Indie Makeup and More

My Deconstructing Eden samples finally arrived yesterday! I'm impatient so I'm testing two today (9/20):

Green Man (earth, moss, dark woods, rosewood, cedar, amber, agarwood, mahogany, green leaves, and conifer branches). When first applied, this was heavy on the "earth" (lots of dirt), but it mellowed pretty quickly. After a few hours, I'm mostly getting confier branches and cedar with maybe a bit of amber (some sweetness), but it seems to be fading a fair bit. It's nice but I was hoping for more green leaves. When the dirt note softened but before the scent started to fade significantly, there was a pleasant "picking pine cones in a dense, damp forest" vibe, although it did come off a bit camphor-y on me. It seems like a nice unisex sort of scent, but the lasting power on me is disappointing.

Naamah (Rose Attar and rose absolute, jasmine, ylang-ylang, dove wings, and amber). I don't know what "dove wings" is supposed to be -- maybe a sweet white floral? Because I'm getting a lot of that, plus jasmine and amber, and maybe a little ylang-ylang. There was a lot of rose at first, but after a few hours, the rose notes have become really subtle on me, which is disappointing because I was hoping for something really rosy. It's not fading nearly as much as Green Man, so that's a plus. It seems to have dried down to a pleasant jasmine/white floral, which is nice but a little more generic-y than I was hoping for.

I waited a long time for this order and the packaging was really nice. Even though these first two samples aren't really what I was looking for, I'm glad to have tried them. I ordered 9 samples in total, and a bonus sample was included, so I've got lots more to try!