The Apple of Sodom & Poisoned Apple

P.A.: A perfect, lovely, gleaming red apple whose sweetness masks a swirl of narcotic opium, oleander, and hemlock.

A.o.S: Native to the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah, this fruit turns to ashes when plucked as a sign of God's displeasure.

I just found out that I don't like apple scents. (And I thought I really would ( Read more... )

More imps that I'm not good and ready to get rid of, that I want to reevaluate some time in the future (moving to my tea blue box!):

O, Havana, Sed Non Satiata

Things to swap:

Love Lies Bleeding

The velvet flower. A lush, thick, luxuriant bloom, bold and red.
Single-note flower. Strange, burns a little.

Verdandi

Necessity. Deep herbs and apple with ( Read more... )

These so-called reviews will be quicker/shorter than usual; I don't care enough about the scents to go on and on about them. Just want to get quick notes for future reference, and send them to the swap box.

Cairo

The essence of holy Kyphi, beloved incense of the Egyptian Gods.

I was about to get rid of this without even smelling it, based on the ( Read more... )

I had a sniffing orgy over Jo Malone's counter a little while ago, and liked waaaaay too many of the fragrances. So I had the "brilliant" idea of going for a 2nd round, and see if I could narrow it down a bit.

Well, the experience was different after all. Which is unsurprising, especially considering how many perfumes my poor nose was snorting each ( Read more... )

I have each of these a couple of sniffs, a few weeks apart (in case my nose was weird the 1st time around). Generally I got the same impression twice.

Hunger

Evokes sheer, unadulterated carnal lust. An undeniably warm and sensual scent. Black narcissus, orange blossoms, and vanilla.
This evokes hunger, yes, but not sexual: hunger for nuts! This smells ( Read more... )

Nyx

"Named in honor of the primeval Greek Goddess of Night. A scent reflecting inky black skies and eternal desolation. Night-blooming jasmine, warmed by myrrh, lifted by the promise of rose."
Jasmine is one of those scents that I knew I would feel strongly about, in my like or dislike. Nyx, as it turned out, is pure jasmine on me. (I still don't ( Read more... )

Malice

A profound, complex scent that encapsulates the joy one finds in another's pain. Ylang ylang, clove, Indonesian red patchouli, and dark myrrh.
Perhaps it was the description, perhaps it was the scent itself, but it disturbed me as soon as I put it on. It was very... bitter, sharp? Poisonous, but not in a spicy way. (I wonder if that's the ( Read more... )

Horreur Sympathique

The perfume of a hellbound soul, gleefully lost to iniquity: blood musk, golden honey, thick black wine, champagne grapes, tobacco flower, plum blossom, tonka bean, oakmoss, carnation, benzoin, opoponax, and sugar cane.

You know, considering the title and the description (not so much the notes) I fully expected this to be dark ( Read more... )

6) Wanda

Along with Loviatar, she has become something of a Patron Goddess of all Dominatrixes, Wanda is the breathtakingly beautiful sable-wrapped marble queen of Sacher-Masoch's fantasies. Her scent is a deep red merlot with a faint hint of leather, sexual musk and body heat over crushed roses, violets and myrtle.

Leather is evil on me - ( Read more... )

5) House of Night

A sorrowful graveyard bouquet of somber blooms, funereal boughs, dismal green and laden with grief.
Awesome, very evocative description - and I was really hoping to "see" a cemetery, or some really desolate and sad scenery. (I actually waited to try this sample on a day when I was happy, as not to let myself be affected ( Read more... )