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Warm golden spices enveloped in a swirl of deep resinous amber incense and palo santo, sparkling with a celestial bouquet of heliotrope, bergamot, and star jasmine.
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A shimmering pool of coppery red musk, Dracaena cinnabari, clove bud, cacao, and lead. The grave of the Countess Mircalla was opened; and the General and my father recognized each his perfidious and beautiful guest, in the face now disclosed to view. The features, though a hundred and fifty years had passed since her funeral, were tinted with the warmth of life. Her eyes were open; no cadaverous smell exhaled from the coffin. The two medical men, one officially present, the other on the part of the promoter of the inquiry, attested the marvelous fact that there was a faint but appreciable respiration, and a corresponding action of the heart. The limbs were perfectly flexible, the flesh elastic; and the leaden coffin floated with blood, in which to a depth of seven inches, the body lay immersed.
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A fragrance inspired by the buzzing prophesies of nymphs, the devotions of ancient priestesses, and the bounty of honied hives. Wildflower honey, frankincense, olive blossoms, and cinnamon.
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An icon of Poland’s history and culture, Stańczyk was King Sigismund I the Old’s court jester at the height of the Rebirth and his wit, intelligence, and eloquence is venerated to this day. His fame and influence – and the mysteries surrounding his life – are such that some consider him a myth. Jan Matejko’s depiction of Stańczyk is lush and shadowed, rife with despair and ill-omen, and so is our perfume: scarlet silk, spiced rose petals, well-worn red leather, Oman frankincense, labdanum, dried cherries, and blackberry wine.
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A dangerously dark and intoxicating floral, Jarmara is equal parts menacing and irresistible, teetering on the knife’s edge between seduction and peril. It is equal parts the seductive kiss of a vampire and the lethal poison slipped into a lover’s drink by a black widow. Black orchid and scarlet poppies intertwine with rosehips, orris root, opoponax, tolu balsam, and smoky labdanum.
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Our classic October perfume blend, chilled to the max! Inspired, in part, by my heater being busted at home. A really, really, REALLY cold, dry autumn wind, a rustle of red leaves, and a touch of smoke and sap in the air.
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Weathered grey stones veined with black moss loom over an ancient library suffused with the scent of weathered leather, aged parchment, and rivulets of flame-scorched beeswax.
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Bittersweet chocolate cupcakes whisked with stout and topped with inky dark chocolate frosting.
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Pomegranate and Black Tea.
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A slug of whiskey in a cedar shotglass and a chaw of green tobacco aimed at a polished ironwood spittoon.
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Marshmallow and Candyfloss.
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Parasitic intoxication: narcissus, opium poppy, and red orchid veiled in heliotrope, blush sandalwood, and crushed violet. Carmilla became more devoted to me than ever, and her strange paroxysms of languid adoration more frequent. She used to gloat on me with increasing ardor the more my strength and spirits waned. This always shocked me like a momentary glare of insanity.
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The season’s first snowdrop, stark white and spring green against a backdrop of black ink and myrrh resin.
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Take the Lab's Sugar Cookie scent and smush some pine needles into it, and you get Eighteenth Lash. That's it. That's the scent. It starts off more pine forward, but very quickly becomes all about the Lab's Sugar Cookie scent with a hint of pine. I wish the pine stuck around longer, but I like the Lab's Sugar Cookie scent, so I'm not mad. I'm about to go layer it with Thirteenth Lash and see how that goes! *edit* I'm editing in my review, because I've since worn the Lab's Sugar Cookie scent for the first time this year, which has a warm, toasty, syrupy aspect to it that this cookie note does not have, so I was misremembering what it smelled like. It may be more like the sugar cookie in Sugar Cookies With Extra Sugar, which I no longer own to compare. The scent I can most compare it to probably isn't helpful for very many readers, but the closest thing I can compare it to is a body butter from Angel Milk Beauty called Betty's Shortbread Cookies, which is a vanilla almond cookie scent, but that one is a little sweeter than this. I made Vanillekipferl this year in my Christmas cookie line-up, and it was one of my favorite cookies that I made. They are just so amazing with a cup of hot tea! But I digress. Although the cookies contain a lot of almonds, there is no overwhelming almond in this scent to the almond-averse. This is more about the powder-sugar dusted vanilla shortbread-esque cookie. While I still wish the pine would stick around longer, I do really enjoy the cookie note and am still happy with my bottle.
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This is a birch party. The birch is cool and sweet and similar to the birch in the trio Cypress, Eucalpytus, and Birch Tar. The clove in this blend is very subdued. I only get a little bit of it when I go looking for it, and I'm not sure I'd detect it if I didn't know if it were in the blend. I'm a clove lover, though, so maybe it would be better to get a report back on that from someone who is anti-clove. I like this and recommend it to anyone who is looking for a birch-centric scent.
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Their ears rang with that silent echo, a spreading emptiness. A suffocating pumpkin kyphi soaked in dark red wine and darkened by vetiver, opoponax, and black oud.
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Black oud spookied up with pumpkin puree, amaretto, scorched caramel, almond paste, cacao nibs, and honey.
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Candied plum, champaca blossom, exotic spices, and heady incense smoke swirls with the opulence of Hojari frankincense, evoking the splendor of purple silk adorned with gold embroidery.
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Black leather, coal dust, scorched cedarwood, and incense ash.
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2025 will mark ten years of notoriety for this epitome of rodent excellence, whose motivations remain relatable to this day. This perfume oil is our contribution to Pizza Rat’s decennial anniversary: a squeaky black tomato musk.
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Milk. Blood. Transgression. Black venom.
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A scent of liberation, unbridled joy, and blissful freedom: lemon peel and seaspray, vibrant neroli, blood musk rind, electric white musk, ginger blossom, mimosa, and grapefruit.
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Bourbon Vanilla.
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Sour green apples encased in a sticky shell of iconic glossy red caramelized sugar syrup. Note: I am not familiar with the scent of actual candied apples. I think I've only had caramel apples. In the bottle: A juicy apple. I think this features a red apple note. Wet: Juicy red or red and yellow apples. The apple note somewhat tart, but I don't think it is tart enough to be a green apple. The apple is a lot stronger than the sugar. The candied aspect isn't that prominent, though I can tell that it is there, especially when I compare it to scents like Poisoned Apple. Dry: Sugary red apples. It's a lot sweeter now. I prefer this phase of the scent. Verdict: This one is nice. It's not one of my favorite apple scents, but I think I'll be holding onto my bottle, as I really need some spiceless Weenies in my collection.
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I'm quoting my original review to say that I no longer have the original to deathmatch (I don't remember if I sold it or gifted it to a friend), buuuuut I can say from reading my original review that the 2024 version is a different iteration of this scent. How do I know? Well, I specifically said in my review of the 2015 version that it is spiceless. And this version? It is not. This was one of the Weenies that I tested last because it didn't even appeal to me in the vial. It smelled funky to me in the way that some of the Lab's pear scents do to me. Once applied, I get the glossy sugar syrup and the not so great apple, and then it becomes a cinnamon party for some reason? Maybe the cinnamon is representing the red part of the sugar syrup!? Anyway, the unlisted cinnamon is pretty fierce and actually did leave a red area on the back of my hand (good thing I didn't test it elsewhere). I'm not keeping my decant.