Scents tested and results
Alphabetical...
After the Winter: smells like the flora of Hawaii. I am deceased.
All Night Long: turns into red hot candies on me, no thanks.
A Moonlit Winter Landscape: moody snow-soaked soil and fragments of iris. Very mysterious.
An Open Grave Underneath the Heavy Leaves: sharp herbal fall grasses, so invigorating.
Antikythera Mechanism: delicious and comforting, perfect for snuggling with a book and glass of whisky.
Apothecary: nice on it's own, layers very well with other green scents.
Athens: wasn't expecting to like this a lot, but I think it's growing on me. Myrrh and honey are * chef's kiss *
Baobhan Sith: like embalming fluid, but more grapefruit than lime. refreshing.
Black Rider: like this a lot and was very pleasantly surprised at how it mellows on my skin.
Black Tower: melancholy, pensive, mysterious. In my daily wear rotation.
Blood Kiss: not for me. I recognize that this is purely because I dislike cherries and the rest of the scent is perfectly decent.
Bookcase Passage: yaaasss woods and books! Not sweet like other wood blends on me.
Bow and Crown of Conquest: an elegant scent to me, subtle enough florals that I'll actually wear it.
Brown Jenkin: effing orris doesn't always play nice with my skin. Such a shame... nice in my hair tho!
Coyote: soft suede and fur. I miss having a dog in the house.
Crossroads: I wanted to like it. I do not, in fact, like it. Jasmine/lilies are not for me.
Cthulhu: kind of soapy and non-perfumey, but the cat didn't hate it like he does other aquatics. *shrug *
Czernobog: a hell of a smell, requires a definite mood from me. I have worn it solo, though, and the dry down is very intriguing.
Dana O'Shee: goes plasticky and weird. Nope.
Darkness: a big mood, as the youths say. Hoping the narcissus mellows some with age.
Deadly Nightshade Honey: turns to mostly honey and not much nightshade, but I'm not mad at it.
Dee: also very comforting, classy and very wearable. Competes with Druid as my favorite BPAL scent.
Deep in Earth: ahhh, yes. Zombi without the big ass rose.
Djinn: goes cold? sort of cinnamon? idk man.
Druid: I'm in love. Will eventually order a real bottle and hoard this until the end of time.
Embalming Fluid: super clean and cool, not soapy but reminiscent of very expensive soap.
Enkindled Spring: if Samhain is FALL, this is SPRING.
Envy: a good scent if I need something refreshing, very chill.
Fighter: I waffle on whether or not I actually like this, depends on how I feel about the blood/steel note and what my skin chemistry does on that day.
Frog Moon: so green, I love. Late spring/summer feel.
Hecate: nah, can't handle the almonds.
Iago: usually a touch cologne-y for me, works nicely when layered with Black Rider.
Lady Macbeth: very fruit? and a tiny bit of thyme.
Liquid Gold is in the Air: magical airy gold, settles down into something sweet and soft. Beautiful, ethereal.
Kabuki: no, cherries and red musk are not good.
Monk: much better on the skin when the sandalwood warms up.
Nosferatu: wine tasting in a vampire's dungeon. I'm gonna drench myself in this for Halloween.
No. 93 Engine: so unique and well blended, the sort of oddity I didn't know I needed in my life.
Partridges in Snow: lil brown maple chestnut birb. Adorable.
Queen: confusing. Too sweetish musty for me to wear.
Ranger: depending on monthly skin chemistry can give a patchouli blast when first in contact with my skin.
Robin Goodfellow: love, probably will order a bottle eventually. Really I just want to smell like a forest.
Rogue: nice, plan to test layering with other leather or green scents.
Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds: goes horribly cloying on me. Sad, because I kind of liked this in the imp despite my aversion to florals.
Samhain: FALL, decent throw and long wear.
Shell Box: Gram's perfume at the beach, transformed.
Sherlock Holmes: I.. don't know. What the fuck is up with that greasepaint note?
Sjofn: so good, I loved picking apples in the orchard as a kid and this is definitely a basket of golden delicious apples.
Sloth: like Czernobog, not an everyday scent and sort of harsh to my nose.
Strangler Fig: sweeter than I really like. Not so much a green scent as soft brown for me.
Squirting Cucumber: less "refreshing" than Envy, but sometimes you just need some grass and cucumber in your life.
Tenochtitlan: prickly pear potpourri. Not for my skin, apparently.
Theoi Nomioi: mountain pine forest.
They Shut Me Up in Prose: decadent vanilla/sandalwood. This is my vanilla now.
Wheat Stacks, Snow Effect: delicate peach and rooibos finishes with hay. Unlike any other scent I have.
Zombi: a good rose for someone who loves the smell of fresh earth. I wish the rose was less forward in the dry down, but hey.
To test...
Delight.
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