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In the Bottle: Peppery, VETIVER! Oh, vetiver, how I love you! Tangerine. Let's go slather some of this ooooooon! Wet: Vetiver, pepper, cedar and tangerine making it all wearable. No amber, thankfully. There is some saffron, but that's a good thing. Drydown: I personally, don't think that this is very much a "screeching" scent. It is almost hot in nature, though. Like the Sahara bathed in the noonday sun. Saffron and vetiver. Slight cedar. I would love to smell this on a man. I'm positive that he would them be glomped by every female within a 5 mile radius. Medium-low throw. 5/5

In the Bottle: Dradon's blood, sandalwood and spices, with a slight floral. Very pleasant. Wet: Sandalwood, dry smelling, with blondewood? It does smell slightly like lumber. Drydown: This is a very non-pretentious scent. Dy, but warm. The Dragon's blood is starting to come out more. Still getting wood, and the orris is turning up. Slightly floral. Medium throw. All in all, on me, this is a highly forgettable scent. 3/5

In the Bottle: Oh, wow. This is such a beautiful color. Like really high quality maple syrup. And yes, it does smell as nice as it looks. Civet and opium. Yurmy! Wet: I love civet. Clean yet deep. A hint of musk. Wowza! Does stain my pasty-pale skin, though. Drydown: This comes down to a dry, sunny scent. This is what I would wear if I were going to go into a desert. Civet is still the main note, with a muskiness in the background. High throw on my skin. I really love this. 5/5

In the Bottle: Plum, lilac, gardenia! So nice! Wet: Plum, lilac, rose and opium. Already deeply toned. Drydown: Plum and opium, mainly. Rose in the background, hanging out with gardenia. Dry and slightly dusty. Medium throw on me. The depth to her is much more than I expected to find- a very complicated scent on my skin. Although floral-y, I wouldn't count this as a floral- the plum make that impossible to say. This is defiantly something I could see as being "vain". But vain- in this instance- is a very good thing! 5/5

In the Bottle: Spices and lavender. Wet: Lotus and lavender. close to the skin you can smell the spices slightly. Noramally, I'm not much of a lavender fan, but this is nice! Drydown: Still lavender and louts, but it's turned... funky. Bad funky. It's like really bad boutique soap covering BO. Nuck. 1/5

In the Bottle: Apple and lemon. Wet: Rose and lemon- you would think this would smell heavenly, but you'd be mistaken. Drydown: Lemon, rose and apple are actually each discernible from one another. Low throw. Sadly, this goes majorly soapy on me- and now in a good way. 1/5

In the Bottle: Almond! Again! Musk. Some sort of berry? Wet: Almonds, musk, and honey? Almost medicinal. Drydown: Blackberry? What the heck is my nose trying to tell me? Almond-y still- it seems to not be fading at all! Still slightly medicinal. All in all, I cannot imagine why this is the Lab's signature scent. I have no desire to ever wear this again. Medium/high throw. 2/5

In the Bottle: Tonka- mmm, vanilla-ish!- cocoa, red musk. Edible! Wet: Cocoa, tonka, spices (must be those "herbs of conflict") and slight tobacco. Can I live in this? Drydown: Tobacco leaf is coming into it's own. This is turning out to be glorious. Cocoa and tonka are still prominent, but they're not overwhelming everything else. Medium throw, so I don't have to constantly have my nose pressed against my wrist (like that's not happening anyways). Not a foodie scent by any means, strangely enough, considering the notes. 5/5

In the Bottle: I so want to be swimming in this! Wet: Blackberry, musk, and a slight sage. Let's put some more of these babies! :yum: Drdown: Do I really have to say it? This is so many different kinds of delicious! Sweet, but not numbingly so, and cramy. The sage and white tea- which is now coming through- give her a nice depth. Total date night scent! Lurve it! Medium/low throw. 5/5

In the Bottle: Violets. Lots and lots of violets. Frankincense slightly darkens them, but it's no a big player by any means. Wet: Violets and frank. Seems to, sadly, be a one-dimensional scent on me. Drydown: Medium throw. Violet have taken completely over frank, and are attempting to rule the world from my arm. And that's it- no magical transformation that I've gotten form other BPAls in the past. So disappointing. 2/5

In the Bottle: Growing things. That's literally what this smells like in the imp. Happy I'm not getting hops! Wet: I'm still getting green growing things- this actually does smell "marsh" like. Drydown: Hmmmm... I don't think that I'm liking this. It's not like anything that I've tried from the Lab before. I think that this could be a really nice, "home-y" scent on someone else, but it's just not liking my skin chemistry. 2.5/5

In the Bottle: Orange and lemon. With something else that I cannot pinpoint. Wet: Orange and rose, as well as an earthy note. Drydown: Now, I was expecting this to go soapy on me- and thankfully it doens't. He's turning into dirt that I want to eat. Low throw, a true skin scent on me. He's very pretty, but not something that I would wear. I might see if my cousin likes it though! 3.5/5

In the Bottle: Light floral, with a hint of incense. Wet: Sandalwood? and violets. Slightly creamy. Pretty. Maybe a hint of loam under there. Drydown: Low throw. Mossy goodness is coming through. Still getting violets, and citronella in food form? Does that make any sense? Is there such a thing? No, there isn't. Sadly, this is turning out to be nothing special on me. 3/5

In the Bottle: Gawd! What does this have in it?! *shudder* It's so think in the imp- a horrible thing to be unleashed upon the world. Can you tell that I'm suspicious of this? Smells exactly like those honey-eucalyptus cough-drops. EXACTLY! And there is neither honey nor eucalyptus in this. Wet: Oh, I really don't want to... -Suck it up! Grow some lady balls! But I *really* don't want to- just look at it, just sitting there... Waiting... -NOW! *cuffs over head* Okay, okay, no need to get violent. Anyways, where was I? Wet: I'm still getting Eu... Wait. WAIT! Something sweet. I have no idea what. I'm still looking at my arm like it's going to strangle me. Drydown: ARRRRRRRGHH! Cat pee! Get it offff! And this time I'm not overreacting in the slightest. I did have to wash this off as it was putrid on me- absolutely horrific. 0/5

In the Bottle: AMMMMMBER! ALLLLLMOND! Everywhere! *panic* It's an assault on the senses! Wet: (I'm vaguely afraid of doing this...) Almond! Gack! And... Saffron? Nope, that's cardamon. Yummiery! And the musk is coming out now, too! Drydown: There was absolutely no reason for the aforementioned panic attack. She's turning into something more than a little wearable, and not just almond wafer cookies. Card's coming around in a very nice way, as is the golden lotus- and it is "golden". In fact, this whole scent is completely golden in color. You can easily see a goddess longing in the sun, waiting for her suppilcant to return to her. In a word: Lovely. Big bottle worthy! 5/5

In the Bottle: Look out for that grapefruit, Batman! Completely in your face. Already getting a soapy note. Slight ginger. Wet and Drydown: All Grapefruit, all the time! And that's ALL I'm getting- no tea, no rose, no apple blossom. This is a completly one-dimentional scent on me. Phooey. But if you're looking for a grapefruit scent- this is it! And it has a high throw. 2/5

In the Bottle: ROSE! Saffron and sandalwood play second fiddle. I'm thinking this could go either way on me- my vote's for horribly wrong! Wet: Sandalwood and myrrh. even though there is no myrrh in this, I still "feel" like there is. Smells much nicer than I thought that it would. Nicely creamy, but with a slight soapiness closer to the skin. Drydown: So. Much. Sandalwood! There's a hint of rose, but it's so far in the background. Still creamy. She's very nice, but not something that I would reach for often. I might try laying with London to get a bigger rose going on. 3.5/5

In the Bottle: Defiantly salty sweet. Really aquatic- but you know, that's what it is! Wet: Holy aquatics! It's still sweet. But you can smell the saltiness. It's like Marshmallow Fluff spread over Saltines! Nom! Drydown: The dragon's blood is pretty much gone now. It's turned into a floral aquatic? Like it has water lilies in it, but without it being water lily. Really beautiful. That being said, I don't think that I will ever be wearing this, despite being a water loving person. But, I'm not going to wash off the test strip, either! 5/5

In the Bottle: Holy crud! That's an "alive" smelly, if I've ever smelled on!Sure is pulsing with life! Musk, currant, and underneath, dragon's blood. Wet: Black mush, then dragon's blood, then currant. Not much fig, sadly. Sweet, and with a slightly 'damp" feeling. Drydown: Currants are coming to the fore. Fig is also coming out more, but it's still hanging in back of the dragon's blood. The blood is also drowning out the musks, yet it still has a very low throw. I really don't know what to think of this. 2.5/5

In the Bottle: Honey and vanilla. Very, very sweet. Almost a sickly sweet. Wet: Medicinal honey. I'm getting some amber, as well. But still, it's MEDICINAL. Drydown: This is not pleasant on my skin AT ALL. It has turned ickier. Is that a word? And to top it all off, it has a medium throw. Strangely enough though, this didn't turn powdery as honey usually does on me. I had such high hopes for this, but it's turned rancid. 1/5

In the bottle: For some reason- cacao and citrus. Don't ask me why. Wet: Ahhh, glorious yuzu! Now I want to go eat some grapefruit! Slight bamboo. Drydown: Soapy yuzu now. What the heck happened?! He smells EXACTLY like some guy that I went to school with. very, very soapish. Yeah, not my cuppa. Low throw at least. He's pleasant enough, but I don't think I'll keep the imp. Just doesn't scream, "ME!!! PICK MEEE!" And that's what I'm looking for. 2/5

In the bottle: What is that? No idea. Wet: Still don't know what I'm smelling. I know what is should smell like, but it doesn't smell like myrrh and ylang ylang. Not really liking this one very much. Drydown: Wait... WAIT! This is niiiice. I'm getting the myrrh but, I don't know what ylang ylang turns into on my skin. The song "Girls Like You" by The Naked and Famous comes to mind. Wow, I am SO GOOD at explaining things today. Overall, very nice, but I don't think that I'll be using more than an imps worth of her, as she turns into something too close to others that I like more. 3.5/5

Let me preface this by saying that I'm not overtly fond of the "pine scent"- to me, most of the time it's just super artificial, and ick. This however, actually smells like a pine tree! Shocking, yes, I know. In the bottle: Pine, lots and lots of pine. Faint orange, but it's more like orange rind than anything else. Wet: Eucalyptus and Pine. So NICE! No orange, though. Drydown: Eucalyptus, pine and orange- Whoohoo! You can pick out every not individually, but they meld beautifully. The orange does go slightly soapy on me, but it just adds to the yummy-ness. Pine is defiantly low man on the list though. He was so special. High throw. Unfortunately, I have a feeling that this could go horribly wrong on some peoples skin. He's a keeper, but not an everyday scent for me. Certainly one of those scents that would be lovely on both genders! 4/5 ETA: Haha, spelling is not my thing today!

In the bottle: Hmm, "Just another floral," is what comes to mind when I sniff this. I'm getting rose, vanilla, and VERY STRONG gardenia. Could be very pleasant on the skin! Wet and dry: Timid gardenia and jasmine. She doesn't transform into something magical on my skin. It's pleasant enough, but not compelling enough to even wear a second time. Sort of encompasses that girl that's always the wallflower, and does her best to not get noticed by anyone. Kind of sad now that I smell her again... Very low throw, and seems to be fading VERY quickly- less than an hour latter, and it's already dissipating. 2/5

In the bottle: Maybe I shouldn't have gotten a whole bottle of this unsniffed... Wet: Yeah, shouldn't have bought a whole bottle... Damn you, impulse buys! Drydown: YES! YES I SHOULD HAVE! Goodness, this is great. I'm getting tart cherries and violets. There is leather there, but it's very, very faint. Amazing throw, considering that I only applied a smidgen of her. Lurvely! Yet again, I want to eat my own arm! 4/5