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Creamy sugary florals. I really get a mishmash of notes - plum, strawberry, maybe cherry? There's a foodie-vanilla working as a base, but it doesn't code as cake to me. It's mainly a candy/fruity blend. Low throw and wearlength but given the age of this tiny sniffie, unsurprising.

Maple, leaves, and cedar. mr. zee_zee really enjoyed this, saying it smelled like maple syrup. Lovely.

Bamboo, green tea, and oakmoss. This one is greener and mossier than I expected, with a blush of mums and sandalwood. Fresh, green, floral.

On wet, this really smells like cinnamon/cassia and cloves. As it dries down, I get more of the blackened patchouli with a swish of absinthe. After an hour, it smells vaguely like a kissing cousin to Voodoo Queen but more clovey, more whispy, and less musk. I think its the clove + patchouli coming out. Unfortunately the patchouli is the type that sometimes smells dirty/gnarly on me, as if I were an unwashed miscreant. Moderate throw, moderate wear length.

Lily, neroli, aldehydes and tuberose being a bitchy spoiler as always. Tuberose to me ends up smelling like a chemically, high pitched hair spray sort of note. Which is perfect considering beauty ir drag pageants probably see a ton of hair spray. It then veers straight into gender neutral aftershave cologne, but after about an hour, dries down to a muted slightly masculine lily blend. And yes, it does smell rich. Medium throw and wear length.

Chestnut, sugary vanilla, and a touch of tobacco. This actually smelled like maple syrup to mr. zee_zee. The following conversation ensued. mr. zee_zee: "Something smells like maple syrup" me: "It's a me!" mr. zee_zee: "So you're Mario's canadian cousin who spends his entire day in a sugar shack? What's a good Canadian name? Justin. Justin is a good Canadian name, because you can say JUS-TIN-E, and it sounds French, but it's really just Justin." So the Young Man with Long Hair has a name in our house. And it's Justin.

Hot smoky vetiver, buffalo grass, and earth. In alot of ways, this also smells like it should be some sort of ceremonial blend. And if you needed Graveyard Dirt, I think this could probably work in a pinch. It's a deep earth and smoke blend, with some grass thrown in. It dries almost to an incense. On wet, the vetiver is particularly aggressive, but then it transitions to an almost smoked buffalo gras smell (ie - fire in grass), and you get the peaty earth.

Hay, tobacco, touch of incense and plum. This one was kinda smokey incensey.

Smells like mugwort, aquatic amber, and a pinch of frankincense. This actually smells like a ceremonial/TAL type blend. I'd use this to summon Odin. It starts off very herbally - I actually thought it was a combination of sage and thyme, and then as it dries you get the amber and the frankincense. It's powerful, masculine, evocative of the deity its suppose to embody, and deeply Nordic. Would have been at home with the Song of Creation blends recently released. ETA: so mr. zee_zee has been having a really torrid love affair with the Glass Eye. He amps his up alot, and I can mainly smell herbiness (again, it sort of smells like sage to me), amber, and a whiff of ash on the drydown.

Orange, almond, amber and beeswax. This is gorgeous. It's like a dark orange foodie amber.

Red rose, amber, jasmine, and a touch of patchouli. The amber and patchouli darken the red roses, and occasionally I get whiffs of carnation. This one is a dark, regal blend. Like a slap from a red rose. Great throw and wear length.

Raspberry, orange blossom, brushed with red musk. This one is a sexy raspberry blend. Medium throw and wear length.

Liquid chocolate. This reminds me to a sweeter version of Cacao Pod, but with the lusciousness of Lump of Coal. This one is a fudgey brownie chocolate. Good throw and wear length.

Creamy vanilla jasmine. Great throw and wear length. Not for me.

Minty cherry vanilla. Like a sweet cherry slushie with a dash of vanilla. Good throw and wear length. For those of you like candy blends or Pink Phoenix.

White musk laced with red pomegranate. To me, this smells what Persephone should smell like - ghostly white florals with a musky undertone stained with red pomegranate. It's chilly, tart, and just haunting. Good throw and wear length.

Lilies, oleandar, a whiff of belladonna, wisteria, darkened by opium tar. This is a bouquet of poison flowers. It smells good, and narcotic, but you can't escape the darkness underneath. Good throw, and good wear length.

I get mainly a cherry blossom scent sweetened by honey. Like a more subtle but honey version of the BBW Cherry blossom scent. Light, slightly asian in feel floral.

Fresh coconut with a burst of citrus. Creamy, tropical, and cool.

Tart, bright lime. It's bright and realistic, but as it dries down it fades to absolute ZERO in my skin. Nothing. I actually had to reapply this so that I could get what it smelled like wet. It ghosts into a lime pez candy, and then its gone. No throw and no wear length on my skin. *goes to sit under the Tree of Despair*

This smells alot like Mouse Circus, but more peanuts and definitely Snake Oil-like. It's a deep roasted peanut smell. Good throw and wear length. Probably a touch too nutty for me.

Geek.goth, is that you? On wet, I get an almost lime fizz ticking my nose. It dries down to a more vanilla creme soda sort of smell. In fact, that's exactly what it smells like to me. Vanilla creme soda. Good throw, good wear length.

This really is gorgeous. Golden amber, sandalwood and a touch of both vanilla and patchouli. This smells warm and inviting. Would definitely consider getting more.

I get chocolate, Snake Oil, incense, dabs of leather, and absinthe. Its a mish mash of notes and it sort of smells when you've had imps living together for far too long and they've kinda leaked around the seal and it just sort of all blends together. Fun, exotic, and a little weird.

Pink roses and lilies. If there was cucumber in this, it is highly MIA. I just get pink roses and heady lilies. Great throw and wear length.