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Light citrus - lemony and orange, and a whiff of orange blossom. Its bright, herby, and citrusy. Medium throw and wear length. It reminds to Santa Eularia des Riu.

Mulling spices, plum, fig, and pumpkin. This one is slightly foodier than the others. Good throw and wear length.

Sweet cool mint. Not a lot of throw or wear length on me. But sweet chilly mint.

LOADS of florals. Wisteria and lily, so it smells clean and flora. Huge throw. Lasts really long as well. Unfortunately, the imp decapitated itself in transit, and this trio got on all of the imps and labels that it was in the bag with.

Graham crackery and cream cheesy! Cinnamon brown sugary! Just a little carroty! This sweet and spicy soap features a crunchy coconut-flour crust.

This one smelled like pumpkin spice and brown sugar. It smelled nominally like a baked good. However, the crust piece was a great scrubby soap. Nicely exfoliating.

Every leaf tells a story. I get mainly juicy blackberry over a dirty dead leaf note. So blackberries, dirt, and leaves. Medium throw and wear length.

[No description provided.] This one is scented like the Tarot: Death scent. I got some dirt, vetiver, something that almost smelled like black leather, and it dried down to a soft black leather, vetiver, and evergreen/pine note. I actually enjoyed it more as a hair gloss than I did as a perfume.

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Like a poofy, spicy cloud.

Clove lavender. My brain wants to both cuddle and smoke at the same time, which are two very conflicting messages. Perhaps you embrace this conflict. Or perhaps you are like me, and are too befuddled by the experience. Medium throw and wear length.

Citrusy marshmallow and a whiff of orange blossom. And then it dries to jet puffed marshmallows with a hint of lemon zest. If that's what you're going for, carry on folks. Medium throw and wear length.

A skeletal haze: opium tar accord bleeding over white sandalwood, orris root, wild plum, crystalline musk, and white tuberose.

*squints* Gun Moll, is that you? Actually, this is a softer version of Gun Moll - a ton of opium, tar (which has a whiff of tobacco to me), skin musk, and enough florals to be reminiscent of Gun Moll's jasmine. However, its got less bite and less oomph than Gun Moll. So basically, Gun Moll before she founds guns. Medium throw and wear length. If you enjoyed Gun Moll, this one is very similar to that to me.

This is a prototype. Swan Maiden v2 was one of those prototypes that were originally released during an event exclusive clean house at WCWC back in 2011, I believe. It has made a sporadic appearance in the Lab's etsy page and I never manage to snag it. The notes for the released version are: White gardenia, white iris, sandalwood, calla lily, French magnolia, muguet, jonquil, and orchid. This one is a softer version. I don't really smell gardenia. It's a light watery floral, white flowers, delicate. And then it dries down to a very pleasant skin musk. It's pale, ethereal, and very feminine. It has low throw, and almost no wear length on me. I feel like you would have to slather yourself in this. But hey! FINALLY got to try this baby.

Green tea, white oudh, cedar, green mandarin, frankincense, bois de rose, and honey. I get mainly green tea, mandarin, frankincense with a touch of honeyed rose. It's actually a beautiful, refined tea blend. It's more of a skin scent than anything, but gorgeous. And hey, oudh isn't a huge monster for me on this.

White icing skeletons, sour gummi worms, red licorice bloodstains, chocolate werewolf prints, and pretzel stick vampire stakes. I get gingerbread, white icing, a hint of chocolate and licorice. This really reminds me to a Yule Gingerbread scent. More candy in it than the typical Yule Gingerbread combination, but yeah, it smells like a mix between Halloween and Christmas. Medium throw and wear length.

Musky honeyed cream. This is sweet honey, and honestly, this smells like a blend that should be used for Venusian purposes. It's like you're beautiful, golden, and a goddess at the same time. Men and women smell you and bow themselves to you and weep to touch you. I'd recommend this as a seduction blend if you can do BPAL honey or BPAL cream, or BPAL musk. If you can, then go get what you want.

Tomato Leaf and a whiff of fresh cracked peppercorns. Unfortunately, it dries a bit soapy on me. It's fresh, green, tomato leaf soap. IMMA GONNA CRY UNDER THE TREE OF DESPAIR(tm).

Strawberries and fruit loops. This smells like strawberry cereal. Or Fruity Pebbles, with extra strawberry. Sweet, sugary, cereal.

Wild grass, mosses, lemon myrtle, cinnamon myrtle, and bush nut.

Comforting grains, honey and oats over an amber base. This one smells like the bounty of harvest, golden grasses and golden honeyed oats. Lovely.

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Tahitian vanilla, coconut cream, orris root, sugar cane, and white sandalwood.

Pipe tobacco, leather, mid-century aftershave, a belt of bourbon and a grassy smear of mud from a fairway divot. Clean grass, aftershave, touches of tobacco and bourbon. This smells like a clean grassy traditional men's cologne. Good throw and wear length.