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Bits in italics are what the Lab has to say about the scent. Regular text is all me and my unsophisticated (and slightly stuffed up) nose. I've read several reviews that go into exquisite detail and pinpoint different components. I'll be lucky if I can come up with "Smells like flowers. Flowers are good."
Zombi (Funereal Oils) - Dried roses, rose leaf, Spanish moss, oakmoss and deep brown earth. Straight off it's very rose. Which is good because I love roses. An hour later still no hint of dirt, but the roses have faded back to let some of the other bits through. If you don't like earthy, almost dried roses this one isn't for you. I admit I was drawn to this one for the name, I'm all about the zombies, but I'm really happy with it. I'll be getting a 5ml bottle of Zombi on my next order.
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Jack (Bewitching Brews) - The scent of warm, glowing jack o'lanterns on a warm autumn night: true Halloween pumpkin, spiced with nutmeg, glowing peach and murky clove.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
rewil gifted me a 5ml bottle of this and I'm so glad. Open the bottle (or even stand too close to it) and it's ALL Melted Butter. Almost buttered popcorn but without that horrid overpowering popcorn smell I abhor. However, once it's on my skin the spice comes out and the nutmeg and clove are so nummy. After an hour or so it has a very vague resemblance to the Harvest Spice candles from Pier One. Overall, yummy. I'm not a huge fan of the OMG Butter! that hits you when you open the bottle, but it more than makes up for that on my skin. If I didn't already have a bigger bottle of Jack I would definitely order one.
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Bliss (Bewitching Brews) - A shot of pure, self-indulgent eupohoria! A scent that is very, very wicked in its own way: the serotonin-slathered scent of pure milk chocolate. Right off the bat I hate it. It reminds me of those old chocolate scratch and sniff stickers that never really smelled like chocolate, you know? After about two minutes the grossness fades to a very nice low cocoa scent. Unfortunately after about an hour and a half, the scratch and sniff smell starts to creep back on me. Bliss has its moments of mouthwatering tasty, but they're very overshadowed by the nose wrinkling smell I have dubbed scratch-n-sniff. I'll keep the imp (unless someone is interested in negotiating a trade for something really good) but I don't think I'll get another one.
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Tulzcha (Limited Edition - Springtime in Arkham) - A belching column of sick greenish flame... spouting volcanically from depths profound and inconceivable, casting no shadows as healthy flame should, and coating the nitrous stone with a nasty, venomous verdigris. For in all that seething combustion no warmth lay, but only the clamminess of death and corruption. A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber. My volcanic bottle seemed to be belching Minty toothpaste with a hint of Scope. It mellows after awhile to something cool, there's mint but when I try to pinpoint what it reminds me of all I get is "cool". I have about 4mls of Tulzcha already and it's not my favorite scent so far (see Jack and Zombi), but I like it. Out of the bottle it's very in your face, but it mellows with wear.
Next up - Blood, Kitsune-Tsuki, Wilde and Greed
Zombi (Funereal Oils) - Dried roses, rose leaf, Spanish moss, oakmoss and deep brown earth. Straight off it's very rose. Which is good because I love roses. An hour later still no hint of dirt, but the roses have faded back to let some of the other bits through. If you don't like earthy, almost dried roses this one isn't for you. I admit I was drawn to this one for the name, I'm all about the zombies, but I'm really happy with it. I'll be getting a 5ml bottle of Zombi on my next order.
Jack (Bewitching Brews) - The scent of warm, glowing jack o'lanterns on a warm autumn night: true Halloween pumpkin, spiced with nutmeg, glowing peach and murky clove.
rewil gifted me a 5ml bottle of this and I'm so glad. Open the bottle (or even stand too close to it) and it's ALL Melted Butter. Almost buttered popcorn but without that horrid overpowering popcorn smell I abhor. However, once it's on my skin the spice comes out and the nutmeg and clove are so nummy. After an hour or so it has a very vague resemblance to the Harvest Spice candles from Pier One. Overall, yummy. I'm not a huge fan of the OMG Butter! that hits you when you open the bottle, but it more than makes up for that on my skin. If I didn't already have a bigger bottle of Jack I would definitely order one.Bliss (Bewitching Brews) - A shot of pure, self-indulgent eupohoria! A scent that is very, very wicked in its own way: the serotonin-slathered scent of pure milk chocolate. Right off the bat I hate it. It reminds me of those old chocolate scratch and sniff stickers that never really smelled like chocolate, you know? After about two minutes the grossness fades to a very nice low cocoa scent. Unfortunately after about an hour and a half, the scratch and sniff smell starts to creep back on me. Bliss has its moments of mouthwatering tasty, but they're very overshadowed by the nose wrinkling smell I have dubbed scratch-n-sniff. I'll keep the imp (unless someone is interested in negotiating a trade for something really good) but I don't think I'll get another one.
Tulzcha (Limited Edition - Springtime in Arkham) - A belching column of sick greenish flame... spouting volcanically from depths profound and inconceivable, casting no shadows as healthy flame should, and coating the nitrous stone with a nasty, venomous verdigris. For in all that seething combustion no warmth lay, but only the clamminess of death and corruption. A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber. My volcanic bottle seemed to be belching Minty toothpaste with a hint of Scope. It mellows after awhile to something cool, there's mint but when I try to pinpoint what it reminds me of all I get is "cool". I have about 4mls of Tulzcha already and it's not my favorite scent so far (see Jack and Zombi), but I like it. Out of the bottle it's very in your face, but it mellows with wear.
Next up - Blood, Kitsune-Tsuki, Wilde and Greed
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