Honeyed lilies, dry lotus root and fae flowers.

In bottle: somewhat perfume-y, but mostly gentle creamy flowers. Yes on the sweet honeyed lilies. It's pretty, but feels a bit too floral for me.

Wet on skin: wow. I think that dry lotus root just needed a bit of warming up--it's not as all-out floral as it felt in the bottle. There is a slight " ( 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 imp: pink and sweet, with a faintly citrusy note from the mandarin blending ( Read more... )

Golden vanilla and gilded musk, stargazer lily, white sandalwood, grey amber, elemi, orris root, ambergris and sea moss.

In imp: clean and rather soapy, slightly floral with a touch of bright vanilla. It smells faintly masculine to me, or rather an almost-masculine note. I'm not sure what it is.

Wet on skin: it's clean and bright, faintly powdery ( Read more... )

Starry white lilies lend an eerie brightness to the deep black wooded scents of cypress and oak, layered with a touch of crushed dried leaves and the faintest aquatic note.

In imp: smells light and airy, almost citrusy-it made me think of summer and beautiful hot days in the shade with the sun shining down. Very interesting scent.

Wet on skin: ( Read more... )