Coldfire

Bottle: deep evergreen and juniper tempered with the verbena and frankincense Wet on me: More evergreen now. Not total Christmas tree evergreen…but still a nice winter green smell Drying Down: The wild thyme keeps this from being a total pine fest. The frankincense and myrrh soften it. Dry: Love the resins coming out and I get a woody scent as well with the evergreen and the thyme and verbena keeping it from getting overwhelmed by any one scent. This is not Christmas….THIS is Yule!

Bottle: The greenness of the fir and cedar are your prime scent on first sniff Wet on Me: Still piney style goodness for now Drying Down: smells like a Christmas tree lot. Not getting much of the mint at all Dry: Lovely Christmas-y tree goodness. This is such the winter scent for me. Clean and green and sharp and makes me wish for snow!

Bottle: sweet but not sugar sweet. Catching the red currant first. Wet on Me: Red Currant and the musk/amber in the background Drying Down: The creaminess of the honey comes in but does not over power the currant’s sweetness. Dry: Creamy Currant Amber without smelling like powder. The musk adds nice subtle touches as well. So glad I got a bottle

For the 08 Version Bottle: darker and more resinous Wet on Me: deepest patchouli in the middle of the darkest night. Drying Down: the black amber blends well with the patchouli with peeps of the myrrh playing between them. Dry: The musk brings the dark of night feel to this scent and weaves dark magic over the patchouli and amber and myrrh. Such a lovely well done blend!

Bottle: dark and the gardenia…but not cloying gardenia. Wet On Me: still dark, still some gardenia, the white amber coming in now Drying Down: Lovely. More amber and the musk now than the gardenia. Why does this feel like a deep south garden on a hot summer night in the darkest of night? Dry: This dried down into something just so lovely….I’m so glad I got a bottle. Must keep.

Imp: Winter….Winter and evergreen/pine Wet on Me: le sigh. Le love le winter evergreens with a trace of snow in the background. Drying Down: I’m standing in the middle of a thick forest covered in snow. But without the damn cold! Dry: Another total keeper, so glad I got it bottle!

Bottle: ozone and rain aquatic. Clean, sharp and crisp. Wet On Me: more ozone aquatic rain. Almost Masculine in it’s clean and sharp Drying Down: Have you ever found a scent that on first sniff has you completely under it’s spell? This is it for me. So far this is drying down amazing. Want to test it on the man! Dry: still this awesome ozone-y rain scent with some clean…mint feeling in the background. This goeson my hoard list. Must have MORE!

Bottle: If purple has a scent this is it! Can’t define anything singly yet Wet on Me: I am starting to get grape…and plum…a whisper of wisteria Drying Down: Lovely deep purple (cue Smoke on the Water ) sweet like grape candy, but then deep with the plum and wisteria. So far so good that I have not amped the lilac. Dry: Purple grape sweet but not sticky smelling. This is awesome. Then I want to rock my royal purple this will be the scent I wear. So glad I got a bottle of this.

Imp: Apple. Crisp Apple. Crisp Dark Apple. Wet on Me: The scent of tart fresh crisp green apples. Not too sweet and just right. Something a wee bit dark lurks underneath Drying Down: musty apples…but not in a bad way. Could be that darkness I smell…musty or a blood scent. Dry: okay I can totally get the sexy vampire apples description. Now that this has dried down on me this is totally what this smells like! So glad I took a chance and got this. Not letting it go!

Imp: aahhh my favorite dragon’s blood..strong but not overpowering Wet on Me: LURVE! The witch in me is singing. Drying Down: the sharpness comes forward….but still does not overwhelm me. Dry: The best parts of Dragon’s Blood on me. Such a keeper!

Imp: Fruity and spicy and a dragon hiding in a cave Wet On Me: oh the sweetness of the cherry and the spicy of clove and myrrh Drying Down: more of the clove now over the dragon’s blood. Then the myrrh..the cherry fading. Dry: mostly myrrh resin and sweetness. I love this!

Imp: Mostly lilac on top….then faint tuberose. No violet yet. Wet on me: WOW POW! Intense Floral. Lilac heavy Drying Down: man do I amp Lilac big time. It’s taken over everything else. Dry: Total lilac air freshener on me. Re-home!

Imp: softened Dragon’s blood Wet on Me: softened Dragon’s Blood and something more That wants to come out. Drying Down: The aquatics really help soften the dragon’s blood. Dry: powdery soft dragon’s blood. Keeping the imp.. don’t need a bottle

Imp: dark and sticky. Cannot pick out anything in particular Wet on Me: Stephanotis now and the Narcissus Drying Down: Dark, Shadowy, Floral. Not getting any cypress yet. Dry: powdery floral now. I can take it or leave it. I will probably re-home it.

Imp: ooooo the patchouli Wet on me: lovely earthy patchouli Drying Down: The Nag Champa comes out to play with the patchoulis Dry: Lovely Nag Champa and Patchouli. Earthy, warm and intoxicating. The love! Keeping!

Imp: rose and jasmine Wet on Me: rose, jasmine and carnation now. Drying Down: The rose is overpowering everything. I am not getting any of the bergamot or tangerine Dry: the rose just smothered everything and sat on it. Not a keeper. Re-homing the Imp

Imp: TREES! Yummy Pine and juniper and cypress Wet on Me: I feel like I am standing in a forest and it is love! Drying Down: Mostly pine and cypress now with a touch of the black musk hiding in the shadows. Hard to work when Wrist is becoming glued to nose. Dry: Total dark forest-y love. Keeper! Must get bottle of this.

Imp: Sandalwood and Neroli with something eck underneath Wet on Me: The sandalwood and neroli are gorgeous..but the vetiver just makes it smell like rot over it. Like they went bad. Drying Down: the vetiver seems like it’s fading to let the white sandalwood and neroli shine a bit more. Dry: The vetiver has calmed itself down now and I get the white sandalwood and very little Neroli. This is okay. Thisisthe one vetiver I found so far I like.

Imp: Man! Total spicy man with a tease of sweet under it Wet on me: Love so far. I seem to wear men’s scents well more spicy sweet…but not sugar sweet. Drying Down: Spicy still…faintest touch of cinnamon..but not enough to overwhelm it. Delightful still Dry: Spicy love. My hand got a wee bit warm where I put it on…must be the cinnamon. I like this..for a spicy one. Keeping the frimp.

Imp: amber…but has an older scent about it. Wet on Me: more amber now…a touch fruity in the very far background Drying Down: Spicy amber now. But not sharp…mellow and aged. Dry: still a spicy mellow amber to me. I love this. Keeping the imp!

Imp: Cypress and something I can’t put my nose on. Wet On Me: Cypress and patchouli Drying Down: Cypress and ginger over the patchouli Dry: Mostly the woodiness of the Cypress…the patchouli haunting underneath and the ginger breathing a whisper thru it all. Interesting….nice…..I think I’ll keep the imp.

Imp: dark and the dank of vetiver Wet on Me: still dark and SHARP! Nothing but the vetiver jumps out for easy id. Drying Down: Thankfully the throw is not far on this one. The vetiver seems to get some of it’s sharpness tempered by The black musk Dry: okay this is powder over the vetiver. Not really too Remarkable for me. Off to the re-homing pile

Imp: Rum and coconut on first hit and something else I can’t quite put my nose on Wet On Me: run and coconut tanning oil. Smells like the beach Drying Down: more of the tonka and tobacco now with the wine waaaay in the background to me. Not getting the leather yet. Dry: Sweet rum over the tonka splashed with a dash of tobacco. The leather never came out to play for me Probably not a keeper

Imp: gentle amber and musk Wet on me: the musk and amber add a wee touch of the wood to the mix Drying Down: Musk and woods Dry: Powdered woods. Woods with Powder on them No dry grasses on me. Interesting. Not bad…Not married to it. I may re-home this

Imp: Love. Sharp, ozone aquatic citrus and CLEAN! Wet on Me: More of the same only MORE! Drying Down: This just rocks my socks. Ozone-y sharp citrus leaf aquatic-y. Dry: It’s very strong at first application but then mellows out with the same scent just not as WADDOW! This might be a bottle down the line