Poenari

Upon application, this is strong lavender, and that's all I smell for about 30 minutes. Then it morphs into a lovely soft scent that must be floral based on the notes, but I can't identify any of the notes myself. It's very pretty, even for this non-floral wearer. It's neither sharp nor white to my nose, just a sweet scent that could gently rock me to sleep.

I received a tester of this from my lovely decantress, as if she read my mind. The notes are perfect for me and the scent is to die for! Opium, incense, champaca all combine into a dark swirl of magic on my skin. This is in the same family of dark incense scents that I love. It is also in the same family of atmo sprays as Unspeakably Evil Temple and The Demon's School. While not the same, they give off that wonderful dark slightly sweet incense scent that I can't get enough of.

I'm a fan of vetiver in most scents where it is found, and that's the note I initially detected upon application to my wrist. However, it doesn't take long for the vetiver to recede and the plum to come forward. This is another dark purple scent, beautiful with the way the other notes interact. I don't get rose at all, but a dark slightly fruity floral incense. A floriental, as it were. Very gothic and perfect for a Crimson Peak scent. I had not really expected to upgrade my decant to a bottle, as I can't afford bottles of all the CP scents I've fallen in love with. But I feel like my collection needs this as well as A Shadow in the Elevator and I had my heart set on ordering Shadow next. Aagghhh I want them both! Edited for grammar fail.

The crushed violet leaf and chrysanthemum petals are an excellent blend to go with this incense. They are not too much floral, but create a dried perfume that mingles with the incense. I wear so many incense-based scents, and the incense in this reminds me of Clermont, but instead of rose I have the dried petals. Beautiful!

I was worried about reviews mentioning Snow White, as that is instant headache-inducing for me, so I only got a decant of this to try. Thankfully, on my skin this blooms into exactly what is noted: a warm spicy bay rum, with sandalwood showing up on the drydown. I wish I could convince my husband to use Bpal, because not only does he like the scent of bay rum, this would smell great on him. And now I feel compelled to order a bottle so that I will have bottles of all four character scents! Thomas, Lucille, and Edith need the companion bottle!

This is very beautiful. As the previous reviewers have said, I think this is a blend of vanilla and amber and something else resinous, perhaps a touch of myrrh? It gives the feeling of gentle warmth, and is another amazing Crimson Peak atmo that I want to wear as a perfume!

Spicy wood, a bit of vanilla, a whisp of decay and mint. This is another lovely scent and bottle-worthy, if only I had unlimited funds.

Lemony at first, but thankfully that quickly fades because I'm not a fan of citrus. On drydown, this becomes a dark Floriental scent... it is a very old-world perfume. The notes are so well-blended that one doesn't stand out over the other. It most definitely smells like something a child would remember smelling on her mother. It fades quickly, which is appropriate for a ghostly scent. This is so very pretty, but my decant will suffice for me.

I was frimped a full decant of this by my lovely decantress, which is exciting because I hoped to eventually try it. In the imp I initially smell mild clove and the leather. Clove amps on me, but I love it, while leather can be iffy. Fortunately, this is the soft, non-chemical, glove or suede leather scent that I can wear. I can smell the powdery mingling of amber and myrrh, but there is something else. Something that I can't quite identify but that makes me keep sniffing my wrist. Slightly sour but not sour, metallic but not metallic, I can't find the words. I think of Thomas' machine and the clay he is trying to mine... the sadness that surrounds him. Upon drydown, this is a gentle spicy work of art. Love this and need to get a bottle!

Upon initial spray, the dirt scent that I love so much is the first thing I smell, but then it quickly turns into the same sweet snow scent that is in Crimson Peak perfume. This is lovely, soft and gentle, and it really does make me feel as if I was standing at dusk near a fresh grave while the snow slowly starts to fall. Nailed it, Beth! So gorgeous!

Another great dirt scent from Beth! Upon initial application, the dirt is most prominent. I hadn't looked up the notes yet, but I can recognize that note. This one is a lush dirt, slightly sweet, not of the grave, at least not at first. After drydown, a metallic note starts to rise, a tinge of sour moisture mingled with dust- oh this is the clay! Then finally a slightly spicy musk- maybe blood musk. Another gorgeous dirt scent to add to my collection!

Samhain 2015 is just as "Samhain" as the previous versions. I have bottles of the atmo from 2010 and 2012 and other than slight differences due to aging they smell exactly the same. Autumn in bottle! If you've smelled the perfume, you know the autumnal perfection of Samhain. The atmo spray is actually what convinced me to fall in love with the perfume. The scent of the woods, patchouli, a hint of fir trees, a dark night, and spices coming from apples and pumpkin all make this the epitome of an autumnal scent. I love being able to surround myself with the scent, as autumn and Halloween are my favorite things. It makes me feel happy to turn my home and car into Halloween with just a couple of sprays. It's very long-lasting, but I never want to be without, which is why I bought a bottle again this year, even though my 2012 is still very full. Also because we are never guaranteed that a scent will return in the same form again, so don't hesitate to buy this lest you miss out and live with regret!

Another spot-on spray- it's no accident these are called "atmosphere" sprays, because this perfectly evokes the atmosphere of the genteel turn of the century manor in my mind. I can smell spicy woods, a blend of the carnation and bay rum, and a hint of whiskey, all melded together into a rich warm scent. I want to live here! Just gorgeous!

I keep saying that I'm not a "floral person" but I'm going to have to use a different way to phrase that. I tend to think of floral as light, sharp, soapy, and mostly headache-inducing. Lucille's room is none of these! Dark lovely perfumed florals are my jam! I want to wear this as a perfume. My review will be mostly worthless because I can't describe the notes, but the feeling of this spray is so evocative of what I imagined. Such an old world genteel lady's room, fading sadly into a hint of decay and madness around her. A little goes a long way and it's very long lasting. I'm going to use this in my Forbidden Brides locket, which is usually reserved for Lucy in Darkness. I LOVE THIS MASTERPIECE!

Eerie billows of spun sugar, fluttering white cotton, and sheets of cream. I have bottles of Boo perfume and bath oil so I had to get the matching hair gloss, of course! This will sound like blasphemy, but I have more of a like/meh relationship with Boo, though. It's a scent I wear not because I love it, but because it's acceptable in public situations where I need an inoffensive neutral scent. That doesn't fit with most Boo lovers, but it works for me. So... the hair gloss is definitely long-lasting in my hair, which is always a good thing to me. I get more of a clean cotton/linen scent from Boo hair gloss than any other note, which is consistent with how the perfume smells on me. The bath oil gives me a bit more of the vanilla cream note than the hair gloss or perfume, so wearing them all together makes the perfect combination. I get absolutely zero caramel or brown sugar from this, just a nice clean cotton with a hint of vanilla cream. I'm glad that the Post brought the hair gloss back this year because I skipped it last year. Now my Boo collection is complete.

This scent is so perfect! Sinister but not off-putting. I sprayed some in a small spot on my shower curtain, and I can't stop sniffing the air! It has good waft. It smells dusty and cold and I also thought I detected a hint of dragon's blood, This reminds me a little of a BPAL perfume I have tried, but I can't quite figure it out. In any case, I am enjoying this one and might upgrade my decant to a bottle.

Very metallic and sharp, with a bit of blood musk. The combination reminds me of the past Yule atmo Scrooge's Apartments. I checked my review of that one and described it as having a metallic note as if I could smell Marley's chains, so my memory is correct. This is very evocative of riding through that old dusty decaying house in the elevator! I love the way that Beth and Ted create such non-traditional room scents, and enjoy being able to evoke different moods in each area of my home.

This is all the jasmine! And now I know that I don't really care for jasmine in the air or on my skin. Those who love jasmine should snatch this one up because I can see how it would be beautiful for them. It's very heady and elegant, and I truly wish I liked the scent of jasmine.

Gahhhh this is so gorgeous! In the decant I initially smelled vetiver, but once applied this becomes a smooth and slinky scent. I understand why this is referred to as cashmere patchouli because it is truly soft feeling but warm. After a short while on my skin, the plum and oudh come out to play. I adore all of these notes, and this is blending them in a new way. This shadow is wafting around me, now a hint of patchouli, now plum, now oudh, each note playing off the others summoning me towards the darkness. Definitely upgrading this decant to a bottle in my next order!

I can't figure this one out at all. Based on the notes, I would have expected something much stronger, but that is not the case. I can't pick out a single note, but together they make a dark and stony scent. I agree with Absinthetics that this is like black marble, and not a green scent. But after about 30 minutes on my skin, it's more warmed and not a wet marble. I wouldn't turn to this often enough to upgrade my decant to a bottle, but I'm glad that I got a chance to try this!

This has notes that I love, so I had high hopes. On my skin, the teakwood is noticeable and the blood musk gives it a slightly spicy tinge. It is exactly as I had hoped, although my skin tends to eat it up. After an hour I can barely smell it. I really want to upgrade my decant of this to a bottle, but I will have to test it again. If it continues to fade so quickly on my skin, I will be disappointed because it's so perfect in every other way.

I am not a big fan of snow or mint scents, but there is no way I could skip smelling and trying THE namesake perfume of this series, so I got a decant rather than my usual "go for broke" blind bottle buys. Initially on my skin the snow is the dominant note, but it's not at all sharp the way some (most) of Beth's snow notes hit my nose. Snow White is headache-inducing on me and I can't wear it at all, and the Lick It scents also don't work on my skin. But this is softly falling snow, slightly minty, cold but not "freezing my brain" cold. There is a hint of something earthy, but there is no prominent earth, clay, or wood that I can detect. Definitely no scent of decay. In my mind, I had imagined the blood-red clay as including a blood note, and the decay as including a dirt note, notes which I love along with wood, but I really don't get them at all from this. It's very well-blended but remains snow-dominant throughout the wearing. After 30 minutes, this has dried down to a lovely soft mint on my skin. I'm now waffling over upgrading to a bottle. The only wintry snow blend I have is Skadi, which I actually loved enough to buy a backup bottle. This is different enough to give me an alternative, and I might even try this as a sleep blend.

Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind: pearlescent vanilla musk with white sandalwood, grey amber, white patchouli, ambrette seed, and oudh. Sweet vanilla, soft and gentle, and pretty. I only wish it didn't disappear so quickly on my skin.

I took a chance on Lucille because of the darkness in the character, even though I usually avoid florals. But dark amber and plum musk are notes I love, and I was hoping that faded roses would mean the kind of rose I've had success with before, as in Crypt Queen and OLLA Eve. Lucille does not disappoint! This is a darkly pretty floral, and I can see how it reflects her character so well. While it does smell of soft dried roses more than anything else on my skin, it is a beautiful dark fruity floral. Not my usual kind of scent, but that's also what I said about the OLLA June 23, 1868 and I have backups of it! So this is another great floral even for those who don't normally wear florals.

This is gorgeous! A dark fougere due to the amber. Lavender dominates the fougere at first sniff and upon application, with a hint of sweetness to this blend, but not a sharp lavender. Then the amber comes out to play and sticks around. This is not too masculine at all, and I will wear the heck out of my bottle.