grrrlennyl

Tamora On: Peach and fruity heliotrope with a hint of smooth vanilla. Half an hour in: Amber and vanilla with some soft, fruity flowers. 2.5 hours in: Powdery, sweet vanilla and amber with a bit of a fruity floral. Overall: This is pretty, but not very interesting on me.

Paramatman On: Incense and sandalwood and a bit or orange blossom. Half an hour in: This is going more woody on me, with orange blossom in front. 2.5 hours in: Wood. Overall: My skin amped the sandalwood in a gross way on this one.

On: Bitter grapefruit and fruity plum. Half an hour in: The black amber smells like vanilla on me right now, and the whole scent is just sort of smooth and sweet. 5.5 hours in: This is darker now. Still sweet and smooth, but with a bit of powderiness to it. Overall: This is pretty, but not very interesting on me.

Lulu On: Incredibly perfumy, floral, and soapy. Half an hour in: I really don't like this. It's too heavily soapy. 5.5 hours in: Slightly sweet, but mostly still a soapy floral. Overall: This was awful on me.

Luna On: Sweet tea with pear and a hint of lime. 2 hours in: Faintly sweet. 4 hours in: Sweet and a little powdery. Overall: This faded really quickly on me.

Slippery Poppy Tincture On: Super sour berries. 2 hours in: This has an oddly woody scent to it. 4 hours in: Sweet and almost musky. Overall: I thought this was interesting at first, but the drydown on me wasn't great.

Nostrum Remedium On: I'm definitely getting black tea and a bit of honey, but with what I'm assuming is the wasabi: something biting, hot, green, and almost citrussy. 1.5 hours in: Sweet and spicy with a bit of tea. Really, really nice. 2.5 hours in: A warm black tea scent with a bit of sweetness. 6 hours in: Sweet and powdery. 9 hours in: Powdery and creamy. Really pretty. Overall: I really like this.

The Unsteady Governess On: Tons of fresh white tea and a bit of violet leaf. Pretty. 1.5 hours in: A strong white tea scent with a lot of grassy-smelling violet leaf. Very pretty. 2.5 hours in: Still the same: grassy white tea. 6 hours in: Fresh, almost citrussy, now. Still tealike. 9 hours in: Still a little citrussy, but powdery, too. Overall: I really like this, but like other tea scents I have more.

The Creeping Mist On: Lots of yuzu and ginger, with a bit of lotus. Very pretty and fresh. Half an hour in: Pretty, sweet, with a bit of sharp citrus. 1.5 hours in: Powdery and floral with a woody edge. 3.5 hours in: A powdery, slightly sharp floral. 5.5 hours in: Still a slightly soapy floral. Overall: This isn't very good on me.

Hermia On: Very heavy, heady amber with a dash of honeysuckle and a hint of pink pepper. Half an hour in: Flowers and powdery amber, with a bit of warm pink pepper. I'm glad the amber isn't as heavy as when I first put it on. 1.5 hours in: Sweet and a bit fruity, but with a bit of a wood scent. 3.5 hours in: Very pretty. Powdery and sweet, mostly amber and honeysuckle. 5.5 hours in: Sweet and almost foody. Overall: The amber in this is very, very pretty, but I like other amber blends more.

Lambs-Wool 2010 On: Wow. Amazing apples with nutmeg, ginger, clove, milk, and ale. It's amazing how I can pick almost all of the notes out of here. Half an hour in: The apples aren't as strong now. This is mostly milky with lots of hot spices. 1.5 hours in: Sweet and spicy. 3 hours in: Still spicy from the nutmeg, clove, and ginger, but with milk and apples underneath. Sweet and a bit foody. 4 hours in: A bit woodsy. Definitely not as foody. Overall: This starts out incredibly on me, but the dry-down is boring.

Ghoulish On: Um...wow. This is straight-up maraschino cherries and amaretto on me. Very heady and thick. Half an hour in: There is a hint of coconut now, but mostly dark, sweet cherries and amaretto. 1.5 hours in: Still about the same, but powdery. 3 hours in: A slightly syrupy, sweet scent. 4 hours in: Generally foody and sweet. Overall: This was overwhelming on me at first, but definitely calmed down. It isn't really "me", though.

On: This is interesting. I feel like I'm smelling pine or maybe something citrussy, with something smooth and almost-sweet underneath. Half an hour in: Sort of a very, very herbal honey. Not very sweet. 2.5 hours in: A soft, powdery honey. Sweeter than wet. Overall: I'm not sure what to make of this one. It's just OK on me.

High Strung Daisies On: So pretty. Spicy, sweet, and very, very pink. Half an hour in: This smells of carnations and ever so slightly of sugar. 2.5 hours in: Powdery sugar. Overall: I was really excited about this one, but it just isn't very interesting on my skin.

WILF On: Patchouli! Sweet and warm and earthy. Lovely. 2 hours in: I'm getting a bit of the chocolate peppermint and vanilla, along with some musk, but it's mostly patchouli on me. 7 hours in: Still pretty strong, but mostly patchouli. Overall: This smells really pretty on me, but I love patchouli, so that isn't a surprise.

The Byronic Antihero On: For some reason, I didn't expect this to be as dark and woody as it is. There's an almost sour feel to it, along with the scent of cologne and pathchouli. 1 hour in: Lots of freshly-cut wood. 2 hours in: Wood with a bit of patchouli. 3 hours in: Sweeter, with some rich patchouli and a base of wood. 7.5 hours in: A lovely sweet patchouli. Overall: This is really nice on me once the patchouli comes out.

On: Wow. I definitely get the bright blood orange and lemongrass with milky gardenia. Very pretty. 1 hour in: Powdery fruit and gardenia. Sigh...I love gardenia. 2 hours in: I'm getting a wood note now. Weird. 3 hours in: Wood. Boo. I wonder if the elemi is the culprit. 7.5 hours in: Powdery wood. Overall: I don't like how this develops on me.

Valse Finale et Apotheose On: Very pretty. Definitely apple blossom and light honey, with a hint of mint. Half an hour in: Pretty mint and apple blossom, with some sweet, but not syrupy, honey. 1 hour in: Blossoms with a hint of honey and mint. Pretty. 1.5 hours in: Sweet honey and bit of mint. 2.5 hours in: Mostly powdery honey, but with a bit of an odd wood note. 4 hours in: Powdery honey. 5 hours in: Powdery honey and mint. Very pretty. 6.5 hours in: Sweet, powdery honey. I think this is pretty, so I'm gonna put some more on to see if it's bottle-worthy. ~12 hours in: I keep thinking to myself, "Something smells really nice," and it's me. Ha. 24 hours in: A very pretty,. powdery honey. Overall: I'm so glad I reapplied. I think that the secret for me with this oil is to make sure I put enough on.

On: Fizzy and sweet and creamy. Delicious. 1 hour in: Very, very dark, but still sweet and creamy. 2.5 hours in: I can't really put my finger on what this smells like. It's definitely dark and slightly sweet, with a creamy feel. 3.5 hours in: This is really herby, sweet, dusty, and still hard to describe. 5 hours in: Still pretty, sweet, and dusty. Overall: This is interesting, but I don't think I'll be trying to hunt down a bottle.

Banana Peel in a Graveyard On: Lovely sweet banana with cold, wet stone and maybe a hint of moss. 1 hour in: Tons of stone, which reminds me of black opal, but with a not-quite-ripe banana scent. 2.5 hours in: Mostly stone, but with a hint of ripe banana. 3.5 hours in: Cold stone and black dirt. 5 hours in: All stone and dirt. Overall: This slowly turns to Graveyard Dirt on me. It's definitely not the long-lasting banana scent I'm on the hunt for.

The Waltz of the Flowers On: A warm, lush floral with pretty clove and a bit of dusty musk. Half an hour in: The jasmine and lily are coming out, with a bit of sweet ylang ylang. 1 hour in: Lush, sweet, powdery flowers. 1.5 hours in: Still the same flowers. 2.5 hours in: Pretty, sweet, heady flowers. 4 hours in: Very pretty sweet flowers. A bit powdery. 5 hours in: Sweet flowers. Still powdery. 6.5 hours in: A bit fresher now, but still sweet flowers.

The Spanish Dance On: Mostly honey and pomegranate. Half an hour in: I can barely smell this. I'm getting a hint of chocolate, but that's it. 2 hours in: Vaguely sweet and powdery. 5 hours later: About the same. Overall: This isn't anything special on me.

Whoop On: Spices and pine. Half an hour in: Something sweet and pine. 2 hours in: Honey, some spices, and pine. 5 hours in: A bit sweet and kinda foody, with lots of pine. Overall: I think something in this one made my eyes watery for a while. It's kind of a crazy cacophony of scents, so it was a bit much for me.

Noche Buena 2010 On: Fresh flowers and herbs. 1 hour in: Powdery flowers. 2.5 hours in: Powdery flowers. 5.5 hours in: Sweet, powdery flowers. Overall: This isn't very interesting on me.

The First of the Three Spirits On: Flowers and pretty white musk. Half an hour in: Sweet vanilla with pretty white musk and flowers. 1 hour in: Fruity flowers and powdery musk. 1.5 hours in: Fruity and powdery. 2 hours in: Still powdery fruit. 2.5 hours in: Powdery fruit, with a bit of flowers. Overall: This is just OK on me.