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Ohh! Sexy, soft, delicious. That amazingly realistic leather note the lab does so well, mixed with just a tinge of greenishness and something i want to call 'fresh animalistic'. Pretty sure it's the matcha, champaca, anise and narcissus that work together to create that base, on top is just layers and layers of delightful patchouli leather.

Oof, first sniff i was thinking there was ink black opoponax in there or thick vetiver. It kinda smells like decay you'd smell in a garden centre if you're visiting on the wrong day... Reading the notes, it makes more sense- though. And to be honest, the cacao starts coming through the more it dries down. But it somehow starts to resemble those orange-chocolate cookies more and I literally can not deal with that, unfortunately. Not for me!

A very soft lavender incense - the stone has something earthy about it, and far in the background there's a lovely beeswax. Wasn't expecting to like this as much!

Subtle pumpkin, lotsa spices! I swear there's apple in here. ...This is honestly very similar on me as to what bobbing for apples was. But far spicier! But, this does have a home-candle quality to it that i can't quite place. Is there wax in here? Maybe that's what the sandalwood does on me. Anyway, sad about that, it's a faux-smelling kinda foodie on me, this has great potential for somebody else though! :')

Definately smell that lemon icecream, salty fried goodness, dusted with angelic sugar (though i do see where the cilantro/cumin mentions are coming from). Not bad at all, strange but very enjoyable!

Now i will start this off by saying that i was looking for the cobalt version of this bottle because i fell in love with the bottle+art combo, and I got lucky finding a swap for it (thank you)! ❤ But, as i sniffed it for the first time i audibly gasped, this is DELICIOUS and i'm happy to say i found a new autumn favourite. I have tried candycorn before, but this is that, on a whole 'nother level. The spices are strong (but not pungent) and it stays strong on my skin as well. The spices give it this ooky darker layer, definately more complex than "just candy corn". I LOVE THIS!!

Really what it says on the tin. This is a cloyingly sweet cookie with dare i say brown sugar and probably a bit of a hard cakey texture, with that soft buttery vannilaish snow thing that snow what has which surrounds it. Doesn’t morph, stays as is, really strong.

2012 Version. First thing i proclaimed out loud was ‘Ahh sweet patchouli!’ This is exactly what I imagine it would be from the description on in in the decant. A gritty, witchy and woody (like an expensive furniture type of laquered wood) scent. Dark images of a little cottage in the wood, enveloped by a thick fog of patchouli, champaca and incense, with a big glob of sweet dark orange honey. On my skin it starts morphing quite quickly to something that’s a little squishier, less gritty and the red musk really comes out to play. It dries down to a somewhat agressive red musk, veeery vaguely reminding me of Crimson peak’s ‘Crimson’. It’s gotten back to a more dry scent now, there’s still a pretty strong wood and honey behind the red musk, and the gritty, dirty, and fog-smells have all gone to the background. This is a witch with which you don’t want to fuck around and find out!

Ridiculous indeed, but no less fun either! I’m picking up strong caramel but that may be the closest i’ve ever come to butterscotch, with a lovely pulpy RED apple and a soft coconut rum. Not more complicated than that, but it needn’t be. It dries down to a slightly more cloye-y but also more subtle scent. Happy happy!

I've been really interested in giving this one a try! In the decant it's a weirdly greenish, silvery scent with a sharp/hard edge. I’d almost say weirdly ‘concrete-y’. I’m a little scared of the vetiver, but the rest of the notes seem so lovely, just gotta get through it (lol). On my skin that weird sharp concrete-y note dissapears and whether it’s that, or another note that pops up – it becomes a soft, velvety scent. The pale orchid is not super up-front, but this does have a main white-floral thing going on, but lots of complexity here. A soft cloud of champaca, myrhh, vetiver and oude to lay down on, a flash of white, cool peach and the warmth of the black currant paired with amber. I’m not familiar with the story, but i’m getting real ‘wise/well-traveled woman’ vibes from this. The vetiver is juuuust there enough for me to be irked by it, unfortunately, but this is beautiful!!

SUPER creamy super realistic chocolate. And, yes, sugary chocolate cream filling. Delish.

I was curious about this, because i couldn't imagine what this... would be like. But, straight in the imp this was an ‘ew’, something gritty-greenish amongst overly sweet mix of sum’n. However, on my skin this morphs into something closer to sunscreen. ...I can’t explain it, it doesn’t make sense. But this is a weirdly sweet sunscreen.

I can pick apart the notes easily, honestly. It’s not a very deep review. It is however very pleasant, the rice milk give it a soft, light edge. I wouldn’t give this ‘spicy snake oil chocolate’ though, i’d go for more floral snake oil chocolate’.

Oooo definately lemony sugar, but i also understand the chocolate twizzler connection mentioned above. Strange, cause THAT seem like combinations i’d both hate, but this is VERY sniffable. It reminds me of a combination of notes that’s also in Reptoid dominion, it has something similar where this patchouli is somewhat lime-lemony at times, but nothing overpowers. Delightful.

This is an ink black goopy oil. Delicious spiced cacao mainly, the rest is there in the background like you’re sipping on an unending, perfect cocoa while in a great golden hall with a feast. Dries down to a spicy cinnamon with a slight tinge of wine. Beautiful.

Exactly a peep. And, yes- a stale one. How the hell do they do this??? For someone who has eaten a record amount of marshmallows in the last few weeks this is exactly that, maybe a pink variant, but that could just be my brain making the pink part up. Such a happy fun sugary scent!

UGH. DELICIOUS. Reminds me of the soft sweet note in Edith Cushing – though i’ll admit that one’s more nutty, but the vanilla is definately on par there. I’m not sure if I should keep this decant or not, because i don’t know if I would actually WEAR this, but oh….. this is lovely. EDIT: No i'm definately trying to find more- this is addictive, this is.

Ooooh, a delicious earthy blackberry. Maybe laying in a bit of dirt on a dreary day under leafy bushes. That's what i'm getting. That, though I can admit those magnolia blossoms are a little more present than what my envisionment may divolge… But still a well-blended perfume. SO PRETTY!!

A lovely masculine dare I say pirate-leaning scent. A dude deliciously relaxing in the tropical sun sippin' on some rum. Heady tobacco, a soft spicy rum, and summery sweet florals. Super happy to have tried this! ;3;

First impression was a dusty grave with beautiful, up-kept flowers. Definately not as dark as i'd expect anything vampiric to be. Has a touch of graveyard dirt, dust, strong herbs and soft wine. Really enjoyable, very wearable!!

A greenish, purple haze up to no good. Strong, sharp notes of rosemary and lavender, softened somewhat by the remaining ingredients.

Very pretty! First thought that comes to mind is liquorice and currants (which, doesn't make much sense reading the notes, but hey). It's similar on me (it doesn't morph on me from the decant) to the ol' madame moriarty, just slightly more mainstream-perfume-y. It's got a floral note i could've sworn i smelled in la vie est belle and black opium, which in both cases is not a bad thing. I also concur with the dorian resemblance mentioned earlier, it's got something fougere-y in there that's soft and slightly "creamy". Guessing that's partially the vanilla musk? Won't need a bottle since like i said, moriarty scratches this itch for me, but it's genuinely lovely.

Exactly what the description says! A brown-sugared milky fur. Doesn't change on my skin. Not something i'd wear, but very cute!

There's a slight animalistic musk-y quality to this, i definately see the witches outside in the middle of the woods, probably in the middle of an incantation. Soft sage patchouli and frankincense as a smoky haze, given a white/opalescent colour by the jasmine, and a sweetness by the oudh and honey myrtle.

I don't know if my skin is just not amping anything because it's so cold here, but oof i wish this did. Lovely soft cinnamon and a few "squishy" sweet light-purply notes, all meshed together in a smooth frankincense.