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Champaca with vanilla, amber and frankincense. This one is warm, golden, and comforting. Soft skin scent on me though. Medium throw and wear length. I am also of the mind that this will age like a champ.

Moss, cypress, on a bed of thyme and white musk. This one smells mossy, herby, and cold. Like if an artic blast had made it to Louisiana and frozen everything there. Very gender neutral on me. Good throw and wear length.

Buttery pasty and fruity tart blackcurrant jelly. For all of your foodie Sufganiyot dreamers. Good throw and wear length.

I actually get a fair bit of honeysuckle, snowdrops and dash of sweet pea. This one smells like Spring. It's got a slightly buttery overtone to it, and it sort of codes as aquatic lilies as well. I sort of want to love it simply because of the snowdrops, and because I'm currently dreaming of Spring on a day when the windchill makes the temperature feel like in the single digits. Medium throw and wear length.

Honey with a dash of almondy-Snow White. This one would have fit right in with the Frostbitten line. Honeyed Snow White. Good throw and wear length.

Snow carnation and a touch of clove. I definitely get both the combination of snow with the carnation, which tames the peppery quality of the carnation, and then the clove gives the carnation a gentle squeeze. Lovely.

Moss, mahogany and dirt. To me, this ends up being a very Southern gothic gentleman's cologne. Sort of aquatic, woodsy, folksy. Medium throw and wear length.

Cherry cough drops. Hint of almond. Sweet cherries, and just ever so slightly the hint of medicine and almonds. Medium throw, good wear length.

Crushed orange pez, plastic, and chemically bubblegum. This one is an odd duck. Admittedly, the plastic nearly fades, so I'm left with a sweet crushed Pez candy smell. Medium throw and wear length.

A cucumber version of Two Ply Bristol. Heeey! It's alot fresher than Two Ply Bristol. But yeah, this smells like cucumber, Two Ply Bristol and maybe a touch of ink. Medium throw and wear length.

Admah v3 is strange - it's a mentholic resin. I get a whiff of menthol, a tinge of citrus, but an almost fresh juicy bubble burst before I hit a golden resin. The overall smell is that of a golden, herbal sort of smell. Medium throw, medium wear length.

Crisp apples that disintegrate into crisp apple blossom air freshner. Medium throw and good wear length.

Citrus, straw, and petroleum based plastic. It smells like plastic, and it also sort of vaguely reminds me to the India Ink SN. It's that same sort of true-to-life chemical smell. I'd posit this as a more masculine blend, but not a traditional masculine sort of smell. Great for roleplaying. Good throw and wear length.

Honey cake and buttercream. I get the almonds on the drydown. This one is a sweet, foodie blend that is heavy on the honey. Medium throw and wear length.

Huh. This is probably the first Snake Oil blend that does not go weird on my skin. That said, it also almost smells mostly like Pumpkin Spice. Good throw and wear length.

Cigar smoke, woody, and a note of caramel. This one is very interesting in that it smells like cigars and wood, but the sweetness makes it much more interesting.

Creamy peppermint bark. Sweet creamy peppermint with a dash of chocolate. This smells like Lick It Again, but softer, sweeter peppermint, and good dash of dark chocolate underneath.

Orange blossom and honey cotton candy. Strong honey scent with additional spun sugar and orange blossom. As it dries, it definitely is more of an orange blossom honey. After about an hour, its more of a honey and cotton candy sort of blend. Medium throw and wear length.

Frankincense and myrrh, with tendrils of sugar and vanilla. This is a sweet, skin resin blend. Medium throw, good wear length.

Whispery, ghostly incense with a touch of sugar. This reminds me to a cross between Carnival Diabolique and the more ghostly aesthetic of Crimson Peak. Medium throw and wear length.

Frankincense, clove and cinnamon. It smells golden and dusty. The clove is the same Indonesian Clove note. Low throw, medium wear length.

Peaches, cranberry jelly, and a touch of smoke. This one smells like a Yuletide version of a Miskatonic Valley blend. Juicy fruity, and a touch of sugar and darkness. Good throw and wear length.

Patchouli, cedar, tobacco, with touches of leather and vanilla. Medium throw and wear length.

Black leather, brown leather and a tinge of chrome. This one is a very leathery blend. Low throw, and good wear length.

Sugared lavender with a grapefruit edge. It dries down to a sugared musk after about six hours. Medium throw and wear length.