Belletrist

Krinos is a very, very pretty floral musk. On my skin, it opens up with a blast of bright citrus that I could have sworn was something like citron or Buddha's hand amid a backdrop of very pretty garden florals and white musk. I would say the lily of the valley is dominant, and the florals are a little sweet, but very fresh and pretty, not indolic at all. Eventually the citrus dies out and you're left with the pretty florals and musk that just last absolutely forever.

Krinos is very similar on my husband's skin, and actually lasts even better, still going strong with significant sillage after 11hrs.

Sprayed on from brand sample out of Scent Club Mystery Kit #1. Worn about 11hrs at time of writing.

On my skin, Muscat opens distinctly of dry vetiver for the first 20 minutes or so, until it is joined by a scorchy synthetic wood note, not so burnt it smells like hair up the wrong side of the hairdryer, but it's close. The vetiver goes away, and then it just continues as this scorchy wood for hours and hours, until finally that goes away after 8-10hrs and all that's left is vaguely sweet vaguely resins.

On my husband, it smells like a well blended dry amber. It does not do the scorchy thing and there are no sharp edges but there's also not really much distinctive about the fragrance. It lasts on him about 8hrs before it starts to get hard to detect.

It wore pretty close to the skin on both of us.

Sprayed on from brand sample out of Scent Club Mystery Kit #1. Worn about 11hrs at time of writing.

There are a lot of notes listed for Rosarine, but I have to say, it really mostly smells like rose the whole way through, and the other notes are there to emphasize and bring out all the aromatic facets of rose.

Rosarine opens up with a fruity but thickly honeyed rose, that also has significant peppery, spicy and green facets, a little like a touch of carnation. I read someone called it oily, and I could see that, it almost gives the impression of high quality rose oil. Eventually the green and spicy facets die down, and the honey gives way to sugar, turning Rosarine into a very sweet rose jam. And it stays rose jam, perhaps with a large dose of raspberry and a touch of cinnamon if I am looking for them.

On my husband Rosarine opens up much sweeter with less floral facets. He also doesn't get nearly as much green or spiciness and the sugar comes out a lot faster. However, the drydown is much less fruity, more vanillic sweet and maybe a little earthier on him though I'd still say it predominantly gives the impression of rose jam.

I *love* jammy roses, and this may be the jammiest of them all. Interestingly, it made me think that usually I prefer my jammy roses anchored by a more prominent woody and/or resinous base, but Rosarine has so much depth, I don't think she needs it.

Rosarine wears somewhat close to the skin, being quite dense, and therefore does not soar. On me it's still going strong 11hrs in. On my husband it lasted well for 10hrs and then faded quickly.

Sprayed on from brand sample out of Scent Club Mystery Kit #1.

This may be my favorite clean laundry fragrance, and it is not a category I usually favor.

Visionary Eye opens up strongly with a blast of iris and some herbal aromatic and woody facets that mostly present somewhat like pencil shavings to my nose. The pencil shavings fade away within about an hour and a half, to be replaced by musk. The iris musk combination is nice and lasts another few hours, when finally the duo is joined by a soft vanilla sandalwood with just a hint of cinnamon. It still gives clean laundry vibes, but it's sweet and cozy, like maybe you decided to roll around and cuddle in sheets hot out of the dryer with your favorite person.

On my husband's skin, he doesn't get the pencil shavings and just starts off with a slightly sweet iris and the vanilla/sandalwood/cinnamon combination shows up hours earlier and feels warmer overall. Unfortunately, it also fades faster on him, being basically gone by 10hrs while it's still clear as day on my skin.

Sprayed on from brand sample out of Scent Club Mystery Kit #1. Worn about 10 hrs at time of writing.

Gold Spot opens with a blast of fresh cut grass which is quickly joined by cocoa. Within about an hour, the fresh cut grass has slowly morphed into pencil shavings. At this point, it's quite frankly a bit confusing, until another half hour in when pretty much everything else in the presentation of a fuzzy butterscotch amber joins the mix. There's also a smooth sweet nuttiness like peanut butter that is much more prominent on my husband's skin than on mine, but I can detect the facets on my skin as well. After this point, Gold Spot is a very pleasant gourmand amber that slowly melds and then fades away.

On my skin it's still detectable after 10hrs but on my husband's skin it was gone by 8. Sillage was present but closer to the skin and didn't seem to trail much. I bet it would make a cozy bubble if properly worn though.

Sprayed on from brand sample out of Scent Club Mystery Kit #1. Worn about 10hrs at time of writing.