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Black leather and black licorice. Mmmm...this is delicious! It's pretty much exactly 50/50 between the licorice and leather. It's sultry and sweet and might be my favourite new atmos choice for the bedroom. Smells a little pungent in the bottle so make sure to spray it into a room before you decide if it's for you or not.

Ted really shoulda called this one The Actor Ichumura Meeting a Big Ass Pile of Beeswax Candles and Honey with Just a Smidge of Lavender. But maybe that wouldn't have fit on the label. This is definitely one for the beeswax lovers and I'm one of them so that works out. This has replaced TKO as my nighttime linen spray. I find it super calming. I do wish I got more vanilla and tonka but maybe that will come with age. Oh and it lasts and lasts and lasts. Like it sinks into my quilt and stays there for 3 days strong.

This is Crimson from the Crimson Peak line in atmosphere spray form. Maybe a little more sharp and spicy but very similar. I said Crimson was like a sexed-up Nag Champa and I'd say that exactly applies to this too. Has pretty good lasting power too. Love!

I was hoping for the coffee to have a more dominate role in the mix but honestly, all I'm getting is Enraged Groundhog Musk in hair gloss form. Like it's a dead ringer for EGM so if you like that, you're gonna die for this. They don't even share any direct notes except for the cacao link with the chocolate cherry but it's uncannily similar to me. It's nice but not what I was expecting. Another one that I'm going to try aging on. Hopefully it brings out the coffee and oudh a bit more as well as makes it last a bit longer 'cause she's a quick one.

I really thought this was going to be my holy grail bath oil. It's nice, don't get me wrong but the pistachio note fades into the background of the generic holiday baked goods bonanza. Why do all spicy pumpkin scents seem to simplify down to CINNAMON BROOMS on me? Anyone else get this? I used it as an after shower body oil and it smells amazing in the bottle and for the first few minutes on: like a lightly spiced pumpkin bread with cream cheese frosting that's studded with real pistachios. I'm going to try and age this one for a year and bust it out next Halloween in hopes that the nuttiness is up and the cinnamon down.

I wish I got a bit more of the cake that's everyone else is getting because this is straight up black currant candies on me. It's very sweet indeed but I really can not stop huffing my wrist over and over. It's like breathing in a box of Nerds. Remember Nerds? Well yeah, like that but more complex and luscious. Definitely for the black currant lovers. I don't know about wearing it as a perfume for me but I'll try and keep my eye out for it in atmosphere spray or hair gloss versions.

This is a musky dry version of liquid marzipan on me and I could not be happier about that. The almond note mellows out with wear and that's my only qualm with it because I LOOOOVE me some bitter almond. Medium throw and lasting power. I've been buying BPAL for 11 years and somehow I've been missing out on this GC wonder. Don't be like me.

Does anyone have pictures of the label designs for the Post's Spirit Board scents (No, Yes, Goodbye)?

Initial smell this was cloyingly sweet, like liquid caramel. I could almost swear this had the lab's buttery (ie Jack) pumpkin note in it just sniffing from bottle. It morphs quite a bit on the skin. Don't get me wrong-it stays fairly sweet throughout but this is all about the WOODZ rather than the foodz. It's warm and dry and every once in a while I get a hint of powdery honey. I would swear this has oak in it but maybe I'm just misinterpreting the oudh. This wears close to the skin and disappears in less than two hours on my skin. I don't dislike it at all, it's quite pleasant, but I might not find it interesting enough to keep the full bottle. Well, actually I probably will because the label art is perfection. I love me some Pénot!

Crimson makes me want to burst into tears because it's such a limited run and I know one day it won't be available for me to appreciate. This is pure sexier, heady Nag Champa. To me, this doesn't actually bring to mind a visceral crimson red but rather a warm poppy red. It's amazingly well blended and I can't really pick out the individual notes other than an initial blast of musk. If you're avoiding this because of the clove-don't! It's subtle and doesn't overwhelm anything at all. Crimson has medium throw and lasts much longer on me than almost any BPAL I've tried before. I love it so, so much!

I was given a squirt of this with my last Trading Post order. It's definitely not something I would have ordered myself but I was hoping that I might get more of the black tea and orris but NOPE-this is straight-up stuffy tea rose. After a few minutes of settling into the linens I sprayed it on it also takes on a sort of generic Dove face cream thing hovering below the rose. Not my thing at all. But hey, if you do enjoy tea rose then get this ASAP because it's strong and it lasts and lasts and lasts.

At first the sweet orange in this is super overwhelming. It's got a sort of 'dollar store bathroom cleaner' vibe going on until it mellows into the skin. The copal then comes out to play and adds a creaminess that kinda works. I'm not sure I've ever tried another blend with plumeria in it before so I can't comment on whether or not that's present but the florals are more subtle and a bit jucier than most. I don't mind it but I don't think I'll be wearing it myself.

This is one of the most confusing blends I've ever tried...and I kind of like it. At times it's like dirt/soil, then there's a hint of heavy florals and when I sniff deep I actually get something that reminds me of a spicy artisan cola. I think this would smell great on my fiance.

I first fell in love with Samhain in 2005 and I'm surprised I didn't snatch up a matching atmos spray when it was available in past years. But I smartened up and got a bottle this year and I'm so glad I did. I'll be straight up: this does have a sort of "craft store near Halloween-tide" vibe going on but it isn't fake or cloying or unpleasant AT ALL. I can smell every single individual note in the blend. It's very woodsy but also borders on foodie when you get a whiff of the warm spices. It's a lovely quintessential fall scent and it lasts longer than most of the other room sprays I've tried from the Post.

Boo ended up in both last year's and this year's 'weenie orders but I just realized I never gave it a review. When I first spritzed this one, I was super heartbroken. It had this sharp laundry detergent scent and very little vanilla. Once this had settled for a day or so after it arrived the vanilla started to emerge. This isn't foodie at all on me. It's just white and creamy and very clean. It was medium throw but it lasts for a very long time so it's a great choice for wearing to work.

Whoa! This is a minty one but it's definitely grounded pennyroyal and not a flighty peppermint. I'm (thankfully) not getting much lavender to speak of but the black musk is strong, making this both dark and refreshing. I would say this is a unisex scent leaning strongly towards a clean masculine. The musk becomes just a touch powder-y as it settles into the skin which, to me, makes it a nice evening/bedtime choice. It's interesting for sure. I'm glad I have a full 5ml though because it fades fast and you gotta reapply if you want it to stay noticeable on your skin.

I passed on trying this one for so long because I figured the cherry would be too dominant and I'd end up smelling like a bag of Twizzlers or lollipops. But this is much heavier on the musk and anise than I was expecting and it's totally wearable. The cherry adds a nice sweetness and roundness but it certainly doesn't translate as candy on me. Don't let the fruity note scare you off with this one!

I can see this one being a big holy grail for some, especially red musk lovers. The red musk is most prominent but is backed by the juiciness of the apple. The tobacco and patchouli ground this a bit, making it more sultry and grown-up rather than just feminine and fun. But it is a bit of both of those categories. It has a fairly strong throw but doesn't last super long. I would say it was about 3-4 hours on my skin before it just disappeared. It's lovely over all but there is one huge reason why this is just a straight-up no for me: when I was younger, my aunt used to (excessively) wear this one very expensive perfume that came in a gold bottle. I can't recall the name after all these years but the smell of it on her and her sweaters was very distinctive. Lips of Flame is a more mellow doppleganger of said perfume. It isn't that there's anything wrong with the scent itself but, well, my aunt and I no longer speak due to a terrible family situation in which her and my uncle stole large sums of money from my dying great aunt. Needless to say, the scent association makes this an instant pass for me. It's looks like I've already found a loving home for this beauty though! Run, don't walk.

Sorry for the poor quality photo but this is my bottle of Lips of Flame. It's 'Adam and Eve' by Lucas Cranach the Elder. I imagine all of the 'Eve's Big Apple' scents had the same labels but I could be wrong.

Alice, to me, is just one of those Lab oils that smells NOTHING like what I would imagine from the notes listed. It's incredibly soapy, very feminine and the only thing I can pick up on specifically is the geranium and maybe a tiny bit of carnation. I'm getting zero earthiness from the patchouli and no warmth or creaminess in the form of vanilla. The soapiness subsides a bit as it wears on my skin but it's still not very pleasant to me at all.

I received a frimp of this with my lovely NYCC exclusives.This is not something I ever would have ordered for myself and the SO claims it smells like Irish Spring (I can see that) but I actually really, really enjoy Ice. It's very well blended and each of the individual notes melds perfectly so you can't pick out one over the other. I work in healthcare so I have to only lightly apply 'clean' smelling scents during work days and this works just great for that.

The scent is very fitting for the character but it's just a big fat NOPE for me. It's a generic department store men's cologne layed over something acrid and smoky. I'll try it on the man-thing to see if it works on him but I'm thinking it will end up in my frimping pile.

A perfume sacred to the highest of the angelic hosts: calla lily, wisteria, white sandalwood, Damascus rose and frankincense. I'll disclose this right now: florals are by far my least favourite scent category. There are a few blends that work on me that use florals subtly but they're few and far between. Seraphim is a bit of a heartbreaker because the lilly is the strongest note and I think if the lilly was missing from this, I might actually like it as a bedtime perfume. The lily is just all old lady soap on me.

The cedar is stronger in the hair gloss for me than it is in perfume form. The vanilla mixes with sassafras and gives off a subtle root beer vibe without being overly foody at all. I love it! My only complaint is that I wish it was a bit stronger. I have thick, butt-length hair and I have to use quite a bit to have it perfume all of the ends. It'll be subtle enough to wear to work though. I should have ordered more than one!

I've been meaning to try Dragon's Milk for years and luckily enough, Puddin included an imp of it in my latest Trading Post order! For some reason, the dragon's blood in this reads as heady rose. I'm picky about my florals but this isn't bad. I love vanilla but surprisingly this element is what I don't like the blend overall. It turns plasticky on me. Luckily, it has a very light throw so I only get whiffs of it and it's tolerable...but I'll stick with the imp for now!