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I just got a decant, but it does not appear that the bottle was rolled prior to decanting. I get honey, tea, a touch of chocolate and leather. This is very honey and tea heavy. It's medium throw and low wear length. However, I wouldn't neessarily say that this decant is representative of the blend itself as it seems to be very light in color.

Woods, hay, and a touch of wispy amber. It's a warm, masculine blend on me. Medium throw and wear length.

Snow, lily and plum. I really amp up the lily in this, so it ends up a very clean lily smell, with just enough hints of plum and snow around the edges. Straight forward, great throw and wear length.

Linen, mint, resins, and a touch of pine. This one smells like baby powder sprinkled on top of the previous elements. Sort of how some old clothes smell after you've brought them up from storage. Low throw and wear length.

Patchouli and oudh. This one smells clean, masculine, and well, the overall impression I tend to get is of gleaming black leather - that doesn't smell like leather. But maybe a leather paddle? Yeah, that's probably more accurate. Medium throw and wear length.

Brown leather, blood orange and a touch of dusty amber. This one reminds me alot to a Future Primitive Soap lotion I'm wearing which is Rook and Raven. And I think tis the combination of brown leather + orange. More orange than I expected. Good throw and wear length. I would be curious to see this on a guy.

Weedy - it smells like dandelion sap and the sweet grass note, but with a touch of dust, an undercurrent of dryer sheets and linen. It's a sweet, grassy sort of linen. Fresh, clean, and it would make a fantastic room scent. Low throw and medium wear length.

Creamy vanilla, sandalwood, frankincense and a touch of musk. This one is a more perfumey sandalwood blend than I expected. Warmer and muskier as well. Medium throw and wear length. This one is a sophisticated sandalwood blend. Hmm, may consider more of this.

Vanilla, carnations, and freesia. This is sugary and pink. Great throw and wear length. Huh, I actually am not a freesia fan. Who knew.

Thanks to the generous swapper for a tiny tester of this! At first note, I just get the eucalyptus, powdery iris, and blue musk and it sort of smells unpleasant. But then the blueberry blooms, the eucalyptus recedes, and I'm left with a blueberry and iris mix that is fruity and delicate. It gets slightly more perfumey as it dries, and I am assuming that it is the oudh. Top notch, and would definitely buy a bottle of this. ETA: Again, when first sprayed the combination of powdery iris and blue musk is unpleasant to me, to the point that I go OMG am I really putting this on my hair? And then I comb my fingers through my hair, and the blueberry pops up, so does a teensy bit of oudh, and the iris basically vanishes. It ends up a ghostly blueberry like smell and I love it. But yeah, the first 30 seconds makes me question my sanity.

Mrs. Driscoll, 11 Barrow street, keeps a third class house of assignation. Place mean and dirty. Patchouli, fig leaf, flue smoke, opium tar, and tobacco absolute. Oooh, so this one is patchouli, chewy tobacco and a touch of opium. It's dark, heavy, gritty patchouli and tobacco based hair gloss. Good throw and wear length.

Waves of Mist, Nicholas Roerich. Orris root, muguet, white musk, and ambergris accord. Waves of Mist is an aquatic sort of floral with white musk. I definitely get the ambergris (which gives it that watery vibe), white musk (which is kinda powdery) and something that smells sort of sweet (muguet, is that you?) White, powdery, watery.

I get a weird licorice heavy rootbeer with a brush of raspberries, and an oddly metallic tinge. It sort of smells actually like rootbeer gummi bears with a brush of licorice. More wearable than I originally thought. Medium throw and wear length.

Ozone, soapy spring florals, and something that smells like Polyester Spiderweb, which may just be the plastic. Would work great as an atmosphere spray. Say hello to CLEAN! Great throw and wear length, of course.

Moss, amber, and a touch of oak. This one is a weird aquatic (moss) + warm amber blend. Medium throw and wear length.

Snowy, minty light cherry blossoms and something that on the drydown almost has a melon note to it. Part of me really loves this, and the other part of me is dismayed by both the low throw and low wear length. My skin just eats this up. Figures. :/

This one is so interesting to me. Underneath the cold layer of elemi and amber, I get a mix of black tea and labdanum that smells almost like aniseed but isn't. It's a warm, gooey sort of resinous blend with herbal touches. It makes me think of winter in the same ways that "coal candy" is really licorice. Medium throw and wear length. For those of you that enjoy licorice, give this a whirl.

Tropical beach coconuts fade into an orchid/ginger blend with a tinge of white musk. This smells like the tropics. It's fruity coconut floral and it smells like the beach. I think I might have to spring for a whole bottle of this if it pops up in the BPTP etsy shop. *goes to look*

Dandelions, moss, and green swampyness. This is not my style at all, but its very otherworldly and I would definitely recommend this for any monster Halloween costume. You don't wanna smell human? Give this a whirl!

#21 This one is rich buttercream, with a touch of cheesecake. I get a buttery foodie vanilla, some brown sugar, and a touch of what smells like cheesecake. Very foodie. Medium throw and wear length. Previously reviewed by molls.

MCCXXXIII (1233): This one is a musky fruity scent. There's a sprinkling of sugar, and it makes me think of red currants. There's a bit of musk, and it reminds me to a fruity Shunga. It has a fun, fruity, clean edge. Low throw and wear length.

Woodsy patchouli, blush of honey, and a melange of leather and other manly oils. Smells manly. And like the outside. And bearded. Definitely for the men folk. Good throw and wear length.

Odd lavender and green musk. This starts off as a more intense and weird 51, and dries down to a heavy lavender with a sprinkling of green musk. Fresh, clean, and lavendery. Not what I expected at all. Medium throw and wear length.

Peppermint, spearmint, touch of evergreens, and dirt. This one smells like a wintery version of Irish Spring - minus the cool laundry note. Slightly masculine and I wish I wasn't amping the evergreens. Medium throw and wear length.

Ranch dressing and garlic dehydrated mashed potato mix. I get a ton of chives/garlic from this. But it smells, well, fake in the same way that boxed mashed potatoes don't taste anything LIKE real mashed potatoes. I sort of smell like Sour Cream and Onion Pringles. Great smell on a snack. Less so as a perfume. Great throw and wear length, of course.