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This starts with sharp hairspray, but quickly dries down to a heady slightly smoky incense. The plum gives it a purple feel, but not as purple as Witch Birds. It settles into a really nice velvety spiced incense with a slightly fruity background. The clove really comes out after several hours of wear time. Stays strong for 8+ hours.

This is quite strong and sharp. It’s slightly less punchy with dry down, but it’s primarily patch and lavender. Stays fairly sharp, and I’m not getting much sweetness from the vanilla or sugar cane. Softens a bit after a couple hours of wear, but still not sweet. Some of the sharpness fades after about 5+ hours and the sweetness is a bit more present, but still not what I expected. Lasted my full 8 hour shift. (5/10, on the fence with this one. I wanted more balance between the notes)

So my husband kind of laughed at me with this one, because I told him I wanted it because it sounded purple! I’m not much of a floral fan, but I’ve fallen in love with BPAL’s dark florals. It’s a slightly sweet and dusty floral, with a lovely creamy vanilla sandalwood dry down. The “purple” background notes stick around but take a bit more of a backseat. Moderate throw, lasted 12+ hours still detectible on my wrists after my morning application. (8/10 will wear when I’m feeling my goth fantasy self)

The Lavender starts out very sharp and herbal when wet, but dry down brings out the creamy milk notes. There’s a slight sharp almost stone like note to the background that doesn’t quite go away (bone dust?) but is faint. I get no loam/dirt note at all (sad, I love dirt). Softer throw but I couldn’t resist to keep sniffing my wrists. Really nice soft cuddly lavender after dry down. Last 5-6 hours before fading. (7/10 creamy lavender cuddly goodness, but wish I got a hint of dirt)

(2023 version) This is earthy apple spice, it’s warm and packed with roasted spices. There is a crisp sweetness from the apple. It’s like drinking hot spiced cider in the woods on a cool fall day. I could instantly see why this is a yearly reoccurring fan favorite. It’s truly the essence of fall in a bottle. Throw was high, and lasted 12+ hours off one application. I could smell it clearly on my sweater the next day 24+ hours after applying.

I let this one rest about a week before testing. Fresh from the mail my experience was the same as Little Bird's. Wet musty peppery leaves. Pleased to say that after testing and on the skin the orange comes out beautifully! As soon as it hit my skin there is a bright burst of juicy orange, it's sweet but not artificial. The musty leaves goes away almost completely after it dries, it settles into a slightly earthy background note. I don't know if I'm tricking myself into smelling pumpkin, but underneath the orange I get a smell slightly reminiscent of pumpkin guts. I'm glad I gave this one a longer rest before testing, because it scared me right out of the mail box. Give it a healthy rest before writing this one off!