Tramp

I've had this for a year or so now and have used it aide in focused study. I'm a university student and Babylonian reminds me of the deepest corners of a dark, dusky library. Leather, parchment, dry dusty musk. Ancient.

In the bottle this smells like...not a lot. It is almost a neutral smell, even after warming up for 6 hours in my house. But on, well that is a whole nother story. I can't think of another blend that blooms so dramatically once it hits my skin. The florals come out, with a sort of pineapple undertone. The coconut is most prominent in the first 10 minutes where it added a creaminess to the florals. After a half hour or so that pineapple note goes sharp and bitter on me while the florals remain dominant

Got my Dark Delicacies blend! The label has a pic of the DD logo - Here's a pic -

Actually the little pictures on the top of the Smut labels are different this year. All the better for collecting! Does anyone have pics of any of the other new Faces of the Heroine?

I was a little skeptical of this in the bottle - it was half good - ripe, juicy, fruits/florals - and half bad - I got a lavender vibe of all things. On, after about 15 minutes it is just a blend of very sweet flowers with maybe a hint of herbs. Then it bloomed into a wonderful gardenia like scent on my skin. Love the tropical florals.

ok - now that I have tried everything I am going to rephotograph the Snake pit cuzz I am just that anal ETA: there! I feel much better now! I left the smut picture since it was pretty clear already. The snakes though are much clearer - enjoy!

Wet: Dark juicy fruits On: The red berry note hangs around for a while then the gentle amber comes out to play. There is an almost raw sugarcane note in mix that settles into a spicy vanilla. It's funny, in Snake Oil I almost don't get any vanilla at all, this level of "vanillaness" is much more to my liking. It is a cassia/cinnamon sort of vanilla spiciness and the berry has almost completely faded into the background.

Holy crap! Nothing subtle about this puppy! At first sniff I thought I was smelling cummin or curry or something but no, it was just the strongest dry cinnamon I have every smelled. I actually think it is the ginger/cinnamon combo that led me to the curry note, or maybe just yummy Thai food note. The drydown the cinnamon becomes much better behaved mellowing to sweet spicy goodness. More of a bakery cinnamon rather than a candy "red hots" cinnamon. I want to lick my hand but know that would lead to very bad things

OMG FREE PORN! Thank you, Tramp!!!! I'm just sort of sitting here staring at them all. I literally don't know where to start sniffing. And I really don't have arm space to test everything. Decisions decisions

What does the entire snake pit plus 3 5mls plus the panacea releif pack look like you ask? user posted image user posted image user posted image user posted image user posted image user posted image Sorry for the crappy resolution on some of these - I think my hands were shaking in excitement - lol [switched too-large inline images to links ~qs]

smells like purple fruit, thick spring honey, and a hint of champagne. I get a hit of something different every time I sniff this. I'm going to give it a few more whirls to see if it is bottle worthy for me. So far it is looking good. I love the deep honey sweetness, you can almost picture it dripping off the comb. As for the purple fruits, at first I thought of the sweetness of plums but that isn't quite right - some have mentioned grape kool-aid and I can definatly understand the thought. On me the strong initial fruit scent gives way to something more floral. Yummy!

Sweet leather - *swoon* Love this. The fresh pear note is definatly under there, I don't get vanilla at all though. Mostly it is just sweet leather and tobacco. All men should smell this good. I'm not sure I can wear it, but it is definately a scent I would like to snuggle up with. The longer I wear this the more of the pear I am getting.

on this is all light white florals. In the bottle I get more of sandalwood vibe. Sadly on there are none of the honey or spice notes I was hoping for. It is a very light scent on me, it stays very close to the skin. (There is an almost metallic undertone but I think it may just be my weird chemistry this week as I got "metalic" from Harvest Moon '05 last night)

This is a dark one. I love that a scent can actually smell mysterious. I get goosebumps from this - it is very evoctive. I actually don't get vetiver at all from this - and I love vetiver so am a little bummed. It smells like deep woods, the oakmoss really comes through, and there is a woody, resinous vibe that is wonderful. There is the slightest hint of sweetness in the top notes mixing with the clove and something almost alcoholic.

Yummy warm lemony vanilla/coconut. So yummy. This is a juicy, foody scent that I just keep breathing in. There is something darker underneath - the opium smoke maybe? I can't say for sure. But gives this an edge that I wouldn't usually suspect from a vanilla/lemon scent.

Son of a bitch! The second this hit my skin it was instantly another Monster Bait/Beaver Moon sneezefest fiasco. ARGH!!!! What in gods name do these all have in common? Cuz whatever it is HATES ME. Am so frustrated. I was looking forward to this one too. *Aacho*

This is a surprise winner for me. And I mean Winner. Lavender - in all it's forms turns to pure BO/cat litter box on me. But not this. I freaking love this scent. The coconut is delicious and the vetiver is warm and smooth. Did I mention that I love this? I got an initial flash of the lemony verbena when wet but it is gone on the drydown. Instead a subtle hit of figgy goodness comes out and just a hint of sweetness - which plays so well with the coconut and vetiver. Am so glad I can't smell the lavender - or that it doen't go weird on me - this is a new favorite blend for me.

Hello sexy boy! *Looks around house for cute man to slather it on - damn no man* This is all woodsy leather with a TON of throw. This is how you would want your sheets to smell after a really good night. Masculine, sexy, male. Swoon.

Wet this is cherry - but only for about 3 seconds! Then it immediately goes into a spicy cassia/cinammon phase. I'm not getting a lot of patcholi from this, and can't pick out the verbena at all. Dry it doesn't morph and stays that sexy cassia and spices. Much darker than I imagined, no cherry to speak of on drydown which is sort of sad as it really is a yummy cherry in the bottle. I should also add that I am usually really sensitive to blends with cassia - make me itch - and this one I only got the slightest tingle from. Definately one of the mildest reactions I have ever had to cassia, which is a good thing!

I'm not getting almond from this at all. It is more of a pine scented cologne with the barest hint of sarsaparilla. Not getting any of the tobacco smoke either. Weird. I did just have a blood transfusion so am not sure if that is throwing my skin chemistry off or not. On the drydown it is still pine and cologne - a sort of woodsy cologne with just a hint of soap. sadly - not for me.

Cedar and resins with the barest hint of rose. This is a warm, woody scent that is surprisingly addictive. Not something I would ever have thougth about as a perfume but it smells GOOD. This reminds me of the smell of my mothers hope chest - all cedar and and sweet herbs. I just keep huffing my arm.

Very jasmine-y but well tempered with violet. Normally jasmine is one of my four horseman of the apocoplys scents but here it isn't as overpowering as usual. It is an almost juicy that has me intrigued. There is a high, sweet note that I can't place. Maybe it is the vanilla bean tempering the jasmine - I'm not sure. Or maybe it is the first time violet has ever been anything other than pure powder on me. There is something almost boozy on the drydown.

Wow - musky, vanilla with a hint of Hellion plum in the background. This is delicious. So very sexy - the vanilla musk with the patchouli leaf is amazing. There is something herbal in here too. The scent really morphs all over the place. One minute herbal the next vanilla, the next musk. Yummy.

Holy powdered florals batman - jeez I want this scent off of me right now. It is overwhelmingly sweet, and perky, and happy. This really is liquid sunshine. Amazing - just not me. What was I thinking? LOL Well, I guess I was thinking that the honey would be dominant - stupid of me really. The florals really amp up on my skin - ick. I imagine that it will turn more powdry on the drydown when the amber comes out more. Eek - off to wash my wrists... Ok I had to wash this off without even waiting for the drydown. So sad...

First off I am just giddy as a schoolgirl to get in on this. I was to much of a wimp - and a newbie - when the CT2 was out last time and didn't order. Well one year and full addiction later I got me a bottle and am so glad I did! My CT3 is CCXXI (221) and it totally kicks ass. Sure I am a little high from all the sniffing/huffing of it I have done but so what? It is a fruity/bubblegumesqe scent, pretty much just full on candy. Very girly. It smells so yummy I kinda want to taste it but know that would be a very, very bad idea. I think there might be some strawberry in there, hard to pick out the notes (cuz my sniffer is a total moron when it comes to that) but I will definately be playing around with this some more. I immediately wanted to layer it with some smut as it seems like that would be a perfect naughty/nice combo. Thank you Beth!