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Wisteria and lilac are having the most passive-aggressive fight I've ever smelled. They both keep going "Pardon me, I believe I was here first. No, I'm fairly certain is was me..." etc. It's polite, but they keep vying for top billing while the tea and pepper quietly slip in front of them both. I know that kind of makes it sound like a restless scent, but it works pretty well overall. There just happens to be a chance you'll alternately smell wisteria and lilac. Like I said, the tea and pepper do come out to add some stability. They work very well together even though it might not be the intuitive choice. I'm quite fond of it.

Absolutely wonderful spring scent. It's kind of what I was hoping Amsterdam would be. I really love tulips and they have this strange dry sweetness, if that makes any sense, and I feel like I get it in spades here. It does have a suggestion of lavender the plant, but it more strongly has me associating with lavender the color. There is a little honey sweetness, but not too much. In fact the second most noticeable scent after tulips is the freesia. Everything else kind of coddles them and lifts them up. This scent is a real winner.

This forest is bright and green. It really is like new growth in the forest. I get a bit of the honey, but it isn't overly sweet. It actually reminds me quite a bit of tree sap. It's still kind of sweet, but it's mostly an extension of the trees. It's nice and simple. I could see using this to layer with for anything that you'd want "in the woods", even though it's still fine on its own.

This really is well-blended. I feel like I notice a different facet every time I sniff. I get a lot of white tea and ginger, but the fir is pretty forward, too. It helps keep it distinctly different from scents like Kumiho which is all white tea and ginger. The apricot is adding a nice hit of sweetness and helps flesh it out and take away a little bit of the sharpness that tea can bring. I don't mind the sharpness, but it's nice to have variety. All in all, a very wearable spring scent.

Pretty much what it says on the tin. It's a very snuggly scent for me. I actually really like wearing it to help me sleep. The lavender is very soothing, and not harsh like it sometimes can be. The leaves seem to help with that and give it a nice almost herbal background. I could see myself wearing it on a day where I could use a calming presence, because it really is very soft and soothing to me.

2016 version I get a dark and lurking pine scent. It's mildly foreboding, like getting lost in the woods. It's just a very true pine scent with a touch of clove to give it a bit of oomph. It's simple, but it really packs a punch. I quite like it.

It's like a warm sea breeze. It feels light and airy, but is an aquatic for sure. I get wafts of lavender and osmanthus, and they do become more prominent with time. I was hoping for more honey incense, but I really don't detect that note at all. If I had to paint a picture for this scent, it would be a line of clean sheets drying in the breeze on a cliff by the sea. It is quite pretty and stays close to the skin, which is nice. It's going to be a lovely spring scent.

I get a surprisingly sweet experience from Djinn. It is kind of smoky, but it's by a sweet wood or incense. It isn't really strong on me, and that's kind of a shame. It's a very simple perfume, but I like it quite a bit.

I really dig this. It's a really deep musk with tobacco and clove to start. It dries very much the same, but there is a wee bit of citrus noted. I'm quite fond of citrus in general, so it's always a welcome addition. In this case I think it's particularly welcome because it breaks up a pretty dark and brooding scent to give it some complexity. The orange blossom is never more than a suggestion, but it's presence is very important. I really like this, even though it is pretty heavy. It weighs me down, kind of like vetiver does, but not in a bad way. I just have to be in the right mindset to wear it.

This is the prettiest that something deep, dark, and looming has smelled in a while. It's not a murky, angry sea, but it's also not as light and inviting as a babbling brook might smell. It's very aquatic, obviously, but it feels like the perfect example to if someone's never experienced the type before. The kelp smells like the sea lettuce variety and it is very much surrounded with salt water. I don't get soap, for what it's worth. It's just a pretty sea scent with a slight edge to it. I'm glad to have it.

It's kind of antiseptic when it first goes on. It's nice and green-smelling, but it's also like I could clean the floor with it and have an amazing smelling floor. It's worth riding out, though. About 10 minutes in, that mostly goes away and what's left is geranium planted in rich soil. It reminds me of preparing the flower boxes for the cemetery before we switched to using sedum. It's nice and earthy, but not my favorite of the genre.

Bliss is true-blue milk chocolate all day long. I'm not crazy about smelling like a chocolate bar, but if I was this is as close as you get without pulling an Augustus Gloop from Willy Wonka.

It's so very sweet on me. I get the booziness to start, almost like a vanilla syrup with rum. After about 30 minutes it became a straight up rum cake. It smells like the cakes my gran preferred that we'd get in the Polish grocery stores around Christmas. It never changes after that and lasts an eternity. Baked goods and booze don't really do it for me, so this will move along.

This is a very true and full coffee scent. It's very rich, but it's not like black coffee freshly poured from a carafe. It smells just like someone's favorite coffee shop. One that's been there so long that everything is imbued with the smell from the floorboards to the rafters. It's a very cozy space that chooses the perfect beans and crafts their product with care. Now, that's fine and dandy, but I happen to really hate coffee. I still believe everything I wrote, but it's really not my jam. I still wanted to give a review since this crossed my path. Even if I don't want to smell like a coffee shop doesn't mean someone else won't either.

I adore this scent. I love tea scents so this had to be tried. I feel like I detect a green, white, and lemon tea with just a suggestion of peony. My gran had peonies growing in her garden and it does remind me of them a bit. This is such a perfect spring blend for me. It lasts for the better part of the day. It makes me unabashedly cheerful because it feels like such a carefree scent.

This starts really strong when first applied. It's an intense forest, very sweet trees. I think I get a kind of pine, but I'm not sure what else. I'm really digging it at this stage. It's kind of like a magical forest scent. About 10 minutes into it, a lot of what makes it smell like a thick, dense forest is gone and more delicate herbs and grasses are left. I definitely get sage out of it, myself. I like it here, too, but after this it pretty much disappears within 30 minutes. It's kind of a bummer.

It's a very subdued scent. It's not like earth that's used for growing like potting soil or farmer's land, but it's not barren either. It's mostly cold, dry earth with some vegetation. And every once in a while I could swear that there is something an awful lot like nutmeg in it. Not powerfully, but almost as an afterthought. It's not the most complex scent there is, but it is intriguing. I could see reaching for it once in a while, but I prefer other earthy scents more.

Pretty much what it says on the tin. Sweet milk and honey and what reads as almonds to my nose, as opposed to grains. It's pretty strong on me and very foodie. It really strongly reminds me of Italian torrone candies with almonds. I have to say I'm not crazy about smelling like sweets, so it's not really for me, but I can see why someone would love this.

It was nice and warm coming out of the gate, but it quickly moved to a mild jasmine vanilla scent. There is a touch of smokiness after some time, but it doesn't have enough character on me to save it. It's fine, but I think I'll pass this along.

Cherries and I rarely get along. They are often very unfriendly to me and refuse to smell like anything but medicine or a pre-teen's glitter body spray. I'll give anything a go, though. The first 5 minutes was like I had spilled Robitussin all over myself, but the honey made a valiant effort to wrangle it back in. After about 15 minutes the cherries and honey are grudgingly sitting next to each-other and behaving. They never really blend for me and kind of just sit in a stalemate till it wears off in a few hours. I remember a friend saying that they liked it because it reminded them of smoking a pipe with cherry tobacco, and I was really hoping that was the case for me as I love that smell. I guess it's not to be this time.

First applied it's all pink, fruity gum. Not bubblegum, but a fruit gum for sure. It's as if the scent is super excited to be out and about and is so happy it just can't help it. After about 10 minutes of unbridled joy, it calms down into a perky, but wearable, pink grapefruit. There is a touch of beramot and nectarine, but it's mostly pink grapefruit. I much prefer it now that it's come down off the sugar high. It gets much more interesting the longer it wears. The musk comes out a bit and the nectarine comes forward more. I really do enjoy this sent, and it is worth sitting through that initial blast of sweetness to me.

Very salty sea air and lush green trees. It reminds me of a tropical greenhouse that's thriving and is very humid. I get no wine, personally. It's just a bright, clean scent. It doesn't change on me over time and lasted around 4 hours on me, which isn't too bad.

It's a very atmospheric scent for me. It kind of reminds me of trips to put flowers out in the cemetery in the beginning of the spring. Like, on the last bitter cold day before the weather starts to stay mild. It's a brisk scent that is a bit ozone and a bit lily. I love lilies and muguet so this is right up my alley. It never reaches soap territory for me, though I can see where that might be true on others. I'm just lucky that way. It does get a little sweeter as it dries and smells like lilies dipped in sugar. It's quite pretty.

This is a thoroughly boozy chocolate. It's a deep, red wine and rich, dark chocolate. That's really all I get. For people who like those types of scents this is a hit! For me, I'm not a fan of booze or chocolate scents. I was frimped this and was glad to try it, but it will be passed on to a more loving home.

Rosemary is typically my least favorite of the herbs. There's something about it that I just can't get past. That being said, I really enjoy this scent. It starts out pretty herbal with a little orange blossom, and it dries to be a rose scent with a little bit of orange blossom and a touch of rosemary. It's simple, but it's still very pretty. i like it well enough to keep, but probably won't hunt for more.