Revieeeews...

Sep 12, 2006 12:51


Mouse's
Bottle: Basically a clean, soft sort of sweet vanilla, with hints of other 'pale' notes behind it.
Wet: Throw is 'creamy vanilla'. Up close though, if you put your nose on it, there's a hint of something sharp underneath, like sandalwood. This is basically in the same family as O or Antique Lace, though I'm not getting either 'sour milk' or 'playdough' from it, unusually enough. In fact, it rather reminds me of Chaste Moon, although I think it's a bit spicier, which I like.
Dry: Once dry, a bit of sourness emerges, but it's a tea-bite, not 'old milk'. It's still got that sandalwood quality too. If you'd like Chaste Moon with a splash of tea, this is it. It -is- very similar to Sudha Segara at this stage, but where SS goes 'rancid' on me, this doesn't.

Tweedledee
Bottle: Gingery grapefruit. (And a torn cap, dammit...)
Wet: Wow, grapefruit. Fruity, fruity citrus. To be honest, that's all I'm getting, either. Mind you, it's a pleasant citrus that's not turning to dishsoap or anything, which is a rare beast indeed, but it seems to be making no particular attempt to be anything but grapefruit.
Dry: Pretty much the same as wet, although it mellows down a bit. I don't mind it at all, but I don't think it's 'me', really. Still, if you're looking for a fresh citrus scent that doesn't make you smell like you used Pledge for deodorant that morning, this'd be great. I think I'll swap it, though, at least provided I can find a new cap for it.

Drink Me
Bottle: Butterscotch. ...People drink butterscotch? Straight? Whargh, powerful!
Wet: Phew. This calms down a lot once applied, thank god. It's still -very- sweet and foody, mind you, but at least I don't feel like I've got a caramel jammed up my nose. It reminds me a great deal of something else I've tried recently, but I can't place what off the top of my head. Basically, it's a sort of mix of brown sugar and some other things; very autumnal, like mincemeat pie. I think there's some cinnamon or nutmeg in there too....ah, now I remember. It reminds me of PP#2, without the pumpkin.
Dry: Same thing... spicy brown sugar. What I keep thinking is that you could layer this with other things like Jester to get a 'Pumpkin Patch #2' type of autumn scent with something besides pumpkin. The throw is particularly nice in conjuction with Mouse's Long Sad Tale, too (testing at the same time) but I don't know how they'd actually survive one atop the other.

King of Hearts
Bottle: Spicy...almond-rose? o.o It's very different than I expected, although the rose note isn't a surprise.
Wet: Pretty much the same. Never would've tagged almond and roses as a combo, but there you go. BTW, this is the rose from Parlement of Foules... attar of rose, rather than rose oil, so it's a deep, wet, mellow scent instead of the OMGROSEDEATH of 257. The almondy quality fades quickly enough, leaving mostly rose behind. There's something faintly cologne-like about it... I wouldn't call it masculine ('rose' doesn't say 'manly' to me, Tuxedo Kamen entirely aside), but I suppose it's a bit more neutral than most rosy things. Unfortunately, nice as it is, it seems very faint.
Dry: Mostly, you guessed it...rose. If you want a rose scent that isn't 'old lady-ish' or perfumey, and doesn't have too much else in it to bugger it up, this could be the answer. If you took the incense note out of PoF, this is what you'd get, by and large; the dignity of crushed rose petals.

scent: mouse's long & sad tale, scent: tweedledee, scent: drink me, scent: king of hearts, reviewer: icaro

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