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Plague Doctor v10 is a manly, aquatic cologne with hints of wood. At the beginning it smelled like a more watery version of Absinthe, but as it dries the musk comes out with a hint of leather. It actually reminds me alot to Chanel's Blue Pour Homme.

TCM2 is smoky opium, resins, tobacco and musk. It goes on strong and I feel like some aging on it would make it fantastic. Very Gun Moll in vibe.

This one is a masculine cologne - I get hints of musk, menthol, something spicy which I think may be either clove or cinnamon. There is a little something that makes me think of the Ifrit, but at the same time, I think there's a mild aquatic edge. If I would try to find it a scent family, it's along the Iteru line.

This is definitely the prototype for Last Unicorn's Lilac Wood. Even the released version to me smells like a Lilac version of Host of Air, and in this one I want to say I smell more of the cloudberry and the heather. More green and closer to Host of Air with some lilies peeking through than the released version. Pretty!

Aquatic, clean floral. There are definitely lilies in it. There is some herbal bitterness and dirt that comes out in the drydown. It kinda does remind me to Water of Notre Dame.

LUMAI is definitely pretty! Again, LU for Last Unicorn, and I'm imagining that MAI may stand for Magic Do as You Will... since it sort of has a similar vibe. It has a vanilla musk base, some bergamot and whiffs of florals. As it dries, I get slightly more resins. This is quite pretty.

Leather and dust. This is the strong chemical leather note I get from DeSade. It does drydown to a smoother, suede like leather. It reminds me to Quincy Morris. ON STEROIDS. Not for me.

Vanilla musk, jasmine, woods. I agree with cfrancesca that there is a mildly floral/chemical note in it that I can't quite place.

Strong patchouli which sort of smells like cedar, dirt, and menthol. Smells like mentholic pencil shavings on me.

And again, I think NG stands for Neil Gaiman, and NUT6, being a Agnes Nutter prototype. This one is highly citronella on me, so I have to wonder if this is more of a Jasmine Cottage/Agnes Nutter hybrid.

Personally, I think NG stands for Neil Gaiman, and IFR for Ifrit. Because it has a very similar vibe, and there is a dryness that reminds me to the released version. Spicy - I smell cinnamon, ginger and some clove. Resins in the background, and sand.

Oh Goliath, you start out as lemons thanks to the verbena and lemongrass, but then quickly as you dry you become more of a musky anise/sage blend. And the lemongrass sticks around just enough to make you weird. PASS.

Mallow, oak bark, coffee bean, hinoki wood, and khus. Fluffy mallow, smoky woods and a good bit of coffee. It's soft and comforting as a good, rich coffee cup is. I agree that it smells sort of like Haloes/Antikythera Mechanism, but on me I am definitely amping up the khus in this which gives is a grittier and smokier edge which is a strong counterpoint to the soft, fluffy mallow --- which is straight out of TKO. I can see this as a comforting scent that appeals to men.

Definitely a hit of lime when first wet, but it dries to an anise/pink pepper blend with a hint of musk.... and is there cinnamon as well?

Sweet hay and corn, creamy almond and moss. It's a very fuzzy, very warm scent. It makes me think of sun drenched days in a farm, with loads of hay and just the green pasture out in front of you.

Lemon verbena, cocoa butter and almond. It's citrusy and light because of the lemon verbena, but the cocoa butter/almond ground it alot. It's kinda tropical and musky at the same time.

This reminds me to Minamoto and the Earth Spider and the GC RPG scent Evil. I get the castorerum musk, clove, hints of lime and plum. It's dark, delicious, musky. It may end up being too strong and dark for me, but its a wonderful scent.

Cranberry, blackberry and mango. UFFF. This is fruity sexy delicious.

Caraway seed, ginger and black pepper. This one is spicy, masculine woodsy. It really does end up smelling like nutmeg on me as well.

I mainly get the pikake, violet and amber. I was hoping for more geranium and orchid. I get some honeysuckle, esp. on wet which adds to the sweetness of the blend. Pretty, floral, summery.

Musky honey. I get honey and tonka, with a dash of saffron. Swirls of orange blossom on the drydown. It's brown, fuzzy, playful and sexy.

Soft brown leather, touch of metal and a ton of smoke! I am not a fan of leather, but it is nicely behaved in this one. Very masculine.

I really enjoy this blend. It's got a good musky base, loads of heliotrope and enough of a spicy kick to keep things interesting. I am not sure how well this will play with Gnome, but I can see it being a good counterpart to Evil. I will experiment later on and report...

Worm Moon 2011 is very wearable, esp. compared to Worm Moon 2008. It's got dirt, but its a damp earthy foresty kind of dirt, and woods and green plant smells, one which I think is tomato leaf and a tinge of florals. I found it pleasant and wearable, but sort of unremarkable which is nice since the connotation of Worm Moon makes it sound like it could be unpleasant. So if you like dirt but don't want to smell like dirt, give this a whirl. It's more of the scent of having been in a garden where there is *gasp* some dirt.

Oh Gnome, you were made for me. You are sharp ginger, with a great big fizzy kick from the sasparilla, slightly woody undertones and a metallic gleam. You sort of remind me to PP416 prototype and Polynesian Pop. And I really like you. I am not sure how well you play with Evil, but I am going to find out.