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Lear (swap)
Lab description: White cedarwood, blue sage and bay leaf.
Ribbons's reaction: Definitely woodsy. Not unpleasant, but not something I'd wear.

Kostnice - lab imp (direct order, January; discontinued)
Lab description: Frankincense, rosewood, lily, and geranium rose. Other people's detailed reviews.
Ribbons's reaction: smells very sharp in the vial. Mellows a bit on the skin after a few minutes, but not me.

Katharina - bonus imp from lab, January
Lab description: A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom.
Ribbons's reaction: Orange creamsicle.

Crossroads - lab imp (resale)
Lab description: A chill twilit garden of blooms over dry earth and mosses, heavily laden with incense and offertory herbs.
Ribbons's reaction: Been wearing this on and off through the winter. Definitely heavy on the incense. It's interesting ---there's something metallic about it that's not exactly unpleasant but not quite nice, either. I think of grey sky and exhaust fumes. (Why would I wear something like that? Well, sometimes that fits my mood.) Sniffing it and Seraphim in the same session brings out the sweetness in Seraphim.

Spousal reviews:
Wicked - "smells like toilet paper fragrance"
Erato - "smells better up close than far away" (seems to be his general reaction to incense-heavy scents)

I've tried some others that I'm keeping (specifically Antony, Madame Tracy, and a sample of "Le Soleil Lavender Water" (from Possets)), which I'll write up later. (It's a snow day here, plus I've some tax stuff due by the end of this week, so I'm decluttering like a fiend today.) The really happy find of the year so far has been Amsterdam. Just a few weeks until tulips...

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The tulips are in fact out in Amsterdam. Or at least in Eindhoven, so presumably there too. I was afraid I'd have to go home too soon, but at the moment it's looking like I will b able to get to see them in profusion in the Keukenhof (opens the third week of March).