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Sugary peach candy. Whiff of apricot and frankincense. Great throw and wear length.

Pepper, vetiver, patchouli and parchment. This smells like spicy paper. Great throw and wear length.

Pine, juniper berries, water and stone. This smells like a mountain waterfall. Great throw and wear length.

Pear, white musk, and champaca. On wet, its much more sparkly, but as it dries, smoky champaca comes out and its like pear went on a date with mezcal. Medium throw and wear length.

Blackberries, plum, cherry, tobacco, rose and musk. Dark purple fruits, incensey musk, sexy. Medium throw and wear length.

Shimmering lily and sandalwood. Clean, slightly aquatic, slightly floral. It's like drifting on a wave on a sunny summer beach day. Medium throw and wear length.

Delicate coconut rice milk. It's very subtle, very coconutty, very milky. Strangely demure but highly sophisticated. Medium throw and wear length.

Pine, rose, and oakmoss. It starts off as a lovely pine blend, and then the rose develops, and its like if a pine tree and rose had an inter-species baby. ... Romantic Groot? Now I can't get the idea that this is what Groot smells like when he's off trying to romance... someone else. Great throw and wear length.

Orange blossom, and a whiff of jasmine, ginger, and clove. This smells like a hot summer night in Florida. Medium throw and wear length.

Cinnamon, a touch of yam and vanilla, and amber. This one is warmer, and spicier than I expected. Much more approachable. Medium throw and wear length.

Tart green apples and lilac give way to rose and a whiff of ylang ylang. This smells like a sophisticated fruity floral. Spring like. Joyful. Medium throw and wear length.

Rosewood, amber, and a whiff of oudh. It smells mature, dark, and powerful. It's sexy, and slightly foreboding. Good throw and wear length.

Violet, amber, and orris. There's a slight buttery quality to this. Sadly, my skin eats this in like 15 minutes. Medium throw, no wear length on me.

Honeyed plum and a whiff of white blossoms. Honestly, this is very plum-like floral but sometimes I get a whiff of banana from this. I mean none of the Vulva blends have ever worked for me, but that ain't gonna stop me from trying. Medium throw and wear length.

Jasmine, vanilla, rose sandalwood. This one smells gauzy and incensey. Medium throw and wear length.

Crusty sea salt, whiffs of both carnation and aquatic skin. This smells like a mermaid would smell. Slightly salty, slightly floral, aquatic. Medium throw and wear length.

Driftwood, white patchouli, sea salt, and kelp.

Icy blue musk, eucalyptus, white pine, and opoponax. Minty, icy blue musk and a touch of pine. This one was an odd one, as it was mainly blue musk which is sometimes oddly powdery on me. Good throw and wear length. Chilly.

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A fable in scent: bone-white sandalwood aged with beeswax and balsam, crushed grass and juniper berries, ambrette seed, and lupine musk.

Bear in mind that this soap is over 10 years old. It's still a solid little brick. Good lather, great Villainess soap base. The scent is however very faint. It smells sort of spicy and a with a whiff of sugary molasses.

A thin, sorrowful, lonely scent: white musk and dust, elemi and white amber, carrot seed and opium tar accord.

A beam of hope for a happier, safer, kinder future for us all: peach and honeyed amber with frankincense, honeyed rose, white oud, apricot, and sweet musk.

Brian: “It’s something we always do when we’re on a trip, ever since she was really little. She complains constantly about how Beth brushes her hair, and I honestly enjoy the challenge of brushing her mop. It’s like that knot Alexander had to undo, except on my niece’s head, and I don’t have the option to cut it. Plus, her hair looks really nice when it’s done right.” Lilith: “Every time we’re on a trip together, Unkie brushes my hair for me. I hate brushing my hair. Also cuz mom says I don’t do it thoroughly and I miss parts in the middle. I think there are pictures of him brushing my hair in every city we’ve ever been together. He brushes my hair way better than mom does.” A warm scent, mahogany-dark: spiced teakwood, coffee bean, bourbon vetiver, styrax, tobacco, and oakmoss.  I get teak, coffee, styrax, tobacco and a whiff of oakmoss. This one is darker, fun, and sort of playful? If you have a favorite uncle, this is what it smells like - caring, fun, and a little high strung maybe? Good throw and wear length.

[No additional description provided.] Cedar, gunpowder, and baking spices. If you were looking for a smoky woodsy with clean cedar top notes and spicy notes underneath, look no further. Very masculine. Good throw and wear length.