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Marzipan!!! Sweet almond oil, maybe a dash of vanilla. It's like some kind of buttery, fluffy cookie batter. Can cookie batter be sexy? I think it can!

In the bottle: Strong, dark rum and sweet brandy! Wet: Rum, then brandy, then nutmeg... The dry down, a generously spiced vanilla, is quite delicious. Mmmm! I love me some nog!

I carry imps in my bra when I fly.

Molasses, sweetened further by the apple wine and girly flowers turns into a kind of 'maple syrup drenched pancake' sticky scent on me. Dang.

Ok, this smells just like Blood Kiss (which I got in the same order) to me, with patchouli. *checks description* I agree with the soda comments, and then there's a whole lotta incense (sandalwood, patchouli.) I smell like a hippie who got hosed with grape soda and Dr. Pepper!

I like all of these notes, but this combination is overwhelmingly sweet. Honey has its own musky smell, amplified by more musk in here. The cherry-clove swirled in like some kind of cough remedy (with a booze note, to boot.) It's that head shop like "generic BPAL" scent of the box/shelf where you keep all your oils together.

Love Potions had a twin to Midwinter's Eve called Winter Snow Blossom. What is it in these that smells a little like a Strawberry Shortcake doll? A little plastic, a little fruity? Whatever it is, I love it.

Vice rules. Chocolate candy heaven.

51 is salty tropical fruit- a very femme balance of bite and kiss. To my nose, there's the teeniest resemblance to Escada Sunset Heat but of course, much more pretty and natural. Love, love, love it!

Venus in Furs is a favorite novella of mine. I read a first edition print in the sensory dep room of a dungeon so this was a happily received frimp! I gave it to the bf because he has a black leather wardrobe and drinks lots of loose leaf Earl Grey. Like Severin, this scent is honest; bitterness mixed with happiness. A bright smile and a sensual embrace from a beautiful redhead in ermine; the brushed leather of the inside of her coat. Perfect for fall

Ahhh... this is very much like the blown out candle smell of Darkness, but improved. There are sweet, velvety orchid petals under the opium/smoke, and heated-metal tang of benzoin grounding it all. My favorite from this last order, hands down.

I agree, this smells like evergreen in Talvikuu when freshly applied. Then... in 10 minutes it smells like "an Irish Spring." You know, I was the Irishman on the mountain top that slices into the green bar and feels refreshed at the aroma. Nothing dark, frosty or decaying about it, no incense or stones or florals. And it fades incredibly fast. But still, it is refreshing and I will keep my imp for aromatherapy. EDIT: A few days of experimenting later, I found that if you apply this heavily it lasts much longer and morphs more completely into a clean, slightly powdery, floral aquatic.

From the imp and on: hazelnut. Too syrupy to be vanilla-musk, and it stays the same during the drydown. I'm guessing that's what amber, musk and vanilla do when they get together. No sea moss on me, though, and that's what intrigued me about the description. Boo.

Obatala! Eden had too much fig for me, Black Pearl had too much hazelnut for me. Obatala is just right. Mellow coconut- not mounds or tanning oil- just smooth coconut milk & shea (which just melts right into your skin.) My boyfriend pounces on me when I wear this.

Tiger lily petals. Honey scares me, but this is nice honey. Kama Sutra's edible Honey Body Dust, actually, which has a touch of spice (Snake Oil-esque spice.) This is perfectly balanced. Very refined. I'm reminded of Lolita's honeysuckle note on the drydown, but this is less girlish. Still highly alluring. Like everyone else, I love it!