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In the decant: Pine, the firewood, hint of mint from the candy canes.

Wet: Minty-fresh pine trees.

The dry-down: Can't say that I ever got hot cocoa out of this, but it may be the sweetish background note that is taming the peppermint and the pine trees. An interesting concept well rendered. If you don't have a pine scent in your collection, this mild pine might be a good one to try.

Lots of chestnuts roasting on an open fire, indeed. I think I might need more.

Got a half-bottle from my decanter, but alas the sprayer doesn't work well. But it's Snow Bunny, alright, the cold ozony snow note mixed with a light delicate barely floral young girl child's perfume. I like it, and girls of all ages probably will, also. I the bunny on the label.

Note: I use the Post's bath oils as after-shower lotions.

In the decant: Mostly myrrh, with hints of frankincense and rose.

Wet: I'm getting more rose, now.

The dry-down: And now more frank! Quite a morpher, but not as marvelous as I had hoped for, as it fades fast on my dry skin. Keeping my decant, though.

Note: I use the bath oils as after the shower lotions.

In the decant: All the notes, well blended.

Wet: Blueberry and mint, slightly sweetened by the vanilla. Lots of mint!

The dry-down: A little bit of this goes a long way. I like it, but I wish it had less mint.

Note: I use these bath oils as after-shower lotions.

In the decant: Sugar cookies, no raspberry.

Wet: I shook it up some before application. A bit of raspberry mixed in with lots of cookies.

The dry-down: Slight raspberry jam with many cookies. Sweet, but I was hoping for something more like the raspberry-heavy Fruit Moon '09. I'll keep my decant, though. :

Note: I use the bath oils as after the shower lotions.

In the decant: Shortbread cookies with frosting.

Wet: The coconut note appears!

The dry-down: And now the frosting has spread all over the cookies, top and bottom. If you like cookies with lots of frosting, this is the bath oil for you. Little girls might like it, too. I like it, but won't need more than my decant.

Note: I use the bath oils as after-shower lotions.

In the decant: Musky honeyed rose. That's good!

Wet: Much as when sniffed, although not as sweet, and leather is appearing.

The dry-down: As this dries, it does seem to fade faster than I would like. The oil is a bit thinner than some other Post oils, but absorbs nicely. In the end, it's a lovely combination of all the notes. May have to order a bottle.

Note: I use the Post's bath oils as after shower lotions on my dry skin.

In the decant: Leather and musk, a hint of wood.

Wet: Mostly woods, hints of the red musk and black leather.

The dry-down: Sadly, the black leather is turning chemical on me. Will try on SO.

I wore Blue Snowballs over the weekend, Midnight Mass for yesterday, Dec. 24, Snow White for today, Christmas Day, and Sparkling Apple Cider for NYE. The SO's family is having a dinner party tomorrow, so I will wear something light, perhaps snowy or icy.

This is for the 2012 version.

In the bottle: The spices, the fruits, hint of the woods.

Wet: A hint of some sort of incense, along with the other notes.

The dry-down: Lots of incense and a hint of patch. No fruits or woods. Disappointing, as this second bottle is from the middle of the production run. The first bottle was very apply and I loved it.

Soooo ... anyone have pictures of the Yules yet?

The regular Yules seem to have the same labels altogether as the picture on the Lab's site, where it says Yules with the red and green stripes.

In the decant: Tea with lots of good stuff!

Wet: Mango and pumpkin float to the top, trailed by all the spices.

The dry-down: The spices really take over, too much so. If I was at a tea house/coffee shop, I'd ask them to dump it in a larger cup, and just add tea, to adjust.

In the decant: That's similar to the hay note in Hay Moon--a little goes a long way!

Wet: Yay, the pumpkin appears so that the hay won't be alone.

The dry-down: Not sure what to think of this. The leather is a soft sueded leather, which is good. Might be best as a room scent. More masculine than feminine.

In the decant: Cold, wet, incense, and something like fresh scales off a fish.

Wet: Much as when sniffed, only that fish has been around for a while, and is getting a little musky.

The dry-down: Yeah, fishy incense. I was told to try this while fishing for a Cold Winter fish moon scent. Skipping that wish. However, the scent is very evocative of the concept, but not anything that I can imagine wearing.

In the decant: Kind of like cherry-flavored cough syrup, only verging on the bitter. Oh dear, this can't be good.

Wet: Did I mention that bitter note? Yeah, must be the red licorice.

The dry-down: Just sad. I had hoped that all the lovely fruity notes would cover up the licorice, but it was not to be.

In the decant: A glass of red wine, sweetened with honey, calmed with ambergris.

Wet: Much as the cold sniff.

The dry-down: Hydromel is a variant of mead. I mead. This is a beautiful creation. Bottle-worthy. Sweet and yet sad, all at the same time.

Also. Lilith was a great woman done in by history (his story), so to speak.

In the decant: Woods that are sweetish. What is saro? A search via Dogpile and the wiki resulted in no hits.

Wet: Something slightly bitter is emerging.

The dry-down: Thank goodness that bitter note has somewhat disappeared. Getting mostly mahogany from this, backed by the floral/fruity sweetness of the mimosa and the pumpkin.

This is for the 2012 version.

In the decant: A sweet collection of florals, with berries in the mix.

Wet: Not so sweet, a little bit more herbal now.

The dry-down: Sweet flowers, sweet herbs. There's nothing ghastly so far about this garden.

In the decant: Green roots and vines of the pumpkins.

Wet: Now sweeter pumpkin, but the vines are still there.

The dry-down: Now the pumpkin vines are starting to dry out. An interesting scent.

In the decant: Vanilla pumpkin, more candy sweet than fruity.

Wet: Lots of sweet vanilla, less pumpkin.

The dry-down: See above. This is good stuff! Bottle-worthy.

In the decant: Black cherry brandy, as on the label.

Wet: More of the same.

The dry-down: Nice black cherry brandy.

I seem to remember having an issue with the hazelnut note in the previous version, but can't locate any possible review of it. At any rate, this is for the 2012 version.

In the decant: Fruits with sharp nuts.

Wet: Ah, much better so far. Mostly the lovely fruits.

The dry-down: Mostly the apple, but there's hints of pom and blackberry. Fruity-sweet. May upgrade to a bottle.

This is for the 2012 version.

In the decant: Traces of wood, vines, and sandalwood.

Wet: Sharp vines, somewhere between summer green and autumnal brown.

The dry-down: The old wood and the brown sandalwood returned, but only faintly. This is still just mostly all the time vines. Nice, but nothing I need more of.

In the decant: Musky woods spiced with patch and sweetened with honey.

Wet: A dark brown oil. Woods, musk, patch, not so much honey.

The dry-down: Lovely cedar incense shows up along with the other woods. And also the wonderful champaca flower appears, to be sweetened by the honey. I'm usually not too wild about red musk, as my dry skin can amp it, but here it seems to be tamed or at least kept in check by all the other notes. It's a perfect autumnal scent, and I can see why this is such a big hit. Bottle-worthy.