KaliVerra

Carnivale (2005 CN) In the bottle: Holy schmokes! I’m being ambushed by bright pink powdery berries… they are attacking my nose and it hurts! Part of me wants to like the smell, but my nose is trying to start a rebellion! On skin: Holy shite! I’m being ambushed by EVEN BRIGHTER, pinker, powdery berries… they are attacking my nose and my flesh… it hurts! On drydown: The berries are getting powdery-er… baby powder-like. But the berries are still stinging my nose… and my flesh. Conclusion: Painful, powdery, pink berries. Rating (1-5, 5 being highest): 1.5 Buy again: My nose is typing now… she says no. As does flesh. They’ve ganged up and forbidden the possession of Carnivale in the household.

NOTE: I'm not the only one!! I just typed this up w/out reading all of the prior reviews & I saw other kitty pees!! Phew! I know it is a sad state of affairs when some of us can't dig the hell out of a scent we want to enjoy SOOOOO BADLY, but I'm just glad I'm not the Lone Ranger, here In the bottle: Pure olfactory orgasm material for foody scent freaks… Blackberry buttercream (absolute true buttercream!) MADNESS!!! Slobber… Drool… On skin: Starts off promising… then takes a BIG, nasty dive… Frankly, what I picked up was boy-cat territorial pee. The blackberry went TOTALLY wonky on me. Alas, I became quite the sad camper – but I rode it out! I’m pretty determined to give every scent a good, sporting try On drydown: Kitty tee-tee starts to fade and luscious buttercream comes back into play, but I’ve been playing ball a little too long with the scent at this point - approx. 5 hours of my odd chemistry playing hell with this scent is too much. I’ve now permanently associated MB: Closet with skunky kitty whizz… And I couldn’t possibly sit through that sort of timeframe for the payoff at the 5 - hour mark again. Conclusion: I REALLY wanted this one to work for me – especially after smelling it in the bottle – but I guess some things just aren’t meant to be Rating (1-5, 5 being highest): 2.5 (have to factor in that “in the bottle” experience!) Buy again: Nopers

Midway (2005) In the bottle: WOW!! This is so yum! A little lighter than what I was expecting, but definitely whiffing the funnel cakes and something salty lurking around the edges… On skin: Thinking it was light as a feather, I slathered… I mean REALLY went to town, baby – and soon was swimming in a mind-altering fuzz of full-tilt SUGAR!! But it was good… sooooo gooooood. Fast forward to 2nd wearing: Applied with a lighter hand this time to avoid SUGAR CHIMP SYNDROME Midway develops – nay – BLOSSOMS with skin’s warmth into something so nice, cozy, comforting, sexy (the husband-man flipped his farkin’ lid over this one)… you just want to snuggle into your own skin, nuzzle your own wrists… in a word (or expression, rather), mmmmmmmmm! On drydown: Same as 2nd wearing/on skin statement… the nuzzling pleasure lasts and lasts! Conclusion: This little bottle is the full package for foody scent lovers, indeed! The label is a plus for spooky types (I heart it so)! Rating (1-5, 5 being highest): 4.5 Buy again: Yup, yup, yup, yup, yup – uh huh, uh huh!