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A scent of seduction, transgression, and danger: crystalized sap, candied red fruits, raw wildflower honey, black amber, and sweet red labdanum. (This scent is vegan because pacts with the devil should be available to everyone regardless of their dietary preferences.)

The Devil at the Crossroads: well-worn black leather, tobacco absolute, Haitian vetiver, ambrette seed, crushed tonka bean, and a flick of crossroads soil.

Hazy clouds of bonfire smoke and dark, resinous incense envelops the silhouettes of shape-shifting witches dancing ‘round a blazing fire: black incense, woodsmoke, sumac, turmeric, dried ginger, cassia husk, red cedar berries, 7-year aged patchouli, wood moss, and blood-red vegetal musk

Ageless trees, everblooming flowers, brilliant grass, a flicker of fireflies, and soft shadows.

Frosty lilac petals, iris pallida root, orris, violet leaf, white chocolate, coconut, wild lettuce, white sandalwood, white gardenia and oakmoss.

Unexplored potential: sweet, raw tobacco leaves, chamomile, clary sage, meadow sage, Mysore sandalwood, sultana raisins, and caramel.

A woody, sea-crisp scent, sun-blasted and creaking: green vetiver and ocean mist with a blast of elemi, verbena, and wild bergamot.

A hymn to all who sleep beneath the waves. Sailor beware! A lightless abyss of black plum, sea salt, opium tar accord, labdanum, and indigo benzoin.

Honeyed rum, a whiff of almond, and a hint of something suspiciously soporific.

Shadow saw a gray-haired old Eastern-European immigrant, with a shabby raincoat and one iron-colored tooth, true. But he also saw a squat black thing, darker than the darkness that surrounded them, its eyes two burning coals; and he saw a prince, with long flowing black hair and a long black mustache, blood on his hands and his face, riding, naked but for a bear skin over his shoulder, on a creature half-man, half-beast, his face and torso blue-tattooed with swirls and spirals. Unfiltered cigarettes, the leather and metal of sledgehammers, aortal blood slowly drying, and black incense. Czernobog is such an interesting fella. I get a ton of metal, with some red blood, and a touch of incense and smoke. It's cleaner than what the description is allowing for - but it's not clean metal. And yet in other ways, this smells like an old Eastern European // from the old country // would smell. You know the type. The kind that can wears pants (never jeans, not a suit, but jeans are too modern for him), but also has a rifle to shoot a bear, but would be OK to wrestle a bear with his bare hands because sometimes you just have to do what you have to do, drinks vodka/firewater copiously, can swear mightily but also has some old fashioned manners. It's definitely a hammer smell that has been used - and maybe bashed a couple of fingers in the meantime as well. Uncompromisingly male, but not quite feral but not quite tame either. I'm surprised at how much I'm actually enjoying it as a smell. It has a low throw but great wear length.

This to me was super musky neroli. I got a ton of musk, and orange blossom and oranges.

Peach, rose and very sweet.

Plum blossom, lemon and amber.

Lemon, pineapple fruity musk.

Lemongrass, clove bud, coconut, golden sandalwood, and cassis.

This one was mainly a lemongrass coconut to my hair.

Minty vanilla. Honestly, this remind me to Snowblind.

Apple, amber, and sweetness. Yep. That's it. Medium throw and wear length.

Red roses over some ambery oudh. Yep, that is what that smells like. Mainly red roses. Good throw, great wear length on me.

Pink roses and honey. This one is light and sweet. Medium throw and wear length.

Honey and weed. Yep. That is what that smells like. Dandelions are MIA. Medium throw and wear length.

This is a sweeter version of ylang ylang, which I get very loud and clear. The honey just accentuates the ylang ylang. Medium throw and wear length.

This smells like green tea candy to me, but muskier. Medium throw and wear length.

Funky fungal honey. This one is a roller coaster where it starts off as funky fungal dirt notes and then dries to a more honeyed note. Still sort of dirty. Medium throw and wear length.

Lemon and salt, and this is definitely a savory honey. Medium throw and wear length. Love that salt note though.