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I am waiting for Spring to come about so I can use this in earnest. It is not my favorite of the four seasons, sadly, but it is of course very lovely if you like florals. Non-demoninational (if that makes sense) light floral.

Another of my first bath oils from the post, and soo soo lovely. I love vanilla and this doesn't disappoint. But this is much deeper and darker than I expected. The bourbon vanilla is so lovely and doesn't really make me think chaste thoughts...

I love the bath oils! This one I expected to be patchouli/citrus (a combination that I adore!) but the red musk surprised me. It reminds me a lot of Mme. Moriarty or Snake Charmer. I love to slather in it after I get out of the shower and bask in the lovely scent all day. Long lasting and large throw.

This is a very foody and delicious scent, and exactly the thing that my boyfriend HATES to smell (unless I'm baking!) I didn't have any leftover from my decant circle for me (weep) but that's ok since I wouldn't be able to use it in the house anyway. Not without fits from HIM. If you like sweet foody scents -- probably for you. I got mostly caramel and marshmallow milk chocolate from the bottle sniff.

I expected to love love LOVE this one but can't seem to warm up to it. I love cedar, clove, patchouli, fir... so maybe it is the dry leaves that are throwing it off? It seems very dark and dry, but not in a spicy, warm, woody way like I was expecting. I'm letting it age a bit to see what happens with it.

This one was a surprise to me -- I expect more of a dark, dirty smell and instead it is fresh and floral. I didn't have any left over for me from my decant circle, so didn't really get to test it properly in the air. I couldn't afford to get a whole bottle of it before it left town but I wanted to! Very lovely, and the bottle art was FABULOUS.

I am not getting a lot of fruit from mine, but of course am certainly getting the sweetness! Not much to say about it, it is very very close to the 2007/2008 Sugar Skull perfume. Like all of the room sprays, it is fabulous and lasts forever on pillows/blankets/linens.

I have the perfume as well, but the room spray seems much sweeter to me. Sweet, smoky, and lovely but not used very much at my house because the Samhain has me in its clutches!!

Someone picked this up at Bat's Day for me but I have been too busy to test most of my perfumes, let alone write reviews!! Not much to say about this one -- the sprays are fabulous, Snow White is fabulous. If you love Snow White and you like room sprays, this is a no brainer. Long lasting and very true to the perfume. Pure !!

I didn't get to try this last year, but I managed to snag a bottle right away this year! To me this is a chilly winter scent. Evergreens, fruit, and a teeny hint of floral. It is very lovely and I would be wearing it every day except -- my boyfriend seems to be allergic to something in it. When I wore it for the first time (I put it all over right after getting out of the shower) and then got in the car with him, he immediately get very stuffed up and started sneezing. I am going to have to wear it when he is out of town!! It was even worse (for him!) that it is long lasting and has a pretty large throw.

This was the surprise favorite of the three foot scrubs. I'm getting HONEY HONEY HONEY vanilla HONEY sandalwood HONEY HONEY. I can't tell there is any peppermint in here. Maybe a little spice from the carnation. This one is pure LOVE for me. I am going to hoard it!!! As others have said, this is MUCH more moisturizing butter than scrub. I've been using it in the shower on my super dry winter skin and while it seems like it might be TOO buttery and oily at first, once you get out and dry off, the butter soaks right in and leaves you soft and smooth all over.

Talaria is mostly peppermint on me. As others have said, this is MUCH more moisturizing butter than scrub. I've been using it in the shower on my super dry winter skin and while it seems like it might be TOO buttery and oily at first, once you get out and dry off, the butter soaks right in and leaves you soft and smooth all over.

This was the scrub I was looking forward to the most and thinking I would love -- and it is wonderful. But not my favorite. To me this smells like the Halloweenie 2008 scent, Hueso de Santo, and is much foodier than I would have expected. I expected more pomander / spice, and instead it is sweet orange cookie. Still fabulous, just not what I was expecting. As others have said, this is MUCH more moisturizing butter than scrub. I've been using it in the shower on my super dry winter skin and while it seems like it might be TOO buttery and oily at first, once you get out and dry off, the butter soaks right in and leaves you soft and smooth all over.

On me, this blend really did seem to smell like lettuce and vegetables. I'm going to give it a chance to age to see if it improves and brings out the honey and fig.

Where is my patchouli??? *jealous* I am getting mostly cocoa out of this. No spice. No patchouli. No caramel. I weep! My nose, it is borked?

Hmm, I just realized I hadn't reviewed this! I still have my lovely imp that I received last year with my second bpal order ever. To me, fruitcake is all cherry and almond. Very very sweet and almost edible!! Unlike the real thing...

This one is hard to pin down -- fruity, in a red sort of fruity way, and yet green peeking in the background in the form of evergreens. Love!!!

I have to admit that I'm NOT a huge fan of coffee scents or flavors (unless it is actually coffee itself!!) But this reminds me of Pinched a little bit (I haven't smelled Misk U) and is wonderfully creamy and lovely. I like the smell of BPAL's egg nog more than the real thing -- kind of opposite of the coffee. I am so lucky that Little Goat donated a toy for me at Will Call!!

I find it amazing how I can smell this scent and get each of the notes separately. It smells like red roses. And champagne. The champagne is a little fizzy and goes ginger ale, but altogether very interesting.

I am not getting the florals or spice from this one -- but I agree that the metal note is similar to the Torture Queen. A somewhat, in my opinion, masculine scent, it is still one of my favorites of this year's Phoenix scents.

Very fruity and sweet, but it doesn't smell at all like Sticky Pillowcase to me. *pokes nose* Need to skin test a few more times, but so far a keeper.

This one is very salty and aquatic (duh!) I'm not a huge aquatic fan. It sort of reminds me of Aeaea. I'll keep my partial to see how it ages.

I didn't read the part about the soil, but I should have guessed had I thought about it ... Not really a big dirt fan. Will probably keep my bottle for a bit to see how it ages and try again out of sheer perversity.

This was a surprise for me -- didn't expect to like it so much, but the Walnut is very rich and creamy. The fig is peeping out at me as well! It reminds me a lot of my "roasted chestnut" candles that I adore. A Keeper!!!

They were already posted here, but today I got and added the Phoenix family and Resurrecteds to flickr.