Hey everyone! This is my first time trying Possets Pefume, and I have some scents to review for you. I ordered the Newbie pack and Fabienne was nice enough to include two samples on top of that so I’ve got lots to tell you about. But first, my impression of Possets.

Everything shipped pretty fast and I had no issues with any leaking in the package. Everything is wrapped well in bubble wrap so nothing will break. The labels on the sample vials are really cute! They’re all different with colored artwork and the whole shebang! I didn’t interact with Fabienne, but I had no problems at all so I didn’t have to.

Morgan le Fey: Dark and richly incense-filled, heavy with spice and not tame, Morgan le Fey is most unusual and supremely attractive. Flowers meet patchouli and collide with spices. Instead of becoming a confused mish-mash it contains a singular character and is captivating. If darkly romantic perfumes are your passion, try Morgan le Fey and don’t be surprised by its addicting properties

In the bottle, this smells like nutmeg and cinnamon. I’m not getting a lot of incense or flowers. On my skin, it smells very similar with a nutmeg and cinnamon scent still dominating with a touch of patchouli. This is a pretty soft type of spicy scent. It is definitely not in your face spicy. Sillage is very low. It is a very close to the skin scent. I like this. It isn’t anything to write home about, but there certainly isn’t anything objectionable about it either. I probably won’t buy a full size, because I don’t find it particularly exciting but it is nice.

Madame X: Wicked, sinful, hedonistic, and irresistable. You may not have the heart to play the femme fatale, but you can at least smell the part. It’s musky, creamy, enticing, perfumy, slightly foody, but very skin-like. It has a profound effect on men, they have no idea of what is bothering them …it’s you.

This is a really tough scent to nail down! It is very well blended and hard to pick out any one note. It is very creamy with what smells like a touch of orange to it. I really love this. It’s got some throw to it, but it’s minimal. Possets description of it being skin-like it spot on. It’s a very light and feminine type of scent without being floral at all. I’m very intrigued by this. It’s a mysterious type of scent, and impossible to easily categorize. I would definitely like to pick up a full size.



Queen of the Night: Queen of the Night is almost impossible. A deeply perfumy blend with a deeply foody core. It is dry and then again there is a dry sweetness to it. A remarkable scent, thoroughly entrancing and I could characterize it as hypnotic. Queen of the Night is thoroughly original, maddeningly hard to classify.

Maddeningly hard to classify is right! This is amazing! It’s clean, but floral, but not any particular floral scent, but at the same time there’s this subtle spice and some sort of gourmand going on and UGH. This is impossibly good! I am usually pretty decent at picking out notes but this scent completely eludes me. All I can say is this is so, SO beautiful. This is better than anything I’ve found at the perfume counter in a department store. The throw is moderate, I can smell it and probably a person standing right next to me could pick up on it, but it isn’t overwhelming. Try this. Seriously. It’s glorious. I am definitely picking this up in a full size.

Abraxas: Honey offerings, incense smoke from great pots of smudging resins. This fragrance is fit for the God of Good and Evil (Sex) indeed.

In the bottle, this smells like liquor and cough medicine. I didn’t like it so I put it on my boyfriend, and it continues to smell like liquor and cough medicine. Neither of us liked this one in particular. It also made me have a sneezing fit when I smelt this one on my boyfriend, so, sadly, this is a no go for me.

Silver Amber: Stunningly smooth and dry but then again, that is just a backdrop for an almost candy like shell but it isn’t really sweet but it isn’t stand offishly dry either. It is exceptionally attractive and I am sure it will turn heads and hearts to what you want them to be.

This isn’t very interesting in the bottle, kind of a vaguely clean/fresh type of scent. On the skin, it is much nicer. It’s got a very nice creamy quality to it. It really does smell silver. I know that makes no sense, but I can’t think of any other way to describe it. This is what I imagine Galadriel from Lord of the Rings smelling like. It is soft and has an almost ethereal quality to it. I enjoy this. I don’t like it as much as I like Madame X and Queen of the Night, but I definitely do like it. I would consider picking up a full size of this for sure.

Wraith: A tremendously alluring blend, more like the kind of lover you want but could never catch. 6 musks blended together in a way which is frosting for the heart and soul. Primal and honey filled with a hint of cake, yet thoroughly modern and slinky.

In the bottle, it smells pretty soapy. Kind of like a lavender soap. It doesn’t smell much different on the skin. Oddly enough, I’m not getting any particular musk and there’s an ever so slight sweetness that may be cake but it’s tough to tell. It mostly smells like lavender soap and kind of reminds me of the way a craft fair smells. I don’t hate it, and it certainly isn’t an offensive smell but it’s not my cup of tea.

Hatshepsut: Bitter beautiful galbanum pairs with the smoothness of labdanum, a bit of oude gum, and a very small amount of the best skin amber. This is how Hatshepsut would have presented herself: the Queen of all, The Pharaoh of All and the Conqueror of All. Breathtakingly strong and yet lovely, very simple, very elegant.

In the bottle, this smells exactly like sticking your nose up to a pine tree. It retains that piney smell on the skin as well. There’s a touch of amber in there that I can smell too, but mostly all I can think is that it smells exactly like a pine tree. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing depending on your taste. I’m not a huge fan, but my boyfriend liked it when I put it on him and says it’s “very nature-y”.

The Great Psychiatrist of Babylon: The hypnotic base of the finest Bourbon vanilla shot through with incense smoke and the auxillary smoke from “punk” fire, caramel, incense, and a small shot of whiskey on the side (for medicinal purposes only)

In the bottle this is really sweet, I’m definitely getting caramel and vanilla. On the skin, I am really pleased by this! I’m still getting vanilla and caramel with some soft smokiness that I really like. There’s definitely a touch of the whiskey too, but it doesn’t stand out as smelling like liquor. This has some similar smokiness to Solstice Scent’s Maplewood Inn, which I love. In the dry down, it smells just a touch soapy on me but still good. That soapiness keeps me from the loving it territory, but I still really like it.

Overall I had a great experience with Possets! The scents were all really well blended and high quality. I had two loves (Madame X and Queen of the Night), two likes (Silver Amber and The Great Psychiatrist of Babylon), two mehs (Wraith and Morgan le Fey), and two did not likes (Hatshepsut and Abraxas). I think that’s a great breakdown. I will definitely be getting full sizes of Madame X and Queen of the Night, and I look forward to trying out more scents in the future.

Have you tried Possets? What are your favorite scents? Least favorite?