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This prototype is nothing at all like the released version. Instead of jelly donuts, I'm getting good ol' American Apple Pie. In the bottle, it smells more like pie crust with the cinnamon-apple hiding in the background. Dry on the skin, the cinnamon-apple comes out a bit more, so that it now smells like a freshly baked apple pie. Medium throw, but only seems to last a couple hours.

In the bottle: Smells like evergreen potpourri, with a hint of foody-ness lurking in the background. This one is very hard to describe, but it's definitely a holiday blend. ETA: On the skin: After reading biz4brent's review about this being a patchouli scent and not a tree scent, I had to go back and give this a full skin test. She's right about the patchouli, it's not evergreen like I originally though when sniffing the bottle. Dry, my relatively untrained nose is getting spicy patchouli and something sweet like brown sugar or caramel, which helps tone down the overall patchouli POW factor.

In the bottle this is very sweet foody blend, almost like butterscotch, but not quite. On the skin, it blossoms into a gourmand, rich, buttery, maple syrup scent. Like the way syrup smells when it's drizzled on buttered pancakes. It has very strong throw, at least on my skin, and lasts HOURS.

Okay, this one had me freaking out. When I was frantically trying to sniff the prototypes as my order was being run up, I opened this one and thought "OH! Candyish! I'll take 2 bottles please!" But when I sniffed it later, my nose must have been on overload because it's definitely not candy. In the bottle: A sweet, "green" blend. Oakmoss perhaps? With a hint of cedar? I didn't skin-test this one yet as I tend to amp tree notes, so I stay away from those. I guess this is what happens when you have to rush a pick a scent! I'll update with more info if I get brave enough to skin-test. ETA: Okay, so I finally skin tested it. I think it is eucalyptus, not cedar, that I'm smelling. PPGC580 dries down to a slightly sweet, pretty eucalyptus scent. I find it to be a very relaxing blend.

In the bottle: Sweetented lemons, a little on the cleanser side. Wet on the skin: Lemonhead candies. Sweet lemon candies with a bit of a sour edge. Dry: The lemonhead candies fade a bit, and I'm getting a sense of light musk and perhaps a little green tea? Has a lot of similarities to Phobos on the dry-down.

This is my very first review ever, so hopefully I'm doing this right! In the bottle: Orange Crush Soda. On my skin: Orange Phoenix stays as a fun orange scent, including the more tangy scent of the peel, along with a sweetness that keeps it from being too tart. I'd compare it too orange pez perhaps, or if you use bonnie bell lipsmackers, it reminds me of their orange flavor. Orange Phoenix is to orange what Strawberry Moon is to strawberries. They both kind of candy-up the main fruit note, while still retaining the scent of the actual fruit itself.

You know how when you first open up a boxed cake mix, and that delicious powdered cake smell wafts up at you? Yeah, this is it. Yummy yellow cake batter, with the teeniest hint of spices. The light spices burn off pretty quickly, leaving only the yellow cake behind. Medium throw, looooong wear length on my skin (8+ hours and still going strong). My absolute favorite proto from this trunk show!

On my skin, this seems to be creamy honey, vanilla, and a bit of wood.

Champagne scents rarely work on me and this is no exception. Sparkling Apple Cider is mostly soap, with a hint of apple in the background.

Wet on the skin I'm getting mandarin, tea and a bit of honey. Dries down after about an hour to a gorgeous vanilla with a hint of musk. Luckily for me the rose never really came out (which is amazing since I tend to amp rose to high heaven) and the honey was very well-behaved.

In the bottle, it smells like a beautiful sweetened floral musk. On my skin however, Joyful Moon is ROSE, with a side of rose, and extra rose on top. Why must I amp rose so damn much???

This one is hard to describe. In the bottle and wet on the skin it's a buttery, rum-y, foody scent with possibly some pumpkin(?). Like kikithepirate, I find that it has a sweet floral component to the scent once it dries. A bit of a morpher, but I think it will appeal to foodies as well as those who like sweetened (but not candy-sweet) feminine blends.

Smells just like walking down the coffee aisle in the grocery store. Deep, rich, sugar-sweetened coffee.

In the bottle: Spicy Pumpkin On the skin: I also got red hots candy and pumpkin. Nothing blue at all on my skin. This blend would fit in nicely with any of the pumpkin patches, but it definitely wasn't one of the highlights of the show for me.

Gorgeous creamy chocolate in the bottle, but turns to cocoa-scented plastic on my skin. Will have to use the locket for this one!

Green apple in the bottle (similar to V2, but slightly less intense). Upon drydown, it has a slightly floral quality in addition to the green apple - maybe apple blossom or another light floral? Very pretty, feminine, apple scent. Light throw.

Strong, crisp, tart (but still a little sweet), green apples. Strong throw. Definitely the best apple scent I've tried so far!

Buttery orange cake, but I'm not detecting any spice. I agree with Ondine in that it smells like Monsterbait Closet with orange instead of blackberry.

The scent of sacred incense swirling up the steep slopes to Swayambhunath Stupa. Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices. To my nose, this is old-fashioned root beer soda + cedar, with a bit of minty something underneath it all.

In the bottle - Lemon Starburst Candies + a hint of licorice. On the skin - Sugared lemons and licorice. Sounds like a strange combo, but the lemon and licorice notes work surprisingly well together.

Burnt plastic + spices. Utter fail with my skin chemistry.

2009 version. Cold and crisp. Menthol and pine perhaps, with a bit of fruit sweetness underneath. This blend smells like Christmas to me.

A very sweet and light peachy-floral. The peach and magnolia work well with each other, neither scent overpowers the other.

This is a warm and dry blend as others have mentioned. Some spices, musk, and definitely a bit of orange.

You know the smell of an orange being peeled? The tangy orange rind, combined with the sweet juices of the actual fruit? Take that, plus a little soft musk, and you have PL176. LOVE this.