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I'm guessing lavender, fennel and anise in this. I really get alot of lavender from this - and it's interesting mixed with the anise on the drydown.

This one is bright and citrusy on wet - I definitely smell the lime margaritas and the verbena. Afterwards, jasmine makes an appearance. And on the bottom, I can definitely smell the vanilla. It's mostly jasmine + vanilla on me, with a hint of something else. Too bad I amp up jasmine like no one's business.

Bright and fruity honey! I definitely think there is lotus in this blend, and duh, obviously honey. I get this watery, almost melon overlay to the honey. Very interesting. Somehow, I don't think this is honey you actually want to eat. Like bad things will happen. But it's so tempting. Who needs consciousness? *GLOMP*

Oh god, this ends up smelling like talcum powder on a sweaty male. EW! The talcum like powder is probably the patchouli. The sweaty male I blame on black musk. EW.

This one definitely has some dirt, vetiver, cedar and something else. It's woody but there's something almost fruity/floral to it. Perhaps some moss to it as well.

Oh man, this smells like a really great smelling BONFIRE. Seriously. This has got smoke, vetiver, just a hint of sweetness from the bay rum note. Bonfire Night had a syrupy sweetness. This one is definitely more masculine. Pretty tasty.

Oh man, definitely smells like gingerbread. In that sense, it evokes the limited version of Shub, but less evil. It definitely has way more cinnamon, and perhaps a touch of cassia. There's a sense of smokiness and a bit of sticky sweetness, that makes me think honey. It's a little too foody for me, but at least I got to try it.

Oddly enough, I almost enjoy Gemini. The lemon + lemongrass combination is a puckery lemon, especially on wet. It smells a little sour and off, but that might be the lavender. On the dry down however, sweet pea the bully, makes an appearance and just about dominates the blend. I wish there was something that would keep her in check. Oddly appealing, but the sweet pea rampaging through is a bit of a turn off.

Oh lord, this smells like toilet berry airfreshner on me. I am guessing lotus, wisteria, ylang ylang and something else. Perhaps sweet pea. Yeah, this totally doesn't work on my skin.

Okay, this smells like Vic's Vaporub, candy and smoke on me. Meaning I definitely get the camphor and menthol, lotus, a hint of cinnamon, and something that makes me think of incense. Perhaps myrrh? This is one wild scent - and definitely a morpher. On wet, the camphor and menthol were most prominent but that burned out pretty quickly.

Hrm. I do believe there was at least some patchouli in this because on wet, both the Hierophant and Judgement smell like they share commonalities. As it dries, I get the cinnamon, perhaps a drop of dragon's blood and perhaps frankincense? It definitely smells like cinnamon + church incense base. Apropos, I suppose.

This is definitely a deeply resinous blend - it's also a dark brown oil in color. I get patchouli, sandalwood and some amber that definitely sweetens the entire blend, esp. on drydown. The patchouli was much more prominent on wet. I think it might have a hint of red musk, and something slightly fruity. I think the comparison to Scherezade is good, minus the roses.

I vote for Blood Kiss. If you like apple blends, I'd hunt down some Snow Glass Apples.

Anahata starts with a lavender overlay over rosewood. As it dries, the lavender gets replaced by ylang ylang and the jasmine comes to the fore. So I smell of jasmine, ylang ylang AND roses. Erm... PASS!

This one is a creamy rose and jasmine blend. It's prettier than I thought. Definitely darkly evocative, like the perfume of a 50s femme fatale.

Okay, I get the giant blast on lavender when I first apply and on wet. That fades as it dries, and I get this citrusy floral (elemi?) but something that smells sort of like celery. Slightly sour, slightly herbal. I wish the lavender had stuck around.

Musk musk musk! This definitely has black musk, and I wanna say green musk as well. However, I also think it had vanilla musk in it, but now I'm wondering if this isn't amber I'm smelling - in any case, it adds a sweetness to the musk. There's also a very faint trace of jasmine in there. On me, it toggles between the sweaty black musk and the sweeter amber/vanilla musk. If it ended up in the vanilla musk all the time, I think I would quite enjoy this blend.

MCCCX: 1310 Definitely blackberry! It must me in mind of the Oblation, and I do believe there is peach in here, and possibly a touch of oakmoss. Oh man, I am loving this blackberry/peach intersection. LOVING IT. Previous review by fairnymph

Dry dry dry. I definitely get the same, piercingly sharp orris note combined with spicy dragon's blood. Yeah. Not my type of blend at all.

This one definitely I can smell the fig and and the sassafras. I would call this a dark, fruity musky blend. It's got a slight medicinal tinge to it.

Hrm... I got a whiff of coconut, some sharp orris screeching, but really this is a WOOD scent. I get cedar and resin. Hrm.

Out of all the movie blends, this one is the one that nabbed my eye. Unfortunately for me, the lily turns to soap. I get this soapy lily with a hint of sandalwood. It's not unpleasant - but it definitely smells very clean and watery (apropos). Not scary at all. More like Dirty's big sister.

This kinda reminds me to the wet stage of June Gloom 2009 -- it's got the YELLOW flowers (I'm guessing lemon blossom, and some honeysuckle and sweet pea) and citrusy thing going on. Except it lingers and almost goes into the aftershave/men's cologne route. Kinda soapy. ETA: Nihil v2, DD blend This one definitely has jasmine. It's still a yellow flower perfume, but it stinks to jasmine to high heaven. Oddly enough, I think there's some honeysuckle in it as well, and it makes me think of Unseelie.

Yum! This is definitely kiwi + spearmint, a hint of honeydew melon and I'm guessing cassia or cinnamon in it. It's just slightly musky on me, I definitely get more of the fruit (kiwi + melon) with the cassia-like base underneath. It definitely turns slightly masculine in the drydown. Hrm. I kinda enjoy this.

This blend was very much a fruity + juicy floral on wet. I got the berries and a hint of rose + violet. As it dries however, the berries recede and I get more of the rose + star anise. It ends up as a spicy rose blend that is just a teensy bit powdery. I blame the violet for that. GRRR.