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Halloween breakdown 2024

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All Hallows Oud Perfume Oil

Black oud spookied up with pumpkin puree, amaretto, scorched caramel, almond paste, cacao nibs, and honey.

Wary of oud, especially black oud.  Also I generally avoid both caramel and honey.  Interest level rating: 2/5 

 

Bonfire Toffee Perfume Oil

Our spin on a traditional Guy Fawkes Night treat: treacle toffee soaked in rich, dark bourbon.

I think I've tried this before but I can't remember for sure.  At any rate, it's not really calling me.  2/5

 

Bourbon-Soaked Pumpkin Peanut Butter Fudge Perfume Oil

Gooey.

I just have no interest in nuts or nut butter in perfume.  1/5

 

Dry Ice Cocktail Perfume Oil

A sparkling absinthe martini swirled with a glow stick and overflowing with cascades of dry ice fog.

I like absinthe notes but dry ice fog makes me think of one of the "fog" scents that I tried a few years ago, I think it was a Yule series?  And I didn't like that one much.  Anyway this one isn't calling to me.  2/5

 

Pumpkin Latte Perfume Oil

Espresso, pumpkin syrup, smoky vanilla bean, milk, raw sugar, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg.

This sounds like a candle scent to me, which isn't necessarily bad, but I just never had much interest in this one.  2/5 

 

Pumpkin Musk and Black Oud Perfume Oil

A strangely romantic, disturbingly erotic perfume.

Has this come out before?  I feel like I've tried it.  Pass for now.  It wasn't bad (if it was the same scent), just not calling me right now.  2/5 

 

Pumpkin Spice Everything Perfume Oil

Literally everything! Pumpkin spice it all with this traditional brew of cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, and clove.

I have a decant and like it, don't need more.  2/5

 

Pumpkin Spice Halo-Halo Perfume Oil

With apologies to my ancestors. Ube halaya and ube ice cream chonked with mango jelly, flan, boiled taro, evaporated milk, sweetened kidney beans, dried coconut, kaong, gulaman, tapioca pearls, and a copious shake of pumpkin spice. 

Sounds interesting, I wouldn't mind trying a decant.  3/5 

 

Pumpkin Sugar Perfume Oil

Crystallized glittering shards of lightly spiced pumpkin sugar.

I have an old decant and like it, but not sure I need more or not.  I will retest it in the near future.  3/5 

 

Samhain Perfume Oil

Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein.

I love Samhain, but I don't need more.  2/5 

 

Sugar Skull Perfume Oil

Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits.

I love Sugar Skull but don't need more - although I'm curious if it's different this year!  It seems there are some different versions of it in the last few years.  Maybe a decant.  3/5 

 

Vintage Pumpkin Blow Mold Perfume Oil

A grinning, glowing gourd gleaming with 40 watts of radiant white musk, sweet orange, crystalline amber, and pumpkin rind.

I have this in my cart, Vintage Ghost was so good, I'm interested in this too.  4/5 

 

Halloween 2024 - Carmilla

 

A Glare of Skulking Ferocity Perfume Oil

Scorched oud, bitter resins, black musk, a torn shred of gossamer vanilla, and a clang of metal.

Not sure about oud, bitter resins and metal.  Possibly a decant.  2/5 

 

Carmilla Hair Gloss

Sweetness shadowed by danger: dark amber and ylang ylang gleams through smoky chestnut, cacao, mahogany, blackcurrant, and vanilla bean.

No hg for me, I have enough. 

 

Chocolat Viennois Perfume Oil

Turns out this is a thing that vampires are into. A warm mug of dark chocolate and cream with a dribble of blood.

Chocolate perfumes aren't usually my thing.  2/5 

 

Come With Me, Loving Me to Death Perfume Oil
Black orchid, cacao, bitter almond, and black musk.

It depends on the orchid, but really, I can probably pass on this, unless I get really curious from reviews.  2/5

 

Darling, Darling Perfume Oil
Sugared pear and wild violets with orris butter, coconut milk, white musk, and vanilla silk.

This combination doesn't sound appealing to me.  Edit: it kind of sounds like a Luper scent!  I would definitely try it if it crossed my path.  2/5 

 

Die, Sweetly Die Perfume Oil
Inevitable surrender. Opening with a heady blend of blood orange and black cherry, the heart of this perfume pulsates with narcotic jasmine, sinuous tuberose, blood amber, vanilla silk, and deep red labdanum.

I was on board until red labdanum, I have a questionable history with that note.  2/5 

 

Indescribable Solemnity and Fear Perfume Oil
The crescendo of a phantom’s caress: golden frankincense and cardamom smothered by honeyed kisses of labdanum, red rose, merlot, black oud, and myrrh.

Couple of iffy notes for me, and labdanum in general can turn sour on me.  2/5

 

Laura Hair Gloss

An ode to delicate femininity, evoking an image of a golden beauty bathed in sunlight: delicate sandalwood and white musk shimmering with neroli, yellow amber, pear blossom, peonies, and iris.

No hg for me.

 

Melancholy Fire Perfume Oil
A luminous cold flame: chilled bergamot, Ceylon cinnamon, white clove bud, amber, and incense smoke.

Sounds kind of interesting, maybe decant.  3/5

 

Millarca Perfume Oil
White lace, blackcurrant, and tea roses.

I'd like to smell this.  3/5 

 

Mircalla, Countess Karnstein Perfume Oil
Black velvet, blackcurrant, and black roses.

Definitely interested.  4/5 

 

My Soul Acquiesced in It Perfume Oil

Melancholic white rose petals drifting in a pool of white musk, bitter almond, and icy vanilla.

Hmm.. possible decant.  3/5

 

My Wild Heart Bleeds With Yours Perfume Oil

A fierce rush of pink pepper, carnation, pulsating red berries, and crimson musk.

I'm interested but wary of pepper and carnation.  3/5 

 

Resembling the Passion of Love Perfume Oil
All-consuming, relentless desire – deceptively luscious, murderously brooding, and blindingly sensual: blood musk, black cherry, crimson amber, 21-year aged patchouli, golden saffron, jasmine sambac, and black rose.

Not sure but could be good.  3/5 

 

Ruins of Karnstein Perfume Oil

Palatial grandeur in ruins, its decrepit majesty poised in the liminal space between decay and beauty. A haunting memory of all-consuming desire: the rich, earthy depth of oud, vetiver, and moss, grounded in the untamed wilds of the forest, echoing the ancient stones that remain.

Wary of oud and moss.  2/5 

 

Seven Inches of Blood Perfume Oil
A shimmering pool of coppery red musk, Dracaena cinnabari, clove bud, cacao, and lead.

I want to love this but wary of "coppery" and wary of lead.  4/5

 

Sinister Restlessness Perfume Oil
Fear and fascination: blackened vetiver, amber smoke, clove, and oudh.

There's that oudh again.  3/5 

 

Smiling Melancholy Perfume Oil

Distant, enigmatic, shadowed: delicate heliotrope and pale rose petals, muted and soft, resting atop a chilly, intimate base that blends white musk, cashmere woods, and a touch of tonka bean.

Might be good.  3/5 

 

Strange Paroxysms of Languid Adoration Perfume Oil
Parasitic intoxication: narcissus, opium poppy, and red orchid veiled in heliotrope, blush sandalwood, and crushed violet.

Narcissus is a deal breaker for me.  2/5 

 

That Silvery Splendor Perfume Oil

Moon-kissed petals of night-blooming florals aflame with hypnotic opium tar, fae tuberose, and a sliver of metallic aldehyde.

I'd smell it but it will probably be soapy on me.  2/5

 

The Fading Crimson of the Sky Perfume Oil

A scent both bright and subdued: bergamot shuddering through lime leaves, ruby-tinged amber sunlight, violet leaf, oak bark, and sandalwood smoke.

Sounds kind of interesting.  3/5 

 

The Great and Titled Dead Perfume Oil

The haunted stillness of a long-decayed cemetery plot choked by ivy and wild blackberry thorns.

Very interested.  4/5 

 

Troubled by Revenants Perfume Oil
A paean to ancient malevolence and the unseen forces that grasp and scratch at the living like gnarled roots clawing through blood-stained soil in midnight forests: patchouli, mandrake root, black pepper, and fossilized amber.

Somewhat interested.  3/5 

 

You Are Mine, You Shall Be Mine, You and I Are One for Ever Perfume Oil
The consuming intensity of a passion that claims body and soul, blurring the boundaries between longing and obsession, lust and loathing. Ylang ylang and clove evoke the heat of skin against skin, bruised by bittersweet blackcurrant honey kisses.

I like the concept a lot but wary of some notes, especially "honey kisses".  3 or 4/5

 

Halloween 2024 - Freak in the Sheets Pt. II

 

Lavender Silk Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil

A sleek, seductive eternal slumber: silky ripples of spectral lavender cascading around the labdanum-shadowed absence of a living being.

Wary of labdanum, otherwise sounds good.  3 or 4/5

 

Motel Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil

Chills and thrills, but certainly no frills: a polluted, rough-riding version of the Traditional Sheet Ghost: cool white cotton, marshmallow fluff, and lemony Oman frankincense, marred with suspicious blotches of coconut oil and a cigarette burn.

Pass on this one.  2/5 

 

Traditional Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil

Boo! Cool white cotton, marshmallow fluff, and lemony Oman frankincense.

My bottle from last year is enough.  1/5 

 

Tropical Print Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil

Does the carcass match the drapes? Cascades of banana Leaf, bamboo fiber, mango, papaya, and hibiscus, streaked with ectoplasm and sticky tears of strelitzia sap.

Not for me.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2024 - Halloween Atmospheres 2024

Pass on atmo sprays.  1/5 

 

Pumpkin Nut Bread Atmosphere Spray

Pumpkin puree baked into a walnut-studded loaf, steaming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove.

 

Halloween 2024 - Halloween Beard Oils 2024

Pass on beard oils.  1/5 

 

Bonfire Smoke Beard Oil

Woodmoke, glowing embers, drifting ash, and the memory of bones.

 

Pumpkin Spice Beard Oil

Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING.

 

Type AB-Beard Oil

For the most discerning vampires. Dragon’s blood resin, black cherry, clove, cardamom, black leather, and kyphi smoke.

 

Halloween 2024 - Halloween Hair Glosses 2024

No hg for me.  0/5 

Autumn Bouquet Hair Gloss

Carnations, sunset roses, hydrangea, and sunflowers bound in a clove-tinged pumpkin-orange velvet ribbon.

 

Halloween 2024 - Heloise & Abelard’s Spooky Single Notes

 

Black Lipstick Perfume Oil

A goth awakening: waxy drugstore lipstick and clove cig residue.

Pass for me.  2/5 

 

Blood Squib Perfume Oil

A sanguinous firecracker of cherry simple syrup and dragon’s blood resin.

Might be nice but I already have Blood.  2 or 3/5

 

Bonfire Perfume Oil

The perfume of withering leaves, their brittle forms surrendering to the flame, releasing a sigh of bitter smoke that is flickering with the ghosts of summer’s memory.

Probably pass, I have some scents like this already.  2/5 

 

Candied Apple Perfume Oil

Sour green apples encased in a sticky shell of iconic glossy red caramelized sugar syrup.

I don't like green apple perfumes, usually. 1/5

 

Clown White Perfume Oil

No joke! Greasy petrolatum, lanolin, and titanium dioxide accords smeared with vanilla cream. 

Please note: this product contains no clowns or clown-derived materia.

Pass for me.  2/5 

 

Datura Blossom Perfume Oil

Corpse white and bruise-purple, sacred datura is native to my west coast homeland. A seductive, heady, hypnotic bloom, as poisonous as it is beautiful.

I'm interested, but just have no idea what it smells like.  It could go either way.  4/5

 

Graveyard Dirt Perfume Oil

This is the scent of pure graveyard dust, spattered with grave loam and dusted lightly with tombstone moss.

I have a bottle already.  1/5 

 

Insulation Board Tombstone Perfume Oil

A fragrant melange of foam insulation board, PVC pipes, jigsaw grease, stone-textured spray paint, and polyurethane sealant.

Pass for me.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2024 - Nightmare Novellas Pt. II

 

Fuchsia Eyes Perfume Oil
Blood-tinged raspberries oozing into globs of blackcurrant and red plum.

A "fruit notes only" scent isn't that interesting to me, it needs to have something else.  2/5 

 

Hatman Perfume Oil

Scarlet musk, red oud, opium poppy, and tobacco absolute.

Sounds too red.  2/5 

 

Hollow Hallow Perfume Oil
A suffocating pumpkin kyphi soaked in dark red wine and darkened by vetiver, opoponax, and black oud.

Possible decant.  3/5 

 

Jolly Perfume Oil
Pumpkin cream, caramel-coated marshmallow, crushed candy corn, lemon peel, and belladonna honey.

Doesn't sound like my thing.  2/5 

 

Leaf Spirits Perfume Oil
Smoky vetiver, flaming sparks of black pepper, clove, and nutmeg, charred wood, and dark amber.

Sounds too dark and raspy, but I'd try it.  2/5 

 

Sleight of Hand Perfume Oil

Incense-tarred patchouli, opoponax, blackened cloth, frankincense resin, and black moss.

Hmmm... Sounds a little rough but I'm somewhat curious.  3/5 

 

Slowly She Turned Perfume Oil
Flaming amber, queen mandarin rind, yellow peppercorn, scorched yellow roses, and a hint of decay.

Interested, likely decant.  3/5 

 

Sweet Tooth Perfume Oil

Scorched candy corn and melted toffees

Pass for me.  2/5 

 

The Autumn Folk Perfume Oil
Hay-dusted oak, honey mead, pumpkin rind, vetiver root, corn husk, and maple leaves.

Couple of no-no notes for me, the combination doesn't appeal very much.  2/5 

 

The Bell Witch Perfume Oil
Rusted iron, mandrake root, burnt vetiver, and patchouli leaves

Sounds very cold and raspy.  2/5 

 

The Treat Keeper Perfume Oil

Dried apples, sour apple mash, and molasses.

Not an apple perfume fan.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2024 - Pile of Leaves 2024

 

Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves Perfume Oil

Snake Oil slithering through a scattering of dead leaves with amber, cardamom, cistus, hops, white sandalwood, neroli, orris root, and smoked vanilla.

Hmm, could be good.  Possible decant.  3/5 

 

Dead Leaves and Honeycomb Perfume Oil

Not for me.  1/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Black Tea, and Bergamot Perfume Oil

Possible decant.  2 or 3/5

 

Dead Leaves, Blood Orange, and Neroli Perfume Oil

Probably pass.  2/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Burnt Marshmallows, Clove Cream, and Whiskey Perfume Oil

I'm strangely interested.  3/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Dried Lilacs, and Labdanum Perfume Oil

Pass.  2/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Incense Smoke and Oud Perfume Oil

Probably pass.  2/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Lavender Buds, and Golden Sandalwood Perfume Oil

Interested in a decant.  3/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Oakmoss, and Pine Needles Perfume Oil

Probably pass.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2024 - Pile of Leaves 2024 - Pile of Leaves Hair Glosses 2024

No hg for me.  0/5

Dead Leaves and Pomegranates Hair Gloss

 

Dead Leaves, Nag Champa, Tunisian Patchouli, and Vanilla Bean Hair Gloss

 

Halloween 2024 - Pumpkin Patch 2024

 

Embalmed Pumpkin Perfume Oil

Pumpkin rind encased in white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon.

Mildly interested.  2/5 

 

Knave of Pumpkins Perfume Oil

Crushed roses, red currant, and pumpkin tarts.

Very interested to at least try it.  I actually have a bottle in my cart.  4/5 

 

Moroccan Pumpkin Perfume Oil

Pumpkin spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia.

Interested but I already have bottles of Morocco and Pomegranate Morocco.  Not sure about this.  3/5 

 

Pumpkin Bliss Perfume Oil

Honey-dusted milk chocolate pumpkin bites.

Honey and chocolate, no thank you.  1/5 

 

Pumpkin Blood Perfume Oil

Pumpkin pulp and dragon’s blood resin, thickened with myrrh, black cherry, and a trickle of clove.

Somewhat interested, but I already have a bottle of Blood.  2 or 3/5

 

Pumpkin Kisses Perfume Oil

Sloppily sexy: sweetly spiced pumpkin juice with vanilla cream and wildflower honey, smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk.

Very interested, 4/5 

 

Pumpkin Lust Perfume Oil

We don’t judge. Red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang, myrrh, and pumpkin guts.

Probably pass 2/5 

 

Pumpkin Smokestack Perfume Oil

Burnt pumpkin skins, creosote, coal, and industrial waste.

Pass 1/5 

 

Pumpkin Tombstone Perfume Oil

I’m yer pumpkinberry: dried pumpkin leather with vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar.

Probably pass 2/5 

 

Halloween 2024 - Wild Hearses Atmosphere Spray Series

No atmo spray for me, 0/5 

Convertible Hearse Atmosphere Spray

The cadaver, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind: a chilly whoosh of dead leaves seasoned with the perfect amount of smog.

 

Headless Hearseman Atmosphere Spray

A bottomless swirl of black leather, dead branches, and flaming pumpkin guts.

 

Hearse of Pancakes Atmosphere Spray

There’s still a little time to kill before the viewing… surely it wouldn’t hurt to stop for a short stack? Black coffee, syrup-drenched buckwheat cakes, and a crusty cruller for the road.

 

Hiss and Hearse Atmosphere Spray

A dribble of Dorian and a squiggle of Snake Oil, delicately stirred with a moss-crusted muddy shovel.

 

Hot Pink Hearse Atmosphere Spray

A dream hearse for anyone who grew up presiding over numerous doll funerals: flashy pink guava, strawberry jam, sugared pink grapefruit, blackberry, bergamot, and pink champagne adorned with a gleaming chrome Landau bar.

 

Lime Green Hearse Atmosphere Spray

A shiny, genteel, vintage ride for all those who feel dead inside: lime rind, citron, petitgrain, white musk, a swish of bay rum and a bit of black pepper.

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