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    The Hesperides

    Crisp, clear green apples..drydown gets softer and more woody. Very pretty scent.
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    La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente

    There only enough fruit in there to balance out the florals. And yet it's really sweet. Sugary aquatic florals.
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    Phantom

    Wet: smells like The Unicorn. Dry: Going powdery. We've got myrrh, and bits of rose, and the ylang ylang sort of pulls everything upward. I can't smell the musk in this one.
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    Queen

    Reminds me of a minty Midnight Kiss. There's got to be some vanilla in there too. Warm, but with a powdery edge of unapproachability. Kinda weird, but not unpleasant.
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    Ephemera

    Violet..and yeah, I got bananas too. Reminds me of Queen Gertrude.
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    Scarecrow

    Green and...sappy. Sharp. Woody. Green and dry at the same time, like some sharp pungent grass drying up and dying in the hot sun. Smells extremely dry wood at the end. Reminds me of Yggdrasil.
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    Wicked

    Wet: I am Jasmine, hear me roar! Dry: Rose dancing around a base of Myrrh. Not really that wicked.
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    Pain

    Lavender kind of flits around the edges, but the pennyroyal is clear, sharp, and sustained. Is true to its name. Evokes a sense of ongoing pain.
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    Sea of Glass

    Very pure smelling. Light, citrusy, floral, clean. Cold. Kind of self righteous. There's no warmth, no amber, vanilla, or anything decadent to mar it. No sin. Not inviting or comforting in the least. Refreshing. Would make a good pillow scent.
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    Envy

    Wet: pretty lavendar. Dry: florals, kind of woody. Aquatic. Cold, sad, painful. Rejected. Just so unhappy and nowhere for it to go.
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    Eclipse

    Maraschino cherries, almond, almond with frankincense, omg there's the cinnamon. A Dana O'Shee that's on the fence with being foody and non foody. Bengal without the musk.
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    Antique Lace

    Antique Lace has amazing throw - my skin amps this scent like nobody's business. I can smell the vanilla, but there's also something really sharp in there, which I suppose is the linen. I've gotten compliments before when I've worn this exercising, the trainer said I smelled like cookies. But I don't think it smells like cookies at all. Cookies aren't supposed to have linen in them. This scent just goes to show that you can love two separate notes but the combination is bleh. I love the smell of fresh linen and I love vanilla, but combined I really don't like it at all. It's a beautiful scent nevertheless, but I really can't stand it on myself.
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    Aglaea

    omg PEACHES!! Fresh, juicy peaches is what it's all about. Aglaea reminds me of March Hare but without the clove which makes it less foody and potpouri-ish and much more wearable. Now that it's dry the amber is starting to come out. Tamora turned to playdoh on my skin but I'm so glad Aglaea works on me. This is a gorgeous scent. I can't stop sniffing my wrist.
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    Yvaine

    I know a lot of people have been saying Yvaine is extremely lavender, and I don't have a problem with that, as lavender is one of my favorite scents, but to me Yvaine is really different than straight up lavender. It's tempered by sweetness and a hint of powder. There's some other floral in there that rounds it out. I'm terrible at naming notes, bah. Must be the wisteria. It starts out sharp but on the drydown gets sweeter. Yvaine was one of my first bottles, I need to get a backup. Definately lives up to its name. I ordered Stardust and I'm going to read it while wearing this scent, lol.
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    Shattered

    Kind of a weird combination...but it totally works for the theme...I smell the mint the most.....the grapefruit in the background adds a slightly sour undertone....or maybe that's the champagne. It has a sort of tearful quality, somehow....like when you cry till you almost can't cry anymore....but everytime you think of the reason you're crying a few more tears can't help but sqeeze themselves out....
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    Yggdrasil

    This scent is evocative of fresh pine needles......and gets a dustier, woody quality as it dries down. It would make a great scent for a guy, but it's not overwhelmingly masculine....just has a sort of refreshing quality.
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    Cilantro?

    Ooooh, I love cilantro......smelling and eating it. I'll be stalking this thead, you betcha'!!
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    Fae

    Fruit, and woods, and something green I can't identify. It's the most amazing faerie scent, and really lives up to the "ethereal".
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    Gingerbread Poppet

    Gingerbread Poppet is perfect, spicy gingerbread. *$^*@^*&*@^ someday in my wildest dreams this makes it into GC.
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    Baneberry

    Baneberry is like Bewitched mixed with a bit of Jester. Which is...weird. Something sour in there that doesn't agree with me.
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    Calico Jack

    Calico Jack is pretty much the same as the American Eagle cologne my brother loves and douses himself in - nice, masculine, woody and fresh, but not something I'd ever wear.
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    Helena

    I received Helena as a frimp from the lab. And did a double take sniffing my wrist. This smelled exactly like Amsterdam with a little rose added.
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    March Hare

    The combination of clove and peach isn't doing it for me. Separate they're fine, together in March Hare they are waayyy too foody. Sweet and yummy and a bit candyish, like chomping down on one of those chewy orange candies. Not my thing.
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    Tiger Lily

    I didn't like Tiger Lily the first time I tried it. Since then I've learned a bit more appreciation for scents. This lily isn't soapy, heachache inducing, or overpowering - just sweet, warm, spicy flowers.
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    Embalming Fluid

    Embalming fluid was lemony, clean and fresh smelling. There's something else in there that didn't agree with my nose, though, and I think it's the tea.
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