yaluna

I believe that this is my favorite scent to date. I've been wearing it every day since I got it a few days ago. I've gotten tons of compliments. People haven't seem to be able to pinpoint what the are smelling, just that is "smells good" or "like a spa". I can't pinpoint it either.. white florals, that aren't cloying or too strong.. blended with other things.. creamy..clean..a little woodsy. Love it! I can't really comment on the protection/cleansing aspect of it just yet. I know when I sniff it, it makes me feel good, like taking a breath of really fresh air.

My sex drive lately has been crappity and I feel bad for my boyfriend. Are there any oils that are particularly good at getting one in the mood for lovin'? (And this would be for me, NOT him.. he doesn't need any help!)

This is one of my favorite perfumes, I get compliments on it all the time when I wear it! Unfortunately the woman who makes it seems to have severely cut back on her perfumery business and I haven't been able to find this perfume in her etsy shop for ages. Is there anything similar to this by bpal?

This is pretty sweet!

I'm still undecided about this one. So far it smells like rotting, moldy apples on me, but I can tell that it's trying to be something wonderful. I'm going to give it a little more time and see what happens.

This is my first aquatic scent, and I'm thinking that maybe they just aren't for me. I don't really like the ozoney/sharp smell, it's very strong on me wet and dry. It makes my nose tingle and I had to wash it off. Oh well - off to swaps, and to make someone else happy

In the bottle: Hmm, grapefruit, nice and fresh. Wet on my skin: Grapfruit still.. and now something else is coming through, something sharp and green - pine? Dry on my skin: Eeeeeek. Goodbye grapefruit, hello kitty litter! I dunno what it is, but on me, it's icky. I can sorta smell flowers in there somewhere.. but the kitty litter smell is just too much.

I received this imp as a gift from the lab in my SiA order. So kind! Anywho, I must be one of the few that this seems to work on. I've never smelled opium before, and I'm unfamiliar with civit, so this was a totally new experience for me. When I put it on wet, it smelled rather floral, like rose or jasmine, quite heady yet with some earthiness that seemed to ground it out a bit. At first I thought it smelled like foral soap, but that quickly faded away as it dried. Once dry, it is still a bit strong, but now I think what I thought was floral was really the sweetness of opium. The other smell that I just can't seem to pick out must be the civet, it is pretty faint. The musk is nice as well, pulling everything together. Now while I like this smell, I don't know if it fits my personality. Hmm. I'll try it out again in a few days, and see what happens.

In the bottle: It's a wonderful irish coffee smell, yum! On me: It only takes about 3 seconds for the irish coffee to completely fade, before all that's left is some kind of wooden/playdoh/plasticy smell that I don't think I really like. So disappointed! This was my second try.. so I'll give it another chance in a few days, and see if for some reason it changes on me into something I like better (which has happened before..).

I was really looking forward to this, but alas, was not for me. In the bottle - SWEET PINK! On me: Very very very very VERY strong pink sweet smell, syrupy, way too much. Blah. Then the florals come in just as strong, so strong that they don't smell anything like flowers anymore,.. more like something rancid. It's all just too much. I had to wash this off.

On the first whiff, it smells like I've been in the kitchen all day! Wet, the strongest smell is nutmeg and allspice, with something green underneath, and a touch of wood. The nutmeg and allspice fades a little on drydown, and the sharpness of the green peeks through a tad. After a while the woodiness also comes out to play, and helps to tie everything together. Overall I like it, but not on me, it's a little too masculine.

I thought I would really like this, since I typically love lavender. Wet: Very bitter, almost sour, strong lavender - very sharp. Dry: The sharpness has mellowed a little bit, and now it's more of a dusty sour lavender. Not sure if I like this one that much.

On me, Pele is a very strong white floral - jasmine maybe? The floral is all I smell, it's pretty heady and tickles me nose. This isn't quite for me, though I'm sure someone else would love it. To the swap pile!

This is delicious, I can't stop sniffing myself. It came as a gimp from the ever-generous Lab, and I'm glad they sent it because I wouldn't have thought to get it on my own. In the bottle - it smells fruity and floral On me wet - Spicy Grapefruit, though there's more there that I just can't identify. On me dry - The sharpness of the grapefruit fades fast, and there's something lightly sweet that's starting to peek through. It smells smoother now, and very clean and light. My skin seems to soak this up, so for me this will require a more liberal application. Yes, I do this I will get a bottle of this come summer. Good job Beth!

I swabbed my wrists and collarbone with this gimp this morning. In the bottle, I smelled dark chocolate.. or rather, cocoa powder, not sweet milk chocolate. Wet: The cocoa powder turns into a smoother smell, with something sharper coming in from the background Dry: The sharper smell is stronger now, is that the vetiver? Chocolate turns into dusty leather. Not bad. Overall: Too masculine for me, but I would like this on a man if the vetiver tones down a little.