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This is my beloved Snake Charmer in a lighter, more summery weight! If I sniff and try to parse the notes, I think I can pull amber from plum and labdanum from benzoin and ambrette. I can definitely pick up the black coconut, which is the coconut that skews in the direction of husky incense rather than suntan lotion. But overall this is like an enchanted Snake Oil, like Snake Oil pulled through Arabian musk and amber and plum. It's addictive and sexy. The throw is close and the scent disappears within a few hours in my hair, but it resurrects with a little touchup on dry hair. I don't need more hair gloss in my collection, but ordered two bottles and do not regret it.

Mikado Saloon is so good. I'm a BPAL ambergris accord fan...on me it smells a little like salted caramel with a tinge of something oceanic—salty amber with a touch of ozone. I love it because it's like a perfume note playing Twister: aquatic, mineral, resin, gourmand. It's very satisfying to have all those grace notes! And in Mikado Saloon, the ambergris accord takes the lead. After ambergris, I pick up the leather and bourbon vanilla in equal measure, and the dark musk is at the bottom, like something syrupy and dark making everything smooth as silk. I always worry that a leather note will amp on me, but here it's beautifully restrained, truly well-worn. In my hair this smells like a slightly less aquatic, darker Lyonesse with a kiss of leather. I absolutely adore this hair gloss and am so happy to have it in my collection.

Pearl hair gloss is a lovely, very light white floral in my hair. The strongest notes are tiare and the vanilla orchid, and overall it comes across like tiare and a whisper of white flowers. There is little to no throw, but when I hold my hair to my nose, I can smell it lingering there. This is very subdued and pretty and will be great to wear to work this summer...I can't imagine this scent bothering anyone, and it stays very close to me. I also think this would be a fantastic hair gloss to bring on a tropical vacation!

About Midnight is another blend that reminds me of lovely incense. Here, a dry vanilla and sandalwood is rounded out by the holy balsam, cedar, and frankincense. The overall effect is a frankincense-sweet but dry sandalwood with spice and cedar. There's a phantom note that sometimes appears and smells a bit like coconut to me, but I love coconut and it's just the barest suggestion, so it's all good. I love how relaxing and warm this is, and it seems like the kind of blend that will only get better with aging.

Sinus Amoris took a few wears for me to love it, but I'm there. The first couple of times I applied, I just couldn't get past the powdery, almost soapy intersection of the champaca and myrrh. And then I tried it once more, and walked through a cloud of my own sillage as I doubled back across my path ... there it was, a lovely, vanilla/red sandalwood incense, like something you'd get in a paper packet at a souk for a price that seems dear even in conversion, and on a slow afternoon when you come across it in a drawer years after returning home, you burn it and it proves to be worth every cent and then some. I'm not sure if my nose adjusted or the scent settled down nicely, but now it just smells like that beautiful incense each time I wear it. There's something so relaxing about this blend, and yet it doesn't put me to sleep. I think it would be ideal for red sandalwood lovers who are looking for a meditation or yoga scent. I'm so glad I took the plunge and ordered a bottle!

I love The Antikythera Mechanism perfume oil, so when the hair gloss won the poll, this was a done deal. And it doesn't disappoint. Black vanilla, woods, and tobacco? It's like heaven. There's something about that black vanilla that just really brings it home—it's almost cake-y, it's so dense and chewy. The woods are lovely but restrained, and the tobacco gives this a whiff of danger. Layered with AM perfume oil, it's a knockout combo.

Nectar skews honeysuckle-heavy on me, and very sweet. It's like candied flowers! I don't know that I could pick camellia or columbine out of a perfume lineup, but the overall effect here is floral and sweet. Unlike some of the other flowery hair glosses, this smells like summer to me instead of spring, when blossoms droop with pollen and the sugars are so palpable that you can almost taste them in the air (like a butterfly must!). Although Nectar isn't a hair gloss I reach for often, I'm really glad I have it and it layers beautifully with Venus Erycina.

I've enjoyed all the fruity hair glosses I've tried, and White Peach and Incense is no exception. First and foremost, this is a light, white peach. The champaca flower and frankincense are also on the light side, so the end result is very wearable for those of us who work in environments where strong personal scents are discouraged. There's something here that also smells a little like fresh laundry. Compared to the other peachy HGs I've tried, this is really different from the bright, golden, almost overripe peach of Golden Peach and Bergamot and the sweet, floral Peach Nectar and Vanilla Orchid. White Peach and Incense is drier, cleaner, almost luminous in comparison. A peach you could see light through.

Peach VIII is just gorgeous. The whipped jasmine cream alone. This is creamy peach blossom and jasmine on me, with vanilla orchid and white frankincense pinning everything together. If some subtle, talented candymaker made pastilles inspired by springtime, it would smell like this. I may have to wear this again tomorrow.

When I first tested Occupy Wall Street, the patchouli skewed a little astringent and vegetal on me, even though I liked the vibe of the blend. Three and a half years later, the patchouli is still assertive, with all the earthiness and rawness that I remember from when I first tried it, but the edges have been rounded off a bit. The cocoa, tobacco, and vanilla are still very faint. This is definitely the kind of patch that freaks some people out. I happen to love a good gritty patch. To me, this kind of 'unrefined' patchouli smells leafy, murky, and a tiny bit minty and vetiver-y, like if a plant sipped up resins through a green straw. And then there's a weird, satisfying undercurrent of mossy, nearly algae-ish, wet bracken—like a combination of water damage on books inside and something swampy/mildewy outside. It smells like the push of living and the muck of decay, and there's just something compelling in the interplay that makes me feel more connected to both. I understand that I'm likely in the minority of people who find this appealing!

You might like The Rose, from the Marchen collection. It's very lifelike and smells just like a rose from a garden.

I've had Psychological Horror for years and bust it out from time to time when I want a powdery, lovely skin musk. This is definitely powdery, but it's a Hitchcock blonde kind of powdery—classic, clean, with something absolutely not quite right underneath. I also get violet, like some other reviewers, and maybe orris? I have to be in the right mood for this one, but when I am, I absolutely love it.

Adding Terra Vigoris to this list: blood orange and apricot with Chinese geranium, Italian bergamot, langsat pulp, cardamom, white peach, and white sandalwood. It's very orangey on me.

Revenant Rhythm is a great vanilla scent! I wore the hair gloss and bath oil yesterday, and it's like a complex, caramelized vanilla on me. Hopefully the Lab will release the perfume oil soon.

Revenant Rhythm hair gloss is really lovely. In my hair it's a vanilla-heavy blend that skews lighter on patchouli and hemp than I expected. There's a note that's a bit like caramelized sugar here that I love. I hope this sticks around at the Post, but just in case, I will make sure I have a backup.

Elf hair gloss smells like the spot where a forest meets a meadow. Aspen and hawthorne and moss and berries and flowers, all held together with golden musk and amber. This is another one of those hair glosses that makes my hair smell super clean and fresh all day. Perfect for spring and summer!

By far, our most popular scent! Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla. I love Snake Oil hair gloss. I wore this the other day after not having worn it in a while, and it's aged as beautifully as the perfume. Staying power with this gloss is excellent on me, and it meshes beautifully with lots of perfume oils so it makes layering a snap. Definitely money well spent, especially when I consider how nice it is to smell Snake Oil in the air around me all day long.

Mmmm, the patchouli in Red Patchouli and Fig really does have that yummy cola note. It reminds me of the patchouli in Sin. The fig note is strong when I first apply, but then it settles in and I'm left with a fruity, earthy, vanilla-y patchouli. I love patchouli, so this is all good news.

I love Lurid and I love chocolate, so I'm glad I got to test this. The chocolate is strong when wet but burns off quickly and I get a darker Lurid, like it's casting a shadow on itself. I've tested this a few times and it's been a little different each time, but I consistently get strong black currant and lavender. With the chocolate, it's a very gourmet, relaxing scent.

The Post really spoils us with rose hair glosses! Rose-Boughs and Rose-Roots hair gloss is a soft, sweet rose, reminiscent of a really lovely, fine-milled rose soap. It does have an old-fashioned feel...there's something Victorian about this one. I'm not getting strong greenery or roots, the petals definitely lead the charge here. I agree with the medium wear length, and can still smell it faintly at the end of the day. Pretty!

Ok, I've tried Black Vanilla and Cardamom a few times now, and feel qualified to join the fray in this review topic. When I first sniffed it, I thought I smelled a bit of the black tea note that I love...there's definitely a resemblance, but I think it must be the cardamom. I get primarily black vanilla, tobacco, and oudh, with the cinnamon and cardamom in the background. It's definitely a dark vanilla, like a caramelized vanilla. Even though it smells different than I'd imagined, I like it and it's growing on me with each usage. Today when I applied it, I got a lot of oudh and vanilla, and was kind of in love. So, YMMV, but I rather like this one. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Teakwood, oak, black vanilla, and tobacco. I've received more than a few frimps of The Antikythera Mechanism over the years with Lab orders, but it wasn't until I tested one that was a few years old that I understood the mad love. Woods, vanilla, and tobacco. It's so simple and yet very satisfying. Like freshly polished furniture in sunlight, with a bit of sweetness and smoke. I grew up in a Scandinavian household, and all the furniture was teak, so I always get a kind of nostalgia from the teakwood note. This smells like my childhood—teak furniture, smoke from my father, sweetness from my mom.

I saw the note list for These Were the Four Loves Faded, and I was like...what will this smell like? It's such an interesting mix. Well, I can tell you, it smells damn good. At the top there's what seems like a straight split of coconut and white jasmine...so tropical, as z_z says above. The mint-green moss smells a bit like neon green oakmoss. The honeysuckle, tuberose, and white amber stretch that horizon a bit more and add layers to the scent spectrum. All in all, this smells a bit like spending a week at a luxury resort in the Caribbean, and I am all for anything that evokes that association on a cloudy workday morning.

The Time of Gold is strong on the orange blossom, lily, and vanilla orchid—so springy! The other notes help make this feel seamless, adding complexity and depth. This does smell gold, and I agree that it has a really classic feel. It's very pretty, and I bet it would be great layered with a darker perfume like Snake Oil. I'll enjoy using this up!

This is like the older, more worldly sister of the Honeyed Golden Musk, Rosewater, and Red Sandalwood atmo. Behind the Scenes indexes highly on the red Burgundy, with the beeswax, rose water, pom, lily and tobacco in close pursuit. In the air, the red wine and honey lead and the other notes inform. It's a bit like an upscale bacchanal, with an emphasis on debauched roses. I don't spray it often, but when I do, I always enjoy it and the scent lasts for a couple of days before dissipating.