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This is 100% coconut shortbread cookies and I love it so much! It also has a delicious iced frosting note too. Makes my mouth water I want to eat it up! The only thing is I'm not a bath oil girl and when I use this as a moisturizer it has low throw and doesn't last long. But if this is ever released in a 5ml bottle I would be all over it!!!

I love Bears! Well this scent was a little strange after aging. I bought a bottle when it was released and when I got it and tried it it was all hazelnut and cherry and I loevd that. I really didn't get the other notes. It had a little woodsiness to it maybe the acorns. It was a fun scent and I adorded the label so much! Well fast forward to a year later and this scent totally changed and I was sad. It was mostly all woods, major pine, and it had a weird hay type note that I didn't like at all. No more cherry or hazelnut. Not sure what happen but I had to let this bear go. Back to the wild it went to be loved by another. I do miss the label though...

Boo 2011 This was a scent I was super excited to try! When I smelled it in the bottle I could smell the yummy cream note. When I put it on my skin the cream and sugar were lovely but then came the COTTON! Cotton on me turned into soap, and I don't like those clean soapy type scents. They typically don't work for me but I hoped the cream and sugar would make it work because I love those notes but sadly they weren't strong enough to save it. It has very light throw and weak staying power. This is a scent I've considered trying again but too scared.

This scent was very basic on me sadly. Wet on my skin it was a sweet yummy tea scent but that was about all I ever got from it even on the drydown. It was pleasant and sweet and such a realistic tea scent but none of the other notes came out. Tested this back in 2010 though and my bottle was from maybe 2008. Don't know if that makes a difference but thought I'd mention it. Sadly this was too light and simple for me.

In the bottle: Nothing...maybe the tiniest bit of honey. On my skin: the honey and amber are the strongest notes and they are pretty and warm and calming Drydown: I hoped this would get sweeter at this point but it gets powdery...very powdery. Amber does this on my skin sometimes. It's not bad smelling but just all baby powder isn't what I was looking for. Too bad. Throw: Did have pretty good throw but didn't last long.

Dab a bit behind each ear, and you'll be instantly inspired to alter street signs, shake fruit from your neighbor's trees, and hide your roommate's car keys. Black coconut, gnarly patchouli, and sweet benzoin. Goblin is awesome! It has the right amount of patchouli and the most heavenly coconut note ever! I love it! The patchouli is the soft and cuddly kind and the coconut is sweet and aids in making this warm and cozy AND delicious. BUT the sad thing for me is the staying power. My skin eats this up fast! I have even slatehered it on and still it's gone in less than an hour. But it's so good, damn my skin!

Ok Smut...more then any other scent so far I have wantedt his one to be a LOVE for me. So much so I tried it twice and wasn't totally sold. But funny thing is I will probably keep trying it in the future even lol. But here are the two I tried so far and my thoughts... 2012 - First Smut I tried and this one was very musky on me and not much else. There wasn't enough sweetness for me. I wanted some of the grape and booze notes that I like but sadly they weren't there, It was a sexy scent though but didn't win me over. 2010 - Tried again with this year because the reviews made it sound sweeter but again it didn't totally work. I did get the grape here but the musk was still strongest. While I don't mind the musk I just want more booze and grape to come out. One day maybe we'll get along but alas not yet...

This scent is all delicious heavy french toast on me! It is VERY bready and the cinnamon is SUPER strong. There's definitely clove maybe, nutmeg, and other heavy spices. This has awesome throw and does last a long time. But it may be a little too much for my hubby. I do love it though all foodie lovers need to give this one a try!!

This starts out like strawberry milk. Which is one of my favorite drinks ever oddly. Then in the drydown I get more of the marshmallow but its very light and fluffy. The rose comes in a little too and adds a really pretty girlieness to the scent. It has very low throw which is sad because when I sniff my arm real close it's so wonderful. Wish it was stronger. Also didn't last long either maybe a half hour. But it's beautiful while it did.

This scent is tons of fun and reminds of a cute blonde teenager hanging out at the beach! It is all bubblegum at first and then dries down to the suntan/coconut scent. It doesn't have major throw and doesn't last long either but it is very fun and cute! I got this as a gift for my sister it should last longer on her skin I hope.

This was all butterscoth candies on me! Very sweet and delicious! It's exactly like Butter Rum Cookie without the cookie. The staying power was a little less then BRC though sadly. I really love this one just wish it stayed around longer!

I will say I tracked this bottle down because of Walking Dead, lol On to the review... In the bottle it's a light strawberry/grape jam. On the skin the jam jumps out and gets you kinda like a zombie! It's sweet, tart, and strong. But after about a half hour this strange ozone icky scent comes around. Not sure what it is but it's runing my zombie apocalypse! It has made things less fun and a little headache inducing. But that initials scent was awesome. Luckily this faded fast and the throw with it so no major headaches. I love the bottle art so much but this isn't a love for me. Glad I got to try it though since it seems very popular!

This was mainly all gingerbread in the bottle and on the skin. But in the dry down a little aquatic action starts to happen its salty like the sea and balances the sweetness of the gingerbread. It's kinda sexy in that way and would probably be delicious on my husband but he doesn't wear BPALs sadly. The label is adorable, but ultimately I will pass this one on because it's not a real ME scent but super fun and so glad I got to try it out!

Silkybat is hands down my favorite HG so far! So when this came out it was an instant bottle buy. BUT this isn't like my Silkybat at all. Well in the sense that it is very lightly scented and Silkybat is pretty strong. Also I barely smell the patchouli and sugaredness which is what I love about Silkybat. In this it's a soft vanilla with a strong ozone scent which I really don't like. It shows up in some snow or frost scents. It doesn't usually work for me and it didn't here either. I guess I was hoping for Silkybat with a little bit of sweet mint added but that's not what I got. Adorable label on the bottle though!

Sadly this for me was a very light, very weak honey and frosty (ozone) scent. I wanted to give it a try because some honey notes I LOVE but sadly this was kind of a dud all around. The hair glosses though do smooth my hair out so nicely just this scent wasn't working for me.

A memory of pleasure passed. A ghostly rendezvous, delight beyond death. Faint echoes of laughter and the distorted music of a harp drift by, along with the scent of soft white pear and sweet vanilla. 2012 This was mostly light vanilla bean and sweet pear in the bottle and on my skin. Which starts off juicy pear and then faded into a light vanilla, and little if any of the pear stuck around. The weird thing is I get kind of a dusty note that pops up in the end and hung around. Wasn't sure why but it took away from the foodiness and was a just a little weird for me on my skin. Low throw and short longevity. BUT the label is the cutest thing ever especially if you like tea!

I've never smelled the released version. But this one is all cinnamon and cardamom and some buttery goodness thrown in too! It's actually very balanced between the three and very strong. Which I love and appreciate. It definitely had good throw and does last quite a while I my skin! Very foodie and yummy!

In the bottle: coconutty vanilla On the skin: this one is stronger then rum soaked french tonka and a little deeper. It may be the molasses. It's more buttery and vanilla like. I really like it. Dry down: Now the rum has come in more and taken over. It's starting to fade already though. I can only smell the rum and the vanilla has gone away Sadly this was also very weak on throw and longevity. But while it lasted it was delicious.

In the bottle: don't really smell anything On skin: there's that delicious tonka scent...it's like a creamy vanilla to me. And I love it. Dry down: now the rum is coming out a little more. It's like vanilla cream with a dash of rum. This is lovely. I do not smell any clove. Throw: This is where I was disapointed...there wasn't much throw at all and it faded fast. I know it's a single note and could be layered but I don't layer my scents much. So sadly not a keeper even though I like it.

2011: Pumpkin Latte is mainly all espresso in the bottle and on the skin, there's also a little bit of pumpkin and spices that comes out too but not enough for this foodie lover. It had little throw and didn't last long on me. I have a lot of other coffee scents that I enjoy much more then this one. 2016: This is what I wanted the first time!! This is the perfect balance of pumpkin and latte! So yummy I want to drink it up. So glad I gave this another chance! The throw and staying power is much improved as well! 🎃

This is for 2014 When I smell it in the bottle it smells like the wassail my dad used to make at Christmas time...love that! Then wet on the skin it's all apple cider! Bitter strong and nothing else! I got a little nervous BUT when the dry down came about 10 minutes later it was delicious butterscotch!! Yummy! Love this part!! There may be a hint of the orange too. Delicious! Also it had pretty good throw and lasted about 3-4 hours.

I don't get as much fruit from this, maybe a little light fig. I do get the sweet smoky custard which is lovely. It definitely has a Christmas feel for sure. Like some lovely baked goods coming from a kitchen. Very delicate and foodie.

A Stroll Through the Quarter is an amazing banana incense scent on me. I love it! Definitely the foodie lovers sweet incense scent!

Lambs Wool 2010 This started out all apple all the time on me. It was tart apple not sweet. Then on the dry down I got a little bit of spicy milk. It was definitely more milk then spice though. I wanted it to be sweeter to work for me. But it was mainly tart apple and milk. Low throw and didn't last long on my skin. Apple is very hit or miss with me.

This is all gingerbread when you sniff the bottle. On the skin it starts off as strong gingerbread but on the dry down other spicy notes emerge and so does the vanilla. Makes me think of french toast a little. This is a foodie lovers Snake Oil to me and I love it. I also know it will get less powdery with age so I'm excited to see where this ends up in a few more years.