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This smells exactly like it says on the tin: it's a honey buttercream cupcake! The honey buttercream is the most prominent aspect of the scent to my nose, but there is definitely a golden cake note beneath the frosting.

I think this smells lovely and will definitely be keeping my decant in the original bottle, but I don't think I need a whole bottle of this one.

The first time I tried this, it was soft and sweet: oat milk, sweetened by honey and vanilla, and a bit of bread in the background.

But the second time I tried it, it was salty and buttery as hell. 😭 I mean, yeah, there's butter in the scent, but where's the salt coming from!? The bread!? I think I also get the wheat with it, too. In any case, it was too salty and buttery for me. I'm not sure why I got this out of it the second time around when it was such a soft, cuddly, sweetened oat milk scent the first time I tried it.

I don't need more of this one, but I hope more people experience the sweetened oat milk and not the butter bread bomb!

Turn any perfume into a friggin’ glazed donut. Glazed Donut Troll? Glazed Donut Perversion? Glazed Donut Black Annis? The options are endless, really.

A neutral sheer musk that radiates freshly-washed skin. Can be utilized as a fragrance fixative base beneath more complex BPAL oils. 

You asked for it, you got it.

Petrichor is the smell of rain hitting dry earth and is one of the most universally beloved scents in the world. It's cool and green, with a deep, almost mineral dampness underneath, like wet clay or stone that's been sitting in the sun. There's something alive in it too: a faint earthiness that comes from the soil itself, mossy and organic, with a clean freshness that feels like the air has been completely renewed. It's neither sweet nor sharp, but inhabits a soft, grey-green space that feels both ancient and immediate.

Comforting and uncomplicated: a toasted honey note, almost caramelized at the edges, that softens into a powdery musk that reads as clean, warm skin that's been kissed by something sweet. 

Ambergris carries a primordial, radiant muskiness: pale and quietly luminous, threaded with hints of sea air, driftwood, and ocean-splashed sunlight. Raw, it holds a faint brininess; aged, it mellows into something smooth and gently sweet, with whispers of tobacco, sandalwood, and open water.

This is not a scent that announces itself boldly. Elusive by nature, ambergris works as a fixative, extending and softening whatever surrounds it rather than stepping forward on its own. It is the kind of presence you sense more than smell: it makes other notes linger longer and bloom a little fuller.

This is a vegan accord crafted to evoke ambergris and contains no real ambergris whatsoever.

It’s my heritage, and I can be silly if I want to.

Tayabak petals, loose and dreaming, butterfly pea steeped to deep ink-blue, languid, heady sampaguita, sweet jackfruit, and calamansi beams radiating from an ube-purple moon.

Fermented savory-sweet depth lifting sweet, hedonistic blooms.

Cedar and graphite illuminated by a light citrus zing.

Velvety, sun-warm stone fruit soaked in smoky tea.

Foresty and carnal, heady blooms twined around a mossy log.

It's actually really interesting and smells amazing. Trust me.

Husky, warm spice cooled into watery, spa-touched notes.

Spicy heat biting through springtime sweetness.

Sweet enough to rot your teeth, smoky enough to not care.

Sunny acidic brightness slicing through deep, animalic wood resin.

A surprisingly elegant combination. Boozy, bruised sweetness anchored by smoky grass.

This starts off with the crushed dandelion stems and honey before deciding it is mostly going to be a floral scent -- and I don't know what pansies smell like, but I think that's the floral note I get the most of here. There's a hint of fruit in the background, but I would not describe this as a fruity floral, at least, not on my skin, as I get more honey with the pansies than strawberries. I tried this twice and never smelled the vanilla, but maybe that would become more noticeable with age.

I think that this smells pretty, but there are other currently available floral-heavy scents that call to me more, so I don't need more than my decant.

Girl and Butterflies is mostly a black oud and lavender scent on my skin, with touches of the lilac and poppy, a airy quality that must have been from the ambergris, and a bit of brightness that must have been from the white tea. I tried this twice and never ended up detecting the sweet pea on my skin. The oud is not funky whatsoever -- it just smells deeply resinous. Paired with the lavender, it smells a little perfume-y, but it's not high-pitched. As the day goes on, the black oud increases and strength, and the lavender calms down, yet never leaves its side.

I think this smells nice, but since this scent didn't make me swoon and there are other lavender scents available right now that I want back-up bottles of, I do not need more of this.

This starts off as a really lovely sugary, nutty scent, but the sugar party disappears as the benzoin asserts itself and declares dominion over all, accompanied by a little earthiness.

I really enjoyed the wet phase of this scent, but I was sad once the resinous benzoin note took over.

I was fortunate to receive a tester of this from my decanter.

Forsaken Elephant Puppet is predominantly a cuddly cotton scent on me, with sprinkles of kettle corn strewn about, on a base of white amber. I didn't really get the honey from this on my skin, but that's okay with me.

This was fun to get to try, but I'm glad I didn't fall hard for it since I didn't love the 13 with which this was paired. 😅

This 13 is mostly champaca incense and woods on me. It is dry, and the chocolate doesn't really make this a gourmand-leaning book scent to my nose, as it is strongest in the beginning and then quickly beaten back by the incense note, which is in full force on my skin. These notes are backed by the leather, which is fortunately not a sharp or chemical-y variety.

I prefer Jólabókaflóð for a chocolate-y book scent, so I'll be passing on my decant of this one.

Of the currently available blends featuring wild strawberry as a note, this one is the most complex. The wild strawberry and incense notes are the main players on me, and these notes really come through in the throw (and the this scent has great throw). I get touches of the honey, florals, and moss, but only when I sniff up close, and with the moss, I could only smell it after sniffing close after the scent had been on all day.

Layered with Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Inky Musk: this ups the wild strawberry and the musk, of course!

Layered with Strawberry Moon: Kyphi and Sweet Cream: this ups the incense and also adds a smattering of buttery cream on top of it all.

Layered with Strawberry Moon: Zante Currants and Lime: this adds a nice brightness and tartness to the scent.

This is different than the other strawberry moons and I'm currently debating whether or not I need more of it before it goes away. In any case, I'll definitely be keeping my decant to pair with my Strawberry Moon: Wild Strawberries and Amber Hair Gloss.  

This is GLORIOUS. I'm a big fan of sugary floral scents, so I figured that it would be, but I love it even more than I thought I would since the emphasis here is on the white sugar note. It's not listed as one of the sugars in 13 March 2020, but I think it may be one of the sugars found in that scent? Anyway, the sugar note is properly sugary and it smells divine. I'd say this is probably 95% white sugar and 5% ylang ylang on me, especially in the throw, and this is one of the lotions where the throw is decent and the scent even lasts between hand washes. The ylang ylang in it is a little more noticeable after it has been on the skin for a few hours, but it is not nearly as strong as the sugar and it isn't heady.

I need a bottle in my life!

ETA: I don't know what happened, but I used a lot of my sample over the past few days and all of the other times I've used it, it has been way more ylang ylang, actually. I guess my original experience of this mostly being sugar was a fluke. There's still plenty of sugar with the ylang ylang, but now the ylang ylang is in full force.