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It's weird, but, in the bottle this smells very sharp and herbal, not exactly pleasant. On my skin it blossomed into something entirely different, a strong "clean" scent with a hint of white floral creaminess. It kind of reminds me of Gossamer v3, which I like very much. Glad I took a chance and bought this bottle.

I could weep. Seriously. This oil sounded so fantastic, all those beautiful notes, and on me it's nothing but wood and a weird rancid musty sourness that I think is partly the honey (and I'm normally good with honey, helloooooooo Mead Moon my beloved). BITTER. TEARS. Edit for typing fail.

I want what Alaeidrel got! Instead mine is, wet, all dry woodsiness. Guessing that's the cedar. Eventually it dries down a bit sweet with some hints of the orange, but that's all. Maybe I'll try it again later before consigning it to swaps, it has so many awesome sounding notes in it. Disappointed that all I get is wood.

Dark, spicy fruit with slight undertones of wood and a little smoke... quite delightful, and I'm glad I bought a bottle blind!

When I first tried this on, I was heartbroken thinking I wouldn't like it. It goes on with a weird mustiness that makes my nose wrinkle. However. As I'd put it on and then run out the door, I couldn't wash it off -- which was great, because within about 15 minutes it had morphed into something delightful. I think it is the lettuce, but it reminded me a bit of Cancer, which is one of my favorites. I guess that's not surprising

This was on my wishlist due to the scent notes, which sounded amazing! I was lucky enough to receive a bottle from a forumite, so it makes me sad that I don't really like it. Wet, it's all lemon, lemon CANDY, like lemon Jolly Ranchers. I don't mind lemon, but I don't like it when it dominates. Once it's fully dry, the lemon is all gone and it becomes something entirely different -- very earthy and musty, no throw -- I get the anise there but don't know what else. It's... interesting... but not something I want to smell like. Alas.

(2013 ver.) I liked this when I first tried the decant, but wasn't sure I wanted a bottle. I will have to go back and order one now -- I wore it all day at work yesterday and it really is the sweet incense smell I wanted. A lot of the incense blends I've tried have been too dry and sharp to my nose. This one goes on with cake and a fruitiness from the currents, and dries down into the most beautiful, perfect incense. If I have one complaint, it's that I wish it stayed a bit longer on my skin, but very few oils have good staying power on me.

When I first put this on, I get a very strong waft of lemony sugar icing - that kind of icing you see on cakes you get at the grocery story bakery, where it's pretty much pure sugar, so strong the smell of sugar rises off the cake and kinda makes your teeth ache in anticipation. So that kind of icing, over a lemony cake. As it dried down, I kept sniffing my arm trying to think what it reminded me of, and then I realized: potpourri. This is probably a great foody scent, but with my tastes and skin chemistry, it's a no.

Reading these reviews makes me think I must be crazy (or really, just that I haven't learned to pick out notes very well yet) I mainly got what smelled like vetiver. Not in a bad way; a nice, polite, friendly vetiver that snuggled up to my skin, kind of like in Desmonema. I need to do a full-slather test when my nose isn't tired from sniffing 15+ decants and see if I don't end up with a bottle.

I put this on, and gardenia immediately came and punched me in the face. After about an hour, it'd settled the heck down and I was getting wafts of something slightly fruity and really quite pleasant. I rescued my decant from the "Noooope!" pile at that point, but definitely not a bottle scent as that gardenia cacophony was hard going. (YMMV; the only floral I dislike more than gardenia is rose, which is my all-time most hated note)

Impulsively picked a bottle of this as part of a multiple-bottle purchase from another forumite. SO. GLAD. Sniffing the bottle, I just get sweet maple syrup deliciousness, and indeed when I put it on, that is a big part of the throw that I get throughout. As it starts to dry, when I sniff my skin, I get a bit of a grassy smell... but nothing burning/scorched (I was a bit worried, tbh, and apparently for no reason). After a couple of hours, when I sniff my wrist I smell incense that would be very dry except for a lingering syrup sweetness that just turns it into a balanced delight. A new favorite.

This is like, Helloooooooo bergamot! at first. After a bit, I can get a hint of the dryness from the sandalwood and something I think is the musk. When it dries down it gets very dry and I think I get a hint of the ambergris, but more of a suggestion because I know it's in there vs an actual hit of scent. Will enjoy the decant but not sure if I want a bottle yet.

From the notes I expected to love this more than I actually did - I expected to love it lots, even though I'm iffy on juniper berry and vetiver. There was a phase where it was really very nice and compelling to my nose, but overall had me making this quizzical "what IS that smell?" face. I just couldn't decide how I felt about it because it was a knifepoint balance between "OMG so wonderful" and "wash it off NOW". It also created a borderline-unpleasant burning sensation on my skin- at least, in the crook of my elbows- which is a first. Other mints and even cinnamon have had no such effect before, so I wonder what that was about? I keep meaning to try my decant again for a firmer opinion, but I remember the burning and reach for something else. will edit later with better notes on what it actually smells like once I'm brave enough to test again

From the notes I expected to love this more than I actually did - I expected to love it lots, even though I'm iffy on juniper berry and vetiver. There was a phase where it was really very nice and compelling to my nose, but overall had me making this quizzical "what IS that smell?" face. I just couldn't decide how I felt about it because it was a knifepoint balance between "OMG so wonderful" and "wash it off NOW". It also created a borderline-unpleasant burning sensation on my skin- at least, in the crook of my elbows- which is a first. Other mints and even cinnamon have had no such effect before, so I wonder what that was about? I keep meaning to try my decant again for a firmer opinion, but I remember the burning and reach for something else. will edit later with better notes on what it actually smells like once I'm brave enough to test again

I definitely got more of the chocolate from it too! I still have one sad partial bottle of lotion that I've been hoarding Would love to find something similar but I haven't run across it in my BPAL travels yet.