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I'm so glad I blind bought a bottle of this one. It's really nice. I was a little scared of the rose note, as I don't tend to enjoy rose, but it makes only a brief, light appearance. What I get from start to finish with this one is primarily sugared clove and light patchouli. It reminds me so strongly of high school nights, smoking Djarum cloves and wearing the patchouli oil I got from the local headshop. Just softer, sweeter, and lighter. Total hit. Medium wear length and throw.

I'm really digging this. Wet and in the first five minutes of wear, I was sure this was going to be a hard pass. Slightly acrid, sharp, mentholated cigarette smoke. No thanks. But as it dries down, it becomes sweeter, softer, rounder- incense and the sweet, chewy scent of pipe tobacco. Lovely. It's a fairly low throw, medium wear length on me.

The other mother took the bacon from under the grill and put it on a plate. Then she slipped the cheese omelette from the pan onto the plate, flipping it as she did so, letting it fold itself into a perfect omelette shape. She placed the breakfast plate in front of Coraline, along with a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice and a mug of frothy hot chocolate. "Yes," she said. "I think I like this game. But what kind of game shall it be? A riddle game? A test of knowledge or of skill? "An exploring game," suggested Coraline. "A finding-things game." "And what is it you think you should be finding in this hide-and-go-seek game, Coraline Jones?" Coraline hesitated. Then, "My parents," said Coraline. "And the souls of the children behind the mirror." The other mother smiled at this, triumphantly, and Coraline wondered if she had made the right choice. Still, it was too late to change her mind now. "A deal," said the other mother. "Now eat up your breakfast, my sweet. Don't worry-it won't hurt you." Coraline stared at the breakfast, hating herself for giving in so easily, but she was starving. "How do I know you'll keep your word?" asked Coraline. "I swear it," said the other mother. "I swear it on my own mother's grave." "Does she have a grave?" asked Coraline. "Oh yes," said the other mother. "I put her in there myself. And when I found her trying to crawl out, I put her back." "Swear on something else. So I can trust you to keep your word." "My right hand," said the other mother, holding it up. She waggled the long fingers slowly, displaying the clawlike nails. "I swear on that." Coraline shrugged. "Okay," she said. "It's a deal." She ate the breakfast, trying not to wolf it down. She was hungrier than she had thought. As she ate, her other mother stared at her. It was hard to read expressions into those black button eyes, but Coraline thought that her other mother looked hungry, too. She drank the orange juice, but even though she knew she would like it she could not bring herself to taste the hot chocolate. From start to finish this is the platonic ideal of opening a packet of Swiss Miss on a cold day, tiny marshmallows and all. I love it. This is one of my go-tos when the weather is cool. Sweet, comforting, and nostalgic.

I was not expecting to like this one as much as I do. I got it for the lavender note, but fully expected it to be too sweet for me. And it is sweet, no doubt about it, but in such a clean, non gourmand way that it I'm obsessed. Wet, it's a blast of strawberry bubblegum with a whiff of chalk dust in the background. As it dries, it reminds me of the scent of a toddler's hair that has been washed with strawberry scented shampoo. It's sweet, and clean, and innocent. Low throw, medium wear length for me. I never get a lot of lavender out of this one, but I think it's what grounds this scent from pulling into a totally candy scent. Once it's completely dried down, it reminds me quite a bit of LUSH's Snow Fairy. This one is unexpectedly bottle worthy for me.

Wet: A grassier Serpentine. Dry: Dorian with clove. I looooooove this one. If you're a fan of The Serpentine or Dorian, jump on this one.

Warm amber, a bit of spice from the Bay Rum, and a bit of sharp oudh. Sexy, clean, softly spicy, and wears close to the skin. This is exactly what you want someone you find attractive to smell like when they hug you close. I cannot stop huffing myself when I wear this one. I don't find it overly masculine, but I do file it under "sexy man scents" in my mind. My only complaint with this one is that it is sooooo low throw that I feel like I practically need to bathe in it. Medium wear length.

I don't even know how to properly describe this one, except that I love it. Of the six Lilith decants I received, this was the only home run for me. It applies wet with a blast of lavender, and then quickly morphs into something that reminds me of OLLA Adam's little sister. Maybe it's just the mental Hiddleston connection between Loki and Adam, but something about the musk and lavender in this scent immediately brought to mind the leather scent in Adam, but softer, sweeter, and less aggressive. The wear length was middling, but my skin does tend to eat perfumes. Definitely a bottle buy for me.

Exactly what it says on the tin- Lavender, Coconut, Vanilla. It goes on with a super nice blast of Lilith's lavender, followed quickly by coconut. As it dries, the lavender sweetens and fades and the coconut comes further forward. I definitely see the comparison with TKO as another sweet lavender scent. I would call this a younger cousin to TKO. It's lovely, snuggly, soft, and sweet. I am enjoying the decant I got of it, but am on the fence on if I need an entire bottle as I think I just slightly prefer TKO to this. I might cave and get a bottle for my daughter as a bedtime scent, as the little bit I dabbed onto her pjs smelled divine.

In the bottle: Exactly what I wanted- all sugared cardamom, all the time. Wet: Cardamom and sweetness, ahhh! If this stayed this way, this would be an all time Top 5 scent for me. Dry down: The Lab cake note just does not work with my skin chemistry, to my eternal disappointment. Dusty, plasticky, old stale cake with a hint of its previous cardamom glory behind it dominates the drydown. One hour later: The dusty plastic smell has gone, and so has the cardamom and I'm left with a pleasant, vague sweetness. Still, what I had hoped for was a super duper sugared cardamom scent, and this just didn't pan out.

I love patch, I love nag champa, and I love clean skin scents, so this one seemed like a no brainer for me. I'm so glad I played it safe and waited for a decant. All I get from this is a giant, angry, screaming bar of cheap motel hand soap. Which totally fits for the character it's based on, but is definitely not what I was looking for in a perfume. The soapy scent isn't necessarily unpleasant, but it totally drowns out everything else. Wet: SOOOOAAAAP Dry down, 30 minutes in: soap Dry down, 1 hour in: Gone

I love, love, love cardamom so this was a blind bottle buy for me. Unfortunately, my skin chemistry amps the aquatic, cologney note of this to high Hades, leaving the cardamom in the dust. It's all sharp cologne until at about 90 minutes of wear when it calms and softens and eases into a vague, very light sweetness that smells slightly of cardamom. I like that dry phase, but it's so very light, and I am so not fond of the first hour and a half of wear, that I think I'm going to regretfully let go of this bottle. I had such high hopes of smelling like autumn dusted in cardamom sugar, but that's just not how this one played with my chemistry. Le sigh.

This is so, so nice. A sweet, innocent, cuddly scent. Dorian, with a touch of lavender and an extra breath of sweet, white flowers. It's so calming, so lovely- elegant, but innocent. This and Baby's First Krampuslauf are not only my favorite of the Liliths this year, but are maybe two of my favorite BPTP/BPAL scents of all time.

Well, this one acted exactly like last years Pumpkin Lager did on my skin- CINNAMON and a tiny bit of pumpkin. I was hoping for a little bit softer sweetness, but the spices just seem to scream on me. I'll probably try to swap this one away- it's pleasant, it just does not play well with my skin chemsistry.

Lovely. This wears on my skin as a younger cousin scent to Streets of Detroit- one of my most loved scents. It's lighter, a touch more foodie, and doesn't wear as long as Streets, but has the same nutty, dark but sweet patchouli soul. I love it and am happy I got a whole bottle.

2015 Version- From the description, I was hoping that this would be a straight up foodie scent, but alas, that is not what I got. Even when well warmed and rolled, both in the bottle and on my skin I get a very sharp "commercial perfume" scent with just the slightest undertone of chocolate. It's as though I'm walking by the perfume counter in a department store and someone two steps behind me is eating a chocolate bar. Not what I was expecting and the floral, stridently perfumey notes give me a headache. Eventually (like 2+ hours later), it does settle down into a soft, vaguely sweet note on my skin. I recently received a decant of Baby's First Krampuslauf and it's everything I hoped Candy Butcher would be. Skin chemistry, man.

In the bottle: Butter cookies, with a little bit of creaminess lurking in the background. Wet on skin: Still primarily sugary butter cookies, like the ones that come in those blue tins that everyone's grandma keeps sewing notions in, with a splash of Earl Grey. Dry down: Sweet, buttery cookie crumbs, slightly damp with the remnants of a cup of Earl Grey with milk. It's a sweet, fun scent unlike anything else I have in my collection, but I was hoping A Little More Tea would have, well, a little more tea to it. I'm on the fence on whether to be happy with my decant or if I need a full bottle. This scent makes me smile, but I'm not sure if I can see myself wearing it on the reg.

In the bottle: Pure, unadulterated dark chocolate. Wet on the skin: An initial waft of chocolate, quickly followed by a strong blast of woodsmoke. Like, I'm afraid at the amount of smoke here and am immediately considering scrubbing it off, but decide to see what happens. Dry down: The smoke recedes to just a waft in the background of a sweet, chocolatly, slightly spicy scent. Total love. The only drawback to me is this stays very close to the skin and I wish it had a slightly bigger throw. This was the only of the Motherhood decants I received that was an instant bottle buy for me. It's beautifully balanced, sweet, smokey scent. If you've been afraid of the smoke note in the past, this might be a good way to try it. I want to slather myself in it and roll around.

In the bottle: Sharp, clean ozone. Wet on skin: A very green, watery ozone scent. The potions are definitely electric green and full of bubbles. Dry down: The ozone stays, but turns into something that reminds me of more commercial colognes. The green turns into a very rounded, almost chewy scent. Does that make sense? I don't know, I couldn't figure out exactly how to describe that part of the scent, but for the fact that it made me feel like I could bite into it, like a piece of neon green mochi. This one reminds me enough of Baoban Sith that I don't feel like I need a bottle of it.

In the bottle: BANANA CANDY, MOTHERTRUCKERS! Wet, on the skin: Still super sweet banana, but more creamy, like banana pudding, with the cake note starting to peek through. Dry down: Slightly stale yellow cake with just a whiff of creamy banana. I like it, but the Lab cake note has the tendency to go slightly dusty on my skin. I had to at least get a decant though, as I am a huge Doctor Who fan, and I have such wonderful memories of sharing Doctor Who with my son that this was catnip for me. I don't think it's a bottle buy for me, though it is fun and I will definitely keep and enjoy the decant I got.

Honeyed goat's milk. It's darling- something you would want to dab on a baby. I keep thinking it's one I need to trade away, as I don't find myself reaching for it very often, but every time I do wear it, I find myself compulsively sniffing my wrists. The sweetness of the honey is in perfect balance to the slightly acrid note of the goat's milk. I don't detect much of a musk note or anything more than the slightest mellowing from the rice milk, but overall it's a clean, sweet, innocent, scent.

Pure, soapy, white lily with a touch of yellow pollen. It smells so much like the church altar on Easter Sunday that I swear I can feel my ankles itching from the lace-trimmed socks my mother made me wear. A sweet, nostalgic scent for me, but realistic enough that it makes me sneeze, so I'm happy with the 1/2 decant I have with no need for any more.

From start to finish, this smells exactly like the coffee flavored hard candies you find in Asian grocery stores on me. I love it! Rich, warm coffee- sweet, but not overly so. It doesn't have as big a throw as I was concerned it might, but stays fairly close to the skin. Also shocking for me (whose skin gobbles up just about every oil I wear within an hour or two), is the staying power on this is insane. I dabbed a little on before bed last night, and I could still get a faint whiff of it while I ate my breakfast the next morning. Absolutely unheard of for me. I suspect this is going to be an absolute dream to wear come Fall, but even in the heat of summer, I'm enjoying it.

I have been eyeing this scent for years, but it was always getting bumped from my cart by LE purchases. Well, now I have a 10 month old and after a nearly a year of chronic sleep deprivation, I was desperate for anything that might lend a hand to improving my quality of sleep, even if I'm still not able to increase the number of hours of sleep I get. This seemed like a good bet. In the bottle and first applied, it's a blast of straight lavender. Which, I like lavender, but I was hoping for something a little more. As it dries, ahhhhhh! There's the something a little more I was looking for. Beautiful, light sweetness. I literally cannot stop huffing my wrists. Completely dry- It smells familiar. It took me a while to place it, but it's Necco wafers! If there was a lavender flavored Necco wafer, this would be what it smelled like. Light, airy, lavender sugar all wrapped up in a wax paper tube. This also has great staying power. I apply it at night before bed and can still smell a light whiff on my wrists when I get up in the morning. I'm pleased I finally took the plunge and got this one, and I think it's a scent that's going to age beautifully, so I can't wait to smell what it does as it gets older. Overall, a very sweet, happy, mellowing scent that I want to make sure I always have in my scent arsenal.

Sweet, fluffy, vanilla marshmallow! It becomes softer and little smoother as it dries, but it just delicious all the way through. And has shocking staying power- my skin usually devours scent, but 5+ hours later and this still has me smelling like I rolled around in marshmallow fluff! This one has become a fav of mine, both on it's own and as a brilliant layering scent for anything I'm wearing that I would like to make a little smoother or a little sweeter. I missed out on Stekk, but this little beauty is everything I need.

I wish this one worked for me. I recently tracked down a bottle and at first sniff it was all gorgeous, realistic blueberries. When applied, it stayed true to that, smelling almost of a pot of warm blueberry jam simmering on the stove, with a slight hint of grassy, weedy lemon verbena underneath. Unfortunately, as soon as it hit the dry down stage the blueberries vanished, the lemony whiff vanished, and all that was left on my skin was the scent of dusty, musty hay. Not even sweet, new hay, but old hay that has been languishing unused for too long. I don't know if it's just my chemistry, or maybe it's a blend that didn't age very well. Bummer.