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Does anyone have any Abe Sapien like musk recommendations (particularly in the GC)? My friend loves the musk dry down in Abe Sapien, but it's got a fairly long 'wet' stage where it smells like overpowering Right Guard men's deodorant.

Lavada, I should check your other reviews for scent twin status, because Incubus = celery on me too. And, at first, so did Agrat-Bat-Mahlaht. I put it on and even my husband agreed it was warm celery. Blech. But we had went out to dinner tonight so I didn't have a chance to wash it off. And now that I've given her a chance she smells of skin musk and caramel. But the celery stage lasts too long for me to get a bottle.

No, I get that too. It was only in the middle though. Wet it was minty caramel, on my skin it morphed slowly into celery (I think this is actually the sage, mint and tabacco making trouble. I tested it against my husband's nose who HATES celery and he didn't smell it at all). The dry down started mellowing, so I'm going to age it and see if it settles...

It's a bit confusing right now. The search engine will show the category on the left "Voodoo Blends", but that category is under Bewitching Brews right now because Beth is coming out with a new General Category. Try near the bottom of this page: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/bb.html Welcome to the addiction, uhh, forum! Also, check out the Paypal vs CCnow thread for payment questions (mostly, do not choose Paypal through CCNow or it charges the Lab twice!).

Wet: the scent of pastries just finished baking in the oven, a little fruit undertone dry: the pastries have been pulled out of the oven and now the berries have bubbled out. Sweet but tart red currants. Maybe a touch of blackberries? I’m so not a foody person, but this is fabulous. I'm so glad I got it and can remember the fashion show and meeting Beth. rating: 5/5

Wet: Sharp lavender Dry: the frankinscence and orchid have kicked in and with the lavender it is a clarifying scent without it turning into sharp medicine. Not my favorite, but I can see using it if I need to clear my head or concentrate. Rating: 3/5

Wet this smelled very floral. As it dried I'd get whiffs up of a creamy floral with incensy undertones. But when I went in for a huff, it has a bizarre rubber note. Argh. I'm pretty sure it's either a chemistry or just shipped issue (I've had a couple bottles that were horrible the day I received them, but after a week or 2 settled into perfect scents). The wafting scent is super lovely and I keep forgetting to enjoy it at a distance... I'll have a little patience and see if this fixes itself. edit after it rested or my chemistry fixed itself: Wet: asian citrus, incense, there is a citrus scent that still almost turns into rubber dry: the rubber disappears (thank goodness) something creamy kicks in. The tea and incense are dry undertones with the asian fruit and something creamy rounding it out. Very refined for date nights. rating: 4/5

Review of Herr Drosselmeyer 2006: I really wanted to love this and bought it for the husband. Unfortunately we were hit with a licorice scent (maybe the sweet tobacco?) as soon as we opened the bottle and it only intensified on his skin. He had to wash it off before we could find any potential dry-down scents. Definite impression of creepy old man in a candy store. I'm chalking it up to bad body chemisty interaction. Will need to pass it on to a better home!