In the bottle this smells good enough to eat. Once it goes on my skin, there's a whiff of chocolate followed by a brief flash of caramel, and then it goes sharp and acrid. It's the smoke note. Whatever it is, on me it smells like burnt plastic. Once it dries, it softens a bit and I can smell the chocolate and caramel again, but there's still ( Read more... )

ATTN: rivendellrose: you're gonna like this one.

From the Limited Edition Wind in the Willows set. ( Mole )

My Yule order arrived while I was away. Last night, I was too tired and wound up about the election to do more than open the box and go "Oooo, pretty bottles!" Today, I have actually started trying them.

We begin with ( Gelt )

( L'Estate )

I honestly do not remember ordering this. Of course, Friday the 13th of June was both the zombiepocalyspe and the day my AC curled up and died, so it's entirely possible that I ordered Thirteen and then promptly forgot about it in all the hullabaloo. *helpless shrug* You tell me, I just live here....

( Thirteen )

( Fascinum )

So, I took part in the Four Seasons Inquisition and came up Autumn. The spray and the bath oil both smell delicious, as does the perfume oil. However, as soon as I put a dab of the oil on my wrist, I started sneezing my head off. Have no idea which note is causing the trouble, but whatever it is, my allergies Do Not Like It.

Woe.

( The Robotic Scarab )

Yay! My samples from BPAL's new steampunk line have arrived! First up is ( The Antikythera Mechanism. )

( At last! A limited edition blend that actually works on me! )