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Like Moonarcana I use a glass cocktail stirrer in my bottles as they are easy to keep perfectly clean. I've tried upending the bottle against my wrist but never seem to get the right amount, either too little or too much!

Pirate Moon, yay! In the bottle - Red musk dominates Wet - Same musk but it's being sweetened by something (date?) and I swear there's a familiar floral note too. Wearing - This is so beautifully crafted. I spent a long time with my nose glued to my wrist trying to decipher the various notes morphing - at times it's lime that springs up, or leather, or (on my second more liberal application) a definite grass note. As it wears I can just find a slight metallic edge which may be my nose and its interpretation of an aquatic. On the whole, this is very different but very lovely

Another frimp from the lab in my Pirate Moon order and again something I never would have tried by myself. In the imp - Sweet with an almost cocoa front note Wet - Sweet and boozy! The alcohol note dominates, slightly softened by the sugar with the barest hint of mint if I huff my wrist. It fades to a pleasant enough skin scent but I can't see myself reaching for it on purpose. I'm glad to have had the chance to try it but it's off to swaps so someone can *hic* love it more

This was a frimp (thank you, labbies ) and one I grabbed for an evening testing not knowing the notes. In the imp- light, floral, slightly sweet Wet - Still a light floral but as it warms a creamy note pokes out its head, I'm assuming from the coconut meat. There's also a citrusy tang hiding there underneath. Unfortunately I also get a plasticky note, darn skin chemistry I'll try this again another time. On the whole this is a quiet, unassuming lemon floral, probably perfect for those times when you don't want to be known for wearing a perfume.

This was a frimp from the lab and I wouldn't have ordered it as it contains my arch enemy, jasmine. In the imp this is very light and ultra lemony. When applied the lemon/citrus kick is very strong but not tart, rather like those sherbet lemons I liked as a child. It takes a little while for the spice to pop through and warm this and the florals (I couldn't tell you what they are, very well blended) bring up the rear. This didn't turn foody on me at all. This, for me, is more of a summertime scent, and as someone else said earlier in the reviews, it gives off a very melon/pale green vibe. I'm amazed that the jasmine behaved, Beth surprises me yet again!

Well, this is my second great surprise of this year's Weenies! and another frimp from the lovely evilmistressoftoast The vinegar note put me off straight away but it is absolutely nowhere to be seen The CC smells sweet and pretty in the imp, and when first applied there's a minute or so of a citrusy high note. This rapidly disappears to leave a soft wine, almost dusty floral note with a yummy musk very like the musk in Hunter Moon 07 This isn't like any cellar I've ever been in but if I had one I'd want it to smell like this!

Pumpkin with tobacco, champa flower, carnation, and tonka Apparently I amp pumpkin and not in a good way. sighs This was far too buttery sweet and foody, kinda like popcorn. I think I caught the carnation and champa flower bravely trying to peek through but again (like PP 1) I had to wash this off. Edited to add lab description.

I was curious to try the pumpkin patch as I really didn't know what pumpkin smelled like. I now know it doesn't like me, or me it shudders This is just very sweet and cloying on my skin. Very buttery rich and well, pumpkin. I do catch a hint of fruit as it starts to dry but I had to wash this off fairly quickly as it was making me feel queasy

Blackened, rotted oak wood blanketed in moss and choked by a cloak of grasping ivy. Wow, this one was such a surprise! I would never have ordered it myself as the description didn't appeal at all but the lovely evilmistressoftoast included it as a frimp in my Weenie decant circle order Just to say that all the Weenies I've tried have either hated me with a passion or been very non descript and I didn't hold any hope for the poor old TOT when I applied it. Wrong. This is just pure, dark, ancient forest without any hint of fir or cedar. It's sweet on me but with a slight touch of green bitterness to stop it being cloying. I wore this out in the garden today planting bulbs for spring and TOT smells exactly like the rich scent of damp soil as it is overturned. Don't let the 'rotted' part put you off, this is really rather lovely Edited to add lab description

Here you go http://www.bpal.org/index.php?showtopic=34718 I kept a copy on my computer as I'm always losing this

I was a little hesitant about ordering this one due to the 'feral, animalistic notes', but oh boy, am I glad I did! From the bottle I can just about detect the lunar oil base and what's this? A hint of Snake Oil? Wet it's just beautiful. There's so many notes lovingly blended, a touch of mint and forest (I see great similarities between this and Golden Priapus actually) , it's sweet but not foody sweet, and the wine/musk notes don't take over. On wearing the smokiness develops and wafts around the other notes. There's a touch of powder to this Moon but I don't mind that at all. Wear this whilst hiking in the deep forest or star gazing at midnight in the autumn chill. A real winner!

In the imp this was a sweet, light floral. When applied it soon became evident that this was a masculine blend on me, and atually too much I can wear other 'masculine' blends But this one isn't macho, just boyish but determined, just as Tristran should be I have me a crush This is most definitely cologne territory with the woods amping combined with a sweet edge of the tonka bean. Fairly strong too, a little goes a long way even on my skin which can eat oil and demand more.

A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom. I'm still searching for an orange/peach/apricot oil that likes me. Sadly the lab's notes on these all turn to 'air freshener' on my skin. Katharina starts off with sweet fruit and flowers and wet I can smell the orange blossom with the white musk surfacing after the oil warms. It did seem to fade quite quickly and yes, air freshener pouts Off to swaps so someone else can love her Edit - to add lab description.

I'm wearing Hemlock today and it's very green/forest/outdoorsy on me

This was a frimp from the lab First sniff from the imp this is a sweet floral. On application the first note I get is rose with a classic softness behind. After about half an hour the peach surfaces and remains the strongest note and doesn't change until this fades. The lab's peach can be cloying on me or go to air freshener glares at Fae but this one I'm keeping even though it fades fairly quickly.