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source: lab fresh imp in vitro: almond and perhaps the moss (I jot down impressions before looking at the notes, my nose read this note as herbal but its the moss) wet on wrists: bitter almond which smells much like fresh almonds to me (my nose often confounds sweet almond oil with cherry, that does not happen here) and a bit of the jasmine and musk early dry phase: soapy musk (unfortunately, it may be that Arabian musk is soap to my nose on my skin chemistry) and a hint of jasmine, the almonds fade pretty quickly drydown: buttery jasmine with soapy musk late drydown: single note jasmine, which is lovely but faint throw average to slight, did not last more than 4-5 hours for me, although the faint dry down was there if I "huffed" my wrist 8 hours later, very faint floral jasmine, slightly buttery verdict: this was not complex enough for me to love it, I would have liked more support of the sandalwood and oakmoss to give weight to the floral jasmine. I am not a jasmine hater, I don't think I amp it as much as others, and I do not think it is the note that has gone "soapy" on me, I believe it is one of the florals constituting the "arabian musk," but not sure. I am going to age the imp a bit to see if the sandalwood and oakmoss develop better as it marinates. If not, I will keep Salome imp for layering purposes, but it needs complexity to intrigue me into buying a bottle. I am a bit disappointed, as I like all these notes, but it really became single note jasmine for me, which was lovely, but not deep or "sexy" as I wanted the scent to be. If the almond note had persisted longer it would have been more interesting or if the moss and sandalwood had made more of a show. Not sure, if the musk is going to go all soapy on me, I am not sure if other notes can save this. I loved the wet phase and the late dry down but the majority of the time it was just too soapy to suit.

in the vial: lab snow note (mint + fruity note (citrus/grapefruit/cucumber) and/ O3/ozone note plus evergreen note (spruce/fir/pine?) similar to Cold Moon wet on wrists: snow note, spruce?, faint ozone? (no fabric softner sheet, thankfully), a hint of violet early dry phase: spruce (or other evergreen note) with violets (no soapiness, no high pitch floral, no dryer sheet) it evokes snow in an evergreen forest with violets peeking through the snow drifts drying: lovely, powdery, slightly sweet orris late drydown: warmth of amber, slightly sweetened by the orris, warm and almost vanilla like, but not foody or floral, powdery and sweet like the bird's feathers..the evergreen and "snow" note are absent Bottleworthy for a certainty. of all the Yules over the years, the Thrush remains my favorite. It could be the poem, as the scent captures it very well I have a thing for birds, and the imagery of the thrush song stirring the hope of Spring through the Winter gloom is certainly romantic so it obviously colors my passion for the creation I may have to get back up bottles so that I may slather

source: an imp from a lovely forumite in the vial: sweet fruit, my nose cannot tell what type, my best guess is honeydew melon (my nose interprets many of the lab snow notes as a blend of melon, or perhaps pineapple, with mint) wet: slight hint of cedar, that was very brief, then powdery, vanilla-esque mint drydown: lovely, minty powder which has a hint of vanilla with an occasional waft of the ?cedar or wood note (my best guess is cedar or sandalwood, but my nose is not very sophisticated at distinguishing) this was not overpowering at all and just a hint. If I had to guess, I would wonder if there isn't some benzoin in here as it was powdery, sweet, and vanilla like, without being foody or floral (no ozone notes either) I thought the throw was light, but I received compliments on the scent, over 8 hours after I had applied, so it lasts and lasts and has good throw verdict: captures the olfactory experience of the loveliness, and fragility of snowflakes. this inspired me to get a bottle

in the bottle: smells a bit like baby oil, good old Johnson and Johnson brand baby oil wet on skin: baby powder mixed with a sweet, slightly vanilla note, recalls to mind Valentine heart candies, powdery, sweet (probably a mix of carnation note, angelica and powder accord) drying phase: lavender with a honey note, mostly sweet baby smell with creamy honey and a lavender note that blends in with the carnation, which on me smells almost citrus like, rather than spicy as it usually does but this could also be the orris, it sometimes smells a bit citrus like with my skin chemistry. Orris is one of my favorite notes on a dry down and this is no exception, it carries the baby powder vibe very well very light throw and lasted about 4-5 hours sage never made an appearance for me ;( and the rose never amped, thank goodness this was a very lovely smell, bottle worthy but it would need better throw to be HG status for me, still I will treasure the bottle and save it for days when I want a soft, sweet, comforting skin scent

2014 Version In the bottle: minty paste. remember the paste they had in the 70's (okay, showing my age here) when you were in kindergarten? JUST like THAT Wet on wrists: minty paste! delicious. Love the wet phase. Wet to dry: minty paste to an evergreen note (best guess = fir or pine), a fruit note that my nose reads as melon (honeydew?) pineapple or maybe yuzu (sorry, my nose is not sophisticated enough to differentiate, I must sniff more single notes) plus ozone! the ozone/evergreen/fruity note are equally forceful with good throw Drying: the loveliest minty notes, mixed with evergreen note and ozone. Stays minty fresh for about 5 hours no powder, no dryer sheet ozone note of doom, never went soapy, too sharp or too "high toned" which is perfect! Verdict: bottleworthy! will be well loved through the winter and I am betting that this will be lovely chilled and worn on those blazing dog days of summer when we need a cool, sweet treat

Smelled like honeyed fruit in the bottle. Wet on skin= honeyed nectarines! Dry down very similar to the wet phase, powdered honey and nectarines with a soft fade to benzoin powder that is somewhat like vanilla. Low to medium throw factor. Lasted about six hours and very little changes over the drydown. This is bottle worthy for me. I did not get any booze or cognac notes and I tend to amp those. I love this, it captured the idea of ambrosial nectar for me. The honey is sweet and light.

Anyone have recommendations for scent with "crystalline" musk like Urania, Zorya, or Zechenryaya? I want something that evokes a starry night but those are disappearing. Interesting as Nuit is long gone as well. Our pantheon is missing the starry night goddesses

Okay, another review for the 2014 version, in case you were contemplating it. Go easy on me, I am a noob reviewer, but I am doing this in the interest of science, yo! In vitro: hmm, fruity, almost drinkable, delectable, is that pineapple or maybe honeydew melon? and slightly sweet, maybe vanilla, it smells like fruity juice with an undercurrent (slight) vanilla extract Wet: wish I could capture the wet phase longer, but I get a blend of mostly fruit (can't decide between tropical citrus or melon, a hit of vanilla, a lesser hint of mint, spearmint perhaps, and a wood, maybe cedar, but not quite I am guessing fir or spruce it isn't pine or cedar Drying: The wood note amps for a minute or two, then I get the ozone/fabric softener sheet smell, and I can't unsmell it, it is quite dominant Drat, this note may kill the blend for me--it may be my skin chemistry If I hold my arm away I get the sweet, snow note, slightly fruity, aquatic, with a *hint* of spearmint, but if I lean in close I get fabric sheets--BAH! with soft, almost, but not quite vanilla, powdery resinish fluff note Final drydown is a mixture of that ozone note (it really amps on me, drat) hints of the fruity component, less hint of vanilla, the fir or wood note, and finally, dead last, a hint of vanilla As a prior reviewer said, it smells much better at a distance...then, more like citrusy, minty aquatic slush/snow note I am hoping aging will improve the ozone note, so I will report back. The note that is mysterious and amping is somewhat between ozone, clean fabric softener, and a pretty powder similar to the powder dry down of Snowflakes, so I am hopeful that aging this will get us closer to that note. Edit: I tested again, a year later than my first reviews and I am happy to report that the ozone note that made this blend off putting has aged out. Initially this is that sweet, slightly fruit, slightly evergreen, slightly mint, slightly vanilla, and a touch of hairspray or dryer sheets that is my nose trying to pick apart the components of "Lab snow.". It's delightful! It dries to a nonfoody vanilla kissed powder with a hint of spearmint and amber. More mint than" Snowflakes, " but very similar. It's become one of my favorite snow scents.

I like spearmint and most mint but not wintergreen and I'm shy with eucalyptus but I love Ultraviolet so go figure! I cannot recall Yule's I've sniffed except Snow White which I loved and Jolasveinar, which I liked. I love the Carpathian Mt. so evergreen is fine, I love fir, pine, spruce, and juniper. I just want to avoid smelling like I'm wearing Ben Gay or Icy Hot arthritis ointments! I like cold, e.g. Urania and ozone is okay but strong white florals scare me. Narcissus and lily in small amounts are okay.

How about a necro bump? Recs for a snow or Yule scent minus the wintergreen/vapor rub/menthol note/s of doom??:-P

Quintessence of Dust is very beeswax-forward, at least on me. I was totally eyeballing that oil. TY! So many oilz to try...

Five dark, aggressive, furious musks with ambergris bouquet, Malaysian rainforest plant extracts, black amber and orange peel. In vitro: (I got a big bottle on general principle as I love orangutans): very musky, like wet fur Wet on skin: (admittedly, I slathered) musky with a citrus twist--I can definitely appreciate the orange "peel' very similar to the scent when someone is peeling one in the room--but it is not IN YO FACE citrus First 20 minutes or so: Very musky, I can tell there are a variety of musks in here, it smells animalistic for lack of a better word without smelling skunky or fecal (I am the rare person that doesn't mind that kind of thing and I love the honey notes that go musky or urinal, hey, must be a fetish) but that doesn't happen here, it just smells like fur to me or the warm smell of animals (I imagine monkey fur, but I really have no frame of reference there, sorry) I get whiffs of what I think of as green, plant notes evoking the leaves in a rain forest, but no aquatic or mist notes, no rain, just lush green almost floral green notes. THis may be my nose interpreting the ambergris, not sure I can smell it, I don't get anything salty or fishy. For the record, I do really like ambergris, but I never smelt it here. Dry down, and here comes the amber! I am too much of a noob to tell black amber from other types but this is a mellow amber with a little bit of the musk left to add complexity. And, the orange has circled back in the loveliest way. WOW, this is so wonderful. IF you love musk and amber blends, please give this a try. I was fortunate to score it on the lab's etsy site. I don't do 5 star ratings or such, but this is just heavenly. My ranking scale would be something like, I hate it, I don't hate it, its meh, I sort of like it, I like it, I love it, I love it and I am worried I may run out, and GOTTA HAVE IT This scent would be in the gotta have it category. Edit: 5-6 hours later I smell the ambergris. It just kept getting better and better.♥

bumping this thread love the honeycomb in No 93 engine, but getting through the wet phases isn't my jam any ideas for a more pure honey comb scent or honey wax scents with little or minimal intereference from other resins combo with floral (if it isn't WOAH, HELLO floral!) or herbal is okay if its smells like the fresh honey out of a raw honey comb, that would be perfect please don't say single note honey, as I would have to pawn a kidney to get that

ooh fun. Ned Stark: Highwayman Catelyn: Whoso List to Hunt Jon Snow: The Black Rider Arya: Anne Bonny Sansa: The Lady of Shalott Joffrey: Whitechapel Cersei: Hunger Jaime: The Bow & Crown of Conquest Tyrion: Perversion or Wilde Littlefinger: Envy The Spider: Viola Drogo: Wild Men of Jezirat al Tennyn Danaerys: Dragon's Milk Viserys: Wrath, or The Sea Foams Blood Now all I want to do is curl up and read... Love it! my thoughts: Cersei: Tsiphone Jaime: Golden Priapus Tyrion: Santo Domingo Sansa: Phobos Arya: Gnome John Snow: Black Forest Daenerys: Dragon's Milk Drogo: Coyote Sorry guys, I think "The Lion" (MTP) is Tyrion's scent. But I have always seen him as a Lion. Golden Priapus is perfect for Jaime. We need some for Roose Bolton The Hound Brienne the Beauty Ser Jorah Reagar Targaryen Robb Stark Tywin Lanister

Any ideas for a dupe for BBW Sweater Weather? I love the room spray, would love to wear the scent. Notes includeSweater Weather – A cuddly blend of eucalyptus, juniper berry and fresh sage I am pretty darn sure there is some amber in there as well or perhaps musk as it has a top, herbal/evergreen note that is probably the juniper, eucalyptus and sage but then there is a resinous, warm note that is musky and "sunny" like frankincense or more likely an amber??

Okay, this is my first review and given the paucity of single notes I have tried, I am not the best at picking out single notes, so with that caveat here goes Preconceived notions: engine, steamworks, should be interesting, artificial smelling perhaps, mechanical In vitro (imp): yellowish oil, average viscosity, smells medicinal (like rootbeer or cola?) and slightly smoky (like oil burning) In vivo, wet, first few seconds: sharp, evergreen note [perhaps balm of Gilead? perhaps it reminds me of the resin of evergreen trees, but having never smelled single note balm of Gilead, I have no frame of reference] Development wet to dry: actually smells like smoke coming from the oil burning in an engine and captures the "spirit" of the scent's theme very nicely, a single note I wondered what it was, guessed fennel, it must be the white sage Base notes: becoming sweeter, more vanilla-resin, me thinks this is benzoin as I enjoy that note. At this phase I think it is equal blend of the herby notes (sage and resinous evergreen notes, a hint of cola/medicine/rootbeer/sassafras? with the benozin which is sweet and vanilla like). As it dries further it reminds me a bit of snake oil with resin (maybe that is all I get of the honeywax candles), but later, I get more of the frankincense and none of the honey comb (womp, womp) Affinity and final thoughts: I was surprised by this one as i expected herbal honeycomb and got resinous vanilla rootbeerish herbal. I must conclude that frankincense in a blend is going to trump other resin and organic notes. I really wish I had gotten the honeycomb that others perceived, but I can perhaps layer with an oil that has more honey and needs complexity. I really enjoy herbal scents, benzoin and frankincense so this is going to be a keeper, and I will probably hoard imps. I am contemplating a partial bottle, however, there are many I enjoy that will take precedence over this. Overall, I do think this captured the idea of Number 93 Engine olfactorily. Bravo Beth! Edited: 3 hours after application, the frankincense calmed a bit and the honeycomb came out--I am in honeycomb heaven! BIG BOTTLE on this one!!!!!! I love this pure, dry, sweet, slightly waxy comb with a hint o' honey

Thank you for the scent list with descriptions and categories. As a person who has been out of the game for a while and lost a substantial portion of products (long story), this will help me with slowly rebuilding the lost precious. Thank you very, very much. Your attention to detail is helpful and impressive in the extreme.