Today I wore Good Judy's Indian Summer, an autumn limited blend ( Read more... )

I updated my swap list again and I also have six imps in the "pending" pile for which I couldn't find a review, some I'm not sure how they got in the swap side of my perfume box. If anyone wants me to bump up my wear-and-review of La Belle au Bois Dormant, Mata Hari, Phantom, Anubis, Tushnamatay, or Bordello, let me know! (I'm pretty sure ( Read more... )

Back to reviews! And wearing perfume at all, because the co-worker who has an severe and life-threatening reaction to airborne particulates has gone back into retirement. Intense shame over my unavoidable delinquency in a swap has kept me from posting for the longest time - as well as the fact that I haven't been able to wear perfume at work for ( Read more... )

Mania, Roman Goddess of the Dead, Matron of Madness, Governess of the Ancestral Spirits, Bestower of Divine Frenzy. Her scent swirls with a high-pitched tumult of laurel, stargazer lily, splintered woods, peony, mandarin and white musk, and is spiked with pale pepper.In the vial: Musk and grandmother-perfume ( Read more... )

( Envy review )

In the vial: Deliciously caramelized (okay, burnt) sugar edging a plate of dessert fruit. =D ( Read more... )

Ferol, I got your package today! Ahem, I'm going to break out something I save for special occasions. SUPERSQUEE~!! I cannot WAIT to try one tomorrow!

Ahem, back to the regularly-scheduled review.

Black Phoenix:

Our signature oil. A dark, languid scent. Promotes hedonistic tendencies and extreme self-love. You won't stop kissing mirrors for a ( Read more... )

The Dark Side of Fire: cinnamon, bitter almond, and neroli. Heavily spiced, torrid, and possibly conflagrant.

In the vial: Mmmmmn, rich heavy almond in a bottle.

Wet on skin: At first, this was the most heavenly mixture of almond and cinnamon imaginable. I smelled delicious.Dry on skin: As it dried, I had a very fiery, pervasive reaction to the ( Read more... )

A dizzying eddy of four teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony.In the vial: Crisp, clean tea and herbs, a bit sharp but very sweet ( Read more... )

Truly the scent of autumn itself -- damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. In the vial: Unnnngod this smells like autumnal goodness: rich, warm, and welcoming. I get flashes of all the notes in the description, the tartness of apple, the woodsy ( Read more... )