ethaisa

I was going to finish the whole set before posting, but my Yule decants arrived today so this project is being temporarily bumped.

Zombi - Dried roses, rose leaf, Spanish moss, oakmoss and deep brown earth.
- wet: reminds me strongly of freshly pulled beets, with dirt still clinging to them
- dry: spicy beets, with a hint of rose
- later: finally the beets recede, leaving a lovely vintage-evoking dusty rose
Overall: nice scent, intriguing
3/5

Thanatopsis - A deep, solomn earthen scent containing pine, juniper and musk.
- wet: a freshly cut tree, pine/fir, that intensifies as it dries, with a faint hint of musk
- dry: fir seems dominant to the pine (which is nice) and more musk
- later: musky powder with a hint of fir
Overall: really like the early stages, but the notes I like best fade too quickly; I'd need to reapply frequently - it might be worth it. Let's see how long the powder stage lasts.... oh, it lingers... 6 hrs and counting...
3/5

Dance of Death - A gloriously elegant representation of Lady Death. Dry, bone-white orris, black musk, serpentine patchouli and our murkiest myrrh.
- wet: dusty musk (must be the orris leaping out)
- dry: dry, dry orris and here comes the patchouli, dark green and earthy, with a sweet hint of myrrh
- later: the patchouli goes a little sour, but later still: lovely powdery musk and myrrh
Overall: Very nice - I'll likely wear this again, even though I'm not happy with the mid patchouli note; the rest is worth it
3/5

Dance Macabre - Black cypress with oakmoss, frankincense, oude, and a sliver of toasted hazelnut.
- wet: the cypress dominates, a hint of frankincense and the hazelnut is gone in a nanosecond
- dry: the oude comes up, balancing the cypress
- later: floaty resinous spice, like the frankincense grabbed the oude and the cypress and its up, up and away; a faint tickle to my nose
Overall: Despite the sharp start the drydown is quite lovely. Definitely would wear this again, especially in the winter when I'm looking for spicy green warmth.
3/5

Sheol - Vibrant gladiola, graceful stargazer lily, triumphant iris and bright heliotrope flare, and is finally made somber by heavy copal, a drop of labdanum, and tonka.
- wet: heavy floral; individual notes quickly fade/blend into resinous undertones
- dry: mostly just resins left, with the barest hint of florals
- later: very faint, no last to speak off
Overall: nice, but wearable?? No staying power. Slathering may be require, but I'm not sure its worth it considering what my skin tends to with lily and iris.
2/5

Haunted - Soft golden amber darkened with a touch of murky black musk.
- wet: light musk with a hint of powder (amber??); very soft, suits its name
- dry: powder is still there, but now its darker, and spicy, and there's a green note beneath it all (fresh green peas? really?)
- later: the green note is gone, leaving powdery (is this is amber?) musk with a faint hint of vanilla
Overall: wearable scent with an appealing finish; it's nice, but not noteworthy.
2/5

Shroud - Dry white sandalwood wrapped in thin woods, soft grasses and the lightest white flowers layered over cajeput and the warm, deep scent of embalming herbs.
- wet: cool, dry, light floral with a narrow sharp edge (ok, so that's what Cajeput is)
- dry: dances on the soap edge, but the woods come out
- later: fine, faint soap
Overall: Nothing deep or warm about this. Evocative, but the soap note kills it for me.
1/5

House of Night - A sorrowful graveyard bouquet of somber blooms, funereal boughs, dismal green and laden with grief.
- wet: sharp green floral, hint of soap; makes me sneeze, wish I knew what to blame...
- dry: dries quickly, getting roses, lily (boo, hiss) and maybe violet along with the greens (cypress? predominate)
- later: ok, it's calming down, no greens, all floral... ah, there's the soap, again
Overall: Bleh. Not for me.
1/5

0 - get it off me!
1 - bleh, not for me
2 - ok, with nice bits
3 - noteworthy, would wear again
4 - bottle-worthy
5 - hoard the precious!