Maxine of Arc

I wasn't expecting this to be so strong and resinous. There are moments when I catch the scent and I think it really does smell like Turkish delight (which I love), but in general I find the resins come very much to the fore, with the rose and lemon hiding in the shadows. I think this might be a better nighttime or cold-weather scent, so I'm going to put it away for now and try it again when it's a little cooler out.

I couldn't wait to start trying on samples from the June sampler. I had a feeling Liberty Belle would turn out to be a real winner for me, and it was the first one I picked out to put on. I don't normally like fruity scents, but this is a very different kind of fruity than the usual! It's creamy sweet apple-berry pie-- I hardly feel like I have anything to add to Mara's description as it's dead on perfect. It's a perfectly joyful, bountiful summer scent, and I think I may need a big bottle soon!

Red has very quickly become my "go-to" scent when I can't decide what I want to wear for the day. It's rich and creamy, foody but not overwhelming, and I find I'm sniffing my wrists all day long, and then reapplying when it fades out because I miss the smell-- which is rare for me; usually I'm a "throw it on in the morning and forget about it" sort of woman, but this scent (and the LPs in general, much more so than some other small perfumers I have tried) is impossible to forget about.