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On wet, it's mainly a fudgy chocolate buttercream. As it dries, the chocolate dissipates on my skin and I get more of a vanilla buttercream. Unfortunately the type of butter or cream note is the type to go somewhat plasticky on my skin, so it ends up like a really nice vanilla plasticky doll smell. Medium throw, good wear length.

Sugary cotton candy Dorian. The Dorian aspect is much more prominent on wet, but as it dries down the vanilla from Dorian comboed with the cotton candy sugar really make it a vanilla sugary musk. You can still catch the Dorian origin of the blend. Medium throw and wear length.

What bheansidhe said. This is pretty much sharp-sweet raspberries and currants. There's no lingering vetiver. I feel like its mainly a whisper to ground it all. Soft, fruity, and very wearable. UGH. LOVE THIS.

Black pepper, cardamom/clove and musky leather. This is masculine. It's a piratey-version of a Magician blend if you ask me. The pepper and cardamom/clove are very present. Great throw and wear length.

Rosin, balsam and sandalwood. On wet, there's a whiff of lavender. This is sweeter than I expected. It's pretty much a sweet balsam and sandalwood blend. Would be very in line with the Shungas. Medium throw and wear length.

Honeyed frankincense with a whiff of ghostly dandelion (hiiiiii asphodel! how you!? it's been a minute). This asphodel overlay adds a certain mysterious quality to the honeyed frankincense, which is nice and smooth. So good. Medium throw and wear length.

UGH. I can't overstate my joy at this. It smells magical. It's got all of those pieces, and more. I get lavender and clary sage on wet, but then the patch, tobbaco, and myrrh come out and its just this lovely magical blend. If you're looking for a magical BPAL, this is it.

Dark frankincense, pepper, and cedar. It's a light cedar overlayed with frankincense and pepper, and occasionally I get a whiff of tobacco. Very masculine frankincense. Good throw and wear length.

On wet, this is a light sugary white rose with a resinous edge (hallo benzoin!). As it dries, I get more of the frankincense and balsam coming through. Honestly, it sort of going rosewoody on me. It's a nice, light scent on me. Good throw and wear length.

Sweet musky frankincense with a dash of oudh. Hey, frankincense lovers, get on this. It's a sweet, musky, resinous frankincense. Sort of low-key magical. Like stealthy. Good throw, medium wear length.

White roses, sweet coconut, with a touch of orris. It's sweet coconutty white roses. Good throw and wear length.

Chocolate, rose, myrrh and pom. This is a very complex blend. It's like you took everything that was a traditional sort of Valentine's Day and mixed it all together. In Greece, which accounts for both the myrrh and the pomegranate. Actually, now that I think about this- the HG is the allegory of Hades's idea of Valentine's Day. Sort of dark, sexy, and lascivious.

Bamboo reeds and white chypre against a background of potted blossoms. Light floral blossoms, white tea chypre, and fresh bamboo. It's a very clean floral smell, very gender neutral. It actually would make a fantastic scent for any type of bath product. Medium throw and wear length.

Smoke, lemon and leather. It's got this smoky citrus edge to the leather. Manly. Definitely. It's interesting how the leather in this is very insubstantial. Sort of wispy. Like leather gas? Yeah. That.

Blackberry juice, sage, tobacco, and a hit of leather. This is a weirdly blackberry-tobacco-leather blend. It's very deep purple. Like almost black purple. It's fruity, and yet slinky dark. Honestly, this makes me think of take a raven's wing and make it edible. There. You're now eating raven feathers. Are you scared yet? Wait, all you can do is caw caw at me. Great throw and wear length.

I get a gin-soaked myrrh. And maybe a touch of cinnamon. Great throw and wear length.

Pom, cedar, a whiff of rose and red wine. So on wet, its mainly a red wine soaked pomegranate for me, and as it dries you get more of the cedar. Now it's a pom-cedar blend. Good throw and wear length.

Sweet polished wood. Yup, you got it. It's woodsy, resinous vanilla musk over more woods. Yup. I may have to get more of this one.

Lilyyyyy! This is a slightly soapy lily, very clean, with a touch of rose. But oh, it's like a very clean spiritual lily. Very pretty and ethereal.

Soft, sunny perfumey rose. It's a very subtle rose blend. Sort of golden? Not alot of wear length.

I tend to use my Mercury CB whenever I travel or need to do a presentation, or know I'm going to have a day where I am extraverting extra hard. For me, the Mercury CB is very communication-heavy. It's got a zippy, almost wispy sort of presence. So far, I've had smooth travels with the Mercury CB - no delays, little to no turbulence, no annoying seat neighbors, and no random TSA checks.

To me, this Eve doesn't smell as much as an amp-ed up Morocco. In fact, I get sage, honey, and incense. There's a touch of resins (I can't tell if myrrh or frankincense) but its definitely a sage-honey mix on me. It's like an entirely new animal. And yet, very similar to the OLLA Eve in a sort of desert rose - except you know, without the rose part. So, just desert sage bush? There's a pun in there somewhere. Good throw and wear length.

Port Royal super aged smells like the Villainess soap base and a whiff of the salty sea. It's not a very prominent smell, and just smells like a saltier Villainess soap. Great lather, great wear.

No additional description provided. Scent description for Sin is here.] I got mainly Snow White plus cinnamon and a dash of sandalwood. It was very chilly snowy but with cinnamon. Good throw and wear length.

Dried mango, with whiffs of both sandalwood and hay. This is definitely an Asian style mango. It's fruity and sophisticated. Very low throw and wear length, but you know what, it smells delicious when you do have it.