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Rice milk, myrrh, and vetiver. This is a warm, smoky resinous milky blend on me. Very Asian again. Medium throw and average wear length.

Cherry blossoms, piney snow, and a whiff of wisteria. This is a delicate snowy cherry blossom on my skin. Low throw, medium wear length. Very Asian cherry blossom.

Green tea, wisteria and a touch of clove. I'm surprised at how green tea this blend is. It's very fresh green floral. If you've ever had high quality green tea that has a touch of floral to it, this is how it smells. Fresh, green, crisp. Good throw and wear length.

Coconut, almond, and amber. This is a sweet amaretto and coconut amber-based blend. Good throw and wear length.

Pine, with a touch of Christmas resins. But I mainly get PINE PINE PINE.

Grey amber with a touch of patchouli and nuts. It's a mainly cool amber blend with enough warmness from both the patchouli and the nuts to keep it from being all amber all the time. Medium throw and wear length.

Black tea, and powdery musk. This does remind me to Raven Black. It's a nice dry Fall-like HG. Good throw and wear length.

Apple blossoms with an edge of sweet mango. I mainly get the fruity apple scent on my hair. It's very light and refreshing. I don't think either note really held up in my hair after blow-drying or maybe I need more for it to stick around.

I get mainly a resinous amber with a touch of ginger. But this one you can definitely smell both the resin and amber first. Medium throw and good wear length.

Hay and soft resins. This one is mainly golden hay with a touch of soft sweet resins. Medium throw and wear length. Golden, comfy, and hay.

Fresh, powdery green chypre. The powderiness for me is the violet note coming out. This is actually very gender neutral and depending on the chemistry, this could be smashing on a guy that isn't afraid of a floral note in their cologne. Average throw, good wear length.

Lilac, pink pepper, and a touch of lemon peel. This one is a fresh lilac, with the pink pepper lending a hint of spice to it, and with a fresh citrus zest note at the very top. Low throw and average wear length though. Pity, since I was really enjoying the lilac in this.

Pink sugary rose cotton candy. It smells both powdery and rosy to me. Medium throw and wear length.

Sticky tart lemon (like from Lemon-Scented Sticky Bat!) and orange and strawberry candy. If you're into candy blends, this one is a straight up sugar rush in lemon, orange, and a touch of strawberry. Fun, fun, fun. Good throw and wear length.

Ginseng, ginger, woody, and citrussy. There's a weird rootiness to it. Good throw and wear length.

Sugary cherry/strawberry with musky redness. Sweet, playful, candy. Good throw and wear length.

Creamy beeswaxy vanilla and spice... and OMG ARE YOU A SNAKE OIL BLEND I CAN WEAR? So far, I am 15 minutes in and by this point, SO has turned to a flaming plastic funk of death on me. I was expecting this to be worse even because BPAL's cream note also ends up being some sort of horrible flaming episode of plastic funk on me.

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Jesus, is this what Snake Oil is supposed to smell like? Or a reasonable facsimile of it? Because I didn't get it before.

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I get it now. HOLY SHIT.

Pink honeyed rose powder. On me, this pretty much almost disappears into a cloud of rose baby powder. Soft, feminine, rose powder. Low throw and wear length.

Blue musk, amber and oudh. On wet, I got a hit of tobacco and pine, but then the musk, amber and oudh make their presence known. Sort of dreamy wintery blend. I would peg this as a slightly pine-y blue musk and amber blend mainly. Medium throw and wear length.

Strong spruce, sleet and a touch of berry. As it dries, I get way way more of the berry note in it. This reminds me to a more masculine Skadi. Very Yule-ish. Gender-neutral. Great throw and wear length.

Lavender, sandalwood, touch of vanilla and jasmine. I really get a most herbal vanilla lavender with a sandalwood backdrop. Oddly Victorian somnolent. I really enjoy BPAL's lavender atmosphere blends and this is no exception. I may have to get a full one of this!

Pink tea roses and buttery shortbread cookies. Rosy, buttery, cookie. Medium throw and wear length.

This reminds me a lot to Whip. Black Leather, red roses, and a sly whiff of almond. Good throw and wear length.

A ton of cacao with a curl of red roses around it. This one is very foodie, ever so slightly rosy. More like a Box of Chocolate scent. Medium throw, average wear length.

White roses and ambergris. Slightly salty, musky rose. Medium throw and wear length.