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Planting Moon v5 is like a cross of the released version of Planting Moon and Host of Air. I amp up the lilies in this one, and it ends up being soapy. It is far less green, and much more flowery and with a hint of dirt on the drydown.

This one starts as a fruity floral with notes of blood orange and fig, and then dries to a spicy, powdery dark floral. Whatever fruit notes there were have essentially been dominated by the violet, rose and ylang ylang.

I'm very torn on Hygeia. I get red musk, tobacco, sandalwood and a sweet incense. If the red musk were slightly LESS prominent, I think I would love it. This is a very sexy, very well blended resinous/musky blend.

For me, Pallas is all about the mandarin and myrrh. It's a sweet orange resin blend, with hints of cinnamon and amber. Mmm. Oranges!

I get mostly cherries (the same cherry note as in Gothabilly), a hint of blackberry and red musk. These are sweet, seductive berries! It sort of reminds me because of the cherries to Gothabilly, and the cherry/red musk combo is like a better version of Hollywood Babylon. Mmmm. Tasty.

It starts off as citrusy tea, and then I get vanilla, linens and a hint of coconut and cognac. It ends up a sort of boozey, sweet vanilla. It reminds me to mix of Antique Lace and Black Lace.

I agree that this is probably a Banshee Beat prototype as they have a similar vibe. Powdery vanilla, stinky patchouli and a hint of wood/oak. The patchouli is too much for me, but I like how heavier the vanilla component is in this blend.

This definitely reminds me to Loosening the Obi. It's rice wine, something citrusy, and I get more peach blossom as opposed to peach on this during the drydown. I also get some oakmoss from this. Definitely very Shunga-esque!

I get lavender, hints of honeysuckle and green, and on wet a tinge of lemon. I like this prototype version better than the released one.

Orchid, hint of apricot, gardenia and honey. As it dries, I get more of the gardenia and honey. Which means this TOTALLY does not work for me.

Plague Doctor v10 is a manly, aquatic cologne with hints of wood. At the beginning it smelled like a more watery version of Absinthe, but as it dries the musk comes out with a hint of leather. It actually reminds me alot to Chanel's Blue Pour Homme.

TCM2 is smoky opium, resins, tobacco and musk. It goes on strong and I feel like some aging on it would make it fantastic. Very Gun Moll in vibe.

This one is a masculine cologne - I get hints of musk, menthol, something spicy which I think may be either clove or cinnamon. There is a little something that makes me think of the Ifrit, but at the same time, I think there's a mild aquatic edge. If I would try to find it a scent family, it's along the Iteru line.

This is definitely the prototype for Last Unicorn's Lilac Wood. Even the released version to me smells like a Lilac version of Host of Air, and in this one I want to say I smell more of the cloudberry and the heather. More green and closer to Host of Air with some lilies peeking through than the released version. Pretty!

Aquatic, clean floral. There are definitely lilies in it. There is some herbal bitterness and dirt that comes out in the drydown. It kinda does remind me to Water of Notre Dame.

LUMAI is definitely pretty! Again, LU for Last Unicorn, and I'm imagining that MAI may stand for Magic Do as You Will... since it sort of has a similar vibe. It has a vanilla musk base, some bergamot and whiffs of florals. As it dries, I get slightly more resins. This is quite pretty.

Leather and dust. This is the strong chemical leather note I get from DeSade. It does drydown to a smoother, suede like leather. It reminds me to Quincy Morris. ON STEROIDS. Not for me.

Vanilla musk, jasmine, woods. I agree with cfrancesca that there is a mildly floral/chemical note in it that I can't quite place.

Strong patchouli which sort of smells like cedar, dirt, and menthol. Smells like mentholic pencil shavings on me.

And again, I think NG stands for Neil Gaiman, and NUT6, being a Agnes Nutter prototype. This one is highly citronella on me, so I have to wonder if this is more of a Jasmine Cottage/Agnes Nutter hybrid.

Personally, I think NG stands for Neil Gaiman, and IFR for Ifrit. Because it has a very similar vibe, and there is a dryness that reminds me to the released version. Spicy - I smell cinnamon, ginger and some clove. Resins in the background, and sand.

Oh Goliath, you start out as lemons thanks to the verbena and lemongrass, but then quickly as you dry you become more of a musky anise/sage blend. And the lemongrass sticks around just enough to make you weird. PASS.

Mallow, oak bark, coffee bean, hinoki wood, and khus. Fluffy mallow, smoky woods and a good bit of coffee. It's soft and comforting as a good, rich coffee cup is. I agree that it smells sort of like Haloes/Antikythera Mechanism, but on me I am definitely amping up the khus in this which gives is a grittier and smokier edge which is a strong counterpoint to the soft, fluffy mallow --- which is straight out of TKO. I can see this as a comforting scent that appeals to men.

Definitely a hit of lime when first wet, but it dries to an anise/pink pepper blend with a hint of musk.... and is there cinnamon as well?

Sweet hay and corn, creamy almond and moss. It's a very fuzzy, very warm scent. It makes me think of sun drenched days in a farm, with loads of hay and just the green pasture out in front of you.