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I got mainly inky musky oudh and a touch of lavender to soften it up with a bit of amber. It's dark musky blend (not too dark, but dark enough). Good throw and wear length.

Coconut + TKO. It's a soft, cuddly scent. If you like coconut and you like TKO, this is a match made in heaven. Medium throw, but great wear length.

I get plum, oudh, patchouli and musk. This smells dark, musky, and purple. With an overlay of florals. But it's a deeper, darker, blend. Medium throw and wear length.

I mainly get black cherry lip gloss with a smidge of ice cream on the drydown. This actually smells very very similar to Nobodies Watching Wrestling to me, but just slightly softer (also, no leather). Good throw and wear length.

Honestly, this smells like red velvet cupcakes and sort of reminds me to MB Closet, but a little less sweet, a little less baked goods, and with a dash of extra vanilla. There's no cream cheese. But it's a sweet, red baked scent that really just seems like red velvet to me.

Light winey grape incense with a dusting of sugar. This one is soft, sweet, and on the drydown does the incense come through. Medium throw and wear length.

On wet, I get a tinge of lime, but its mainly a moss and ivy blend. It's a very smooth aquatic. Very unisex. Great throw, good wear length.

Sweet myrrh, touch of rose and resins, and a bit of powderiness from the iris. This one is a sweet, slightly floral resinous blend. Medium throw but great wear length.

Banshee Beat-esque patchouli, vanilla, with the addition of fig and pine on wet. The pine is sort of mintiness, but it dries down a vanilla patchouli with fig blend. Medium throw and wear length.

Orange blossom and amber. This is bright neroli note, and on the drydown it sort of smells like orange fruit loops, but hey, orange and sugar! Good throw and wear length.

Strong baked apple pie, and a ton of crust. Loads of cinnamon. I dabbed this on my elbow, and in my first 12+ years of BPALing, I had an allergic reaction for the first time. I put this on the crook of my elbow yesterday and it definitely blew up. Good throw and wear length.

I just get buttery bubblegum. Red velvet cakes and bubblegum. Medium throw and wear length.

To me, this smells like Chanel and lavender vanilla. This smells sophisticated, and elegant. It's a traditional perfume. Good throw and wear length.

 

I'm kinda thinking of a big bottle.

I get chocolate chip cookies and a ton of fudge. I do get a wee bit of butteriness but it's more like the smell of a Keebler Elf Fudge cookies. It smells delicious, actually. Good throw and wear length.

 

Very yummy.

Loads of peppermint, hint of raspberries and plum with sugar. Very sugary. Good throw and wear length.

There's a watery, tropical, kelp and marine musk. It's very Sturgeon Moon, with a touch of salt. Medium throw and wear length.

This isn't as unusual or out there as I was expecting it to be. It smells, for the most part, like yellowed, dry, dusty/powdery flowers. It distinctly smells yellowy to me. Like finding a trunk of old flowers, yellowed lace, and forgotten letters. The blood is like a hint of sour, fruity, red wine. Every once in a while, I think I smell a grungy metallic, like foil wrapping cigarettes. Mostly, though, this is a sweet, powdery, antique floral smell to me.

The blood is like a fruity red wine, and there's bit of white florals, touch of lace and metal. It's like a sweet resin/wine. There's a dusty lace bit that comes out later. Medium throw and medium wear length.

I really enjoy the Chariot - there's a metal note like in Torture Queen, a citrusy chypre. It's bright, sophisticated, and for those people that want a masculine cologne that smells more like a commercial perfume, should really try. Good throw and wear length.

This is a seriously sexy clove cedar. There's a strong cedar note on wet that recedes, as the clove is coming and blooming. The frankincense adds a sweet resin note as a background. This one seriously sexy blend.

A huge bloom of night flowers - cereus, moonflowers, honeysuckle, blue musk. Great throw and wear length. This is a gorgeous white floral bouquet.

Watery blue and smells like bluebonnets and green stems. This smells very Spring-like, wildflowers and it's got a great throw. Very floral. It goes a little soapy on drydown but its gorgeous and springlike and very wildflowery.

Crushed pine/evergreen needles, a bit of natural sweetness and woodsy. It smells cold and sweet, and very wintery. It's very refreshing in this warmer autumn days. Cool, but not cold.

Clovey roses and a whiff of carnation. I am really digging whatever clove note the Lab has been using recently. Good throw and wear length.

 

This sort of reminds me to the BPTP Red Rose blend.

Cassia, cinnamon, galbanum, and amber and smoke. This one is a very spice-cassia heavy blend with amber and smoke. It's golden, and burning, and both a blinding shining sort of blend, and a dark smothering sort. I think its the heaviness of the spices that leads to an almost occlusive quality. Great throw and wear length.

Silvery lavender, sweet amber and hot metal. This is a very interesting lavender perfume. It's very wearable, very bright, and not somnolent at all. For those of you that are a fan of Lilith's lavender blends, this one may be a match as well. Good throw and wear length.