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Imp: Straw Wet: Straw and cedar Drydown: Woody incense. It's a cross between cedar and sandalwood. This is really dark and mellow. After a couple of hours, I kept getting whiffs of a sweet musky incense. I kept looking around trying to figure out what it was. Well, it was my arm. Close to the skin, I could smell sweet musk and sandalwood, but when my arm was moving around, the wafting scent was a sweet, thick, heavy unburned incense of musk and sandalwood. Fabulous!! Overall: This scent has good throw. It really morphs on my skin and I prefer the drydown to the initial stage. It is a fabulous "dark" scent. I want to try this one on my husband.

Imp: Raw, green, floral (in the imp, it doesn't smell like anything I'd wear) Wet: Green vegetation and watery florals Drydown: Soapy flowers Overall: Started out a bit worrisome. As I expected in the beginning, I didn't like it.

Imp: Astringent & medicinal lavender Wet: This is bad. Stinky bad. I'm this close to running to the sink and washing this off. Drydown: I'm finally able to distinguish the stinky smell to the combo of lavender and jasmine. This was suffocating when it was wet. It calmed down a bit during the drydown, but it is not something I'd want near me. It is now waxy and soapy. Overall: This was really bad on me. I was barely able to keep myself from washing it off before the drydown.

I've never tried any BPAL that smells like Prell. But someone else did here HTH ETA: Ack! I'm sorry. I thought it worked...I'm floating in space...earth to catattack, over.... What I was trying to do was link to the "If you like ___ then you'll like this product" thread. There was a post from AmandaMayhem stating that Phantom Queen smells like Prell. But I see she has posted on this page now. Sorry for my lack of teh technical skilz. Sorry mods for my goof up.

Imp: Asian pickled vegetables Wet: Asian pickles with a teeny bit of spices. Drydown: It has something in it that doesn't smell good to me. Overall: Not for me. I can see those that like the sour resin blends being into this.

Imp: Tart green floral. Wet: Green aquatic florals. Drydown: Green aquatic florals Overall: Not my thing.

Imp: Dragon's Blood Wet: Wildflowers doused with dragon's blood Drydown: This has mellowed quite a bit. The dragon's blood was a bit overwhelming in the wet stage. It's a pretty combination of dragon's blood and purple flowers. Overall: It's not bad, I just don't think I'd wear it.

Imp: Pineapple Cream. Yum Wet: Starting to smell like tart pineapple. Drydown: Starting to go "Pledge". This is going sharp and sour. Overall: This didn't work on me. It started out smelling sooooo good.

Imp: Sweet florals. Wet: Sweet orchid. The stephanotis is adding some depth. Drydown: The sweetness has mellowed. It's a very summery floral. Smells like vacation. Overall: I like this a lot. It's very light and doesn't have much throw. It's sweet and powdery. It's not heady at all.

Perhaps Nuclear Winter? It's LE, but not difficult to find. It's a nice refreshing mint scent. Not as strong or sweet as the Lick Its. Juke Joint has a light mint note. Some say it's boozy, but I don't find it to be boozy boozy. Just boozy in the sense that it kind of reminds me of a mint julep, but it doesn't make me smell like I had a cocktail or anything. Sorry, that was bumbling... Embargo and Dionysia (patchouli goodness) Xia and Daiyu

Imp: Fruity. Wet: Pink bubblegum. After a couple of minutes, a bright fruity scent. Could it be the sandalwood and honey combo? Drydown: The fruitiness has combined with the woods & florals. Further drydown, this morphs into an incense scent that a person could wear during the warm months. Overall: Like this a lot. Will be wearing this throughout this summer.

I had to wash this off. It smelled like pepto-bismol without the mint.

The notes in this one were impossible for me to pick out. Initially, this smells of generic perfume, but after a couple of minutes, there's a hint of greeness that develops, and that's really nice. I don't know if I need a whole bottle of this one, maybe just a partial.

Imp: Chocolate. Wet: Bliss with cocoa butter. Drydown: This goes waxy/plasticky on me. Overall: Oh well, at least I have Bliss for my choco cravings.

Imp: Fruity and "watery" (not ozone). Wet: Fruity, but not overly sweet. I smell caramel in the background. Not getting any rose (hurray!). It's becoming a little tart, maybe from the berries? And the benzoin is making an appearance and adding a little more sweetness. Drydown: The combo of berries, greenery, spice, and florals really work well in this blend. Further, the Pink Pepper comes out and it's fabulous. Overall: This is nice. It's reminiscent of Yule scents. To me, this is a winter scent.