Czernobog:
In the bottle: Er...it smells like root beer.
Wet: Spicy. Sharp, but not quite in the same way as Undertow or Burial.
Drydown: The sharp has gone away, and the spicy has been tamed, but I SWEAR I smell sandalwood. Maybe it's just my brain smelling the myrrh and interpreting it as sandalwood (since I smelled it in TA). It seems very clean...reminds me of a shop (no longer around) called Black Market Minerals. However, I don't think this is something I'd wear.
Conclusion: sell

Juke Joint:
In the bottle: I smell mint (slightly) and...alcohol. But, like rubbing alcohol. Not bourbon or drinking alcohol.
Wet: The mint comes out strong.
Drydown: The mint is still there, with what I think is the bourbon. However, I'm getting just a hint of powder. NO NO NO! I want this one to work! Later on, it morphs into mostly powder. Gah! I mean, the mint and bourbon are there, but only just. *cries* I wanted to like this one so much!
Conclusion: give this one more, longer test. If it's still powdery after several hours, sell. *sniff..sniff...CRY!*
Update: Yeah, it just turns to powder. Sell.

O:
In the bottle: Holy shit! The reviews at the forum said it smells like sex, but, WOAH! I didn't expect they'd be right!
Wet: Okay. I still smell the sweat, and a little bit of sex, but the honey came right out at me.
Drydown: The honey and amber came out, and then they mellowed and the vanilla is starting to peek through. I like this one. It's definitely not something I could wear to school (being the Christian college university that it is), but I think I'll give this one a "bigger" test at the RenFaire on Saturday.
Conclusion: keep, test at Faire.
Update: Tested, and it made me feel ill. Sell.

Titus Andronicus:
In the bottle: Hm. This one does smell more masculine, of musk. But also...red in a faint way.
Wet: Oh, goodness! It's woody, and dark, and I really want to smell this on Matthew! Mmmm this almost reminds me of my grandfather's chair, where it smelled like his aftershave and cigars.
Drydown: This actually seems like something I'd wear myself, depending on the weather and my mood. Days like today, icky rainy grey ones, I would SO want to wear this!
ETA: It's going powdery, NO! I can still smell the sandalwood through the powder, but.. but.. POWDER, no! ...Er.. okay. Now the powder's receding, but just there in the background. I think I'll have to wear this as a normal perfume to really evaluate it.
Conclusion: keep. test more to see if 5 ml is necessary. Also test on Matthew. *grin*
Update: It just goes powdery on me. However, I need to test it on Matthew, and I can still put it into an oil burner or tealight. Keep imp.

Tags: bpal, imps