Borrowed scents, from 4/7
Bewitching Brews:
AUREUS (True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent).
I swear to the gods, this started out smelling exactly like patchouli. But soon, it definitely developed a cedar tone, which complements the patchouli (if that's really in here) quite nicely. This was nice, but I can make something identical using my own essential oils.
CATHODE (Ambergris, Spanish Moss, oakmoss and three electric mints). This smelled nice out of the imp, but got a bit too sharp on me. 2.5
INCANTATION (vetiver, dark woods, crumbling and burnt black sandalwood and a drop of lemon rind). Something in here burns my nose. I can sense the sandalwood and the lemon, and they smell nice, but there is still the nose burning sensation. Ah well. 3
SUDHA SEGARA (Sweet milk and warm, healing ginger with a touch of golden honey and our blend of Ambrosia). Return of the inexplicable nose burning. If this had any note in common with Incantation, I could eliminate it from all future experiments, but, alas, it does not. The nose burning stopped after about an hour, and the fragrance is nice enough (a combination of chai and soap), but nothing that I would wear again. 2.5
Illyria:
THE APOTHECARY (Tea leaf with three mosses, green grass, a medley of herbal notes, and a drop of ginger and fig). Out of the bottle, this was the most perfect green scent in the world. On me, it was the same. Until it completely disappeared an hour later. I may get my own imp of this someday anyway, and try it with moisturizer or something. 5 (without taking into account the disappearance)
LADY MacBETH (sweet Bordeaux wine, blood red currant, thyme and wild berries). On me, this smelled very similar to Bewitched. 3
Rappaccini's Garden:
YEW-TREES (Piercingly sweet berries over evergreen boughs, deepened by the tree's sacred wood). This smelled like yew wood, but sweeter. Hard to describe, but quite nice. 4
Love Potions:
O (Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla). This reminded me a lot of Eden, but I think I liked Eden better. 3.5
Excolo:
VERDANDI (Deep herbs and apple with black amber). I was so excited about this scent. I lovelovelovelovelove apple scents, and I figured this would be amazing. It smells absolutely divine in the bottle -- fresh and green and appley. But on me, it gets much warmer and darker. I'm still not quite sure what I think of it...... 3, I guess. EDIT: I really want to like this fragrance. But.... I don't.
Sin and Salvation:
OBLIVION (Dark musk, wood spice, labdanum, patchouli, dark African woods, and saffron). This is deep and rich and good. Somewhat reminiscent of higher quality men's aftershave, but not in a bad way. It is warm, and a bit dark, but not morose. I find it somewhat comforting, in the way that losing yourself in something larger than you are can be comforting. I really like this one! 4.5
Voodoo:
FIRE OF LOVE (A catalytic, potent love oil used to spark (or rekindle) the flame of desire between lovers). This is a bit too spicy for me to want to wear it as a perfume, but I'll give it a go tonight, and see if it does anything for me ;-) Based purely on fragrance, however, it gets a 2.
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