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Hm I'm not sure how I feel about this one. I love the bright amber and the very accurate jasmine tea I get, but the blood musk might not be for me. The musk seems fruity to me almost, and it's not going well with the tea on me. As it dries down it fades a bit and lets the tea shine more but I think just a decant is a enough for me.

I love coffee scents for coziness. Both of the current Coffee Buttercream scents are super cozy for me, as well as El Dia de los Reyes. Seconding Haunted as well, musky amber amber feels like a cozy sweater. Others I like in that vein are Palmyra and Morocco.

Had so much hope for this but on me this is dusty orris and sandalwood, with a little something bitter in the background. Envious of all the people it does work on!

This reminds me a lot of Waiting but not aquatic. The silver nitrate accord is reminiscent of the asphalt note to me. An interesting, atmospheric cool-toned amber scent. This one has been the most evoking of an eclipse to me, mysterious and obscured is the vibe I get.

Gorgeous: soft ethereal blue amber and ylang ylang are the notes I get most prominently. But I agree with the soft Oriental description completely. It smells like a soft Shunga to me. However this disappears quite quickly on my skin or else it would definitely be a bottle purchase!

Lovely! The jasmine is light and sweet with just the barest hint of headiness. The tobacco comes out softly as it dries but remains indistinct. This is definitely not a grown up womanly heady jasmine and tobacco blend, it is soft and youthful. The jasmine reminds me a bit of the black jasmine in Mare Vaporum but sweeter and less heady. It has the same dissipating, shadowy effect as it dries.

In the imp: a dark greeness I read as pine or some other evergreen but looking at the notes I think is cedar and vetiver. Wet: a cloud of ambergris, and then a tumble of other notes. Vetiver and cedar still dominating the conversation. Dry: while still vetiver and cedar foreword, the amber and tobacco add sweetness and warmth. I get a little sage over the top. I definitely agree this is a smoky gray blend.

Wet this was slightly vegetal. I was told jalepeno and couldn't shake that idea for a while. Dry it's a sweet tobacco and ambergris scent. It is basically Hag Grey in perfume form on me.

The clove sort stomps all over this for a while, but I get a nice spicy amber and carnation after a few hours of wear.

In the bottle I get a whiff of sweet jasmine and soft greens. I was worried that this would be too mossy on me but dry I get a soft Dorian and jasmine combo that is gorgeous. The jasmine reminds me of the one in La Prostition et la Folie, sweet and not indolic to me at all. There is a touch of fresh greens underneath as well. I'm in love!

I agree that the lavender is a lot like the one in TKO, but less sugared. There is something airy about it, and just a faint herbal edge. Underneath I get a whiff of creamy coconut. Simply beautiful.

Bought this for my guy for the mentions of Dorian, and it does reminds me of Dorian, but fresher and lighter. On me, s it dries I get a mossy greeness over everything, and I wonder if it is in the fougere? On my guy however I distinctly get a creamy earl grey with a splash of fresh clean cologne.

Absolutely stunning. Deep rich amber complemented perfectly by jasmine tea. The jasmine is light and ethereal, draped over a deep green tea. Generally in BPAL I find green tea to be a very bright and crisp note (perhaps because it is so often paired with citrus?). But here it is more true to life to me, fresh and green but with an light earthy warmth. I think the vanilla is in part adding some of the warmth and it melds with the amber seamlessly. In love! Hopefully I can find some more.

The coconut in this seems very similar to that of Coconut Meat SN. Very tropical and beachy but not synthetic. I get a little sugar and some heat from the black pepper. While I do love it I get enough of my coconut needs from other scents (such as Coconut Meat) that I feel the need to track more of this down, delicious as it is!

Sharp, smoky vetiver in the imp almost scares me off completely. But on my skin it's not so bad. Smoky and sweet but with a touch of bright lemon. Fun to try!

This smells like smoke and vinegar in the imp, but on my skin it sweetens up a touch. Smoky vetiver and sweet dragon's blood, with red musk and earthy patchouli. Dark and foreboding but a touch rough for my tastes.

This pretty much just a slightly gritty patchouli on me!

In the imp: bright sparkling and herbal. Getting a hint of pine and maybe juniper? Wet: Smoothing out a bit, but still smells like a bright sunlit forest. Dry: Mossy and woodsy. Still bright, maybe a touch of citrus? Looking at the notes this makes sense but I wish I got more flowers. Moss tends to amp on me. A very pretty woods scent but not my thing!

The jasmine in this smells a lot like the one in Mare Vaporum (a favorite of mine). Wet it's very strong but as it dries it get shadowy? I don't know how else to describe it. It's extremely well blended and it's hard to pick out the notes, other than jasmine. It's woody, spicy, and sweet, and floral but everything is incredibly well balanced. But if I put my nose right up to my arm I can pick out smooth honey and some hay. A beautiful dark jasmine scent but not at all heavy.

I too was afraid of the smoke in the description but luckily the reviews swayed me! Initially the apple wine read more like apple candy. But dry I get the sweet vanilla lace distinctly with a more subdued apple wine made deeper by sweet tobacco and amber, with a touch of smoke. A delicious early fall scent with great wear length and throw!

I am going to suggest Alisz as well! I got a nice balance of vanilla mint and rose but I think it seems very dependent on skin chem. If you don't amp mint too much I think it could be just what you're looking for!

This has to be one of my favorite coffee scents. The coffee is dark and roasty and strong! The musk and sugar compliment it nicely. Will need a bottle!

I put this on and immediately loved it. The only notes I could remember were gardenia and chrome. This smelled light and glittering, vaguely floral but skin warm and musky as well. Looking at the notes now it all makes sense, ambergris is a beloved note and my skin loves it as well! For me this a heart of ambergris and white amber. The white tea and chrome gives a crisp, clean, glittering edge. The gardenia isn't very assertive but I think that the light headiness that wafts in and out is beautiful. I need a bottle but it could probably wait until spring rolls around again.

Have you tried Spiced Autumn Cider from last year's Weenies? Smells just like apple cider and mulling spices to me! Confirmation that I looked at all the wrong Weenies last year. Hopefully there will be more cider in this year! Lambs-Wool sounds heavenly and I will have to keep my eye's peeled for it! Thank you for all the recs!

At first I feared my chemistry might be doing something weird to patchouli, but this settled nicely. It a delicious golden resin blend. It's rich and warm and in perfect balance. Not too smoky or piney, which were the aspects that I wasn't too sure about. It's surprisingly smooth and light. A delightful early fall scent.