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A strangely intoxicating autumn scent.

A Jupiterian blend of California white sage, cedarwood, hyssop, saffron, white frankincense, juniper berry, nutmeg, cinquefoil, hops flower, and sarsaparilla.

Come slowly—Eden Lips unused to Thee— Bashful—sip thy Jessamines As the fainting Bee— Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums— Counts his nectars— Enters—and is lost in Balms. – Emily Dickinson Yellow jessamine gilded with amber, copoiba balsam, apple peel, beeswax, wild fig, sage honey, and champa. This is a really well blended blend in that I get beeswax, fig, honey, hints of jasmine and champa, but it ends up as a sexy musky blend. In fact, my two words used to describe this blend are "sexy musk". It's got a medium throw, and good wear length. But yeah, this is your skin on sex.

King mandarin and blackcurrant with frankincense, white clove, lilac, red rose petals, French lavender, and red vegetal musk.

With a touch of oak bark and bourbon vanilla. I get gleaming steel, oak, a touch of pepper and vanilla. The vanilla I think combines with the amber to make it slightly powdery, but on wet, I really get the sensation of pepper/musk/blood. It smells like metal and amber, and its pretty but there's a sharpish animalistic smell that I think smells like adrenaline and fear. If you're into Vampire the Masquerade, I'd sell this sort of smells like Tzimiszie. There's some flesh-crafting involved. And pain, well, pain is just there to make sure you're not blase about the experience.

A waving wet haze of blue and green: blackberry wine and soft oudh, cashmere woods, iris pallida, sea salt, and turquoise musk.

Once your house has been freshened and cleansed with Cleaning House, renew and energize your home protection with Sealing Sanctuary. This oil is crafted to be a dazzling ward against illness, anger, cruelty, jealousy, sorrow, baneful magic, hostile spirits, and violence. It can be used on doors, doorways, and windows, and can be used to anoint protection candles, charms, and amulets. This oil contains purslane, sandalwood, blessed salt, palo santo, fir, juniper, hyssop, and rue.

Soft red roses, sandalwood, and a whiff of sweetness (either the vanilla or prunes). Medium throw and wear length.

Fuzzy brown musk powder. It smells fuzzy, brown, and musky. Hint of nutmeg. Medium throw, great wear length.

This was definitely a male cologne - I got sage, tobacco, and sandalwood with a mix of greens. Great throw and wear length.

Honey, hint of caramel, metal and herbs. This was a strong sweet honeyed sweetened metal. Very gender neutral. Good throw and wear length.

Spicy resin. You get the ginger bite on the wet, but its a spicy warm resin. Medium throw and wear length

Spicy sandalwood. I get a note of cardamom on wet, but its mainly a very expensive sandalwood. Low throw, great wear length.

Light wood and smoke. This is basically a smoky wood on me. Medium throw, low wear length.

Soft, potent lilac. Breeze, lilac, and a whiff of wood. Ethereal. Medium throw but great wear length.

White florals, wood and a whiff of chocolate and coconut. It's very much like I remember the previous Last Unicorn. Cool and warm at the same time. Good throw and wear length.

An oil of the convergence of ideas and philosophies, of finding companionship and friendship with those who uplift and enrich your life and whose lives you can improve in return. This is an oil of connection, empathy, intuition, and mutual healing, and an attraction oil that focuses on drawing kind, wise, and loving people into your sphere. Almond hull (Prunus dulcis), white sage essential oil and white sage from the TAL garden (Salvia apiana), Atlas cedarwood essential oil (Cedrus atlantica), Vietnamese aloeswood, tonka bean (Dipteryx odorata), French oakmoss absolute (Evernia prunastri L.), hyssop essential oil and leaf from the TAL garden (Hyssopus officinalis), jasmine absolute and flower (Jasminum grandiflorum), myrrh essential oil and tears (Commiphora myrrha), and Bulgarian rose absolute and rose petals (Rosa damascena).

Caramel sugar and warm black berries. Sugary, blackberry. Great throw and wear length.

On wet, there is is a toast/toasted popcorn note, but it mainly dries down to a musk, fur, and a whiff of something very vanilla-like. It's a deep musk, fur on me though, and I get a fair bit of amber and moss, actually. Medium throw and wear length.

Oak planks, iron, brandy, and spiced rum.

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Chocolate, with a hint of vanilla and booze. On wet, I got a peppery bloom, but basically it dries down to a chocolate + vanilla booze mix. Medium throw and wear length.

The Circle of Noh appears to be ready for release based on this prototype bottle. This one starts off as a somewhat cool, icy cologne. I also think there's a sandalwood in there. Definitely dries to an icy, cool sandalwood based cologne. Medium throw and wear length. Actually, I think mr. zee_zee might like this. Kabuki Prototypes mentioned in the C2E2 announcement of 2013.

This year’s confection is a creamy coffee cheesecake with a hint of milk chocolate.