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Brian: “No one else would come out onto the rink. It was just Lilith and me skating, and Beth and Ted were trying to get pictures. I was trying to teach Lilith to skate while dodging penguins and other tourists. There’s a pretty funny photo of Lilith falling and me lunging to catch her, and the funny part is that it’s angled in a way that almost looks like I’m pushing her down. We skated together a ton that night, and she insisted that we go back again the next night.” Lilith: “I’ve ice skated before when I was littler with a thingy, but this is the first time I really learned how to ice skate. Unkie helped me when I wasn’t using the penguin and he skated me with a lot and helped me learn how to do it. I fell down a lot, but that’s fine.” Sugared chestnut and powidltascherl.  Wow first one... That's so good! Sweet powidl. Powidltaschen are sweet sugared pureed plums inside a sweet potato dough, covered in sweet crumbs. I smell the sweet plums and a doughy scent. But no chestnuts. Still very yummy! 🥰

So I read on FB, and now here above, it should be similar to NA Bastet Amber. I think I get that comparison, they are really similar, just with cocoa. First Hohensalzburg reminds me of Gelt, but then the icy part takes control and that really feels like Bastet Amber. It's funny living in Salzburg and wearing a perfume inspired by my home town 🥰😅

I really like that one! Definitely blackberry and plum with something in the background that reads perfumy. It's not really musk nor Amber so not sure. Might be the " icy" air?

Oh it's soooooo good, even mail fresh from this morning. Coffee and vanilla ice cream, delicious! Sweet but not cloying due to the coffee brew. Glad I got a bottle!

Endless night is a soft scent, none of the notes are in any way dominant on my skin. I get little bit, but not overwhelming, honey, blackberry and musk. Can't smell bay or tobacco. This will surely be a nice bath treat!

I first thought of gingerbread spices when I first smelled it. Indeed it must be clove mixed with chili pepper, it's very spicy on me, sweet and spicy. After like 10 minutes in, the spices back off a little and I get a hint of cocoa. But unfortunately no nuts at all. It seems my skin amps all the spices in this one. 😞

I'm no floral lover, but wanted to test this combo of resins and lotus. On my skin it's really nice, soft florals and balsamic resins.

Only since falling down the BPAL rabbit hole, I'm beginning to like rose heavy blends. Actually quatre started it. 😅 Well Fourth Lash is very rose heavy, very true to nature just like sniffing a rose blossom. But even for me it's not that bad. Can't smell any leather or amber, not even vertiver. Just a slight sandelwood in the background. It's nice, but won't need a bottle.

I was intrigued by the Birch tar in Seventh Lash but I'm afraid there's too much labdanum, it's very harsh and pungent on me. Can't stand it 😞

First Lash has Austrian black Amber, so I'm from Austria, had to test it! It's very resinous, woody and has a slight herbal note to it. Not bad at all! ☺️ Stays this way throughout wear. But I doubt needing a full bottle.

I love patchouli and I often like honey. This lash is nice, sweet with wooden notes in the back. Almost a bit herbal. But the honey note is strong, it's quite similar to Zoe and the Goat from recent Weenies. ZATG is sweeter and less woody. But it's the same honey note in both! In Zoe the honey note was very strong first but has developed since arrival. I'll expect it here too. But fresh I hardly detect any patchouli, only a slight wood note. The honey develops powdery sweet on me. Don't need more than my decant.

I'm from Austria, so I needed to sample it. Although knowing it must be floral heavy. Well it is, it's not overly bad nor is it reeking on my skin, but it's just no scent for me. Didn't get any snow note, but after half an hour or so I guess there's a fir note far underneath the flowers.

I'm from Austria and Perchten are living folklore here. Schön means pretty. (German word) I'm no lavender fan, some lavender blends work like TKO or the air and the ether, but most don't. This doesn't either. It's a herbal lavender on my skin first, that was strong but ok. But it develops into a soapy scent I can't stand. So Schön turns ugly on me unfortunately.

I'm from Austria and Perchten are living folklore here. Schiach is an Austrian dialect word meaning ugly. But Schiachperchen isn't ugly at all!!! 😘 In my vial the most prominent note I get is cardamom. Well I love chocolate, so I tested it bravely! 😅 I only get cardamom for a short time at application. It soon transforms into a foody scent! Chocolate desert and a hint of pepper and cardamom. And the kind of cardamom that is absolutely pleasant! It's really pretty! Also smelled it for several hours.

I got the 2015 version. I always thought to hate pine. (Most blends with pine didn't work) But in that case, I just love it! It reads very heady, I guess that's the combo of pine and musk. It's feeling similar oriental heady like the mainstream Opium perfume does. It's strong and has long wear length on me! 😊

Peach marshmallows with a hint of pumpkin puree. Obligatory Peach Hair Gloss is lovely! I get the same warm pumpkin note as in Amber pumpkin, but here in combo with soft peach! But the peach note is not strong at all. Very nice though! After some hours it's a warm soft fruity scent in my hair! Really lovely!

In the vial I get a woody dark scent. On my skin I mainly smell dark smokey vertiver!?!? 🤔 There's no vertiver mentioned in the notes, but still. While wet the woods linger a bit, but apon drydown it's all smoky vertiver. It reminds me of Steele Phoenix from last year's Anniversaries. That's the main reason I'm not upgrading to a full bottle. I like such dark scents, very appropriate for these dark and foggy winter days...

[No additional description provided.] I'm quite about the fence with DL red oudh and white frankincense. The red oudh is much lighter than the black one. It almost reads red but I can't really explain it. I don't really get any frankincense on its own. First it's oudh and dead leaves, after 30 minutes dead leaves are left.

First i mainly get sweet apples, hardly any herbal sage. As time passes sage gets a bit stronger and a tiny bit dead leaves emerges. But it stays true to apples.

Sweet and salty popcorn, I love it!! No cinnamon/spices/pumpkin. I might need a full bottle! 😋

I get strange sick roses, a sweet tang and moss/earth. Makes me a bit sick as well! 😞

First I get funnel cake, a hint of salty kettle corn and leaves, and apple slices. It develops into a apple strong scent with a hint of funnel cake. Nice, I'll keep my decant.

I got myself mini decants, just like @doomsday_disco It smells really lovely, like a slightly spicy apple pie! Warm spices and creamy apple pie. The apple pie scent gets strong with time passes. But do I (or the bed sheets) want to smell like apple pie?? I think not! It's really lovely, but I'll stick to my decant.

OMG I smell real popcorn! They are slightly sugared! Here we only eat popcorn with butter and salt, so I have no comparison, but it smelles delicious!! The dead leaves note is underneath and not dominant, it comes out after couple of minutes. This is definitely bottle worthy!! 🤩

First at application I get slightly sweet caramel. No ginger and hardly any dead leaves. After couple of minutes: Can't really smell ginger or caramel on their own, it's a nice sweet and pleasant scent! Don't get any dead leaves either. Overall it's a beautiful and cozy scent! Might even be bottle worthy! 🤩