouli and juniper berry aren’t very evident though I can feel them in this blend. I would say this could be unisex on the right guy, but I had my husband try it and he amped the orchid quite a bit. But this is a nice warmer weather scent and bottle worthy for me.

In bottle/imp: Resinous and woody.

 

Immediately on skin: This is very different than I expected from the description. There’s a distinct resinous and almost caramel-like scent in this, which is probably the benzoin. Matched with that is a touch of lilac, woods, and citrus.

 

After a little while: This deepens into a rich benzoin and tonka musk scent with hints of lilac musk, deep woods, and lime. The citrus is very light but it freshens up the blend a bit. This is definitely a more unisex blend and the floral notes really support this deep scent.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a fabulous unisex scent. It’s deep, complex, and has hints of lighter notes to lift the scent a bit. My husband likes this one and I like it on him, but I don’t know if I’d personally wear it.

In bottle/imp: Sweet berries, wine, and herbs.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a sweet wine, currant, and berry scent mostly, but there is a hint of thyme that keeps the scent a little toned down like the Fool’s Parsley in April Fool does with the huckleberry. It isn’t toned down too much though and is still very syrupy and rich smelling.

 

After a little while: The hint of thyme really fades fast and leaves this scent rather sweet and tart. It’s still restrained a bit on the sweetness, but the wine/currant/berry blend is stronger now and creates a fruity wine scent. It’s more of a ruby red type of scent than deep dark red, if that makes any sense.

 

Overall Impressions: Lady Macbeth is a perfect scent for people who want to smell like fruity wine. For me, it’s too sweet. I enjoyed the light thyme that was there at first but it faded pretty quickly. This is sweet and thick with a nice bit of tartness. Those who enjoy Bordello may like this, though this one is much more restrained.

In bottle/imp: Subtle apricot and cat litter. Not pleasant.

 

Immediately on skin: This is a cool, musky apricot scent with a bit of a smooth finish. The musk is more of a base to the scent with the apricot being the main note. The orange blossom has a nice smooth sweetness to it in this.

 

After a little while: The apricot in this settles nicely and blends with the other notes to create a cooler musky and smooth slightly fruity scent. It is very nicely blended and a seamless scent almost. It’s not overly sweet and has a subtle cool smooth feel to it.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a very pretty cool, smooth apricot scent but nothing about it really grabs me. It is very subtle and wearable with a clean, fruity type of feel. This is an exquisitely blended scent though; the notes blend so well that you can’t tell where one stops and the other begins.

In bottle/imp: Super sweet berry and currant.

 

Immediately on skin: Wow, this is thick and sweet. The huckleberry and currant are strong and a little tart, while the neroli adds a smooth sweetness. This is sweet, sweet, sweet with nothing to temper it.

 

After a little while: This has gotten a bit less tart as I’ve worn it, but it is still a very sweet scent. The huckleberry blends nicely with the red currant and neroli and creates a seamless sticky sweet, thick berry scent with a hint of smooth (but sweet) florals.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a sweet blend. I know I keep saying it, but that’s the best way to describe it. It’s thick, juicy, sweet berries and currants with a hint of light smooth neroli. This is too syrupy for me and I like Baneberry a lot more for my go-to berry scent. I think this one is lacking anything to temper it’s sweetness.

In bottle/imp: Very woody geranium perfume.

 

Immediately on skin: The geranium is the strongest note in this and it is accented by strong cedar and a touch of very perfume-y lily. It’s very sharp and dry with no sweetness to it.

 

After a few minutes: Geranium is one of my “ew, get it off” notes in most of the bpal blends. In this one, it’s rather strong. After wearing for a little while, this has gotten a bit less sharp. The geranium is still the star of the show, and there’s a lot of cedar going on in the background. The lily has really come out and smoothed out the entire blend… it’s not as rough and sharp as when I first put it on. The black orchid has peeked out too and is lending a nice sweetness to this. After drying down I would describe this as a slightly sweet and floral geranium and cedar-dominated blend.

 

Overall Impressions: This is a nice slightly sweet geranium perfume if you enjoy that note as well as cedar. It’s not overly bitter and calms down nicely. It’s too bad I’m not a fan of geranium at all.

In bottle/imp: Very heavy and flowery perfume.

 

Immediately on skin: The lily in this is strong and perfume-y with the sweet pea and carnation coming in behind. The sweet pea adds a nice girly sweetness, and the carnation lends a slight herbal spiciness.

 

After a little while: This has softened into a scent very fitting for the description. It is a light, feminine, girly scent with the carnation and sweet pea now being the main notes and the water lily adding it’s clean floral overtone. The carnation lends a nice smooth creaminess, which is very nice. This is not overly sweet at all, and is quite reserved and innocent.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent perfectly matches the description: it’s girly, soft, and sweet. This is very much a floral scent, but after being on my skin for just a few minutes it lost the perfume-y feel it had at first. The sweet pea, carnation and water lily are very well balanced and go very nicely together.

In bottle/imp: Herbs, incense, and musk.

 

Immediately on skin: This is an herbal scent with a bit of leather and the powdery, sweet note I get from ambergris. There is also a bit of light incense in this, and it seems like a nice unisex scent though it is a bit sweet. There’s a nice herbal/leather thing going on that balances that out though.

 

After a little while: This dries down to a slightly sweet and musky herbal scent. It’s very light and the leather has all but disappeared, but the incense is still there a little. It’s not really a smoky scent though.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent was rather complex at first, but became something a little less inspiring. It faded to this sweet musky herbal scent, with the powderiness I personally get from ambergris. This is unisex, though a bit sweet.

In bottle/imp: Peppery citrus and honey.

 

Immediately on skin: This is an almost fruity clean smell with a slight peppery quality and a lot of honey. I think the ginger is giving that candy-like fruitiness, but it’s not really spicy, except for the white pepper. It definitely has an overall plastic feeling almost though.

 

After a little while: The description for this scent is now dead on to what I smell. It’s a clean scent with sweet, creamy honey and tea over it and a light spiciness. The base of this scent is a fresh, clean linen and over that is a layer of soft, creamed honey. The ginger and white pepper are very light, but create a very soft bite of spice. The tea is a wafting scent in this, and gently comes off my skin with each sniff. Unfortunately, the lab’s honey note always smells bitter and “off” to me, so this blend is a little… rubbery and bitter on my skin.

 

Overall Impressions: This blend is very interesting. It’s clean, but also sweet and somewhat innocent. I’ve heard some bad things about it, so I was hesitant to try it, but I’m glad I did. If you like cleaner scents, as well as the lab’s honey note, I’d recommend you give this one a try. It’s slightly bitter/plastic-y on my skin, but that’s what I usually get from honey.

In bottle/imp: Minty, slightly sour rose.

 

Immediately on skin: This is mainly roses with a bit of an off smell to me. I think it smells a bit sour and sharp on my skin.

 

After a little while: The weird sour note has disappeared and now I get the total rose scent this is supposed to be. It's sweet, fresh roses with a bit of a fruity tone to it. Very fresh and girly.

 

Overall Impressions: This smelled odd on me at first, but once it dried down I got all those gorgeous roses. I don't smell the grass, though. I would definitely recommend this to people who love rose. It's a beautiful sweet rose scent without being to perfume-y.

In bottle/imp: Bright, sweet mango and smooth fig.

 

Immediately on skin: The mango is the strongest note in this, and damn is it sweet. In the back lingers smooth fig which tones down the mango the tiniest bit, and a little earty patchouli. The green tea is very light, but I can smell it swirling through this blend.

 

After a little while: The sweetness of the mango has lessened a bit, but the patchouli has come out more. This is a gritty, sweet fruity scent now with a bit of the fig blending in. The green tea is just about gone... there's only a hint of its freshness in the blend.

 

Overall Impressions: This scent is sweet, fruity, fresh, and a bit gritty. I liked the scent at first, but I'm not a patchouli fan so after that note came out pretty strongly on the drydown, I didn't really like it anymore. I think for those who like fruity scents and don't dislike patchouli, though, this could be a very fun scent.