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Everyone else seems to have got pink grapefruit and flowers. I got a whole bottle unsniffed. For me it's freshly sliced, ripe, juicy plums with just that barest touch of cinnamon/clove/ginger spice. Not complaining at all thanks, fresh juicy plums is good by me! It doesn't seem to last very long but that could be my allergies.

Chaos Theory DCCCXLIII - 843 in the bottle - light and fresh. Nothing specific. wet - OMG Orange peel and... what tastes like celery leaf. Extremely fresh and bright. dry - less throw but still fresh. a bit more of the celerey leaf. Delicious. Doesn't last very long but it's very nice.

CX - 110 buttery, salty, popcorn. Not loud or harsh, but you can really taste the butter. A bit later a little caramel, sorta maybe flashes by. But only for a second then right back to butter. Not overpowering. Not staying CXX - 120 oh my. this is just lovely. It's just like being on the beach in Aruba, in the shade by a garden. The florals are like New Orleans but not as pronounced or heady. Then the sea and sand come in. It's glorious. totally staying.

in the bottle: whiff of something... I fear wet: BABY POWDER dry: RUBBER and BABY POWDER and I could not get it off. No honey, no spices, no lemon. Blech. It must go.

Harlot (Ara Amatoria): no rose at all for me Lucy's Kiss (Ars Amatoria): no rose either but other nice florals Whip (Ars Amatoria): went right to cat pee Zombi (Ars Moriendi): mud and no rose Rose Cross (Sin and Salvation): on the list to try Black Rose (Rappaccini's Garden): on the list to try Two, Five, and Seven (Mad Tea Party) nothing. literally nothing. Moscow has some nice rose in it.

I have to say Severin is a foul rubbery thing with no lemon to my nose at all. I also find Phantasm to be far more lemony than Shanghai. I agree, Embalming Fluid and Shanghai are quite similar. Shanghai lasts longer on me though. Phobos is a delicious lemon. I'm wondering about this Lustration stuff.

Ghostly, glowing, sweet and dark: black cherry, patchouli, cassis, cardamom and verbena. in the bottle: thick dark cherry and fizz on me: Franks Black Cherry Wishniak. Doesn't last long but it's great while it's there.

13 is very confusing for me. In the bottle I can just detect cocoa like tastes but it is overwhelmingly butterscotch. Extremely butterscotch. It starts out like pudding, cloying and somewhat burned to settle into thick butterscotch cake. After a bit some apple pops up. Now I'm apple butterscotch cake. Not what I hoped for at all. and It wouldn't come off!!! Arrrgghh.

In the Imp: sharp floral On Wet: apple blossom, powdery rose with a bit of apple peel. On Dry: powdery rose with a morph between rubbery rose and odd apple blossom Drat, I was hoping for LEMON with Apple and some rose. No lemon at all.

Wet and in the imp this reminds me of Farenheit, only better. Dry it's having baby powder (blech) moments but the spiciness seems to be winning. medium to strong throw It fades pretty quickly to a dusty Dragon's Blood still fighting the baby powder. I think its for the scent locket.

Stormhold reminds me of wet rocks after a rain at the shore. It's quite aquatic to me and I like it alot. Decent lasting power but low throw.

In the imp: it's sort of fruity and a touch floral sort of kind of. wet: hairspray fruity and bandaids dry: bandaids I'm thinking the leather note isn't working here too well.

This is actually only slightly minty for me. It's far more Piney and Woody than minty. Sad because I wanted Minty. But I have to say it's a great wintery scent and I enjoy it for its own merits now, rather than what I was hoping for

Where Screeching Parrot was Grapefruit punch on me, this one is Pineapple punch on me. I like it only slightly less than the Parrot and it indeed makes my mouth water. The booze is a nice under note. Not harsh or alcoholly in any way. Most enjoyable.

I love this! It's grapefruit based fruit punch on me all the way. My skin eats it after a few hours but I don't care. I may need another bottle of this.

Victorian whimsy and piratical romance: a reluctant seaman’s chypre sloshed with a mix of bay rum, patchouli, amber musk, dark woods, tea rose, and red currant. I really like Frederic. It starts out a bit salty headshop and woodsy but dries really nice. Everything rounds out into a somewhat pungent but delicious, complex scent. I can't identify any specific notes after drydown but it lasts over 40 hours which for me is amazing. My skin eats everything. Not an everyday wear but I will be wearing it often.

The roses that have worked for me Rose Red (7 bottles worth) Peacock Queen Silentum Amoris Rose Moon London None of the other roses have come up at all. 2,5,7 was a total wash. Parlement of Foules was particularly disappointing. I think a big bottle of London is next. Its superbly Tea Rose.

I love this. in the bottle: the core of a freshly crunched into candy apple. A macintosh or crisp winesap. wet: more of the same dry: a little fuller and more rounded and the sweet of the candy coating comes up a bit more but it makes my mouth really water. I could still sniff it 10 hours later. Man I need more of this!

I got no rose at all as well. And this sounded so up my street. just a sort of faint planty greenness.

The essence of magickal enigmas and long-forgotten esoteric mysteries. Frankincense, rosemary, lavender, neroli, and lemon verbena. This was an imp I got in a trade and I bought a bottle immediately. I get Neroli with a rich lavender under note. It's completely consistent wet to dry. I absolutely love it.

LOL! This was minty fresh pine in the vial and on first application. As it dried down it faded very quickly and went straight to Hawaiian Tropic suntan oil. Bizarre.

I just got an imp from the lab. It started off a bit seaside salty before settling into lapsang souchong tea, with a bit of salt in the background. No orange though. Still, I sort of like it.

OMG I just got this today. Bright orange in the imp and on me right to delicious honey and orange. It's not sickly sweet or anything , it smells like fresh oranges drizzled with fresh honey. I'm drooling. Not much throw but it's sort of sneaky rather than overpowering. And the spare drop I put on is holding up well. I love this! (do I need another bottle?????)

I just noticed my first bottle of Rose Red 2007 has a different label than the *cough* 6 following ones. Weird.

Medieval romance and courtly love. White rose and soft resins. I was so hoping for this scent as it's two of my favourites, rose and resin. Sadly this had no rose at all for me. None. I barely smell a touch of frankincense and that's it. I'm afraid it will have to move on.