hepkitten

Sexy, sneaky, seductive...this scent is a slow, creeping mist of sex that turns into an enveloping cloud around the wearer. (Um, did I mention that I like it?) Most of the Lab's scents with wine notes go to a horrible Kool-Aid place on me, but this one is beautifully anchored by the other notes in the blend. I'll need a bottle for sure.

INCREDIBLY realistic peach, perfectly ripe, with juice running down your wrist. There are some other notes in the background that come out as it dries, leading it to a peach champagne in the woods kind of feel. Absolutely lovely, but I'm not sure if I can pull this one off.

This is sweet and balanced perfectly between fruity and floral. I like this a LOT more than I thought I would, and I'm really shocked to find it not getting more love.

Lovely in the imp, but goes to something sweaty and almost rancid on me. Hmmph. Khrysee, you tease.

I get a very strong, very herbal lavender, with only the faintest undertone of citrus. The citrus does seem to be coming out more as it dries, but lavender is still center stage.

Creamy, honeyed rose with other notes faintly in the background. This isn't my usual sort of thing, but it's quite lovely.

If you like spicy scents, this is the OMGBBQSQUEE. (And on my relatively sensitive skin, at least, it doesn't burn. Huzzah!) Lots of clove and black pepper, with the tea and a tiny whiff of carnation behind it, as well as some phantom ginger. It's FABULOUS.

This is like "Scherezade Goes to France," and I mean that in the best possible way: the same red musk base, but with sweet (but not cloying) fruits and flowers over the top. I completely agree with Heartbeast's review at the top of the thread...and I'm a bit envious of her for this one. What an absolutely lovely scent to have played a role in. The staying power is really impressive on this scent; I'm still smelling it as a soft, sweet musk the next morning, and it's luscious! This is my surprise win of the Grindhouse, and I'll definitely get a bottle or two.

Wow, different people are smelling *extremely* different things here...even more so than usual! I'm definitely in the citrus camp, particularly at first; after that, the lilac comes up as a strong secondary note. It's sweet, feminine, and very lovely.

Honeyed fruit, with a slight sharpness and cocoa undertone. The sharpness to it almost tricks my nose into believing that the fruit is apple, not peach, at moments. I'm not sure how well cocoa and I get along, but this is a place where it could work for me.

Definitely dry and white, but with an unexpected spicy twist to it that makes it a bit different from similar blends I've tried. Very nice!

I'm getting ROSE on initial application, and then rose and lily with some sharp greenery. Nice, but definitely not me.

One of the most subtle, yet complex, scents I've ever smelled. It's a bit more soothing than I would have assumed from the name, but it's also darkly alluring. I'll have to sit with this one a while, but I like it a great deal more than I thought I would.

GOD, Beth is good with honey scents. That said, though, the drydown did a funky sharp thing on me...I think it was the amber/teak combination that made it happen. Grr...I LOVED this at first. Locket, perhaps?

Extremely herbal/floral and soft on me, with a twinge of coconut...it's like the world's girliest suntan lotion. Very nice, but not necessarily me.

Thankfully, I seem to be in the minority here...this scent hates me. HAAAATES me. The rounded fruits are cut sharply by the patchouli; on my wrist it's very sharp and there's no blending. Thank goodness there are many ladies of the Grindhouse, because Dionysia and I are not getting along.

Florentine iris, red musk, mimosa, magnolia, Damascus rose, clove, and vanilla bean. Oh, this is TOTALLY the perfume of a madam. I mean that in a good way, of course. It doesn't quite work on me, though, as the florentine iris is beating me over the head, and I could swear that I smell a wisp of red wine.

I'm shocked at how much I like this! Berry scents don't often work on me, but this is lovely. I didn't know what acai smelled like, so at first I was almost thinking apple...then apple crossed with strawberry...then apple and strawberry and pearish blackberry...nope, I guess that's acai! The vanilla-sugared tea leaf stays in the background, keeping this from smelling like BBW. Really, really wonderful!

Okay, after reading the reviews here, I'm going to wait and give this one more try. Right now, I'm getting this gorgeous swirl of skin musk, resins, and sexiness with a BIG DAMN PINE TREE that will NOT leave sitting right in the middle of it. It's like being with a lover, in the heat of the moment... ... ...and then suddenly having a smiling animated Christmas tree pop its head up over the edge of the bed: "HEY! Whatcha doin'?" Perfumus interruptus.

It's funny that I'm seeing this today...I just got an imp of The Antikythera Mechanism, tried it on, and was thinking that it had a depth reminiscent of BC on me. Not an exact match by any means, but they do have something in common.

Wow...this is a cocoa scent that isn't horrible on me. The mandarin lends a really nice citrus kick to a deep, rich fragrance. I'm not sure that I'll get this, because it's somewhat close to a few favorites (particularly Freak Show), but it's an attractive and intriguing fragrance that I may return to again later.

Very refreshing, but with a definite sharpness that's almost astringent...I like it, but I wish it smelled a bit less pointy on me.

Lovely when wet, but dries with a weirdly sharp edge on me...I think it's the gardenia, which often is bad with my chemistry. Grr...I really wanted this one to work!

Lots of sweetness at first, but that settles down after a while into a really interesting blend...possibly an aquatic for even those who aren't sure about aquatics. When it's dry, I smell like a mermaid who has amazing shampoo. It's very fresh and clean, and will be wonderful for summer; I'm seriously debating a bottle.

Sooooo very sexy. It's a sultry, sensual aquatic, which I never would have thought possible. All hail Beth!!!