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    Sportsmanship

    Just honey, after 5 minutes it's slightly salty honey. But no biscuits. The honey itself leans to floral honey, no idea why.
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    Zipline Part II

    Sweet Rum, Patchouli and very little cookies. But I get no funnel cake unfortunately.
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    Pumpkin Donut Hair Gloss

    Unfortunately this was a disappointment for me. I was hoping for sweet foodie doughnuts, but all I get is floral strange pumpkin with a tiny dash of cinnamon. No foody quality whatsoever.
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    The Great He-Goat

    I got the new 2018 version, haven't known the original. Got it as decant and definitely will need a bottle, or two! It's amazing!!😍 First I get a heady (--> Carnation 💗) patchouli with sweet pomegranate. But the patchouli isn't strong, it doesn't scream cemetery. It's justa bit earthy and a bit more sweet from the pom. There's hardly any vertiver noticeable, the notes soon blend into each other. It's like a heady sexy store bought scent, but soooooooooo much better! 😍 Definitely bottle worthy!!! Sweet, sexy with balsamic earthy base. 💗
  5. This leave is quite weak, not strong at first. Wet it's a bit green on me, with little vertiver and maybe a hint of vanilla. But still not bad. Dry there's a deeper scent, which I suppose is Nagarmotha (and/or vanilla?) Googled it, it's an Indian medically used plant, which is supposed to smell deep woody earthy. Curious how this will age.
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    Dead Leaves and Maple Sap

    I might start that Maple syrup is absolutely not common in Europe/Austria, so I've never eaten or smelled it. But it made me curious! Vial: sweet and earthy On my skin: first I get a slight green note, but it's still sweet and kind of earthy. With dead leaves beneath. But the earthiness is not like from patchouli, it's rather a resinous earthiness. Dry the sweetness vanished and the resinous dead leaves note is left. I likely need a bottle of this!
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    Dead Leaves, Apricot, Ambergris, and Tobacco

    In the decant I get fruity apricots, no dead leaves note. On my skin, the fruitiness vanished and it turns into a man's cologne. Sad but no scent for me! Dry there's a slight dead leaves note, but that darn cologne... 🙄
  8. For me, that's a mainly floral slightly creamy scent! The magnolia note is really strong! No Chestnuts unfortunately. It feels like laundry detergent to my nose, which I don't like! No comparison to incense or nag champa. I think I'll keep my decant to see how it ages though.
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    Dead Leaves and Red Carnations

    For me it's lovely! I get the dead leaves note and a delicate soft carnation note. This sure will age beautifully! Glad I went for a blind bottle!
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    Forsaken Rose Garden Atmosphere Spray

    I recently got a bottle off of Etsy. Rose used to be a death note of mine, but BPAL/BPTP proved me wrong! Oh how I love this Atmo!! It's a dark moss rose scent, figures I just translated "yew" and OMG it's one of my favorite trees/bushes! A very deadly magical tree! ❤️ Anyways love the scent! Dark mystical, I like to spray it onto my clothes.
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    All Hallows Chaos: Samhain

    I already love regular Samhain ever since it's been in my first order last year! It's perfectly fruity dark, mysterious. This was my first CT release, and I've been very exciting! Additionally to the full sizes, I got Ajevie decants from the CT. So there are a couple more to review. #35 I smell spearmint, out of the vial and on my skin! The mint note is strong but almost creamy! Samhain is far in the background, mint is very dominant in my skin. #49 Definitely rose, there's rose in there! Also quite dominant, but not unpleasant! #63 I'm not sure what I get here, might be leather with some powdry aspect? Not really my cup of tea. #84 In the bottle I get something fresh like eucalyptus or camphor. On the skin the fresh aspect isn't as strong as in the bottle. It's really nice though! Just like regular Samhain with a wee bit less fruit and a bit freshness. Excited how this will age!! #196 In the bottle it's sweeter then regular Samhain, but nonetheless lovely! I guess it's added musk, might even be skin musk. After hours that's what I'm smelling on my skin 😍 Think I'll definitely order more variants.
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    The Creation of Lilith

    I'm no fan of lavender or figs. Both are no main players in the creation of Lilith. I don't get any fig at all. In the imp I get more lavender than on my skin. It has quite a strong throw. The scent reminds me of laundry detergent. Could be the sweetened lavender. There's definitely a incense note to it.
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    Improv Zombie Scene

    In the imp I get grapefruit, which I love, and apple cider. Same on the skin but the cider gets stronger, almost sparkly. It's nice but for me not worth a big bottle. It's definitely unusual. Dry after 30 mins it gets softer, like mild apple juice with a hint of tartness.
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    Absurd Origin Story

    Just like Alethia I'm on Keto and can't eat sugary stuff. Well but cola was fairly easy to quit, it was rather that sweet fizzy quality of drinks I was missing. (Quit light or zero too) I'm shocked and in awe that one can create a fizzy scent that really smell fizzy!! That's amazing!! It's definitely fizzy sparkling cola! It's sweet with a light citrus vibe (the fizzyness??) Even after 30 minutes it's still the same fizzyness, gorgeous! What a fun scent! Definitely bottle worthy!!
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    Hooligan Witches

    In the bottle I definitely get a warm pumpkin note. On the skin I immediately get the fried ice cream and soon a slight popcorn note! But not as strong as in Mouse Circus, it's rather faint unfortunately. It's not overly sweet, just very nice! After 10-15 min I just get a faint pumpkin spice note. It's barely there, glad cause I hate spice notes, my skin amps them. Overall a very nice not too sweet fun scent!
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    Strawberry Dragon

    OMG this is gorgeous!!❤️ Thanks to my fairy I have now a partial bottle of this beauty! ❤️ Where strawberry moon 2009 failed me, strawberry dragon is a winner!!! Sweet juicy strawberry, no pepper.
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    The Snow-Covered Plains Atmosphere Spray

    There are only so little reviews here? I bought myself snow covered plains blind this year. Must say, I'm no mint fan here, the snow notes usually put me off, but the combo with woods intrigued me! The snow note is not strong luckily, it's a really soft nice snow note with more wood and moss notes! I like to spray it on our bedsheets, it smells really lovely and calming! And it holds up for days!! I wouldn't wear it as perfume though, too cold, but perfect as linen spray!
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    Emerald Lace

    Until now I've only tried emerald and lavender lace. Both have a distinct note I can't stand when dry. It's probably the lace note. Wet emerald lace is really lovely! It's strong green grass! I like that! But as it dries, the lace part emerges and does not work with my skin chemistry. It was good to try it, but it's not for me.
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    Amber Pumpkin Hair Gloss

    Amber Pumpkin is the first pumpkin scent without any spice (asking with patchouli pumpkin hg) I also can't stand those typical spices like cinnamon, clove and nutmeg. Here I get a warm pumpkin scent with glorious Amber! And no spice at all!
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    Patchouli Pumpkin Hair Gloss

    I was sceptical about Patchouli Pumpkin, it's not the typical patchouli scent. It's comfy warm pumpkin without any spice and rather harsh Patchouli. No earthy Patchouli though! That was the first impression. The first harsh scent mellows into a really nice non sweet pumpkin scent with a bit Patchouli left! It lasts days in my waist long hair! It suits the cool temperatures the last couple of days perfectly! 53-68F (12-20°C)
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    Nice Atmosphere Spray

    This ought to smell like candy strawberry? Don't know what's wrong, to me it just smells very floral, nothing sweet. It's just like the so called strawberry note in strawberry moon or pink velvet kitty minus the booze.
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    Ava

    2018 release I'm torn with Ava. It starts as a soft scent but the almond note slowly takes over. Even my bf smells the almond note. Sweet, soft and almond, no floral note.
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    Adam

    2018 release Adam is a strange scent. It starts as strong leather with woody notes. As it dries on my skin, it almost smells kind a like musk beneath the leather. Dry it's just leather with wood notes. Not really a scent for me.
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    Café Mille et une Nuits

    Until now I didn't like any coffee scent. Not from the lab or from someone else. Either way they were too much spice (or just plain spice) or too strong and sharp. Café Mille et une Nuits is neither. There's only little spice, a nice dose of coffee and I can almost smell the Shisha smoke. It certainly has the vibe of Shisha Cafés. I might need a big bottle of it....
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    Il Bagatella

    That's no scent for me. At first the pom is strong, which I like. But soon the wine note takes over and I can't stand the scent of wine. Especially red wine. This imp can go...
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