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Honeysuckle, dandelion, and other greenery warmed by the sun. a bit of fur and musk to round the scent out. Beautiful for Spring or Summer. I'm mad for this scent.

This smells like Black Forest married Dark Rosaleen. In other words really, really good.

Eternal Queen combines my two favorite floral notes with my all time favorite note, Ambergris. Grabbing a bottle was a no-brainer. This is as good as I thought it would be. Lovely, heady, white florals tempered by musk and vanilla. A haze of incense surrounds it. I'm not getting ambergris, but in my experience, this note takes some aging to really shine. Overall, a beautiful scent that I think will be even better once its had a chance to mature.

Sometimes when I look at my daughter, I feel like I can see the woman that she’ll become someday. This is a perfume for that woman, forever my daughter: frankincense, sweet myrrh, bourbon vanilla, and a hint of willowy, pale fougere. OMG, this is so lovely! A feminine Fougere. Something I've been longing for. Soft, sweet florals with Frankincense and Myrrh playing supporting roles, rounding out the fougere. A creamy sheen of Vanilla touching everything. I'd describe this scent as innocent. I cannot stop sniffing at my wrist while debating a backup.

Lemony sweetness from the sugar cane and coconut are prominent in the wet stage. As it dries Champaca comes out. Hard for me to describe the end result...super sweet, tropical candy scented incense? I was hoping for more ambergris but I'm not concerned. I've found that scents with ambergris needs some aging to reach their potential. Right now, I'm not impressed but I'll tuck this one away to age and retest later.

I agree with Aviatrix's review to a word. Tea...cologne...bookish. Feels like a scent that would be right at home in the Steamworks catalogue. Beautiful.

Patchouli incense with touches of resin and floral for depth. The vanilla is way in the back. I barely smell it. This is a sweet scent but not too sweet. I would agree with others who describe this scent as soothing and calming. This one's a winner!

I know I smell Frankincense and, I think, Copal. There are other resins in here too but I can't distinguish them. They form a light incense. Resins are typically heavy hitters on my skin so I'm not sure what is causing this incense to smell faded and dusty. What I can say is that I love it. This is definitely a resin I can wear to work w/o overpowering my co-workers' noses. There's a dry vanilla overlaying the resins and something that smells like cloth...the lace note, I guess. There's a bit of wood in this too but I can't pinpoint what kind. Overall, this is light and dusty, antique and solemn, comforting and slightly sweet. Sorry, I can't do a better job of describing the scent. Mummies of Mexico City now has a spot on my top ten list. It was love at first sniff.

I think I need to say firstly that I love the idea of a dead leaves scent but previous DL scents have this unpleasant bite that overpowers my nose. That said, I am surprised and quite happy with this DL. The combination of coconut and champaca makes the DL note smooth out to where I don't detect any bite. I get the beautiful dead leaves coming through along with champaca. the coconut is subtle and not at all suntan lotion. No one note dominates - the three notes just sing together. I am super happy to have tried this and will be purchasing a bottle.

An irregular scent, jittery with celestial perturbations: artemesia, rose geranium, white lemon, grey musk, ambergris accord, and a spark of ozone. There are some notes in this scent that I'm unfamiliar with: artemesia, white lemon, and grey musk. So, I'm not sure what was causing the unpleasantness I found in this scent. In the imp this smells sharp and bitter and it stays the same on the skin. Add to that, that a smell develops underneath the sharpness that makes me slightly nauseous. I also get an airy quality from the ozone which is the only aspect of this scent that I like. I never got any ambergris or rose geranium I was hoping for. Oh well.

Shiny black leather combined with Myrrh and Amber = SEXY! Not much more to say than that.

I really love this scent but not until its fully dried down. Now I love all three of the floral notes: rose, carnation, and jasmine. But, during the wet phase there is so, so much floral going on that its overwhelming. Its sour, sharp and screeches at me. It takes awhile for the flowers to calm down. Once they do, the blend is really lovely. Jasmine and spicy carnation are dominant with just a whiff of roses. That sour/sharp aspect has completely disappeared and what's left is a bouquet of heady flowers with some warmth coming up from the amber. So, I'm torn. Love the dry phase but hate the wet phase. I will need to retest before deciding on a bottle.

The tobacco in this is super ashy in that it smells like an ashtray that hasn't been washed in a long time. Yuck. Now combine that with leather and it turns into a chain smokers leather coat. Double Yuck. I detect no sandalwood. Needless to say, I had to scrub this one off.

Reminds me a whole lot of Cafe Mille et une Nuits. It's the Turkish tobacco...smells identical to the Shisha in Cafe Mille. Chewy, spiced tobacco with a bit of sweetness. The addition of leather makes this more masculine than Cafe Mille. This is a great scent but I'll stick with the less masculine version.

One of the most realistic leather notes. Not to be too on the nose but this really does smell like black leather that's been broken in. Also, there's something faint, I think maybe skin musk? This is a really great scent for leather fans.

sweet,slightly spicy carnation softened by vanilla. I don't know what freesia is supposed to smell like but I am picking up a floral, other than carnation, that smells pink and sweet. There's something about this blend that smells old-fashioned, in the best way.

This is pretty much as advertised. First thing I notice is that the patchouli is the dry and woody kind. The patchouli is slightly more dominant than the oudh. Together they remind me of Tricksey without the honey sweetness. There is, as others have described, something smooth and dark in this blend that I attribute to the obsidian note. Very pleased with this one.

Patchouli cologne with the barest hint of fir. I really like this.

2016 version: I've got mixed feelings about this scent. In the wet stage it starts out sharp and acrid. I smell acetone. Once dry, the acetone aspect goes away but is replaced by the faint smell of band-aids. I can smell all the notes listed too: vanilla, saffron, and cream. The part of the scent where these three notes combine is really wonderful. However; I can't get past that lingering band-aid smell hovering under my nose. Its too bad really.

This is an odd, little scent. Creamy, floral dragon's blood with the barest hint of pear. I don't get any honey but I do get a general sweetness that I assume is coming from the Honey note. I wasn't expecting to like this but I ended up really digging it.

I get fizzy white rose and that's about it. Was hoping for the oud, musk, sandalwood and/or frankincense to make appearances but they never did. Disappointing because these are usually pretty strong notes on me. Meh.

starts out with earthy patchouli and a sweet lemony thing going on. Sometimes the Lab's sugar smells like lemon on me and I guess this is one of those times. As Silky Bat starts to dry down I get faint hints of chocolate. Once dry, the lemon scent has burnt off leaving a sweet, smooth patchouli with chocolate nuances. Very nice!

First, I Jasmine and this scent is for Jasmine lovers. A strong, heady Jasmine that stays grounded to a strata of Frankincense and Vetiver. I detect a bit of orange blossom that's adds wisps of citrus to the Jasmine. Once dried down completely I get a balsam-like quality to the overall scent. Really, really love this.

Frankincense and sandalwood seem to be the predominant notes. They meld together beautifully. The coconut in this is, I don't know, wispy? fluffy? something like that. You get idea. There's also I really pleasant sweetness to this blend, not too strong and not foody. I can't say I detect any patchouli, which is a shame, but I still really like the blend. Maybe the Patch will emerge with a bit of aging.

Coniferous forest covered in a thick blanket of fresh snow. There's some winter berries in this that sweetens the blend. This reminds me a lot of Skadi.