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Incensey white florals, chamomile, notes of cedar, and moss. This is a complex and sophisticated blend. It's like a sexy smoke blend. Medium throw, average wear length.

Sugary honey, and a whiff of white florals. Medium throw and wear length.

Citrusy honey, with a touch of orange blossom. It's sweet, heady, and citrusy honey. Great throw and medium wear length.

White roses, vanilla, whiff of ozone. This one smells like a clean white rose blend. Great throw and wear length.

Apple, fig, musk and a whiff of amber. This one smells like a fruity sophisticated amber to me. Good throw and wear length.

Take a quart of fine flower, a pint of sacke, halfe a pint of ale, six or eight spoonfulls of faire water, eight yolkes of eggs and three whites, a little nutmegg, ginger, cinnamon and salt, blend all these together and straine them, they will make excellent pancakes. Not only does that 18th century recipe make excellent pancakes, but those pancakes were also believed to cure malaria and most horse-related diseases. Bonus! Shrove Tuesday is the last day of Shrovetide – or Carnival – and the final day before Ash Wednesday, when the season of fasting that marks Lent commences. Before you try to absolve your sins through deprivation, confession, and repentance, have one last carb-filled, sugary, gluttonous hurrah: pancakes cooked with ale, nutmeg, ginger, and cinnamon, topped with fried apples, almonds, mascarpone, and jam.  Pancakes, nutmeg, ginger, fried apples, and a whiff of jam. This one smells foodie, pancakey- and appley. If you wanted pancakes and apple sauce, here you go. Medium throw, average wear length.

I don’t think she’s too concerned with that damned spot anymore: blood musk, velvet oud, 11-year aged patchouli, and black fig.

A haze of lavender and black oudh, laudanum accord, and opium tar.

Olive blossoms over musk, cedar, and a whiff of sandalwood. Very Mediterranean in vibe, sexy and effortlessly cool. The equivalent of wearing white linen on against the adriatric blue of the sea. Medium throw and wear length.

Fresh flowers, and a whiff of spring honey. Medium throw and wear length.

Leather, SO, musk, and a whiff of patchouli. A seriously heavy SO blend, with points to leather and domination. Great throw and wear length.

Juniper, cade, and white musk. This one is a very gender neutral fresh scent. Good throw and wear length.

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Carbon is a Periodic Table prototype that has been floating about since 2011. It has been seen in NYCC and will calls back then. Carbon opens up with what I consider a very citrus fougere. It's more of a traditional bergamot/rosemary type fougere but dries down to something earthier and warmer. I get like a vetiver-like note corrupting and grounding everything. It's smokier and warmer. Carbon to me is a very masculine blend. It starts off as a sophisticated manly cologne, and then opens up as vetiver-dirt type blend. Good throw and wear length.

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Well, duh.

A soothing, uplifting oil constructed under the auspices of Helios in order to help counteract the toxic affects of nonstop doomscrolling. This oil contains sweet orange, French lavender, bergamot, lemon, neroli, and holy basil.

AP77 is definitely an Amanda Palmer prototype, and I'm torn between the Bathroom Incident and Occurance at the Diner, but definitely leaning toward Bathroom Incident on the drydown. On wet, it's a clean floral smell, but as it dries I think I smell something almost 'tile/porcelain' like, and something warm like clay underneath the still 'clean' overlay. It might be OatD, but it seems lack a 'green' freshness to it. I am enjoying the CLAY note in this though.

The essence of innocence shattered: glittering Egyptian amber and heliotrope, infused with the sweetness of strawberry and vanilla – dragged into debauch by lusty red musk and a dribble of black cherry. I may to try this one again, or maybe do more than one spritz. Almost immediately I get a hit of strawberry and black cherry, but that dissipates after about 15 minutes, and it's mainly an amber/heliotrope blend on my hair. Meaning it's very faint. I may roll it around a little more tomorrow and see what it does. Perhaps I'm used to slightly more assertive blends like Frosty Silkybat and the tobacco clove and dirt moss Weenie one, which have a bigger throw Other than that, my hair is glossy, moisturized and I really have to say that BPTP hairgloss has been a life saver this winter. It's kept the fritz and flyaways away.

Plum, white tea, and pink pepper. Slightly smokey, ripe fruit, and white tea. Gorgeous. Great throw and wear length.