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This is a gorgeous light musky vanilla carnation blend. It's sweetened a little by the lavender bud but I get NO roses which is wonderful as usually they amp awfully on me. There is very little of the leaves or grey amber. Fabulous, sexy, comforting, this has it all!

Pretties! I really like the Arkham labels, they are sort of LOTR-esque with the jewelry ones anyway. And I see they match Malicious Dreams of Cthulhu in Love, too.

I would LOVE to see the Womb Fury labels!

I hereby volunteer to vintage the Lab's boy booty!! Pick me, pick me! OT, but Beth, I LOVE your new icon! "Would you like another schnitzengruben?" "Fifteen is my limit on schnitzengruben!"

This is a beautiful, fresh and happy floral/grass scent, very similar to Dog Days of Summer. Unfortunately, it fades very quickly on my skin and is almost gone after about an hour.

In the bottle and on my skin, this smells of LEMONGRASS!! A high, sharp, metallic ozone-y LEMONGRASS. Whoa. The LEMONGRASS sticks around for about an hour, but after it fades there is a beautiful sweet and slightly musky scent left behind. I think it's the tonka playing very well with the metals and hyssop. Unexpected love!

In the bottle this smells of sandalwood and cinnabar. I get almost no lavender. On my skin, the sandalwood dominates, it is a very white, bright and brilliant scent. I was really hoping for a beautiful lavender sandalwood but unfortunately it is not meant to be.

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Champagne, Chocolates and Cheap Sex... which smells AMAZING! Geez, I wish I had more than my decant but I will treasure it!

This is a light pine/snow scent that has a touch of the "rags, chains and switches." It's very Yule-y and slightly sinister, but still yummy. Don't be confused if your label says Bath Oil, it's definitely atmospheric spray!

I can see where people are getting the Snow White + Rose Red description, but on me Rose Red is a much stronger, more powerful seductive rose. Rose Red is serious business. The rose in Pink Snowballs, however, is light, fresh and girly. It's cute and fun and flirty. I do get the chilly vanilla floral, almost identical to Snow White, from this in the bottle and on the dry down, but it's blended beautifully with the fresh rose note I described above. So far I love it, and I think it's close enough to Snow White that I don't need to track down a bottle from this year's release; I have last years and still love it. I should also note that Rose is usually ugh, ugh, ugh powder awful on me so I'm excited to have found a rose blend that works.

Beth's peach note is usually really pretty on me, I love Eisheth Zenunim and The Gaoler's Daughter. Both are scrumptious on me--sweet and feminine. This peach blossom note is more fresh and crisp, it mellows after application but stays more like a crisp, white peach. The white tea and moonlight musk (which seems like a white musk to me) keep this fresh and almost sharp at first. The night-blooming jasmine does NOT smell like cat pee on me which is quite an accomplishment! I don't get any ho wood or chrysanthemum except as a light floral tone. This is a really unexpectedly pretty scent on me. I think it will age nicely.

In the bottle this smells similar to how I remember it from WCWC: a sharp, woody, salty smell with a little berry. On my skin, however, this is a yummy salty, woody musk with a little berry to sweeten it. I find it layers very nicely with Winter Maiden. A year's worth of aging has turned this into a well blended bottle of win!

This is a lush, gorgeous floral that is not your typical floral. It is soft and clean, with lavender that is not too sharp. It is sweetened and tempered by the magnolia. This is feminine and fey, but elegant at the same time. It certainly evokes a garden at night.

Upon application, I get the Chinese musk, a yummy cherry overtone and the jasmine giving off cat pee. After about one hour, the jasmine has quieted enough so that I barely notice it. The musk has come up more and the cypress is more prominent. This reminds me of Vecherennya for some reason. It is pretty but a little strong on the musk and cypress plus the early cat pee aspect.

I'm so excited for Now Winter Nights Enlarge... I just placed an order for it today! I want all Krampus, all the time to be the theme for... well anything, really!

Do you have a helpful friend who can sniff test the bottles for you? I would suggest having them blind sniff and try not to lead them in the direction of "does this smell different to you?"

Delicious dark, musky chocolate with a cherry core, but it's not too sweet or cough syrup at all. As the cocoa fades it leaves behind moss, bamboo and spices. Really gorgeous and a huge win based on a previous 13 blend I tried. I love Brian's scents!

When this bottle arrived, it had two very sharp, almost overwhelming to my nose elements: patchouli and red musk. I let it age in the hopes that it would mellow, and it did, but the red musk just completely overwhelmed the patchouli and it resulted in a very strong band-aids smell. I got no black current, mimosa or orchid, which saddened me. Swap!

This is a sexy, sexy floral. I get mostly orange blossom, and in this rare case the note is a true orange blossom that doesn't go sour or soapy on me, tempered with a sexy undertone of red patchouli. It's not dirty or hippie, but it's sexy and seductive. This is a gorgeous scent! Bottle!

This is a very sparkling, green, fresh citrus scent. It does not come across as herbal to me, but rather bright green and fresh citrus fruits. I get a tart edge from the current but it is mostly lemon lime with a bit of the green musk to lend an earth edge. It's pretty, but for me it's not a huge winner.

This is a pretty, fresh and floral scent that trends towards sweet. It's not a soapy or powdery floral, but the daisy is stronger than the carnation. I had hoped to get more carnation from this so off to the swap pile it goes.

So this is a really interesting scent--in the imp it is definitely a chocolate-y, vanilla, mint cookie scent. On my skin, it turns a kind of sweet, brown musky scent with vanilla and pistachio. I can't decide if it smells a little funky on me or if it's yummy. There just feels like something is slight off and I can't put my finger on why.

In the imp, Red Rider really does smell exactly like tanned leather. It smells like putting your face into a pile of leather jackets and smelling that cool, clean leathery smell. Unfortunately, when on my skin, it turns into this funny wet dog wearing a leather coat kind of scent that is just not pleasant. I'm bummed because I was really excited for this, but at least the Black Rider is a win on me.

This is a dark, sweet leather scent. The tobacco and black amber create a darkly sweet background to the sexy black leather note. I love this scent! I can't stop huffing my wrist!