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Got this as a frimp! Very jasmine heavy on application, which I appreciate because jasmine and my skin chem get along great. Sandalwood emerges on drydown, along with a breath of smokiness. Dry it's still jasmine heavy with a sweet woody vanilla base and a little glob of honey. I don't get cinnamon at all. This is very pretty, one of those ones GCs with notes I like but didn't know existed.

This one's been on my wishlist for almost a decade and I finally got a bottle!! I slathered it on and fresh it's a very juicy green scent on me. In the drydown my beloved dead leaves emerge. I love both Beth's grass and dead leaves notes and they mesh very beautifully. I have a lot of the dead leaves blends from over the years but this might be my new fav. It's evocative of early autumn, the perfect scent for September and October.

When I first put it on, I got a huge blast of juniper. Then the juniper softened a little and some dark and dirty (almost smoky?) patchouli emerged. I was hoping for more dirt/soil, but this is still pretty pleasant. The juniper is mellow and the patch adds an intriguing grittiness to it. The vibe is more forest to me than graveyard. I like it well enough to keep the imp but I don’t love it enough for a bottle tbh.

Right on application it smells like dirt, which I am very into! Dirt then calms down and moss takes center stage. Very green and kind of juicy, which sounds like it could be weird but I'm loving it. Rose can be too strong for me sometimes and it's detectable but way in the back where it's not being bothersome. Put off trying this for a long time because I was worried the rose would be overpowering, but I like it quite a lot!

Hay and grass forward with sweet flowers just beneath, and a pretty decent throw. Exactly what I wanted out of this blend.

Interesting. When I put it on it was just lily, then I got spice, and then it morphed into something that's hard to describe. It's somewhere between metallic, carbonated, soapy, citrusy, and candy-like. It's very bright on me, not rich or creamy or dark like other reviewers have experienced. A strange one for sure, but not bad! It's like someone tossed citrus jellybeans, lime soda, and a bar of soap in a stainless steel sink and mixed them together which should be gross but I kinda dig it. Just surprise the lily disappeared, my skin usually loves lily.

Pure pumpkin spice. Not really musky, and there's only a smidge of pie crust. I have had issues with pumpkin scents in the past (aka they smell kinda like vomit on me 😳) but my skin likes spice so the spices are really amping and keeping the pumpkin in check. It gets more warm and pie-like as it mellows, but not specifically pumpkin pie, just kind of an essence of crust and general sweetness. Not bad! Was nervous to try this but it's behaving which is a win.

Mostly oud, a bit of sugar, a bit of spice, with an almost vanilla sweetness beneath the oud. Very woodsy and warm, like you're all bundled up trekking through a forest at twilight and can smell a bakery somewhere ahead. It doesn't specifically read as pecan pie but it's very pleasant. Wish the throw was stronger, I quite like this one! It would make a great atmo, too.

Ooh, this is yummy. Straight up cherry pie filling at first and then I start getting buttery crust. As it dries further it's a rich, fruity, creamy, gourmand bakery smell. Bakery notes can be weird on me sometimes but this isn't going plastic on me at all. A little further on I'm getting chypre hints but it's still mostly fruit pie. It's so good. Only complaint is that it's imp only!

2016 Sooo I totally forgot I had a decant of this and I don't remember ever trying it, which is bonkers because this smells amazing. My skin chem is the sort that doesn't take too kindly to citrus and I'm just not a fan of anise on my skin in general but this just works. It starts out as super juicy oranges and tangerines and then it morphs into orange spiced cider. I think the spice might be from the anise? It's hard to tell because it doesn't smell at all like licorice to me. There's a veeery faint hint of lavender but it works, it's like an herbal component to the cider. I really love this, it's like the most delicious Christmas drink imaginable.

Ooh, this is interesting. My skin chem doesn't usually mesh well with baked goods but this actually smells pretty amazing! Starts off very chocolately- no cookies on me, just chocolate- and then I start getting whiffs of salt and soft pretzel. It's not so strong that you'd be able to read it as a soft pretzel immediately. I think if someone sniffed you without knowing the notes they wouldn't be able to tell what it is (and then you'd tell them and they'd be like OHHHH!!! ) Overall, it has a nice mix of sweet and savory, pleasant but not overly foody. I really like this a lot, it's really unique and surprisingly wearable.

White flowers and brittle white musk with a streak of pomegranate. What, no reviews yet? Poor Effronterie! I think she smells beautiful. The florals and the musk are super well blended and smell very clean and fresh without veering into soap territory. The pomegranate adds this wonderful juicy sweetness to the whole thing. The throw isn't super strong and my skin drinks it up but it really is gorgeous while it lasts. It brings to mind clean white towels stained by pomegranate juice. But like, in a deliberate artsy way, not in a "dammit, I just spilled juice on my white towels, my day is ruined and now I hate pomegranates!" way.

I'm so happy I bought a bottle of this, it's soooo pretty. Totally agree with everything KittyHawk said! This is such a bright, sweet, happy blend. It makes me think of soft pastel colors when I smell it. There's also something almost effervescent about it. This is such a perfect springtime perfume, Beth's really outdone herself.

Bought an imp of this to try because I loooove tobacco and I'm so happy because this is super tobacco heavy! What sets it apart from everything else in my tobacco collection is the swirl of sweet rum and a breath of florals. I think sultry is a good word for this blend. It almost smells humid to my nose, in the best possible way. It's like a tropical vacation. I really love this and I definitely need a bottle.

This was the only Unicorn I bought because I'm a tobacco junkie and I also loooove tobacco paired with tonka and/or rum. It's like Beth made this just for me! It really smells absolutely gorgeous. I put this on and immediately I'm enveloped in a beautiful cloud of tobacco-vanilla-oudh. To me, it's evocative of a sunset with the dying rays of light pleasantly muted by a soft, hazy layer of clouds. Actually, to be more specific, it kind of reminds me of the cover of Joanna Newsom's Divers album (minus the plants at the bottom, of course- there's nothing green in this blend ). When it dries the rum starts to come out and it smells wonderful. It's mostly sweet, not too boozy, and not at all sharp on my skin. I then briefly get something that's almost like sweet rot but after a minute it goes away. Could be the sandalwood, sometimes my skin doesn't get along all that well with sandalwood. After that it's back to rum and tobacco and it stays that way for the next couple of hours. Overall, I adore this! Especially that incredible Joanna Newsom-esque stage. Absolutely heavenly. Definitely try this one if you also have skin that loves tobacco and rum!