I've already made a purchase but this is to help me decide which others I need, or if I want to try for decants, etc.. I'm going back to my good ol' rating system where I put my interest level on a 1-5 scale. 

 

Abelard

Coconut husk and pearwood with frankincense and carnation petals. 

This might be nice, I'd certainly try it if it were put in front of me.  Kind of sounds like a Luper.  3/5

 

Apple Macchiato

This is a homage to the upstart little sister of Caffeinated Autumn Beverages: apple spice, cinnamon, brown sugar, oatmilk, and caramel apple drizzle over espresso. 

Not much looking for gourmand scents this time around, but still might try this somewhere down the road.  3/5 

 

Autumn 1990

This is the scent of a disaffected deathrock kid skulking around Hollywood with her ne’er-do-well friends: pre-climate catastrophe autumn winds billowing through a cloud of decaying leaves, exhaust fumes, maximum-hold hairspray, and clove cigarettes, but minus the Boones Farm. 

At first I wasn't interested but now I'm thinking this could be kind of an evolved cousin of Devil's Night, and I'm a little more interested.  I love atmospheric scents.  This went from a 3 to 4/5

 

Every Day is Halloween

Skin-warmed sandalwood and toasted pumpkin settle into a gentle blend suitable for all 365 days of Halloween. 

I have a previous bottle, like it but definitely don't need more.  1/5 

 

Fleece Skeleton Onesie

The scent of freshly-washed fleece skeleton onesie and a little bit of smeared eyeliner. 

I just got skeleton onesies for myself and my partner, so I was cracking up when I saw this!  I do like "clean laundry" type scents, enough to have multiple of them, and this sounds like a spooky variation of that.  I will say 4/5

 

Heloise

Polished limewood, myrrh smoke, and blackened spices. 

Could be good, but not making a huge impression on me.. something like a darker Mr. Nancy?  I'd try a decant, maybe.. 3/5 

 

 

L.A. River Pumpkin

An offering of sun-warmed pumpkin flesh anointed with slithering green musks, sun-dried grasses, pineapple juice, and squished prickly pear fruit. 

Not sure about this one.  I haven't tried any of the Lab's pineapple scents, I'm kind of scared of it.  I'd try it, but not seeking it out.  (And I could be totally wrong, it's been known to happen, lol!) 2/5

 

October 32nd

The scent of Eternal October: leaves fluttering against a thick wool sweater, the cool amber glow of an autumn sunset, dollops of thick cream swirling in black tea. 

I do love tea scents, never tried this one but all the notes sound okay, so why isn't it grabbing my attention (and didn't last year)?  3/5 

 

Oil and Blood

There are no saints here: thick blackened rivulets of blood soak through linen winding sheets and cold clay. 

This could be good, but it could go a little too "perfumey" on me?  I'd certainly like to try it.  4/5 

 

Pomegranate Tiramisu

Lady Fingers soaked in pomegranate syrup and tipped with fingernails of sliced almond, entombed in layers of mascarpone and crème fraîche and then topped with a sprinkle of fresh pomegranate seeds. 

Not calling out to me, but I would try it on if it crossed my path.  2/5 

 

Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Muffin

Pumpkiny, chocolatey, muffiny. 

Doesn't sound like my kind of thing. 1/5 

 

Pumpkin Spice Latte

Getting back to basics. 

I already have Pinched w/Four Pumpkins, don't think I need this.  2/5 

 

Samhain

Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. 

I love Samhain but I already have lots of it, various decants and a few bottles.  Don't need more right now but I would try it in the interest of comparing to other years.  2/5

 

Sugar Skull

Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. 

I love the older Sugar Skull, but last year's (or was it the year before?) was a very different variation that I didn't like as much.  I do have a couple older bottles now and a few different decants, so I don't really need more, but I'd be really interested to know if it's the newer variant again, or if it's back to the older formula (but I think even the older formula went through some slight variation from year to year..but this is another topic).  2/5 

 

The Shadowed Veil

A strangely sensual, darkly fae All Hallow’s Eve cologne, a perfume of the Otherworld: black pumpkin, leather, pomegranate incense, agarwood, and bourbon patchouli. 

I have an older decant, like it, don't need more.  But again I do like comparing different years of the same scent.  2/5 

 

The Unreturning

When far-gone dead return upon the world: wisps of spectral white musk and ambergris, blackened leather, yew needles, cypress boughs, gnarled patchouli root, and the memory of frankincense smoke. 

White musk can be borderline soapy or too perfumey, and ambergris can take over everything on my skin.  Not willing to risk this one but I'd try it.  2/5 

 

The Wind Strike Chill and Cold

The frost of undeath: an icy and lustrous white mint with ti leaf, white amber, and bruised lilac. 

I already have Icy Fingers from previous Halloween (is that what it was called?), and this isn't really calling out to me.  I'm not a huge lilac fan.  1-2/5 

 

Torta Setteveli

A classic Sicilian recipe alternating layers of chocolate sponge cake, hazelnut Bavarian cream, chocolate mousse, and hazelnut praline crunch, all enrobed in a dark chocolate mirror glaze. 

I don't really like chocolate or nut notes in perfume, usually.  1/5

 

X-Rayed Candy Bag

The sugary contents of last night’s Trick-or-Treat bucket blasted with atomic particles at your local hospital, producing a stark image of ghostly treats cast in a greeny-white radioactive glow. 

This isn't really calling out to me.  I'd try it, though.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2022 - Bobbing for Apples 2022

Not really into apple scents for the most part, although I still try them out from time to time.  So....

 

Bobbing for Ball Gags

Black leather, honeyed amber, and a bite of apple.  2/5

 

Bobbing for Blood Kisses

Gleaming red apples sloshing through lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk. 2/5 

 

Bobbing for Daddy

The following contest is scheduled for one fall. Get it? Fall! Our ongoing collaboration with the pro-wrestler EFFY has taken a decidedly seasonal turn, conjuring fantasies of apple picking, polishing, nibbling, and even a bit of juicing if the mood is right. Blended together with DADDY’s signature notes of diabolical incense, bay rum and a hiss of infernal fougere, this is one hayride you won’t want to miss. 1/5 

 

Bobbing for Dodos

Pink lady apples with pink and red musks, lemon peel, sugar cane, cassia, white sandalwood, mango, and agarwood.  2/5 

 

Bobbing for Jack O’Lanterns

Spiced baked apples with nutmeg and cinnamon mushed into pumpkin pulp, glowing peach, and murky clove. 2/5 

 

Bobbing for Oblivion

Arkansas black apples with inky musk, wood spice, labdanum, patchouli, dark African woods, and saffron. 

Maybe?  Sounds interesting.  3/5 

 

Bobbing for Smut

Three booze soaked apples soaked in smutty musks and sugar. 

Might be interesting.. 3/5 

 

Bobbing for Snake Oil

Our best-selling fragrance gets dunked: apples crushed into vintage patchouli, dark, rich, aged vanilla absolute, vegetal musk, and spices. 

I'll try just about any Snake Oil variant.  3/5 

 

Bobbing for Zombies

Dried rose petals and leathery dried apples soiled with Spanish moss, oakmoss and deep brown earth.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2022 - Dead Leaves 2022 

I have roughly 1 million dead leaves scents already so it will have to be something really interesting to catch my eye...

 

Dead Leaves And Horchata 

DL+ sweet and/or spicy is usually good but sometimes can go wrong on me.  Pass for now.  2/5 

 

Dead Leaves, and Ginger Spice 

And here it is, the one I bought!  I'm really hopeful for this one to be great.  4/5

 

Dead Leaves, Boot Leather, and Sweet Grass 

Not really my thing right now.. 2/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Praline, and Sheer Vanilla 

See DL& Horchata.. 2/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Scorched Pumpkin, and Marshmallows 

This was close but DL& Ginger Spice won out.  This has marshmallow so I fully expect it to sell out.  I'll watch for reviews!  3/5 

 

Dead Leaves, Vanilla Bean, Pink Fig, and Brandied Dates 

Dates + vanilla bean does catch my eye but fig is historically a note I don't care about either way.  Brandied dates makes it sound even better, though.. will have to see what happens.. 3-4/5 

 

Halloween 2022 - Ginormous Yard Skeleton

 

Angst

Charred sandalwood and cardamom soured by bitter caraway seed. 

I tend to avoid caraway (in perfumes).  1/5 

 

Anticipation

Red sandalwood and white pumpkin prickling with black pepper, orange blossom, and bergamot. 

Nothing here sounds bad, but it's not really grabbing me.  2/5 

 

Despondency

A sorrowful Halloween blend of pumpkin puree, lavender bud, night-blooming violets, purple sandalwood, and tears. 

Hmm, this does sound interesting.  Violet is one of those notes I don't love but do crave occasionally.  It kind of amps on my skin but I bet pumpkin and lavender would be good balancing notes.  This is a possibility.  4?/5 

 

Victory

A joyous fusion of pumpkin cheesecake and champagne. 

I have Pumpkin Cheesecake, I love it but probably don't need this.. we'll see.  3/5 

 

Halloween 2022 - Lightning Strikes

 

Lightning Strikes Cinema

The scent of sitting in a darkened theater in a rainstorm circa 1935, marveling at the alchemy that transforms scribbled words into specters of light, shadow, and sound: dripping umbrellas, a nicotine haze clinging to musty velvet curtains, camphorous vapors rising from strips of hot celluloid. 

It's a kind of scent I usually am drawn to, but there's a lot of competition in this update.  Undecided.  3/5 

 

Lightning Strikes Literature

The incendiary moment when a human hand snatches fire from the gods of creativity and channels it onto the page: a lightning storm stirred with beeswax candle smoke, yellowing notebooks, and pools of India ink. 

I'm not crazy about beeswax- related scents.  2/5 

 

Lightning Strikes the Future

The ultimate lab experiment: streaks of feral red musk twining in a double-helix around a pulsing, electrified core of fossilized amber, erupting from a glimmering pool of reactor coolant. 

Not sure.. these notes aren't calling out to me for some reason.  2/5 

 

Halloween 2022 - Persephone’s Bounty

I'm just not a big pomegranate fan (in perfumes).  I did just get Pomegranate Morocco, and that's about all I need right now. 

 

Pomegranate Oud 2/5 

Pomegranate Turkish Delight 2/5 

Pomegranate, Brown Sugar, and Tobacco 2/5 

Pomegranate, Freesia, White Tea, and White Amber 2/5 

Pomegranate, Patchouli, Moss, and Fir Needle 2/5 

Pomegranate, Pink Pepper, and Black Apple 2/5 

 

Halloween 2022 - Witches, Sorceresses, and Sorceries in Art History

 

A Breton Sorceress

Tonka bean, yellow bergamot, ambrette seed, patchouli root, oak bark and leaf, bitter almond, smoked cedar, allspice, and vanilla absolute. 

Sounds very cozy and warm.  I ordered a bottle.  4/5 

 

A Sorceress

Black silk, golden thread, skin musk, white sandalwood, vanilla dust, red lotus absolute, tonka absolute, serpent scale accord, and black amber. 

A few of these notes are kind of just not really my thing, like silk, skin musk, black amber (sometimes works).  I see the word "red" and worry about that too.  This could go either way, but I'm not risking it right now.  2/5 

 

An Enchanted Cellar with Animals

A cacophony of feathers and fur, cracked clay and moist stone, scattered rushes, upturned herbs, red sage, and frankincense smoke. 

Sounds good but I don't know what red sage smells like.  Again sometimes "red" notes clash with my skin & nose.  Pass for now.  3/5 

 

Dulle Griet

Black oud, bay leaf, olibanum, rose smoke, cassis, green cardamom, clove bud, and black sandalwood. 

I would try this if it crossed my path.  2 "black" notes kind of put me off, but it has potential.  3/5 

 

Gooped Familiar

Sweet black musk, golden amber, cedarwood, catnip, and hay absolute with a shock of carnation, clove, and cinnamon bark. 

Probably smells good but isn't rising above the competition in this update.  I'll keep my eye on it.  3/5 

 

Heksenbijeenkomst

Black oud and wild plum, tobacco leaf, black amber, opium smoke, and myrrh tar. 

I have a decant of Dead Leaves, oud, plum etc and I like it fine, but this doesn't call out to me.  Will watch.  3/5 

 

La Danse de la Sorciere

Auburn amber, polished wood, dribbles of golden honey, a cascade of budding herbs, red sandalwood, and sugared white amber. 

Something about this combination doesn't sound like 'me'.  2/5 

 

Lightning Struck a Flock of Witches

A crack of ozone slicing through blue benzoin, indigo musk, tobacco, and opoponax. 

Same as above.. 1/5 

 

Nocturnal Witches Scene

Hungarian pine needles, oak wood, black mosses, smoldering pitch, and bonfire smoke. 

This sounds very interesting to me, it's kind of a risk but I went for a bottle.  4/5 

 

Peasants Fleeing (Witchcraft)

Yellow balsam, well-worn leather, dark musk, and mud-spattered wool. 

This is a combination that does call out to me, for whatever reason, I went for a bottle.  Might be too strong, hope not.  4/5 

 

Scene with Witches

Smoked ambergris accord, gray silk, incense-stained cotton, and crushed herbs. 

I don't usually like ambergris, it's one of the few notes I usually avoid.  Add in "gray silk" and I'm out.  The other 2 notes do sound good.  2/5 

 

The Dance of the Farfadets

Gray sandalwood, packed earth, hinoki, patchouli root, myrrh resin, and balsam. 

There's that "gray" again, but this time... Look at that artwork!  I had to get a bottle.  I like a lot of earthy scents, so maybe it will work.  4/5 

 

The Love Potion

Golden neroli, blackcurrant, candied pomegranate, gilded rosewood, smoldering incense resin, and rose musk. 

Not sure.  This has a lot of potential, but I passed for now.  It could turn soapy on me, or too perfumey.  Will keep it in mind.. 3/5 

 

The Necromancer

Dusty tomes, russet cashmere, green velvet, and leather, frankincense and cinnamon bark, galangal root and fig, rosewater and lilac cologne. 

This sounds good, and I had it in my cart.  When I see a long list of notes, I know from experience it has potential to go wrong somewhere.  Will keep it in mind.  3/5 

 

Three People Plucking a Mandrake

A tangle of mandrake root and patchouli root bound by champaca resin. 

Champaca resin is one of my favorite notes, and I love patchouli.  Bottled.  5/5 

 

Tovenares

Pale woods and dried rose petals, white sandalwood, bone dust, sweet amber, and incense smoke. 

"Pale", "dried", "white" and "dust" all sounds very dry and/or perfumey to me.  Pass for now, although I do like woods, some rose, some amber, and some incense smoke.  3/5 

 

Witchecraft: Consulting a Book of Spells, Performing Various Rites

Candlewax, clove leaf, yellowed parchment, a cluster of mosses, incense resin, black pepper, cardamom, black amber, and ylang ylang. 

Combination not calling to me.. 2/5 

 

Witches at Their Incantations

Red olibanum, scorched opoponax, 13-year aged myrrh oil, and champaca absolute. 

Red olibanum is very worrisome to me, and myrrh might push this over the edge into "too perfumey", but it definitely has potential.  3/5 

 

Witches Taking off for the Sabbath

Broomcorn and tallow, waxed pine wood, pumpkin seeds, orris root, oakmoss, dried fig, frankincense, ambrette seed, dragon’s blood ink, and a drop of cacao. 

Kind of neutral on this - but not really calling me.  2/5 

 

Witches’ Kitchen

Bourbon tobacco absolute, nagarmotha, vetiver, tomato leaf, gunpowder, yarrow stalks, brimstone, vervain, seared leather, and castoreum accord. 

Right now this doesn't sound like my thing, but that could change.. pass for now.. 3/5 

 

Young Witches at Play in the Night Sky

Cloudstruck white musk, orris root, white bergamot, magnolia petals, fir needle, and juniper mist. 

Again, sounds perfumey, but I'm interested because of the magnolia petals.  I think that might be like champaca.  Pass for now, will watch.  3/5