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Gelt 2010 On: Lots of dry cocoa. Yummy. Half an hour in: Ugh. This is going to radishes on me. My skin sucks. 1 hour in: Yeah, radishes. 1.5 hours in: Same. 2.5 hours in: Still radishes. Overall: I hate that my skin does this to Beth's cocoa note.

A Cold, Clear Winter Day On: Sigh. So much rose and fir. Beautiful. Half an hour in: Amazing. A bit sweet, but mostly cold winter trees. 3 hours in: Pine. 4.5 hours in: Definitely just straight-up pine with a powdery feel. Overall: I really, really wish my skin didn't do this to Beth's "snow" note/blend.

The Chained Phantoms On: So pretty. White grape and balsam. Sweet, but fresh. Half an hour in: Lovely. I can smell the chamomiles along with the sweetness of the white grape and the fresh balsam. 3 hours in: This is mostly powdery and smells a bit like wood. 4.5 hours in: Wood. Overall: Blah. My skin is dumb sometimes.

On: Mostly pear and quince, with a bit of ginger. Half an hour in: Hot ginger and sweet fruits. 1 hour in: Just hot ginger. 1.5 hours in: A bit of spicy ginger, but mostly just a warm scent. 4.5 hours in: Faint. Warm. 5 hours in: Pretty much gone. Overall: I don't like how hot the ginger is in this.

Against Idleness and Mischief On: Mostly honey and chamomile. Staid, but pretty. Half an hour in: Still honey and chamomile, but with some licorice from the hyssop. 1 hour in: The hyssop is amping up a lot on me, which is just fine by me. It smells lovely. 1.5 hours in: Very pretty. Sweet and vaguely licorice-y. 4.5 hours in: Faint. Floral. 5 hours in: Pretty much gone. Overall: I love chamomile, so I was hoping this would be better on me.

Mother Ginger On: Sharp, strong, hot ginger with nutmeg and cinnamon, and some sweet notes. 1 hour in: Heavy on the nutmeg and cinnamon with a bit of sweetness. 1.5 hours in: Spicy and sweet. 4.5 hours in: Mostly nutmeg. 5 hours in: Pretty and a bit spicy. Overall: This isn't anything special on me, but I like it at first.

Klara On: Very pretty. Lots of rose and carnation and I can really get the honey dusting powder. 1 hour in: This is far more floral now. Pretty, but not sweet. 1.5 hours in: Just flowers. 4.5 hours in: Powdery, slightly soapy flowers. 5 hours in: A bit sweet, but faint. Overall: I really hoped that this would smell amazing on me, but it's just OK.

Marshmallow Pumpkin Note: I am vegan and a sucker for marshmallow-scented things. On: Wow. Definitely pumpkin pulp. No pumpkin pie spices here. There's a dusty marshmallow sweetness, too. Very nice. Half an hour in: Spicier now. It actually reminds me a bit of spicy almond cookies, if that makes any sense. 1 hour in: Spicy marshmallow with a hint of pumpkin. Not overly sweet, which is nice. 1.5 hours in: Spicy marshmallows. 2.5 hours in: Just spices with a hint of sweetness. 3.5 hours in: Spicy and sweet. 5.5 hours in: Sweet and a bit spicy. Overall: This is a really interesting blend, but I don't think I'd reach for it often.

Gypsy On: Lots of cardamom on my skin, with some musk. Not sweet at all. Half an hour in: Dark, warm, earthy cardamom with a hint of sweetness. 1 hour in: Yup. Cardamom and musk. The sweetness is gone. 1.5 hours in: Lots of cardamom with a hint of sweet tonka. 2.5 hours in: Still mostly cardamom, but with a bit of lovely musk peeking through. 3.5 hours in: Mostly warm cardamom with a bit of musk. 5.5 hours in: Very faint, warm musk. Overall: I was hoping this would be magical on me, but the cardamom was too much.

The Second of the Three Spirits On: Spicy and foody, with lots of pine. Very Christmassy. Half an hour in: Tons of spices and some fruit. 2.5 hours in: Spicy fruits. 10 hours in: Sweet, spicy fruits. Overall: This is great and perfect for the Winter holidays. I don't know if it's bottle-worthy, though. ADDED Dec. 21: The Second of the Three Spirits On: Very sweet xmas treats and pine with a hint of citrus. 1 hour in: Sweet, spicy, and foody. 2.5 hours in: Sweet and foody. 5.5 hours in: Sweet, spicy, and foody again. Overall: I'm not one for spicy foody scents, usually, so this isn't really for me.

Winter-Time On: Sweet. watery peppermint with a bit of something almost-foody behind it. Half an hour in: Wood and something sweet. 1 hour in: Still sweet and woodsy. 1.5 hours in: Still the same, maybe a bit sweeter. 2.5 hours in: Powdery, sweet, and woodsy. 3.5 hours in: Still the same. Blah. 4 hours in: Wood. Overall: I'm sad that this turned out the way it did on me. Boo.

Changing the Shadows On: The orange blossom is what's hitting me. Hard. There's an also a bit of an alcoholic feel to this, like a really sweet white wine. Half an hour in: Very, very pretty. This doesn't really smell like wine anymore. I can definitely get some sharp citrus, along with flowers. Just nice and pretty. 1 hour in: Gorgeous. Definitely a citrussy blossom. Simple and sweet. 1.5 hours in: Still the same. So pretty. 2.5 hours in: This is beyond pretty. I'm pretty much just getting a powdery (from the sandalwood?) orange blossom. I'm pretty excited, since blossom notes tend to go gross and sharp on me. 3.5 hours in: A little fruitier, but still mostly powdery, sweet, and pretty. 4 hours in: The carnation is coming out a bit, and giving this a nice warmth. Overall: I am so glad I have a bottle of this. It's so pretty. I actually think it will be a nice Spring and Summer scent, too.

Ladon On: Watery apples. 1 hour in: Still watery apples, but with something sweet, maybe the dragon's blood resin. 2 hours in: This is much sweeter now. It's also less watery, but still mostly apples and something sweet, with a hint of something floral. 2.5 hours in: A bit sweet, but mostly powdery and apply, with some flowers. Very, very pretty. 3.5 hours in: Powdery apples. Still pretty. 4 hours in: Pretty, sweet, and powdery. Overall: This is really great, but I think I'll need to slather it to really make the apples stick around longer. Definitely a great blend.

Detestable Putrescence On: This is delicious, almost bordering on cream cheese frosting on me. It reminds me a lot of the original Beaver Moon, which is one of my favorite foody scents. 1 hour in: More powdery and vaguely floral, but still mostly just pretty vanilla. 1.5 hours in: Powdery vanilla. Pretty, but not earth-shattering. 2 hours in: Lovely, powdery vanilla. Not overly foody at all. 2.5 hours in: Sweet and powdery. Very pretty. 3.5 hours in: Still the same. 4 hours in: Pretty, sweety, powdery vanilla. Overall: This is almost a single note on me. It isn't overwhelmingly sweet or foody, just powdery, pretty, and simple.

Lamia On: This has a lot going on on me. Definitely peach and coconut with myrrh, but with a lot of other notes hanging around. 1 hour in: This smells burnt on me. Sweet, but with a burnt edge. Like marshmallows that have been singed over an open flame, but without the gooey sweet smell to make it worth it. 2 hours in: Still about the same, but a bit sweeter and with a powdery feel. 2.5 hours in: I really don't like this. Still kinda burnt, but with some lush flowers and sweetness, maybe with a touch of incense and wood. Overall: This just isn't for me.

Brown Jenkin On: Sweet coconut and dusty sandalwood, with an undercurrent of musk. 1 hour in: This smells like dry, powdery, sweet coconut. Very nice. 1.5 hours in: Sandalwood and musk, with sweet coconut. 2 hours in: Sweet, dusty coconut. Very pretty and light. 3 hours in: Pretty and sweet. Still dusty. Overall: This is just OK on me. I like Organ Grinder way more for my coconut fix.

Dian's Bud On: A watery floral with a bit of a wood note to it, too. 1 hour in: Powdery woods. 1.5 hours in: Wood. 2 hours in: Still a wood scent. 3 hours in: Wood. Overall: This turns boring and woodsy on me.

Dawn: Mother On: Sigh. I love Beth's red rose. This has a touch of sweetness to it, along with some frankincense. 1 hour in: Rose and frankincense. It's lost its sweetness. 1.5 hours in: Oh, the frankincense is going kinda gross on me. It has an odd wood scent to it. 2 hours in: An odd wood scent still. 3 hours in: Some sweet honey, but mostly a dusty, odd wood scent. Overall: I really like red rose with stuff that is sweet, but this goes weird on me.

Anesthesia On: Amazing. Lots of lavender and peppermint. I love that combination. 1 hour in: The peppermint made this feel really cold on my skin for quite a while, which was kinda weird, but not in a bad way. Right now, it smells mostly earthy and woodsy, with a bit of lavender. 1.5 hours in: Kind of woodsy. 2 hours in: Wood. 3 hours in: Sweet lavender and a bit of wood. Overall: I really like peppermint and lavender together, but the other notes just sort of screw this up for me. Bergamot tends to go kind of odd on me.

Bruised Violet Compound On: Soapy flowers Half an hour in: Moss and soapy flowers. 1.5 hours in: A bit sweeter. A bit woody and still mossy. 3 hours in: Powdery. A bit sweet. Mossy. 4 hours in: Sweet and powdery violet. Overall: I love violet, but this isn't really for me.

Blood Rose On: Wow. Sweet dragon's blood, heady read wine, and gorgeous red rose. So gorgeous. Half an hour in: So amazing. Sweet, red roses. I love scents like this. 1.5 hours in: This reminds me of a more mature version of Persephone. 3 hours in: Sweet red wine and red rose. I love this. 4 hours in: Darker with more wine and rose, but still sweet, too. Overall: Definitely something I'll be needing a bottle of. I adore this red rose note.

Golden Priapus Note: I used to wear this all the time and was planing on getting a bottle, but apparently never reviewed it. Weird. On: Wow. I'm hit with juniper and pine right away, but the sweet vanilla and amber are really the base of this blend for me. Half an hour in: Almost boozy vanilla and amber with a "masculine" (for want of a better word) feel in the background. 1 hour in: This is so amazing. Powdery amber with vanilla. 1.5 hours in: Amazing. Just amazing. Sweet and golden. 2 hours in: I am in love with this. Why haven't I been wearing this more often? More importantly, how do I not have a bottle yet? 2.5 hours in: Powdery and sweet. Overall: Yeah, I definitely need a bottle of this.

Night-Gaunt On: Yummy, slightly tart, tropical fruits. Half an hour in: Sightly spoiled fruit. 1 hour in: Powdery, tart fruits. 1.5 hours in: Powdery fruit. 2 hours in: Very faint. Powdery and vaguely floral, with a hint of fruit. 2.5 hours in: Powdery and a bit tart. Overall: This is just OK on me.

Puck On: Tons of grape, with juniper berry and dusty sage. Very pretty. Half an hour later: Mostly juniper and grape, with a bit of oakmoss and sage. Very lovely. 1.5 hours in: Earthy and pretty with a bit of juniper berry. 2 hours in: A powdery scent with a bit of grape and juniper berry. 2.5 hours in: This just smells vaguely like wood now. 3 hours in: Earthy and a bit powdery. Overall: I really like this at first, but it goes boring on me.

Phantom Calliope On: Eek. Lots of cassis and cardamom with black cherry. So spicy. Half an hour later: SPICY! 1.5 hours in: All cassis. 2 hours in: Still spicy. 2.5 hours in: Patchouli and cassis. Much softer. 3 hours in: Spicy patchouli. Overall: I adore patchouli, but I don't like it with the spice of cassis.