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Baobhan Sith
The ghostly White Women of the Scottish highlands. They seduce unwary travelers by night with their unearthly beauty and mesmerizing dancing. They engage their victims in a wild, hypnotic dance, and once they reach exhaustion, exsanguinate their partners with their vampiric kiss. Grapefruit, white tea, apple blossom and ginger.
In the bottle, I smelled mostly tea. On me, it is grapefruit liek whoa. Practically nothing but citrus, definitely no apple blossom or ginger to be had. That's not to say it's unpleasant; it's a sweet, summery kind of scent. However, it fades quickly. (Twenty minutes, tops.) 5.5/10.
The Hesperides
The Hesperides are the Nymphs of the Evening who dwell in a verdant garden located in the Arcadian Mountains, guarded by the terrible three-headed dragon, Ladon. Within their garden lives the tree that bears Hera’s sacred Golden Apples. Their perfume is that of sturdy oak bark, dew-kissed leaves, twilight mist and crisp apple.
In the bottle: Xtreme red apple. On me, it's apple with something else to it, but it's a very sweet red apple scent where I prefer a tarter green apple. It's also strong, but pleasant enough. As it dried, it becomes VERY sweet - almost a candy apple. I prefer Ladon. 5/10.
Delirium
Non compos mentis, indeed! A contrary, conflicted scent, bubbling with merry madness. Contains apple, rose, and lemon.
In bottle: overwhelmingly lemon. Which continues onto the flesh. But it's not a bad chemical cleaner lemon, it's a real, lemonade lemon. Edit: After half an hour, it's totally switched over to the rose. Weird. 4/10. Edit 2, Dec. 30: After a second wearing, I'm boosting this to 5.5. I like it enough to wear it normally, though I think it has limited uses.
The Dormouse
A dizzying eddy of four teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony.
In the bottle, all I can catch is the light floral of the peony. On me, there's a sharper scent below it, which I'm guessing is the herbs. No tea that I can find, though! I don't think I'd ever wear this, but it's not actively unpleasant. 4/10.
Tweedledee
Ridiculous! Kumquat, white pepper, white tea and orange blossom.
The orange blossom and kumquat must combine to make this smell like The Body Shop's satsuma scent, I think. (I believe Katie said similar in her review.) Which is nice but... no need to buy it if I can just get satsuma-scented stuff from TBS, right? ;) 4/10.
Szepasszony (from Ciaran <3)
The Fair Lady, Winter Witch, White Maiden of the Storm. Szepasszony is a Hungarian demoness that appears as a stunningly beautiful woman with long, silver-white hair and a blinding white dress. She revels in storms, particularly when hail rains down on her. Water dripping down eaves into a puddle is an invitation for her to cause mischief: she uses the puddle as a magickal tool for casting her wicked spells. It is considered foolhardy to step into a circle of short grass ringed by taller grasses, as those mark the circles where the Fair Lady dances. A chilly, tempestuous whirlwind of clear, airy notes, slashing rain, and a thin undercurrent of white flowers.
The "thin undercurrent of white flowers" is actually kind of omnipresent. I smell no rain or air, but it is a very nice floral scent - I could see this being my go-to for weddings or other such events if I didn't want to go with my traditional rose. 6/10.
The ghostly White Women of the Scottish highlands. They seduce unwary travelers by night with their unearthly beauty and mesmerizing dancing. They engage their victims in a wild, hypnotic dance, and once they reach exhaustion, exsanguinate their partners with their vampiric kiss. Grapefruit, white tea, apple blossom and ginger.
In the bottle, I smelled mostly tea. On me, it is grapefruit liek whoa. Practically nothing but citrus, definitely no apple blossom or ginger to be had. That's not to say it's unpleasant; it's a sweet, summery kind of scent. However, it fades quickly. (Twenty minutes, tops.) 5.5/10.
The Hesperides
The Hesperides are the Nymphs of the Evening who dwell in a verdant garden located in the Arcadian Mountains, guarded by the terrible three-headed dragon, Ladon. Within their garden lives the tree that bears Hera’s sacred Golden Apples. Their perfume is that of sturdy oak bark, dew-kissed leaves, twilight mist and crisp apple.
In the bottle: Xtreme red apple. On me, it's apple with something else to it, but it's a very sweet red apple scent where I prefer a tarter green apple. It's also strong, but pleasant enough. As it dried, it becomes VERY sweet - almost a candy apple. I prefer Ladon. 5/10.
Delirium
Non compos mentis, indeed! A contrary, conflicted scent, bubbling with merry madness. Contains apple, rose, and lemon.
In bottle: overwhelmingly lemon. Which continues onto the flesh. But it's not a bad chemical cleaner lemon, it's a real, lemonade lemon. Edit: After half an hour, it's totally switched over to the rose. Weird. 4/10. Edit 2, Dec. 30: After a second wearing, I'm boosting this to 5.5. I like it enough to wear it normally, though I think it has limited uses.
The Dormouse
A dizzying eddy of four teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony.
In the bottle, all I can catch is the light floral of the peony. On me, there's a sharper scent below it, which I'm guessing is the herbs. No tea that I can find, though! I don't think I'd ever wear this, but it's not actively unpleasant. 4/10.
Tweedledee
Ridiculous! Kumquat, white pepper, white tea and orange blossom.
The orange blossom and kumquat must combine to make this smell like The Body Shop's satsuma scent, I think. (I believe Katie said similar in her review.) Which is nice but... no need to buy it if I can just get satsuma-scented stuff from TBS, right? ;) 4/10.
Szepasszony (from Ciaran <3)
The Fair Lady, Winter Witch, White Maiden of the Storm. Szepasszony is a Hungarian demoness that appears as a stunningly beautiful woman with long, silver-white hair and a blinding white dress. She revels in storms, particularly when hail rains down on her. Water dripping down eaves into a puddle is an invitation for her to cause mischief: she uses the puddle as a magickal tool for casting her wicked spells. It is considered foolhardy to step into a circle of short grass ringed by taller grasses, as those mark the circles where the Fair Lady dances. A chilly, tempestuous whirlwind of clear, airy notes, slashing rain, and a thin undercurrent of white flowers.
The "thin undercurrent of white flowers" is actually kind of omnipresent. I smell no rain or air, but it is a very nice floral scent - I could see this being my go-to for weddings or other such events if I didn't want to go with my traditional rose. 6/10.
