Wet, I was not at all impressed with this one. I got really strong wine. After it dried and had some time to blend with my skin, I love it. The rose is definitely there, but soft and powdery on me. I can smell some dark resins in the background. I was pleasantly surprised with this one.

On wet, this had the earthy undertones I adore. Rose just peeked out occasionally, bouncing off the wine note. After several hours, it is straight rose on me now.

This one went really wonky with my chemistry, so I am not going to do a detailed review.....but I would just like to say that I am happy that my full bottle found a good home, thanks to Brunette!

When I tried this the wine stayed at the top and then gave way to rose. It was a few hours before it mellowed out.

Contrary to what I thought would happen, this does not stink. The wine is very soft on my skin and quickly yields to equally soft roses with a tinge of booze. Not really any earth at all - if there's anything extra going on, it's the spices. Really nice, a gently seductive scent. My sinuses don't like it too well, but I do, so I may have to get a bottle before long.

Wine & Dead Roses is normally a scent that I wear at home/bedtime. But today I was feeling the pull of Der Gawthe (thanks, Luna), so I put it on.

It is a beautiful scent - softly rose with just a dusting of earth to add some depth. The "wine" is very subtle when wet, at least for me, and just keeps the rose from being "bright" - quiets it to a whisper.

My coworker declared that it was gorgeous, but when I told her the name she recoiled at the "dead" moniker...she has very delicate sensibilities. I may decant her a vial, but alter the name a tad....although that just feels wrong.

My mom had the same reaction when I gave her of a bottle of Goth Rosary's Funeral Flowers lotion (because she loves white florals). She said, "Why would you name something that?!"

I was skeptical of this at first because I was afraid of the "dead roses", but this isn't any rancid rose scent. It's really more like "Wine and Black Roses" because it's all potent, sweet and bloody wine with deep, dark velvety roses. This is going to be a bottle for sure!