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I kinda like this - I think the combination of clover/dandelion makes it smell slightly melony on my skin. It's got that fresh, slightly aquatic, cool greeness that I tend to associates with blends that contain melon. Underneath you can smell a bit of fir and something woody. It's young, playful and I think a little boy smelling of this would be great. Hm... I happen to have my stepson this weekend... *plot plot*

I get the piney incense from this - it's dark, chilly and just the right amount of spooky. This is like breaking into a church on Halloween or Devil's Night and finding out it's haunted. You, smell like pine and the outside, but inside the church, the lingering smoke of the incense lets you know that it's being ... used... at the moment and you *might* be interrupting something...

This one is fairly jasmine, with a base of sandalwood. I can smell the bitter oakmoss in the background. This one is a seductive and lethal perfume. This is for a woman who is vicious and and likes to have things her way and isn't afraid to use her womanly charms to get them. Yeah, it smells like 'man eater' to me.

Jasmine and rose.... DEATH! Aiiiieee. If neither of these attempt to clobber you to death, I'd say give this a whirl. And let me know how it works out for you.

A potent, enticing love formula, favored among Louisiana courtesans. This one is a strong lavender rose. I get maybe a hint of almond, and a very vague 'herbal' feeling. I can see how this would be considered seductive, since it is feminine, womanly, sexy without being in your face. It also kinda reminded me a bit to the TAL Mantle of Venus. ETA: To add description and clarifty MoV's designation.

This is dark, lurking, and someone utterly miserable in the rain. This smells like a wet wool sweater on me, with someone desperately clutching their cigarette and muttering to themselves. Like I said, dark, lurking and miserable.

This smells like a Christmas tree. In fact, this is a great blend if you're not looking to spend on Yules. It's got the pine, with a hint of berry and just a bit of chill. This is a pine forest on a cool autumn, perhaps early winter, day. It's woodsy, musky, pine with enough of the berry to give it a bit of sweetness.

A sinful, licentious scent: self-indulgent and luxurious. Mingled heady civet and red Egyptian musk, thickened with opium. You know, I'm not sure I'll ever find a blend with civet in it that smells right. This makes me think of a musky cat. It smells good. But it's still a musky cat. It does have a clear 'crystaline' note to it. But yeah, I still think cats. But hey, if I were a cat, I totally would wear this when I'm out on the prowl.

This is definitely like fresh, aquatic manly cologne. It's got a fresh, bright ozone/watery quality to it, slightly floral with a hint of mint. As it dries however it goes as Irish Spring soap on me....

I agree with the sweet fruit gummy comparison. This is sweet blackberry/black currant wine jam. It's a dessert wine that has become a scent. In fact, it makes me want to break out the raspberry wine I have at home. Tasty, esp. if you love fruity, sweet and boozy scents. ETA: The prototype v9 is very very close to the released version. Less cassia, more vanilla, and for me there's more of a cherry overlay to it.

Again, sweet incense over pipe tobacco. It's a sweet smoke, much sweeter than I expected actually, with an odd note of leather polish. Not leather, but leather polish. Yeah, smoky leather? Good. Smoky leather polish? Not so much.

This one is aged Anne Bonny - and let me tell you, this is strong, dirty, woodsy patchouli. It's got that 'clean' edge but it's still got that gritty, woodsy element to it. But yeah, this is very patchouli.

This is a really complex scent. I can smell a bit of honey, carnation, patchouli, tobacco, amber and other bits and pieces here and there. It's a complex, almost slightly manly cologne. It smells of power, decay, old castles, drunken revelries and something else. Something otherwordly. Decadent and mysterious.

This is a sweet berry, boozy scent with dark, woody undertones and swirls of patchouli. If you like Merlot, you should wear this.

I can see how people get that 'Ajax' smell. This is clean, lemon scented polished woods and dusty books. On wet, it is much 'dustier' but as it dries you can smell how solid the wood really is. Pretty, if you like wood scents.

Hmm, I can see why this is so coveted. This is leather, but it's not butch or strong, it's got a nice presence, with spicy and boozy overtones to it. It's dead sexy, like leather pants are sexy, just the right amount of naughty but not so overly sexual that you can't wear it outside of the bedroom.

Oddly enough, I don't get pine from this. It's a musky gin/dark musk when applied. Pretty dark. And then it dries to a very neat resinous blend. Unfortunately, it doesn't last more than three hours on me. Ah well.

MCVI it says, I got this decant as a frimp Hmmm... it's a smooth white/linen floral, that has a slight tendency to smell like laundry detergent. It smells nice and if my clothes smelled like this, I'd be happy. DCCCLXI This one had a bright lemony citrus pop at the beginning, with a hint of menthol, and now it's dried to a smooth, almost linen note. Very strong linen on it. Smells clean and breezy. Previously reviewed by Sapphy.

Hmmm... There appears to be no previous review of this. CCCXLV (Which I am assuming means 345) This was intensely berry on wet, but as it dried I get an almost vanilla/gingerbread cookie kind of smell. I wish the berries had stuck around.... CDXXXIV This one is berry... but it dries down to Fearful Pleasure, but without the apple cider and berries instead. I'm trying now to decide whether I need the bottle or not, or if my husband will say 'smells like potpourri,' which he did, for FP.

This one is also pretty dark - I get the patchouli, with hints of thyme, a little smoke and a little plum. The plum gives it a sweet, fruity edge, but underneath it's all smoky patchouli. If that's your thing, this is dead sexy.

I'm not entirely sure which issuance this is. But I think it might be the earlier one since both the dragon blood and pepper are present, but on the drydown they are very faint, which only happens to me in rather aged blends. I get the cocoa in this to sweeten it a bit and it kinda reminds to red musk. Very dark. And bloody. Yeah, not me.

At the beginning, I got a big whiff of pumpkin and leather. And now that it has dried I get the orange wood from it, which smells slightly orangey + pumpkin + a hint of leather. I'm not entirely sure what to make of this blend. I'm not sure I like it, but I'm not sure I dislike it.

I really get the copal on this one - I get this intense syrup sweetness on wet, which backs off and lets the florals bloom and I get more of the honey + syrup + desert flowers. Verrrry intense. Very sweet. Not my kind of blend, but talk about throw!

An expression of love, adoration, and desire, of beauty that transcends mortal desire and piques the interest of hell itself: attar of rose, calla lily, palmarosa, peach blossom, wisteria, rice flower, and black musk. This one is a very feminine blend. It combines some of my favorite elements like peach and lilies with a musk, but there's that rosy overlay that I'm not too fond of. When I first applied it, it was a very 'perfumey' blend but it's calmed down noticeably since then.

This one is a very dried rose and wood blend. My coworker said "You smell like potpourri" and I have to agree.