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White pine, palmarosa, Roman chamomile, patchouli, and lavender. On wet, this is mainly lavender and pine, and as it dries, I get more of the chamomile and patchouli. It becomes much grittier and dirtier. It starts off as a very cool, fresh lavender, and then chamomile/patchouli tag team its way to dominance of the blend. Good throw, and wear length.

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The fire of the sun, the glow of the moon, and the twinkle of flaming-white stars eclipsed by temple incense and scorched olive leaf: Tunisian amber, Italian bergamot, and blue and white musks blanketed in styrax, libanon, and myrron. Anaxagoras, I am not sure what to think of you. On wet, I got the bergamot and white musk. As it dries I get hints of amber and blue musk, with a hint of white flowers over a base of incense. You smell slightly incensey, slightly white flowery but mainly like amber and blue musk. Very contemplative (I feel like I say that about every blend that has blue musk in it) and actually very Grecian. You know, the pictures that have a rocky hillside covered in white mountain flowers, verdant green grass, and the blue ocean out in the horizon. That's what this smells like. Somewhat pastoral, if the goatherders loved to discuss philosophy and politics when not swanning about in a gorgeous countryside.

Smoldering red amber, fig wood, and olive blossom.

13-year aged patchouli, incense smoke, burgundy tar oudh, teakwood, scorched driftwood, and clove.

Breathing life into the body: a joyful burst of sweet orange, Siamese benzoin, ylang ylang, and lime. Sweet orange, lime, and ylang-ylang. This is a citrus based floral, and sort of sugared ylang ylang. Medium throw and wear length.

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A perfume for our Sporty Bat: juniper berry, lavender bud, bergamot, and white incense.

A druid’s grove of ash, black pine, oak, rowan, and yew – all warm bark, rustling leaves, and glistening sap – with a scattering of hazelnuts and crushed grass.

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Clods of moist soil, crushed dandelions, and the coppery clove-tang of dried blood.

This scent is inspired by the resonant THUNK sound that an unwieldy Ren Faire throwing knife makes when it splats into a wooden board: teakwood, tobacco, iron, and pine tar.

Inky black pomegranate, blackcurrant, cassis, red sandalwood, ambrette seed and fossilized amber, pink peppercorn, and guiaicwood

This smells faintly of sugary vanilla. However, I can tell you that super aged vanilla bean bits are HARD and will cut you. Like legit. Scrub carefully. It works well as a soap, its a very dense bar since its lost water weight. That said, the fragrance has also taken a hit. You can barely smell it. Won't stop me from using it though.

A verdant inferno of daffodils, tulips, voluptuous pink peonies, star magnolias, and a blaze of crisp, green leaves.

"An oil for tricksters, an oil for gamblers, an oil of survival. It is an oil for David, not Goliath; Cruising Through Bedlam contains mace, nutmeg, cloves, mastic, lemongrass, wild bergamot, dill, caraway, peppermint, star anise, and coffee bean."

So definitely aquatics, and a good bit of oakmoss. When on first wet, it's cheerful and bright and fuzzy (definitely some sweet citrus edging on that!) On the drydown it gets a little more floral, but still stays true to a soft, aquatic moss. In alot of ways, this actually reminded me to Gobo - if Gobo were a MOSS. It's got that bright, fun, happy vibe to it. Very friendly. Energetic. I don't typically love prototypes. But this one, this one I think I'll love. And I'd love to see it released!

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Smoke, cognac, and a whiff of lavender. This one smells smoky, slightly boozy. Good throw and wear length.

CELERY. I kid you not. I think this is probably an herbal salty lavender, and underneath, maybe a whiff of leather? However, if I'm not paying attention to the notes, and just close my eyes, and sniff, I get CELERY. Good throw and wear legnth.

Lemony, and a whiff of amber. This smells fresh and citrusy, and then warmer because of the amber. Very clean. After a while though, I can't smell it as much.

Cinnamon, tobacco, hints of ginger and musk. Mainly its a cinnamon tobacco blend on me. Firey, warm. Good throw and wear length.

A true innovation: teakwood, oak, pumpkin spiced smoked vanilla, and tobacco.