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Chocolate chip cookies, and a whiff of grease. The grease prevents this from being super foodie. It ends up as chocolate cookie scent though. Good throw and wear length.

Peony, lavender, whiff of cotton blossom. This smells like a clean, white floral cotton. Would make a lovely scent for freshly washed clothes. Good throw and wear length.

Fig cream, honey, and cinnamon. It smells like a pastry. Good throw and wear length. Very foodie.

Pumpkin-scented red musk. With a whiff of sugar. It reminds me to a little version of Pumpkin Queen. More red-musk, slightly more delicate, and slightly less pumpkin. Good throw and wear length.

Lavender cotton and paper. Its soft, lavendery, and smells more masculine on the drydown. It goes from soft-cuddly to a much more assertive blend on the drydown. Good throw and wear length.

Ochre fur bristling, a whiff of obsidian musk on a moonlit night, crushed pine needles, claws tearing through snow-dusted soil.

Bittersweet cocoa absolute with thirteen herbs to help keep evildoers at bay: laurel leaf, caraway, Irish moss, clove bud, Solomon's Seal, master root, white sage, lotus root, bronze fennel, broom straw, angelica, purple basil, and star anise husk. This one was a really weird Thirteen for me. It was a watery, mossy chocolate herby blend. Did I mention watery? It was like an aquatic chocolate.

Pumpkin egg-nog served in a skull, next to a steaming slab of gingerbread.

Gleaming amber spheres, polished cedar and mahogany, sweet parchment, inks of frankincense ash, and soft plumes of incense. So I decanted a bit of this yesterday. The oil was reddish and very thick. I dabbed a tiny bit on yesterday and it smelled like smoky darkened amber, and perhaps what could be interpreted as a hint of book leather. Today, after its rested for less than 24 hours (I will test it again tomorrow), I dabbed on my wrist and it's brighter than last night. I got more of a 'glistening' especially on wet, more wood, hint of smokiness, but still a pretty dark amber. It's actually pretty gender neutral, veering toward masculine on me, and sticks close to the skin. The vibe is very in line with the Phoenix Steamworks line. Dark, woodsy, amber.

Honey dust, fur, and a whiff of lavender. It's mainly a honeyed fur blend. Good throw and wear length.

Pink roses, saffron, and a soft white/vanilla musk. This smells soft, innocent, and dreamy. Would be appropriate for a younger BPAL fan who is just dipping their toes into BPAL. Slightly powdery on the drydown. Medium throw and wear length.

Syrupy maraschino cherry musk. If maraschino cherries decided they wanted to have a musk, this would be it. Good throw and wear length.

Tart crisp apples, and a whiff of pencil shavings. Honestly, it sort of reminds me to those Asian office products that sort of have a smell. Like its a practical thing, but it also smells nice? Low throw, average wear length.

Buttery caramel sugar, and a whiff of smoke on me, actually. But yes, sugary, dense caramel. Very very sweet. Great throw and wear length.

Ylang ylang, spicy carnation, and delicate chypre. Good throw and wear length.

A shadowed temple.

A hint of sadomasochism in Ancient Egypt: lily water, myrrh, and cardamom with southernwood, cassia, white sand, papyrus reeds, and frankincense.

A scent for in-between times and in-between spaces: blackened pomegranate, myrrh, opoponax, cypress, black oud, and 9-year aged patchouli.

An iron grey beacon of good fortune: opoponax and sweet labdanum with iron filings, high john the conqueror root, vetiver, frankincense, and patchouli.

Vanilla sugar cookies and oak. This one is a foodie blend based on wood. Medium throw and wear length.

Cardamom scented cake batter with marshmallows. Did I mention the cardamom? And the cake batter? Yeah. Foodie, sweet, and full of cardamom. Great throw and wear length.

I swear I've smelled this before. It's a very citrusy rose water and lavender with hints of sandalwood. ... Wait, is this Gap's Dream? Or was it Gap's Om? Heck, I can't recall which one it was that smelled more floral. I think it was Dream. But that's what it reminds me of. 90s, teenage girlhood, and both a bright fruity floral and soothing. Honestly I might have to get more then.

Tea roses, clove, and a whiff of soap. It's a very clean rose blend scent. Good throw and wear length.

Strawberry, creamy ice cream goop, and a whiff of cake and fog machine smoke. This smells like a sweet strawberry ice cream with enough fog machine smokiness to keep it from just being a sweet strawberry cream scent. Medium throw and wear length.

... Florida Water is that you? This smells citrusy, bright, full of ginger and a whiff of spices, and its just immediately comforting? I was feeling all sorts of out of sort, but not anymore. 10/10, need to buy more.