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Rose geranium is prominent in this blend, though my nose is very sensitive to it. This is reminiscent of lemony bathroom cleaner on me. Up for swaps.

With so many deal-breaker notes, I would never have tried this had it not been frimped to me in a swap. And I was right: I like nothing about this. Ylang-ylang is headache-inducing, and the other notes are too hippy-ish (which on me means dark and sour).

Salty and clean and much better on boys.

Whoa, hello herbal lavender!

I was worried about the red wine and black musk scent here, but I really like Lilith! Of course, the rose amps; it always does. But it's a sibilant kind of rose mixed with the other notes. This is a very serious blend, though, so I can only wear it on serious days. Nothing girly about this!

This was too much like cheap incense for me to even test on my skin. Goes to the swaps pile.

Herb-y and head shop-y. Way too heavy for me.

I like this. The fruity isn't too citrus-y, but it's bright, almost fizzy. Lay that over the clean but somehow creamy scent of the musk and the sandalwood. Every once in a while I get the scent of creamsicle from this, but I think that's my brain more than my nose.

I was wary of this, since there is no real mention of notes, but this is lovely. A very sexy scent; "languid" is absolutely the best way to describe it. On me, there is definitely something spicy and creamy about it. I could see how it could be almond-based.

I can't smell anything but the vetiver. Sometimes I hate my nose.

Another blend that is all vetiver to me, which once again supports my hypothesis that vetiver.eats.everything.

In the bottle and wet on my skin, this was too perfume-y on me, in an alcohol-y, medicinal, cheap drugstore blend kind of way. On the drydown, too smokey and the plum was cloying. Sad.

I get the dreaded nailpolish, too. Fried my nostrils a little. I couldn't even bring myself to skin-test this.

Very manly, even though the carnation is prevalent. This is calming and green, with that sort-of-smokey note get get from carnation. Lovely on my boy toy.

This very masculine, though something about it also smells, well, dead. It's a rotting forest-type scent, combined with a salty aquatic that doesn't really smell like but definitely evokes fish. I can't even tell there is lily in this.

Yep, vetiver. Which mutes everything else.

Well hello, opium. Where are you hiding the other notes in this blend? Because that's all I get. No lovely sandalwood, no lily or vanilla, no orange. Just head-shop incense smoke.

Lily, you betray me! That "drop" of labdanum takes over this whole blend, and all I smell is smokey incense.

I love these scents that have few notes, as it lets me narrow down what works and what doesn't! While intense on me, I like violet. So I guess it's the vetiver that's the Rule Out scent for me. Duly noted, and this imp goes to the swaps pile.

Oh bad bad bad. The lab frimped this my way, and otherwise I wouldn't have tried it because I was terrified by the idea of civet and musk and opium altogether. Sure enough: Notes of coughing and death. Way too heady and serious.

This is a Yankee Candle in Plumeria. Cheap-smelling and very cloying.

The juniper here is bright and fizzy and fun, but the other notes act as described and this is just too manly for me to wear. Smells great on my boyfriend, though!

This is a lovely "Oriental floral" with a bit of green on me. Surprisingly fresh on the drydown, though there is a short period when wet on the skin that this can be slightly cloying.

When I first delved into BPAL, "musk" was one of my verboten notes; and anything with it was on the No Way, Don't Even Try It list. In the past years, I've learned the differences among musks and have found that some do work on me. Unfortunately, the "Arabian musk" variety is one that does not work. It is too incense-y and masculine to work with my chemistry; and in this blend, combined with that dark plum, the blend is shockingly sour. Bad-milk-and-really-dirty-feet sour. I don't get any carnation, though even if I did, I don't know that it would temper my strong dislike of the other notes.

This is a very bitter, hippy-ish scent on me; a bad combination of black musk and patchouli. Very head-shop, which just doesn't work for me.