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Licorice, tobacco, and patchouli. This is if anise decided to take up smoking tobacco and doused itself in patchouli. I don't know whats going on, but its a dark cabal. Very gender-neutral/masculine on me. Good throw and wear length.

Dark plum, tobacco, and patchouli. This is a smooth, woody patchouli, with tobacco, and plum. Darker than Mme. Moriarty. Dark, female, ready to throw a punch. Good throw and wear length.

Plum, white tea, and musk. This one is a crystalline plum-musky blend. It smells like a dark night with a full moon. Very velvety. Great throw and wear length.

Mostly gingerbread spices, a whiff of nutmeg, and that's about it. I don't really get eggnog. Low throw and wear length.

Oh, hey, Gelt! This is chocolate and a dusting of cinnamon. Yup. Gelt. Low throw and wear length on my hair though.

Green stems, a touch of orange blossom and mandarin. It's a very green stem + citrus mix. Honestly, this is making me think summer gardens, the smell of citrus off a navel orange and sunshine. Medium throw and wear length.

“Cigarette, sir?” “No, thank you.” “You don’t mind if I do?” “Go right ahead.” The driver used a Bic disposable lighter, and it was in the yellow light of the flame that Shadow saw the man’s face, actually saw it for the first time, and recognized him, and began to understand. Shadow knew that thin face. He knew that there would be close-cropped orange hair beneath the black driver’s cap, cut close to the scalp. He knew that when the man’s lips smiled they would crease into a network of rough scars. “You’re looking good, big guy,” said the driver. “Low Key?” Shadow stared at his old cellmate warily. Prison friendships are good things: they get you through bad places and through dark times. But a prison friendship ends at the prison gates, and a prison friend who reappears in your life is at best a mixed blessing. “Jesus. Low Key Lyesmith,” said Shadow, and then he heard what he was saying and he understood. “Loki,” he said. “Loki Lie-Smith.” “You’re slow,” said Loki, “but you get there in the end.” And his lips twisted into a scarred smile and embers danced in the shadows of his eyes. Black clove and cassia flung onto glowing cinders and mingled with slow-dripping poisons. Clove and cassia lovers, take note. This one is mainly a heavy clove, with a touch of cassia. On wet, I got a curl of smoke, but it has dried to a slightly masculine clove/cassia blend and a fair dab of an herbal poison in the background. In some ways, the heavy clove reminds me Goth Queen and the Bay Rum SN that the Lab had as a lunacy event exclusive. Except this one is a little trickier, a little shadowier, and a little more deadly? It's clove, but there's something else lurking underneath. You know what, a girl needs a little danger in her life. A girl needs a bottle. A girl needs.

I get a ton of champaca and jasmine from this, and maybe a whiff of lavender. It's a very soft jasmine though. It smells like clean air and calm. This would make a great room scent IMO. Great throw and wear length.

Vanilla, orange, and a dab of strawberry. This one is sweet, pretty, and very uplifting. Also appropriate for a young girl. Medium throw and wear length.

Pomegranate and gin. This one is a minty, perfumey pom with enough juniper to give you that gin edge. It sort of reminds me to Manhattan - sans the leather. But yeah, definitely a cocktail. Medium throw and wear length.

Lavender, sweet pear, and a dash of white tea. I am really amping up the white tea on this. It's a very juicy fruity lavender blend. Good throw and wear length. Very happy.

Dark sexy clove. It's clove with enough patchouli to add a 'dirt' base to it. Very sexy and wearable. Good throw and wear length.

This one is chocolate powdery cocoa with just a whiff of mint on wet. But yeah, it totally smells like cocoa. mr. zee_zee even said "Huh, smells like cocoa!"

Sweet, caramel chewy tobacco and vanilla-laced resins. This one is a dark, snaky, blend. It slithers sinuously. Dangerous, dark. Good throw.

Rose, vanilla, and a touch of myrrh. There's a powderiness that reminds me to violets and its the soft pink roses. It's dark, velvety, and the vanilla sweetens up the myrrh. Good throw and wear length. Dark, softly romantic, and tragic.

I had my head in, and was about to open the lantern, when my thumb slipped upon the tin fastening, and the old man sprang up in bed, crying out Whos there? I kept quite still and said nothing. For a whole hour I did not move a muscle, and in the meantime I did not hear him lie down. He was still sitting up in the bed listening; just as I have done, night after night, hearkening to the death watches in the wall. Doom: aged red patchouli, macerated red peppercorn, gloom-black musk, and creaking planks of dry oak. Patchouli and oak, gilded by powdery black musk and a whiff of spicy peppercorn. It smells very intensely in the sprayer, but it calms down to a powdery, slightly dirty oak blend. Medium throw.

Indigo musk, with sharp accents of neroli, under a bed of amber. This one is a weird swirly one. The indigo musk is dark and greyish clouds, with the neroli acting like a shaft of light. Strange and disturbing.

Buttery cake with a bright edge of blueberries. Buttery, intensely foodie. Good throw and wear length.

Caramel brown sugar and a touch of pecans. Nutty, sugary, comfy. Good throw and wear length.

Caramel apple and a whiff of booze. This one is sweet, appley, and whiskey-boozey. Medium throw and wear length.

Rum, and buttery cream. This is a rich buttery note - that I tend to associate with Jack, for example. Buttery rum. Medium throw and wear length.

Honey with a whiff of pine. This a very heavy rich honey, and the sticky pine whiff is enough to make it Christmassy. Good throw and wear length.

[No additional description provided.] The hemp and moss combine with the dead leaves so I end with something very green and almost tomato leaf like, with a base of dirty frankincense. Again, not really a dead leaves blend. More like autumn in a dying garden patch. Good throw and wear length.

No additional description provided. Scent description for Jersey Devil is here.] This one is mainly Jersey Devil with a touch of snow. I get mainly notes of frosted cranberries and blackberries. And a background of cedar. Good throw and wear length.

No additional description provided. Scent description for Blood Amber is here.] Creamy Snow White and amber. It's a very creamy almond snow with amber, and a touch of dragon's blood which sweetens it up. Medium throw and wear length.