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I don't wear a lot of coffee scents but I do enjoy some of them and I like this one. The coffee note isn't strong on my skin. I'm getting a lot of warm spices, a lot of powdered sugar, and a little coffee. This really reminds me of those round powdered sugar cookies that you find around Christmas time. It really smells specifically like powdered sugar to me for whatever reason. Also I think I'm picking up on some anise from the guardiente (I had to look it up). The clove and cinnamon don't stand out strongly either, it's just a general warm spicy feeling.

I never posted my thoughts on this scent! Obviously this is aged now but I'm still getting strong incense, but kind of sparkly and fancy. I can pick out the frankincense and champaca, and possibly bergamot. It smells much the same as it did when it was new. Complex incense.

On my skin the clove stands out strongly, but it's a cozy clove so maybe the cream part is coming through a little bit. I can't specifically pick out burnt marshmallows but after a while, I'm reminded of a sweet and salty treat of some kind. The dead leaves are at about "medium" level in this one. And I can detect the whiskey but it's a background note for me. Sometimes clove can be tricky on me and this does teeter on the edge of "aftershave", but never quite topples over. It just keeps going and going, reminding me of a cozy baked sweet treat that's maybe a teensy bit salty. Or maybe a sweet and salty taffy of some kind, almost like licorice (it doesn't smell like licorice but somehow I keep thinking of it). I only bought a decant but I keep bringing my wrist up to my nose, and I'm thinking about upgrading to 5ml.

I took a chance on this but didn't know it has a particular note or accord that bpal uses, that is screechy and high pitched and feels like bleach fumes in my nostrils. I've never seen anyone else mention it, so it might be just me. I wish I knew what it is, it's in Apple Butter Rum off the top of my head and a couple other scents. I think there was a Shunga with mango and cream, that has it too. So for me this was a gamble that failed. I smell the pumpkin but with the screeching note this unfortunately doesn't work for me.

All Hallows Oud Perfume Oil Black oud spookied up with pumpkin puree, amaretto, scorched caramel, almond paste, cacao nibs, and honey. Wary of oud, especially black oud. Also I generally avoid both caramel and honey. Interest level rating: 2/5  Bonfire Toffee Perfume Oil Our spin on a traditional Guy Fawkes Night treat: treacle toffee soaked in rich, dark bourbon. I think I've tried this before but I can't remember for sure. At any rate, it's not really calling me. 2/5 Bourbon-Soaked Pumpkin Peanut Butter Fudge Perfume Oil Gooey. I just have no interest in nuts or nut butter in perfume. 1/5  Dry Ice Cocktail Perfume Oil A sparkling absinthe martini swirled with a glow stick and overflowing with cascades of dry ice fog. I like absinthe notes but dry ice fog makes me think of one of the "fog" scents that I tried a few years ago, I think it was a Yule series? And I didn't like that one much. Anyway this one isn't calling to me. 2/5  Pumpkin Latte Perfume Oil Espresso, pumpkin syrup, smoky vanilla bean, milk, raw sugar, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. This sounds like a candle scent to me, which isn't necessarily bad, but I just never had much interest in this one. 2/5  Pumpkin Musk and Black Oud Perfume Oil A strangely romantic, disturbingly erotic perfume. Has this come out before? I feel like I've tried it. Pass for now. It wasn't bad (if it was the same scent), just not calling me right now. 2/5  Pumpkin Spice Everything Perfume Oil Literally everything! Pumpkin spice it all with this traditional brew of cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, and clove. I have a decant and like it, don't need more. 2/5  Pumpkin Spice Halo-Halo Perfume Oil With apologies to my ancestors. Ube halaya and ube ice cream chonked with mango jelly, flan, boiled taro, evaporated milk, sweetened kidney beans, dried coconut, kaong, gulaman, tapioca pearls, and a copious shake of pumpkin spice. Sounds interesting, I wouldn't mind trying a decant. 3/5 Pumpkin Sugar Perfume Oil Crystallized glittering shards of lightly spiced pumpkin sugar. I have an old decant and like it, but not sure I need more or not. I will retest it in the near future. 3/5 Samhain Perfume Oil Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. I love Samhain, but I don't need more. 2/5 Sugar Skull Perfume Oil Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. I love Sugar Skull but don't need more - although I'm curious if it's different this year! It seems there are some different versions of it in the last few years. Maybe a decant. 3/5 Vintage Pumpkin Blow Mold Perfume Oil A grinning, glowing gourd gleaming with 40 watts of radiant white musk, sweet orange, crystalline amber, and pumpkin rind. I have this in my cart, Vintage Ghost was so good, I'm interested in this too. 4/5 Halloween 2024 - Carmilla A Glare of Skulking Ferocity Perfume Oil Scorched oud, bitter resins, black musk, a torn shred of gossamer vanilla, and a clang of metal. Not sure about oud, bitter resins and metal. Possibly a decant. 2/5 Carmilla Hair Gloss Sweetness shadowed by danger: dark amber and ylang ylang gleams through smoky chestnut, cacao, mahogany, blackcurrant, and vanilla bean. No hg for me, I have enough. Chocolat Viennois Perfume Oil Turns out this is a thing that vampires are into. A warm mug of dark chocolate and cream with a dribble of blood. Chocolate perfumes aren't usually my thing. 2/5 Come With Me, Loving Me to Death Perfume Oil Black orchid, cacao, bitter almond, and black musk. It depends on the orchid, but really, I can probably pass on this, unless I get really curious from reviews. 2/5 Darling, Darling Perfume Oil Sugared pear and wild violets with orris butter, coconut milk, white musk, and vanilla silk. This combination doesn't sound appealing to me. Edit: it kind of sounds like a Luper scent! I would definitely try it if it crossed my path. 2/5 Die, Sweetly Die Perfume Oil Inevitable surrender. Opening with a heady blend of blood orange and black cherry, the heart of this perfume pulsates with narcotic jasmine, sinuous tuberose, blood amber, vanilla silk, and deep red labdanum. I was on board until red labdanum, I have a questionable history with that note. 2/5 Indescribable Solemnity and Fear Perfume Oil The crescendo of a phantom’s caress: golden frankincense and cardamom smothered by honeyed kisses of labdanum, red rose, merlot, black oud, and myrrh. Couple of iffy notes for me, and labdanum in general can turn sour on me. 2/5 Laura Hair Gloss An ode to delicate femininity, evoking an image of a golden beauty bathed in sunlight: delicate sandalwood and white musk shimmering with neroli, yellow amber, pear blossom, peonies, and iris. No hg for me. Melancholy Fire Perfume Oil A luminous cold flame: chilled bergamot, Ceylon cinnamon, white clove bud, amber, and incense smoke. Sounds kind of interesting, maybe decant. 3/5 Millarca Perfume Oil White lace, blackcurrant, and tea roses. I'd like to smell this. 3/5 Mircalla, Countess Karnstein Perfume Oil Black velvet, blackcurrant, and black roses. Definitely interested. 4/5 My Soul Acquiesced in It Perfume Oil Melancholic white rose petals drifting in a pool of white musk, bitter almond, and icy vanilla. Hmm.. possible decant. 3/5 My Wild Heart Bleeds With Yours Perfume Oil A fierce rush of pink pepper, carnation, pulsating red berries, and crimson musk. I'm interested but wary of pepper and carnation. 3/5 Resembling the Passion of Love Perfume Oil All-consuming, relentless desire – deceptively luscious, murderously brooding, and blindingly sensual: blood musk, black cherry, crimson amber, 21-year aged patchouli, golden saffron, jasmine sambac, and black rose. Not sure but could be good. 3/5 Ruins of Karnstein Perfume Oil Palatial grandeur in ruins, its decrepit majesty poised in the liminal space between decay and beauty. A haunting memory of all-consuming desire: the rich, earthy depth of oud, vetiver, and moss, grounded in the untamed wilds of the forest, echoing the ancient stones that remain. Wary of oud and moss. 2/5 Seven Inches of Blood Perfume Oil A shimmering pool of coppery red musk, Dracaena cinnabari, clove bud, cacao, and lead. I want to love this but wary of "coppery" and wary of lead. 4/5 Sinister Restlessness Perfume Oil Fear and fascination: blackened vetiver, amber smoke, clove, and oudh. There's that oudh again. 3/5 Smiling Melancholy Perfume Oil Distant, enigmatic, shadowed: delicate heliotrope and pale rose petals, muted and soft, resting atop a chilly, intimate base that blends white musk, cashmere woods, and a touch of tonka bean. Might be good. 3/5 Strange Paroxysms of Languid Adoration Perfume Oil Parasitic intoxication: narcissus, opium poppy, and red orchid veiled in heliotrope, blush sandalwood, and crushed violet. Narcissus is a deal breaker for me. 2/5 That Silvery Splendor Perfume Oil Moon-kissed petals of night-blooming florals aflame with hypnotic opium tar, fae tuberose, and a sliver of metallic aldehyde. I'd smell it but it will probably be soapy on me. 2/5 The Fading Crimson of the Sky Perfume Oil A scent both bright and subdued: bergamot shuddering through lime leaves, ruby-tinged amber sunlight, violet leaf, oak bark, and sandalwood smoke. Sounds kind of interesting. 3/5 The Great and Titled Dead Perfume Oil The haunted stillness of a long-decayed cemetery plot choked by ivy and wild blackberry thorns. Very interested. 4/5 Troubled by Revenants Perfume Oil A paean to ancient malevolence and the unseen forces that grasp and scratch at the living like gnarled roots clawing through blood-stained soil in midnight forests: patchouli, mandrake root, black pepper, and fossilized amber. Somewhat interested. 3/5 You Are Mine, You Shall Be Mine, You and I Are One for Ever Perfume Oil The consuming intensity of a passion that claims body and soul, blurring the boundaries between longing and obsession, lust and loathing. Ylang ylang and clove evoke the heat of skin against skin, bruised by bittersweet blackcurrant honey kisses. I like the concept a lot but wary of some notes, especially "honey kisses". 3 or 4/5 Halloween 2024 - Freak in the Sheets Pt. II Lavender Silk Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil A sleek, seductive eternal slumber: silky ripples of spectral lavender cascading around the labdanum-shadowed absence of a living being. Wary of labdanum, otherwise sounds good. 3 or 4/5 Motel Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil Chills and thrills, but certainly no frills: a polluted, rough-riding version of the Traditional Sheet Ghost: cool white cotton, marshmallow fluff, and lemony Oman frankincense, marred with suspicious blotches of coconut oil and a cigarette burn. Pass on this one. 2/5 Traditional Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil Boo! Cool white cotton, marshmallow fluff, and lemony Oman frankincense. My bottle from last year is enough. 1/5 Tropical Print Sheet Ghost Perfume Oil Does the carcass match the drapes? Cascades of banana Leaf, bamboo fiber, mango, papaya, and hibiscus, streaked with ectoplasm and sticky tears of strelitzia sap. Not for me. 2/5 Halloween 2024 - Halloween Atmospheres 2024 Pass on atmo sprays. 1/5 Pumpkin Nut Bread Atmosphere Spray Pumpkin puree baked into a walnut-studded loaf, steaming with cinnamon, nutmeg, and clove. Halloween 2024 - Halloween Beard Oils 2024 Pass on beard oils. 1/5 Bonfire Smoke Beard Oil Woodmoke, glowing embers, drifting ash, and the memory of bones. Pumpkin Spice Beard Oil Pumpkin spice EVERYTHING. Type AB-Beard Oil For the most discerning vampires. Dragon’s blood resin, black cherry, clove, cardamom, black leather, and kyphi smoke. Halloween 2024 - Halloween Hair Glosses 2024 No hg for me. 0/5 Autumn Bouquet Hair Gloss Carnations, sunset roses, hydrangea, and sunflowers bound in a clove-tinged pumpkin-orange velvet ribbon. Halloween 2024 - Heloise & Abelard’s Spooky Single Notes Black Lipstick Perfume Oil A goth awakening: waxy drugstore lipstick and clove cig residue. Pass for me. 2/5 Blood Squib Perfume Oil A sanguinous firecracker of cherry simple syrup and dragon’s blood resin. Might be nice but I already have Blood. 2 or 3/5 Bonfire Perfume Oil The perfume of withering leaves, their brittle forms surrendering to the flame, releasing a sigh of bitter smoke that is flickering with the ghosts of summer’s memory. Probably pass, I have some scents like this already. 2/5 Candied Apple Perfume Oil Sour green apples encased in a sticky shell of iconic glossy red caramelized sugar syrup. I don't like green apple perfumes, usually. 1/5 Clown White Perfume Oil No joke! Greasy petrolatum, lanolin, and titanium dioxide accords smeared with vanilla cream. Please note: this product contains no clowns or clown-derived materia. Pass for me. 2/5 Datura Blossom Perfume Oil Corpse white and bruise-purple, sacred datura is native to my west coast homeland. A seductive, heady, hypnotic bloom, as poisonous as it is beautiful. I'm interested, but just have no idea what it smells like. It could go either way. 4/5 Graveyard Dirt Perfume Oil This is the scent of pure graveyard dust, spattered with grave loam and dusted lightly with tombstone moss. I have a bottle already. 1/5 Insulation Board Tombstone Perfume Oil A fragrant melange of foam insulation board, PVC pipes, jigsaw grease, stone-textured spray paint, and polyurethane sealant. Pass for me. 2/5 Halloween 2024 - Nightmare Novellas Pt. II Fuchsia Eyes Perfume Oil Blood-tinged raspberries oozing into globs of blackcurrant and red plum. A "fruit notes only" scent isn't that interesting to me, it needs to have something else. 2/5 Hatman Perfume Oil Scarlet musk, red oud, opium poppy, and tobacco absolute. Sounds too red. 2/5 Hollow Hallow Perfume Oil A suffocating pumpkin kyphi soaked in dark red wine and darkened by vetiver, opoponax, and black oud. Possible decant. 3/5 Jolly Perfume Oil Pumpkin cream, caramel-coated marshmallow, crushed candy corn, lemon peel, and belladonna honey. Doesn't sound like my thing. 2/5 Leaf Spirits Perfume Oil Smoky vetiver, flaming sparks of black pepper, clove, and nutmeg, charred wood, and dark amber. Sounds too dark and raspy, but I'd try it. 2/5 Sleight of Hand Perfume Oil Incense-tarred patchouli, opoponax, blackened cloth, frankincense resin, and black moss. Hmmm... Sounds a little rough but I'm somewhat curious. 3/5 Slowly She Turned Perfume Oil Flaming amber, queen mandarin rind, yellow peppercorn, scorched yellow roses, and a hint of decay. Interested, likely decant. 3/5 Sweet Tooth Perfume Oil Scorched candy corn and melted toffees Pass for me. 2/5 The Autumn Folk Perfume Oil Hay-dusted oak, honey mead, pumpkin rind, vetiver root, corn husk, and maple leaves. Couple of no-no notes for me, the combination doesn't appeal very much. 2/5 The Bell Witch Perfume Oil Rusted iron, mandrake root, burnt vetiver, and patchouli leaves Sounds very cold and raspy. 2/5 The Treat Keeper Perfume Oil Dried apples, sour apple mash, and molasses. Not an apple perfume fan. 2/5 Halloween 2024 - Pile of Leaves 2024 Copperhead Snake on Dead Leaves Perfume Oil Snake Oil slithering through a scattering of dead leaves with amber, cardamom, cistus, hops, white sandalwood, neroli, orris root, and smoked vanilla. Hmm, could be good. Possible decant. 3/5 Dead Leaves and Honeycomb Perfume Oil Not for me. 1/5 Dead Leaves, Black Tea, and Bergamot Perfume Oil Possible decant. 2 or 3/5 Dead Leaves, Blood Orange, and Neroli Perfume Oil Probably pass. 2/5 Dead Leaves, Burnt Marshmallows, Clove Cream, and Whiskey Perfume Oil I'm strangely interested. 3/5 Dead Leaves, Dried Lilacs, and Labdanum Perfume Oil Pass. 2/5 Dead Leaves, Incense Smoke and Oud Perfume Oil Probably pass. 2/5 Dead Leaves, Lavender Buds, and Golden Sandalwood Perfume Oil Interested in a decant. 3/5 Dead Leaves, Oakmoss, and Pine Needles Perfume Oil Probably pass. 2/5 Halloween 2024 - Pile of Leaves 2024 - Pile of Leaves Hair Glosses 2024 No hg for me. 0/5 Dead Leaves and Pomegranates Hair Gloss Dead Leaves, Nag Champa, Tunisian Patchouli, and Vanilla Bean Hair Gloss Halloween 2024 - Pumpkin Patch 2024 Embalmed Pumpkin Perfume Oil Pumpkin rind encased in white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon. Mildly interested. 2/5 Knave of Pumpkins Perfume Oil Crushed roses, red currant, and pumpkin tarts. Very interested to at least try it. I actually have a bottle in my cart. 4/5 Moroccan Pumpkin Perfume Oil Pumpkin spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia. Interested but I already have bottles of Morocco and Pomegranate Morocco. Not sure about this. 3/5 Pumpkin Bliss Perfume Oil Honey-dusted milk chocolate pumpkin bites. Honey and chocolate, no thank you. 1/5 Pumpkin Blood Perfume Oil Pumpkin pulp and dragon’s blood resin, thickened with myrrh, black cherry, and a trickle of clove. Somewhat interested, but I already have a bottle of Blood. 2 or 3/5 Pumpkin Kisses Perfume Oil Sloppily sexy: sweetly spiced pumpkin juice with vanilla cream and wildflower honey, smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk. Very interested, 4/5 Pumpkin Lust Perfume Oil We don’t judge. Red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang, myrrh, and pumpkin guts. Probably pass 2/5 Pumpkin Smokestack Perfume Oil Burnt pumpkin skins, creosote, coal, and industrial waste. Pass 1/5 Pumpkin Tombstone Perfume Oil I’m yer pumpkinberry: dried pumpkin leather with vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar. Probably pass 2/5 Halloween 2024 - Wild Hearses Atmosphere Spray Series No atmo spray for me, 0/5 Convertible Hearse Atmosphere Spray The cadaver, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind: a chilly whoosh of dead leaves seasoned with the perfect amount of smog. Headless Hearseman Atmosphere Spray A bottomless swirl of black leather, dead branches, and flaming pumpkin guts. Hearse of Pancakes Atmosphere Spray There’s still a little time to kill before the viewing… surely it wouldn’t hurt to stop for a short stack? Black coffee, syrup-drenched buckwheat cakes, and a crusty cruller for the road. Hiss and Hearse Atmosphere Spray A dribble of Dorian and a squiggle of Snake Oil, delicately stirred with a moss-crusted muddy shovel. Hot Pink Hearse Atmosphere Spray A dream hearse for anyone who grew up presiding over numerous doll funerals: flashy pink guava, strawberry jam, sugared pink grapefruit, blackberry, bergamot, and pink champagne adorned with a gleaming chrome Landau bar. Lime Green Hearse Atmosphere Spray A shiny, genteel, vintage ride for all those who feel dead inside: lime rind, citron, petitgrain, white musk, a swish of bay rum and a bit of black pepper.

Either my nose is wonky, or I got a batch variation, or I got a mislabeled bottle, because on me this smells like Dorian plus a pretty strong white pepper note. There's no lemon, no cake, nothing sweet or creamy at all, instead it's peppery Dorian that almost smells metallic. Kind of reminds me of Quicksilver Phoenix from way back. I've tried a few of the sufganiyot scents and this isn't anything like them. Nothing remotely like a pastry note - but to be fair the description says "deep-fried fougere", not pastries..... But still, when I read the other reviews, I really feel like I got a different scent. I keep trying it again, thinking maybe it will age into something like the other reviewers talked about, but it hasn't changed at all. After being absolutely blown away by Snake Oil Suf, I have to admit I was disappointed by this one.

For a while I think the benzoin is really strong, it's a powdery stage that lasts about a half hour. Then the white sandalwood comes in and the powdery aspect calms down. This reminded me of an old scent I couldn't even remember the name of at first - The Court of Honor. I think the sandalwood is the same, but it's funny I looked up that one and it reads "a marble-white blend...". Overall I agree that this is a very "cool" smelling scent. I personally don't wear this kind of scent very often but it would make a good "office" scent IMO, it's kind of safe and smells clean to me. I was expecting something a little more smokey, due to the lapsang souchong, but I'm not getting the tea note very much.

I feel like the Steamworks scents would be good for that vibe, even if they're not exactly "mad scientist" themed, they still might fit the general mood, especially Galvanic Goggles, No. 93 Engine, and Aelopile. Beholder Optician from the RPG scents could be a possibility too. Dee might be good, too. Edit: bellumed beat me to it, I second those suggestions, and the Skeksis is a good one I forgot about!

For me this has a little bit of a "golden" quality that has come out with age. The cranberry is subtle but it's there. A wooly gold berry sunset. I used to think this was a fall cousin of Krampus but it has mellowed a lot with some age.

On me, this starts out like a baby-oil type of scent that borders on soapy. Something is happening with the lilac that reminds me of the lab's champaca note and I was surprised to see it's not listed. I don't smell much if any lavender, it's hiding from me. Later as it dries and starts to develop I can smell the sandalwood coming out stronger. The word "sweet" keeps coming to mind but I'm not sure that's the best description. It's still close to being soapy but not quite there. I like this kind of scent but the only drawback for me is I have a few other scents that are very close to this, even though I am not smelling much lavender here, it reminds me somewhat of School of Silence maybe? In that general category. I'll keep this decant and wear it, I think it will be great for spring weather.

I'm amping the moss but that's not unusual for me. OOF that is a nose full of moss. This is deep, green, mossy, and more aquatic than I expected. From memory it reminds me of Bayou but I haven't smelled that in a long time. It's wearing a little oppressive and heavy on me.

I really love this scent. To my nose it is herbal, green, and a little grassy. It reminds me of a few of bpal's "green" scents, especially Blade of Grass. It goes through some subtle changes but overall this is a peaceful and soothing scent. I'm struggling a little to describe it but it's cool, clean, and a little sweet. It makes me think of going for a walk in shady woods with sunlight coming through the leaves. Breathing in the air. It's a bit of an unexpected hit for me.

On me this is deep red apple, with a bit of a sensual quality that I attribute to the patchouli. The patchouli isn't strong but I can find it if I sniff up close. Then there's something a little "sparkly" about it that I think is coming from the apple blossom. So it's deep red apple with a little sparkle. Usually when I see apple (scent-wise) I don't really care to try it one way or the other, but I had the opportunity to try this out and it's actually really nice. : )

Swarmageddon is very much like rolling around on the forest floor in my opinion - not sure if that's exactly what you're looking for but it's worth mentioning!

The Lab has a particular kind of rose note that turns sour on me, and it's in this scent. (Sorry I can't remember where else I have smelled it). This is kind of soapy, almost a grassy rose scent, possibly white rose? But it's a rose that doesn't work for me. : ( I can't make out what else is in this because on my skin the sour rose stomps all over anything else that might be here. I really wanted to love this, I love The Dark Crystal so much.

For me this is a fuzzy purple blackberry scent with myrrh in the background. Myrrh sometimes amps on my skin but it's pretty well behaved here. There's a suggestion of chypre but it's mostly like a blackberry incense scent (I'd love to smell the purple chypre accord on its own). My only complaint, I'm trying to think of a word, it's a little murky maybe or just everything blended together in a way that doesn't do much on my skin. This is absolutely a lovely scent but somehow it just doesn't grab me like Blackberry Moon, which I have 2 bottles of. I'll enjoy the rest of my decant of this for sure. It might be better on my skin when fall comes around and the weather cools off.

When I wear this I think of Kingsport, an incandescent misty feeling, even though this isn't an aquatic scent. Maybe Kingsport had some cypress or it's something about the tonka fougere, I am not sure. None of the notes really stand out strongly to me, but I can pick out the rose petals if I try. I think it's mostly about the cypress and tonka fougere. It's unusual that the sandalwood doesn't stand out at all on me because I tend to amp that note. Also tobacco can sometimes misbehave on me, which is why I tried a decant first, but this is lovely and I ended up with a bottle. It smells clean and misty, but again, not aquatic. Reminds me of an early foggy morning.

My bottle is very new, I just got it last week, but I will report my initial feelings about it. : ) To me this smells like the cut stem roses of Rose Red, but maybe not purely rose? I don't know floral scents very well but I feel like there's a hint of something else, like lily of the valley, or baby's breath or something? Is it lilac I'm smelling? I'm just not sure. To me this is like a floral illusion, like Beth took non-floral notes and made an otherworldly floral scent out of them. "Shimmering" comes to mind too. The "green" part is not strong, but it's there if you go looking for it. It's a very smooth green. I don't really smell anything berry-like at all. It's definitely a lighter scent on me and it's mostly gone after a couple hours, except for a skin scent that is so faint it's hard to even describe. It could be the "bloodied flytrap fangs" I'm smelling at this point because I thought to myself "dragon's blood? Is that you?". But it's hard to say. I am happy to reapply, I really like this scent. Edit: I forgot to mention my bottle has a thin dark layer that separates at the bottom, so I turn it upside down and back a few times to mix the layers. (I always do this anyway but this one requires a few more times to mix the layers).

My skin takes this particular sandalwood note and amps it like crazy, I've noticed it in a couple of other scents too. I had to put this decant away for a few months because it was like sandalwood foghorn when I first tried it. It's better now but when I wear this, I need to be in the mood to smell like sandalwood aaalllllllll day long. It's not a bad thing, I do like sandalwood. It's just one of those things that - after a while it could get kind of monotonous. I can pick out a little frankincense and maybe some moss but it's mostly sandalwood on me.

I smell the dusty wood for sure. It's a little dusty, but I'm also getting wisps of oil paint in there. Something about this reminds me of some kind of bitter grains, almost a rye or caraway note but not quite. I think for me the amber kind of softens the whole thing and smooths out any rough edges. Pipe smoke? I get a little of that too, if I sniff up close. I am very faintly reminded of Globe, a Luper scent from a while back, but overall I agree this is really different from anything else I've tried. I always wanted a perfume that smelled like this old duplex house I lived in when I was little. I was friends with the kid downstairs. The house had a smell like - wood, floor polish, books, kind of an old museum smell? But clean. This isn't quite it but it might be the closest thing I ever find.

When I first got this, for a while, it was about 80% lilac with a subtle smoke/incense background and I was happy with that. I put it on today and it's more like a tobacco + sugar cologne situation with a little bit of the other notes present. The lilac has taken a back seat to the tobacco, at least it has today, on my skin. I'm still loving it, but I have to say it's almost like a different scent now. I wonder how it will behave for others. I will enjoy wearing this, It's pretty light for me.

On me, I'd describe this as dark, incense + vanilla, and when I sniff up close there is something deep and a little earthy. It's almost like the scent has an up-close layer and an outer layer. I can't really say what silken musk smells like but I would guess it's in the family of black musk based on what I'm smelling here. I'm not picking out much in the way of individual notes. It's incensey amber/musk/vanilla, not like Snake Oil, but if anything closer to King Cobra. But it doesn't really have the Snake Pit family resemblance in my opinion (if anyone was wondering). I think this is something special that non-foody vanilla fans are going to love. Oh and like the person stated above, my oil in the bottle is slightly cloudy. Edit: tried this again today, ahh - THERE'S the patchouli! For some reason it's showing up in full force now. Not sure how I didn't notice it as much before, but maybe the scent is still getting over some travel shock or something.

Blood-spattered cotton candy. I know some people are curious about this, so I'll give it a shot. I got it yesterday and wore it all day, applied twice, and wearing it today also. The cotton candy comes in at the very beginning, but after a short while I found that the blood note took center stage. I am having trouble thinking of how to describe it. It's complex and incensey with hints of fruit or berry maybe? I do think there's some dragon's blood in there, but I did compare it to Dragon's Blood (gc) and Blood (gc) and it's definitely not floral like DB, and it's not clovey like Blood either. I would describe the blood as rich, kind of juicy, a little sweet and fruity, and I think there might possibly be some red musk in there (I could be wrong about that). I can't wait to read some other reviews and opinions. I really like it! I could wear this with all kinds of different things, Mme Moriarty and Midnight on the Midway come to mind. Edit: As the day goes by, I keep thinking, maybe I AM smelling the cotton candy note, more than I thought. Because this seems familiar but for some reason hard to describe. If so, it would be a more incensey cotton candy and not a straightforward sugary note. It is fab.....

I don't remember buying this and I think it might have been a frottle from the lab. I mostly smell the lab's champaca note, and a pillowy backdrop of vanilla and amber. Black nutmeg is a note I might have avoided based on past experiences, but I can't smell it here. This smells great, but I already have a few other champaca scents that I probably would pick before this. I'm grateful I got to try this.

I haven't tried either of those scents the previous reviewer mentioned but I have to say, I agree with the general sentiment of the review.. Black musk can threaten to go into aftershave territory on me. It is mostly well-behaved here but I have to go easy on application or I'm headed back to the 70's or 80's.... something that might be a plus, for some. It's a strong black musk on me with an industrial or chemical aspect, almost like a hint of motor oil or burnt tires. That might not sound so great but it's not a bad thing and in the right mood or setting could be just the thing needed.. Also I'll add, later in the drying stages, I'm getting a little tiny bit of dry spice, not quite cinnamon but something, hard to pin down.