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  1. roseus

    Sich Aufstützender Weiblicher Akt Mit Langem Haar

    I think something about the iris and mimosa is giving the clean vibe, it leans maybe a touch soapy wet (personally not a problem, I love a laundry scent) but dries to more of a spicy-breezy floral with vanillic, balsamic notes from the tonka, vanilla, and amber. Cardamom tends to be a show-stealer but melds in very well here. As it dries I get a touch more resin-y sweetness. It's a very neutral/natural scent, like clean skin.
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    Beaver Moon: Yuzu & Warm Honey Drizzle

    Crisp, mouthwatering yuzu and a light, floral honey. Sparkling, breezy. So, so pretty.
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    The Woodland So Wild

    Dreamy is the perfect word for this. From the get go it is dusky pink and pillowy. Soft, not super sweet, and airy. I struggle to pull apart the notes at first, as it dries certain elements such as the carnation or cedar become a bit more distinct but they all meld together beautifully. Dry it tends to more dry and spicy then the sweet peony it opens with, but retains that blurry dreamy quality.
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    On Beauty

    Initially I get mostly saffron and a touch of smokiness. It's lightly fruity but in a dry way, and there's something reminiscent of soft leather. This never gets very floral on me, they are tamped down by sandalwood, saffron, and vanilla. It has big throw but not overwhelming and heavy. It dries down to a lovely spicy dry vanilla with a hint of tobacco flower one me.
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    Beaver Moon: Lime Blossom & Amber Sugar

    In the imp, crisp pithy lime with a coating of sugar and a blossom-y headiness. On my skin it is like candied lime peel, zesty with a bitter edge. The amber really rounds it out. Gorgeous!
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    Lines Written by a Bear of Very Little Brain

    In the imp creamy rice and a hint of cardamom. Cozy rice pudding. On my skin I get the honey, and a bit of a Snow White-type snow but it isn't the main event. I find this to be very rice-forward. Musky, creamy, slightly starchy-powdery, with a halo of sweetness and spice.
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    Bulgarian Rose and Coffee Beans

    Oh maaan. I get more rose on my skin initially, a big gorgeous heady bloom. Different than the rose of Peacock Queen, sweet and slightly fruity without being an overly sweet, jammy rose. As it dries I get a beautiful toasty coffee note supporting the rose. They dry to a beautiful harmony.
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    Terrible Moon: Cardamom and Black Amber

    In in the imp I get a soft amber with a almost mentholated cardamom. My skin turns this to a generic men's shower gel unfortunately.
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    Beaver Moon: Green Tea & Cookie Dough

    Slighty buttery cookie dough with a gorgeous jasmine tea. Slightly vegetal and not citrusy like some green tea notes can be. Fresh but cozy. A beautiful gourmand-ish.
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    Edward Bear

    Such a soft, sweet comforting scent. Toasty bread (there is something oaty too), sweetened and bit by the honey and amber and a bit creamy. Just a hint of soft, clean (but not overwhelmingly laundry-y) cotton underneath.
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    If Bears Were Bees, If Bees Were Bears

    In the imp, the sweetest honey I've ever encountered with a hint of fizz. Wet it turns to gummy bears. Eventually settles into a very sweet marmalade. You'd think I'm getting my bears confused but I think my skin does something wonky to this one.
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    Cosmic Criquet

    Sweet florals and ozone-y rain in the imp. Enchanting. On my skin it's mistier, more humid with a light fruity element I can't quite place. Nothing leaps out in particular, it's very atmospheric. A strange, beautiful tropical scene.
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    Terrible Moon

    Tremendously comforting indeed! Creamy, beeswax-y wool. Ever-so-slightly clean, with lots of warmth from the beeswax and amber. As it dries I get hints of cacao and cardamom but it doesn't push it gourmand. A hug of a scent, beautiful!
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    Lucky Hand Root

    Really earthy patchouli, a somewhat chilly dirt note, and lovely humid orchid. My skin does something weird with a lot of dirt accords, and this one turns straight up pine/fir on me wet. Eventually some of that earthy patchouli comes back and just a hint of orchid, but my skin turns this to a forest scent, albeit a pleasant one!
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    Retch

    Chocolatey boozy oudh. The chocolate and oudh is very pleasant on me, but the booze turns to a sickly sweet cherry cough syrup on my skin unfortunately.
  16. Lots of neroli on my skin initially with a gorgeous airy vanilla following. As it dries I get a touch of herbal green I attribute to the olive leaf and a bit of carnation. With the vanilla and carnations it feels like a cousin to Morocco, the neroli adding an elegant edge.
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    Jacob's Ladder

    Gorgeous soft golden resins. Amber is the most prominent to my nose. It's rich, but delicate somehow. There's a glittering citrus-lile facet. Very pretty!
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    On Religion

    Initially I get a deep ambery beeswax, lightly sweet and golden. I'd swear there was a bit of vanilla as well. As it settles on my skin I get soft touches of cedar, hay, and frankincense. It's golden, slightly woody (the cedar is very gentle and restrained), resiny sweet. Beautiful.
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    On Prayer

    Beautiful incense, soft and sheer. But the lotus turns super to sweet bubblegum me and doesn't settle down.
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    Seven Horses

    A gorgeous rich, nutty scent. Earthy sweet. As it dries I feel like I'll get a whiff of something in particular, a bit of cacao or chestnut or coffee. But nothing leaps out in particular for long. Cozy, refined.
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    Lavender Semlor

    Poofy sweet lavender in the imp, with a hint of sweet fruity almond underneath and a breath of cardamom. On my skin I get a soft, slightly buttery bread note, followed by a more mellowed nuttier almond, and the lavender which is slightly less sweet. As it dries I get a bit more cardamom again. I really like how it settles out, a soft lavender tamping down the sweetness of a nutty, lightly spiced bun. Comforting and cozy.
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    His Grasp Is So Cold

    In the imp this smells like a cold, wet day in early winter before it is cold enough to actually freeze. It's green and chilly, and then I get a smudgy cloud of ambergris following. On my skin I get the woody oud and oppononax which round it out. A freezing rain in the forest.
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    I Hear America Singing

    The lemon peel and neroli fight for top place on my skin initially, but quickly settle into a really pretty harmony. Sparkling slightly bitter neroli and lemon on a warm musky base. As it dries I get some slight greenness from the ti leaf and a bit of zing from the ginger. I want to say I detect the lime blossom but I can't be certain. A gorgeous bright and breezy scent.
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    On Time

    This is so gentle and lovely. Reminds me of a softer, slightly more complex Shanghai. Bright citrus-scented tea wet, with the soft slightly powdery orris and smudgy frankincense-ambergris combo coming in as it dries. Wispy and romantic.
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    On Crime and Punishment

    This frankincense is very dry and woody on my skin. The balsam adds a dark green freshness. As it dries I get more polished amber peeking out, and just a hint of cardamom. I agree this is a solemn and serious scent.
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