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This one is gorgeous. It's a dark amber with clove, and if you love clove, get this. UNF. Would purchase more of.

Pine, sage, and fir. This is a very evergreen one. Doesn't seem to have a ton of staying power.

I mainly get a resinous wood with a touch of caramel and peppercorn. No leather.

This perfume has been constructed and charged to reflect the electrostatic power of divine lightning, the precision of Sagittarius’ arrows, and the expansive, uplifting, and majestic benevolent power of the Mover of the Forces of Heaven, the Thunderer, the Liberator, He Who Brings to Achievement, He Who Brings Help to the Needy, the Everlasting Fountain of Justice. The perfume, and our Jupiterian Anointing Tincture, were crafted to invigorate, charge, and stimulate all that is conducive to advancement, prosperity, and good health in your life… … like a restorative, life-affirming lightning bolt straight to your heart. This perfume contains essential oils of Himalayan cedar, eucalyptus, juniper, hyssop, clove and rue, and is enhanced by our finest in-house vegetal musk. The oil has been infused with sweet dried figs, lightning-struck wood, fulgurite, cedar berries, eucalyptus leaf, and juniper berries, and was charged on November 8, 2018 at sunrise, the second hour of Jupiter, the series election window, and the hour of Jupiter after nightfall. It’s a fourfecta.* Lightning-struck wood, cedar berries, wildharvested English oak, aloeswood (courtesy of Jeremy Bechelli of Phytognosis!), and pine resin added during the election window of the ritual. Each bottle contains a piece of lapis lazuli and a piece of quartz that was purified with salt and rinsed with whiskey. Please be advised that there may be solid plant material present in the perfume. This is like lightning in a bottle. Being a Sagittarian, this packed quite a punch as Jupiter is my ruling planet. Scent-wise it was cedar, herbal musk, touches of wood, and juniper. This actually felt warm on the skin. I wouldn't use this too frequently or too much. It's like rich cake (there is such a thing as too rich and before you know it you're actually going down due to a heart attack). I don't know if it was effective per se, but I felt great that day. I will update the review for any long-term effects.

Rose tobacco, oudh, and a touch of tonka. This is a rosy tobacco blend with oudh. It's much more accessible than I imagined, and the rose tobacco is amazing. Good throw and wear length.

Pumpkin patchouli amber. It's smoky, pumpkin, and patchouli amber. Deliciously pumpkin. If you're looking for a non-foodie pumpkin, this is it.

Minty chocolate with a splash of rum. This is the mintiest Andes mint there ever was. If you love Andes mints, pick this one up.

On wet, you get more of the gingerbread biscuit, but it dries to a pumpkin/blackberry frosting. I get a ton of frosting from this. Good throw and wear length.

I mainly got a buttery sweetened condensed milk. But instead of cow milk, they used goat milk. So yeah, butter sweetened condensed goat milk. Great throw.

And, anon, there strikes the ebony clock which stands in the hall of the velvet. And then, for a moment, all is still, and all is silent save the voice of the clock. The dreams are stiff-frozen as they stand. But the echoes of the chime die away — they have endured but an instant — and a light, half-subdued laughter floats after them as they depart. And now again the music swells, and the dreams live, and writhe to and fro more merrily than ever, taking hue from the many-tinted windows through which stream the rays from the tripods. Dreams writhing to and fro, bubbling up from half-subdued laughter: pink peppercorn, jasmine sambac, and cypress bubbling up through half-subdued white lavender, stabbed through with streams of red musk and black currant. Jasmine, pink peppercorn, red musk and a whiff of lavender. This one has the floral elements rising to the surface over the red musk. The jasmine and lavender do a good job of keeping the red musk in check, and the pink peppercorn actually smashes down the jasmine in this blend as well. Overall, great balance. Medium throw and wear length.

J.J. Grandville White carnation and peony with thyme, green oudh, pink pepper, fleshy lily stamens, orchid, and clove bud. This one was definitely a carnation floral with notes of peony, orchid, and a whiff of oudh. It was a very sort of white perfume smell but with spicy notes from the carnation and I think the clove backing it up. More sophisticated and a ton of depth.

I get a whiff of teak, resins and a whiff of lemony leather. If you're into teak or resins, give this a whirl.

Mémoire is a scent to honor the dead: French pancakes, sweet grains, and cider. Mémoire est un parfum pour honorer les morts: crêpes français, céréales sucrées et cidre. When I first sniffed this and put it on, it smelled like pineapple upside down cake. So yes, I get that pancake with syrup and the cider codes as pineapple crisp goodness. With a whiff of autumn air. Out of the three newest Pretty Indulgent blends, this is my favorite. Medium throw, but great wear length.

I tend to use my Mercury CB whenever I travel or need to do a presentation, or know I'm going to have a day where I am extraverting extra hard. For me, the Mercury CB is very communication-heavy. It's got a zippy, almost wispy sort of presence. So far, I've had smooth travels with the Mercury CB - no delays, little to no turbulence, no annoying seat neighbors, and no random TSA checks.

Every leaf tells a story. This one i s mainly a sage and chaparral blend with a whiff of oakmoss and dead leaves. The dead leaves is more present on wet, but dries down to a sage/chaparral blend. Medium throw and wear length.

Yup, also someone else that smells this as a fancy male fougere. It's darkly sophisticated, very suave and very dark at the same time. It's the smell of 50 Shades of Grey for those of you that realize that Christian is an abusive asshole with money. Ooops. Does that need a spoiler tag? It's that sort of thing. All very shiny on the surface, hiding something truly disturbing at its core.

This starts off with a lime note but quickly becomes a cedar, matcha, and vetiver blend with a lime squeeze. Very cedary.

Orchid, oudh, and sophistication. This is just a superb orchid spray. If you wanted your place to smell like an upscale boudoir (you know, like Agent Provocateur and people who spend more money on a piece of lace than you do on a dress for a wedding). Yup, sexy sophistication.

This smells like fresh oranges and orange blossom. And I FREAKING LOVE IT. Omg, this smells so so good.

Black currant, cassis, blueberry. Very fruity, very dark blue purple fruits.

Lily of the valley, sandalwood, and a whiff of the other notes. To me, this really does smell like lily of the valley over a bed of woody sandalwood. And you know, I sort of really love it. Would definitely buy more of this.

Grape, blackberry, wine and did I mention blackberry? This is like a blackberry wine. Yup. Very purple, very blackberry, very wine.

Cool dead leaves, whiff of cement, and rain in the air. I swear, this smells like the outside, and leaves decomposing on cement side walks. Very atmospheric.

Pumpkin and a whiff of blackberry juice. It has a candy floss feel to it.

Amaretto, black cherry, and a whiff of coconut. I actually like this as a hair gloss more than as a perfume, since I tend to amp up all coconut notes. I would definitely consider this as a hair gloss option.