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Ooooh! Mandarin, touches of pine, patchouli and resin. Mmmm, yes. This smells like a different darker and more resiny version of Pallas Athene, which is one of my favorite blends. This is the masculine version of Pallas Athene with the addition of pine and patchouli. Good throw and wear length.

 

Would consider at least a partial bottle.

Grey musk, ambergris, and a touch of tuberose. This smells dusty and aquatic on me. Good throw and wear length.

A ton of patchouli, touches of jasmine and lily of the valley, with an edge of musk. Oooh. The patchouli here reminds me to Silkybat, and sort of also reminds me to the patchouli in Banshee Beat. If you love yourself some patchouli, give this one a whirl. Good throw and wear length.

I get sandalwood, sage and a touch of sweetgrass. This smells like the Old West and dust. The sandalwood is dry, and gives me the impression of Dead Man's Hand, but no leather. Just the Old West. Good throw and wear length.

Oudh, opium tar, and myrrh. This one is a little smoky, a ton of resins, and hints of incense. Good throw and wear length.

 

Darker than I expected.

Jasmine, frankincense, saffron and orange flower. This one smells strongly of resins on the background, with notes of jasmine, saffron and with a burst of orange flower. Oriental floral is how I'd best categorize this. Good throw and wear length.

Honeyed neroli and orange blossom on a bed of musk. This smells like honey, oranges, with musk on the drydown. Lovely and bright.

Sweet maraschino cherries with a sprinkling of sugar and almond cookie dough. Very buttery. This is more like heavy almond butter cookies with a bit of cherry here and there. Too heavy and gourmand for me. Medium throw and wear length.

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Chocolate Slush starts off with a big fudgey blast that reminds me to the Vesuvian Lava Cakes prototype, but then is quickly overtaken by a snowy note that is very similar to what is found in Frosty Silkybat. It's icy, snowy, with touches of fudgey chocolate and vanilla. I think this would make a great room scent. Great throw and wear length.

Cirtusy bergamot, rose geranium, and a touch of sandalwood. This one smelled citrusy, herbal and a touch of woodiness. It was light incense, and was really pretty. Medium throw and wear length.

Roasted coffee, porcelain, and cassia. This one did not smell good on me. It was the mixture of the roasted coffee + porcelain egg shell. Great throw, good wear length.

 

Of course.

Clean, piney snow and a touch of poppies. This one definitely coded as a 'winter' blend for me, and it was very Christmasy. It sort of reminded me to new fallen snow. Good throw and wear length.

Fig, sandalwood, and a touch of myrrh. I am seriously digging this. Medium throw and wear length.

Strong earl grey and cake underneath. Good throw and wear length.

This one is musky, ghostly, and white. I get ambergris, a touch of tobacco. This one smells otherworldy and I kinda loved it.

Pale pink roses, and dewy sappy stems. This smells like a pink version of Red Rose. Not as intense, sweeter, with a touch of apple blossom. Lovely. Good throw and wear length.

Soft woods, dirt, ivy and a touch of beeswax. On wet, it smells more like Graveyard Dirt but then it softens with the beeswax, wood and ivy. Good throw and wear length.

Lemon, rose geranium, and ambergris. This is a citrusy aquatic over a bed of rose geranium. It's cool, watery, and floral. Good throw and wear length.

 

This one is feminine, and full of lunar power. I can see this being used in a TAL/ceremonial aspect.

This blend opens up with a bit hit of almond, thane I get patchouli, and then a blast of rum. It dries down to a rum/amber blend with hints of patchouli. A very piratey wench kinda blend actually. Good throw and wear length.

Resinous rock rose. This one smells only a touch rosy, lots of resins, and myrrh. It's a very dark colored oil. Good throw and wear lenght.

Okay, so this blend is full of notes that I don't typically like: well-worn leather, cedar, and white-sage. So color me surprised, when I test them on my nativity day, and find that I quite like it. It's both delicate and robust, gender neutral, herby mossy but with enough green and woods to make it well-rounded. It's very well blended, and I'm actually quite pleased with the blend for my Sun sign. Modest throw and wear length.

 

I'd definitely think about getting a bottle of this one.

 

ETA: the drydown is an aquatic mossy. I like it.

Beeswax, cake, dust, and a whiff of leather. This smells dusty, chilly, and kinda sweet. Interesting and atmospheric, but not for me.

This one is one of those candy + other things blend. On wet, I got a hit of butter rum. And it dries to a gummies + whiskey sort of blend. There's something woody in the background. And I smell anise - but it's anise and not licorice.

 

Sugary gummies, anise, and woody whiskey.

Possibly inspired by Witches Assembly by Franz Franken the Younger.

 

This one on wet is vetiver with traces of either camphor or eucalyptus. I get a hit of dirt/peat moss. As it dries, a chewy tobacco mixed with allspice. I get a mainly tobacco/all spice (which smells like cloves to me) on the drydown.

 

Dark, dirty, and kinda sexy.

Okay, so I received two In Reilig Oran prototypes, plus a tiny tester of the released version for comparison purposes.

 

In Reilig Oran v1: This one has more "grass" in it. On wet, I swear I smelled something that smelled like marigolds. But on the drydown, its sweeter and grassier. Maybe even a touch of bluebells? This one is definitely much more close to Host of Air. More throw than the released version. Less stone. When compared to the released version, the released version smells slightly more sour and darker.

 

In Reilig Oran v2: I think there's more moss in this version. I get a more 'aquatic' feel. There's also a sweet airy note in it, which on version 1 is giving a HUGE throw, and there was a bit of citrus in it. But yeah, a slightly more citrusy mossy aquatic version.