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This one starts off like a combination of a toostie roll and tobacco on me. I think it's the chocolate syrup of the ice cream sundae combining with the cigarillo smoke and perhaps the coffee. The tobacco note becomes tobacco smoke, which mingles with that chocolate syrup from the ice cream sundae for a while, and there's the light coffee note lingering in the background. I never got any curry or prominent fruit from this (the fruit is super light on me and blends into the cigarillo smoke in a cherry tobacco kind of way), but maybe the curry added to the rich feel that I got from this early on in wear. By the end of the day, it's a creamy, light smoke scent on me. I was wary of the curry in this, but it wasn't a main player on me, so don't let that scare you away from trying this! I'm not sure if it's something I'd reach for, but I do think it is nice.

This one is actually rather light and refreshing. The cool eucalyptus dominates on me throughout wear, backed by the somewhat lemon-y, pine-tinged elemi. I can detect some of the opoponax in the background by the end of the day, but it is not a main player on me. I'm not sure I need a bottle of it, but I'll definitely be hanging on to my decant to wear when I'm not feeling well or need that refreshing eucalyptus.

I am not familiar with most of the notes in this, and since my reviews tend to focus on picking out notes, this is going to be a very vague one. This 13 starts off with a burst of chocolate, sugar, and herbs. I definitely get some strong fennel during the wet phase, which had me worried for a while. Then it ends up settling into a predominantly green herbal scent swirled with chocolate and sugar -- as if you had a pot full of herbs, chocolate, and sugar, and stirred them together. But by the end of the day, the chocolate and sugar have managed to overtake the herbs, and it's almost a floofy, mallow-like sugary chocolate with some herbs thrown in on me? I'm not sure how I feel about this one yet, although I really enjoyed the final morph of this scent. I will set it aside and allow it to age some before retesting.

I didn't buy a bottle of this when it was available, because I told myself I already had Boo HG to pair with my Captain Lilith and Her First Mate perfume and didn't need to have the hair gloss version of every scent I love. Years later, a kind BPALista sent me a decant so that I could try it. It is absolutely as decadent as the perfume and smells just like it to me: rum cupcakes and creamy vanilla ice cream are the main features to my nose, but it is such a delicious, warm, and comforting scent. Captain Lilith and Her First Mate is the only scent with a rum note in it that I have ever loved, and it is so nice to have some of the hair gloss to pair with the perfume! I won't try to hunt down a bottle or swap any of my current hair glosses for this, but if I saw it pop up on Etsy one day, I'd definitely try to snag a bottle! ETA: I did end up snagging a bottle from a lovely forumite.

We simply didn’t have enough cumulative Leo energy to pull this one off. Golden amber and sweet almond with tonka bean, peach juice, and honey musk. In the decant, I can smell the honey musk, golden amber, peach juice, and almond notes. On my skin, the golden amber and peach juice are the first notes to leap out to me, followed by the almond and honey musk, but the almond and honey musk quickly become stronger and make the scent somewhat powdery on me. The powdery honey musk ends up being the dominant note, followed by the almond, amber, and some peach juice. After several hours of wear, the golden amber, tonka bean, and honey musk are the notes that stand out to me. I still get some almond, but there's only a little peach juice by this point. I was worried about this possibly being too sweet for me. It's not as sweet as Tamora, which I am pleasantly surprised about, but I am not a fan of how powdery it ended up being on me for a while. It's very nice after a few hours of wear, though. The golden amber and tonka bean are really lovely together. I think I'll hold on to my decant and test it again before it goes away.

In the decant, I get strong lavender, some iris, and something that is reminding me of eucalyptus? On my skin, this starts off with the lavender, sandalwood, and iris being the most prominent notes on me, but over time, it gets a lot sharper on me, and I know that's my skin chemistry disagreeing with the wisteria and amping it to high heaven. There's also a bitter greenish aspect to this, and I wonder if it is the carrot seed? This is a melancholy, woody floral scent that would be pretty on someone whose skin chemistry doesn't run away with the wisteria.

This one is pretty! It is also pink pepper dominant on me, but the pink pepper is sweet with a slight kick to it. The vanilla-like tonka gains strength with wear and really cozies up to the pink pepper. It has been a long time since I've smelled it, but I do get the Lush Think Pink bath bomb vibe from it by the end of the day, although it is super light on me by then. I'm going to wait until I try Tonka Bean and Saffron to decide which tonka duet I need to upgrade (if not both), but this one is definitely a contender! It's so peppy and happy, and I could see it pairing perfectly with High-Strung Daisies Hair Gloss.

I'm not sure if my nose is drunk, or if it is my skin chemistry, but here's my review: This goes on as sweet, citrusy, and somewhat peppery (????) pomelo, accompanied by the white musk. The pomelo is somewhat similar to, but not as bold as a grapefruit note. Then it morphs and I'm reminded of something like a fir needle note -- like the brightness that can be found in some fir scents, which could be part of a peel note, but it is making me wonder if some component used to create the pomelo note is also used in some fir scents. By the end of the day, it's a very light pomelo and white musk on me with that fir-like note in the background. Curiouser and curiouser! I'm glad I got to try this, but I don't think I need more of it. I think it is nice, but I do not love it nearly as much as Pink Grapefruit and Pomelo or Grapefruit, Yuzu, and White Musk.

This one starts off with a burst of mango backed by some green tea, but over time, the green tea gains strength, and it ends up being a mango-tinged perfume-y green tea later on in the day. I don't think it's the same mango from Rice Milk and Mango, but it's hard to tell because the mango in that one was not nearly as strong as the rice milk was on me. If you enjoy green tea scents, and happen to like mango, this is worth a try! It's light, refreshing, and would be nice to wear during the warmer months.

A lovely forumite sent me a sniffie of this, which is why I got to smell it! But this should be treated more as an impression than a review since it was a sniffie and never had a wet stage to the scent (I did rub the wand of the decant against the back of my hand, though). I get chewy oak and a smooth black patchouli from this -- the oak reminds me of scents like The Antikythera Mechanism and The Magician's Wand, and I can see the comparisons to Banshee Beat/Revenant Rhythm due to the patchouli in this, although the vanilla in this is not the same as the one in BB/RR and isn't nearly as strong. I didn't get the opoponax, which usually smells like a cola-like resin and tends to dominate in scents on my skin after a while. I wonder if that would be the case if applied in a larger quantity? This is a very smooth patchouli and oak scent with a light veil of bourbon vanilla, and even from this sniffie, I can see why it is so beloved. It's not something I need to hunt down, since I already own Banshee Beat/RR and The Magician's Wand, but I'm thrilled that I got a chance to sniff this one!

This definitely smells like a cool soup on me. It goes on really strong on the sage, but then the other notes join in -- the tomato is the main player on me, although I do smell the cucumber and bell pepper. This reminds me of a skin chemistry fail I have with some scents (like Winter Landscape and The Cross of Snow), only, this is supposed to smell like soup. The pumpkin note isn't really noticeable on me, and the cream isn't distinct, either, although I am sure it is helping to tie the other notes together and add to the soupy feel of this scent. I would not wear this as a perfume, but it was fun to try this savory foodie scent.

At first I get a blast of cucumber, and it reminds me of the Lab's Crumbled Wrapping Paper SN and some other book scents that have a fresh paper note instead of a dusty, dry type. Over time, the cucumber fades and it becomes drier and more paper-like, and I swear I also get the cool plaster walls and some magnetic tape? It's not something I'd choose to wear, but it is a pretty neat scent experience.

The leather is the star of the show at first, and I think it is reminding me of the leather in De Sade Resurrected. The moss-covered stone and black incense lurk behind the leather for a while, and then it becomes mostly leather and incense, but by the end of the day, it has morphed again, and it is now moss-dominant on me backed by what is now a musky, funky, farm-y type of leather. I think it might be some black oudh or something mingling with the leather note. I liked how this one started off, but for some reason, it didn't end up smelling good on me in the end... there may be some oudh in the black incense.

I don't get any violet from this (a note I dislike and tend to amp). Instead, I get lychee, plum (like in other stormy scents like Crack of Thunder HG and Stormclouds Over the Midway), ozone, and what may be the black cashmere musk on a bed of resins. Sometimes I amp oakmoss, and although it is present, it's not a main player on me in this scent. The patchouli is also present, but not as strong as the other notes, and the vetiver isn't leaping out at me. It's mostly a fruity, ozonic, resinous incense blend on me. I do not think that this is a scent that I would reach for, but it's made me want to try this white lychee note in another scent with fewer notes.

This one starts off with the fruity notes on me. First, I get the cherry, and then the lime becomes the leader in the fruit department. The fruits are backed by the resins, which end up growing stronger over time and eventually overtake them. The frankincense and oudh combo reminds me of Implacable Beautiful Tyrant HG. By the end of the day, I do get a fuzzy quality to the fruit-tinged resins, which I think must be due to the mallow root and vanilla husk, although the vanilla husk isn't distinct on me. The raspberry is more noticeable now than it was during the wet stage of the scent, when the fruits were the most prominent, and the oudh never went into poo-dh territory on me. This smells like fruity candy and resins. Like if you took Implacable Beautiful Tyrant and threw some fruity candy into the mix. I'm not sure how often I'd reach for this, but I'll hang onto the decant for a while to find out.

Juniper Hairstreak starts off as mostly brown musk and cucumber on me, tinged with some mint and juniper. Over time, I get more mint, orchid, cypress, and ozone as the brown musk loses some strength. The combination of the warm musk with these cooler, refreshing sort of notes is a bit odd. I prefer the end result (less musk and more mint), but I don't think I'd want to go through the brown musk-heavy phase to get there.

This is mostly champaca and resins for the longest time on me. I get the leather up close, but the throw is mostly incense. By the end of the day, the castoreum and black musk make it mostly a sweet-tinged musky, dark, resinous incense. I'm glad the oudh wasn't funky on me, but it's not something I could see myself reaching for.

At first, I get a lot of Schwarzer Mond's terebinth, backed by some of the fruity notes, and a bit of the woodiness from Krampus' switches. As the scent sits on my skin, the terebinth calms down, and the fruit notes (particularly the pomegranate and black currant) and Snake Oil gain strength, making this mostly a fruity pomegranate Snake Oil touched by woods. I think this smells nice and it smells true to its name. I don't think I'd reach for it over other Snake Oil variants (I wish the terebinth had remained a dominant note on me!), but it was nice to get to try it.

This one fell flat on me, sadly. The list of notes sounded nice, and it started off as a smooth black patchouli backed by a bit of sassafras, but then it just became a patchouli party on me, with a little honeyed sweetness in the background. I really wish I had gotten more of the notes from this one.

I received a partial bottle of this in a swap. I'm amazed the scent hasn't dissipated, leaving only the base like most bath oils do after some years, because unless this was from an Etsy release, it looks like it was from 2010. Anyway, Treatsy does smell like apple candy and lemon drops! It's a bright, citrus-tinged, apple candy scent that will pair nicely with something like Rapunzel in Ballpoint. I don't love it as much as Sugared Apple bath oil, but I do think it is nice, and it will help me conserve my Sugared Apple, so I'll be hanging onto the bottle.

This started off as a dusty bookish scent on me, with some dusty sandalwood and cedar mingling with some leather and a bit of rose. Over time, a cologne-like metal note emerged and eventually became the dominant note, backed by the dusty woods, a softer leather, and some rose. I also detect something representing the glassy note, but I couldn't tell you what it is. This was fun to try, but I'm glad it's not for me -- I do not want a bottle with a creepy doll on the label in my collection. 😅

This started off as a dragon's blood swirled with some other resin-y notes. Over time, the dragon's blood calms down, the more resinous incense (I also think there is myrrh in this) increases in strength, and the stone note emerges. But it is still far more incense than stone on me, and I was here for the stone. I'm glad I'm at least getting the stone note, but I wish I were getting more of it!

I also got a salty corn chip vibe from Halite Phoenix at first, but it quickly left corn chip territory and settled into a salty clean scent. I wouldn't say it is an aquatic in the traditional sense -- I don't get the rain note with the salt like in Lavender, Sea Salt, and Rain, and I'm also not getting any of the soapy notes that I get from most of the Lab's aquatic scents. It was nice to get to try this, but it is not something I could see myself wearing when I have Lavender, Sea Salt, and Rain for a salty scent.

The Gatekeeper features a sharp, dry, dusty sandalwood that becomes less sharp and dustier over time, some leather (it's not the sweet brown leather in The Book (Paranorman), and some other woods (I thought I got some chewy oak and cedar in the beginning). The scent feels more like a dusty study with lots of wood furniture, emphasis on the dust and furniture, and not the books. I'm glad I got to try this one, since it is a book scent, but it is too dusty (and at one point, it was too sharp) for me. I prefer book scents with sweeter notes (like a sweeter leather or tonka for the pages).

I've tested this one three times. The first two times, I mainly just got sweet lemon and white tea from it, which made me think it was like a less sweet version of Lemon-Scented Sticky Bat. It's sweeter than you would think, given that there are no sugar notes in the description, and white tea can be pretty astringent, but it's not here. The third time, I did get the green grass. It remains in the background throughout wear and is more of a soft green grass than a crushed or just mowed type of green grass. The lemon loses most of its sweetness after a while but never stops being the star. It's a nice, fresh scent that is very uplifting -- the only downside is that it stays close to the skin. I think I'll hang onto the decant for now, but I don't need to hunt down more of this one.