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Vial: Rose! The rose hits me right away, and then the violet. Backnote of something sharper, sweet-lemon. Smells very sweet, almost candylike. Wet: The rosewood is very strong on me, the violet coming in second. This isn't surprising -- rose really stands out on me, which is just fine because I love rose scents. And there's another note, something sharper and cleaner, almost like lemon, coming up... Drydown: The lemony note becomes more prominent... and now I can recognize it as the bergamot, probably, backed by chamomile. Still very much a rose scent on me, but I can smell the sandalwood now, too, and the chamomile and the violet. Mmm. A lovely mix of herbal smells, like a garden. Dry: Sweet mild rose and lemon. The violet's almost entirely gone, but there's a very mild backnote of herbs -- I can't pick out individual herbal notes, though. Lovely, not-too-sweet floral.

Vial: Cherry coke! Some faint almond, but mostly... cherry coke. Wet: Mmm, almond coming up. Still a deep, fruity cherry, with a lot of sweetness behind it. Drydown: Yup, still almond-cherry-vanilla, with maybe a hint of spice in the background -- cinnamon? cloves? Sweetening, as most things do on my skin. Dry: The sharpness of the almond and cherry scents has mellowed out quite a bit, and now I can smell more vanilla. And a sweetness like brown sugar, and maybe a hint of musk and the breath of spices. Very very nice. I keep sniffing my wrist and smiling.

Vial: Patchouli, with a sort of earth-tobacco-leather note. A faint musky hint of sweetness -- apricots and maybe a little bit of honey. Wet: Patchouli still strong, still tobacco-y and dark with an undertone of apricot. The patchouli scent is beating out the apricot, though... Drydown: Yup. The sweet fruitness of the apricot is subsumed under the dark note of the patchouli, and seems to be vanishing entirely. Pity. The patchouli notes themselves are too harsh for my tastes, if they're not ameliorated by something sweet, and here the patchouli just overpowers the sweet-fruity notes on me. Dry: The apricot has come back, but only a little. Not enough to counterbalance the black patchouli, which really doesn't seem to play nicely on my skin. It's got an almost soapy edge to it, on top of the patchouli-tobacco. Not for me, I think.

Vial: Vanilla. Vanilla sugar, in fact -- very sweet, almost candylike. Wet: Still vanilla vanilla vanilla, and sweet sweet sweet, with a warm note. Almost buttery. Smells like dessert. (Not in a bad way at all.) Drydown: Ooh. There's some almond coming out, and something else -- maybe a faint hint of a floral? And definitely creamy or buttery. Dry: Vanilla-sugar, cream; almonds still there but fading as the faint hint of orchid and lavender and cloth emerges. Despite the florals, though, it still smells a lot like a really exceptional batch of sugar cookies. I want to eat my wrist. I really like this one. It's sweet and mild, but with a crispness that's appealing to me -- it's not too froofy or sticky, and it doesn't overpower.