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Dead leaves and dry wood. The dead leaves have their usually cologne-y smell. This reminds me of October but with less cold sap. Very evocative of fall.

Fresh from the mailbox! This is a resin fest on my skin. I liken it to my favorite Ecclesiastic Excesses but lighter. It's all dust and resiny incense; soft and slight sweet without screaming church (at least to me). I think I might have a new favorite resin scent. It's lovely.

This is not my usual type of scent, but I thought I would try it and I'm glad I did. This is is pretty much hello dark musk! on my skin. It honestly reminds me a bit of the musk in Smut but less complex and sweet. I think the coffee is under there making everything richer but it's not strong. Based on previous reviews, it sounds like skin chemistry is a huge factor here. I thought I would have problems with the sugar, but apparently my skin also loves musk. This blend has good throw and longevity, with the musk smoothing out over time. It's been a pleasant scent experience.

I'm starting to re-evaluate my dislike of foodie scents based off of wearing Resin Cast Meat Skull. It's foodie, but the jelly shines through (I do like a good hint of berry). I get the comparison to Strawberry Suganiyot but with less donut. I think the currant jelly is great here because it prevents Meat Skull from being too sweet by giving it a hint of tartness. The cream cheese is strong at first and then blends into a richness than balances the jelly's sweetness. Overall, I'm really glad I took a chance on this. It's just yummy.

I'm a fan of BPAL roses and I have to say that this is one of my very favorite rose blends. On my skin it is the most fresh, sweet, lovely rose. The sandalwood is there but mostly as a buttress to the beautiful rose. The two work together amazingly. I sometimes have issues with roses going sour on my skin but Mrs. Lewis is just perfect. It's the BPAL rose blend I've always wanted and finally found.

There aren't a lot of fragrant floral blends that I like, but this one is stunning. On my skin, it's predominantly honeysuckle ground by skin and a touch of cream. I think the skin really make this blend, though I admit to loving BPAL's "skin" note. I've been reaching for this often this spring and summer. It's fabulous.

This is a lovely lilac scent with a fair amount of sweet to it. It's less fresh sweetness and more honey warm sweetness from the honey and amber. It's warmer and lilac-spicier than expected but very nice.

This is a blast of jasmine in the first hour. Then it calms down to a dry sweetness with a hint of fresh jasmine. I was expecting it to be sweeter (especially as I amp sugar and, sometimes, cream). Instead, it's dry, light, and fresh. It's very pleasant and great for spring.

I get vanillic rice powder from this gloss. There may be some iris root in there, but I have to smell for it. This one is soft, both in the fact that the throw is lower than other glosses and the scent itself. It's a nice comfortable, go-with-everything scent.

Interestingly, this smells different depending on if you spray it directly on dry hair or spray it on wet hair then blow it dry. On dry hair, it's sweeter and I get alternating whiffs of sweet tobacco and ambergris. On wet hair that's then blown dry, I smell ambergris, a hint of wood, and much less tobacco. The scent melds better this way and I vastly prefer it (which is good, because this is normally how I handle my gloss application). I think I'm glad I snagged a bottle right before the Weenies came down.

I'm having a similar result as annemathematics. My skin loves tobacco, so this ends up being a primarily tobacco blend for me. It's lighter than French tobacco and sweeter than Bulgarian tobacco. I get a hint of rose but I have to smell for it. I suspect that the tobacco will age beautifully but I'm still sad that my skin doesn't give me more rose.

I'm so glad I bought Joy. This is one uplifting oil. It's different from some of my other TALs in that it's not comforting/protecting/soothing uplifting, but more perky uplifting. I put it on my chakras this morning because I did not want to be dour for a second day in a row (ugh cramps). A couple hours later, the grumps have gone and I'm slightly bouncy. I wore this the other day when I had to work at a public service desk and was downright chipper first thing in the morning - even before my caffeine. I think I'm going to have to be a little careful with this oil because I'm pretty energized right now (it's like drinking a shot of espresso). Thankfully, this doesn't seem to be an all-day effect. Perky. Bouncy. Happy. Joy!

This is beautiful and these notes work amazingly well together. I get a nice even blend of all three notes, though perhaps the violet is just a bit stronger than the other two. I'm usually meh about violet (though I *love* rose and frank), but this blend makes the violet work for me. The problem is that this blend is super faint on my skin. I get very little throw and I really have to put my nose in there to smell it. If it was stronger on my skin, I feel like this one would be a definite keeper. As it is, I'm unsure.

This is heaven in a bottle if you like rich, slightly spicy and sweet incense. I'm hit-or-miss on daemonorops, vetiver, and clove but in this blend they are all winners. I smell all three rounded out by the frankincense, though no one component stands out over the rest. It's just a lovely blend of resins. There is a slight hint of rose in the early stages as a bit of sourness (something rose can do on my skin) but it definitely is in the background of the resins (caveat that my skin loves and amps resins). I have no idea what mate smells like and how it's adding to the blend. I seems to be one of the few reviewers who loves this blend, probably as it works so well on my resin-loving skin. Aging has likely also helped. Either way, this one is a winner for me. Medium+ throw and good wear length.

This is like autumn viewed through the lens of springtime freshness. I'm amazed by how well blended this is and how all of the notes work so well together. I'm mostly getting the dead leaf note, though this is a lighter version than some of the other "Dead Leaves and..." blends I've tried. I do get some rose and it adds light freshness to the leaves. I got some of the white tea during the wet phase but it melds into the background after drydown. I can't detect the chamomile. Overall, this blend is mainly light dead leaves with supporting freshness from the other notes. It feels like a springtime scent except that it's mainly autumn leaves. It's surprisingly pleasant. Good wear length. Low-to-medium throw.

Thanks for the recommendations! I feel like I should have an untested decant of Elf hanging around if only I could just find it...

My new favorite combo is Boo hair gloss and Reapers Gonna Reap.

I agree with the comparisons to TKO, though this is a little sharper from the white musk and less sweet. It makes for a lovely gloss.

This one is growing on me. It's sweet vanilla lavender with a hint of bright floral which I'm assuming is the snowdrops. The snowdrops are almost aquatic in their freshness and they add a nice light touch on top of the blend; it's a great balance. I can't actually remember what Dorian smells like (it turns almost straight to sugar on my skin) but it's definitely adding depth to this perfume. I smell the sugar component but there's definitely more there that I can't describe. I'm chalking that up to the Dorian portion. The Serpentine is a surprise winner for me.

Waiting is a beautiful aquatic. It smells like clean fresh rain with a hint of herbal lavender. I'm not really big on aquatics but this one is really nice.

Wet this is herbal, medicinal lavender. Dry it becomes soft powdery amber with a hint of lavender. It's very much a skin scent. This is a pleasant blend but not a star for me. I'm actually really curious about how it will age.

This one is lovely. I definitely am getting musky vanilla and I'm sure the sandalwood is in there too. It actually reminds me of Edith Cushing but mellower and less sweet (I actually find Edith too aggressive so this is hitting a sweet spot). I sometimes have issues with vanilla turning to plastic and this blend threatens to do so during dry down but turns out okay in the dry phase. Overall, this is a nice blend and one that I'm happy to add to my cozy vanilla collection.

My current favorite fall combos are: Boo HG + Autumn Overlooked My Knitting Boo HG + Dead Leaves and Tobacco Dead Leaves, White Musk, and Vanilla HG + October Dead Leaves, White Musk, and Vanilla HG + Beautiful Death

I thought I didn't like berry notes but I just realized today that some of my favorite BPALs have a hint of berry in them: Autumn Overlooked My Knitting (red currants) Beautiful Death (belladonna berries) Coraline Jones (mossy berry) Any recommendations for other BPALs with just a hint of berry in them?

2015 version. This has become my default scent for the month of October as I await the arrival of this year's Weenies. The scent itself is super evocative. It's dry leaves and sap on a chilly, slightly wet autumn day. My skin often eats the dead leaf note, so I get more sap here. It really smells like being under trees on a day in the late fall; just wonderful. October has low-to-moderate throw with longevity of about a half day.