Tesseljoan

This was a gift from the lab. I would never have picked this myself, and waited a long time to try it. I am pleasantly surprized. At first, you get knocked out by the bubblegum, but the drydown is definately not that innocent. Can't really describe how that 'not so innocent' smells like, but it's interesting enough for me to keep the imp and use it up. We'll see what happens after that.

Love. It. To me, Black Pearl is decadence in a bottle. Creamy and delectable, and yet sophisticated enough to wear to work (well... alomost ) Lovely scent, shot straight into my top 5 of scents.

Alcohol. It's hell for your skin, but it gets rid of the scent completely.

Gingerbread poppet is so dead on. The spicyness dominates at first. after a while this becomes bakery goodness. I must slather this all over, use it as a room scent and bathe in it. I'm a sucker for foody-spicy scents, and this is just perfect.

Whilst we don't do egg nog in the holidy season, I couldn't resist something with brandy, rum, and cream. It truly is lovely and slightly boozy. On my skin, it turns vanilla-esque after a while. Great stuff. Methinks I should try the real stuff

From the bottle I can smell the similarity to O, but not Snake oil. On my skin, something takes over and turns this sharp at first (I presume it's the ylang ylang), and it turns powdery. Not bad powdery, just... meh.

Le petit mort is going powdery on me as we speak. If a scent does that, it kind of loses it's uniqueness and turns into a generic perfume/powder scent. Stardust, you said Snake oil goes powdery on you sometimes, could it be the time of the month? Hormone levels and such affect skin chemistry and how perfume oils develop on your skin.

Mata Hari is stale coffee and jasmine when wet. Not so good. Fortunately, when it dries I seem to get a fruity note with a flowery one. It's tolerable, but not a favourite.

Sugar Skull to me is brown sugar and syrup in the bottle. On my skin, the burnt smell is coming out more and more. I like it, but I have to go easy on applying. BTW, my boyfriend, whose nose is usually about as accurate as a rhinoceros grabbing a hair, really nailed it this time when he said: you smell a bit like burnt sugar and the smokiness of Scottish whisky. I sniffed my arm and thought:"OMG! He's right!" I finally have a whisky scent!

The Hermit is my soul and personality card. In the bottle, it smelled a bit like men's cologne.... but on it has a more citrus feel, with weak incense, some flowers and herbs.. I really don't know the notes, but non-intrusive sums it up nicely. It has a definite presence, it's not gentle, but it will not come up to you, you have to come up to him.

At the moment I'm testing this one purely for scent. The scent of Water of Notre Dame alone is very calming and peaceful. When I read the reviewers above, who seemed to be in agreement of the greenness of the scent, I was expecting something far more pine-y or grassy or well, plant-like. This scent however is the embodiment of the colour green rather then the scent green. It has flowers as well, very gentle and delicate flowers, that, hurray, don't turn sharp or soapy on my skin. Gorgeous scent, why didn't I reach for this sooner? Will comment on effectiveness later.

My first impression of the World is of dry hotness. Then it's dry earth. Then it's wet cinnamon. Then it's wet earth. It's incredible to have a scent that has so many components that don't seem to work together, but they do. Very well. Unfortunately I left my imp a bit to long, and the patchouli became more pronounced, much to my dismay.

I find the Tarot blends hard to review, and the Sun is no exception. To me, this smells incredibly bright, but grounded and fierce as well. The only note I pick up is citrus, in the yellowest way possible. Strangely I can't smell it in the oil burner, but it lasts ages on my skin.

Blood Lotus. Lotus always has this bubble-gum-like scent to me, and this starts out in exactly that way. There is something in there that makes this one brighter and at the same time more grounded. It doesn't morph a lot on my skin, it stays red and sweet. At one time I put my wrist to my face and instinctively pulled it away after smelling it, thinking: "ugh, this smells metallic".. Not bad for a blood scent.

Juliet is such a gentle, fragile scent. On my skin, the sweet pea dominates, and the musk provides it with a bit of base. Unfortunately this turns soapy on me. It would be a great scent for someone who loves light and bright florals.

I didn't expect this to be foody at all, but strangely enough it is. This smells like a great after bath lotion and a great dessert in one. Spicey, but gentle. Creamy, but not buttery. It is very delicately feminine, great for every occasion. This is the one I reach for when I don't know which perfume to wear.

This is a conflicted oil. On one hand I can smell the juicyness and voloptuous fig, and on the other hand the freshness, chilly air. I didn't expect this to blend at all, but it does in a way that's hard to describe. The green, notes are dark, and that's what makes it work. Not a daily thing for me, but interesting blend.

Magaera is very plum on my skin, with a sharp citrus-y edge. To me it has the sweet feel of Tamora to it, you know, not candy-sweet but just, erm, sweet. There is small hint of flowers on my skin, but the dominant note is the fruit. Did I mention this is sweet?

I have no idea how fear smells on other people (when I think of it, I've never smelled it on anyone but myself), but I do know how it feels. I usually feel better when I wear something light. When I wear a heavier scent, I start panicking about that the 'fear smell' doesn't combine well with my heavy scent -> more panic -> viscious cycle. Light and comforting works for me. And you are charming and worthy.

Very sweet, green, juicy and flowery at the same time. This one doesn't change much from the initial wet phase. I like it, but have to tqake it easy with applying as it gave me a headache when liberally applied to neck and hair.

When I first applied this, it had a definite candy-like quality going on, with a bite of cinnamon. after half an hour or so, the clove stands out more. Two hours later, it has morphed back into a candy-scent Final verdict: interesting enough to keep and finish the imp.

I don't like this. Mea Culpa. Bad chemistry. It just turns sharp and perfumey on me, leaving me in a cloud of non-descript perfume scent.

The flowers are very prominent in this one for a while, before the dry note starts to take over. Those dry notes are not as outspoken as the dryness of sandalwood, and make the scent as a whole more powdery on my skin. Final verdict: Never expected to like it, but I do. I'll finish the imp and see what happens.

It's easy to write a review if you love a scent, it's harder f you don't, because I don't want to hurt any of the creators of a particular perfume.... But the hardest is when a scent is so non-descript that you don't have anything useful to say about it then...: it smells like flowers. Final verdict: Not my thing, obviously. Sorry.

Lotus always smells like sweet candy/bubblegum to me, in this one was no exception when first applied. That sweet edge never seems to go away, but deep, dry notes become more prominent, making the scent deeper and darker. Final verdict: not sure if I like it, but it's intriguing.