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Boozy rum, musk, and a whiff of honey with spices. This one is a surprise. Low throw, but good wear length.

Wispy lavender, stone and a whiff of beeswax. This one ended up sort of a perfumey incense on me. Great throw and wear length.

Iron and amber. This one is a slightly floral metal, with amber warming it up. Gender neutral to masculine. Great throw and wear length.

Garden Path with Chickens, is that you? This is grass, a whiff of florals and amber. Ugh, gorgeous. Light, fresh, grass. Good throw and wear length.

This one is a sweet fruity pink floral. I get a ton of cotton candy, melon, plumeria and a whiff of lavender. Sweet, fruity, floral. Medium throw and wear length.

[No additional description provided.] Snow White and Blood Kiss had a baby and this is what it smells like. Snow White snow, cherries, and throaty vanilla musk. Good throw and wear length. UGH this is so good.

No additional description provided. Scent description for Blood Amber is here.] Creamy Snow White and amber. It's a very creamy almond snow with amber, and a touch of dragon's blood which sweetens it up. Medium throw and wear length.

[No additional description provided.] I get a fair bit of smokiness from the vetiver, whiffs of black currant and spices. Exactly as advertised. Good throw and wear length.

Jacob Jordaens A heavy, animalic musk with cognac, fir balsam, grapevine, black cypress, patchouli, honey, and copaiba balsam Clean musk, whiffs of grapevine, cypress, patchouli and honey. But yeah, this smells like a slightly honeyed, clean musk on me. Good throw and wear length. Huh. I'm super surprised at how much I'm actually enjoying this. So yeah, not scary at all. In fact, really good.

Vanilla musk, coconut, touch of cream, and tobacco. This one is for those vanilla and Antique Lace lovers. It's soft, vanilla, and with great throw and wear length.

Honestly, I get ink, menthol cigarettes, and sultry perfume. The ink note reminds me to India Ink SN, and I get this notion of a woman that likes her whiskey straight, her men less so (because who says that men can't be softer), and her conventions not at all. Good throw and wear length.

Snowy snowdrops! To me, the snowdrops are delicate and smell almost like an iris, but not quite. It's actually the most prominent aspect to me - the snow and the snowdrops. I don't think there's another BPAL out there that has that. Considering more of this solely based on snowdrops.

House of Mirrors, is that you? It's got the same glass note as House of Mirrors, with a whiff of musk and amber frames. If you liked HoM, give this a whirl. Medium throw and wear length.

Spiced mulled wine, myrrh, copper, and spices. This one is a very complex scent, that ends up coding as perfume to me with various shifting elements. Sometimes I get the wine, other times the myrrh, sometimes its sort of metallic, and others I get different spices, and I swear at one point I did get the lime. Again, this one is a morpher.

Apple strudel and custard! Yup, if you love some apple strudel, get this. It's got a nice creamy edge to it. Medium throw and wear length.

Chocolate chip cookies. I swear. This smells like chocolate chips, and to me the amber warms the chocolate up and I get with a chocolate chip cookie. Medium throw and wear length.

Snow, tinsel, and black currant. This smells like Christmas in an airport! You get the snow and cold, you get that tang of metal from the airplanes and tinsel, and just a whiff of black currant to add to the Christmas spirit. Average throw and wear length.

I get piney plum and a whiff of amber on the drydown. The icy air on this one turns to pine on me, but it's got a plum/purple note to it, and that carries through once the pine evaporates and I get more of the amber coming through. Wintery plums, warmed by the sun. Good throw and wear length.

So far, this is my fave Lilith. The coffee in this is killer. This is coffee and sugared cream, and I flipping love it. Definitely a must buy for me.

Honestly, this smelled like a frosty citrus-orange dreamsicle. It was bright, refreshing, and I am pondering ordering a bottle. Good throw, average wear length.

This smells like strawberry candy - sugary, sweet, and strawberry. It's a little processed strawberry for me (I do prefer the strawberry leaf note) but for those of you that love sugary candy blends, this one is it. Medium throw, average wear length.

Cocoa and kirsch! This smells like a sacher torte - but the European type. Not too sweet, fruity jam, and dark chocolate. A proper sacher torte, for adults. Medium throw and wear length.

This smells like Christmas cookies and fried dough. I get vanilla sugar, cookies, and fried dough in it. And maybe a whiff of cool air and cocoa. Ugh, this is foodie without being too foodie, and just in general the best part of being out in a Christmas market, eating cookies and friend dough. Medium throw and wear length.

Vanilla coconut cream.... which means that this is a hot mess on my skin chemistry. Both the vanilla, coconut, and cream notes can be tricky for me, and this ends in that weird doughy/Barbie sort of place. Great throw and wear length though.

Oddly enough, I get a good mix of both juniper berry and red currant. Which actually means this smells like gin and red currant to me. Which honestly, is not bad. This is the hairgloss for those Christmas parties. Festive, boozy and sparkling!