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ACVail24

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  1. The officers were satisfied. My manner had convinced them. I was singularly at ease. They sat, and while I answered cheerily, they chatted of familiar things. But, ere long, I felt myself getting pale and wished them gone. My head ached, and I fancied a ringing in my ears: but still they sat and still chatted.

    Rum cakes and black tea, blueberry scones and biscuits.

    On my skin, wet:
    Kinda sour, a little bit boozy

     

    On my skin, dry:
    Boozy fruity muffins

     

    After several hours:
    Sugary fruity muffins with a splash of booziness


  2. With a dribble of caramel and flecks of white sugar.

    The Post has made yet another spectacular hair gloss with this one!

    It smells like fresh, caramel drizzled apple slices with a squirt of sweet crystalizzed lemon.

    Buying backups of this one too.
    ::snuggles gloss and goblins::

  3. This is a beautiful color - to me it's got more of a reddish brown & gold glitz tone to it, but I don't apply more than 1 medium coat.

    I would also classify this one as more of a Halloweenie color than Yule, but it's very pretty all the same.


  4. Is the more grown up version of El Dia De Reyes, or perhaps an older cousin. Less chocolate, more coffee.

    It's predominantly coffee, but it has a smokey and barely sweet quality to it.

    This one is more subtle on me than the Reyes blend, but still quite noticeable after several hours.


  5. SNOWBLIND CLAW POLISH

    This is a gorgeous silvery-blue glitter!

    It's got an 'Icy' quality to it from a color perspective.
    This is my first GLITTER polish from the goblins, and it's texture is more gel-like than I was expecting.

    I enjoy it as a sparkly layer over a solid color underneath. I am currently wearing OPI's I Am what I Amethyst under SNOWBLIND, and it's a cold looking pedicure.


  6. I also am getting some kind of mild fruit from this, which does a great job of keeping this blend from being too over the top green and snowy.

     

    It is a gorgeous blend of cold, crisp greenery and sparkling white snow and ice.

    Those berries (?) make this blend interesting beyond pure wintery coldness.


  7. Edvard Munch

    Ribbons of wild plum, French lavender, and calla lily rolling over hills of thick snow.

    This one is gorgeous!

    It's rich purple plums, and cold,cold florals.

    The plums are juicy, moderately sweet but not sugary or reminiscent of honey either.

    The florals are just the right touch! They strike me as white and barely-there pinks and yellows.

    I don't get the snow note, but I'm sure it's what is causing the 'cold' effect on this scent.

    A very unique Yule!

  8. I think I was hoping for more of a blueberry scent on this one - but it's still very evocative of something otherworldly.

    It's pretty heavy on the eucalyptus at first, then musk dominates for a little bit, then I get the blueberries :D

     

    It reminds me of one of the Blue Moon blends - it must be the blue musk.

    This hair gloss is lovely, and quite different from the other glosses I have.


  9. George Frederick Watts

    A memory of English oak and iron shrouded in a thick fog, caked with salt, and a tangle of weeds dragged from the depths of the ocean.

    A Sea Ghost is a cool, crisp night on the shoreline - with something foreboding, like a sudden storm.
    I could pick up on the wooden note, and the salt of the sea was pronounced but not overpowering.

    It reminded me of visiting the south Texas coastline in January.

  10. I love this one!

     

    It's a maple-laden autumn/winter scent.

    I can detect the leaves, but this leaf note seems fresh, not dried.

    It was so soothing that it put me right at ease to fall sound asleep after a thin application to my dry forearms.

     

    This one is back-up bottle worthy!


  11. And how should we break faith who have seen
    Those dead lips plight with the mist between,
    And how forget, who have seen how soon
    They lie thus chambered and cold to the moon?
    How scorn, how hate, how strive, we too,
    Who must do so soon as those others do?
    For it's All Souls' night, and break of the day,
    And behold, with the light the dead are away.

    Cedar coffinwood, davana, tobacco flower, and white rose.

    In the Bottle:

    Fairly strong cedarwood.
    It's VERY distinctly cedar - my Husbeast woodworks and the cedar smell was extremely accurate.
    I did not detect another other notes at this stage.

    On My Skin, Wet:

    A blast of more cedarwood, then some very light white florals.
    it was reminiscent of a freshly cut & polished piece of raw cedar with a small cluster of wild white flowers tossed on top

    On My Skin, Dry:

    Still strongly cedar, but now a bit 'dusty' somehow.
    the florals become just a wee bit more pronounced, and I think I can detect the rose as it's own note at this stage.

    A Few Hours Later:

    Again - mostly a musty cedar, but I can definitely detect the white rose from time to time.
    it's a 'close to the skin' scent, and captures the essence of a Halloween night perfectly. It's woodsy, ancient, and has a specter of beauty lingering.

    While not remotely similar to Samhain as a scent in my view, it's quite lovely and encapsulates a more specific Halloween vision. I think if you like Samhain you will probably like this one just as much if you aren't too sensitive to cedar.

  12. Dead Leaves and Lavender Buds is somehow a bit musky, but you can easily detect the dead leaves note, and the lavender is soft & sweet.

    I get equal whiffs of the dead leaves and the lavender buds - I do like the musk quality of this one, even though that doesn't seem to be a component.

    It's a romantic fall scent - and quite feminine.


  13. This one is gorgeous!

     

    I didn't know what to expect, but it's a sweet gentle apple scent, with breaths of the violet and iris.

    To my nose, it's like a pale juicy apple covered in a lilac, floral morning dew.

    Very lovely! I am enamored with this one!


  14. Red apple, cacao, and bourbon vetiver.

    First?
    oh my! :)

    In the Bottle:
    My bottle needed a good shake - it was very distinctly separated between ingredients.
    The scent was surprisingly subtle.
    I could detect all three notes but I really was expecting the vetiver to jump out and dominate.

    On my Skin, Wet:
    A blast of the vetiver, then some boozy chocolate & vanilla (?) with just a hint of the apple.

    On my Skin, Dry:
    The vetiver has subsided a bit, the chocolatey note comes out more, and the apple has become more subtle.

    After a few hours:
    mostly a chocolatey scent now.
    I can still detect traces of apple, and the vetiver has died down quite a bit.

  15. A maddeningly festive blend of warm, buttery rum, cocoa, coconut, vanilla and a jolt of peppermint. It’s a sweet, decadent, slightly silly scent, reminicent of rum-laced holiday cookies.

    SPOOKY HAIR GLOSS!
    This hair gloss was all boozy coconut - a surprisingly summer blend, I did not detect any chocolate (as some people have mentioned in the perfume oil).
    There was a very quick and subtle burst of mintyness at first, but it faded almost immediately.
    Very pretty, very summery!

  16. This IS really similar to the SMUT BPAL oil!

    I'm not the biggest fan of the smut perfume oil, but this hair gloss seems softer and a little less intense to me, and gorgeous!

    I love how this one just lingers in soft wafts of scent - I wore a little overnight and could still smell it in the morning.

    I re-applied a spritz to my ends, and it's still quite a gentle scent.

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