enozgirl

Midway is very sweet, with a pinch of salt to really mellow out the sweetness. It's funnel cakes, candy corn, cotton candy, and warm sunshine all rolled into one. It does have a lot of throw to it, and everyone in the office is blaming me for the fact that we're all hungry now I was afraid with all the reviews that it's foody that it would suck on me, which overly foody things tend to (OY gluttony - had to scrub my wrists), but this is really really nice. I'm really glad I got two bottles. And I've been hiding it from the man, who's got a major sweet tooth (he stole my Pink Sugar!).

I can't believe I never posted a review for this! *slaps self on backs of hands* I actually thought I lost the bottle of this. I'm so glad I didn't! In the bottle: It's like stepping into a florist's rose cooler. That overwhelming, in your face, scent that screams ROSE. It's roses, that have been just misted and are now safely chilled, waiting to be arranged into a fragrant bouquet. Wet: It's a rose. It's the whole rose. It's the petals. The leaves. The thorns. The dirt. The dew. Dry down: It looses a bit of the *punch* that it has when it's wet. It settles down into a fragrant bouquet of roses. It's that suprise bouquet that your dad sent you for your birthday from a "secret admirer".

Ooh... roses and leather. Two of my favorite scents. You've gotta pull me out of any leather store I enter. I love that smell. All I could imagine when I thought of this scent was how leather would smell after being in a room filled with roses. Mmmmmmm.... In the bottle: Ooh, it's roses. Big, juicy, falling off the vine because they're so full of scent roses. I'm not catching really anything else, which makes me sad because I *WANT* to smell that leather. Wet: I guess my skin amps up roses to the nth degree. All I can smell is roses. 1 Hour: The roses are still there, but they're getting that dry, soapy smell that Moon Rose became. 4 Hours: This isn't wafting anymore, like it did when it was still drying. The powdery scent is going away. The roses are still strong if I stick my wrist under my nose, and there's another scent there now. It doesn't really smell like leather to me. Just something else. Maybe that's the note, though, as I haven't really tried too many of the other leather scents.

This is, quite possibly, one of my favoritest amber scents ever. EVER! I keep smelling it and wondering, "Wow, what is that delicious amber scent" before I remember it's me In the bottle: It's amber, with a little bit of powdery scent. I was hesistant to try it out, as typically that powdery scent goes STRAIGHT into my skin and does-not-come-out. Wet: Mmm, this is yummy amber, with a little bit of that powderyness. There's a sharpness there, too. But it's playful. I think a bit from the apple blossom, though the apple scent is not very overpowering. It sort of hides in the background then peeks out every now and then. Dry down - several hours later: I love it. I can't stop sniffing my wrists. It's amber, with a little bit of something to make it "happy amber". I love the little bit of youthfulness that the florals give this amber. And it's a good wafting smell on me. I put it on at 'round 8:30am and it's after noon and it's still there. Hurray for a scent that my skin didn't immediately eat up! This reminds me a bit of Haunted, or Spellbound, but it's more woody. I can smell autumn on my wrist. Mmm, amber and apple blossom is DA BEST

In the Bottle: It's a musky cherry/vanilla thing. I almost thought there was almonds in here for a second. It's got a nice woody quality, too. It's very dark and deep. It smells like a sensual massage oil that you'd slather over your favoritest person It's a smell that demands to be noticed. Wet: Woody vanilla. Egads, this is woody on me. I'm starting to get the cherry and wine, with a hint of something really sweet. Must be the honey (please, honey, don't go powdery on me this time!!!). It sort of smells a little bit like Hollywood Babylon on me. And HB is always a pleaser *innocent look*. This smells like HB's more "worldly" sister. She's been around the block a few times and knows the quickest way to get the man or woman that she's after. Dry (1 hour): Well, the honey's gone a lot powdery. It's a woody powder, tinted with a bit of vanilla and cherry wine. I had really high hopes for this on me. Oddly enough, it smells different on my wrists than on my neck. But since I tend to wear my oils all over, I'm going to have to give this one a pass on wearing. Dry (3 hours): Hrm, how interesting. Over the last few hours, I've noticed less and less of a "wretching powdery" smell and more honey... and vanilla... and muskiness...and wine. EGADS?! Has something actually beaten down the powdery smell and is allowing me to smell the actual oil again?!?! If honey goes bad on you like it normally does on me, and you can stand the powdery hour or so, this might be a good one for you. It's still a little powdery, but I'm smelling more of the other notes and less of the hideous powder than I was before. Overall: I don't think this is one I'm likely to wear again. I'd hate to have to go through that powder phase each time I touched up. And I still catch whiffs of powder instead of the goodness that is this oil when it's wet. I think I'll try the imp in a simmer pot, but after that, it's off to the swap pile.

I've gotta agree with antimony on all points.

I figured it's Monday, and if there's any day that I need peace of mind, it's Monday. In the bottle: Sweet spicy floral. Just sniffing seemed to clear my head and I felt a little blanket of peacefulness drape over my shoulders. Wet: I agree that this reminds me of Dragon's Tears. It's still very nice, floral and light. Sort of like flowers floating on a gently rolling ocean on a warm, warm day. Ah, now I can get to work and not be spazzed. Dry: Still aquatic, still floral. I do get some of the soapyness which is distracting. BUt overall, this is a really pretty scent. I'd use this on a candle, or in a warmer next time, not on me as the soapyness is too distracting to me. I can totally see where this would be something good to fall asleep to. But it seems to be great for releaving overall anxiety, which is a good thing to bring luck and aid with travel. *curls back up in her blanket of Swallow's Blood to face the rest of the day*

OOh more dragon yumminess! I can't wait to slather this on. I've loved all the other dragon fragrances I've tried so far! I've been doing a lot of meditative work concerning the Dragon's Eye (allowing us to see our true selves), so *crosses fingers* In the bottle: *sniff* Wait *sniff* Um... *sniff* It's just floral. With a good base, but it's mostly floral. I'm not getting any dragon's blood goodness in the bottle. But that's okay, cause it usually comes out on me anyway. Wet: Egads, I smell like a bouquet of flowers. This smells like the flowers I had at my communion. Drying: I still can't catch the dragon's blood note in this. The other flowers are pretty.... for someone else. I'm not much of a lily and lilac kinda gal. 7 Hours Later: Yes, people, this has amazing staying power for me. It's one of the few scents that I don't have to stick my wrist under my nose to catch a wiff of after a few hours. Unfortunately, all I'm smelling is the flowers. I keep thinking an old lady just walked by.

I'm wearing Eternal, in honour of the Bride's flowers at the Haunted Mansion, which I will be riding 'til I get sick.

I know if I slather on my Pumpkin Spice MMU lotion right after my shower, rather than waiting a little bit and THEN putting it on, I have a serious burning reaction to it. I've had that once with Snake Oil, and it was in a similar situation. I've used Snake Oil since that happened, and been fine. Just gotta wait for the pores to close

Question -- did the oil expand a lot in the bottle? I'd hate to think of freezing a bottle of precious LE scents and returning to the freezer to find the bottle had burst because the oil expanded too much....

In the bottle: Flowery, sugary amber. Musky, fruity amber. I love the amber. It's a little overpowering in the bottle. Wet: Berries and vanilla swimming in lovely amber. Dry: This dries down to an amazing vanilla amber, with just hints of flowers and berries. I love this. I need this. I want to eat my wrists. Final Verdict: Omg. Need big bottle of this. I'm so glad I got this as an imp to try it. I'm so in love with all the scents with Beth's egyptian amber....

I was anxious to get my grubby little hands on this one In the bottle: Strawberry wine. It's bubbly strawberries. It's Strawberry Shortcake on New Years Eve. Wet: It's very strawberry, but still a little tang from the champagne. It's the scent I've tried to get out of every damned strawberry soap and shampoo I've tried. This is what I wanted Strawberries and Cream from Victoria's Secret to smell like. It reminds me of the smell of the strawberry shampoo I used to use when I was 8. I've been trying to get that smell again. I think I've found it! Dry Down: It just gets sweeter. The tang is there, but the strawberry's loving me. It's really light, and not sickeningly sweet. It's just sweet. Like the smell of really ripe strawberries in the grocery store. It does fade kinda quick, though. I put it on at 9 this morning, and at 11ish, I'm sticking my wrist to my nose to smell it. Though, I didn't slather it on as normal, so that might be partly the cause of the lack of staying power. I really like this. There might be a 5ml of this in my future!

I got this as a freebie imp. Gotta love freebies Then I looked up the ingredients and groaned. Milk and Honey don't do wonderful things on my skin. If only my body chemisty was different, and I could wear my beloved Alice, rather than just simmer her as a room scent. In the bottle: Wow, this does smell like a spicy Alice. Sort of like a Thai Alice, with coconut milk and hints of ginger and curry spices with some sweet numminess. I would eat this sauce Wet: Well, the milk and honey haven't gone all powdery on me yet. There's a really nice creamy spice thing going. It's really soft and subtle. I also have to stick my wrists under my nose to smell it. Dry down: Yup, there's the soap smell. I was hoping that the other scents would overpower the milk and honey and make it smell all yummy like in the bottle. I smell like sweet soap. I like the Ambrosia smell, I think that's what I'm getting over the soapyness. It's nice, but the soap smell makes my nose itch I'm going to give this a try as a room scent tonight, I think.

Oooh slap my butt and colour me jealous No... seriously...

In the bottle: All fresh and flowery. Wet flowers. Very vibrant scents. I can't wait to get this on me. Wet: Still blues and greens and wet flowers. This is good Dry down: What smells like antifreeze?? The wafting of this oil smells like maple syrup to me. I don't know what's doing it. I just walked past someone in the hall and they asked if I was eating pancakes. It's like... maplely flowers. When I stick my wrist to my nose, I can smell the florals and myrrh. When I get my friend to sniff my neck (as I have not progressed to the yoga pose that allows one to do that yet), she says it smells like flowers you'd leave at a cemetary. Entirely possible I brushed against something else today that's got a maplely smell, but I'll be damned if I can figure out what it was. I'll have to try this again to see if I smell like cemetary flowers or IHOP.

Well, the curling up by the window with the rain pouring down was June Gloom to me, but it's more lemony than autumny. Maybe something with Apples... Um...The Hesperides reminded me of a walk in the forest on a cool night while munching an apple. And if you can get ahold of some Samhain, that's apparently THE autumn scent

Jack Jack Jack.

In the Bottle: Spicy Fruit... It's like apricots, skin and all -- that first bite when you get the juice all over you. Wet: It smells like a scratch-n-sniff sticker. Or even a candle. Like one of those christmas candles that you think has just a little bit too much cinnamon to it. On my skin, the clove starts to hit my nose odd, and makes my upper lip tingle. But the spice really seems to bring out more of the juiciness of the apricot. Dry-Down: I just swiped this on my wrists -- not on my neck. And I can REALLY smell it. It's almost coconuty spice. When I just smell it that way, I can smell more of the fruit, with a spicy kick. When I stick my wrist to my nose, I smell more spices, more like sticking your nose in a jar of pumpkin spices (clove, cinnamon, nutmeg, etc). I really like the way this wafts, that it's more sweet until you get closer, and then you get sucker-punched with the spiciness. Sort of like me. Thanks to my dear friend who told me to give this a good try before making a final decision Bootsie was right, this is really nice I'll have to see if it passes The Old Man seal of approval test before I decide whether or not I want to order a bottle of this. ETA: About 2 hours after this post, the spiciness is almost gone and all that's left is a nice, buttery, vanilla-y fruit smell. I love it

Might want to check this thread, cause there's some useful USPS links to help you figure out when your order should get to you

Kudos to you guys who are taking the bar, and major major good luck vibes to you!!! As for oils, I'd say either Libra or, if you have it, Tarot: Judgement. Of course, I'm partial to Libra, and it smells really pretty, too. And from what I've experienced, it doesn't go "sour" as your body chemistry reacts to stress and pressure. Haven't tried Judgement to be able to say the same.

Also, if it helps, just to give you a sense of where 'bouts your order might be, you might want to check out this thread, which is where people who have recently received their orders post. FWIW-- I just received my June 7th order of my LE oil. I received notice that it shipped on July 9th, and I received it today in Florida. Hope this helps!

OMG that would be hysterical. But, I would hate to try to apply them! *ponders that and decides that it's too much like work to even think about* :D

I had to get this. I've got family from Athens and it's on the short list of places I desperately NEED to visit. I finally got my grubby little hands on it *happy snoopy dance* In the bottle: Berry honey, or, more precisely, honeyed wine. That's what I smell. The honey's really strong, but there's a very almost overpowering wine that's fighting to be in front. Wet: Oh... mah... gods.... This is lovely. It smells exactly what I envision an old temple would smell like. The myrrh incense mingling with offerings left by the devoted for the gods. Dry: This mellowed down to a very nice honey on me. It's warm and embracing, and not powdery at all The flowers have started to come out more now, and I've got a lovely mingling of scents playing on my wrists. Unfortunately, it didn't have much staying power on me, as I put it on at around 8:30a and by 11a it's nearly gone (gotta stick my wrist up my nose to smell it ). I think this would be amazing in a scent locket, or for reapplications during the day. It made me feel like a Greek Goddess surrounded by offerings of her devoted. Or a priestess maintaining my Deity's temple.

True, ebony... plus, if you're looking at it from a more magickal standpoint, amber is sort of "neutral" in energy. Blue glass, red glass, green glass all impart some energy into the oil that changes it subtly. I made a batch of love oil for some friends. Gave several it in red bottles and a few in ambers (as that's what I had left), and the red, after about a month, smelled WAY more potent, even when kept in the same conditions. It's odd. But it happens. I've found that amber's a good "neutral" container. Though, purple with orange polkadots would be killer