Mimicake

I love lavender, and am a gemini so I had to have this one. I adore it! At first it is so sharp that it is almost sour, then it softens to a sweet powdery fragrance. Very dual personality, very me. I am so glad I got a bottle of this!

This isn't something I would have thought I would like so much by the notes listed on the labs page, but when I smelled it in the imp I thought I had died and gone to heaven. I love this, and I am not a big patchouli lover. It smells sharp and crisp, biting with a mud filled mouth. It dries to a powdery, softer scent that still holds a memory of the original bite. I want a large bottle of this one. I am going to have to try it with Aglaea as suggested by willowtreeling, I bet that would be divine

A fertile scent, generous, life-affirming, and swelling with a sense of triumph, warmth, and abundance: sweet milk, golden honey, fig fruit, pomegranate, dates, and white grape. I couldn't believe how much like milk this really smelled. I didn't read the reviews before I picked up a bottle, and was expecting that "milk" note to be more of a creamy, gentle sort of fragrance. In the bottle it literally smells like a mixture of honey and milk. It made me cringe to be honest, but then I thought I would try a bit on my wrist. After a few moments of sniffing what seemed to be milk turning bad, and turning bad quickly on my arm I went and washed it off. After I washed it off, I could still smell it though it actually smelled better to me than it had at first. A little more of the pom and fig came out, but I still cannot get over it smelling like actual milk.

The label on this one was so beautiful, I giggled happily when I saw it. In the bottle it smelled delicious, floral and smokey. When I first put it on, it still smelled amazing to me, a little like snake oil but with the mums. However, when it finally dried, it turned old lady and a little sour on my skin. I am going to try it again though, because I love how it smells in the bottle so much.

This one smelled very citrus fruit to me moreso than tea-like. A sweeter citrus, refreshing with that lime hint. Overall I really like this one.

I love Mistletoe! It is sharp and green, but there is an undercurrant of some spice and berry. I can't wait to wear this one at Christmas, and for now I'll keep it as a little bit of yule in June.

This one has some elements of my favorite, Snow Maiden. I loved that it has a bit more tree to it. It is a soft pine though, and not a pine cleaner scent. I think it is yummy, and can't wait to wear it some at Christmas.

Yummy yummy yummy. A strong (yet somehow soft) vanilla tea, that smells gentle and elegant. The lemon couldn't be detected on my skin sadly, but Dorian is one of my new loves regardless. I will be certainly hoping for a big bottle of this one. Thanks again to Spacekitty for the frimp in order to try it.

Thanks to Spacekitty I finally got to try this one. I was hesitant to order it because it just seemed a little too dark for me. I was happily surprised! It is a little dark, but powdery and soft at the same time. I really love this one and could imagine wearing it daily. To me it is the most unique out of the ones I've tried. I love it, and crave a big bottle and a bar of soap of it.

I didn't read the notes of this one when I bought it, and was a little afraid that a scent called "Fire Pig" would end up smelling like sweet barbecue or something. Instead it is a beautiful side dish of fruits. I can't detect any floral really, but there is something that reminds me a little bit of crackling fire wood in it. Maybe that is the dragon's blood? I am grateful I was able to get a bottle of this one. My only sadness is that my skin seems to eat it, and after the first few initial wrist sniffs it vanishes.

This one smelled so lovely in the imp. My skin, as I have determined lately with much sadness, hates rose except in rare circumstances. This rose went from the beautiful, luxurious rose fragrance into something very cheap and tacky smelling on my skin. Why do you taunt me so, rose?

I blindly grabbed this one last night from the imp box to try it. At first whiff I thought holy eww batman, this smells like Youth Dew from Estee Lauder. Which is horrible to me. I put it on anyway (thank goodness!) and after a moment, I fell in love. Instead of my Grandmother's much hated Youth Dew it became my Grandfather's much loved scent. I didn't stop to look at the notes before I tried it, but wearing it I could have sworn it was a delicious recreation of Jamaican Bay Rum that he used to wear. It is a very masculine scent to me, but that is what makes me like it all the more. I couldn't get the boyfriend to try it because of how it smelled to him in the imp, but I am going to sneak wipe some on him later just to test. I want a big bottle of this one!

A masterpiece of candied peppermint and vanilla. Not only is the sugary and mint-filled, but it cleared my sinus-head up immediately! I am so lucky to have gotten a bottle of this. I can't wait to wear it out and when people ask me what it is, I just want to hold out my wrist and say "Lick it". Nummy nummy nummy.

Rawr and argh! This scent is everything I imagined it to be and more. Strong, independant and just a little dirty. The patchouli isn't your typical head-shop patchouli, it is a spicy rum concoction stirred with the sandalwood. I tested a drop on my wrist and it seemed a little too strong, even though I liked the fragrance. After a quick run of water (didn't want to remove it all with alcohol) it was absolutely perfect and beautiful. I think I am going to buy a bottle of this to keep around when I feel like robbing my matey of some booty.

A lovely fresh floral with a powdery sandalwood song. It feels very formal to me for some reason, as if I'd need to reserve it for a great romantic occasion. I like it!

I love this one! I hoped for a light green scent and I've found it! It smells a little like green tea and a whisper of pine. I can't decide whether I would want to save this one for Christmas or keep it as a summer scent. I want more of this one!

Oh me like me like!!! I got this as a free goody with one of my ebay auction wins. It scared me at first, looking so dark and smarmy in the bottle. On it smells like a party! The musks smell a little green to me, almost like fresh marijuana, and the sweetness smells of fruited wine that has been spiked with something a little more hard, like a whiskey. It makes me ache for my college days that have long past me by, and brings back memories of drunken kisses with frat boys whose names I can no longer remember.

I love this one! A powdery lavender, that soothes and comforts. I could see curling up in this scent for a long sweet nap. The soporific poppy is gentle, as are the other notes that I honestly did not think could possibly smell good together. As it dries down the more gentle it becomes. I am so glad I was able to get this one!

... This oil contains the innocence of the Garden, coupled with the Truth and Erudition found in the fruit of the Tree of Evil: fig leaf, fig fruit, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandalwood. This one did not like me I'm sad to say. At first it was a little bit of almond spice, with a tiny whisper of the coconut. After a moment on the skin, the fig became overwhelming and none to pleasant. My honey immediately wrinkled his picky nose and announced that it smelled like a urinal cake. I wanted to love this one, it just didn't work for me.

A crisp bright lavender with a hint of spice. I love this one. It is a creamy green scent as it dries on my skin, the lotus just beginning to bloom a bit as the lavender begins to fade. It is almost too much to take while fresh on the skin, but after about thirty minutes it is divine. This one will go on my want a bottle of list!

I really wanted to make friends with Maenad. The wild chaotic scent that everyone described seemed interesting to me, and I love strawberry. Sadly, it turned to plastic strawberry incense on my skin.

An interesting fragrance with notes that aren't very familiar to me. There is a hint of licorice which I assume is the star anise? The cherry blossom is a whisper of sweetness that seems to linger only to tease, and then fade away as it dries. It feels like a very smokey licorice. It is not unpleasant in the least, just not anything I am used to or expected. It is a rather sexy scent to me, so I think I'll cherish my imp though I probably would not buy a large bottle. But wait! Just as I was about to end this little review I smelled my wrist again. Oh the drying has made it beautiful and soft. I like this more than I thought!

This is a very different scent and I love it! It is a totally green, sharp and pointy fragrance. The lavender note is stabbity, and smells like the green usually none-to-fragrant trimmings from my lavender plant. The lime is perky and casts a green shadow over the herbs and mint. The mint is faint but tangible. This will be a favored summer scent.

I don't get the light sweet scents that everyone else seems to smell. On me it turns into straight up baby-doll plastic. The little plastic baby-dolls that had that light air of baby powder to their synthetic hair. It did make me happy though as it reminded me of childhood times past. I think I'll keep Auntie around to try again at a later date.

I grabbed this one out of the imp box today with closed eyes. When I looked it up to see what notes where in it, I was scared to try it because of the jasmine. I was pleasantly surprised however, the jasmine wasn't as loud as I thought it would be. I never got any of the citrus notes, but the rose and bergamot came out to play nicely. A nice scent overall, but I'm too scared of jasmine morphing to buy a large bottle.