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Autumn Coolness shares a couple notes ' "Autumn Coolness - The scent of wisteria, Cymbidium, lotus blossom, and cassia buds drifting on a breeze through gently swaying bamboo reeds" Or maybe Consoling Pussy of Horse Face Mountain - Tuberose incense, blue wisteria, and oakmoss. Or you could just get the atmo and spray it all over your clothes, as many do, thus wearing it as a personal scent. Oh, i love consoling pussy ( )! It was the first bpal i tried that made me love tuberose, initiating a mad search for all tuberose scents. And autumn coolness sounds so beautiful, i think it's on my wishlist but if not it def is going on. And i would not have thought to do this with an atmo, that sounds like a whole new avenue of possibility is opening up... They're totally fine on cloth, I spray my sheets and scarves all the time. Not gonna lie, I have sprayed myself before too. And my hair. Spray all the things!!

Thank you to my wonderful fairy for snagging this for me! <3 Wet: Green apple and soap. But only for a second, and then it smells like grass. The sweet, creamy tobacco, vanilla and cognac underneath could only be a Lace scent. Mmm. I was worried about the opium, but it's not amping and dominating yet. This is VERY green, but I do love that. And I love the complexity that the Lace base gives it. I do wish the fig came through a bit stronger. But it's lovely. Dry: This is beautiful. As it dries the green gets less pungent. The sweetness of the cognac and tobacco come through beautifully, and I think I do smell a bit of creamy fig. Lovely!! Can't wait to wear it in warmer weather.

I don't even remember ordering this. I am not kidding, I am pretty sure I sleep shopped....anyway, really glad to have it, so go sleeping me? (But srsly, why didn't you get 4??) Wet: Yes, that is some very patchy SO!! Though as usual in SO, the patch behaves soooo well on my skin. There's something almost peppery happening here too - DB is sometimes "spicy" on me, so maybe that? SO is always sweet on me, I can't say I am picking up extra honey. It's interesting. Not what I was expecting. Can't say that I love that pepperiness I am getting... Dry: the weird peppery DB dies down a bit, but it's still there. Other than that, it's patchouli heavy Snake Oil on m. I actually like Snake's Kiss quite a bit better, HOWEVER, I am going to age this and reserve full judgment until then.

I have recently come to adore Labdanum and opoponax, and lavender is my fave sleep smell, so I had to get this. Plus, it's hilarious and for a good cause. Wet: lots of lavender, and that cola smell that both labdanum and opoponax do on me (which I love!) So, lavender and sweet sticky coke. It actually smells fantastic. The sweetness of it keeps it from being too "dark" for me to want to wear to bed, so far (I bought this with the intention of it being a bedtime scent, as I go through those the most). Dry: The lavender fades a bit, and the opoponax comes out on top (I think, I actually can't really differentiate it from labdanum, I don't think?). It's still very soporific to me, and I still plan to sleep in it. It's a murky thick, rich, slow scent, mildly creepy. Love it!

To be honest, I am not expecting to like this. Patchouli and I aren't getting on well lately, Myrrh and I are love-hate and vetiver is always iffy. But the other notes are gold on me, and I adore the name, so here we are! Lol. Wet: Patchouli (dry and dirty and not pleasant, as it likes to be on my skin) quickly overtaken by Myrrh. The Myrrh is not quite as "stomp all over everything" as usual, but it's still pretty dominant. It is actually not mixing well with the patch on me. So it smells like dirty Myrrh. Not the worst thing I have tried, but not good either. Dry: Not bad at all. Sweet Myrrh, mostly. Just a hint of patchouli (not as dry and unpleasant now). I like it OK, but I don't LOVE it. Going to age it a while and see if it changes before I let it go.

Five Golden Rings Four Calling Birds Three French Hens Two Turtle Doves and a Partridge in a Pear Tree A ploop of tentacle-green mint, wet juniper, gum mastic, puckered bergamot, cardamom pod, thyme, and vetiver. Wet: I was drawn in by the interesting sounding combo of mastic and cardamom, but so far this is all about the mint and juniper - smells like gin with mint in it, it's very pleasant. It's quite a light scent so far, clean and refreshing. I am quite enjoying it, though I don't know that it would be something I want to wear. More than anything I want to drink it... Dry: The crook of my arm where I have applied this has gotten super cold from the mint! This is definitely refreshing! I really like the combo of mint and juniper. I can't detect the vetiver at all. I do think I get tiny bits of some herbal/spice notes, but nothing I could for sure identify. This is extremely pleasant, clean and refreshing. I don't often reach for mint scents, but if I did, I could see this being a go-to. A must try if you love mint or juniper! This would really having a cooling effect on a hot summer day (seriously, my arm is COLD).

I cannot resist beeswax dominant scents. Or honey dominant scents. But patchouli and I aren't getting along well lately. Though white patchouli works for me in a few things, including Wan White Humming Hive, which also features beeswax. Hoping I love this as much! Wet : Honeyed woody patchouli and beeswax. Gorgeous. Instant love. It's a really warm scent. I always find beeswax so comforting, I reach for it all the time. Dry: Beeswax heaven! Beeswax with honey is magic on my skin. The patchouli just gives it a bit more depth once dry. I adore this. I will likely snag a back up - I really do reach for my beeswax scents most, and the thought of running out of them is painful. I am so grateful to Beth - aromatherapy really works for me, and beeswax is a big part of that!

These notes are all favourites except for the almond, which is typically super strong on me but then disappears, so hoping this will be a big win! Smells like straight up almond in the bottle. Wet: Super sugary honeyed almond. With something sort of clean and cottony in the background. Weird, but quite pleasant! The almond is already fading. Dry: This dries down to a lovely sort of clean sweet amber fragrance with a touch of teak. Reminds me a bit of a couple of the other Lupers this year that I like a lot -must be a similar amber note. Anyway, I ADORE amber, so this is a keeper for me. Not what I was expecting, but will be keeping and loving the bottle.

Cedar, cracked leather, a bent twopence, and pipeweed. This is sprayed on my sleeve, as I already have HG in my hair. The cedar is so warm and earthy, it almost smells like patchouli for a second! No pencil shavings here, thank goodness. Either the leather or the metal is a bit chemical smelling, but not too bad. There's some sweetness from the pipeweed. This is mostly cedar though. It's really nice! Something is giving it an almost spicy feel. It's a very warm, glowing type of wood scent. I expect this will change a bit with age, I usually find that happens with cedar, it calms down after a year or two. I don't wear a ton of woody scents, but this is nice, and I am glad to have it to go with my few woody perfumes, but it's not really me, and I don't foresee wearing it a ton, and I think that was the longest run-on sentence I have ever written, but clearly I can't decide how I feel about this. This is unique - mostly cedar, hints of leather, a sense of warmth, a touch of sweetness. I like it. If you like woody smells, I would recommend this. This scent is not hamster approved, none of those horrid cedar shavings here!

I've been dying to try this!! But Snake Oil always needs aging for me to truly love it, so I held off as long as I possibly could before the temptation became to great. Wet: OMG, this is the shit. I adore honey. I adore vanilla cream. I adore sugar. And I love Snake Oil all the things. It's like this was made for me. I can smell that it still needs to age to be magic. The Snake Oil is kind of fresh and sharp under all that sexy honeycomb and vanilla cream. But this is EVERYTHING. I need a backup. Maybe more. There are few bottles I have 3 of - this may need to be one of them. I know it's not even dry yet, but just trust me and go get some. WAIT! No. It's turning awful. Like hideous. Don't buy any. Here, just give me yours, you'll hate it....(is lying) Dry: This is everything. Honeycomb forward (a sexy, sticky, lush honey note) with vanilla cream right behind, and just a touch of Snake Oil once dried (though I bet it gets stronger with age). This is amazing, and every time I catch a whiff from my arm I am happy. Hoard worthy! get some before it's gone or be sorry - I predict this one will be hard to come by later.

Wet: In the bottle, this is terrifying. It smells like oudh, which is to say, it smells like poo. Smells like poo as it's going on also, but almost as soon as it hits my skin it smells like sweet powdery orris. I often dislike orris, as it typically smells like violet on me (which makes sense in a roundabout way, as it's the root of an iris, and iris smells like violet on me). ANYWAY, I digress. The orris in this doesn't smell like violet, it smells lighter, cleaner - I think because it's mixed with a lovely cool vanilla and pale amber. It's very light on me. I have had to add a drop more to really smell it. It's quite nice though! Very feminine and refined. Pretty, if still a touch powdery. For some reason I feel like it reminds me of Pip? (after looking up notes and seeing Pip has iris in it, that makes more sense to me). Dry: Ugh! I can't get over the weird oudh/poo smell that I get in the waft of this! Nose to skin, I can identify that what I am really smelling is orris. But the silage is icky. Sad! Most of the Vulvas are awesome on me. I think I will age this a year before I give up on it.

Wet: Peach, with neroli's bitter edge. It's not unpleasantly bitter here though, as it often is. Actually, maybe "peppery" would be a better word for what I am getting in this instance, rather than bitter. Yes, very peppery. So much so that I just re-checked the notes to see if pepper was listed. My guess is it's the combo of neroli and champaca creating this pepperiness. I wanted to try this because of peach musk and ambergris - I smell neither. Dry: This dries really pretty. Simple, but pretty. Sweet fruity musk with hints of incense and floral. It's very very light on me though. If this were stronger, I would be tempted to get a bottle, it really is lovely and super wearable. But I can smell no silage, and I have to stuff my face into my elbow to even get a whiff, so this one is sadly not for my skin. Really pretty though! I bet the musk and ambergris age well also.

Wet: Lilac, and a sort of candied blueberry scent. There's something weird around the edges of the lilac, I can't really pinpoint it, but I could smell it straight out of the bottle. It made me wonder if there was jasmine in this, as it mostly smells like pee. It's not quite the cat pee scent of jasmine though, more like "kids sits on your lap and promptly pees their pants" pee (yes, that happens to me. My job is super glamorous.) Combined with the blueberry candy scent, the imagine I am getting is very childlike, but not in a god way. This is doing weird things on my skin - I blame orris and sage, both of which are iffy on me. Dry: This goes through a nice lilac and fruit phase before settling into a mostly blueberry (very sweet blueberry, maybe more like jam than candy? Either way, not fresh blueberry) with just a hint of lilac. Thankfully, no pee. Still, not something I would reach for. Glad I got to try it though!

Wet: Mmm, that's glorious. In my head, I love patchouli. In reality, lately it turns dry and dusty and sad on my skin in most blends. In this, it is chewy, rich and delicious. I don't know why, but this somehow reminds me of Antikythera? That is by no means bad, but it is perplexing. The similarity is passing as this dries and the rich labdanum (a new love of mine) comes forward. Mmmm. This is gorgeous. I don't know how on earth I am going to narrow down my "need more of" list from this year's Lupers. Dry: This is hard to describe. It's sweet, musky, rich, woody. I can't say exactly which notes come through strongest, they really blend well. I like it a lot, and will be getting more. I bet it ages great too!

Wet: Oooh, man do I love that musk/hay combo! It's warm and comforting, but then the leather sneaks in and makes it just a touch sensual as well. Shit. I was actually hoping I would hate this due to orris....my "need more of" list is getting absurd. Lupers always slay me. Dry: While I still like this, the leather has amped up to totally take over, and it has become something that I wouldn't really wear, sadly. While I appreciate it, and think it's nice, I know from experience I won't reach for something that's this leather heavy. I do like it though! Really glad I got to try it (I heart my decantress even more for sending out free sniffies! I never would have purchased a decant of this one)

Wet: Absolutely gorgeous. I instantly adore this. The labdanum is actually coming through strongest on me, but the tobacco, benzoin and vanilla are all very evident as well. This is amazing. Chewy caramelly cola-vanilla heaven. So far I feel like this will be a new fave for me. Dry: I love this. It's sweet, resinous, rich, but also bright and almost effervescent from the labdanum. The tobacco and labdanum are gorgeous together, and the vanilla and benzoin add rich sweetness. Love it, super glad I blind bottled it. Will need a back-up!

I love the plum and patch combo of Shadow in The Elevator. I also adore tobacco. I like nutmeg. This should be amazing on me, but lately patch (especially fresh patch) has been really iffy on me - quickly turning dry, dusty and not pleasant. Wet: Mmm, this is a rich, chewy patchouli that I really enjoy. I think the tobacco is helping add to the sweet richness of it. And it's stunning with the plum, just like in Shadow. Actually this is kind of similar! The patch is a bit stronger in this, I think. But I will need to do a side by side for sure to satisfy my curiosity. Either way, this is pretty fantastic. Kind of wish I had blind bottled it so it could already be aging, because in a year this is going to be stunning, I think. Currently though - really like it. Dry: This is exactly what I had hoped it would be - a dark, sultry plum scent. Plum and patch is such a killer combo, and the tobacco just makes it richer and sweeter. This is great. If you like scents like Shadow in The Elevator, or Mme. Moriarty, give this a go. I will be picking up a bottle asap.

Wet: Oooh, that's delicious. The musk reminds me of a darker Siberian musk. It's not the typical sort of "lemony" black musk from the Lab. It's sexy, dark, gritty. The coconut is sexy. The musk and coconut combo reminds me of Raptures and Roses, but this is much darker and not floral. Has that vibe though. Or like Tiki King, dark musk and coconut. Add in some incense. and this is hot, steamy, tropical, dark and sexy. I totally love it so far. The Myrrh is creeping in, sweet and rich. This is awesome. Dry: I am going to need to do a death match, because this seriously smells just like Tiki King to me. Granted, I haven't had Tiki King on since summer, so I could be nuts. But I don't think so. It's also slightly reminiscent of So Below. If you like those types of scents, give this a go! It's seriously sexy. Musky coconut magic! I will likely grab a bottle, as I have never managed to snag a back up of Tiki King.

Wet: Sweet, soft florals and musk. Lovely. Super feminine and soft. Elegant. Refined. Love it so far. There is a tiny hint of green somewhere in there that keeps it from being too heady. It hovers on the verge of powdery, but doesn't quite go there. I really like it. It's very light and springy. Dry: Really pretty. Soft, slightly floral, sweet musk. Very spring appropriate. It's not one of those scents that I sniff and think "OMG it's stunning" but it makes me smile and think of sunshine and warm breezes. That's a win for me!

I don't know why I thought I needed a decant of this - these note are not likely to smell like what I am hoping (which is for plum and musk) Wet: Lavender comes through strongest (I should have known it would!) with hints of bright plum and some greenish floral notes. It's actually super pretty. The lavender is calming down and blending in more with each sniff I take, but it's still pretty overpowering. I only wear lavender to bed (because it triggers me to "bedtime mode" and I want to keep it that way) so this is disappointing to me, as I have been wanting a spring plum scent. It's hard for me to find ones I like. Dry: This is really nice when it dries! The plum does come out more, the lavender fades, and this turns into a lovely light, fruity floral. More fruit than floral. The musk is a lovely white musk, to my nose, and is quite noticeable. So I guess I did get my plum and musk scent! It's really light though, so I need to actually wear it for a full day to see if it's strong enough to warrant getting a bottle. I have a feeling it sadly won't be, as it's very light even with my nose pressed right to it.

Wet: I get lots of cotton candy on wet. The rose is the variety that tricks my nose into thinking there is lemon involved. As it dries, the cotton candy fades into more of a powdered sugar type note, and this reminds me somewhat of Hope, only with that lemony thing happening. I don't get any vanilla, and I don't find it similar to Rose Jam - Un was much more similar, to my nose. We shall see how this dries. Dry: This dries to smell very much like Hope on me, with more sugar and less rose, and just a hint of vanilla. It's really great, but I can't see needing it when I already have Hope.

I am expecting this to be like Whip (which I love) with a twist. The leather in Whip is one of the best leather notes, on my iffy skin chem. Fingers crossed it's the same one. Wet: OMG so much almond. And leather. Ooohh, but it's the good leather!! Yay. It actually isn't the same as the leather in Whip, to me. It smells more like a worn, suede type leather. It's fantastic. I love it with all that sweet almond. The rose is like an afterthought so far. Dry: The throw from this is an amazing leather note. The almond is totally gone (almond is super strong on me then disappears). The leather is dominant, but the rose and remaining sweetness, all that's left of the almond, are both very present. It goes through a phase where it is slightly sour, but settles into something pretty amazing. I am trying really hard not to love it, and not succeeding. I will have to death match it against Whip. I can't need both....right?

Lol @bheansidhe Wet: Sweet rose (almost candied). Love it instantly. I used to adore rose, and bought tons of rose perfumes. But then I just wasn't reaching for them. Then I realized I like really sweet rose perfumes. So I have been revamping my "rose collection". This totally fits the bill of a sweet rose scent perfectly. I swear there is a sugar note in here - so much so that I want to lick my arm. I get no butter (luckily) and no actual cookie note, but it's still very gourmand. Like simple syrup with a ton of rose in it. YUM. Dry: I LOVE this. I never do get a cookie note at all, it's just super sugary rose. It's different from Hope, which is powdered sugar and rose. This smells like rose syrup. It's amazing and I want a bottle. I had told myself I would only get one bottle from the Dozen Roses collection - I already want Cing and Un, and haven't even tested any of the Post Roses yet. I am in trouble.

Autumn Coolness shares a couple notes ' "Autumn Coolness - The scent of wisteria, Cymbidium, lotus blossom, and cassia buds drifting on a breeze through gently swaying bamboo reeds" Or maybe Consoling Pussy of Horse Face Mountain - Tuberose incense, blue wisteria, and oakmoss. Or you could just get the atmo and spray it all over your clothes, as many do, thus wearing it as a personal scent.

I tried Un today - it's as close to Rose Jam as any BPAL I have ever smelled.