Fleur

In the vial this smells like yummy orange cream candy, but on me it's vanilla and cat pee. Why do some of the fruity notes hate me so bad....

I wonder why is that And yes, for me it feels cozy and snuggly too. I'm sure I will be using this a lot when it gets cold and dark here

I had to learn about travel shock the hard way with this one. I was so excited about Nekomusume that I opened and applied it right after receiving my package. And it went all sour on me. Awful, VERY sour unripe plum. It was so disgusting I had to wash my app point twice and I thought I'd never use it again. The next day I gave it another go, and it was delicious and wonderful. Warm and sweet plum&rice pudding, I think I also get the rice wine for some time after the application, but it disappears later on and the scent gets softer and creamier. Absolutely wonderful one, and I'm very happy that I did not give up on it after first try! Good lesson for me though, now I won't forget to give new bottles time to recover from the travel shock.

Oh, shame I did not get any new bags with my order Completely understandable though, I know how busy Mara is right now.

This is beautiful on skin. When wet it smelled sharp lemon, but after drydown it is nothing like that. Lemon is sweet and soft, very noticeable but not overpowering, and stays close to the skin. Lady Frost reminds me of those lemon cough drops with a tiniest hint of peppermint in a sweet cloud of vanilla and sugars. This will be one of my feel good fragrances for sure, Not too wintery scent for me either, it feels perfectly suitable for a cold rainy summer day like today. It is now 2 hours since I applied and the scent is still beautiful, but I'll see how it develops from here. ETA (4 hour mark): Lemon is now gone, and what's left is mostly lovely sweet vanilla. The scent is too complex to be only vanilla, but I can't pick any specific notes. Can only say that it is beautiful. ETA2 (6-7 hour mark): Now it smells like my Hugo Naturals vanilla-peppermint soap, very soft and slightly minty. It's difficult to describe but it's a nice cozy scent that wears close to the skin. Conclusion on Lady Frost: Love it!

Tried ISFH yesterday, and it came out kind of gross on me. Spicy pumpkin and vanilla smell yummy, but butter in this one reads like old man's sweat to me. Hope it was the travel shock, without the sweat part this scent would be absolutely lovely.

Thanks Calii! Both for the warm welcome and for sharing your thoughts on coffee scents! I was thinking that Tyvey's Coffee Cake would be too sweet, but you made me want it NOW! I'll have to put it on my wishlist in case I deside to place another order before the sale is over. Not sure if my wallet will agree with it though

Treasure of Silver is very powdery and blue on me. There is something metallic in the scent too, reminds me of one mainstream fragrance I tried, but I can't remember its name. Compared to this one Cuddle Bunny is much sweeter on me, but otherwise it has a similar feel to it. After applying Treasure of Silver feels too sharp for me to wear, and too powdery. Couple hours later it starts to get more into softer/fresher floral scent department, quite nice but still not something I'd want to get FB of.

Thank you, Mara! You answered also things I did not even ask, that is amazing. Since your intension with those oils was users' success in their wishes, I can hardly go wrong with any of them. Choosing by notes, Whisker Wishes seems to be most suitable for my situation as well. . And every single one looks amazing fragrance wise, so I'm trying them all anyway.

Can Hex Breaker be used with intent of letting go of past relationship/bond to a person?

I love my LAM in Buttercream Peach It starts off as a tad too sweet and sharp peach, but in 20 minutes it settles to a beautiful creamy peach with a hint of honey, and stays that way for hours. Delicious and summery, and makes me crave for sweets.

These NRs are amazingly well thought out! Especially Get a Job one, I wonder how fast is it selling out Can't wait to receive my order now

Thank you! I think I'll figure more things I like after receiving my next order, Mara's creations never stop to amaze me. Will take a while for the order to get to Europe though.. Having house for yourself and LP goods to try does sound like a perfect day to me! Good luck and have fun experimenting! From what I've read, I think cops smell can vary both depending on your skin reaction with them and on your perception of the smell (the latter shouldn't have any effect on how others react though). I can wear loads of cops, and when I do everyone comments on how great I smell, even though for me there's no difference compared to no-cops fragrances at all. Normally I don't get any comments on my perfume from coworkers/friends unless I ask, but with cops on everyone comes to sniff me and tell me how wonderful I smell. Mostly men for obvious reasons, but I've also gotten those comments from few of the ladies BBM is absolutely lovely creamy/milky vanilla scent on me, I can't detect any cops in it. Can't say anything about OCCO/NoCo white though. I ordered a sample of OCCO White with my last order, I'll tell what I think about that when it gets here. And here is a hug for fellow experimenting newbie Not sure if hugging people is appropriate where you live, but that's what I do to anyone I meet and like

I'd like to reserve: Lina's Candied Violet Fluff Charlene's Blackberry Jasmine Tyvey's Peony Crunch Cake Thank you!

Blackcat, I'm really enjoying reading your reviews And thanks again for all your encouragement, you're wonderful! Have you tried more of those 4 vanilla scents you got?) I'm looking forward to read your comparison And for Cheeseburger, I love how you link together fragrances, songs, feelings, memories etc... You have such an interesting mind to see all that Even though your suggestions were for Blackcat, I'll keep them in mind for myself too

Ah, thanks a lot, Stacy! I only have LAM in Buttercream Peach at the moment, but the fragrances you mentioned do sound very yummy

Congrats!

Stacy, I think something got missing from your post, right?.. Or were you just quoting with no text? Sorry if I'm asking stupid questions..

Many thanks for your suggestion! I'll have to get a sample of it, as I'm not sure about how chocolate and leather notes would work. Those can be hit or miss for me. By the way, I love the Russian agent theme behind Katerina Suit. EDIT: And MRF by now is just pure spices (10+ hours after applying it). I'll try to soften it up with something else.

On me this one smells like burnt sugar (overcooked caramel), smoke and little spices + dry vanilla. Looking at the notes and reading that it smells like a cookie I expected it to be too sweet. On me it isn't sweet a tiniest bit though, but instead is very smokey and tobacco-like. Reminds me of vanilla flavored hookah tobacco (shisha), and I get the same associations from other people too. Definitely this turned out better than I expected. Wearing RF /w SS4W around my SO always got him all over me, leading to sensual and disinhibited sex. First time I used RF he said I smelled like flavored tobacco smoke and dragged me to bed right away. Possibly his reaction was related to both scent and mones, as this does smell sexy. Since then it's been one my favorites. With other people no over the top phero hits, but I feel sexy and think I am also perceived that way. EDIT: I did not remember ever wearing RF for so long, but now about 8 hours after the application burnt sugar has almost completely disappeared and that made vanilla really pop. The scent turned into a very soft sweet vanilla and spicy tobacco. I can't believe that there's no tobacco note in this one, probably spices read like it. Very interesting one.

First when applying I get thick yummy cream with a hint of a gross rotten fruit (possibly mango doing that, fruits can go all weird on me). Luckily 20-30 minutes later the fruit is all gone and Amazonia Zee becomes absolutely lovely cream with a hint of coconut and something misty/mossy floral in it. I love that phase, I'd want to wear it forever. Later it gradually turns into musky sweet coconut, beautiful scent as well. This one would be a solid candidate for my FB list, if it was not sold out already

I'm almost through my sample vial, but still can't decide if I want a FB of this one or not. It causes me changes my mind several times a day. In the vial it smells very delicate and beautiful and I can pick myrrh in it, some spices and sweet honey there too. When applied it turns to very aggressive and sharp floral (I guess lotus), and that's when I think that no way I'm going to wear it ever again. It literally attacks my nose. Soon it starts to soften though and becomes incensey with spices again, but no sweetness this time. I do feel the whole Mara's Ancient Egypt concept in this one, this is mysterious and reminds me of every book I ever read about that culture. Very special and beautifully designed perfume for sure. Now few hours after application it is soft and beautifully unusual, and makes me want to buy it again. Tricky little beast! PS: I love that label picture too.

On me this opens as berries with a hint of fruitiness and coconut. Also I smell some kind of sugar that is not sweet, if it makes any sense. Very balanced and lovely scent for daytime. I don't really pick the rum there, or perhaps it's what I think as fruitiness. After couple hours berries start fading and are replaced by delicious vanilla with musk, making the scent quite different from where it starts, but still absolutely great. The only problem with this one is that it does not last long on me. I don't mind to reapply though.

Thank you for the suggestions! There is Patchouli paste listed in Vamp Cafe description, and I am apparently very sensitive to patchouli. In LP Original/Black/Red I can smell it without opening the vials and it totally grosses me out. I'll have to gift those vials to someone I guess... Perhaps I could incorporate my coffee or tea scent ideas in a PE one day. But that'll be in a distant future I think, there is much to learn before that. Thanks! I sure am having fun here

Thanks! I'm getting that one for sure You're so wonderful! I am enjoying LP forums a lot, all the fragrance information and just general chitchat here. And I am a believer in Mara's fragrance magic now, completely understand you in that. I still love experimenting with pheromone blends from many vendors though, but they also seem work significantly better when paired with proper LP scents. And on the days I'm not wearing pheromones for any reason, great perfumes do add that spark regardless. On another note, I'd like to throw in a sample of something coffee-smelling with my next order, but could not find anything that would excite me desription-wise. I'd love something like Velvet Coffee Cream hydrating water but in a perfume form. Encens de Café seems to be heavy on dark resins that generally make me nauseous, and Bananoffee Coffee is probably too sweet for my liking (but that one I think I'd try anyway). Is there anything else with coffee but no chocolate/resins that would come to your mind? I am a lifetime tea and coffee lover (and do choose this addiction over going for healthy non-coffeinated life) and the aroma is always a huge part of drinking experience. And I am heavily convinced that good coffee always has to have rich wonderful aroma or there is something wrong with it. So I am just curious if that feeling is possible to recreate wearing a perfume. And I found an old thread about Tyvey's Coconut Coffee Ice Cream PE that sounds exactly like what I'm thinking about. Too bad it's long gone Well, I guess I should ask for advice in a proper forum section, and here it is just as a part of introducing myself