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I don't think this note has aged very well (or maybe it's my decant), it's kind of stinky in the beginning. After a few minutes I get a watery, sweet, and slightly tart floral, I don't get much of the "bubble-gum" type scent that's usually associated with Lotus.

I get spicy carnations, clove and as it begins to dry, I get a hint of very soft, smokey, slightly sweet resins (possibly myrrh). After a few minutes, I'm starting to get this manly spicy musk (the cloves are much lighter now) and leather. The scent is similar to The Byronic Antihero but with cloves and a lot less carnation, it also reminds me like Clockwork Couture Male in the dry-down. I'm not a fan of cloves but I may have found the only clove scent I can actually wear.

This is like fresh, sweet, strawberry jam! Gorgeous! Without a doubt the best strawberry scent I have yet to try.

This is all metals, it reminds me of last year's Old Man Ackerman's Instructional Toys. I get a little ozone and fresh, fizzy citrus (on me this smells like lemon dishwashing liquid).

This is a beautiful, fresh, slightly herbal, sophisticated "pink" floral. The scent reminds me of luxurious French floral soaps. As it dries, it goes slightly powdery, with some sweetness coming through. ETA: About an hr. later this started to remind me *exactly* of the smell of doll heads, particularity Barbie's hair.

This is strong peppermint oil with some sweetness, similar to peppermint sticks.

This start of as mostly dark vetiver with the myrrh and hints of sweet blackcurrant in the background. After about 20min. the myrrh amps over the vetiver. It's a dark, smokey blend with a touch of sweetness.

On my skin this is sharp, bitter patchouli and herbal lavender. As it dries I get hints of blackberry and opopponax, but just barely, the other two overpower everything else. I'm left with dark, gritty, slightly astringent lavender.

I love this! Very bright, sweet, sparkling citrus, a little creaminess, it goes slightly powdery as it dries, possibly some amber and light musk. I agree with the similarity to Lush's Olive Branch, but I love this much more. It smells like the most delicious cocktail! I usually don't go for these type of fresh citrus scents, but this wonderful!

This is so interesting, and not at all what I was expecting. I get some rice porridge, which is creamy and wholesome, but for the most part I get nuts, lots of heavy, buttery, dry roasted chestnuts and possibly another nut as well (walnut?). It reminds me a lot of Nut Crack Night Spray and I'm also getting some similarity with Hearth 05'. The nuts eventually take over the rice porridge. I get no clove, Lebkuchen or candied fruits, and it has almost no sweetness on me once it's dry.

This is mostly beer and mince pie on me. The pie smells warm, pruney, creamy, (I'm not getting much sweetness) and softly spicy, a mix of light cloves, and maybe a smidge of cinnamon and nutmeg. The dark beer is very much present throughout but actually blends really well with the pie. The beer amps more than the pie on me and I think I'm getting a little bit of spruce. I also imagine this as a Yule "pub scent". I like it, but I don't think I'd wear it because of the beer.

I had high hopes for this one since I usually love masculine, leather scents, but this was pure failure on my skin. I amp the vetiver, cumin and black pepper, as it dries I also get some oakmoss, the leather is way in the background for me. I'm really not a fan of this one, I had to wash it off when it started smelling like (must be the cumin).

I really like this, it's a very refreshing scent! It smells like a chilled white wine spritzer, but it also has a bubbly/effervescent edge. I was worried about the chamomile but I think it works really well in here. I like that the scent is not too sweet either. Hm..I don't know why I'm getting hints of pear as it dries. I think this will work well as a New Year's Eve scent!

Mmm...wow, this is really nice! Mostly strong and slightly creamy woods. I'm getting mahogany, sandalwood, beeswax, and some dustiness, the woods an "old" feel to them. I'm really impressed by this one, though very atmospheric, I also find it very wearable, masculine and sexy. I wish I could wear strong woods, unfortunately they're usually headache-inducing. It's a very sophisticated and vintage-type scent, I think it might become a popular one.

Lots of grass and damp dirt! I'm also getting a little bit of smoke in the background. It literally smells like I've been rolling around in the grass and dirt. I was expecting this to be darker scent, but it's actually very fresh-smelling to me, especially the grass, which has a light lemony edge on my skin. I might look for a partial bottle of this one.

2010- I initially get a strong blast of spicy cinnamon, the same type I get from Blue Pumpkin Floss which I'm sensitive to. The gingerbread thankfully fights through the strong cinnamon and the throw is mostly warm vanilla and soft, spicy gingerbread. Overall I'm really liking it, just wished it wasn't so cinnamon-heavy in the beginning.

This is very different than I'd imagined, I usually seek out scents with White Sandalwood (because I love creamy sandalwood), but I'm not sure I like this SN. White Sandalwood starts of as creamy and soft nag champa, a little bit of sandalwood, and some cedar, which is making it have a lemony-like edge. It settles into a softly incensey, complex and slightly creamy sandalwood/cedar.

This honey smells green ( a little herbal even), bright and slightly floral on me. This reminds me of the honey in Litha. Honey is one of my favorite notes, but I like the musky-type honey better.

This is different than other freesia's I've tried. It start out tart, crisp, green, watery, slightly heady floral, with an underlying tropical feel. I don't get any sweetness. It settled into crisp tart apple and watery florals.

Love, love this SN. It's a beautiful, soft, sweet, slightly musky, powdery Heliotrope. I love the innocence of this scent.

I also found this one odd in the beginning and I think it confused me because I was not excepting it to smell like this. I thought it would be straight up snow. However, I think it's better than I'd expected! The snow has an icy, minty quality and I also get vanilla, cream and maybe some soft amber, sandalwood and possibly a light musk. Apart from the soft sweetness, it also has a slight tartness. It actually reminds me of The Anti-Saloon League, but a winter, snowy, minty version of it. I really like it!

This is truly Christmas in a bottle for me. I find it starts out well-blended, but the standout note for me is the snow/"crisp winter air" with the other foody, pine cone, cranberry (similar to a warm, spiced cranberry cider drink I've tried), bayberry smells lingering in the background. It's completely evocative and powerfully emotional scent for me. I'm transported outdoors, walking through the snow, pine trees abound and all the warm and comforting Christmas smells from the nearby houses waffling around me. Interestingly, after a while, the cranberry (now it reminds me even more of that cider drink), pine, and a little bit of pie start to get stronger, like if I'd entered into an inviting, warm home after being outdoors, with a Christmas Tree and other wonderful holiday smells, the snow and crisp now way in the background. Just breathtaking!

I get peach and strawberry pie (but no crust) with extra filling. I don't get any cheesecake. At times, the throw smells more like cherry pie filling (without any of the medicinal smell I sometimes get from cherries). It's very sweet, foody and yummy. I like this one more than I expecting to.

This starts out as sweet, fluffy snow, vanilla, mint and pine. I also get the comparison to Snowblind, the mint-vanilla combo smells foody to me. As it dries, I start to amp the snow, perhaps a little ozone, pine, and the mint has a period where it goes slightly sharp and loses some of it's sweetness, perhaps it's the black pine and mint combo that make does this. As I was beginning to get disappointed, that sharpness started to fade, it only lasted about 10 minutes on me. The final dry-down is just gorgeous, like a slushier/icier, vanilla version of Snow White with some pine and Snowblind. Beautiful!

I love this! I get freshly baked, buttery, spicy, sugar cookies sprinkled with sweet cinnamon. I also get a little bit of wood but it's way in the background and I think just keeps the blend from going super foody. I know I will be reaching for this one a lot come the holidays (and a few sprays will trick everyone into thinking I've spent hrs. baking! ). ETA: I noticed this leaves behind a lingering smokiness. It's very evocative of an amusement park and the food scents and smokiness in the air. I'm not a big fan of smokey scents so I may have to re-test it to see if it's a keeper for me.