topazphoenix

This smells green, while at the same time being warm and inviting. But wow, I could SWEAR there is tomato leaf in here. I love tomato leaf, so it's not a problem, but...what, there's none in the notes you say? Really? Are you kidding me?

I was looking forward to trying Boomslang. Cocoa and rice milk = love. The oil in my bottle tends to separate so the cocoa stuff is on the bottom so you have to swirl it to get the deep dark oil everyone mentions. Hmm...it's sweeter than Snake Oil, and smoother...I can kind pick out the cocoa if I try..but honestly the richness doesn't really stand out distinctly so much as it melds into Snake Oil seamlessly. So technically, this is my "aged Snake oil".

To me Falling Leaf Moon is a less pungent Samhain. More leaves and a more watery vibe as compared to Samhain. There's a note in here I recognize the feel of but have no idea what the name is...but regardless, that note is kind of turning this weird spicy menthol on my skin. I want to make the rain/leaf themed scents work but they keep failing on my skin. Oh well. More for everyone else I suppose.

A generous forumer frimped me a bit of Hellhound. It's quite herbal wet, and as it dries down a smokey quality emerges. It's not sweet at all, the vanilla I hoped for is nonexistant...all in all this turned out rather masculine. Curse my skin chemistry

Mlle. Lilith does smell similar to Mme. Moriarty, however Mme. has more musk and is deeper, darker to my nose. Mlle. is lighter and simpler and sweeter. I can pick out the coconut, pomegranate and sugar. The musk is very light which is actually kind of nice. If Mme. Moriarty had a color it would be a deep murky purple red, but Mme. Lilith is a bright red-pink. It's very pretty imo and I prefer it to Mme.

Light and buoyant...this smells like eating tangerines on a warm wooden pier while dangling your feet in the water and watching the boats go by. I like that it's fruity without being overly sweet.

Cake Smash is incredible! Wet it's yummy cream cheese, and drydown a very realistic cake smell emerges. In the background there's a spice-y/incense-y/musky smell that must be the Dorian and Snake Oil. It's similar to Eat Me but more complex. Delicious!

This is just lovely. I'm getting the distinctive wet dirt note from Zombi and Deep In Earth, as well as tomato leaf and florals. I like the garden-like nature of this. It smells outdoorsy and breezy and fresh and green without being powdery death by florals.

I really loved this scent in the bottle. It smelled like delicious yellow cake mix. On my skin it went kind of sweet creamy ice cream...but I wanted it to stay cakey. It's still lovely though, and I'm curious how it will age.

Wow, this is actually pretty good. I usually don't like patchouli. And this smelled ALL PATCHOULI in the bottle. But on my skin, the other notes in here are forcing it to play nice....leather, a hint of lilac, a tinge of vanilla sweetness, a waft of red musk....I love the complexity of my favorite demon. sigh.

This smells like an sticky orange roll with pumpkin. It's foody and delicious. One of the best foody pumpkin scents I've tried.

This is freakin GORGEOUS. I love Shadwell. It's sweetened condensed milk and tea, with a hint of a masculine spice cologne that keeps it from being foody. Sooo comforting, I want to wear this while walking in the rain.

Green Tree Viper reminds me of mint chocolate ice cream. The mint is the most prominent note but the Snake Oil and green tea give it a solid backing. Refreshing and relaxing. This is lovely and I'm so happy I have a bottle.

November is very resin-y on my skin, with clear ozone and lots of pine. Cold. Brr. It evokes a colorless feel, the way a snowfall blankets a landscape. Waiting for the drydown of this was worth it, at first it's way to strong and screams HELLO I AM PINE.....but I waited and now it's gorgeous wet leaves.

This is a very light lemon tea scent. I agree with the reviewer who said it reminded her of lemonheads. And then..the leather shows up, unexpectedly. Faintly, wistfully. Overall, this is a very wistful scent. Dorian hits you over the head with his smutty vanilla tea musky goodness...but Severin is shy, awkward, with big eyes and a full mouth that seems to tremble slightly whenever you look at him. Severin is a dreamer. God. I would love to smell this on a guy.

This is extremely pretty and wistful. I'll try to describe it...there's rose. But it's not ROSE. It's just rose. This is a very good rose. How can this be possible? Where is the I AM ROSE EATING YOUR NOSTRILS FROM WITHIN WITH MY PUNGENT THROW? It's so pretty and subdued. Behaving itself. And then there are the resins, making this rich and exotic without being all "I am headshop hear me roar". I'm really happy I got a chance to try this, it's beautiful.

The sandalwood in Shadowless like Silence is tempered by pale roses and dry forests. This is a very dry scent. Sweet but still dry. It also wants to be ornery and go to baby powder on my skin. I hope a little aging will help smooth out that aspect a bit.

I get sweet blood orange, roses, amber and myrrh. It's a very somber kind of hallowed scent. A regret tinged sunset. The overall effect reminds me a lot of Cathedral.

To me Julia Stone smells exactly like Dirty with a banana note in it.

Interestingly, this scent is almost pure....baby powder on my skin. Whoa. Wasn't expecting that.

This is mainly a very fresh ozone on my skin (I'm not too great at differentiating the subtleties of ozone, ). It reminds me a lot of the Stormhold.

There's something almost fruity about this at first, which might be the bourbon, but I'm not that familiar with whiskey so moving on. As it dries, the vanilla comes out beautifully. I suppose this has the potential to be "smoky", it makes me curious how it would smell with a little age. But right now it's pretty much sweet fruity bourbon and vanilla. I almost wish I was getting more herbal chamomile like others are mentioning. This tends to fall more on the astringent vanilla side, rather than any creamy impression. It makes my nose tickle.

I like Wensleydale. It's all soap on my skin, but in this case that's a good thing One of the things that kept me from enjoying Dirty was the overpowering florals. This has a sweet aspect that comes out in the drydown that's lovely and yet more evocative of laundry than flowers, which is nice. Overall it's a very good representation.

Vetiver is the most noticeable thing in this blend, the other notes sort of temper it into an orange-ish amber cinnamon vetiver, but it's still present in all its herbal smokey I-am-vetiver-hear-me-roar-ness. I'm not particularly in love with Velvet Tiger.

Spices, almost clove-ish, myrhh, sandlewood, dust. Incense-y. This evokes a mummy to me, dry and well preserved. But I don't want to smell like a mummy