Champagne

2007 version: Sugar Skull smell exactly like brown sugar when you put it in you mouth and it melts quickly giving you immediately a rush of energy, comfort and a smile in your face, with the difference that in this case you don`t ingest it. It`s the smell of time away from job and responsability for me, of time at home doing things I love and feeling deeply amused. It`s sweet with a fresh edge and I can`t stop slathering it on my arms

It took me a while (2 hours ) to fall in love with Midway cause the funnel cake greasy note was too real to my nose to be good, but the cotton candy note that follow is pure heaven And now I am able to enjoy the oily wet stage, the sugar tart drydown and the sweet sentor that cling to my skin at last. Useless to say I`m addicted and a big bottle is on my way, and I`ll use it sparingly or at least try. Sadly, the staying power on me is low, 30 minutes.

Today 2 months passed since 13 was released, so I wanted to write an anniversary love letter to this gorgeous blend! To the dark chocolate tone sweetened byt the white one, to the apple note juicy and fresh going out in the wet stage, and the discreet spicy tea in the drydown that prepare the dark chocolate coming back for the good of everyone. I`m lost for 13

The bamboo note in the wet stage kept me from liking fully Habu, but it the drydown, wait, it`s such a deep green woody pleasure that I have to change my mind. No vanilla comes out, and it`s one of a kind snake for this. Extremely surprising.

I do love chocolate and sandalwood, so I had high hopes for this, but in this case I amped a dry and glowing sandalwood like crazy, with a sweet and frustrated undertone that scream "I want to be foooody!!". I should maybe use these notes separately, oh well.

Vanilla and Liliac with a coconut vibe. The tobacco is nowhere to be found. A girly girl blend that can`t be possibly called a sexy one. I`ll keep my imp maybe..

Sandy shores and sweet fresh water, lichen, green algae, and whitestem pondweed, with benzoin, cyclamen, moonlit musk, cucumber, blue poppy, and agave. Sturgeon moon strikes me with images and colors, more than with the anyway lovely notes. I have the violet light of the green algae and the cyclamen, the green of the cucumber, the agave and lichens, and of course the blue of the poppy. the watery notes are of a lovely trasparent light green, fresh and protective. It`s like to be on the shore of the lake and underwater at the same time. a lovely, fresh and slightly sweet experience.

Chaos XCIX (99) It smelled immediately of astringent verbena mixed with some wood, and it took me 6 hours to understand it`s a dupe of my bf Hermes Rocabar, so I could have a case of cypress cedar mixed with verbena, if I`m not completely going crazy. I`m unable to comment more cause it smells like my sweet half, fresh, sharp, woody and masculine, of course. It`s not bad at all! I assume all the responsability if I made a clamorous mistake on the notes!!!

Smoky, leathery and sweet just applied on the skin, It`s so faithful to the original concept that I feel nauseous and sick(I googled too much the hands of glory pics maybe). On the drydown one hour later only the beeswax remains, with a tiny tiny hint of leather in the background that doesn`t let it become too much sickly sweet. Good length and a ride to freak show rather that a perfume.

Scaringly minty in the imp, it turns to be the best early grey tea cup I ever had in my life! Creamy and fresh, and I feel the chocolate vibe too, not sweet at all. Paired with some wiccy it`s heaven.

The snake sits near to the cocoa and it does a very wise thing indeed, vanilla, choco spices, who needs more than this? A strong and balanced snake for all gourmet around! EDA It became my signature scent, I love it and slather it many times a week. It`s fabulous fresh and aged and it `s comforting and sexy like nothing else. I `m totally sold

Clemence is a gorgeous spicy kick in the start, but after 10 minutes it fades to become a Potion dupe drowning in a lake of clove, that it`s not a bad thing at all even considering that I normally run away from clove:the kashmiri tea note must be so good I forget about it I like it a lot. I`m a spice sucker and can`t help it

It`s a real feeling of being in a semi obscured church, silent, cold but warmed by the frankincence smokes in the air. I can see the coloured windows filtering the sunlight far above and the statues of martyrs in extatic agony. Perfect, to have this is a real dream come true.

OMG, this is fresh and sweet at the same time and kaleidoscopic too, the tea leave place to the vanilla that changes to tea and they dance with the linen. it`s the classical blend I crave in the morning when I have few seconds to decide and I want something gorgeous.

Nothing could beat drink me in the yummy side, buttered toast and pineapple, no cherry from me but the toffee vibe is all here!! And it`s true that when wet it changes every time I smell it, oh lovely drink me! i want to drown in a bath full of caramel poocorn now!

A psychic frimp from the lab..Call me crazy but for me it`s all butterscotch caramel with cola, it`s delicious and foody, a blend truly inspiring happiness (cause to me happiness smells of caramel!!) and lightness ETA I decanted another imp and it smells completely different, it has that apple cinnamon note absent from the first imp. It`s delicious anyway and now I want to order another one to compare and experiment!

This is pure honey delight! with a touch of booziness and a delicate flowery background that make this blend unique and strongly addictive! I keep on sniffing my arm and smile and laugh! It`s sweet but not cloying too, a miracle I think.

This is a gorgeous blend, and I don`t like the floral ones normally. When the liliac and the lily calm down from the wet stage, The green tea and the nectarine add juicy and perfectly balanced tones to a fresh and surprising blend, at least for me. This is a classical eanbler for mums and friends used to commercial pefumes. A lovely summer gem!

On my skin it`s all vanilla and gentle cinnamon with a tiny clove undertone. It`s such a gentle Christmas blend that now it doesn`t fit at all with summer heat..Not the spicy kick I was expecting but pleasant indeed. ETA: It`s october and I`m completely sold on Pickled imp, I learned to love it slowly and I will back up with great care

When I put it in my arm and I enjoyed a honeyed apple, foody and sweet heaven, my bf was frozen in horror cause he sensed his most dreaded vegetable stink, yes my dears, he smelled celery on me in an instant I love Agrat and his complex sweetness but I think I`ll have to put in my solitary moments

A frimp from the lab, a psychic one I guess. I would never ever picked up this one on purpose, but it turned to be a refreshing menthol-pine sinus opening blend, sweetened by the orange, a note I lurve so much. I don`y know why, but every time I put it the image of smoked salmon with freshly squeezed lemon juice appear in my mind, amazing considered I`m vegetarian . Guys, give it one more try if you didn`t like it at first! For salmon`s sake! a must for sever cold case!

The berry wet stage was delicious but the snake didn`t go out at all and it faded in 15 minutes leaving me with nothing in my arm And I slather it a couple of times. I will try to age it a bit.

The real spirit of fresh coconut, not the fake and sickly one, dance immediately with a milder and perfect snake oil, yes, at the same time! on the dry phase it`s even lighter and get better and better, oh, don`t let this gem miss fror your collection!

Aeronwen after 2 minutes starts to become figgy with a certain deep edge. She`s elegant and light, more elegant than I actually expected. I will try to slather it again and get to know her more, but she runs away, it that makes sense.

It`s the dry and golden smell of South of Italy at 4 of a torrid summer afternoon, I can smell a hint of cardamon only putting the arm very closely to my nose, but who cares, we are in the middle of summer and it`s a perfect scent. Even with no throw at all.