Little Bird

Lime notes are often too sharp smelling on my skin, but I LOVE this. It's sweet, cheery, creamy lime. It makes me think of key lime pie and lime slushes. I can't pick out a chocolate note exactly, but I would guess that the chocolate is adding to the sweet, creamy feel of this blend. My husband smelled my wrist where I applied this and instantly said that it smelled like yummy key lime pie. Key Lime Truffle is just so fun, summery, and playful smelling. It makes me feel like I'm on a tropical vacation <3. I'll definitely be upgrading my decant of this to a full bottle

I am in love with Thoos . I originally got this for my husband, but it smells awesome on me, so I'm keeping it, lol. I can smell a hint of woody, earthy cypress in the bottle, but I don't get any of that note at all on my skin. White musk is either awesome on me (smells frosty, creamy, sweet, and almost vanilla-y) or else it's sharp and evil. This is creamy, cool, beautiful white musk. I get a pretty strong blast of happy, bright, juicy, tangerine at first, but it quickly dries down and the musk takes over. The mix of white musk and tangerine is sweet, creamy, and cool on my skin. It really reminds me of an orange creamsicle, but more sensual and wearable. I only have a decant of this at the moment, but I'll need a full bottle or two of this. It's just so pretty, and I'm going to love wearing this during the summer. <3

In the bottle, this smells like a perfumey rose drowning in earthy, ashy, slightly smoky vetiver. It's very dark and cold. On my skin, the rose amps up like crazy and fights its way out of the pit o' vetiver. I always feel a bit silly reviewing blends with rose in them, because my skin chemistry tends to morph them into a rose single note. I can say that this isn't really a fresh rose or a sweet rose on me. It definitely has the feel of a classic rose perfume, sort of sharp and musky. I can smell just the tiniest hint of of earthy, black, gritty vetiver underneath all of the rose perfume. I won't be keeping my decant of this one. I love the smell of fresh, realistic roses or sweet, sugary roses, but I don't care for rose notes when they're sharp and perfumy like this...

In the bottle, I flip between thinking that this smells like pretty, honeyed pears or peach to thinking that it smells like cough syrup to thinking that it smells like potpourri :/. On my skin, this smells like cool, juicy, tropical fruitiness drizzled in sweet honey, next to a bowl of cheap, slightly spicy potpourri. It must be the tobacco giving it that dry, odd, slightly spicy smell. As it dries down, the potpourri impression thankfully disappears and I'm left with something that smells like dry leaves, golden, sweet honey and a hint of fruit. It's sweet, delicate, dry, and golden on my skin. Unfortunately, the honey&vanilla combo goes sickly sweet and gets cloying on me after a while. This has a lot of throw and staying power on me, but it's way too sweet for me to wear without getting a headache.

This was the chocolate blend that I was most excited for this year, but I can't smell any of the apricot that I was hoping for, and it's very light on the actual chocolate. That said, I do still kinda like this. I have to be in a mood for a tart, fruity scent to wear this, as it's mostly a tart, purple-red, candied raspberry. As it dries down, I get the tiniest hint of creamy chocolate that smells just like the white chocolate in the original Thirteen blend. It smells like a bowl of frozen, syrupy raspberries with a drizzle of creamy, warm white chocolate. It's decadent, and definitely tart and fruity, but the sweetness balances out the tartness really nicely, and the creamy chocolate softens its edges. It's like a fruity scent with attitude, and I can see myself wearing it a lot this summer. My husband really likes this on me and said it smells like strawberries to him...

I get the same fresh strawberry note from this that I did from last year's White Chocolate & Strawberry. It's like a tart, juicy, sweet strawberry rather than sickly-sweet, candied strawberry. I wasn't sure how the white pepper note would work for me, but it smells like cinnamon on my skin. When I first put this on, it smells like strawberry, creamy sweetness, and a shaving of red hots cinnamon candies. As it dries down, it's sweet strawberry and the spice smells almost incensey and sensual on my skin. While last year's White Choco & Strawberry is sweet, innocent, and playful, this year's spicy version has a sexy edge to it. I lovelovelove the strawberry note; it's so realistic. I would probably get a couple bottles of this if not for the fact that I already have five bottles of last year's version (one of my very favorite scents). I probably won't wear the spicy version as much as the original (I'll be keeping my decant, though). Still, this is definitely a gorgeous strawberry scent .

My favorite chocolate scents are Intrigue, Tezcatlipoca, and Boomslang, and all of those are available right now. Intrigue is black palm, cocoa, fig, and shadowy wooded notes. Tezcatlipoca is cocoa, patchouli, leather, incense, and flowers. And Boomslang is cocoa, Snake Oil, teakwood, and rice milk. They're rather complex and on the dark, resinous side of things. Centzon Totochtin is also interesting, if you like wine notes (it's a mix of Mexican cocoa, rum, red wine, and blood). And if you want a chocolate amber, you could always get Bliss (pure milk chocolate scent) and layer it with something like The Lion.

I wish that this smelled like wet earth, riverbanks, and water plants on me. It sounds like it has the potential to be so lovely, but Hatmehit does what aquatics usually do on my skin (turns to soap). In the vial, this smells like sweet, tangy, murky water and greenery. On my skin, it quickly morphs into soapy aquatic with hints of sweet, herbal greenery. It goes soapy-clean and fresh, but it's still a light, soft scent that doesn't give me a headache, at least. It doesn't have much throw and only lasts about an hour. Still... too soapy for me

In the bottle, this smells like a soft, sweet honey and fuzzy, clean cotton with a touch of powder. On my skin, I get baby powder and a milky honey note. It reminds me of a milk & honey scented lotion. In fact, it smells exactly like a Burt's Bees lotion that I used to have (the milk and honey one, I think). I was really hoping that the soil and 'flowerbed' would make this unique for me, but I don't smell any earthy notes or flowery notes at all. It's like baby powder, baby products, and burt's bees honey lotions... sort of light, boring, and generic smelling on me.

This is lots of smoky, dark, earthy vetiver on my skin. It smells like charred mesquite bbq planks at first, which I sometimes get from vetiver notes. It reminds me of Lenore's smoky darkness, but lets up a little as it dries down, getting a bit sweeter and more resinous. Still, this is too smoky and dark for me.

This is an odd scent. It's very light and fades fast on me, and it's hard for me to really get a good impression of it. It goes on smelling like fresh, watery, green cucumber and a bit of something bready/grainy smelling. Then it morphs into something like cucumber scented soap, before drying down to a pale green, light, herbal soap smell. All in all, this is too light and too soapy for me. I'll stick with Planting Moon and Squirting Cucumber for my garden scents.

I haven't really cared for any of the Blue Moon scents so far. This version is probably the best on me, but I still don't really like it or see myself wearing it. It smells like dry herbs and sharp, perfumey florals on me at first. I get a bit more cypress in the drydown, smelling like dry wood and a bit of greenery, but this also goes slightly soapy on me in the drydown. It smells like a drop of herbal, foresty, woodsy perfume thrown into a bottle of perfumey floral perfume, and I was hoping that it wouldn't be so sharply floral. I love moonflower, but don't get along with the iris. This is really light on me and only lasts about an hour. It's mostly sharp, perfumey florals and dry, soapy herbs on me. I don't think that this is one that I'll be needing more of.

I thought that this might smell a bit like Crumpet Rebellion, but it doesn't at all. This doesn't really smell like blackberry on me either. It smells very fruity and sugary, and reminds me of really thick, dark purple grape juice. It's like a cool glass of grape juice next to a slice of heavy, sugar crusted pound cake. As it dries down, it's mostly a heavy, artificial, fruit juice-type smell. It doesn't smell like blackberry or scones on me, really. The closest thing that I can compare it to is to say it smells a bit like Jester on me, but more sugary, heavier, and less wearable. Lots of artificial fruitiness here. It smells like something that would be a cute fragrance for a 5-10 year old, but it doesn't really work on me...

I get that warm, comforting feel from a lot of amber & spice scents as well. And I find vanilla & resin notes to be really soft and comforting. Most of my comfort scents have a combination of some of those notes. Dreadful Lies is my major comfort scent lately, and it goes all golden, warm, vanilla-y amber on me. The Lion has a similar feel for me. I also like Inez, Mouse's Long & Sad Tale, MB: Underpants, Dorian, and Tamora for my 'I need a hug' moments...

If I had to guess at the notes in this, I'd say it smells like honeysuckle, jasmine, and a bit of sweet orange on me. It's a very yellow, sunny, warm, perfumey floral with a touch of sweetness. As it dries down, it goes slightly powdery on me, and smells like a perfumey floral dusting powder. I'm not a huge fan of florals or classic, perfumey scents, so this isn't working for me...

In the vial and on my skin at first, this smells like maple syrup, burnt brown sugar, and something bread-y. After a while, I think I'm getting the butterscotch that other people have mentioned, because this starts to remind me of the sharp butterscotch note that I get from Creepy. I think I can smell something like the banana pancakes that other reviewers have mentioned, but this is mostly a mess of buttery sugar smells on me. After an hour, I can smell a hint of coffee grounds mixed with pancakes that have been smothered in butter, sugar, and butterscotch. It's intensely sweet. It has decent throw and sticks around on my skin for 4-5 hours. I think that this is too sweet for me, and my husband doesn't care for buttery scents, so he hates this one on me. I might use up the rest of my decant in an oil warmer, though.

I have no clue what typewriters or inked fabric ribbon should smell like, but I love this scent. It really is a dark scent that reminds me of writing and the smell of pen ink. It almost has the feel of a manly cologne (like black musk, chypre, and hints of earthy vetiver or dark, powdery incense - but not exactly smelling like any of those things). I find it really unique, comforting, and wearable, though. It clings close to my skin and lasts about 4 hours. This and Unexpected Golf Hazard are my favorites of the WKAP scents.

My first thought was that this reminds me of Voodoo. It's dark, sexy, and smells almost edible, like something I'd want to drink (I do think that it smells a little like cola with lime). The clove note is really strong on me (a dry, masculine, sweet clove smell), but I can pick out the patchouli, amber, sandalwood, and a hint of lime as well. My skin amps up spice notes, so the drydown turns more clove-heavy than I would like, but it's still wonderful. Black Death is dark, spicy, earthy, resinous (the mix of amber and sandalwood here is gorgeous), and smooth. I was worried that this would be too citrussy, but I can only smell the "touch of lime" in the mix. I don't care for this layered with Black Lace or Black Heart, but I love it on its own, and it smells especially wonderful on my husband.

In the bottle and on my skin at first, this smells like a faint cherry cough syrup . Pomegranate turns slightly bitter on me, and I can smell that mixed with the plum. After five minutes, the sweet pea takes over and this turns into a sweet, perfumey floral with hints of tart plum. It's more of an artificial, sweet tarts candies smell than a true fruit smell on me. I wanted this for the vanillas, sandalwood, and carnation, but all I can smell is perfumey sweet pea and sweet tarts candy. It's very artificial and cloying-sweet on me. I like it more layered with Black Lace, but I also like Black Lace more on its own than layered with this. I hate Black Heart layered with Black Death, because that combo smells like cheap potpourri spice and cheap conversation hearts candies with a hint of stale clove cigarettes on me. I hope that this gets better with age, because it's not doing much for me at the moment.

I get tons of carnation from this scent. It's a sweet, dry, spicy carnation rather than a fresh carnation smell, but still definitely smells like carnations on me. I get tons of dry carnation and little hints of the dry, golden amber & honey that I associate with O. The amber and honeyed vanilla do get stronger in the drydown, but they don't overpower the carnation at all. The released version of O has a tendency to go powdery and cloying on my skin, but O v6 isn't powdery or overly sweet on me. It's not quite as strong as O, but it does last all day on me and it has decent throw.

When I first apply this oil, it smells like the clean vanilla-musk of Dorian paired with berry lemonade. It's a bit more tart/fruity than I normally enjoy, but it is a fun and playful scent. It's summery and my husband likes this on me. The released version of Dorian is one of my favorite scents, and I find Dorian v2 to be very addictive, but v3 is just okay on me...

I haven't really cared for any of the Blue Moon scents. This one starts out okay, with the cool, watery blue musk and hints of creamy florals. The drydown, however, goes really soapy on me. It smells like a bar of sharp, generic white soap. After a while, I can smell the cypress, adding a hint of evergreen and dry wood to the sharp soapiness, which makes it smell like manly soap on me. I'm not sure what in this is going soapy on me, but I tend to get a lot of sharpness from bpal's ylang ylang and iris notes...

Lily notes are usually fantastic on me (creamy, sweet, soft floral) or else they turn to soap. I don't really smell anything like lily in this scent, though, soapy or otherwise. Daylilies at the Bottom of the Stairs is a harsh, chemical-y smell on me. I get a hint of greenery in the bottle, but not on my skin. It reminds me of a cheap, metallic hairspray smell, or a harsh, musky, chemical/alcohol-heavy perfume from the 80s. I can smell a bit of the oak in the drydown, just adding a dark, dry wood smell underneath the harsh chemicals. This smells to me like some sort of harsh chemical that I shouldn't be breathing in. It's way too sharp for me. I think that this is my least favorite of the WKAP scents.

In the bottle and on my skin at first, this reminds me of a lot of bpal's green grass type blends. It smells like a green lawn dotted with wildflowers. As it dries down, Leaf-Strewn Couch smells like I'm sitting on a green lawn underneath a bunch of wet laundry hung out to dry. It's like the sweet scent of floral laundry soap clinging to wet linens. I usually don't like soapy smells, but this doesn't go badly soapy on me. It's more sweetly soapy and delicate, like bubble bath. I can also smell a hint of the spiciness of dry, dead leaves. I thought that I would hate this, but it's surprisingly green, sweet, and pleasant on me. It's a perfect green lawn and laundry hung out to dry scent on me - breezy, clean, peaceful, and soothing. I don't get a feel of dust and mold at all. I think I need a full bottle of this.

Bpal's vanilla blends sometimes go all weird on me. I didn't care for the chalky vanilla in Love's Philosophy or the sharp, not sweet at all vanilla in Sachs, for example. I love this blend, though. The vanilla here is sweet, sexy, and feminine on me. In the bottle, this smells like a sweet, perfumey, warm, feminine, vanilla dusting powder. Very girly. On my skin, a bit of smoky black leather pops up, but it doesn't overpower the sweet vanilla and dry floral perfume smell at all. The smoky leather just adds a hint of dark, dangerous sexiness to the feminine notes. Dry floral perfume, a dusting of sweet vanilla, and a whisper of black leather. The floral part makes me think of dried gold and orange colored flowers. My husband loves this on me, and I think Liz is going into my top ten of favorite bpals. I defnitely need a couple bottles of this. :love!: