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Aaaaand back to scent blogging! No BPAL today–instead I’ve tried some of the Demeter line, and another Villainess. Wet Garden — This one was a little too sweetly floral for me. “Gee, Ursula,” you say, “it’s called “wet garden” and it’s floral? Say it ain’t so!” Okay, yeah, wiseguy, I see your point. Thing is, […]

It’s been quite awhile since I did any scent blogging here. Part of that is that I’ve been busy as hell, and then there was a chunk of hayfever when I wouldn’t have been able to tell if I smelled like ambrosia with undertones of elephant manure. But I’ve started up testing again, trying to retest […]

Okay, there are SO MANY of these that I’m gonna have to cut tag it. I’m workin’ through ’em as fast as I can. So many are starting to be “promising” that I’m dividing them into first and second tier…second tier I’ll keep and try again at some point and see if I still like, […]

Okay. Okay, I am now testing six at a time–two wrist, two upper arm, two on my ankles, for christ’s sake! My ANKLES! See what you people have done to me!? The reviews will be getting briefer, I suspect… Iago — turns to powder, unfortunately, but powder with a pleasant undertone of vanilla. Jack — […]

Since I didn’t want to go using imps in an enclosed space at the Con, let alone the car-ride, I’m behind on odor blogging, but here’s a catch-up! Mr. Jacquel — I love the smell, I love the description, and goddamnit, it turns to powder. I may see about a scent locket or a room […]

Blargh, I keep running out of ink. Blargh I say! And then I realized I had no writeable CDs, and I really needed one RIGHT NOW and then there was much panicking and running in circles and flapping of vestigial wings. But all is well. I have CDs. I have chili for breakfast and mac […]

MORE imps in the mail. Dear god. Today we had better luck, though! “Faustus” — interesting, but went powdery, alas. Will make a note to try later. “The Coiled Serpent” — Holy patchouli, Batman! Not an obnoxious patchouli, though…kind of an odd, bitter undertone, like burning hay. This actually wasn’t a bad smell. I don’t […]

A huge pack of imps arrived today, courtesy of the lovely Reece, and god, I see what you people mean–opening these things is like Christmas! Eeee! Tried “Baku.” Intensely, powerfully anise. My wrists smelled like I was wearing black licorice handcuffs. Within five minutes, it had vanished completely, leaving no trace behind. Huh. Well, that […]

Tried “Isles of Demons.” Great name. Smells a little too perfume-y for me at first blush–definitely floral, definitely sweet. After a few minutes, the musk starts to come through, which is nice, but the topnote–crap, these terms are starting to make SENSE–is still too sweet for my tastes. Hmm, all this smell-testing is definitely a […]

Tried “Whip.” Roses and leather, theoretically, but it vanished almost completely on my skin–I got a floral whiff, made a mental note to sniff again later, and then poof! nada. It wasn’t an obnoxious floral, suspicious as I am of them, it just…went away immediately. I tend not to lather on the perfume, of course, […]