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(Side note: I not only tend to amp cedar.. but I also haaaate the scent.)

Wet: Chocolate peppermint and cedar. More cedar than the chocolate peppermint scent.

Dry: Cedar. Basically just all cedar. A little bit of a sweeter cedar.. but cedar.

Wet: Salty ginger blossoms; like smelling ginger blossoms next to the ocean.

Dry: Salty, soapy ginger blossoms. 😐 

Wet: Pear and apple, with some kinda funky "dark" note. Kind of a sweet and sour combo going on here.

Dry: Powdered pear and powdered apple. More sour than sweet, now.

A little disappointed (pear is one of my favorite notes!). Skin fail!

Wet: Blackberry and plum musk! On the sweeter side, almost candy-like. (... Musky berry candy?)

Dry: Incredibly similar to the wet stage, but a little more musky. So.. very musky blackberry-plum candy.

I actually don't mind the musk overload, but I think I'll be good with just a decant's worth.  

Wet: Sweet vanilla-coconut cream. (Sweeter than expected!)

Dry: An even sweeter vanilla-coconut cream that the wet stage, with a little sandalwood as well.

I wouldn't call this foodie, but it is a sweet, creamy scent. I can see a lot of people enjoying this!

Wet: LOTS of lavender, and incense. I can totally smell the "stone" note as well. Wild!

Dry: Light lavender incense with a little bit of that stone note still hanging on. Beeswax, where are you?! As is, the scent is OK... but it's really missing that beeswax note. I think my skin ate it, which is a shame. I was really looking forward to that note popping out. 

(Fun fact: I signed up for a decant circle.. then this came back in stock and I immediately grabbed a bottle. Self control? What's that?)

Wet: Sweet, musky vanilla and tobacco. 

Dry: This smells like a fluffy vanilla cloud. It's got a creamy vanilla note, but it's very.. light and "fluffy" smelling. I dunno. "Fluffy vanilla cloud" is probably my best description.

The rose never showed up here.

So, so good. If you like Zorya P and/or the original Antique Lace, I highly recommend trying to track down a bottle of this.

Wet: WHOA this has some THROW to it. Sour red fruits and leather... and oudh. Is there oudh in here? 

Dry: Okay, there HAS to be oudh in here. It's amping like crazy on me, and unfortunately this is the stinky oudh on my skin; oudh and sour red fruits.

Not working for me, sadly.

Wet: Lots of citrus mingling with lavender and thyme. Fresh and clean smelling, without any type of cleaner or soapy notes.

Dry: More lavender than the wet stage. This is mostly lavender (non-herbal), with a touch of citrus, and still maintains that fresh and clean quality from earlier. 

This is a good lavender scent to try for those who may be afraid of lavender, IMO. While it's the dominant scent, it's not a strong lavender scent.. if that makes sense.

Wet: Strawberry fizzy candy! (No idea where the fizz is coming from. Nose drunk?)

Dry: A very soft strawberries and cream scent.

I love strawberry scents, and have many that I love. While I think this one is nice, it's not strong enough for my personal taste. (That being said, I could see a lot of people who enjoy strawberry scents really enjoying this!)

Wet: Musky lavender and green tea, with plumeria hanging out in the back.

Dry: Not getting much of the lavender or green tea anymore, and the plumeria scent has strengthened a bit. There's something a bit fruity now.. along with some baby powder, unfortunately. Like musky baby powder, with a fruit + plumeria scent.

Wet: Strawberries and cream, with orange zest. YUM.

Dry: I'm getting more orange zest than strawberries on the dry-down. The cream note is still there and hasn't gone funky, thankfully. I wish the sweetness from the wet stage was still present; the scent is definitely more of a mellow version of the wet stage.

I'm seriously slacking here. I have a freaking tattoo of Jareth, why did this review take so long?!

Wet: Definitely getting the same Dorian vibe that many others are. Dorian, with the addition of lilac.

Dry: Dorian, lilac, and the faintest hint of leather. There's something a little odd smelling too, though.. almost like a combination of burnt plastic and wood? Unfortunately, it's kept me from going for a big bottle, even though I think the wet stage is awesome. (Can I just blame the oudh?.. Because I want to.  )

Wet: Lots of powdery orris root, and a little bit of coconut. It's mainly the orris root coming through, though.

Dry: We have... powdered coconut. 

On my skin, orris root tends to dominate most other scents, so keep that in mind. There are some really good notes in here that would work beautifully with the right skin chemistry.

Wet: Oooo! This smells like lemon meringue pie with blueberries. The lemon is VERY tart. Love it.

Dry: Some of the lemon tartness has faded, but it's still absolutely present. I'd say the lemon is stronger than the blueberry scent; definitely what I would call a lemon meringue pie scent, with just a hint of blueberries.

Delicious. As a lover of blueberry scents, I wish the blueberry note was a TAD stronger on the dry down, but the lemon scent is so freaking good I can't be mad at it.  

Wet: Musky, dark, and slightly sweet fruits. The grape makes it smell a little bit like wine, which is not a bad thing. There's a little bit of a powdery-ness to the scent as well.

Dry: This remained almost exactly the same as the wet stage, but there's a small bit of a vanilla-sandalwood tango coming through now. It's really, really good, but I wish I could smell the sweet pea.

For some reason this reminds me of Midnight Kiss... just minus the chocolate. Has a similar vibe to it.

The snow in here definitely smells minty. Like a snow-covered rose, with just a hint of mint. 

The shaggy fur isn't really coming through, but there is a slight warmth to the blend when it dries it my hair.  Lasts for a few hours before fading away.

(2018 version.)

Smells just like the last perfume version I tried(2007, I think?). Snow, vanilla, coconut, pine, flowers, and the barest touch of almond.

This works far better on me as a hair gloss than on my skin... BUT it doesn't seem to last very long. 30 minutes later, and it's totally gone.

Wet: Soap and ozone. (So... soap and rain. Kinda smells like a shower.)

Dry: Dryer sheets.

I forgot to review this... whooops!

Wet: Snake Oil and almond! Sweeter than normal S.O., thanks to the marshmallow I'm sure.

Dry: Sweet, almond Snake Oil. While it does contain some foodie elements, it's not what I would describe as a foodie scent. 

As far as the Snow White note goes, I don't smell anything in the blend that reminds me of it. (Which, for me, is a good thing; when I tried out Snow White several years ago, it smelled like pine and plastic on me.)

I love this scent so, so much; it's absolutely worth seeking out if you enjoy Snake Oil. 

Upon first spray; mint! More of a "cold" mint; like mint and snow.

I'm actually not getting any of the vanilla that previous reviewers are. This is really just a cold, minty ozone scent in my hair.

(2018 version.)

Roses! Sweet, freshly cut roses. A slightly ozone note, maybe? The scent of roses after it's been raining is what it reminds me of.

The scent lingers in the hair, but isn't too strong. A really nice rose hair gloss!

Wet: Straight to the point - tobacco and steel. This is surprisingly light on the skin, I expected it to have a much greater throw.

Dry: Super light tobacco, and what smells like..  red musk? Blood musk? Not really sure. It's so light on my skin, that it's hard to tell what it is.

Wet: Vanilla incense and ozone. Like.. a mix of vanilla incense burning in the snow.

Dry: All vanilla incense, all the time.

The dry-down is simple, but I mean. Come on. VANILLA. INCENSE.  

The red currant starts out pretty strong. We're talking about 80% red currant, and 20% juniper berry. 

When it dries in the hair, it's more of a 50/50 split for me. This is like red currants that were hanging out in the woods with some pine trees. There's almost some kind of lemon scent present as well... or perhaps that's just my nose being crazy.

It smells more festive than I thought! I also like it much more than I originally anticipated as well; I love red currant, but I wasn't sure about the juniper berry.

Lovely!