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In the vein (GET IT) of Boo, Suck It, and Spooky, this is a gushing font of sweet bloody black cherry cream and crushed dried blackberries.

Ohohoho! /Ojou-sama laugh I was here for the raspberry, and fortunately, the raspberry is the star of this duet on me. It starts off as a tart, bright raspberry, but it ends up developing a bit of creaminess to it after a few hours of wear, which could be due to the vanilla, but I'm not 100% on that since that has happened with other raspberry scents on me, even the ones from Astrid (it's not a bad thing, though -- it's more like realistic tart raspberry morphs into a raspberry Mamba, which is a hard, taffy-like fruity candy). There's only the barest hint of frankincense in the background if I go sniffing for it, but I probably wouldn't have guessed this contained any if I didn't know it were there. I layered a drop of this with Black Butterfly Moon, and I enjoyed the combination of the two scents more than the moon on its own. I'm not sure if the lunacy scent brought out more of the vanilla-infused frankincense from this, or if this brought out more of the vanilla resin in the lunacy, or what, but I definitely get some vanilla and resin with the tart raspberry that floats over the blackberry and purple flowers from the lunacy scent, and the vanilla and resin note make me think of the Bourbon Vanilla bath oil from several years ago (deceptively sweet: bourbon vanilla oleoresin and benzoin resinoid). I am after more raspberry scents to pair with Framboise Hair Gloss, so I'll be needing a bottle of this before it goes away.

This doesn't smell like just the two notes in this duet, to my nose. When I first sniffed it in the decant, I wondered if this were just he Dregs of a Bottle of Vanilla Extract (Discovered in the Mud) plus tobacco. Then I sniffed them side by side and realized that Dregs is much cooler and features a different dirt note, and there's a bit of spice to this one that's not in Dregs. But nevertheless, I get dirt, a sheer vanilla, and a dry tobacco note. My partner also thought that I smelled like dirt when I wore this, and when I layered a drop of this with Black Butterfly Moon, I mostly got the dirt and sheer vanilla floating over the blackberry-tinged purple flowers of that lunacy scent. If you're here for a vanilla and tobacco flower duet in the vein of Pediophobia, or Zorya P, you're going to be disappointed. That's what I was hoping for, so I don't think I'll be keeping the decant.

Vex, the Bone Goddess – summoning rituals of skulls, bones and stones, chanting into the dancing flames, pits of black ash and spice, the door opens. A bone goddess’ sacred incense: fire and ash, bone shards, and stone.

Dark delusions, sinister shadows in an underground lair, surrounded by death and decay, puffs of tobacco smoke and a longing to be whole. Pipe tobacco and a splash of Victorian fougere, damp soil and grave moss, yew boughs and mandrake root.

I tested this last year, but neglected to review it, saying I wanted to deathmatch it with Bliss in the Pumpkin Patch (an old gift with donation imp from 2013). Then I realized that I no longer had the imp of Bliss in the Pumpkin Patch, and also, that comparing the two would do nobody any good anyways, since it's not like a ton of people tried the imp. So I decided to review it this year... then tested and neglected to review it a few more times until now. On me, the pumpkin is the star of the show. It's the same syrupy, spiced pumpkin note from Amber Pumpkin Hair Gloss and I believe the 2013 version of the pumpkin patch scents. The chocolate in this really is more milk chocolate-like and doesn't give me the brownie qualities of straight-up Bliss. It's also far more subtle than the pumpkin. I had forgotten that honey was a note in here, and perhaps that is what's contributing to the syrupy quality of the pumpkin. It's all about that pumpkin in the throw on me (so much pumpkin! it's strong); I could only ever smell the chocolate whenever I held my hand up to my nose. I really wish this were more chocolate-y on me. I don't dislike it, but I wouldn't reach for it for a pumpkin AND chocolate fix. At least it didn't give me any welts like Dark Chocolate Pumpkin Pie (even though that one smelled really delicious). Maybe this year's Halloween Hagelslag will be the chocolate and pumpkin for me? And, for what it's worth, my review of this ended up being pretty much the same as my review of Bliss in the Pumpkin Patch -- so maybe they are the same scent!

This is so lovely! It's allll about the apple on me. I'm unable to pick out the ylang ylang, and it's usually a pretty heady note. The apple smells like the inside of an apple that's been freshly bitten into.... I can imagine the texture of the apple flesh whenever I smell this! There's a coolness to it that sort of reminds me of Astrid's Apples and Bones (which I love). I agree with roseus that it's not very tart or very sweet. I've tested this several times while working in the office, and the scent doesn't have much throw -- I can smell it whenever I hold my hand up to my nose, but I can't smell it otherwise. Regarding the texture (I'm copying this from my initial lotion review): I got a decant (a tiny sample of lotion -- think of it like the size of a little thing of paint) from Ajevie, so I can't comment on the packaging of the lotion. However, I can't imagine that one would have an easy time getting it out of a bath oil style bottle, since it is a thick lotion. It's not as thick as Epically Epic's whipped body butters (which they no longer make ), Blood Moon Botanica's body butters, or Strawberry Boo's frosting-like body butters, nor is it thin and liquidy like Paintbox Soapworks' lotions or Moonalisa's potion lotions or avocado butters. I haven't had one in a while, but I would say the thickness is probably most comparable to Haus of Gloi's pumpkin butters, but this might even be thicker than that, and it is somewhat stickier. If I try to press a finger down into this little pot of lotion, it feels a bit sticky and starts going up the sides of the small container instead of covering my finger in a lot of lotion -- but I like that this is on the thicker side, because I live in the desert and have very dry skin. I find that this doesn't take long to sink in (but again -- I have very dry skin, so you may not have the same experience). I love this, so I ordered a bottle along with the Weenies I blind bottled so that I could pair it with a lot of my apple scents. I recommend this to anyone who is looking for an apple-y lotion to pair with their apple-y BPALs.

Honeyed Peach Incense is mostly about the incense on me. It reminds me of the champaca incense from White Peach and Incense Hair Gloss (White peach, champaca flower, and frankincense), but the peach is much more subtle here than in that hair gloss. The honey in this is also pretty tame. I feel like this is more like someone has lit some incense in a room and there's some honeyed peach in the furthest corner, as opposed to the honeyed peach being part of the incense itself. I do get more of the honeyed peach after a few hours of wear, but the incense remains the star of the show throughout wear on me. I'll probably hang onto my decant just to pair it with the hair gloss I mentioned above, but I still prefer Red Peach, Sweet Oudh, Honey & Saffron for a resinous peach incense fix.

Chartreuse Dragon is a fresh scent on my skin. I'm mostly getting the green apothecary herbs, which I'm unable to isolate, but they smell somewhat grassy. There's only a touch of lime, which is most noticeable during the wet phase, but it fades away pretty quickly. The musk resides in the background, but it also reads as clean to my nose. I would have liked more lime from this one.

Goth music and goth culture are for everyone. The more, the scarier! But try telling that to the troll who’s appointed themselves as guardian of an entire subculture, which they alone seemingly understand every nuance of. So purely for fun, we asked Drew Rausch to visualize this archetype for us as an undead horror host called the GOTHIC GATEKEEPER, who smells like every record store dickhead demanding that you name three songs from the band whose shirt you’re wearing… but the goth version. Behold: pleather, incense, and a ton of vinyl.

Every leaf tells a story.

Every leaf tells a story.

Every leaf tells a story.

Every leaf tells a story.

Every leaf tells a story.