Blind Bottles: I was so sure about these! but they were a very mixed bag.

😭 Carved Wooden Alchemical Laboratory: too musty/dusty, can't find snakes. 

Gingerbread Oud: enjoyable but an entirely different form of oud than was expected.

Gingerbread Snek: a safe snek.

😭 Coffee Cream Pie: I struggle with the lab's coffee note, but I thought I would be safe with the chocolate and the sugar. sadly this one was all coffee and no chocolate on my skin. 

Snake Oil Hot Toddy: mostly safe but kindof strange? I don't like it and I can't quite articulate why.

The Picture of Dorian Sufganiyot: ok this one was a gamble, and it is fun, but probably not one I will wear much. 

 

Decants: more gambling and SADS madness.

🏆 A Doll’s Doll Perfume Oil 

speculation: this is for curiosity's sake. I have to know what this smells like. 

reality: HOLY WHAT this was my fave out of all the yules. easily in my faves of 2023. 

 

Banana Gingerbread Perfume Oil

speculation: seems like this should have happened before and also seems like it will be excellent! makes me want to make banana bread with gingerbread spices.

reality: skin mostly ate it, but it did smell like a banana bread with gingerbread spices, so I can't blame it. 

 

Blizzard Perfume Oil

speculation: I reeeeeeallly wanted to like Cat at the Table (Grey amber, roasted white tea, Indian sandalwood, and vanilla oud) but it did not quite do the thing for me. curious to see how this one compares.

reality: silly rabbit, this is not the white sandalwood blend for you.

 

😭 Carved Wooden Bakery Perfume Oil

speculation: this was almost a bottle but I thought I would attempt to be responsible instead.

reality: this went to poopoo-doodoo on my skin so I'm glad I did not get a bottle. giving it a second chance, there is a choccy croissant in there but it is clobbered by a potent walnut

 

Carved Wooden Barber Shop Perfume Oil

speculation: at first this was a SKIP but I kept coming back to it and I just have to know. 

reality: you know what, I'm still not sure

 

🏆 Carved Wooden Bawdy House Perfume Oil

speculation: curious if this is a yule-ified Random Brothel? I missed out on trying that one.

reality: yessss one ticket to sexytown pls

 

Carved Wooden Post Office Perfume Oil

speculation: also curious! 

reality: a festive filing cabinet

 

Gingerbread Hot Cocoa Perfume Oil

speculation: idk if this will be too much but I'm going to find out!

reality: not much happening on my skin?

 

Gingerbread Milk Perfume Oil

speculation: yes please

reality: no thanks

 

🥉 Lavender Earl Grey Cookies Perfume Oil

speculation: the year we got sugar cookies was heartbreaking because most of them did not work for me. gonna try again tho because lavender grey cookies sound amazing. 

reality: ok it's a cookie that works! a bit faint but it's suuuper nice. kinda torn.

 

😭 Lavender Honey Cake Perfume Oil

speculation: yesss lavender honeyyy. checking in on the spices. 

reality: ok I was right to care about the spices. either that or the type of honey in this is really overpowering and not flattering on me. retesting, this just seems to be mostly about the cake and less about the lavender honey. a rich cake with a rich honey

 

😭 Lavender Lemon Bar Perfume Oil

speculation: yesss lavender lemon

reality: on my busted ass epidermis this is lemon pledge. resting the decant a bit longer it's less rude, but still weirdly non-foodie. 

 

🥉Lick it With Consent Perfume Oil

speculation: weirdly never tried a lick it before, gonna rectify that

reality: soo much bracing mint. where sugar? where vanilla? ok ok no no this is good, it just takes a bit. I thought I would like this because I like Alisz, and that tracks. 

 

Pumpkin Gingerbread Creme Brulee Pie Perfume Oil

speculation: hnnng idk how this one could go wrong, but I don't always want to smell like the things I want to eat. 

reality: hnnng yes it is perfectly pumpkiny deliciousness. but after resting the decant longer, the spice seems to throw off the balance. hm. 

 

Skogtroll Perfume Oil

speculation: kinda scared of it but I gotta know. Bridge Trolls is amazing.

reality: nice, but not as nice as Bridge Trolls. 

 

🥉 Slug Perfume Oil

speculation: a SLUG SMELL. also I like honey. 

reality: this is gorrrgeous. but is it too gorgeous for me? it's like sunshine: bright, lightly sweet, and almost clean.

 

Slushy Snowballs Perfume Oil

speculation: in my head I want this to be a warm scent but it's definitely a cold scent so I need to put it in my nostrils to see what it's like.

reality: oh no this is like a scent equivalent of a room lined with acoustic panels, soft and still. I can still pick out the snow white snow in the drydown tho.

 

🥉 Sugar Cookies and Bourbon Perfume Oil

speculation: still wary of sugar cookies but I love the whiskey/bourbon note.

reality: this is a very fine cookie scent that works for me! 

 

Vintage Mrs. Claus Blow Mold Perfume Oil

speculation: cmon bread pudding with strawberry cream? gotta try it. 

reality: a little too ephemeral, not enough pudding

 

Weed and Fruitcake Perfume Oil

speculation: I like the weed note and I love Red Velvet Tuxedo, so I'm imagining a dank tuxedo? idk we shall see. might be fun to layer with the sugar cookie/bourbon blend. 

reality: this is no tuxedo! nor is it my fav Weed & Whiskey. but it is fun and good. 

 

Late addition FOMO decanteronis:

Grasshopper Pie: nothingpie on my skin

Hildegard's Cakes of Joy: this is a solid one that wears well

Mari Lwyd: just curious to compare to my 2021 bottle

Marshmallow Snow: very pretty but all snow white on the drydown

To A Wreath of Snow: I want to like this sooo much but I can't hang with tobacco flowerrr.