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I've tested this at least three times now, because each time, I've neglected to leave a review. So I'm changing that today. This is a non-indolic snowy white floral scent. The snow has a bit of effervescence to it, which I thought might be a touch of champagne when it first arrived, but now, I think is from a bright musk and perhaps a hint of herbal green or evergreen that gets a little slushy with wear. It does not remind me of The First Soft Snow, which is another snowy white floral (that one has the sweeter evergreen-swirled Snow Bunny snow note). After it has been on the skin for a while, I feel like I get a little nectar from one of the floral notes. If you're looking for a snowy white floral that isn't super heady, this one might be up your alley. The jasmine in this is not a bully! I can't see myself reaching for this over other snowy florals in my collection, but I'm glad I decided to try it.

Kimi Ga Dai Wa is strongest on the sweet amber note on me, which is a dry, perfume-y amber to my nose. I get some saffron behind it. The sandalwood is quiet at first, but comes out more with wear and adds to the dryness of this scent. The combination of the dry sandalwood with the amber read as somewhat papery to me. Curiously enough, I get some unlisted moss after it has been on the skin for a while? But none of the other reviewers seem to have gotten moss from this. But I do think the moss is lending a cologne-like vibe to the scent. I'm glad I got a chance to try this, but there are other amber and sandalwood scents that I enjoy more.

Zarita starts off strongest on the orange blossom on me, with touches of cream and berry to soften the orange blossom's edges. It remains that way for a while, until the iris becomes the dominant note. The cream isn't strong enough to tame the high-pitched iris, though, so it ends up being more floral than flormand on me in the end. I am less familiar with white carnation than the pink and red varieties, but there was nothing in this that screamed carnation at me. As a flormand fan, I wish the cream had been stronger on me!

I get a blast of ink at first, along with some clay and a metal note. The clay ends up winning out, and I'm getting both Crimson Peak and OLLA vibes from it. It think there may be some sweet, dry, Mysore sandalwood and/or some powdery benzoin mixed in with it, but it's definitely clay-like. By the end of the day, the clay note and resins are still present, but there's also a plastic note from the groceries. It's wild how realistic the ink and clay notes are in this one! It's a very interesting scent experience, and more wearable than it sounds, but I wish the plastic note hadn't shown up on me!

This goes on as soil with perhaps some mushrooms poking through? I get a slightly powdery sweetness with the soil that I think I also got from Death Cap, buuut I haven't worn that in a while, so I'd have to deathmatch them to be sure. But a grassy vetiver note emerges after a while and gains strength over time, making this a very grassy vetiver backed by some soil on me. I did deathmatch this with Graveyard Dirt Redux, and this scent has more throw and staying power than Graveyard Dirt does on me, but I think I like Graveyard Dirt more because it doesn't become a vetiver bomb on me (but at least the vetiver isn't a smoky variety!). I know I wouldn't reach for this over my other dirt scents, but if you're looking for dirt and vetiver, look no further!

On me, Snake Milk is a buttery milk swirled with some fresh Snake Oil that's very strong on the musk. Although the milk is buttery, it's not, say, White Larry levels of buttery. And it gets less buttery over time and adds a slightly caramelized dairy tang to the scent, which I'm really enjoying. I think I need more than a decant in my life. I have a feeling that this is going to age fabulously.

Noisy Goose Moon goes on as a short-lived blast of banana and booze from the rum on me, but those notes are quickly overtaken by the white frankincense, which I believe is the same frankincense from Venus Caelestis. The sugar cane ends up joining in next and cozying up to the frankincense, giving me even more Venus Caelestis vibes, but with hints of banana. But the banana does not stick around, and it is a frankincense and sugar cane party on me, with some vanilla marshmallow adding some floof to the scent after several hours of wear. I would not say this is a banana scent. The banana is just for the beak that honks, but it does not represent the whole goose! Although I wish the banana stuck around longer, this is a really lovely scent. I'll have to deathmatch it with Venus Caelestis (which has lemon peel instead of banana) to see if I need more of this, but I think I might.

Blacklight Reactive Wolf Poster starts off with a blast of pine, backed by the non-dank greenery of the weed note. It's not smoky, but the same weed note from Honeyed Weed and Dandelions. After a while, a brown musk note emerges and makes the scent a little more cuddly and cleaner, but the forest notes remain present throughout wear. I think there may be some moss in this, too, but the predominant forest note in this is pine on me. I was really enjoying this when it was straight-up forest, but I enjoyed it a little less once the brown musk became a main player. But the forest-y notes with the weed smell magical together. I'll be keeping my decant and retesting it before this goes away to see if I need more of it in my life.

Blacklight Reactive Clown Poster is mostly about the strawberry and the candyfloss on me. The rose in this is so subtle that I wouldn't have guessed there was rose in this, so if you are afraid of rose, this may still be worth a try. The weed note is not dank, but its a light, pleasant bit of green that lingers behind the strawberry and candyfloss notes. I don't know what greasepaint smells like, but I'm not detecting any make-up like note or anything in the vein of Clown White. Strawberry is an iffy note for me, but it's pleasant and non-plastic-y on me in this scent and smells really nice with the candyfloss. I just wish that the weed note had stuck around more in this one, or that I had gotten a little bit of an oddness from the greasepaint. At the moment, I'm not sure I need more than my decant, but the decant is a keeper!

I tested this on a paper towel, in wet hair, and in dry hair. In all cases, it was mostly like a watered down orange blossom on me, with the harsher elements of the orange blossom softened by the citrus fruits (more tangerine than blood orange to my nose) and musk. There's a burst of white tea with the orange blossom when initially sprayed, but it doesn't end up being a main player on me. This is a softer hair gloss. It could not compete with my Moona Orange Cream Soda shampoo and conditioner on the day I tried it on wet hair, and I did not get wafts of it on the dry hair day and could only sniff it when I held my hair up to my nose. I'm not big on orange blossom, and this is nicer than I'd expect a scent with that as a dominant note to be. However, for me, it doesn't even come close to the juicy blood orange and creamy amber wonder that is The Geisha and the Samurai HG, so I don't need a bottle.

If you're looking for an aquatic beeswax scent, look no further. The gaslight in this is the Lab's sweet, creamy beeswax note. I get some salt from the rain note, reminiscent of the sea salt and rain parts of Lavender, Sea Salt, and Rain, and the moss in this increases over time (as it is wont to do on me) so that it ends up being a salt-tinged moss swirled with some beeswax. The amber part of the rain note wasn't super noticeable on me, but that is probably because it got buried beneath the moss once the salt calmed down. I feel like I have upgraded too many beeswax scents lately, so I'm waffling on whether or not I should upgrade this one. I'll have to see how much of my decant gets used up before this scent goes away, but it's really nice! I find it to be comforting and could see myself using it as a sleep scent.

Freshly applied, the honeyed patchouli, cacao, and mallow flower stand out to me the most, backed by the white sandalwood. It becomes drier and less sweet over time as the patchouli and sandalwood assert themselves, leaving behind a soft patch-dominant scent by the end of the day with the dry sandalwood not far behind it, with just the barest trace of the mallow flower that once was. I'm glad I got to try this, but I wish the sweeter notes had decided to stick around on me!

On me, this is mostly squishy bits of strawberry and rose with the fresh rose note increases with strength over time. There's hints of orange, lavender, and benzoin in the background, but mostly it's a strawberry-tinged rose party on me. I do think sniffing it helps to calm the nerves. I don't think I need to upgrade to a bottle of this one, but I'll definitely be keeping my decant!

This starts off strongest on the lunar herbs on me, followed by the cedar. I think that lemongrass (or something lemony) and sage are among the herbs. Then the cedar gains strength and it ends up being a dry, herbal cedar blend for a long time before the sandalwood manages to rise up, shove the cedar aside, and make it an even drier woody herbal scent, backed by some white musk. I am not getting the ambergris on my skin, sadly. Although this isn't a scent I would wear, I do think the dry woods really fit the theme of this scent.

On me, the champagne grape is the star at first, and it does have a bit of champagne-y effervescence to it. I think it's the same champagne grape note found in Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat. The apple note gains strength over time and does end up cozying up right alongside it, so that it ends up being a sweet apple and champagne grape scent (with only a hint of fizz after a few hours). I think it may be the same apple found in Black Ice Sleeper, but I'd have to deathmatch the two to be sure, and this scent is much sweeter than that one because of the champagne grape and the lack of ice. The white musk just grounds the fruits to make sure they stick around, and the grape in this doesn't smell like artificial grape at all (which I detest thanks to having Dimetapp as a kid). I don't think this is a menage that I need more of, but I'll hang onto my decant to wear during the warmer months!

I collect Lick Its and probably have enough of them, but I had to have this one for the name. It is strongest on the peppermint at first, and there's some sugar to sweeten it up, but it's not as intensely minty as some Lick It variants, or as sugary as some others. It has been a while since I sniffed it since I used it up so long ago, but at first, I'd say it's probably most like Lick It Now? After a while, the vanilla comes out and ends up being the main player on me, followed closely by the mint and some powdered sugar. It's probably more vanilla-forward than most of the Lick Its on me, actually, with what may be even a stronger vanilla than Lick It Softly? I enjoy vanilla mint scents, so while the floofy vanilla and powdered sugar (which I agree verges on marshmallow!) in this doesn't scream candy cane to me, I'm here for it.

If you love almond, you'll love this scent. If you don't, you won't, because it is ALMOND ALL OF THE TIME. It goes on with a cherry/almond vibe but then changes into toasted almonds (like the kind on a croissant or danish) with some creaminess, but it doesn't remind me of marzipan. It loses some of the toasty quality over time, giving way to more of the almond blossoms, but it doesn't really read as a floral scent, just sweet almond with a whiff of soft, creamy petals caught on a breeze, and what remains of the toasted almonds beneath it. As an almond fan, I'm happy to have a bottle of this one! It's a soft, comforting scent that manages to retain its almondiness and somehow be stronger than a lot of other scents with almond as a main player.

Surprisingly, I like this? I typically am not a fan of scents with red musk or red fruits (red musk tends to take over, and I prefer non-citrus fruits to play a lesser role in scents). But Red Lace smells really good! It's the way that the tobacco is combining with the tart fruits (pomegranate is strongest on me, but the raspberry is pretty strong, too) that makes this a win or me. These notes are backed by the warm resins and just a touch of vanilla cream. The red musk is really well-behaved here and probably blending in with the red fruits. Somehow, it hasn't managed to stomp on all of the other notes even after several hours of wear. I'm not able to pick out the patchouli. I would never have guessed I'd enjoy this based on the notes, but this is really nice! Thank you to the lovely BPALista that sent me some to try.

This is much drier than the released version of Banshee Beat. It still has patch, and I think there's either a combo of both black patchouli and red patchouli or some variety that happens to have properties of those two. The vanilla in this is sheer and not very sweet. I feel like it dilutes the patchouli a bit. I think it may be bourbon vanilla, because it is giving me You May House Their Bodies, But Not Their Souls vibes. Only here, instead of amber, there's some oak that becomes evident once the scent has been dry for a while. I'm glad I got a chance to try this one, but I can't see myself reaching for it over the released version.

Hanami starts off with a flurry of cherry blossoms, but the ume blossoms quickly join in, followed by the wisteria. The ume blossoms are lightly touched with plum and are the strongest note I get when the scent is wet, but the wisteria increases in strength over time, as it is wont to do on me, and makes this a somewhat high-pitched purple and pink floral scent on me. By the end of the day, it's wisteria-dominant, with the cherry blossom beneath the wisteria, and a much softer plum blossom beneath those notes. This is a pretty spring floral scent that my skin chemistry just isn't doing justice. I wish I hadn't amped the wisteria so hard, but I'm not willing to give up on this yet with how lovely it was when it was first applied. I will have to try layering this some sugar and vanilla scents or try it out in a scent locket.

I mostly get a sweet floral note from this throughout most of the wear, and it's almost candy-like, kind of like SweeTarts? Although by the end of the day, it has somehow morphed into champagne? I wonder if that was one component of the snow note. It settles into a slightly sweet and powdery floral champagne on me. I don't dislike this, but I'm kind of taken aback by the experience given the name and the notes. As far as champagne scents go, however, I'll stick with Shade.

This is mostly a musky floral on me (more black musk than red), dirtied up by some tobacco and patchouli. The tobacco and patchouli are most prominent earlier on in wear, as the black musk really asserts itself throughout the day, along with the sweetness of the poppy. Strangely enough, I didn't get a ton of currant from this, but the bottle I swapped for contains less than a decant, so it could just be how this one aged (as I usually tend to amp currant). I'm glad I got to try this, but I know it is not something I would reach for. I'd recommend it to those that love musk and poppy notes.

The Mad Tea Party line is my favorite GC collection, and it's the one that got me into BPAL, so I had to try this, even though I typically dislike weed scents (with Honeyed Weed and Dandelions being the only weed scent I love). Blacklight Reactive Alice Poster truly is a melange of notes from the Mad Tea Party collection. At first, I get the red and black currant tarts, reminding me of The Knave of Hearts, accompanied by some rose, opium, and a bit of weed. It's the same weed note found in Honeyed Weed and Dandelions, which is very tame and does not smell dank. Then the grapefruit emerges and becomes one of the main players, and it's like the Cheshire Cat has shoved the Knave aside as it vies for attention. Behind the grapefruit, I smell the currant tarts, roses, and opium. It stays this way for a while, but over time, the opium tar increases in strength, and so does the rose, but the opium tar in particular combined with the currant and grapefruit really make this into a fruity floral that would have mainstream appeal. I don't get the carnation until the end of the day, but it's a pink variety like the one found in High-Strung Daisies, hanging out beneath the opium tar. There is just a wisp of weed far in the background, but again, it is not dank, and it was most prominent when initially applied. If I hadn't been told this contained a weed note, I wouldn't have been able to pick it out. Although I am not a big fan of fruity florals and prefer flormands or sugary florals, I love how so many notes from the Mad Tea Party line were included in the composition of this scent and really enjoyed this journey through Wonderland (with the beginning being my favorite part).

This features an amazing vanilla that puts me in mind of a high quality vanilla extract (minus the alcohol) with some creaminess from the cheesecake (but without the tang) and just the barest hint of lemon zest. I'm not a big fan of cheesecake, and I've never had Syrnyk, but now I want to! A bottle will be going into my next order.

This is mostly apple cinnamon on me accompanied by some peach, black cherry, and a little bit of sugar. At first, it is more apple cider than spiced apple cake, although I think it does get a little more cake-like with wear. I get more peach with it earlier on in wear and more of the cherry by the end of the day (enough cherry to rival the other notes). The cinnamon is also more prominent by the end of the day, too. It is kind of putting me in mind of Beaver Moon 2021, only here, there's cinnamon apple cake instead of pumpkin cheesecake, and there's some peach thrown in with the cherry. Yabluchnyk will be a nice gourmand to wear during the fall.