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Bright cheery lemon sugar with a touch of peach. It's sugary, sweet, and sparkling. And sadly doesn't last in my hair for more than two hours.

Shimmery, elegant feminine musk. Watery, airy, and just so unique. Unfortunately, this has almost no throw or wear length on me and vanishes within 30 minutes. SAD PANDA FACE.

Soapy cologne that reminds me to the event exclusive Tony, a slight herbiness on the drydown and a touch of whiskey. This one reminds me to a sophisticated older man, potentially a con artist. Think con artist like George Clooney in Ocean's Twelve. You know he's up to no good, but he's handsome and charming, and well, sometimes that's enough.

Floral, soapy, and holy shit, did this just turn into walking into a Victoria's Secret store? I think so. I am blinded by the dazzles of pink, the overt, sexualized version of a woman with heaving breasts, and the cloying floral perfume. It's feminine, but toxic. Pink, but vapid. Pretty, but poisonous. If that isn't the Media, I don't know what is.

Dead leaves with a touch of red fruity pomegranate. Tasty, but not for me.

Oak leaf, almond and a touch of vanilla. This smells like Haute Macabre. If you like oak and vanilla, give this a whirl.

Tart peaches, touch of peach blossom, and a whiff of frankincense. This is mainly a peach SN on my hair. It's a little light and faint for me.

Fudge, ice cream, coffee, tinges of papaya and spicy curry in the way of cinnamon, all spice, clove, coriander. This one is a foodie mess with enough spice to keep it from being bland. Fun, complicated, and complex.

Cool lemon and apple blossom, frosty fir, and just a whiff of musk. This is a silvery, lemony, dreamy blend. I get a ton of apple blossom from this. The mugwort adds to the lunar impression. This scent is gorgeous!

This is more subtle and watery than I expected. I get oudh, amber, and a whish of bay rum. It's clean, masculine, and smells good. Like this is a good person sort of good. My skin just eats this up though. Low throw and wear length.

Dark, smoky labdanum and musk. It's a heavy brown musk, feral and animalistic. Gender neutral into masculine. This smells like warmed animal skin and fur.

This is such a subtly lunar vanilla blend. Wispy vanilla, ambergris, moonflower and tobacco petals. It's delicate, blurry, and white. It's sweet, and sort of ethereal. Actually, it really reminds me to Luna Lovegood. This is pretty, but there's a dream-like quality that makes you wonder if what you're seeing is really there. Good throw and wear length.

#246 Vanilla cake, brown sugar, and a drizzle of caramel. This smells to me like marble cake. You get the darker, almost chocolatey bit with a swirl of brown sugar mixed in with a rich vanilla base. Medium throw and wear length

#73 This smells like a sweet peach blossom or nectarine. Sweet, juicy, peachy. There's a whiff of a white floral, which is why I say blossom but other than that its a candy-sweet fruity peachy scent. Medium throw and wear length.

Cool black rose, with a touch of carnation around the edges, green belladonna, and a touch of frankincense as a base. This smells like Cthulu going to the prom. On wet, there's a much more distinctive green and almost aquatic edge to the florals. This is a rose blend - but not super rose. It's actually really well balanced on my skin. However, as it dries down, you get some of the things that are creeping in the background, including the frankincense, and it stops veering into the aquatic territory and ends up directly in a somewhat dark incense and dirt kind of vibe. You know, if Cthulu was your prom date. It starts off with roses and cool ocean breezes, and definitely ends up in a crypt, with mud on the floor, and incense burning an altar.

Green patchouli and snowy fir. This is greener and cleaner than I expected for a patchouli blend and is almost in the masculine cologne territory.

Cherries and piney snow. I get a ton of bright cherry notes, and piney-wintery sugary snow. Definitely a cherry slushie!

Strawberries and dandelions. There's a very sugary edge to this. This smells like sweet strawberries and grass. If you ever wanted that for your hair, then get this! For me, its just ever slightly too sweet *goes off in search of fruity dessert now*.

Sweet fizzy champagne, with touches of lemon, blueberry and black currant. I occasionally get the sparkle of sugar in this. HOT DAMN. I really really love this and would consider more.

Wisteria, cereus and lotus blossoms. This smells like darkness and white florals with a cool undercurrent. mr. zee_zee said it smelled nice, which is not something he typically says about flowers. This is like bathing in a cool pool in the darkness. Deeply mysterious.

Rich, smoky vanilla and tonka. I can see why people really enjoy this. It's a very subtle, sophisticated foodie vanilla type.

This one is so citrusy and gorgeous. I get mainly mandarin, green tea, and a whiff of black currant and incense. This smells clean and citrusy. Love it.

Cinnamon, tobacco, and leather. It's a sort of cinnamon, smoky incense and tobacco over alot of leather. It ends up smelling like sueded leather to me, actually. Great throw and wear length.

Apple, fig, and a touch of patchouli. This is mainly a fruity apple and fig blend, with just enough musk and patchouli to make it sexy. Lovely. Good throw and wear length.

Soft beeswax, soft rose smell, and smoke. This one sticks close to the skin, and is sexy, soft, and rosy. But grown-up roses. Medium throw and wear length.