ShannonElisabethJones

Well, shoot. I really wanted to like this one, but it's gone all baby-powdery on me. It smelled really good and earthy in the imp, but dried to yuck on me. Blah.

It's trying to have the sharpness of rage but is thwarted by the roundness of wood, and so it's balanced. Still. Jury's still out on this one for me. I don't dislike it, but I don't know if I'll wear it often, if at all. Maybe my husband will like it - seems unisex enough to work on him.

This is the 2017 version. In the bottle, this is spicy and sweet. And booooooooooooooooooozy! Like mead. Freshly applied it keeps that spicy sweetness and warms into something almost...creamy? Something I can definitely imagine eating for a Yule celebration. As it dries it gets foodier and almost herbal. Helps tone down the sweetness. So this one is definitely a keeper. **EDIT** So I just remembered why I got this one: the notes sounded a little similar to The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, one of my favorite (now discontinued) scents. And it does, a bit! It's more foody and a little more floral (now that it's dried a bit), but I am definitely smelling the similarities.

So this smelled a lot more blue than I thought it would. I thought it would smell more green. This smells like Zest soap, or some other blue-colored soap. It's not too unpleasant, but it's not for me. I'll give this imp to my husband - he does well with the super-fresh scents.

Just got this one in the mail. Squee! In the bottle, it smells dusty. And blue? Something a little warm and floral in there, but mostly dusty. Freshly applied, it smells like cool incense. Definitely getting more florals, which is great. I don't do well with resins normally, but this is okay so far. I'm trying not to concentrate on picking out anything that might not agree with me and just enjoy it as a complete picture. It's not totally wowing me, but it's definitely wearable

I wore this the day I got it a while back and overapplied it, which kind of put me off for a bit. I guess it's time to try it for real. In the bottle I get wet musk. Kinda makes me want to sneeze but doesn't instantly give me a headache, which is a good sign. Freshly applied (with moderation this time) - like very strong Old Spice or something similar. It's very masculine. I don't think I can pull this one off. I'll wait a little bit for the final verdict. Yeah, this is just too strong for me. Maybe my husband would wear it.

This one was nice but ultimately didn't work on me. Smells great on the husband, though! Who, incidentally, is a musician.

I tried this once, a few months ago, and was undecided. It's time to try it again! In the bottle - wild and musky. Sharp green. Freshly applied - all that plus...mint? I don't know - it's kinda going to that weird sour note that musks do on me. Maybe I'll try it on Mr. Sionann.

This is one of my absolute favorites. I'm trying so hard not to go through it too quickly. Lovely wet, green florals. Maybe a thorn or three.

Oh no! I must have bought this ages ago before I knew how badly resins like frankincense smell on me. Oh, well. Let's give it a try. In the bottle - Resinous and incensey. Eek. Freshly applied - warm florals. A prick of incense...or is that the boozy mead? It keeps getting swamped by flowers. Something like jasmine. Oh...must be the honeysuckle. OHHH there's the mead...wow! Yeah - warming up to mead and flowers. A little greenery. It's not getting me headachey or going to powder on me, surprise surprise. Crap....maybe a little powdery. I think I like it. The mead is verrrrrrry honey-y. Not something I'm used to, but I could wear it.

In the bottle - wood and alcohol. Freshly applied - I get more fruitiness. Something piney. Winey. I can taste it in the back of my throat. Really beautiful. Spicy wonderfulness. I love it! Holy crap - why did I wait so long to try this?

2010 version. In the bottle - Sweet spicy cider! How charming! Freshly applied - sweet and cinnamon. A little boozy. Bright fruit. OMG this is so goooooood! Definitely a keeper.

I've had this one in my stash for years - purchased on a whim from the forum - and I'm just now trying it. In the bottle - I get very little scent at all. Something green and medicinal. Nothing fruity at all. Freshly applied - very little throw, still greenish. I have to get really close to smell anything. As it warms up I do get some florals, but I have to put my nose all up in it. This is reaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllly faint on me. I'll keep it for now...maybe it just needs generous application and a longer wear time.

I've had this one sitting on my desk for a while but haven't really tried it yet. In the bottle, it's piney and woody. Nice. Freshly applied, it's still piney and woody, with a whiff of something cold, like fresh wind off a mountain. Maybe something minty, too? I can taste it in the back of my throat. But the woodiness keeps it warm. As it dries down, there's maybe something campfirey...minus the smoke? Something resinous, which doesn't usually mix well with my chemistry, but so far so good. It's a keeper. Which is good, because I'm a total sucker for the activist scents.

In the bottle, it's whoaaaaaaaaa sweet! Like vanilla and cough syrup. Such a contrast to Fake News. When I first applied it, it was almost entirely soft vanilla and something dusty....fog? Now it's almost completely disappeared. When I go in for a close sniff, I get vanilla and candy, but I have to get in pretty close. I like it...I might try it later on and apply more. It's a pretty quiet scent on me.

First sniff in the bottle...gold and tobacco. There's something both herbal and metallic going on. When I first applied it, it almost disappeared, but then the patchouli poked out and said hi. Patchouli and I don't always get along, and it always comes right to the forefront when it's in something I'm testing. After a few minutes, the pink pepper pod is warming up, making the herbal patchouli a little spicy...I can almost taste the pepper in the back of my throat. Wow. It's really great! It's bright and sharp and aggressive. A little of this will go a long way on me, but I really like it.

I was a wee bit wary of this one, as patchouli, vanilla, honey and amber don't work well with my sinuses. But I just couldn't pass it up. In the bottle, patchouli was definitely the first scent to pop out, along with something smoky. When I first put it on, I got a dark purple whiff of fig....but it didn't last long. After a few minutes, the herby patchouli is mixing well with the woody oudh. Maybe a touch of vanilla sweetness. The fig is waaaaay in the background...peeps out every so often.As others have said, it's not an in-your-face kind of scent,even though it's got some strong notes going on. It's good! This scent reminds me of a friend of mine who wears patchouli and is a card-carrying feminist lesbian Hillary Clinton fan. I do like this scent (surprise!), maybe for occasional wear, but I might decant this and give some to my friend.

Whoa....fruity creamy sparkly. So pretty. So yummy. It was almost overwhelming at first, but a few minutes into it it's calmed down and there's a neato boozy note. It reminds me a bit of Water Snake, but the fruity smells are more purple than blue. I'm totally in love.

When I first got this in the mail the other day, my first-sniff impression was sweetness. OMG yeah, that's right. Smells like the Coffee Coolers we used to sell at the coffee shop I worked at in college. No, more like the sugary syrups we used to flavor the drinks. Irish cream, of course. So let's see how it does on... Freshly applied, I'm only getting the Irish cream flavored syrup scent...no coffee. Someone above mentioned Mata Hari, which is one of my favorite scents...but this one seems to be a lot less coffee on me than Mata Hari. After a few minutes, the coffee peeks out a little, like someone refreshed my too-sweet drink with some regular joe. I can't distinguish anything else. It's like the Irish coffee has just completely taken over the scene. It is a bit sweet for me, but I think I'll keep it. Maybe I'll be in the mood to wear it someday.

I picked this one up on the forum, and I think it's from 2008. My first impression is that it's kind of harsh-smelling. Like cold and dry woody flowering plants. I don't know...I can't really place it. Just a few moments after application, it starts getting that weird sour scent that resins turn into on me. It's not horrible, but it is a bit unpleasant on me.

Amber and I have really never been friends. Honey and vanilla....I'd rather eat them. But, this being such a popular scent, I'd be silly not to try it. Wet and freshly applied, I get honey with something powdery in the background, probably the vanilla. Very very honey. It's nice and warm. After a few minutes, there's definitely something resinous creeping in. This is usually when resins go awry with me....let's just wait and see..... The verdict is: No. It just gets powdery with a lingering resinous funk that doesn't work with me.

In the imp, this is a damp, soapy rose. Maybe something sharp lurking in and out. After application, it's turning green. Not herbal green, but leafy green. Still damp smelling, like it's been raining all day. I like it, but it's not at all spicy or seductive on me. Just greeny-rose. The only other rose scent I have is Zombi, and that's more dried rose and earth. This is a fresh rose, but not a young one. Maybe a little sad. I'll keep this one as another "work appropriate" blend.

So I thought aquatics were my jam, then I got burned by a few recently (not literally, silly) and had to get rid of them. I guess I have to have some sort of organic note to go along with the water, or it just doesn't work. The saltiness described in this one gives me hope. In the imp I get a bit of florals but then...boooo....that too-sharp, bright-blue Yankee-Candle-knockoff "ocean" smell. The smell that caused me to ditch Sea of Glass and Windward Passage. It's definitely softer than those two, but I'm not sure. After a few minutes, it's like someone mixed Zest bar soap with a bit of flowery shower gel. I feel like it's trying to be Egle (one of my favorites) but is too sharp. Note to self: maybe I should confine my aquatics to mainly inland bodies of water, like rivers and lakes. Except for Egle, the ocean and I don't seem to get along.

Eeek, I don't do well with incense-y notes, but I'll give this frimp a try... In the imp it's pretty much just dark cocoa. Just applied I get this kind of dry spiciness that tickles my throat. Maybe that's the incense? Then within a minute it virtually disappears... After a few minutes (if I get right up in it) it gets more floral. Not too bad, actually! The cocoa is still there, and a spice that now seems separate from the incense. I think I might be able to keep this one! YAY!

So when I first smelled this one I was pretty sure I wouldn't take to it. It's a bit too rough, mostly patchouli and juniper. The sea spray does freshen it a bit. I tried it on Mr. Sionann and he actually likes it, and it smells good on him (as long as he goes easy). It now resides in his medicine cabinet.