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In the imp: Sweet honeydew melon? It’s not in the notes, but I’m reminded of that, plus some bright green herbs and sprucewood. Wet: Unexpected honeydew melon, shea, and greenery. I can smell the spruce part of the sprucewood. Dry: Eventually the unexpected fruitiness goes away, and I get lots of sprucewood (which is an apt description, as the needles and the wood are present) and green herbs. The shea is hiding in the background, unable to compete with the sprucewood and herbs (I think one may be sage?). I prefer this phase of the scent. Verdict: The honeydew was certainly unexpected! I like the sprucewood in this, but ultimately, I think I’d reach for a forest scent where the spruce is even stronger and it’s accompanied by more tree notes instead of herbs. So I probably won’t hold on to Ochosi, even though it is pleasant, but I’m glad I got to try it!

In the imp: Lots of evergreen! Wet: Yep, this is very coniferous on me. I get something rooty behind that, a bit of spice (pepper?), and after a few minutes, a floral aspect emerges. There’s a waxiness to the scent, too. Dry: This ends up becoming much earthier. It’s like evergreen, pepper, and patchouli, with the floral aspect still lingering in the background? The evergreen note smells like a dried out tree after a few hours. I think there may be a hint of berry, but it’s difficult to tell as it is so light by this point! Verdict: I can’t see myself reaching for Belladonna, but it’s more pleasant than I thought it would be, and I’m glad that I got to try it.

In the imp: I smell the white tea, citrus, and a hint of mint. Wet: The white tea, lemon peel, and grapefruit are the first notes that leap out at me. I also get a bit of the light mint behind those notes. The orchid note emerges after a few minutes, but it resides in the background. Dry: The white tea and citrus notes (especially the lemon peel) continue to be main players, but the orchid is stronger now, and the scent has been darkened by the leather, teak, and khus. After a few hours, the amber becomes more prominent as well, so that I get the white tea and citrus, followed by lots of amber, and then the darker notes. Verdict: I was curious about this one mainly because of the citrus notes. While they are prominent on me, I am not sure how I feel about them combined with things like the amber and leather. I don’t think that I’d ever reach for this, but it was nice to be able to try it!

I received an official imp of this in my Trading Post Weenie order! In the imp: I’m getting the pink grapefruit, vanilla, bright gardenia, and then the jasmine. Wet: The pink grapefruit and vanilla are the first notes that appear, followed by the gardenia, and then the jasmine. The pink grapefruit and gardenia make this a bright scent, and the floral notes are keeping the grapefruit and vanilla from being too much like a citrus creamsicle. As it begins to dry, it starts to make me think of Trix plus some florals for some reason. Dry: The grapefruit note ends up calming down, and after a while, it ends up being the most wonderful vanilla scent accompanied by gardenia and jasmine, with just a hint of grapefruit in the background. Jasmine can be iffy on me, but the variety in here hasn’t been problematic for me, and I honestly get more gardenia than jasmine. Verdict: Puddin, how did you know this was on my wishlist!? I’m so happy that I got to try this one, and I will definitely be hanging on to my imp. And if it ever pops up on the Trading Post Etsy again, I’ll have to grab a bottle. This is a really lovely scent.

I tried this at Drag Con and thought it was very lime-forward, so I was happy to obtain a bottle through a swap! In the bottle: Sweet, candy-like lime, backed by the rum, and then the sugar cookie. I do not get the tobacco from the bottle. Wet: The lime is the first note to leap out at me, and then the rum joins in, and it is far stronger on me than it was in the bottle. The lime note is quick to calm down, and then the tobacco emerges enough to say hi, until the sugar cookie shows up. Then it’s like a sugar cookie with a lime glaze! Dry: This is mostly sugar cookie on me, with much lighter lime and rum notes. The tobacco is not a main player on me. Even after several hours, I still feel like it’s a sugar cookie with light lime glaze, with the rum adding some warmth to the scent. Verdict: This is delightful! I kind of wish the lime were a little stronger on me, but it’s really nice, and I’m happy to have a bottle!

A lovely forumite frimped me a decant of this made from their own bottle. I am not sure which version of Black Lace I am trying. In the decant: The cotton and Indian musk really stand out to my nose, followed by the tobacco and incense, and a little bit of cognac and vanilla. Wet: The cotton takes the center stage, but I’m also getting lots of tobacco, incense, and the smooth musk. The vanilla and cognac are more prominent on me than they were in the vial, and the cognac quickly gains strength after a few minutes. Dry: The cotton is still king on me, but I still get a fair amount of musk, tobacco, and incense. After several hours, the cotton and musk reign, followed by the tobacco, incense, and cognac, and they’re all floating on a soft vanilla cloud (which seems to be getting stronger over time). Verdict: I love the Lace scents, so I am really happy to have gotten to try this one! It’s probably the darkest of the Laces I’ve tried, and I really like the combination of the linen, musk, and vanilla with the darker notes. I will cherish my decant. Thanks to the wonderful BPALista that frimped this to me!

In the decant: This is all about the honey sticks. It’s the same note from Don’t Tell Me Heaven is Under the Earth, and I am not sure how, but it really does smell like honey sticks and not just straight up honey. I get the sugar behind it, and hints of the leather and vanilla, but the honey is really strong. Wet: Honey sticks like whoa! I can smell some sugar and a little leather behind it, but the honey sticks don’t seem to want to share the stage. Dry: The honey sticks continue to be the star of the show. I get more leather than before after a few hours, but it is not as leather-y as one would expect for it being the first note listed. So… honey, sugar, some leather, and just a hint of vanilla behind those notes. Over three hours later, the leather does end up coming out more, and so does the vanilla, but the honey is still a main player. It’s pretty light by this point, though. Verdict: I tend to enjoy leather scents when they are paired with a sweet note (like vanilla or tonka), so I had to try this one. Alas, this one is too strong on the honey sticks for me… and the honey is so strong that I wouldn’t really describe it as a leather scent. I’m glad I got to try it, but it’s not really what I was hoping for.

In the decant: I get tons of sweet butter rum cookies, which makes me worried with how strong and sweet the rum note is… when this first arrived, I could smell the patchouli in the vial, but I don’t smell it any more now that it has had several days to settle. Wet: Butter rum like whoa. More butter rum than cookie. I get a bit of a powdered sugar-covered funnel cake behind it, and some warmth from the hay. But mostly, BUTTER RUM. The patchouli starts to peek out after a few minutes, but it resides in the background with the other notes. Dry: Once the butter rum calms down, this ends up being a wonderful sweet patchouli scent! It’s a nice patchouli sweetened by the rum cookies and powdered sugar-covered bits of funnel cake. I love the powdered sugar note so much! The hay continues to add warmth to the scent in the background. Verdict: Undecided. I do not like the intense butter rum, but once that calms down, I am all about the sweet patchouli scent that remains. I will probably end up keeping the decant but passing on a bottle, but I’ll retest it in a few weeks just to be sure.

In the decant: Clove and warm hay! I am not familiar with the scent of wheat stalks. Wet: This is cooler than I expected it to be on my skin after smelling the spicy clove and warm hay in the vial. It has a breezy feel to it, and I agree with annemathematic’s description of a spiced breeze in an autumn field. But the clove isn’t as spicy as some other varieties -- it is not the cinnamon-like clove from the Indonesian Clove SN. Dry: This is a light scent that stays close to the skin. It’s clove being carried on a cool breeze. After a few hours, the hay does become more prominent, making the scent warmer. Verdict: I like this, but I don’t love it, even though I adore clove. I think I’d appreciate it more if it were stronger on me.

I wasn’t interested in this one initially, but reviews made me intrigued, and I haven’t tried anything with palo santo listed in the description before. In the decant: Cola and resins! Wet: This smells like a flat cola on me. I am not sure if that is the palo santo or the sweet labdanum (I think I’m only familiar with sour labdanum). Behind it, I get a light sandalwood note. The cedar is not a main player here. I think it just adds some warmth in the background. I agree that there is an airy, uplifting quality to this scent. Dry: I still get a predominant cola-like scent from this, although it’s softer than it was during the wet phase of the scent. The white sandalwood is stronger now, so now I am getting cola! Now with some extra sandalwood and a bit of spice! And the airy aspect of this scent has only become stronger over time. Verdict: Suffragium is nice, but ultimately, not a scent that I need more of. I think I’d rather smell like Absurd Origin Story, since that is actually intended to be a cola scent and has the fizz to go along with it. I think I’ll try it on the boy and see what he thinks before deciding, but at the moment, I feel like I’ll be okay with just the decant.

This wasn’t originally on my radar, but the reviews for this one have been so good that I decided to pick up a leftover decant. In the decant: This is a very dry forest. I get lots of juniper, cypress, sage, and dry grass. It’s much drier (and stronger on the sage) than Rocky Mountain Goats HG. Wet: The juniper, cypress, and sage are the first notes that leap out at me, and then I get the dry grasses. I am not familiar with California lilac, which I see is not related to actual lilacs, but I am not really getting any floral vibe from this at the moment. The sage is increasing in strength as this sits on my skin. Dry: The sage is now in the lead, but I am still getting lots of juniper and cypress as well. It smells much drier than before thanks to the prominence of the sage. The dry grass gains strength after a while, too! And now I do smell the California lilac in the background! Verdict: The sage in this is a little too strong for me, but it is a realistic, summer-y, dry outdoors scent, and I think fans of sage would really enjoy this one!

I did not vote for the hair gloss, and I debated on whether or not I really needed a bottle since I already have Dorian HG and Lilith’s HG to pair with The Serpentine, but I ended up buying a bottle, thinking I could use it as both a hair gloss and as a linen spray. Well, it smelled so wonderful on my pillow that I knew I needed it in atmo form so it would be stronger on my linens. When this is freshly applied, Dorian’s tea is the first thing I get. Then the lavender and snowdrops show up, and the vanilla note emerges after a bit but never ends up being a main player in my hair. This is not one of the stronger hair glosses. I could still smell it in my hair faintly after a full day of wear, but it didn’t put me in a Serpentine cloud, not even when I took a shower and washed it out of my hair after having worn it two days in a row. (Some scents, like Boo HG and Eat Me, will engulf you once your hair gets near the steam and hot water.) I am happy to have it, as I love The Serpentine and am happy to have it in ALL THE THINGS, but I have to say that the bath oil is my favorite of the Serpentine lunacy poll offerings.

In the decant: Sweet milk infused with vanilla pod and cardamom! Wet: That’s what I get on my skin as well. The sweet milk is the first note to emerge, followed by the vanilla pod and spices. The sweet milk and cardamom end up being the main players on me. It smells like a warm chai latte with a layer of frothy foam on top! Dry: It gets sweeter on me as it sits on my skin, and the cardamom calms down after a while, so that it’s a sweet milk and vanilla pod scent accompanied by some light nutmeg and cardamom. Verdict: I really enjoy this and wish I had gotten a bottle of this instead of a decant. It’s so nice and comforting! Since the scent was taken off of the website early, I bet bottles will be hard to find, so I will cherish my decant and wear it whenever I need some comfort. ETA: I ended up cobbling enough decants together to make a partial in the original bottle.

So… I forgot to order a decant of this in my original batch of Lilith decants. Fortunately, there were some leftover, so I was able to grab one later on along with some other Lilith decant leftovers of scents that didn’t interest me until reviews started coming in. In the decant: Exactly as described: Snake Oil and bubblegum! But more bubblegum than Snake Oil. I’m reminded of pink bubblegum tape or bubblegum squares with the white powder on it. The oil is also lighter than most Snake Oil variants that I’ve tried! Wet: Bubblegum-y Snake Oil! It’s like a spicy pink bubblegum! The Snake Oil aspect is a lot stronger on me than it was in the decant, which is fine with me, as I am not really a fan of bubblegum and was mostly curious about this just because it’s a Snake Oil variant. Dry: It’s Snake Oil dominant (especially Snake Oil’s spices) with the sweetness of the bubblegum behind it when it dries, but eventually, the Snake Oil becomes so strong that it’s pretty much just straight up Snake Oil on me with just a hint of bubblegum in the background if I go looking for it. Verdict: This was much better than I was expecting, since I am not a bubblegum fan, but this Snake Oil variant didn’t wow me, either. I am going to pass my decant on to a friend who is curious about this scent.

This is what I voted for in the poll! I used this as an after-shower moisturizer and haven't tried it in the bath. My skin is super dry right now, so I slathered it on my arms! Dorian’s tea is strong at first, but when that aspect calms down, it’s all about that wonderful, billowy, soft vanilla. UNF. I get hints of the lavender, snowdrops, and Dorian behind it, but they’re really just hints. The vanilla is the star here. I would have ordered more than one bottle of this if bath oils didn’t go off after a few years. (I store mine away from heat and light in a dark closet, but the base becomes more prominent after a few years.) Even so, I am still tempted to order a back-up bottle, even though I told myself no bath oil back-ups, because this is absolutely stunning! I love this even more than the hair gloss, and I definitely get far more vanilla from this than the perfume! If you're debating this one, stop debating it and grab a bottle before it goes away! You will not be disappointed!

I’m not sure of the year on this one. In the decant: The Snake Oil is prominent in this one. I also get the sugar cane and hyssop. Behind that, I get the resins. Wet: This has got to be one of the most Snake Oil-heavy scents in the Snake Pit (which I’ve tried most, but not all of). The Snake Oil and sugar cane are the main players on my skin at the moment. But then the frankincense quickly rushes onto the stage and joins them, followed by the sweet, herbal hyssop. Dry: More sweetly herbal than resinous on me. The sugar cane, hyssop, and Snake Oil are what I mostly get from this scent. There’s this almost grape-like quality to the scent that I am not really digging. After conducting a search through the reviews, I see that I am not the only one getting a grape vipe from this. I do not like anything grape-scented or grape-flavored aside from grapes themselves, so this snake is probably not for me. After a few hours, Snake Oil’s vanilla becomes more prominent, but the grape aspect to the scent hasn’t gone away. Verdict: I’m glad I got to test this one properly, outside of a con setting! I am not feeling the grape-y note that I am getting from this, so this is one snake that I do not need in my collection.

So… I got into BPAL during the 2013 Lupercalia update, and being the noob that I was, did not consider getting this scent because it had patchouli in it. I thought I hated the stuff, since I had been a Lush addict and was only familiar with their patchouli products. Naturally, after seeing the raves for this scent and realizing, thanks to the Lab, that there are some patchouli notes I appreciate, I have kicked myself for dismissing Our Lady of Pain ever since (especially after I wrote a paper for a Victorian Poetry class that featured the poem heavily: it was called A Study in Sable: Sexual Love in the Poetry of Swinburne (Sponsored by the Sluts for Swinburne Society) ). I really thought I would never get a chance to try it, but an extremely generous BPALista frimped me a decant of this, and I am eternally grateful! In the decant: This is really strong on the red patchouli. The lavender is next in prominence, followed by the opium and orchid. I am not really getting the blood musk from the vial. Wet: The patchouli and lavender are the first notes that appear, backed by the opium and orchid (I get more opium, though). The blood musk is present, but this doesn’t appear to be red musk, which is a relief for me, since that note usually stomps all over other notes on my skin. It has a tinge of spice in it and reminds me of the blood in Midian Unmade. Dry: This is still very patchouli and lavender forward on me, although I definitely get a lot more opium than I did before, which gives it more of an incense-y vibe. I feel like I am getting more patchouli from this than most reviewers, and I wonder if it is from aging or just my skin chemistry. But eventually, it does manage to calm down, and it’s an oddly alluring spicy, woody, and somehow dirt-like patchouli and musk intertwining with wisps of lavender, incense-y opium tar, and orchid. It’s unlike anything else I own. Verdict: I will cherish this forever. Thank you to the lovely BPALista that graciously bestowed a frimp of Our Lady of Pain upon me!

I adore the sentiment behind this scent, and I love lavender scents, so I was really excited about this one. I decided to test it on its own three times before attempting a review: once on the back of a hand, and twice along the length of my forearm before bed (slathering it before sleep). Although I tried to give it the attention it deserves, I still feel like my review is too analytical. Perhaps those that write more poetic reviews could describe it in a way that does it justice. In the bottle: Sweet lavender and cotton. The only scent I can think of comparing it to is the Century Guild scent Who in the World Am I?. Wet: A sweet lavender dominates, and it is lovely. It might be sugared, but this is no TKO lavender. It’s Lilith’s lavender. <3 The cotton note emerges after a few minutes and becomes more prominent as the scent sits on my skin. Then, I get a candy-like note that I am not able to identify as the scent begins to dry. Dry: The lavender is a lot calmer now, the cotton has a bigger presence, and there’s still that underlying sweetness to the scent, which I believe may just be sugar. There was one point when it made me think of sugared cotton. I could envision the texture of cotton candy and thought that it was like that… if cotton candy were made of actual sugared cotton. But I also had a moment, shortly before it faded, where I thought of powdered sugar, which could also represent the fluffiness or sweetness Lilith’s treasured Puppet Kitty. But I can’t really evaluate it beyond that, because Puppet Kitty fades in less than two hours on me, sadly. This is a lavender scent that you could wear during the day or before bed, but I would recommend the latter just because it doesn’t have much staying power (at least, not on me). Verdict: This is one of the scents I was most looking forward to in my order, and I am glad that I ordered a bottle. I adore Lilith’s lavender scents, and of the lavender scents released in this year’s Lilith and Fatherhood updates, this is the standout for me. I am not sure if I need to grab a back-up bottle. I am trying to get away from doing that since there’s a beautiful, new lavender scent to look forward to every year. But Puppet Kitty is really lovely, and if you can only get one lavender scent between the two updates, I recommend this one. *edit* Forgot to mention that I do get skin musk from this as well, but the lavender and cotton are more prominent on me.

In the bottle: It’s exactly as described! A cherry lollipop with a base of Dorian! The cherry in this is a deep cherry that doesn’t make me think of cough medicine at all, and the Dorian is more prominent after a few days of settling than it was when it first arrived. Wet: Lots of deep cherry (I’m reminded of those cherry tootsie pops or cherry Starburst -- but mostly, a cherry tootsie pop)! If you’re a fan of the cherry in Dragon Bouffant HG, you’ll be a fan of this cherry as well. The Dorian lingers in the background, allowing the cherry to be the star of the show. But as the scent begins to dry, the Dorian comes out more and mingles with the cherry lollipop. This is even better than I imagined this would be! Dry: The cherry is not as strong as it was initially, but the cherry lollipop continues to dominate, even though the Dorian mingling with the lollipop is stronger now. Verdict: I almost didn’t order a blind bottle of this, because I wasn’t sure how the cherry would behave on me, but I was at Drag Con this year and got to see Lilith dressed up as Lil Poundcake, so how could I not?! I really enjoy this and will love pairing it Dragon Bouffant HG!

In the bottle: This smells like Christmas! It definitely smelled pinker and heavier on the cotton candy when it first arrived, though. Now, after a few days of settling, I get lots of the cinnamon from the cookies, white chocolate, and some spun sugar. The tinsel note is not metallic, so if you’re wary of metal notes like I am, you need not worry! Wet: The cinnamon is very strong on me. I am not surprised, as I tend to amp spices. The white chocolate is next in prominence. The cinnamon does take on more of a cinnamon cookie smell instead of being just straight up cinnamon after a few minutes have passed. I swear I get the tinsel when I smell this, too, but maybe that’s just because of the strong Christmas association? Dry: It’s all white chocolate and cinnamon cookies for a long time on me, but the cinnamon does end up calming down, and the cotton candy becomes noticeable after a few hours of wear. I get more white chocolate than anything else, though. I still feel like I get the tinsel, too, but I am not sure if it is one of those ‘how does Beth do that!?’ things or the strong association with Christmas. Verdict: I’m glad that the cinnamon didn’t burn or reign forever. I can’t stop thinking that this smells like Christmas, and I will enjoy wearing it around the holidays!

In the bottle: Sugary Dorian and Snake Oil! The Snake Oil was a lot stronger when this first arrived, but it seems to have calmed down somewhat after having a few days to settle. Wet: The Slime Queen component is the strongest on my skin, and like donkehpoo, I feel like it is more like sugary Dorian than cotton candy, but now I am actually going back to a thought I had when testing Slime Queen that I’m getting more of here -- maybe it’s lime cotton candy in Slime Queen, or perhaps that’s just the prominence of the lemon-y white tea of Dorian mixing with the sugar. It’s most likely the latter. It becomes more sugary as it sits on my skin, and I feel like I am getting more sugar from this than Slime Queen, which I am happy about (but maybe it has become sweeter with age.) The Snake Oil was originally lingering in the background, but it seems to be growing stronger as the scent begins to dry. Dry: A lot of Slime Queen’s sugar has dissipated, so now it mostly smells like a Snake Oil and Dorian hybrid with just a touch of Slime Queen’s sugar. It regains some sweetness after a few hours of wear thanks to the vanillas and sugars in these scents, and it’s just a perfect mix of Snake Oil, Dorian, and Slime Queen (in that order). Verdict: I am a fan of this now, and I know that it will only get better with age. I almost didn’t blind bottle this because I was like, do I really need more variants of these scents? And the answer is yes, absolutely.

Tombstone is one of my favorites, so I am really excited to try this Tombstone variant! In the bottle: I do get the Tombstone from this, but the red licorice and musk are more prominent in the bottle. The licorice note reads as cherry to me and smelled somewhat medicinal with the musk, but I know not to trust the bottle sniff! Wet: Ohhh, good. The Tombstone is the most prominent aspect of the scent on my skin, with its sassafras, vanilla, and cedar. After a minute, the red licorice note emerges, and yes, it’s definitely the cherry variety. It quickly gains strength, and sometimes I smell more licorice, and sometimes, more Tombstone. There are times when I wonder if the red velvet musk is red musk, because I do get that vibe from this at times, but other times, I think it’s just the cherry of the licorice blending with the musk. I guess I will know for sure once it dries, because I tend to amp red musk. Dry: Yeah, it’s red musk. I was hoping red velvet musk would be red velvet CAKE musk, but alas. There's nothing cake-y about this. But the Tombstone seems to ground it and keep in check so it can’t stomp all over everything on me like it usually does. So it’s red musk and cherry licorice on a bed of Tombstone (which I’m mostly getting the cedar from now). After several hours of wear, I mostly get Tombstone's cedar, a velvety musk, and the memory of cherry licorice. Verdict: I love Tombstone, and I love it even more once it ages (everyone talks about aging Dorian and Snake Oil, but I think Tombstone is one that really benefits from lots of aging as well -- the vanilla in it really shines after years of aging). I am not sure how I feel about the licorice and musk, so I don’t love this like I love Tombstone, but I am going to give this more time to settle and age because it’s a Tombstone variant.

In the bottle: Slushy snow note! Aww, I was hoping it would be the sweet snow note with that coconut snow descriptor. Wet: I’m greeted with a blast of bright, slushy snow. So that means it’s citrus-y (perhaps due to an astringent white tea note) and pine-y, and I’m not really getting any lavender or rose at this point, and I don’t get the mint that the other reviewers are getting. Dry: The slushy snow continues to reign. I get some lavender now, but it is buried beneath the slushy snowdrift. The lavender does have a wooly feel to it. After about two hours, I get a hint of the coconut, but still no rose. The scent does have a warm glow to it, but it feels like a light resin is creating that vibe -- I keep thinking sandalwood. I prefer this phase of the scent, as it isn’t just Slushy Snow SN on me. Verdict: This is not what I was expecting from the description (I was hoping for Pink Snowballs with lavender), and while it is pleasant, I feel like I have too many scents with this snow note that I don’t reach for often enough. So I may have to let this settle some more and maybe do a deathmatch to see which snow scent gets to stay in my collection. Maybe the snow will calm down as it has more time to settle.

In the decant: I’m getting well-worn leather, a dark musk, and a green vibe that must be due to the amber. Wet: On my skin, the musk is the first note that pops up, with the well-worn leather note behind it. Then, I get the green amber behind those notes, just adding a bit of a green quality to the scent. Dry: This is actually kind of cozy and sweet despite its name. The musk is still going strong, the leather still reads and soft and well-worn, and the amber is adding a powdery, resinous feel to the scent (and is stronger than before). It’s mostly a musky, powdery leather scent on me. Verdict: This is pleasant, but it’s not wowing me. It’s a little too powdery on my skin, alas. I am not sure I will keep this one -- I just can’t see myself reaching for it over other leather scents.

In the decant: I’m mostly getting the orange of the Florida Water and the sandalwood incense from this now with some of the vanilla-laced frankincense behind it. A few days ago, the white rose was one of the first things I could smell from the vial, but it doesn’t stand out to me anymore! Wet: The orange of the Florida Water is the strongest note on me, followed by the vanilla-infused frankincense and sandalwood incense. It’s like a resinous creamsicle at the moment. After a few minutes, I can smell the salt. Dry: It remains that way for some time: the strong orange, backed by the resins and vanilla, but the resins and salt are stronger now, and the wax has also joined in. I get some of the white rose after it has been on the skin for a while. After a few hours, this ends up staying close to the skin. Verdict: This is really nice… I just wish it were a little stronger on me! I’m going to keep my decant, and I’ll give it a full day test before it goes away to see if I need more of it. Definitely a contender for a bottle purchase.