Schmoozy

Simple, spicy, bright marigold. I adore the scent of marigolds, and this blend truly captures the essence of them. Golden in colour, hearty and always that familiar spicy scent. Absolutely stunning.

Hmm, for some reason I didn't think this was going to work, and yet I am pleasantly surprised! It smells like fruity rum, smoke and crunchy dry leaves. It also has a very distinct herbal quality to it due to the galangal and bay leaves. I don't think it is quite bottle worthy, but I'll definitely enjoy my decant.

Dry, dusty sandalwood with spicy, orange blossom. The champaca is in the background and gives a slight floral vibe to the sandalwood. It's very woody and the orange blossom and champace help to sweeten the incensey feel of the East Indian sandalwood. I really love the way the orange blossom gives it a spicy feel.

This is a perfect spring/summer scent. Fresh, dewy green grass combines with lush red roses. I love how long it lasts and a little squirt goes a really long way. Stunning!

I am another that doesn't care for Sugar Skull as a perfume. However it is beautiful as a room spray. It's the perfect sweet candies fruit smell with spice. Not a touch of burnt buttery brown sugar to be had.

Fried dough and sugar. I want to eat my arm.

The Shadowy and the Submlime is heavenly. At first it is all amber, bergamot and myrrh. Slightly powdry (which I love) with hints of soft florals (mainly rose.) It's kinda ethereal and light, wispy and cool due to the mint. The notes all seamlessly blend together and once it has had a chance to dry down and morph, the moroccan amber really takes the stage.

Spicy, creamy red musk drizzled with honey. I don't mind red musk so much, as long as the other notes involved work with my skin chemistry. This is earthy, spicy, comforting red musk that is almost single note, until the honey comes in to play. It softens it, adds a velvety smoothness and overall tends to round out the musk. Sensual is right yet it's also soothing and utterly sexy.

So beautiful. This is leaves that have fallen from the tree, damp with frost and are slightly crispy. Rooibos and ginseng add an earthy, vibrant tang. Such a simple scent, yet refreshing and invigorating.

Freshly roasted coffee with a touch of sugar, a splash of pumpkin topped with baking spices. It's not very sweet, and the pumpkin sits rather quietly in the background. This is freaking yummy. It sort of resembles Pumpkin Patch V '09, but is quite different in it's own right. I am no longer mourning the fact that there is no Pumpkin Patch this year. Blue Pumpkin Floss and Pumpkin Latte are amazing, and perfect replacements. Thank you Beth!

Spicy, buttery pumpkin upon initial application. After it dries down, the spice wears off and the tart blackberries appear. Blackberry cuts the spice and helps to morph the buttery, creamy pumpkin into a fruity flossy sort of pumpkin. As a pumpkin lover, this does not disappoint. Will deinitely need to pick up a few bottles of this.

Beautiful, soft, romantic. Dry orris and french vanilla mingles with rose, while white musk hovers in the background. It's sensual, comforting, and very girly. I am so happy to have found a bottle of this, as I missed out when it was available.

I am a pumpkin freak, and absolutely could not wait to get my hands on this, and I sure wasn't disappointed. While it is heavy on the cinnamon, it does not overpower the pumpkin. It just merely enhances it. It is spicy, rich, pumpkin-y goodness. Sometimes the pumpkin comes across as buttery, but most times it is just pumpkin with it's wonderful array of spice. I loved using this during the fall, because it does feel very warm once applied. I'm one of the lucky ones who doesn't get the red welts of doom with cinnamon. It is such a comfy scent, especially when used at night before bed. With all Trading Post bath oils, I do not use them in the bath. I use it as in-shower moisturizer and I rub it into my skin as the last step before jumping out. This particular bath oil is lighter than most, and a little goes a long way. I am so happy Pumpkin Pie Bath Oil is making a reappearance this fall. I can't wait to try it with Jack. *drools*

This is so beautiful, I only wished I had grabbed more than one bottle of it. Victorian Garden is predominantly lavender honey with a smattering of fresh cut herbs. I find honey and lavender to be very medicinal in smell, and this is no exception. They amplify the herbs ten fold. It is fresh, crisp, and a slight sweetness escapes every once in awhile cutting the herbal vibe and just enhancing the greeness. I adore this so much. If you love medicinal herbs, lavender and honey this scent is for you. Stunning.

Harvest Moon '05 A bounty of ripe fruits mingles with bergamot & marigolds. Tart apples & delicious pears are at the forefront. I can smell the mulling spices with sage and the rich fragrant chrysanthemums and marigolds. Bergamot and verbena lend a slight citrus feel. This is the ultimate scent.

Re-testing blends and seeing if they should be hauled off to the sale page... Tulips and daffodil touched with sugar and honey. It's so very light and sweet, and after dry down the florals seem to meld together into one spring bouquet. It's wispy, and kinda airy, and the honey is prevalent. Will definitely be keeping this one.

Chocolate with cardomom, fig and sandalwood. Once it dries down the herbs start to come through and it's very earthy, and herbal, spicy and woodsy. Perhaps it is one of the tartest 13 blends. I detect no sweetness whatsoever. However it is really creamy due to the white chocolate, fig meat and rice flower.

A gorgeous blend of white chocolate and citrus. The white chocolate is creamy and the citrus is refreshing, tart and slightly sweet. I can catch small whiffs every now and then of white tea and florals, but their vaery faint and almost non existent.

My favorite 13. Creamy vanilla and cocoa drenched in sandalwood and amber. Whiffs of herbal lavender come out on drydown alongside hints of orange. It is creamy, slightly spicy, full of sandalwood and amber with cocoa. To die for.

To me this is one of the more subdued 13's. While it certainly is a mix of dark and white chocolate, the golden peach, honey, orchid and starfruit help to lighten the blend and add sweetness. They also help to cut the spice of the ginger and clove. It's chocolate and fruits with hints of spice.

This is one of my favorite 13 blends. It's creamy vanilla and dark chocolate with light florals and resins. It has very little spice to it, but it feels dark, heavy and slightly woodsy. It also has this refreshing bite of greenery, and I can only think that the baneberry, hemlock and cypress are responsible for that. It mingles well with the fudgey chocolate and creamy vanilla.

Spicy dark chocolate and cherry mingles with fresh greenery. It's an unusual combination and it almost works, except that cherry is utterly nasty on me, and it is overtaking the blend.

Ginger laden dark chocolate with thyme & star anise. It's very spicy, and for some reason the brown sugar doesn't turn to a burnt mess. However, with that being said, this is still a chocolate mess. It's herbal, spicy and then a sweetness emerges and so does the star anise. Together with my skin chemistry it doesn't translate very well, and Edens Sixth Day couldn't have described it more accurately. An aged spice rack rings true.

Upon first sniff this is a blend of dark and white chocolate mingled with baking spices, frankincense and sandalwood. It's heavy, dark, very spicy and woodsy. Once it has a chance to dry down I can smell the apple blossom and a light floral, which must be the honeysuckle. Both of them help to lighten the blend, but it is a rich, spicy chocolate.

I love this too!! Cranberry and raspberry with hints of fizzy gin and blasts of cooling mint. It's sweet, fresh, and tart and somehow the mango pulp adds a creaminess in the drydown stage.