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Wet: Quite fruity, particularly blackberry. Gardenia is making itself known, too. First on: Really lovely gardenia, with just a hint of berry in the background. Dry: Watermelon mixing with gardenia, and the musk finally comes out. Delicious.

Wet: Plum! Barely musky, and a little spicy. First on: Carnation starts amping! It's taking over, really. Dry: Musky and spicy, but like nothing in particular. Anticlimactic.

Wet: Repulsively sour. Yikes. First on: Terrible, like wine gone sour. Dry: Slightly less bad, but I look forward to wash it off.

Wet: Musky. Smells like clove? First on: Lemon and clove; kind of a strange combo. Vaguely musky. Dry: Fading out. Lemon musk.

Wet: Musky apricot. Very slightly orange. I'm a bit wary at this stage; fruit and musk don't usually work well together on me. First on: Now the apricot is quite bright--not exactly juicy, though. Musk is still there, and surprisingly they're combining well so far. Dry: Well-balanced, light, and pretty. A very feminine summertime scent.

Wet: The scent in the bottle is complex -- olive, jasmine, honey. A bit woody with a hint of cinnamon. First on: Very delicately smoky, but also sweet. Harder to pick out individual notes at this stage. Dry: Still complex, but light. Almost, but not quite, fruity. I like it, but I think it's probably not really my style.

Wet: Spicy! Nice warm ginger scent comes on strong. First on: Clove amps right away, but after a minute or so the honey comes in to temper it. Still quite gingery. Dry: Oh, so sad! It fades quickly. What's left is deliciously creamy, but there's really almost no throw left at all.

Wet: Very strongly lemon-flavored tea. Hint of something green. First on: Sadly, lemon cleaning supplies when it’s first on my skin. Dry: The tea scent is back, just barely, but it’s too green/cleanser and I don’t think it’s going away.

Wet: Carnation, but not spicy; it’s a bit fruity. Definitely a pink scent. First on: Very strong pink pepper! Daisies come out just a little bit, but it’s mostly carnation and pink pepper stomping all over. Dry: Wet, sweet daisies spiced with pink pepper. Nice, but not my style.

Wet: Lemon meringue pie with a hint of blueberry. First on: My skin amps up the blueberry — it smells very similar to the blueberry note in Surreal Crawdad Dream — and it’s mixing very well with the lemon. Dry: Very, very sweet. Delicious, beautiful scent that lasts exceptionally long.

Wet: Like a refreshing lemon-mint cocktail. First on: Strongly lemon and mint, but also very boozy. Can definitely tell it’s a white mint. Dry: On drydown, the lemon has taken over — basically, it’s like a lemon-scented cleaner. Not Lemon Pledge, but somewhat similar. Maybe a lemony glass cleaner.

Wet: Nutty chocolate, which is a bit minty. There’s a hint of green, a mix of the cedar and moss. First on: Andes mints! Yummy. Still slightly mossy, but not much. The nuttiness of the pistachio is gone. Dry: I think my skin absorbed most of the scent already, as it’s quite faded now. There’s a slight chocolate and nut scent again, but not much else. I liked the scent in its initial stages, but a scant whiff of chocolate isn’t much to go on.

I think I must have overlooked this scent when I was making up my wishlist. A lovely person frimped it in a decant circle package, though! Wet: A strong, flowery honey scent. Jasmine is apparent, but not overwhelming. First on: Very strong honey, very strong jasmine. They are both amping, but in a friendly rather than overwhelming way. Dry: Mellow jasmine, like walking through a garden of the stuff. Not at all soapy or powdery. Really quite lovely!

Wet: Bad cologne. First on: Like someone dunked me in some bad 80's cologne. Dry: Same on drydown. Ick.

Wet: Smells strangely like rotten fruit. I'm nervous about putting it on. First on: Still rotten fruit... Dry: ...and still same on drydown. Ew.

Wet: Sour body odor, sigh.

Wet: Sour body odor; I'm soooo not putting this on.

Wet: Big, strong apple scent. First on: Just apple on the skin. Dry: As it dries down, it becomes sour and starts smelling a bit more like poison than apple.

Wet: Lemon? Strange. First on: Gardenia and lemon and neroli. Dry: Same on drydown.

Wet: All fruit! Plum is taking over. First on: Same on my skin. Dry: It's suddenly gone really sour. Too bad.

Wet: Spearmint? So strange. First on: Same on my skin. Dry: A bit of peach coming through, but mostly mint. Weird.

Wet: Mossy. First on: Minty and mossy. Weird. Dry: Same on drydown. :/

Wet: Sweet perfume. First on: Same on the skin. Dry: Same on drydown. Meh.

Wet: Reeking body odor. I don't want to put it on.

Wet: Spearmint gum. WTF? First on: Super spearmint. Dry: Same on drydown.