LiberAmoris

Snow Rose is white rose with a musky, lightly minty snow note. It smells very clean and post-bath, leaves a gentle scent on the skin like roses and idealized Ivory soap. I find this scent very comforting and it was the perfect bath oil to have on hand during my Yule staycation!

Salted pretzel and chocolate chip cookie, how does Beth do it? One of my favorite new foody scents, although it totally makes me want a cookie.

I love the label on this atmo! And I don't know how this is possible, but this is reminding me a bit of a non-floral Erebos. Jasmine-haters, I don't get a lot of jasmine from this at all. Lavender is the primary note, with everything else rounding it out. It's a dry, herbal, musky, vanilla lavender—I only get the sandalwood and jasmine if I'm really looking for them. Another fantastic sleep/chill out scent that I'll keep in the bedroom for dusting linens before bed.

Sweet sugar plums with myrrh and benzoin to anchor it—this does smell red, somehow. I gave my office a good misting, and when I walked back in the room, it reminded me a bit of some strawberry incense that I had in college and loved. Like incensey dessert in a bottle!

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Mmm, this is really interesting—this is really dry, not spicy or sweet. It smells like powdered incense. The amber, frankincense, and ginger root are well-balanced, and the impression I get after spraying is that of a resinous ginger. I have a lot of sweet holiday atmos and I like that this is so different. My husband swiped the bottle for his home office, so he clearly likes it as well.

Yum. Frosted Apple Gingerbread atmo is heavy on the frosted apple and spices, with the gingerbread in the background. I pick up the apricot only slightly. I sprayed this and my husband said it smelled like stewed apples—a compliment. Very festive!

Galloping Dreams is simple and lovely. Grey-purple lavender (smoky in a dusky way) and warm amber work together here to create a very effective sleep/relaxation spray. I sprayed my bed linens last night and slept so well! The amber brings down the herbal pitch of lavender (which can sometimes smell a bit astringent to my nose), so I'm free to spray more heavily than I might otherwise. Some night I'll have to spray this and then wear The Air & The Ether for maximum lavender + amber effect.

A Grateful Heart is very pretty. This is soft rose, vanilla, and sandalwood sweetened with sugar and honey. I know tea rose is a kind of rose, but I get the suggestion of tea itself from this as well (must just be how the notes are interacting). I don't find this too sweet, and it strikes me as the kind of hair gloss that would make a perfect 'gateway BPTP' gift. I really love the combo of rose and sandalwood, so this is a keeper for me and I'll enjoy the many layering possibilities with perfume!

Caw-Caw is true to its inspiration; this smells like black feathers with a hint of iridescence. The black patchouli, black amber, and clove provide a velvety dark backdrop for the lilac to subtly glint against. The agarwood provides a continuous line of golden woods through all stages of the scent. This is a hair gloss that smelled better the longer I wore it, as some of the heavier notes lifted a bit. The clove is a stronger player than I thought it might be—it holds up well even next to the patch, amber, and agarwood. Overall, the notes seem to sort of knit together, though. There's a phantom note of fresh soil that I get every once in a while, not unpleasant, just smells outdoorsy.

Eight Maids-a-Milking was a good blind buy for me. If you like the hay note, consider at least trying this, because it's used to great advantage here and comes through strongly. Actually, I can smell all the notes: chestnut, milk, honey, and hay. Ultimately this is essentially a 'milk and honey' scent, but better. The hay and chestnut add a lot and really elevate it to something more interesting and for me, wearable. Comforting and cosy, mellows into a skin scent for my hair.

Mme. Moriarty in hair gloss form makes for a great layering hair gloss with other red musk scents, and of course, with Mme. Moriarty the perfume. This smells very similar to the perfume oil, a red musk/patchouli/plum blend, with the pomegranate, black currant, and vanilla chiming in on the second level. It's an incensey scent for those of us who like red musk. I'll enjoy this!

I get more than a thread of lavender from The Air & The Ether, but that’s not a problem. Wet, this is like an ambered lavender honey with a hint of chamomile. It’s gentle, herbal, and yes, ethereal. As it dries down, the ambergris and amber assert themselves more and the lavender turns into a dusky musk. This, like Lullaby, wears right on the line between beautiful daytime scent and perfect sleep scent. It vibrates at a very relaxing frequency.

I took a look at the notes for this Thirteen and it was the quickest blind buy ever. This is like my dream liquor: coconut-coffee-chocolate-almond-vanilla. Well ok, that might be a bit too busy for a liquor, but it’s heavenly in a perfume. This smells like Cacao Pod went on a bender, and I am here for it.

Amaxophobia is one of those blends where I’m speechless with Beth’s ability to capture a place and feeling. This smells like motor oil and exhaust. It’s absolutely dead-on, and on the drydown I get a smidge of the tree air freshener, piney and a bit soapy. The chocolate note is barely there, just a suggestion of it floating around the car where it’s slipped between seats.

 

Stunningly accurate. Not a blend that I would wear as a perfume, but one that I will keep to marvel over.

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Sweet Ginger and Patchouli HG plays out as a surprise in my hair—I think I was expecting something bolder, but this is soft and has an almost herbal feel. The ginger here isn't overly assertive, spicy, or sweet. It's a gentle ginger, coding unmistakably as ginger but sotto voce. The patchouli gives this an earthy feel, but it's similarly restrained. For the first few minutes or so, the combination of notes smells a bit like citronella. Then it mellows out to an earthy, herbal ginger. A pleasant, non-foody ginger scent for those who also like patchouli!

I'm so fascinated by It is Gold! It is Gold! hair gloss. It's such an unusual combo of notes and does smell so green. Mint and leather are strong right out of the gates. The mint is really nice, a very refreshing, super-green mint. Just after spraying, I would say that the strength of the mint might actually be on par with the strength of mint in Lick It. The leather is also strong, though, so they're evenly matched. (I'm getting a brown leather note rather than black, although there are surely leather lovers here who would do a better job of parsing.) The frankincense holds things together at the bottom, knitting these two notes together in a really nice way.

As it settles in, it remains minty leather and frankincense, all notes ascertainable, but blended together to create a non-foody mint scent that feels wintry and warm at the same time. I find this scent really head-clearing and calming. I think this will be great during the winter, but also wonderful when it's warm out.

Rose Oudh and Myrrh hair gloss is definitely a rose that telegraphs intrigue, passion, and longing. There's something mysterious created when the rose, myrrh, and oudh notes intersect here. The point of concurrency ends up being rose-focal. The myrrh and oudh submit and are pulled through the rose's lens. The sillage is a darkened rose, with a subtle 'barnyard' note in the oudh bringing it to a softly animalic place. I'm someone who tends to amp oudh and it's hit or miss on me, but in my hair, it remains nicely in check. This reminds me of classic roses from earlier ages, although it wears beautifully now. A fierce, restrained floral, for those who enjoy roses that have lived a little.

Gingerbread Champaca hair gloss is wonderful. This smells like real hot water gingerbread made from scratch with tons of ginger, cloves, cinnamon, and molasses—sweetened just enough to bring it into dessert territory but not so much that the sweetness overpowers the spices—plus a shot of heady champaca. The result is like gingerbread incense, chewy and slightly floral. I don't get any hemp until after the gingerbread and champaca have tired themselves out, and then it adds something that smells a bit like dry grass/"grass" to the mix. It's something I have to actively search for to smell. I would say that the prevailing waft is that of divine gingerbread, so those who fear champaca may have no issues here.

Are you the kind of person who loves gingerbread and nag champa? (If so, come sit next to me!) This one may be for you, as it is for me.

Joy and Fear is resiny rose musk and sandalwood on me with a tangy hit of benzoin, an 'enhanced' rose musk that does feel timeless. I love red sandalwood, and that note helps pin this down to something very grounded and gently woodsy. This smells classic in the best way.

Not Such an Agreeable Seat does smell rich. Rose, saffron, and oudh are the most prominent notes on me, with the orris trailing. I find the oudh well balanced here, but the oudh-sensitive should sample before taking the plunge. It's a rosy, golden, smoldering blend, brought down to earth by the oudh and made lightly powdery and classic by the orris. Layers beautifully with Rose Oudh & Myrrh HG.

The Language of Crows is sweetness in tension with smoky resins and tobacco. On the one hand, this blend highlights the warmth of amber and caramelized brown sugar. On the other, it highlights the rootsy, gently camphorous terebinth resin and smoky birch tar. The cardamom husk moderates, in a restrained role. On, the sweetness and tobacco reminds me of my beloved Bulgarian Tobacco SN. But this is (obviously) more complex. I would recommend this to those who love tobacco when it's paired with something sweet, and for those who love the brown sugar note but don't mind smoky resins cresting underneath.

Head-clearing, focal, cobweb-banishing business, Stillness is. Herbal, woodsy goodness. The primary notes are available like stripes in the sillage: pine, chamomile, and lavender. The palmarosa and patchouli are less prevalent on my skin. This is wintry stillness distilled, for those who leaned into trees as kids to get a good inhale and who blurred sap with their fingertips. The scent version of seeing your breath hang in the cold air—so simple, so binary. Beautiful and perfect for this time of year.

Agree, Hemophobia is crimson musk and vetiver. I really like all the permutations on red musk, so that part of this scent works well for me. Vetiver is very scent-specific for me, although I find myself enjoying it more and more. There is something slightly metallic here that does remind me of the tang of blood. This is one to test on my husband, because I think it will be fantastic on him.