Little Bird

Transeo smells slightly like red wine on me, but a less heavy sort of red wine. It's like red wine lightened up with a fresh splash of orange juice and a cool, sweet berry. I also smell red rose, but I don't know where I'm getting that from. In the drydown it's like a fruity, fresh sort of wine, a hint of rose perfume, and a creamy, soft orange blossom note. I was expecting this to have a men's cologne feel, but it smells very womanly on me. I like this a lot. It smells very sexy, beautiful, and confident.

The jasmine in Vespillo reminds me of why I hate jasmine notes. The jasmine here is sour and a bit like body odor, and gives off an impression of something rotting to my nose. The patchouli and sage have this dry, earthy, soft, slightly herbal feel that I like, but I can't stand the jasmine. The combination of earth + the rotten smell of the jasmine is creepy, but not something that I want to wear. I can't pick out the clove, neroli, or iris at all. Jasmine amps up on my skin, and the jasmine here doesn't work on me.

Smelling this in the bottle, Tombeur is all Snake Oil and lavender. I usually like lavender, but this lavender smells very astringent and almost like it has an edge of vinegar to it. I don't know how to describe Snake Oil exactly (oily, incensey, dark). I don't like Snake Oil at all (smells like dirty hair on me), but I like a lot of the Snake Pit and Snake Oil blends. On my skin, this loses its sharp/vinegar edge and actually smells quite nice. The lavender is strong, but it settles into a sweet, cool, smooth lavender that's very pleasant. The blood musk and Snake Oil blend together in a warm, red, incensey way. As it dries down, the lavender fades and the blood musk/Snake Oil combo gets stronger and slightly sour & smoky on me. I can smell hints of earthy patchouli, which I love, but it's mostly a warm red musk and incense feel. I feel like I own a lot of red musk based blends that smell similar, but better, on me than this does. The drydown has a sour, perfumey, smoky edge that I'm not loving.

VILF kinda reminds me of Romanti.Goth in the bottle. In the bottle, it has an overall dark, exotic, incensey feel with just the right amount of sweetness, a little spice from the clove, and a dry floral edge. On my skin, this instantly morphs into a sharper scent that I'm not as crazy about. It has a sharp, white, chemical-floral edge to it that makes me wonder if there's opium poppy in this blend. I'm getting a lot of that perfumey white floral sharpness . As it dries down, I still get that sharp floral feel most strongly, but I can pick up hints of the other notes as well. Every once in a while I'll smell red musk, perfumey honey, smoky leather, or spicy clove underneath the perfumey floral. I love most of the listed notes in this, so I'm sad that it's so sharp and floral on my skin. I think that this is a blend that will improve with some age, though, and it's definitely complex underneath the strong floral. VILF is a little too sharp and dry/perfumey for me at the moment.

When I first got my package o' vamps, Interfector was my favorite as I went through the bottles, which surprised me, because I usually don't like tobacco, smoke, or anything described as 'sharp.' I think that this smells warm, sultry, sweet, and slightly smoky, with a background of something like smooth lavender cologne. It reminds me of Violette Market's Vamp Lounge scent, but more wearable and gentle, and with something soft and cologne-like added in. This is actually fantastic on me. I don't think that it's sharp at all. I get a warm, sweet tobacco and what smells like a hint of lavender cologne, but it's very rich and sensual and makes me think of fragrant logs roasting away in a fireplace, without smelling really smoky or woodsy exactly. It's a delicious, sweet, sexy kind of smoky. I love this one (it has a beautiful sweetness and warmth to it), and I could see this being equally wonderful on a male or female. I'm going to be wearing this a lot, especially during the fall months.

What sableheart said about Black Pearl. If you love it and can get a bottle, I would, as the lab has mentioned that there are a lot of GC blends in danger of being discontinued from component issues. That said, I'd definitely recommend Obatala, Goblin, and Roses Pearls and Diamonds, for sure. Obatala and Goblin are both heavy on the coconut, but smell like different types of coconut to me. Goblin is my favorite GC coconut blend ever with the warm earthy notes mixed with rich coconut cream. The coconut in Roses Pearls and Diamonds is more subtle, but that's a very pretty blend if you like rose at all. I don't get any coconut at all from Shango. Brown Jenkin has that interesting, more wooden coconut husk thing going for it. I'm really loving Tiki Princess and Paper Kite for coconut blends lately. I've ordered multiple bottles of both of those.

I have trouble wearing aquatics (they're usually too sharp and soapy for me to handle), and I really like bpal's Sea of Glass. It's a bright, sweet aquatic that brings to mind that shimmery sea green color. Banded Sea Snake reminds me of Sea of Glass, but with more sweet vanilla. If you like coconut at all, you might want to try Obatala for a coconut milk + aquatic. Or you could try a watery floral like Ophelia or Desdemona. Yemaya is a pretty melon scent with this description: "Her ofrenda is a bounty of melons and grapes, strewn with the petals of the flowers of motherhood, draped with sea mosses." It doesn't smell particularly aquatic to me, but it's youthful, pretty, and has the sea moss in it.

This is like sickly sweet cherry syrup, sugary tropical punch, and a weird, sour, chemical-y edge on my skin (almost plastic-y). I can see the jolly ranchers thing, but the sour aspect here adds a harshness that doesn't make me think of candy. I might smell a hint of the watermelon hard candy in the drydown, but it's mostly cherry and a super sugary fruit punch on my skin, with a base of something oddly perfumey and sharp. All in all, it's a bit too sweet and fruity for me.

This is so interesting to think about and read other people's impressions. I have dark reddish brown hair naturally and have dyed it red, blonde, and various shades of brown. For blonde, my first thought was Hollywood Babylon, which is odd, because I usually see that as a red fragrance. I associate blonde with strawberry smells and that wholesome and playful girl next door image, I think. For blonde, I seem to split them into two categories of darker, honeyed blonde and that white/platinum blonde. For darker, warmer blonde I imagine fruity notes, honey, and sweet, milky scents. For platinum blonde I imagine more white musks, tea, icy/watery scents, and clean, crisp sharp scents. Warm, darker, honeyed blonde: Hollywood Babylon, Eat Me, Mania, Bengal, Dana O'Shee, Osun, and maybe Alice and Tamora. Platinum blonde: The Illustrated Woman, Titania, Dirty, The White Rabbit, Slippery Poppy Tincture, Maiden, Snow Glass Apples, Dorian, The Ghost, Fae. Resinous, incense, woodsy blends with sweet, warm touches seemed to be what I thought of for brunettes. Cocoa and coffee also makes me think of brown hair, especially mixed with warm woods. Voodoo, Intrigue, Inez, Sloth, Eclipse, Umbra, Brown Jenkin, Shub-Niggurath, Centzon Totochtin, Miskatonic University, Velvet, Bliss, Tombstone... I imagine spicy, fiery scents with earthy/resinous tones to represent red hair. Sin, Priala, El Dorado, War, The Ifrit, Wrath, The Smiling Spider... Black hair conjures up images of scents that I associate with darkness and dark blue (black musk, violet, lilac, dark berries, anise, leather) and scents that I think are calm, quiet, confident-sexy, or sophisticated. I get more of a floral sense from black hair. Black Opal, Bluebeard, Faith, Perversion, Whip, Bewitched, Phantom Queen (black orchid <3), L'Examen de Minuit, Morgause...

I love lilac, but this doesn't smell like lilac at all on me . AF8 goes on smelling like a sharp white floral perfume. It reminds me a little bit of hairspray and is just musky and chemical-y. It smells perfumey, not like any actual flowers. As it dries down, it starts turning to baby powder on my skin. I had to scrub this one off, as I can't handle sharp/perfumey florals or powdery scents...

Bpal's sandalwood notes tend to be soft, light, creamy/powdery wood notes. The rosewood is darker and sour smelling, in my opinion. Some of the cedar notes are very soft, dry, and pretty as well. You might want to try: *Brown Jenkin (I get a lot of sandalwood, dry coconut husk, and a hint of incense from this) *Magus (the cedar-sandalwood combo in this is woodsy and very soothing) *Mouse's Long & Sad Tale (probably not exactly what you're looking for, but I get a sweetened sandalwood feel and it's very pretty) And, of course, Fledgling Raptor Moon (recent LE) lists "hinoki wood" as a note and sounds like it might be a blend that you really enjoy. The full description is: "Warm, soft tufts of down and gleaming tawny feathers: clove, toasted sandalwood, aged patchouli, bourbon vanilla, carnation, massoia bark, hinoki wood, and West Indian Bay."

It's been a while since I've tried the released version of Dirty, but I do remember that I liked it and that it reminded me of laundry hung out to dry in a cool breeze and sweet flowerbeds. Dirty v3 seems to be sharper and more dry smelling than I remember the released version being. It makes me think of creamy white bar soap scented with sharp floral perfume, tossed in a bed of dryer sheets. I can't pick out the violet that other people have mentioned. It's a nice, very clean, soapy scent, but a little too much on the sharp and dry side of things for me. I'll have to compare it with released Dirty in the future, but I don't think that this is as soft, soothing, and wearable as the released version, if my memory is correct...

I love this so much. Lair is an amazingly intense, dark, sexy, naughty sort of scent. It's even sexier than the Dungeon room spray, and I think that this is a perfect guy scent. If I walked into a man's home and it smelled like this, I would be instantly more attracted to him. I get sexy, cool, dark leather, something like a spicy, manly musk (but nothing really warm, perfumey, or cologne-like), and a dry, sophisticated oakmoss. It's so gorgeous and sensual. I worried that this would be too simple or earthy, but it's not at all. It reminds me a little bit of The Bow & Crown of Conquest, but darker and not quite as sweet. I think that I say this every time I get a new bptp room spray, but this is my new favorite atmosphere spray.

This is light sweet violets, baby powder, and a spritz of sharp, white floral, musky perfume on my skin. The sharpness fades in the drydown and I'm left with sweet violet scented baby powder. It's too powdery for me, but not really awful. I have violet scents that I like a lot more than this one, though.

I could see that dress smelling like Slippery Poppy Tincture. It has that paper-white, delicate, clean floral plus the red berry and a little sexiness from the honey. Or maybe Mania for a red musk scent? The red musk gives it that red, sexy feel, and I find that the grapefruit and white musk give it a fresher, lighter edge. I could also see Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds fitting with the red & white color scheme.

I wasn't sure what to think of this based on the other reviews, as it sounds so different on everyone. On me, I seem to amp up whatever cheap, musky scent this has going on. It's like a bad drugstore perfume on me - sharp, perfumey musk with fakey white floral undertones and something sickly sweet and slightly fruity underneath the sharpness. The drydown is a bit soapy, but all in all it's just too sharp and musky-perfumey for me to handle.

You might want to try Story Time at Dark Delicacies. I get the most wonderful lemon-y sugar cookies smell from it, along with the scent of old books in a library. It's not purely foodie, but it's one of my favorites.

I love that dress <3. Maybe a dark vanilla and/or tobacco scent would match it well? I thought of Black Opal, Detestable Putrescence, Perversion, and The Antikythera Mechanism when I saw the dress colors. I think that Black Opal and Perversion might have more of the sophisticated party dress feel...

If you haven't tried them yet, I'd recommend checking out The Dormouse, Ochosi, and Squirting Cucumber for brighter green type scents.

This is like a clean, smooth, masculine cologne with hints of zesty, sweet citrus (kinda lemon-y on me and more orange on my guy) and what smells like the lab's juniper-y gin note giving the blend a cooler, slightly green edge. I wish that I had more of this one, because my husband really likes the scent and I enjoy it on him. It's really light and fades away within an hour, though, so it's the sort of blend that needs to be reapplied frequently...

I don't really get the woods or eucalyptus from this, which makes me wonder if I'm even reviewing the right scent :/. Something in this goes pretty soapy on my skin. It smells like a bar of creamy soap scented with a sharp, expensive floral perfume. Maybe a touch of something green. The drydown goes a little baby powdery, so there might be amber here as well. Definitely not my sort o' scent...

I think that this has dragon's blood in it. I get a lot of that sickly sweet, warm, rotten flowers smell that bpal's dragon's blood often turns to on my skin. This has an odd, dry, perfumey, sharp sort of feel to it as well. Not so good on me.

I *love* the coconut in this, especially in the bottle. It really does smell like a frothy, sweet, frozen coconut drink, and it does smell a lot like Snow White, but with the coconut amped up. While Snow White smells a little like frozen vanilla-coconut, this is frozen COCONUT(!), if that makes sense. It's all coconut in the bottle and then the floral comes out more on my skin. It's a pleasant floral, though, and not perfumey or sharp on me at all. Tons of sweet coconut cream and hints of warm, breezy, tropical floral. It does smell warmer and not quite as awesome on my skin, but it's still really nice, and I might need a backup bottle of this . I'll prefer this as a fragrance for my scent locket, since the florals amp up on my skin, but it'll still be a scent that I reach for a lot, I think.

Aw, I am so disappointed with this scent . I ordered two bottles and the labels are so dark that I can barely make out the bird design on them, and the scent is lackluster on me as well. I really hope that this improves with age. Clove, patchouli, vanilla, carnation, and bay are all some of my very favorite notes, but this is a thin, powdery, weak sort of scent on my skin. It's like a mix of baby powder, dust, dry wood chips, and something faintly sweet and oddly waxy, like chapstick :/. I'm crushed...

Smelling this in the bottle, it's like a sweet, more fruit punchy version of The Hamptons. On my skin... Red Tide is like a teen version of The Hamptons (which isn't a bad thing at all). While The Hamptons is more posh and grownup, this is the spiked punch version at the local high school. Sweeter, with less juniper-y gin, and with more of a red hawaiian punch thing going for it. It's not quite as sweet, silly, tart, or punch-like as Spiked Punch is on me, though. Tart cranberry, sweet, juicy raspberry, and a frosty, refreshing, slightly fizzy edge from the gin and mint. I actually like this quite a lot, and I find it more wearable than The Hamptons and Spiked Punch. This might be my favorite of the new Luau scents, with Polynesian Pop as a close second, or maybe tied for favorite (as Polynesian Pop is more unique of the two).