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Refreshing blueberry-tinged blue musk with lotus and a bit of green tea. This smells clean, fresh, and lovely. Medium throw and wear length.

Spicy, cardamom and tobacco. Touch of tonka. This one is a very heavy tobacco blend on me. Much more masculine than I anticipated.

Also previewed here by TTP. So, I do get a touch of lychee gummy candies that TTP describes, but honestly Eusapia is almost all golden honey powder on my skin. Dusty honey and a touch of lychee. In alot of ways, this reminded me to... I think Honey Moon 2005. Thick, heavy honey and powder/pollen. As it dries, I get more of a herbal undertone, and something that smells like creeping dust. OOOOKAAAAAAY FOLKS. This has taken a severe left turn into something definitely much more ghostly. And creepy. So, like honey that ghosts and spirits are trapped in and/or like to eat? In other words, don't eat the honey kids because ITS A TRAP! So, creepy dusty honey.

Sugary candy strawberries and peaches. Fruit, sweet, and very nice.

Fresh, green holly, with a dash of sugar and slushy ice. This to me reminds me to Ice Queen but without the berries. Very Christmasy and festive.

Cherry, white tea and maybe a kiss of strawberry. This one smells clean, spring-like and like the best shampoo you've ever wanted. Will definitely keep!

Bright pear, creamy rice milk, and a touch of white musk. It ends up being whiter and muskier than I intended. White musk isn't generally a note that I'm fond of, but the milk and pear almost mask it. Good throw and wear length.

Fig, cinnamon, musk and a touch of tonka. This one is a manly sort of fig smelling cologne. And I really am sort of enjoying this. Will slather this on mr. zee_zee and see....

I really do have to admit to myself that I need more opium blends in my life. Opium, sandalwood, and a touch of tobacco and amber. Gorgeous. Would definitely get a bottle of this.

Dark, sexy, chewy tobacco with perfumey black amber. Skin scent, very gender neutral. I can see a guy wearing this though. Medium throw and wear length.

Lemon, peach and a ton of tuberose. Tuberose is one of those florals that is white and sharp on my skin and I sort of smells like hairspray. This is no exception. Lemony-peachy hairspray. Medium throw and wear length. Skin fail.

Bourbon vanilla and oudh with a touch of honey. This one is like a vanilla + woody resin, with a swirl of honey. This is very much a skin scent. Low throw and average wear length.

Aquatic lavender, tinges of incense, and resins. This one is more masculine than I expected. Medium throw and wear length. This is a very clean, sailor/pirate blend.

Grapefruit, moss, and dirt. On wet, I get a blast of grapefruit and it dries down to a slightly dirty mossy aquatic. Medium throw and wear length.

Resinous opium (a bit Coca Cola-esque) but in general, its a fuzzy, plush opium. Slinky. Good throw and wear length. For me, this is pretty much Opium SN. LOVE IT.

Iris, steel, frankincense combine into.... well, something that smells more appropriately in a public restroom. EPIC FAIL.

Warm woody, labdanum, smoky vetiver and touches of both red currant and plum adding a juicy red/purple fruit note to this. Dark woody incensey.

#280 This one is bright and juicy florals. Like guava, pineapple, and tropical. Maybe some ginger in there as well? It reminds me of the luscious fruitiness that you get in some of the Chinese New Year lunar blends like Fire Pig and Fire Cock.

Tobacco, high john the conqueror, patchouli, and ginger on top of a bed of bitter dark chocolate. This smells like it should belong in a voodoo shop. This isn't eating chocolate. This is magical chocolate. The kind that you buy, throw in big chunks to appease a deity, and hope that its powerful enough to keep them at bay. Medium throw and wear length. I'd put this up there as a potential TAL blend.

Patchouli, pepper, tobacco, and buff of gold. This smells like expensive patchouli and I'm surprised at how wearable it is. It almost has a 'dark bitter chocolate' edge to it. Good throw and wear length.

White pepper, benzoin, clove and frankincense. This is a peppery, clovey, resin blend on me. Gender neutral, trending masculine. Good throw and wear length.

Honeydew melon, peony, and a touch of citrus and bamboo. All of the new year blends have been similar to my nose, but this one is definitely more a of a fruity peony blend than the others. I'm really amping up the peony, with a watery bamboo on the drydown. Good throw and wear length.

Cologney black musk, hints of cedar and patchouli. This one is gender neutral/slightly masculine. That said, mr. zee_zee was "Oooh, you smell good." I'm actually not that fond of this scent and much prefer Spectre Blue. Good throw and wear length.

Soft, dreamy jasmine. It's soft, very pillowy jasmine. But very definitely jasmine. Not sure I like, but its got excellent throw and wear length. OOF.

Peppermint, thyme, honey and mugwort. On wet, its a peppermint candy cane. As it dries, the herbal aspect comes through, with a pinch of honey to keep it sweet. Herbal, pungent, minty. Slightly masculine. Good throw, low wear length.