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White sandalwood incense smoke drifting through snowflakes.

A sunrise shimmering like abalone, struck through with beams of red musk and amber.

This smells like a chocolate muffin. I'm not really getting fruitcake. I'm getting basically moist sweet chocolate cake batter. Not as sweet, but definitely chocolate. Good throw and wear length.

Dates, oranges, spices and almond cookie. This smells like a great cookie. Very holiday oriented. Good throw and wear length.

Spiced leather. I get basically clove, tobacco, and gingerbread spices on black leather. It's basically black leather does holiday potpourri. Good throw and wear length.

Vanilla peppermint. Sadly, it has a blast on wet, but my skin EATS peppermint and it never lasts. Low throw and wear length.

Chilly peppermint devolves into fluffy marshmallow. I pretty much only get marshmallow on the drydown. To me, this is marshmallow SN at the moment. Medium throw and wear length.

Lavender and white chocolate fade into a very realistic madeline batter. After about an hour, it really smells strongly of madelines. And then it dries to a very faint madeline with lavender. Medium throw and wear length. Smells like a delicious cookie.

Resinous black tea. Great throw on wet, and then it dries to a darker vetiver and tonka scent and its a skin scent at the moment. Low throw, low wear length.

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Cool eucalyptus and a whiff of evergreen. It dries down to a faint birch soda and evergreen note. Good throw on wet, and then very low throw. Low wear length.

Spicy carnation with a whiff of tobacco. This reminds me to Hod. If you miss Hod, give this a whirl. It's not exactly the same, but given that Hod has been discontinued for a really long time, I mean. Good throw and wear length.

Bright grapefruit fizz, blackcurrant, and a whiff of patchouli. It dries down to a black currant and patchouli blend, but the grapefruit note definitely gives it both a brightness and fizz. Medium throw and wear length.

Rose-Tinted Mirror is a gentle little pick me up that will help remind you of all that’s radiant about you, inside and out. There’s a sensual aspect that will assist in reconnecting you with the joys of your own body, and a heart-healing aspect that will assist you in pushing through your anxiety, grief, or fear so that you can open yourself up more freely to joy again. You are beautiful, you deserve happiness. Rose otto, red benzoin, mallow, amber resinoid, CO2 extract of orris root, balm of gilead, frankincense, honey absolute, and violet leaf. Please note: this oil contains honey and is not vegan.

Peppermint on blast, and then it dries to a whiff of pine and peppermint. My skin just eats this up. Medium throw, low wear length.

Spicy cardamom and warm amber. It's basically a cardamom blend though. Delish. Good throw and wear length.

Spicy. Basically if you love cinnamon or clove, give this a whirl. Good throw, but the wear length on this was low. On the other hand, when it was on, it was on at full blast. Ugh, this smells sort of the holidays. Love it.

This one smells like a wintery narcissus, which has a slight oudh overlay to it. It's a white floral, but its not really sweet. Kinda musky and chilly. This is not a floral flower sort of blend, but rather the impression of a flower. Good throw and wear length.

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Black patchouli, teakwood, white sandalwood, saffron crocus, tobacco leaf, aconite accord, ambrette seed, musk seed, Dittany of Crete, and yew.  I did not use this for its intended purpose. This is a scent review from decanting this out. I got mainly patchouli, tobacco, yew, and sandalwood. There is some dark green herbalness on the fringes, but it's mainly a dirty patchouli-tobacco-sandalwood blend on me.

A burst of sunlight dissolving the smoke-thick thunderclouds of corruption, hubris, greed, and cruelty: golden amber, sweet bergamot, fresh cut grass, broom flower, hay, orange blossom honey, labdanum, red benzoin, and vanilla.

A base of bittersweet cacao embracing thirteen blessings: allspice for increasing money angelica for divine blessings bay laurel for good health bergamot for stimulating luck carnation for joy cedar for confidence copal for purification hazelnut for growth hyssop for protection nutmeg for positive change orris for love patchouli for grounding tonka bean for courage

I mainly get a sweet beeswax and cedar scent. It's sort of ecclesiastical to me? Good throw and wear length.

I mainly get a perfumey fudgesicle. It smells like a perfume interpretation of a fudgesicle. Low throw, average wear length.

Smoky black tea, cigarettes, and wood. Whiff of blood. Medium throw and wear length.