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It's weird but I don't get any/hardly any cake out of this version. It's a strong, rich icing with lovely spices. It's almost like Snake Oil Frosting/Hold The Cake on me. I can deal with that.

OMYJEEZUS. I have died and gone to scent heaven. I love Antique Lace. LOVE, LOVE, LOVE. I wept bitterly when it became 'unavailable' again. This? This is better. It's like XCDL13 without the alcohol note that I get. It's Antique Lace, only better. Warm vanilla (or vanilla bean) that you get in Antique Lace, only no linen or cotton. A slight hint of a floral maybe? But nothing that screams 'I'M FLORAL!!' with musk. This is like the golden glow I get from Shadowy and Sublime wrapped in a vanilla blanket. All I gots to say is ALL YOUR ELF v4 ARE BELONG TO ME. ETA: Medium throw, long wear length.

A resemblence I noticed: Loosening of the Obi = Fresh's Sake.

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The cedar almost plays like patchouli on my skin, which is weird. This is a bit powdery and woody. If you don't look at the notes, you don't even realize there are florals in this. I get the musk and the cedar and powder but that's about it.

Ugh, yes. Beth, WHY? See, on me this blend is a little psychotic. On the very top (sniffing from far away), it smells nice and intices you to come closer, sniff more. Don't do it though! The 'underneath' smell, that which you get when you do get closer is of burning hair and flesh. Gah. Too evocative of the name for me. *runs the other way*

Try The Little Wooden Doll. Reviews here: http://www.bpal.org/topic/60918-the-little-wooden-doll/ I remember the two being very similiar although not exactly alike. At least on me, anyway.

I feel woefully inadequate to be in your presence.

Go with Hunger. Paramatman was uggy on me and didn't remind me of orange blossom at all.

Joyful Moon smells like Avon Soft Musk to me. But not just Avon Soft Musk...Soft Musk on my ex-step-mom. It always smelled different on her than on anyone I've ever smelled wearing it....beautiful, cozy, sexy, safe, warm. She's gone now and to have something that reminds me of her? It's wonderful.

Dude... I've been waffling on keeping my Paduan for the same reason. I was all "OMG" over it at first, but once I got a bottle, I just never want to put it on. We are quite the pair, lol It does seems so. I hope I actually wear Tiki Princess.

We may have a nose for the same smellies but our skin chemistry is total opposites. NEVER, ever pay attention to my reviews. See, Goblin on me was nothing about the coconut. It's a sweet patchouli but you really can't tell what the sweet is as it's ALL patch. Elegba on the other hand is OMG coconut and a very edgy, sexy rough coconut. Like tanning lotion meets the boy from the wrong side of the tracks? ER, a clean boy from the wrong side of the tracks, at least. Anyway, I LOVE Elegba. Golbin is yucky. Obatala, to me, is more about the water and shea. Tiki Princess is like a floral coconut. But florals that are tropical and should be stuffed in a frozen coconut drink. Paduan? I loved this at first. Then, for some reason, every time I put it on, I kept smelling clove cigarettes. I mean, someone smoking clove cigarettes on teh beach. It was really confusing. It's being adopted.

Perhaps Kill-Devil (sugar cane, molasses, oak wood, and honey)? Of course, it was really heavy on me because of the molasses but it may react different with you and your chemistry. Habu is really nice. Very bamboo-ish yet sweet and a bit incense-y. I love this blend. Spirit of the Komachi Tree (cherry blossom, blue lilac, lavender monofloral honey, white sandalwood, and Asian pear) is a very light, airy, woodish floral on me. More the hint at wood than wood-ish, if you know what I mean.

#4blurrysomething1 or 7 (yeah, I dunno. All I know for sure is the first number is a 4 and the last may be a 1 or a 7): Boozy buttercream vanilla in the bottle. After application, I get the vanilla but a floral is coming to the front and assaulting me. It's either Mum's or ylang ylang I think. It's a fuzzy floral that I associate with carnations. Definitely not rose, lily, lilac, gardenia, jasmine (I'm pretty sure it's not but I don't wear jasmine so I dunno), or champaca. The floral is Lush-ish in smell (yes, I mean Lush as in bath bombs and such). After a bit, the vanilla reappears and is very creamy. There is also coconut? I dunno. I get a tropical vibe to this. Maybe amber as well. Very nice but not my thing.

I'll third (fourth?) Goblin. Very smooth patch.

447: In the bottle its a very boozy vanilla. On it goes buttery, boozy vanilla with a wintergreen (?? maybe wintergreen...I dunno...it's mint or something) coming on FAST and hard. For about 5 minutes that's all I can smell. Soon though, the vanilla reasserts itself and it's very heady and strong. The throw on the vanilla is pretty awesome. The wintergreen calms down and goes to the back row where it becomes just a *hint* of something cool. There is something almost resiny about this as well. It's a coolish warm vanilla that is really rich and full.

I've haven't been this torn over an oil in a long time. First applied, I get Avobath. You Lushies know. Yeah. Citrus. Green citrus with a pleasant herbal undertone. Anyway, after a bit the avobath dissolves (see what I did there?) into the roman chamomile and the blend goes powdery. Really powdery. I mean powder all the time baby. After though, this sugary, part floral, part ...something comes out and it's warm and snuggly and wow. I like it. A lot. I just dunno if I'd wear it.

Creamy coconut with a bit of a kick. Gina Neely would appreciate the kick. If you watch foodnetwork, you know what I'm speaking.

Wowzers. It's good. Maybe not Pumpkin Queen good to some of you but PQ fell on her cardboard face when it came to my skin so I'm enjoying this. Right off after applying I get pumpkin. Surprise huh? It's a rich, buttery pumpkin too so I was a bit worried at first. Into the drydown though the mandarin comes out. I usually don't go for citrus but this is realistic and juicy smelling...not sharp at all. It cuts through that buttery pumpkin like a knife. The sugar cane is there, sweetening it up...but just a bit. It's not sugary at all. The ginger is in the background...I can hardly tell it's there. Definitely not pumpkin pie OR sweet pumpkin. Some beautiful where inbetween.

Lovely. Really, really lovely. On, the lime sugar is like WHOA. It is always there but backs down fairly quickly. There is a definite herby quality that I get that is sort of lemon-ish, so I'm guessing the thyme but it's not strong. It tempers the citrus sugar very nicely and is softened by the musk and pear. I do not get much carnation at all. This is very pretty and perfect for summer.

How freakin weird. In the decant/tester, I get the cardamom. Like whoa cardamom. On, I immediately get wood. Yeah, woody wood woods. After awhile, it gets creamy and starts to smell like the worlds best cinnamon toast that you ordered from one of the worlds most expensive restaurants that have a 10 star rating. I like it. A lot. But it may be too foody for me. I dunno.

First applied I get the candyfloss and possibly rose sugar? I dunno. It's really sweet and pink to me. Lemon blosssom joins just as fast though and there is a bit of a floral element that lightens it up. I really like this part. It's pretty and sweet and light and summery. Then, I dunno what happens, but I can tell you that Rosy Maple? She's maple honey. The blend goes sugary syrup. Thick and yeah...mapley. The lighter elements disappear on me.

What about Josie? That has honeyed peaches with it but it's magnolia.

Okayaki was a huge bergamot player on me. YMMV.

Rum is always an iffy note on me. At the best of times, it can go sickly sweet on me and others, immediate soap bubbles. This isn't any different, in that the rum is the first note I smell and it is all soap bubbles. It's soon beaten into submission though...or at least into the background. The tobacco comes out fairly quickly on this and gives a spice to this scent that is needed. It calms down on the spice note and is very prominent but still not the star. The leather is very quiet as well. Not in your face at all but there to lend a hand and blend in. The star is the tonka. This is very creamy smelling without smelling like cream or a dessert. I really, really like this. Yet there is still that sour soap bubble note in the background. I dunno if I can get over that. We'll see.