Lainey

Oops, I am only doing alphabetical testing of un-phero'd trial vials right now, but I didn't realize this one was phero'd. So I wore it yesterday. I think it's lovely! Light and sweet and soft and feminine. I wish it wasn't sold out. I would love to have a full bottle of it, even though my skin devours it almost immediately. So many pumpkin scents also have allspice as a note--I was wondering what it would be like without that, and it's lovely to find out! I'm wearing it to bed tonight. I have a feeling my little trial vial is not going to last me very long. I was thinking, though...it doesn't appear to have that many notes. Maybe it could be done as a PE when they're open again?

I found this a bit harsh and foodie in the vial--my nose always seems to interpret chocolate notes as "harsh" in the vials. But once on my skin, it mellows right out and the harshness goes away. And then it smells like a chocolate chip cookie to me! It's nice, but as I've said many times, most foodie scents aren't really for me. This is one of the ones I don't mind, though. I'm happy to have tried it.

I'm a little back-and-forth on this one, too. In the vial, there's an edge to it that didn't appeal to me. I can't describe it, but you know how some tropical fruits smell "watery" in a way? It's like that--like it was too "watery tropical." It makes sense in my head, sorry! I actually like the way it goes on my skin, though. I like fruit scents to start with, and this one is lovely and elegant and acquires a slightly powdery sweetness that I really like. Also, I love the name and the label. This just in: My husband thinks it smells like baby powder. He seems to think everything smells like baby powder.

This scent is really interesting. I wore it a couple of days ago, but I was sick so I tried it again today. The first day I tried it, I thought it smelled sort of like licorice at first, but I didn't really get that today. Which is good because I'm not a big fan of licorice, lol. Today, I really smell the cinnamon, which isn't my favourite note, either, but I like the way the other notes tone it down. In particular, I think the cream note adds a nice balance. I don't think it's a scent that is quite "me," but it is really interesting and I love the concept of all these notes together that you wouldn't normally see together.

This one morphed all day on me yesterday! It started out as a sweet coffee scent, like a latte or a mocha, and it stayed like that for quite awhile. In that phase, I did get a lot of chocolate, but not in the bitter way that most "chocolate" scents tend to go on me. Then it kind of smelled like something sweet had burnt in the evening. I was getting a little concerned and wondering if I burnt something at dinner without realizing it, but then I realized it had to be me. Once I was past that point, though, it turned into this rich, complex, exotic scent that I could really get used to. If only it smelled like that all along! Or at least skipped the "burnt cookies" phase. So, in summary...this is pretty nifty. Not sure it's a "me" scent, but it was fun to try. Now if someone could help me get the 80s song "Gloria" out of my head, which has been stuck there all of yesterday and today, I would love you forever!

So on first putting this on, I was a little overwhelmed by how sweet it was. And I thought it had cinnamon in it, before I looked at the notes. But obviously what I was smelling was ginger (which is more pleasing to my nose). After not too long, it settled down and I just smelled like a gingersnap cookie all day. It wasn't very strong. Nice if you're into smelling like cookies. I am not--I have just barely accepted that sometimes I like to smell like cake --so this isn't really a scent for me.

This one is right up my alley! I love it. I wore it today and just the whiff of it every now and then made me happy. As I've said before, peach tends to turn plasticky on me, but I guess nectarine is just different enough that I can wear it! Yay! I love the tart, juicy sweetness I get from it. I wish I could find a full bottle. I think this is one I'd really like to own.

I found this one to be lovely, sweet, and faintly powdery. The main thing is that it was faint. More like a ghost of a scent. Very light. I really like it, though. It's very pretty.

So...I tried this one today. I am not sure what to make of it. I thought that since there was "garden" in the name, that it was supposed to be a floral scent, but I found it to be slightly foodie and tart, which confused me. Now I see it has fruit and nuts rather than flowers! So that makes sense. I find this one a little too tart and foodie for my tastes, in the vial. On my skin, it pretty much disappears right away. My skin just devours it. So it would seem that this is not the scent for me. It also turns mildly plasticky right before it disappears. I'm not entirely sure yet, but I don't think nuts as a note tend to work for me. Oh well, onward and upward! They can't all work out, right?

I agree this is a very classy scent. I find it very feminine and powdery, and sweet. I love it! If I could find a full bottle, I think I would buy it. I like it a lot. I only wish it lasted a little longer, but that said, it did last awhile. Very nice.

This one is pretty interesting. "Sea" scents don't always work on me. In this case, it went quite salty for awhile, which is not really my thing. But then it settled down. But then after it settled down, it basically disappeared. I would prefer to get more of the sweet fruitiness of this one on my skin, I think. But I don't dislike it...I think I will need to try it again another time.

This was an interesting one to try. In the vial it reminds me of when you lift the top on an aquarium--that wet, "pond" smell. On my skin, it turned a little sharp somehow. Not sure why. I like it, but I don't think it's one I would look for a full bottle of. But I'm glad I have a vial to play with.

Yes it did! haha No, this one's not cakey, but we got off-track and were talking about foodie scents.

I'm not big on most foodie scents but I'm becoming a cake convert.

You'd think, right? I mentioned it on a group on Facebook and it created a lot of confusion, lol.

This is another scent that I seem to like or not depending on what time of the month it is. At the moment it's Shark Week, if you know what I mean (I've had quite a few people I've said that to think I'm talking about the TV show, lol), and this feels too "briny" to me. BUT, I know that that happened before, when I first got it and sniffed it, and then another time I sniffed it again and I thought it was pretty. I do like the florals. It's just, I think, the bladderwrack that's iffy on me at certain times. So, this is one that I think I will have to try again sometime when it's not Shark Week. Perhaps then I can get to the bottom of this one and decipher whether it works on me or not. My husband likes it. So that's something, I guess.

Really? Mine seems to prefer the floral scents. Which works for me, because they're usually my favourites!

I wore this this morning. It's a happy, fruity scent. I like it. It smells very cheerful and celebratory to me. I thought it had some sort of alcohol note in it, but I guess it doesn't? Unfortunately, there's not a lot left in the vial I have, so I shall have to enjoy it sparingly.

Whether I like this one or not seems to depend on my mood and the time of the month. Yesterday, I liked it. The idea of dead flowers didn't really appeal to me at first, either, but on me it goes perfumey (in a nice way) fairly quickly. It's not one that I think I would like a bottle of, but I will enjoy my vial.

It IS gorgeous! The funny thing is, after he said that, I could kind of see where he got it from. But only if I thought about it, lol. I like this new word, farflesnooggened.

I wore this yesterday for St. Patrick's Day. I say all those of us who missed out should campaign for a re-brew! Failing that, did anyone buy a bottle and *not* like it? Because I would be happy to buy it off of you! I love this one! I got mostly honeysuckle, but all the ingredients just go together so well. I just love the scent. My husband thought it smelled like root beer, and I guess I can kind of see what he meant, but to me it just smelled like a beautiful, happy floral.

Cool, I thought they might be it for two months, but I wasn't sure. Now what's this about fairy-inspired!?!?!?!??! ME WANTS!!! I missed all the previous fairy potions.

I want to know too, lol! I just didn't want to be the first to ask. I was wondering when the next set is likely to come out.

Wow, this one surprised me! In the vial, I thought it was too sweet and foody for my tastes, but on my skin it became a nice cake scent (along the lines of Atomic Mandarin but of course a different scent). Rich and sweet and delicious. I really enjoyed the hint of booze; I actually wish it was just the teeniest bit stronger! It adds a little somethin'-somethin'. This lasted for a few hours on me, but then it turned sort of dusty-smelling and then disappeared. But it's the kind of scent I wouldn't mind reapplying as often as necessary throughout the day.

This one is really interesting, IMO, because it's totally different on me than in the vial. And yet somehow, I like both versions. In the vial, I get tart fruitiness. Something like Cupidity, but more tangy. On my skin, however, it becomes a soft, gentle whisper of fruit, combined with a sweet musk. It seems to turn sort of creamy. It's really pretty; I like it. I'm not sure I'd go for a full bottle, but if I was looking for a fruity scent, it would probably be a top contender.