Sniffed: Pale yellow oil. Chrysanthemum, white tea, and sweet-tart green apple. Reminds me crazily of Daiyu, but with apple. I get that same slick/smooth combo of the tea and 'mum.

Wet: Crisp, juicy apples, with a zingy edge. Reminds me of sour chewy sugar-crusted candy strips. There's also definitely some white musk in here, too, even more like ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Caramel/burnt sugar and chemicals. Like, Sharpie marker fumes. I think it's actually a benzaldehydey cherry note. Sort of medicinal and VERY pungent.

Wet: Still strong on the chemicals, but more fruity - it's definitely cough-syrup, fake cherry - a note I intensely dislike. I get a bit of bubblegum, and the caramel (which reminds me ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Sweet, light fruit. Orange fruits, and maybe a hint of something buttery. Tonka? Fresh and tropical. Reminds me of Lover's Parodies of Sumo Holds.

Wet: Still that citrus note (mandarin?), some cantaloupe melon, and yes, some tonka - though it's light. And ginger! Red ginger, zesty and fizzy. And a tropical floral - pikaki?

Dry: ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Herbal, woody, floral. A bit sort of dark and musty. Slightly soap-clean. Unisex.

Wet: Spicier (soft carnation?), woodier, and more floral. Also soapier, I think from one of the florals. Powdery, too, perhaps?

Dry: More and more powdery, sigh. I do think there may be light lilac, but there is definitely my dreaded nemesis, ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Virtually colourless extremely pale yellow oil. Herbal-green, woodsy, resiny. Fresh, aquatic. Somewhat cologney and masculine.

Wet: Cleaner and brighter and wetter. Lavender, white tea, bergamot, musk. Classic/traditional. But not soapy. Very faint could be balsam, but this more just light herbs.

Dry: Dries almost instantly and ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Light bright yellow colour. Drily woody, slightly spicy, a little sharp and fresh. Sandalwood, heady florals.

Wet: Softer, milder, sweeter. More floral - a lily of some sort, perhaps? Definitely white sandalwood. A bit dusty. This reminds me a ton of Dragon's Bone. Something a touch juicy-fruity.

Dry: Definitely a lily, with a ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Rich golden yellow colour. Bitterly herbal (possibly floral, in a green way), with a buttery-foody base and a spicy, fresh ginger.

Wet: Herbal and potential floral notes GONE. This is pure gingery foody cakey-ness - reminds me loads of Gingerbread Poppet. Sweeter and creamier.

Dry: More spices emerging...clove and nutmeg and much ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Rich orangey-amber colour. Juicy fruit, herbal with a slightly bitter edge, and a little woody. Masculine, fresh.

Wet: Juicy fruit, a bit sweet and a bit tart - ahh, ripe crisp red apple with a hint of green undertone. Maybe multiple types of apples. Planty-fresh greenery, with all bitterness gone. It's like being in dew-laden ( Read more... )

In the bottle: Dark honey/light amber coloured oil. Fresh, herbal, woodsy. Clean, almost soapily so. Masculine, verging on cologne-y.

Wet: Sweeter, less sharply herbal, but still fresh and outdoorsy. Fir or cypress? Some sort of gentle evergreen, and some deeper green resins too. Hint of soapy, slightly heady floral.

Dry: Morpher. That floral has ( Read more... )

BPAL description: --

In the bottle: Light fruity floral, maybe some citrus - the zesty sort, so possibly grapefruit. A bit green and planty, possibly grassy. Overall light and fresh.

Wet: More floral, very springlike. Lilac? Tulip? A hint of powder, but not unpleasantly. I'm guessing that citrus is grapefruit, which is as usual very light on me. ( Read more... )