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    F5

    A fresh aquatic - I would love for more lime, tea and verbena, but alas, it is not to be on my skin. A nice inoffensive blend, but not one that really sparkles with my chemistry.
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    Intergalactic

    Mmmm. Musky fruit, heavier on the musk than on the fruit. The fruit is a sort of melony light scent, not terribly sweet. I definitely get a sense of traveling to another world with this one, a rare and wonderful treat!
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    Monster Bait: Underbed

    Spicy, chocolaty coconut cake. Nice, but not quite my cuppa.
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    Job Interview Recommendations

    I had very good luck with Genivire this past fall. Cobra Lily was another one I wore a lot, but Genivire was what I wore to the interviews for the job I eventually got.
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    Black Ice

    Mmmmmm....dark, smokey aquatic scent. Did I just say yum, aquatic? Yeah, something like that. This is the Lab icy special on a dark road at night...not my fave of the Yultides, but definitely a chilling appropriate scent.
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    Halôa

    Mmmmmm...this is cakey, but with enough spicy, winey not-cake notes that it is totally wearable even for a developing cake-o-phobe like myself. I love this scent - it may be my fave of the whole Yule collection - which thus far is all love in my nose.
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    The Perfumed Garden

    Oh but how I would love to love this. Oh but how the jasmine makes it impossible. SOB...
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    Undine

    Swampy is really the only word I can use to describe this. I can see why it's appropriate, but it is really not me.
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    Doc Buzzard

    A dark, masculine aquatic - this doesn't quite work on me, but is gorgeous on my husband - the woody resins balance the water out perfect and the shot of tobacco is just lovely.
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    The Cracked Bell

    Wow, this is a beautiful blend - rich, full bodied, and tinged with just a hint of blood. Not sweet Dragon's Blood, but a real, dark iron rich blood scent, which blends perfectly with the musk and whatever else makes this so lovely.
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    Sugar Cookie

    Ummm, yum? I didn't really expect to love this one, as I think of myself as not inlove with food scented scents, but this is all soft vanilla and butter and is just the perfect light sugar cookie!
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    Talvikuu

    Pine. Pine with a hint of spice and maybe something bright or sweet - like a fresh pine wreath with berries or ringing a candle. This is a terrific wintery scent.
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    The Rat King

    This is sharp and animalistic - there is a definite dark musk/vetiver in this, and a furry warm note that is similar, but not quite as...comforting as Coyote. I like this, and it has a lot more depth than I feared it might, but not enough to have hunted down a bottle.
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    The Peacock Queen

    Very rose, but a more complex rose than Rose Red, after a while this morphs into something that is more of a rose heavy general floral on me. It is nice, but a little too much for moi.
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    Mistletoe

    Very sharp, herbal and green. I really like this scent as a deep and dark December scent.
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    Snow Bunny

    I don’t always have to be sinister, do I? Here’s to finally being able to hit the slopes again! Soft white powder snow with a touch of youthful girlie perfume. Piney with a sweet berry note. This was almost indistinguishable from mistletoe to my nose at first, but then got a little sweeter, and, well, girlier.
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    Jacob's Ladder

    This is warm and rich and perfectly powerdy amber. I really like this. In a side by side test, I can discern almost no difference between the 2005 and 2006 versions, btw... They are both just gorgeous and golden and almost glistening...
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    Midnight Mass

    The 2005 version of Midnight Mass was the scent that changed my entire view of incense blends - this is a sweet, soft comforting incense, the incense of hope and life. I really like this.
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    Stardust

    2005 Version - A sweet powdery musk with florals, but they are not overwhelming. This is definitely a party blend. Comparing this with 2006 - after aging a year, the alcohol comes out more in this - I think that new, these smell very similar, but there is more of an alcoholic haze in my year old decant than I get from the musky floral breathy smoke of the new bottle. I think that after slathering this on NYE, I shall cellar this for a few months, and see what time makes of Ms. Stardust...
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    Baba Yaga

    Earthy, woody, with a slighty perfumy floral note which fades lieving a soft woodsy herbal scent - this is very nice and something I would definitely buy.
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    Pisces

    Green, soft, watery. I cannot pick out any notes, alas...
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    Ligeia

    Whoo is this jasmine. Like it starts to burn my eyes jasmine to the point where I cannot do a proper review. If you like the jaz, tho - this could be a winner.
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    Leo

    In three words: citrusy, creamy, yellow. And yummy! Please re-release the astros Beth!!!!
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    Pluto

    (Based on original forumlation) This is an herbal woody mint scent. My notes on this scent indicate that I'd intended to buy a bottle of this when it was rereleased. Wonder what I was thinking that day.
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    Sol

    I have tried both the original formulation and the revisited version - eventually I swapped for the revisited, which I failed to order the first time around, because I'm a dope, but nevermind that, on to the goods: This is a bright, spicy floral blend - very fresh and evocative of bright yellow...sunshine.
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