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  1. saralaughs

    Threnody v4

    Very floral. I do get a bit of a red musk sent from this. But that may be just gardenia in the blend instead. A bit dry as well, maybe a bit of sandalwood? As it dries it gets sweeter over time so a bit of honey could be in here too.
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    Abedus Indentatus v5

    I echo what CP said above me. Bitterly herbal with a drydown that is has a bit of a soapy, but pretty floral.
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    PNSAK21

    Ever smelled Fresh's Sake fragrance? Yeah, this is it. Without the peach I think. Reminded me strongly of Loosening of the Obi when that blend was in the wet stage. This stays like that all the way into the drydown.
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    NGIFR6

    Very spicy and dry. Not for me.
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    NGNUT6

    This was very sharp on me. Sharp citrus.
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    DMOF

    Definitely Celeste-like. The vanilla seems to be the same only there is a floral element that gives it an almost aquatic nature to me. A bit sharp, too. Not sure if I would wear it or not but definitely pretty!
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    LUMAI

    This is quite pretty and may be bottle worthy for me. As the previous reviewers stated, it's a soft vanilla/tonka musk with a touch of floral. The floral note in here isn't sharp or overpowering but slightly sweet and clean (but not soapy). Resins appear in the drydown but I don't know what they are. It doesn't seem to be frankincense to me as it isn't peppery at all. Maybe a different kind than I am used to?
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    XNIA2

    VERY strong patchouli when first applied. This calms down quite a bit after a few minutes. I also get something menthol-like and a lily note.
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    Hope

    Very lovely rose. Slightly sweet and lush. Perhaps a touch of vanilla? Or that just may be the creaminess of the rose itself. A bit sour somewhere in the drydown but that goes away after a bit. Dry it reminds me quite a bit of Pink Snowballs.
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    What Scent Is This?

    Also, there is a thread here that discusses prototypes and upcoming scents.
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    Blue Lilac

    Lovely! I love lilac and I have to say, most of the Lab's blends with it as a note end up soapy on me. Not this. It's realistic, fresh, and clean.
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    Egyptian Amber

    Ho. Lee. Shit. Ahem. This is not good whatsoever. For my wallet. Damn it, why must I love amber so much? This is beautiful. It seems like the base in many, many scents that I love and in the one Amber Chaos theory that I adore (and only have a decant of). Smooth, just a bit powdery (in a good way), with a vanillic tone, this is soft and warm. Love Affair...BEGIN!
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    Sweet Pea

    Sweet, slightly sharp, powdery floral. It is almost exactly the opposite of things that I look for in a floral (smooth, a bit heady, hardly any powder, etc). This is definitely a note I would want tempered by other things in a blend (such as Mouse's LAST, which I really enjoy).
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    White Musk

    Beautiful musk note. Warm and just a bit powdery; very pretty. Maybe a bit of amber in here? It's lightly incensey to me. I don't detect much of a floral note at all, if there is one.
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    Lily of the Valley

    Very clean, almost soapy. There is an undertone to this that I don't much appreciate. It's sort of brown musky, dirty socks sort of thing. While I love smelling lily of the valley growing around my yard, this isn't something I would associate with that.
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    Coffee Bean

    Beautiful, earthy, bitter coffee bean. Unrefined and just like sticking your nose to really good coffee beans. No cat shit required.
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    Apricot

    This. Add a dose of the plastic dish it is served up in and you got it. I should note that apricot never does very good on my skin, so maybe the plastic fruit type smell is just me.
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    Dandelion

    Definitely a sweet green scent. Milky sap and stems with a floral undertone. Lovely.
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    White Sandalwood

    A peppery and slightly lemony wood note. Not as dry or brittle smelling as I expected. I kinda like it for it's almost incensey quality.
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    Heliotrope

    Slightly musky, powdery, golden floral. Weird smelling on me. I second Zee's contention on diapers; maybe not dirty though.
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    Pikaki

    A slightly honey-ish tropical floral. Sweet and clear and clean yet honeyed and heady. Creamy, slightly fruity, and damn beautiful on my skin.
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    Brood XIX

    I'm not sure on this one. It's a bit weird on me. There is a pleasant 'grainish' sort of scent that reminds me of porriage and cream. Lots and lots of creaminess. The hay is there, adding a dry element to it as well that is sort of like 'sticks and sunshine' I guess. There is something about this scent that unnerves me and makes me a bit quesy to the tummy. But yet, I want to keep sniffing it? Is this like picking at a scab? I really think this is a weird mix of foody and non, for me at least.
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    Io

    Mango, mango, mango. It's seriously the Marsha of this blend. A little green, a little tart, a little sweet, with a round fruitiness that is *almost* realistic to me. Reads a little artifical on my skin and that makes me think plastic fruit (which is why most fruit blends do not work on me).
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    Atlas

    Wow. Creamy, vanilla mallow immediately warmed up by smoke (khus) and wood. The coffee bean is slightly present, giving the blend a slightly warm bitterness that balances out the mallow. I did not like the Antikythera Mechanism but right now, I'm grooving on this. A definite try if you like sweet, woody type scents.
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    Pussy

    A very deep, rich, orange blossom honey scent. Usually, with orange blossom, I am used to the scent being 'light'; not light as in weight but as in the opposite of dark. This scent is dark and deep , to me. Very pleasant honey with orange blossom, it is almost fuzzy feeling and has a rich sweetness that I contribute to the brown sugar. The brown sugar, thank heavens, isn't very present at all but a feeling of it. Like just a bit of the moist stuff was sprinkled on top to add that last little touch. After drying, it really gets depth from the tobacco leaf and tonka. I don't get any smoke whatsoever but only the slight sweetish, incensey smell of dry tobacco with a back up of creaminess. Sweet but no cloying, deep and rich with that 'light' orange blossom sitting on top, this is a beautiful scent.
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