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I tried The Other Miss Forcible year's ago, without having gotten to try the original scent first, so I was interested in seeing how the two compare. While The Other Miss Forcible smelled like sticky buns in a cobweb-strewn old lady's house, the original scent smells like an old woman that has just come home from a night out at the theater. She has adorned herself with an array of fabrics and doused herself liberally in a classic floral musk to ensure her presence is noticed whenever she enters a room. She invites you into her home, and as she throws off her scarf, you can smell the perfume on it as it flies through the air and crumples onto the couch. She sits across from you in a tall, old chair and tells you to help yourself to the candy that's sitting in a glass jar on the table. When you go to open the jar, you notice that there's a layer of dust on it, and all of the hard candy within is stuck together. You manage to pry one candy away from its brethren and pop it in your mouth, but alas! It is licorice-flavored! You make yourself eat it because you are determined to be polite, but the scent of the anise along with the strong musk is a little too much for you. She extends an invitation for tea next week, which you gladly accept, because she's a really nice lady, and you enjoy chatting with her, even though you wish she'd apply her perfume with a lighter hand. You decide that next time, you'll forego the candy jar and bring over some baked goods for the occasion. Miss Forcible's fragrance perfectly befits her character, although the anise and musk combo are not for me.

This is predominantly a chocolate scent. The chocolate chip cookie note reads to me like hot cocoa more than anything else, and it is the star throughout the show. I get a bit of fizzy soda from this after a few hours of wear, but I was never able to pick out any pretzels or caramel corn. I think this is nice, but I am not sure how often I would reach for it over my other cocoa scents.

Books features a soft leather note with vanillic, tonka-sweetened pages that become sweeter on me with wear. I agree that this is a fresh book scent, not that of an ancient, dusty tome. This is one of those book scents where the pages are not completely overpowered by the leather, and for that, I am thankful. This is really lovely. If you like The Book from the Paranorman line, you may like Books as well (due to the page to leather ratio... but they are not the same scent). I think I need more of this. Thank you to the kind soul that sent me a sample of this after I missed out on a bottle.

Year unknown. I'm always down to try a book scent, but alas, this one was not very bookish to me, either in the vial, or on the skin. It mostly read as cologne with a poof of powdery musk, but the incense aspect became more noticeable over time. I wish I had gotten the old books scent that some other reviewers experienced! This is not for me, but I'm really glad I got to try it, and I'm looking forward to trying the pumpkin patch variant from this year's Weenies.

I get both of the notes in this duet. Bourbon vanilla can sometimes refuse to show up on me, but that isn't the case here. It's a soft, spiced vanilla scent, with aspects reminding me of Loved to Death and French Vanilla SN. While there is some spice to this, it isn't the burn-y kind, and it is less spiced than the Lab's red carnation note. It also stays close to the skin. I think it's nice, but a little too soft for me.

This really does smell like crumpled wrapping paper, but with some cucumber thrown into the mix. It has strong throw and longevity, and ends up becoming more powdery with a resinous touch over time. I don't think I would choose to wear this as a perfume, but it is certainly a scent experience!

I wish I got as much lavender from this as the other reviewers! On me, it was ylang ylang dominant, followed by the citrus-y litsea cubeba and king mandarin, but over time, the citrus calmed down and it mostly ended up being a strongly floral, herbal scent. The lavender was not distinct on me because the ylang ylang was SO LOUD on my skin. I'm glad I got to try it, but I don't think I would reach for this 13.

WHITE MUSK and lime. Seriously, this is mostly white musk with a squeeze of lime on me. It stays close to the skin. I was hoping for more lime.

On me, this is all about the white incense and lavender for the first few hours, backed by the juniper berry and bergamot. Over time, the bergamot increases with strength, and it ends up becoming a bergamot-laced incense on me. I'm going to keep my decant, but I don't need a bottle of this one.

In the vial, and for about the first hour or so, I thought this was going to be a win for me. It's this lovely lavender paired with the terebinth and amber of Schwarzer Mond, some sawdust, and just a bit of motor oil. But then... the rusty nail note emerged, and it became sharp on me, and I amped it to the point that it mostly became metallic cologne with some lavender. Curse you, skin chemistry!

So. Red musk very rarely works on me. It generally tends to stomp all over everything else in a blend with my skin chemistry. But I got this anyways, because GOOD OMENS, and because of the cotton candy. Well... this, along with Crowley, are two scents that contain red musk that actually work on me! The red musk is present, but doesn't drown out the other notes. The cotton candy is distinct. The pink pepper lurks behind the other notes and seems to be the variety from High-Strung Daisies and Jiggery Pokery. I did not get the brimstone, but maybe it would be noticeable during a full day test. This is mostly a musky, sugary sort of scent. AND I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WORKS ON ME. I am going to give it a full day of wear before the Liliths depart to decide if I need to upgrade to a bottle (and to make sure that my initial test was not a fluke).

I get a big blast of lemongrass at first with some dandelion behind it. Once the lemongrass starts to calm down, the coconut milk takes its place, and it becomes a predominantly coconut scent on me for a while, backed by some lemongrass and amber. After a few hours, the amber becomes one of the main players on me as the coconut and lemongrass take up supporting roles. I didn't get any lavender from this, sadly. This is a nice summery type of scent, perfect for those that love coconut and lemongrass. That's not really my thing, though, and since I was hoping for more lavender, grass, and dandelion, I don't think I'll hold on to my decant.

Lazy Daisy is a very clean scent. The cotton is the star of the show throughout wear, and while the tea is noticeable and realistic, it is strongest when freshly applied, as the cotton just seems to increase in strength over time with my skin chemistry. If you're a fan of the Lab's laundry/linen scents, this one is for you. But if you are hoping for lots of tea, it just can't compete with the cotton note.

I was hoping this would be the lavender and lime scent that Envy wasn't on me, but alas, it is mostly lemony white tea and lime on my skin backed by some white musk and a bit of Dorian. I didn't really get the lavender, either. It's mostly a citrusy cologne type of scent on me. Not bad, but not really what I was hoping for.

Please treat this as an impression rather than a review, as I did not test this one on my hair -- I just sprayed it once on a paper towel, since I haven't had time to give hair gloss its normal two day test (once on wet hair, once on dry) as of late. This was mostly a soft, red patchouli backed by some sandalwood and moss to my nose. I was here for the beeswax, but I couldn't detect it at all. It kind of has a bookish sort of feel to it, like the pages of an old book instead of the book's binding, but it lacks the sweetness that those sorts of scents typically have despite the bourbon vanilla and beeswax notes listed in the description. I didn't keep it because I know I'll always reach for Revenant Rhythm when I am wanting a patchouli-dominant hair gloss. This is kind of like a clean patchouli scent (thanks to the sandalwood and moss), and I was hoping for a little more sweetness.

Cat-Lilith and Cat-Dad has more red velvet cake to it than Senator Barrial (which was more frosting), but the buttercream frosting is the star here for a while, before the coconut cream joins in and it becomes all coconut cream and butter on me. This one was a gamble due to the coconut cream, and it did not pay off. I would have enjoyed this more if it hadn't contained the coconut cream note.

I get more bread in the decant than on my skin. On my skin, the honey is constantly the star, but it's a soft, non-heady variety of honey. I get more bread in the beginning than over time, as I am apparently amping the honey note, but it is a nice sort of honey (I agree that it may be a wildflower honey) with a bit of fluffy bread behind it. I think this is nice, but not something I need a full bottle of.

Gnome Ruckus has taught me that I don't like licorice in my perfume whatsoever, whether it be red licorice or the real thing. This is 99.9% red vines on me and 0.1% popcorn. I never got any cream soda, because the red vines never wanted to calm down. If you like the cherry licorice from Family Resemblance, you might enjoy this one. I was so hoping for some cream soda.

I fucking love Boots. I wanted to try this because I, too, love wearing boots with everything all of the time. But I didn't think this would actually work on me. I just thought it would be an interesting, atmospheric sort of lavender blend, something that might work well as a room scent, but would not be that nice on my skin. Well, I was wrong! It does start off with a blast of lavender, sawdust, and grass, with some wood chips thrown in for good measure. The leather ends up peeking out later and becomes the dominant note on me, and it's the same leather note found in Outlaw. So if you love the leather in that one, you should totally try Boots. I could not stop sniffing my arm. I'm going to have to grab a bottle of this before it goes away.

Whoa, that's some pine! I get tons of pine and bergamot at first, with the bergamot becoming more prominent with wear, and a bit of Dorian in the background. Then the moss emerges and ends up being the dominant note on me after a few hours of wear. I didn't get much lavender from this, sadly, and not as much Dorian as I was hoping for. I am going to let this rest and re-test it before it goes away. I think it's nice, but I would like more Dorian and lavender from it.

The sugared tuberose and lavender are the stars here at first, with the sugared tuberose winning out over the lavender. Over time, the moss and musk emerge, making it a musky, sweet floral scent. I wish the lavender had lasted longer on me and that the tuberose wasn't as loud, but y'know, that's tuberose for you. That said, this was sweeter than In Hel, We Feast on Sugar Packets on me, so if you are looking for a sugary floral scent and love tuberose, try this.

This is a sweet white floral blend, but it is not as sugared as I had hoped it would be for something with sugar packets in its name. Not enough sugar for this sugary floral lover, but if you love the Lab's white floral blends, give this a try.

I knew this one would be a win, and it did not disappoint. It is sweet peach kept in check by the the bright, tart grapefruit and yuzu. When the citrus calms down, the pink musk becomes more noticeable, making it a sweet, musky pink peach with a twist of citrus after several hours of wear. It's unabashedly pink, and I love it. This is going to be wonderful during the summer months.

I am glad that Dark Alice posted about the peach, because I kept thinking, "Is my nose broken, because I keep getting this unexpected fruitiness whenever I smell this?!" And yeah, I think it is a splort of unlisted peach. It is the dominant note for several hours on me, but eventually the resins (the frankincense is the strongest to my nose) triumph over it, and it becomes a lightly sweetened, soft resin scent with a hint of cacao. I thought this might be like Bast without the honey, but it was unexpectedly fruity on me. Although I appreciate the scent more after four hours of wear, I do not think I want to get through the first few hours to arrive at this point. I know I have several other sweet resin scents that I'd reach for over this one, so this is going to swaps.

Apocalyptic Dragonbarf smells like blueberry and tangerine over a vanilla mint base in the bottle, and that's what it smells like when applied, too, although the blueberry is more noticeable in the bottle than it is on me. The vanilla mint is the same vanilla and mint from the Lick It scents, so imagine Lick It overlayed with some tangerine and a bit of blueberry. It stays that way for a while, but eventually the coconut cream and lemongrass emerge, making it a coconut-y, lemon-y, tangerine-y scent over the vanilla mint base. It smells nice, but I prefer the Lick It scents as they have no coconut cream or fruit notes involved, so I don't think I can justify keeping this when I know I'd reach for those over this one.