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This appeared as a frimp from the Trading Post and I really love it...i'm getting a hint of fresh cut pine mixed with the other herbals and greenery. I was just searching the site to order a bottle, but I should have known it was an old classic, not a new treat.

Yup. Spilled ink describes this perfectly on first application. The slightly peppery back note starts up after a couple of minutes.

Skin musk, white amber, ambergris, orange blossom, ylang ylang, and coconut milk. I just received a sniffie of this in trade and am totally surprised at how much I like it, given my general disinterest in coconut scents. The combination keeps the coconut in check but allows it to shine softly. It's a very gentle scent.

My bottle came from the CBDL booth at Comic-Con and for me, the scent is well-blended...spicy, a little butch, but uni-sex enough that I don't feel like I'm dressed in HIS garb. There's enough else going on that it isn't all patchouli. After a few minutes I can almost pick out a touch of cocoa, but not an overpowering chocolate, happily.

I went through my first bottle of Ysabel fairly quickly, even though I tried to pace myself...love the spice carnation so muc and i was thrilled to get two more bottles from the Etsy site. thank you, Puddin! Still rich and wonderful, hooray!

The white musk does a great job of softening the tartness of all the citrus plus pomegranate...love it!

I tend to love the poemegranate scents but they can be a bit sharp. For me, the jasmine softens the tartness of the pomegranate without lessening the impact and the overall effect is sweet and warm without being too floral. Mine came from the bottle, not a decant, so it's possible that may change the effect.

I just realized I never reviewed this scent and that's a shame, because it has aged beautifully. I'm a big lilac fan, and lilac is definitely in there, but the floral quality is softened by the amber and other components. I wish I got more of the blood orange, but I love the clean feel of the overall blend.

I love the scent of orange blossoms in the spring, and this is the best evocation of that I've found yet from the lab...the honey is just sweet enough and I too wish I had bought a second bottle.

For me, this is an excellent scent for a cold, snowy day (looking out at mounds of melting snow as I type...) The spices and woods are dry, the fruit is definitely dried and I get an instant hit of warmth. A little bit of crisp nordic cookie feeling, but not so foodie as to make me hungry. Not a scent for a warm day but I'm really loving it in the chilly midwinter.

I ordered a bottle of Sacrfifice as soon as I saw it on the Dark Delicacies site and it arrived today with Giallo. I have more trouble separating out the components from the blend, but I can say that the minute I applied it to my skin, i raced back to the Dark Del site to see if any were left. It's soft, and sexy but not gender-specific, dry with a faint hint of the dust and tumbleweed...Ithink I'm getting mostly the leather tempered by sweetgrass and white sage, but if I hadn't read the notes, I'm not sure I could even be thast specific. In case case, it was love at first sniff.

This was the one scent I was determined to pick up at Comic-Con and I had to open my booth late to do it, but it was so worth it. spicy, warm, with hints of dark gingerbread, raisins, sandalwood, shaved cinnamon sticks, all sweet smokiness, perfect for a hot or cold day. the book is pretty gorgeous too....

The other WKAP I got, since I really love the lab's blackberry. More beries than jam on me, with just a hint of scone underneath. I need to test again after a few days of settling.

One of the 2 WKAP scents I had time to snag at Comic-Con and I really like this. Delicate, clean, lilies and greenery and after several hours it comes up again with a gentle wave. Really lovely.

I only got a passing whiff of smoke for an instant as I applied the scent, then for me it goes happily to a softened honey and grassy field mixed with flowers. I didn't know what to expect but I'm a big fan of carnation and usually willing to try anything with that note and I'm definitely not disappointed although the carnation is so well-blended it motly shows up as a spicy top note. I'm certainly keeping my bottle.

I can't believe I've never reviewed this...the best lilac scent I've ever found, tempered by the sandalwood and other white blossoms. Like a fresh cut branch of lilac still wet from the dew.

In the bottle, the best strawberry preserves, but on my skin, all green leaves and little fruit...sigh.

On first application, this was all about the clover for me, but after a week or so, I'm getting the leather too, both with a touch of sweetness I can't quite place. A lovely treat though.

Mmm...fresh carnation is one of my favorite scents and Pink Moon has it in spades, with a touch of phlox sweetness that makes this a little more hothouse than out-of-the garden crisp...lovely though.

I'm so happy to be getting the perfume version of Winter Maiden bath oil...loved it last year and I still love it. And happily, I don't get the mint or the heavy cedar noted elsewhere. Definitely a keeper.

When it first arrived, the thick honey was almost too much. after a couple of days though, things have settled into a very nice blend, and the dry-down is a much softer blend.

The voting tablet. Herbs and flowers that represent democracy, justice, leadership, and power: olive blossom, frankincense, tobacco flower, benzoin, Little John, bergamot, galangal, angelica, fig, sage, and ginger. Odd, but the overwhelming scent I get is anisette...it covers all else. Oh, well.

In the imp, I got a dash of honeydew melon, fading into cucumber,, and once applied it went more cucumber and herbal. Very green, indeed!

They are wonderful indeed. I wish she had done the illustrations for the book itself -- I really don't care for the Dave McKean drawings. Oh, but the Chris Riddell drawings in the UK young adult edition are wonderful! Go check it out on Amazon.uk....(I had mine shipped to California.)

shadowy but faint. An herbal start softening into a great subtle blend but it fades quickly on me, sadly.