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bottle: this is very lovely ginger, amber and pumpkin with a touch of mandarin. wet: the mandarin and pumpkin warm up as this touches my skin, a lovely sweet, yet not over-sweet, scent. i can even catch a bare hint of mango. the amber is a bottom note here and the ginger adds enough spice to make this fresh and crisp instead of cloying. dry: this is a less buttery pumpkin than any other the the lab's pumpkin scents i've tried. i think it's the resin of the mango that keeps this from getting a little too foody. the mandarin has faded completely but the ginger is still right there making this a bright pumpkin and ginger scent backed by amber. very lovely, it will have a place of honor in my pumpkin scents.

bottle: very spicy cardamom. i get very little in the way of musk or vanilla. wet: if you love cardamom (and i do!), then this blend is for you. it's well-blended with both the vanilla and tonka to make a creamy, spicy treat on my skin. i usually amp musk pretty strongly but this is so well blended, the musk is not taking over. dry: as this dries the cardamom fades a bit and the musk takes it's place. still, very lovely musk and vanilla scent with touch of spicy cardamom.

every once in a while ccnow will not send me an order confirmation. but you can easily go to their site and look up the order details anyway so it's not a big deal. plus, ccnow will only do a reservation of funds when you place the order, you are actually charged when the lab "harvests" the order. hope that helped a bit.

those are some lovely labels.

bottle: sweet and berry-ish with some pastry. very cold and clean for a foody scent. wet: sorta cherry, sorta raspberry. hard to pinpoint the berry-ish-ness here. the pastry is very light, not cloying of strong, but still there. dry: pretty much yum. the berry is a bit less sweet as this dries so this transforms into the most lovely fresh berry tart scent. i might be needing another bottle of this.

you can tell it's there but it's not the strongest note. it's balanced pretty well.

good one! this is a beautiful fresh orange on me, very juicy and sweet.

have you considered night-gaunt? it's a glorious kumquat scent, very brilliant citrus.

sugar skull, cockaigne, detestable putrescence, sugar cookie and/or butter rum cookie & cake smash would be my rec's. shub-niggurath is amazing but i wouldn't call it a sugary scent, it's just an amazing evil gingerbread scent... but perhaps that's what you're looking for...?

i know it's the black musk but incubus smelled very similar to black temple burlesque. i get zero cacao for black temple and a lightly sweet black musk from incubus.

Gently carved wood warm with a maternal love that reaches beyond death: rose-infused amber and soft golden sandalwood. imp: this smells like rosewood. wet: very woodsy, like a cross between rosewood and sandalwood. this is the smell that an old desk-drawer has after it's held faded rose potpourri long past it's prime. it's that exact smell. dry: this is one of the rare rose scents that has not gone all sharp soapy awfulness on me. it's a rich rose and wood scent, sort of like a lighter version of séance.

imp: musk, basam of peru and fir. wet: minty pine over musk. i rather like this. dry: this dries to a very rich musk scent. there is pine but it is really a supporting scent here.

imp: fresh water and light cream. interesting. wet: there is something fresh and almost green-smelling here. the effect is to really make one think of spring water. the cream is very light and i'm not getting much else aside from an indistinct sweetness. dry: this sorta reminds me of a lighter version of dirty, slightly sweeter and creamier though.

imp: musk and, oddly, nicotiana. it's usually not a note i can smell so strongly. wet: this is sweet and sharp all at once. the caramel is softening the nicotiana and musk but there's still a jagged scent behind it all. dry: this is a sweetened black musk and nicotiana scent, kinda like a male version of black temple burlesque troupe.

imp: heliotrope with a bitter citrus scent, likely the orange blossom. wet: very bright and strong lemon verbena with the heliotrope and orange blossom in the back. dry: this dries to a dusty, pretty heliotrope. very similar to sol invictus.

imp: very, very, very strong frankincense and myrrh. wet: this is all frankincense during the wet phase. not bad, i love frankincense, but very strong. dry: the frankincense does fade a bit, though barely. it's still the strongest note on my skin, i can't smell anything else.

imp: i know there's no patchouli listed in the notes, but it has that same wonderful gritty, smoky scent that all the old, resinous patchouli bottles have. wet: hmmm, the sweetness of grapes without the fake kool-aid grape scent. and a pervasive smoke scent. no rose and no liliy for me either... dry: i would not say this is a grape scent once dry, there is a fruity sweetness but it's not grape anymore. the opium smoke is very lovely over the sweet, fruity base.

imp: beautiful champaca and sandalwood. very incens-y. wet: there is a hint of orange blossom but it's faint and quickly fades. this is straight-up champaca incense on me. dry: this is a little more sandalwood as it dries but it still smells strongly of incense. i like this blend far more than i expected to.

wet: this is lovely! it's a total memory flashback for me, to a very exciting and fun time in my life. very fresh lime and musk. wet: this is a very bright green tea and musk scent with a zingy overlay of lime. this reminds me of my beloved pumpkin 3 from 2007 so i will be buying a bottle or two. dry: this dries so refreshingly clean and pretty, it smells like clean laundry and fresh spring sunshine and happiness all rolled up together.

poisoned apple is awesome, but it doesn't have rose. i thought the op was asking about scents which had both rose & apple?

yep, eve is pure apple and rose.

imp: honey with a faint jasmine scent. wet: jasmine. and some honey. but mostly jasmine. dry: the jasmine fades after a bit to be, for once, light and sweet. with all the honey it's actually quite nice.

imp: whoa oleander. i can barely smell the honey, this is strong. wet: this goes somewhat soapy on my skin with very little added sweetness. dry: well, it's gone full soap on me, i didn't realize that oleander turned this sharp on my skin.

imp: hmmm... just like the scent hemlock but with an added dose of honey. wet: yep, this is a sweeter version of hemlock, which is fine with me, hemlock is a bit too strong on me. dry: this dries to be a fainter, sweeter version of hemlock.

imp: bright and green with a juicy undertone. oh, and some honey. wet: this is very pretty! a very strong and sweet honey scent with the snap of greenery behind it keeping it from being too sweet. dry: an almost flowery honey scent. i like this way more than i was expecting, this may be a bottle purchase...