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Omg, Porridge is one of my faaaaves. I've done searches for Labdanum (since that's pretty much the biggest sent in Porridge) but all the results seem to be so OFF from the feel of the soap I'm not tempted to try them... Meh. But if anyone has any ideas... Something with a lot of Orris... The only one that seems to be striking out at me based on the notes might be L'Ecole des Filles just since it seems to be fairly tempered... with some extra citrus along with the orris, but I can't say from experience! I LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE White Chocolate and Strawberry but it's deifnitely missing that clary sage/lavender-esque note AC has to it. I pick more up on the clary sage than the lavender (thank god, otherwise I'd have to abandon me AC love) but White Choco is far too sweet to be a dead ringer... however, it would compliment AC well and maybe layering it with a single note or another blend could pull it off.

Okay, first review here. I think I quite like this scent. I'm a fan of foody smells, but not overly sweet ones (generally) and this fits the bill. I LOVE Gingerbread Poppet and Flesh EAting Reindeer to me is a spier, slightly aloholic version of GP. In the bottle is smells like a spicy fruitcake. While its wet on my skin I get this incredibly spicy gingerbread sent- like a super yummy warm spicecake and ginger deal. After a few minutes the spice comes out a bit more and gingerbread tones down and then... yes, here come the rum; but not too much of it. Just enough to add a little dimension and peek out every now and then from the background. This really reminds me of holidays back at home; it's that general smell of warm, holiday baked goods and mulled rum cider in a warm cozy kitchen. I wouldn't have thought Flesh Eating Reindeers could be so warm and heartening. The DH says it smells like "hot pumpkin spice". This is going to be a perfect scent for holiday/winter time or whenever I need a bit of comfort but I'm going to need a fewe more applications to know if I want to track down a second bottle (or two).

So I got Kuang-Shi in hopes of the Olive Branch similarity mentioned here but to my nose it's much brighter than Olive Branch and an near dead on ringer for Bon Bomb which is no disappointment on my end. LOVE it.

Hey kyaatje! I'm a Lush SA too! The only perfume I can wear to work and still smell is Snake Oil. I find that I can still smell the spices after a while, as not a lot of things at Lush are super-spicy, and if they are they don't really float around like the fruity, florally, vanillay things do---but since SO is grounded by vanilla, it blends really well too. Just my two cents! (BTW, I love smelling like a Lush store too---do we have the greatest job on the planet or what?) It is the ultimate best job !! imo that is, I just love it ! And I do have an imp of SO ! I'm going to try that tomorrow ! Great suggestion ! I do love vanilla ! (are you guys getting all the new vanilla stuff to ? Heavanilly, vanilla mountain ...) Good luck with the SO! I think I'm going to wear my new Snake Charmer tonight to see if I can smell that through the fog. I don't know when we're getting the new vanilla line... I hope it's soon! [/hijack] Oh god, trying to find a BPAL to wear at work is a pain. I haven't tried my Snake Oil in the shop but now I'm going to do it as well. And the vanilla stuff is going to be nom nom nom.