Ishianti

It was sharp and citrusy out of the bottle, but then it mellowed down to a fruity light booziness that really stood out. Could practically taste it, honey and mandarin, with an almost effervescent feel. Then it hit me... it's like a sangria soda!

I'm curious, when I first tried Elegba and Black Lace, the tobacco notes were pleasant, but got smokier like cigarettes on the dry down. Ever smell a pack of cigarettes in the package? Especially Marlboros? I love that smell, unfortunately once they're lit, I really don't enjoy them. Does anyone know of a scent more like fresh tobacco than lit cigs?

Wet: The sharpness of wine really jumped out at me with that robust oak and smokiness dominating. Dry: A certain sweetness rises, just a hint of the cherry and plum, but the smokey oak lasts while the wine dampened down. There is that darkness to it that gives it richness without being too fruity. A few hours later, it's still the same, faded quite a bit though but now the rose petals are detectable. I like it for the long run, if I'm feeling dark and moody. Not an overpowering scent, but there's a rich complexity that I like.

My list of purchases that I'm stalking the mailbox for: As of 2/11/2010 Moon Rose Kali Earth Rat - 2/22 Boo - 2/25 Metal Tiger - 2/16/2010 Zadok Allen Vinyard - 2/16/2010 Sol Invictus - 2/12/2010 Mason Jenkins Port Jelly - 2/13/2010 20 Imps - 2/19 Autumn Mirror of the Night Stand Silver Phoenix Ladon F5 Agape L'Heure Verte Chaste Moon 2005 Pumpkin II - 2/23 Athens Long Night Moon Gibbous Moon Agape L'Heure Verte Gold Phoenix Midway Ostara Order of doom! Placed 2/26/2010 Against Idleness And Mischief Chaste Moon 2010 Baobhan Sith Eve Fae Fairy Wine Hellcat Horreur Sympathique Kumiho Roses, Pearls, And Diamonds Shango Thalia The Dormouse Needlework Titania Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat Whip Thouros New Order: Pele Bon Vivant Bread and Butterfly Imps: Maiden Maenad Ultraviolet Suspiro Tenochtitlan Megaera

When I first received this and sniffed, all I got was this overwhelming pine scent that totally made my eyes burn. Then this past week I decided that I needed something different than my usual sweet scents and gave it another try. I guess either it warmed up a bit since my first sniff or there was just something different with my body chemistry, but the pine had definitely toned down and I could smell more florals and a touch of sweetness that I really liked. As it dried the florals definitely increased. The berries weren't emphasized much. So taking this one out of my 'get rid of' stash and putting it into my winter scents rotation.

Actually I found Shanghai extremely humid and sticky in the summer...oh right, the scent. I'll have to give this one a try. I just got an imp of Embalming Fluid a few days ago, that might work as well. I guess lemon might not attract too many bees. Kumiho sounds good too! Teas, yeah, that's a good idea.

It's still freezing over here, but I'm starting to go through my collection and wonder what I'll be wearing when it's warm and I'll be outside more. I've been into very sweet scents, lots of honey and florals, so I'm kinda worried about attracting bees and other insects! What sort of scents would you all recommend instead? I'm sadly not very good with heavier musks, vetiver, and pine goes insane with my chemistry.

I'm really surprised through all this that no one has recommended Libra 2007? To me it's a deep rose that's tempered by sweetness and spice without being musky. Rose, black cherry, carnation, fig, honey, plum, and black currant. I wanted to roll around in this stuff right after my first sniff, on the dry down the sweetness faded a bit leaving mostly a rather beautiful rose that wasn't cloying at all.

Well poo, poo and poop-e-dy-doo! I added that in with my Lupercalia order.. I hope the back-order situation doesn't cause too much of a delay. I think it suddenly became popular when all the rave reviews started pouring in! Well.. that, and the cute label is hard to resist I was actually wondering about the shipping time as well. I got my notification about shipping from CCNow back around 1/15 but I got the CnS a week later today. Makes me wonder when I'll actually get my order since I'm about to place my next order with all the Lupercalia stuff in it.

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Things I'm looking for and might swap. Bottles: Whitechapel Calliope Ichabod Crane Antique Lace Flowering Moon Dragon Moon Nuclear Winter Mouse's Long and Sad Tale Looking for any of: Shivering Boy Khrysee Snow White Pink Snowballs Monster Bait: Bloody Mary Punkie Night Swank White Rabbit Antique Lace The Velvet Unicorn Sugar Skull Lick It Till It's Sticky Lambs Wool Tissue The Torture Queen Bite Me Strawberry Moon Ogun Snow White Osun