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Yep. Pure leather/suede! It'll make a great layering scent, me thinks.

My batch of Rapture is all about jasmine. In a good way

I got Hells Belle in a swap yesterday, and am ever so grateful! This went on very very sexy floral. Gorgeous. Within minutes it changed to the "caramelized magnolia" one of the other reviewers noted. Oh, even more gorgeous. Feminine and floral, but enough cream, musk and spice to tame it.

Heh heh, don't laugh - I wore this while watching Troy today (as (1) the Trojans are the Romans' ancestors, (2) I thought the blend's notes would be fitting, and (3) I don't have Athens). I'm such a dork. But it totally set the mood. Rome was quite sharp and bitter at first, but it never overwhelmed. As the description says, it is graceful and refined. I normally can't stand cypress much, but this blend has a lot of depth. Probably due to the rose, which I didn't notice very much. The rose was just something lurking, pleasing, that made me keep sniffing my wrists. I don't think I'll be wearing this out very much, but I'll be loving it in my house.

The fruit I smell in Baba Yaga reminds me of the fruit I get from Lampades (a good thing, as I like Lampades), but more floral and sweet. I do wish I could identify which floral - it is familiar. Can't wait to find out what's in this. I do like it.

Oooooh yeeaaaah! This is gorgeous. I agree that this is more gender-neutral - not so masculine. I'm not getting much rose. The musk is beautiful, a little sweet, a little spicy. There is something so familiar about this. Don't know what but I do love it.

Wow, this is very delicate and soft. I put some on, then put more on straight away as I couldn't smell much. At first this is sheer lavender. After a couple of minutes the flowers start coming out. Every whiff I take is a different floral - mostly rose, but jasmine every now and then. Dry down is a little sweeter than before. I really like this, but I think I'm wearing it just for myself. I really have to push my nose up against my wrist to smell Sophia. But she is lovely!

Nooo! I love London just the way it is. Lucy's Kiss is a little more youthful than London. Whatever the spices are, I kept thinking maybe I was getting a little lavender-type sharpness. Dry down was quite powdery, and it lasted a while.

One woman's trade pile is another woman's treasure. thanks for the trade Madame Nyx, because I love this! Its plummy, much like my beloved Kitsune-Tsuki. But it also has some florals (not sure what I'm smelling besides jasmine hmmm) - not too much, not too little, but juuuust right. Wow, how much I do like this! I wish it lasted longer, but that's ok - I'll just have to reapply often.

I agree with the Dragon's Bone recommendation. I think Dragon's Heart is also very nurturing. Tintagel and Blood Amber are also warm.

This is the second time I've tried my mom's Fallen imp. I remember it being lovely and dark the last time - musk and sandalwood. This time, I'm getting the floral in the description. Its not a sweet, spring floral - its the imperial florals that Beth described, with a touch of amber. At first it was very perfume-y and heavy, but the dry down brought more sandalwood out and its very mellow. This totally suits my mom. Very sophisticated and warm.

I could not figure out what I was smelling, so I admit - I cheated and read the other reviews to try to figure it out. I'm getting lavender, but its not sharp. Something sweeter (floral) is toning it down. I'm not getting lemon or pepper. But I am getting clean and green. Whatever it is, I like it a lot. The more I wear it, I'll come back and edit this useless review...

I, too, got the pine thing going on with Hemlock. I love the forest-y smell of Dublin, but I think its a soft, wet forest smell. Not sure it would satisfy the desire of someone specifially asking for pine. I haven't tried either, but sounds like Black Forest or Thanatopsis might do the trick.

This was on my wishlist because I'm a fan of every note listed in the description. My attitude became neutral when I got a whiff of the imp. But now that I have it on: Oooh la la! At first I got the patchouli (I like patchouli so that's good for me). Then it turned into a sweet and green scent. The palmarosa and patchouli are up front, with whisps of rose here and there. Very very nice!

At first this was all wood on me. I didn't smell much sandalwood - it seemed a more sharp (like cedar), but maybe the cajeput was throwing me. Dry down: now I'm getting the white florals. I wonder if my nose is just used to the wood and moving along, or if the wood note has really calmed down. Hmmm. All I know is that the flowers I'm smelling are light and lovely. This is a very calming scent for me.