The scent of Death’s seaside throne: luminous aquatic notes threaded through by creeping ivies, white woods, waving kelp and bruised violets. review

This is another DimV scent that I was unsure about. Some of the notes were a big plus, some not so much. I tend to not really like aquatics typically, since they usually can be too sharp or headache-inducing on me.
Wet on the skin: This smells a lot like wet Numb. Very perfumey. It's got a slight aquatic note, but it's faint and actually quite nice. There might be a trace of violet, but really it's just an overpowering "PERFUME" screaming note.
After a short bit, the perfumey aspect settles down a bit, and it's a light with just a tinge of the kelp which makes it smell a bit like salty seawater. Ooh.
Now that even more time has elapsed, it's starting in on the wood notes. They are light, slightly sweet, and really pretty. It reminds me a bit of the wet stage of Yggdrasil now. I super like this stage, though I wouldn't mind it having a bit more punch or throw. I like to waft. It doesn't really retain any floral or super pungent perfumey notes at all.
This is another double plus good one from this series. Even if you don't typically like aquatics, you may be pleasantly surprised with this one.

The shadowy, fitful scent of nightmare, rife with ill-omen: osmanthus and tuberose over pulsating, heated skin musk, spiked carnation, night phlox and vesper iris. review

Oddly enough, at first whiff, this smells not floral at all. It smells green and ozone-ish and reminds me of Hemlock a great deal, with a bit of the Apothecary thrown in.
After an hour or two this becomes more of a pronounced floral blend. And whoa. Iris. That is one note that always becomes overwhelming on me and drowns out everything else. unsure.gif It does have enough of some other notes that it's not making me cry. I think the phlox in here that's reminding me of Arkham Revisited a tiny bit.
Now that I'm reviewing the ingredients, I really don't know what possessed me to get this one. I don't like iris and tuberose at all. icon_cwm1.gif I do love musk and carnation, so maybe that's why. I boggle myself.
There isn't a whole lot of throw with this one, nor is it particularly potent (and probably not an all day lasting scent either), which is fine with me with this specific scent, because I generally don't want to waft out FLOWERS all around me.
This is the one Demon in my View scent that for me has been only "meh." I don't hate it, but I won't cry for Argentina when I run out.

The moment before the ruin, frozen. The scent of captured glory, of glowing pearls and rubies, of golden sunlit joy and regal grandeur: red rose, Tunisian amber, blood orange, toasted vanilla, heliotrope, gardenia and red musk. review

Night-blooming jasmine, opium poppy, wild rosemary, Calla lily, oakmoss and crypt musk. review

I'm rushing to write this, because I've only had it on a few hours and it's fading fast. Or maybe that's the point? doot doot doooooo
In the bottle, it's almost pure jasmine. Going on wet, it's much the same; heavily floral. The flowers are all that I can smell for the first hour or so. They aren't super heavy in and of themselves, they are just the main component that I can smell, jasmine being the only one I can pick out with any certainty. I can sort of pick out what must be the wild rosemary, but it's very faint and not super strong, like regular rosemary is in some of the other blends.
As this wears, the jasmine & floral notes tend to dissipate and it becomes a bit woodier smelling. I must be getting the oakmoss at this stage. I can't really discern any musk, but this hasn't lasted long, so I cannot say for sure.
I actually like this a lot. The jasmine isn't too sharp & overpowering and the drydown is nice. I'm going to have to try this again and pay more attention to the drydown to see if I can pick up on any of the missing notes.