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Wet: Ooooohhh man that`s a lot of mugwort. It`s like a slap in the face. Kind of clears your sinuses. I don`t actually dislike mugwort, in fact, I find it kind of compelling, however I have never been able to convince myself that I really want to wear it. Dry: Still mugwort. Sadly, still don`t think I can wear it, but it really does intrigue me!

Wet: Orange, and some pale tobacco. I like that combo sometimes, but here the champaca is making it a bi headshoppy, and it`s also trying to veer into orange cleaner territory. Dry: It gets better as it dries, the orange gets brighter and less powdery, but this is still not a scent that`s `me`.

I normally wouldn't have tried this because pomegranate ruins every scent on me, however my lovely decantress included a tester for me, and I never pass up the opportunity to try something - you just never know! Wet: OMG I had totally missed that this had oudh in it....smells like poo. Not as terribly as it sometimes does on me, but it's still a wee bit ripe. Which is too bad, because there is also a gorgeous woody tone that I am loving. The pomegranate is actually not dominant on me, just providing a slight tart fruity aspect. Interesting. If it weren't for that tiny hint of feces lurking underneath, I might actually like this. Dry: The oudh settles and stops smelling like feces, and this become a rather pleasant, rich, woody fragrance. I don't dislike it, but I don't really love it either. Glad to have gotten to try it!

Hot buttered rum with a touch of molasses, lightly spiced and swirled with a touch of cream. I love rum notes, and this one is delicious, the same one in Captain Lilith, to my nose. However, the cream I think is somewhat ruining this for me. Cream is not always my best note, and this is turning slightly sour, and also slight "scorched" to my nose, while also somehow being kind of plastic. Butter is often not good for me either, so that could be the problem too. I guess this one is not for me, despite how amazing the rum note is.

Wet: *sigh* orange bathroom cleaner or doom. Why do I insist on trying? (because honey and vanilla husk and sap, that's why.....) Dry: This actually recovers quite a bit on my skin, and settles into a somewhat juicy, tart orange scent with lots of green sap. There's some bitterness from, I think, the orange blossom aspect, and I am not a huge fan of that. It's OK, and I bet lovely if you enjoy both orange and orange blossom. Not I. Glad I tried it though!

Wet: Really gorgeous lavender (the sweet, heady kind I adore, that smells almost like lavender sugar) mixed with incensey champaca. The effect is really interesting! Not getting any jasmine, which is fine by me. I never would have tried this, but my decantress included a tester. I am surprised at how much I am liking it. That lavender note is AMAZING. Dry: I am surprised, I really do like this! Nose to skin it's all about that gorgeous sugary lavender note. The throw is almost all soft champaca. It's really interesting. I can't imagine wearing it, but really glad I got to try it. If you love lavender and champaca, give it a go - they are not weird together at all (I totally expected them to be weird together). Edited because I hit post before I was finished.

Wet: WHY, patchouli, WHY?! I used to think I really liked patch. I ADORE Banshee Beat. But lately, patchouli has been ruining pretty much every scent for me, regardless of how much I love all the other notes (and I love them all here). It smells dry, rooty, earthy - basically like dirt. Not the rich loam scent that I like either. Like dusty earth. *sigh*. I can smell the tobacco underneath, but so far it's not enough to sweeten up what is turning into a horribly dry scent - the sandalwood isn't helping with that in this case. Dry: Yep, patchouli. Dirty, dusty, unpleasant patchouli. Makes me sad.

Wet: This is kind of beautiful. I don't care much for dragon's blood, but the beautiful snow note seems to help the amber smooth out that DB, so it's not so horribly high-pitched on me. It all works really well together, and is kind of intoxicating. Mmm. Dry: Ah man, I was kind of hoping to hate this! Instead, I love it. May be my favourite dragon's blood scent (yes, even better than Dragon's Milk and Creeper Dragon, the only others I like). I guess I have to buy a bottle...

I assumed this would be identical to the Lab's Honey Snowballs scent, but It's not, at least not to me. The Lab's is honey + the snow note from Snow White. The Post's is honey + a slightly piney, slightly slushy snow note. At least, to me. Still lovely, still glad I tried it, but not totally identical. I do like the one from the Lab better, as I adore that particular snow note.

Wet: Mmm, creamy, musky coconut, and soft "clean" smelling florals. Lovely. It is a bit powdery, but in the nostalgic, clean way that I quite like. It smells classic. Wow, this is complex and gorgeous. Like, stunning. Utterly beautiful on me. Dry: This is such a soft, innocent scent on me. It's lovely. Timeless. I feel like I could wear it anywhere. It's a keeper for sure. Very light on dry down, hard to describe or pick out notes. I do wish it was stronger on dry down. Creamy, powdery, clean classic floral is all I can think of to describe it, but that doesn't nearly do it justice.

This was the last Lace I hadn't tried - to be honest, not sure I will like it, but I thought that about some others and have loved all but Summer. Wet: The "Lace" scent is unmistakeable, but there is this plastic strawberry thing happening over top of it that is icky. I do struggle with fruit notes going plastic sometimes. Hope it settles on my skin as it warms! Dry: Well crap, I left this too long before going back to sniff it, and it's faded away to nothing. No clue whether I like the dry down or not! (it was getting there, last time I sniffed). I can say though that it doesn't last long at all. I shall give it a proper full day wear.

Salt Phoenix is GORGEOUS. My new fave Lilac scent!

I can't wait to get my bottle of this!!

Oh wow, this is gorgeous. Sweet, creamy, floral. Just so utterly pretty. This will go with a ton of different spring floral scents that I have and love. Oh yes, I need a full bottle of this.

Dark, sexy, gritty clove! There have been lots of great clove scents lately - Goth Queen, Wednesday's Child.....this will go really well with them. The patchouli comes through, but it's a sweeter, chewier patchouli - not dry or woody or gnarly to my nose. Something is coming through though that smells....a bit like poo? Ah shit (ha ha), totally missed that this has agarwood, and I think that is another word for oudh - aka feces, to my nose. It's not strong though, and the clove is quickly overtaking everything. I think this will be wearable for me - still mostly that sexy, gritty clove scent. The oudh often calms down with age, too.

Wet: OMG I am swooning, this is soooo good. Creamy, sweet, floral, perfumey - all the things. It smells like everything good in all the world. It is SO UNIQUE I can't even describe it. This is the most excited I have been trying a perfume in ages. I am in love, and will be devastated if it dries wonky on me. Dry: Completely and utterly gorgeous. It gets EVEN BETTER once dry, as the plum blossom comes out subtly. I can't even describe how wonderful a scent this is. So happy to score some, and will likely keep an eye out for more. And by that I mean....this is horrible. You don't want any. Seriously. You should likely just send yours to me.....I'm happy to take one for the team

Wet: Not at all what I expected. This smells like some sort of fruity, herby cologne...WTF? OMG no, it smells like METAL. WHY??? Dry: This makes me so sad. Something in it is reacting horribly with my chemistry, and it ends up smelling like the Lab's metal note, which I really dislike. I don't smell any honey or amber, it's all metal on me. Makes no sense. I will pass this on to someone who can appreciate it.

Someone compared this to Monsterbait: Underpants, so of course I had to try it. I can't see how it's possible, but here goes nothing. Wet: OMGEEEE. It's not like Underpants - it's like Love's Philosophy (vanilla and saffron) with wood mixed in! OMG it's so good. It's so complex and rich and gorgeous. I totally forgive it for not smelling like Underpants. Dry: This dries down to an amazing sandalwood and leather scent. Hints of vanilla sweetness. Sadly, the saffron that made this so special to me is gone. It no longer reminds me of Love's Philosophy with wood. It's sure no Underpants either, but it is a great scent in its own right. I am going to let it age for a month and try it again to see if I need a bottle. I think I might though.

This JUST came in the mail today, and it's freezing out, and I shouldn't be testing this, but with Lupers imminent, I am trying to decide on some ride along bottles. Wet: Patchouli. Dry, dirty patchouli. All those glorious notes, and I get basically "dirt" out of it. Then the poo creeps in. I forgot this had oudh in it. Dammit, I picked the wrong thing to test!! This is not going well for me so far - I am getting dirty, woody poo. Dry: OK this dries down to much more of what I was hoping for! Like a mix between Black Moths and Lucille Sharp or something. Musk and fruit and roses, with just a hint of patchouli. Sexay! That being said, I do have Black Moths and Lucille, so not really sure I NEED this...it's not about need though, is it?

Super grateful to my fairy for snagging this for me. It has taken me ages to get round to testing it! Wet: Initially, the dominant note is cream, which I was not expecting. Then the almond amps up. Mmm. Then I get a rich, syrupy, sticky, oozy honey cake. YUM. The honey has the slightest floral edge to it, which is TO DIE FOR. This is so so so good. Dry: So sad!!!! I know this WANTS to smell like honey cakes on me (and I desperately want it too - I hoped for The Sharing of The Cake HG in perfume format), but instead it smells like cream, which smells like "scorched milk" on me. Ick. So mad at my skin. I will likely age it and try again, as it's hard to give up on something I had such high hopes for, but in all likelihood I will have to rehome this.

Wet: Tons of dark rich chocolate. I don't get the other notes immediately. It's all about the chocolate. Dry: Still mainly chocolate (a rich, gorgeous, dark chocolate that is somehow still a bit creamy) but now I can detect a sweet French tobacco-like note. It's really lovely. I have way too many chocolate scents, and have been trying to cull them, but this may be one that I keep.

Lately I have been obsessed with pink pepper. Wet: The pink pepper is really spicy! Almost like sweet cinnamon. Kind of like cinnamon hot hearts, actually. Hoping it settles down. I get hints of lovely sandalwood - wishing that would come out more to balance things. Dry: Even dry, my nose still wants to read this as cinnamon. When I really analyse what I am smelling, I can tell that it isn't actually cinnamon. But close enough to be confusing. This is not quite what I was hoping for, but it's lovely. Reminds me a bit of Pepper from the GC, I think? Has some floral/fruity vibes going on with the spice. If you like spicy sort of floriental smells, I bet you would like this. I am glad to have tried it, but it's not quite for me.

I am a sucker for Dandelions. Hoping the metal doesn't ruin it for me! Wet: Grass, flowers, dandelions. Lovely! Very fresh. A hint of sweetness. Smells like spring in a bottle. Dry: Yay, no metal! Just fresh green things on me, mostly grass and dandelions, with hints of sweetness. Somewhat "dewy". I really love it, and will wear it in the spring. It's much stronger on me that Dandelions and Concrete, which I love but wish had more throw.

Wet: Clean misty rain and fresh green growing things. Gosh that's utterly beautiful! Sometimes green things (like grass) have this sharp bitterness that takes a while to settle and smooth out on my skin, but thankfully this is sweeter and lovely right from the moment it touches my skin. The ozone is so so pretty. Beth captures the scents of nature incredibly well. This is no exception. I have never smelled any perfume that smelled more like a rainy spring day than this scent. Astounding. Dry: This stays true as it dries - clean, sweet rain and green growing things. Gorgeous.

Wet: Like sticking a bar of soap up your nose. Or sticking your face in the dryer right after the clothes are finished drying. Or standing outside on a clear still night and smelling the person in the house next door doing the laundry. I LOVE THAT SMELL. I used to hate the idea of a perfume that smelled like "clean" but then my workplace went scent sensitive, and now I feel like it is one of the few things I can safely smell like. No one can say I am not allowed to smell clean, so I now cherish fragrances like this. Dry: This dries surprisingly strong. Like REALLY STRONG white soap. It's not as nice as when it was wet. I will have to try it all day and see how I feel about it. I may have other clean scents I love more.