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A shimmering icicle, the exhalation of winter’s crystalline breath. This hair gloss takes the prize for BPTP Yule 2018, in my humble opinion. It’s a beautiful sweet, pillowy-soft snow, with a hint of ozone. It smells like gentle vanilla with a hint of fresh laundry, like a sweeter and fluffier Boober. My review notes are sprinkled with hearts. 💕

This is so beautiful and atmospheric! It smells like a cold ocean wind, stone, earth, and sweet herbs. It’s moody, evocative, and wearable. I’m so happy to have a bottle.

This gloss is a stunner, and one of my favorites in this Yule collection. It’s a really nice pine/fir scent. It’s not too smoky, but rather incense-y with a touch of sweetness. This one has a darker vibe than the Rocky Mointain Goats gloss, which I also love. Love!

This is a beautiful incense scent. It somehow smells airy and sacred. The resins are very smooth and well-blended. Don’t miss this one if you’re into churchy incense blends.

I do not like apple scents, or bourbon scents, but... I love this gloss. It smells like cold, leftover apple pie filling to me—with a hint of spice and cold, cooked Granny Smith apple slices. If this type of scent is your thing, you will love this one!

I looove this scent. It smells like walking through an evergreen forest in late fall, early winter. It’s dark, atmospheric, foresty, and beautiful.

This one is really, really hard for me to nail down with a review. It’s a really nice scent, that’s surprisingly gentle. I smell soft, smooth Woods, and something that reminds me of silk, but I have no idea how to qualify it. It’s a really nice atmospheric scent.

I did not expect to like this one, but it is one of my favorites in the collection. To me, it smells like funfetti cake, which may be an effect of the rainbow sprinkles (which smell like a rainbow, but aren’t fruity?? They’re magical). I swear there’s also a hint of buttercream here. A fun, happy scent!

I liked this one much more than I thought I would, considering that I am not a mint lover. I can see this gloss being a firm favorite for many. The mint is soft and creamy, like those good soft old-fashioned peppermints. There’s a sprinkle of cinnamon sugar, a hint of burnt cookie, and sweet vanilla cream.

I love this. It's super cozy and comforting. To me it smells like gentle milky chai, soft worn leather, and old books. It's very wearable and makes me want to curl up in an arm chair and read with a warm drink, a puppy, and a fire.

VENUS CLOACINA Venus the Purifier A magnificent white gardenia in full bloom, gilded by frankincense, sheer musk, and vanilla orchid. The throw on this oil is phenomenal! When first applied, this was a musky gardenia with a strong, woody, resiny frankincense. At this point, it smelled how I imagine Billie Holiday would smell- feminine and powerful (and too powerful to suit me, alas), with a gardenia tucked behind her ear. Eventually the frankincense backed off and now I'm getting a lush and juicy gardenia-- as if I'd rubbed fresh blossoms all over my wrists. The scent is wafting all around me and is absolutely divine. I love gardenia, and this scent is gardenia perfection.

Himalayan cedarwood, tonka bean, cherry blossom, white tea, and clove husk. This does smell like a breeze! The cedar and white tea play together to create the illusion of a breeze. The clove husk adds a bit of a lemony flair? This is a nice outdoorsy scent.

This smells exactly as described: mostly sugared mint with a touch of bourbon and a suggestion of citrus. I normally do not love mint, but the mint note here is super nice. It's tame and natural. Overall, this is cool, sweet, and refreshing. Spray this on Derby day!

This scent is beautiful--I'm surprised it's not getting more love. To me it smells like sweet, warm rain with a hint of sea breeze. It's not sharp, ozoney, or cologney. It's gentle, soft, clean, sweet, natural, and beautiful. This is basically the aquatic scent of my dreams.

A pretty fruity floral! I smell a lot of orris which lends a breezy, ethereal quality, and plum blossom, which is pretty plummy (as in the fruit). This is a very fun and youthful blend. I have no idea what Malibu Musk smells like, as TTP mentions above, but this smells exactly like something that would be called Malibu Musk.

Argh this is gorgeous! It’s like a refreshing summer time cocktail—sweet blueberry tempered with chilly lavender. I agree with sprout that it’s a scent for both day and night. It’s happy and pretty—sweet and refreshing!

Cool, herbal lavender and dusty orris sweetened a touch by the honey and peony. This is a beautiful bath oil that would make a relaxing night time bath. I shall absolutely be getting a bottle!

I love this one! It smells fresh and beachy—like a sea beeeze and sun warmed driftwood. The cucumber isn’t super cucumber-y, but blends very nicely to create the fresh breeze vibe. I will definitely be getting a bottle of this one—it will be great scent for summer!

This is a super pretty, fresh, and clean floral blend. I’m getting lots and lots of lilac with a touch of clean rose. I’m having trouble picking out the peach blossom and ylang ylang. It’s a very happy and sunny spring blend.

Goth Queen smells like a Christmas party at The Whirling Dervish (RIP) in New Orleans. It's cinnamon and clove cigarettes and BO and it's beautiful.

This smells like eating chocolate in a snowy evergreen forest! To me this smells like the snow note in Snow Bunny and The Cemetery, Many Years Ago Atmo. It's beautiful--a little fresh, forestry, minty, slushy, and happy.

This smelled like fruitcake in the bottle! Dry on skin it reminds me of a cherry version of Blackberry Jam & Scones. There is a hint of spice and the cherry note is jammy and beautiful. It's hard for me to find cherry that works for me, and this is gorgeous!

Warm rain, lily, and dust. This is one of the rare aquatic scents that doesn't smell too breezy on me. It's perfect for Denna!

Chinese peony aflutter with gilded vanilla, sweet honey, peach, and spiced carnation. I've been super sick, so I should probably formally review this when my nose is working properly, but this scent is gorrrrgeous and doesn't have any reviews yet, so here goes! Y'all, this bath oil is amazing. It smells like stewed peaches with a little whipped cream stirred in. There's not a ton of whipped cream (this is probably the gilded vanilla note), but it's definitely there. The honeyed peaches, however, are the star of the show. I surprisingly don't smell any carnation, which is usually such a strong scent, and the peony seems to be freshening things up a bit so that the overall scent is not too foody. But if you like the Honeyed Peaches and Sugared Peaches bath oils, then pick this one up! Fluttered Peonies is like a more delicate, refined (I feel ridiculous typing that, but it's true!), slightly less foody version of those.

These are all great recommendations. I'd also like to add Tissue and Sweet Life to the list.