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This most reminds me of Morocco at the start but once it dries down I get no lemon or honey, just smoky vetiver, heavy musk and a beeswaxy scent which I presume is the saffron. I'd like this as an evening room spray but on me it just doesn't quite work.

On me it stays the same all the way through - soft peach, slightly powdery, with a hint of cherry in the background and a faint incense waft at the end. Light throw but still definately lingers. This is a really beautiful, grown-up and sophisticated scent, which is completely unlike me, and yet I'm tempted to get a bottle anyway.

From start to finish this is entirely soap on me. Naughty, naughty skin chemistry After a couple of hours the mandarin peeks out but it's barely there.

As soon as I apply it I get a massive blast of mint, but by the time it's dried that has vanished completely. It then starts with a delicate mandarin which is lovely but my skin eats it up, I have to put my nose to my skin to get anything. An hour later and it's a slightly citrusy musk which is beautiful but so delicate and close to the skin - far too light for me, I need something with a bit more punch.

Beautiful, completely beautiful - this manages to be light and yet fill the bathroom with scent at the same time. The rosewood wasn't heavy and woody - this is rosewood full of fresh sap, smelling like a ton of fresh red roses still on the branch. The green tea lifts this and there is a sweet fruity background and a tiny burnt note from the caramel, and I find myself wanting to eat my own arm. Definitely bottle-worthy and perfect for spring.

Bewitched or Titania or Kumari Kandam might all be worth a try

The ones that come to mind for me are: AE Aegypti - Five honeys with vanilla orchid, gardenia, dragon's blood resin, gingergrass, and turmeric A Thought From Propertius - Sweet honey, white apricot, and a touch of cayenne pepper Hesoid's Phoenix - Golden amber, bourbon vanilla, and sweet oudh You also might like [Redacted] Dragon - Raw red ginger, pink pepper, red carnation, sweet clove, vetiver, heartwood cinnamon, and jasmine sambac though I haven't tried it as cinnamon rips my skin off

Boundless Vista of an Inner World from the current LEs

Fairy Bites - Osmanthus and raw honey with lavender, chamomile, white peppermint, raspberry, honeysuckle, thyme, bergamot, and Dracula orchid. or Capax Infiniti - honey-snuggled skin musk, sweet vanilla ice cream residue, and lavender oil (Lilith’s favorite!), with a gentle hint of Dorian. both seem like daytime TKO to me. I don't get on with many florals but I don;t find Fairy Bites floral except for lavender which doesnt count! Crowley - Infernal musk, red patchouli, lilac cologne, mahogany, lemon rind, oakmoss, leather, and vanilla husk. This is beautifully balanced. Gnome - An explosive blend of effervescent golden ginger and black peppercorn with sarsaparilla, gurjum balsam, nutmeg, gear lubricant, and smoke. I never get the lubricant/smoke, just a lovely fizzy, energetic scent. No.93 Engine - Balm of Gilead, benzoin, frankincense, balsam of peru, beeswax, saffron, galbanum, calamus, hyssop, mastic, lemon balm, and white sage. Also a couple from this lot of Yules, (both aquatics which usually never work on me) The Spell of the Eastern Sea - Sea salt, kelp, and twisting willows. The Boundless Vista - Salted citron, black coconut, wormwood, and oily labdanum oozing through fungal mosses and sick, greenish subterranean flora.
 Sounds vile but is actually lovely - this seems to be a love it or hate it one, but I'm sure you'll find a buyer if you hate it!

Red or Pandy or Lolita or Kabuki all come to mind from GCs

This is my surprise winner of all the Yules. It doesn't morph much on me - I get sage honey, foodiness without it being sweet, a wild green edge and what I think is the oak, the acorns and the tobacco giving woody resins to round it all out. Lovely.

This is so beautifully blended that I really struggle to pick out any notes, yet I can look at the notes listing and be sure I noticed them all. Patchouli is probably most prominent followed by the green tea which makes it herbal rather than too sweet. It's a gloriously heady mix that lingers on my skin afterwards too.

This is gorgeous - very much like Eldritch Dark in lotion form, and beautifully moisturising. I just wish I could do a Naughty Inquisition to get more but all the Naughty perfumes have death notes.

When this goes on I get acrid, rotting citrus - ew! I nearly washed it off but I have persevered. After an hour I am getting a herbal, vaguely citrus sandalwood but it still manages to be both powdery and acrid on me.

When it's wet it's Almond Daim bar, but it dries to cookies with a salty plasticky tang. Not for me.

Someone made me some lovely gingerbread but they dropped it and now its all trodden in the dirt. If I got roses to make up for it that might help but there's no trace.

In the bottle it's all currant, very juicy and bright. When its wet I get currant and cigar smoke and expensive wine - it smells like my idea of an early 20th century gentleman's club, all restrained but very luxurious masculine luxury. It dries to winter woods and sap. All in all very masculine to me.

Wet and on first drydown its a rich, dusty, smoky rose. Once properly dry, after an hour or so, I get stronger incensey smoke with a faded rose in the background.

Aquatics do not usually work on me but I think I may have found one that does. The overwhelming impression I get is of one of those seaside/swamp areas that I see in films but have never been to in real life! There's salty green vegetation, coconut, driftwood, those swamp trees and a hint of a pirate lurking in the background. I may have to get a bottle.

When wet and on the initial drydown this is incredibly nutty - really lovely! There's a stronger backnote of the slight bitterness from treacle. After about half an hour it turns very pumpkiny which for me isn't a good thing, but you do get that hint of pastry crumbs from scents like Halfling too. Not a keeper for me, it's a shame the wet version doesnt stick around.

Very little to add to the previous glorious endorsements but this: My skin isn't burning!!!! :joy: :joy: :joy:

On me it's overwhelmingly floral, to a headache inducing strength. It's like a florist shop - that green wet floral, with the lilies dominating.

I'd suggest Titania and Pandy and also Qaeris Quot Mihi Basiationes if you can find it.

This is very heady and very purple. Both wet and dry it is seamlessly blended and I can't tell when one note ends and another begins. It gives an overall impression of opulence, like a room heaped with purple velvet and silk cushions and full of expensive incense, and is completely overpowering, definitely a night time going out blend.

This I WANT to wear a scent called Purple Snowballs because, hello, PURPLE but while it's lovely in the bottle, the ozoney snow just turns it into a chemical mess on my skin