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[Seajewel]

The scent of fresh-cut grains, warm wool, baked bread, honey cakes, custards, and crushed fennel suffused with the life-affirming smoke of cooking fires.

[wendyb1063]

This is a really nice blend!  When I put it on last night (without remembering the notes), it smelled to me like buttered toast (made from hearty, tasty bread) with orange marmalade.   It was a comforting scent to wear to bed, and I still smell traces of it on my wrist in the morning.  The fennel is not licorice-ey, but I think that note plus the honey is what brings the citrus peel to mind when I smell it.  I don't get much smoke, but it does smell like toasted or freshly baked bread.  

 

I've really been enjoying these Labors of the Months scents!  

[Casablanca]

Warm bread! Honey cakes! (And oh, there's fennel!)

 

Those are the initial thoughts on applying this, and also "It's uber-harvesty."

 

Along with general grain feels, I find a lot of baked bread and some honey cakes. The fennel is a little black-peppery in tone, and otherwise just like dried whole fennel seed in a seasoning jar. (I love throwing them on pizza.) I love herbs in fragrances, so I'm happy to smell this here.

 

The honey cakes are short-lived on me; by the time this dries, it's almost entirely warm-baked bread, with a smear of melted butter.

[Little Bird]

Lots of thick, sugary honey mixture poured over freshly baked bread with whiffs of warm, spicy smoke and a dry undertone that makes me think of flour, scratchy wool and dry hay.  It has a very cozy, old timey feel to it, like walking into a house warmed by a fireplace and smelling freshly baked breads while people sit in scratchy dresses and do their knitting.  I don't enjoy the realistic scent of honey, but this is like a thicker, sweeter version of honey that I'm really enjoying, and I like the spiciness here, which doesn't exactly smell like fennel/anise to me, but has a savory sweetness that makes me hungry...  It's a cozy fall scent that's both familiar and unusual to me at the same time.

[tinyvulture]

Honey cakes with a dab of butter. Not overly buttery. And custard, sweet and rich. And the lab’s wool note is also there. It’s a good one. Real wool is itchy so I have no idea if it’s true-to-life. But it adds depth to this otherwise foodie blend. I’m not picking up fennel or smoke. But I do love a good baked goods scent. They’re comforting and cozy. I’m especially partial to ones with oats and rice, but I can dig this bread-y vibe right here!

[zankoku_zen]

Honeyed oats, milk, and a whiff of wool and smoke. Cozy. Medium throw and wear length.