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Thank you so very much for your recs. <3 Paladin and Jareth sound right up my alley, and I think I'll get imps of the others too.

Ever since Severin was discontinued I've been searching everywhere for its replacement, particularly something with a little more throw. :c I know that a bunch of people had issues with the longevity of this oil, but on my skin it left the most wonderful scent of tepid but astringent lemon tea splashed over the slightest bit of pale leather. It was really proper but also kind of debauched at the same time, and it left me wondering if the lab made more blends like it. In short, I'd really like to find a scent that a reticent and nimbly prettyboy would wear, the kind that's so understated that you could probably wear it to work if you wanted to. Maybe something with citrus notes, pale florals, or fizz? Thanks so much in advance.

I've always loved the heady narcotic quality of jasmine, and in New Orleans it's absolutely beautiful. It reminds me of the sleepy walks I used to take through my neighborhood in the summer, of running my hand through the vines that weaved through gates and fences. Sometimes I'd stop to press my nose into a spray of jasmines and just inhale their scent. I wasn't sure if I'd like this at first, because it was quite indolic and headache-inducing when wet. I started to adore New Orleans when it finally settled on my wrist. What I smelled when I lifted it to my nose was pure unadulterated jasmine, lifted by the lemon and creamy from the honeysuckle. Might need this in slatherable quantities, preferably a bath oil.

This was a lovely gift. This hair gloss is everything I didn't know I needed, and I'm not quite sure what I'll do when the trading post runs out. Like others have mentioned before, Hair Loosened and Soiled in Mid Orgies (whew!) is a very sultry scent with a pronounced honey note that sits wonderfully in the hair. All throughout the day I could catch wafts of its yielding sweetness. The ambrette seed is there but it's faint, closely comparable to the silken caress of Le Labo's Ambrette 9 which completely disappeared on me. Product-wise this was great, I applied no more than three sprays to my damp hair and brushed right through to the ends. My hair is short so I've never had much of a problem with tangles, but it certainly didn't hurt to wake up with lustrous, baby-soft hair.

Dorian is very strange. I get a whiff of something vaguely chlorinated in here, like somehow in between taking sips of afternoon tea and smiling sweetly while tearing your heart into ribbons he found the time to wade through a municipal pool. Interesting! The musk is quite heavy on my skin, amping up the sweetness and trampling the tea note under its heel. I was hoping to find something a little more herbaceous from the fougere but so far I've only been able to smell a bit of lavender in the bottle. In short, this blend doesn't translate well on my skin, but something about it compels me to try it again and again. Like I said before, he's very strange.

I didn't think it'd be possible for such a citrus-loaded blend to be so...cheerless? The scent is very true to its name and I should've factored that in before making my purchases. For some strange reason this scent stayed consistent from application to drydown. On my arm I smelled bitter pomelo rinds under a thick carpet of funereal blossoms. Evil, powdery, soapy citrus! Like dumping out the contents of a creepy specimen jar and taking a whiff of the dregs at the very bottom. Utterly unwearable on my skin but I'm glad to have tried it.

Upon applying Kumiho I was struck with the most formidable scent, like fresh ginger root with spritzes of citrus and silver needle tea. I could practically feel the silvery downy fuzz covering the buds and leaves! This stage didn't last as long as I hoped it would. The astringent bite of fresh ginger was promptly eaten up and replaced with something that reminds me a bit of Ting Ting Jahe, the preserved ginger candy that Julius Deane offers to Case in William Gibson's Neuromancer. It has the same honeyed sweetness that one usually finds in ginger chews, except it's mixed with the barest wisp of floral tea. I think I like it. Might buy a full bottle once I'm done with my imp.