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Christmas candle!!!!!!!!!! Whoa.

Hot-buttered vanilla lily.

Deep dark and murky jasmine musk, with trodden violets wafting in and out. A bit of harshness on first sniff...apply with care. This is darker and sexier than I expected. Verraverra womanly. This lasts for HOURS, drying down into a paler, floral musk.

A burst of cherry mellowing into soft cedar.

Lightning splits the sky, illuminating the skeletal skyline of the carnival rides: sugared incense and night-blooming flowers. Bubblegum, soap, and licorice tea.

This smells EXACTLY like Blood on my skin. EXACTLY. I don't think they share any notes...

This is amazing. It smells like a blend of two of the oils that I loved, but ultimately made me sick, Black Moon and Hexennacht. Black Moon without the sneezy nose tickle, Hex without the sweet syrupy note that amped and amped and amped until I became queasy... The opening of this is strongly gardenia. I am a gardenia fiend, and have many gardenia perfumes, but unfortunately the Lab's gardenia note smells strongly of butter on me. Not here though, the gardenia is folded into soft wet greenery and surrounded by a woody/sweet incense burning. It stays close to the body. It is voluptuous and lovely. Funny, as I've gotten this as a frimp in swaps and from the Lab several times, but I've always passed it on until today. Silly me.

I love this. It smells almost exactly like the Empress to my nose. Rosy and lush and sweet and glowing.

This is fresh and green and sap-like and bright and sweetly alcoholic. It does remind me of Litha. Stays very close to the body. ETA: After a while my skin amps the thyme to ridiculous levels. Boo. The same thing happened to Honey Moon. ETA: Damn. It's a scrubber.

This smells like Doublemint gum.

Oddly, after just a few minutes this is Spellbound on me.

Dorian+boozy cookies.

Juicy and sweet and velvety and deep red, but also fresh and a bit soapy.

2005 version! Brown sugar and sweet chocolate-y tobacco and lily-like florals. Crowded and complex and dusty and beautiful. Reminds me of Hexennacht! Very strong. So good!

Honey and thyme. No flowers. It is syrupy and medicinal like an herbal cough cure. Sadly, not me.

The absence of light: motia attar, black orchid, mugwort, English pear, cucumber, blue lotus, jonquil, massoia, calamus and crystal musk. Watery creamy gardenia when wet. Much heavier a floral than I usually like, but I like it. I don't smell the pear or the cucumber specifically, which is good. Glamour, and not in the modern sense. It reminds me of the memory of a dream.

Spicy patchouli cola in the bottle. Nearly scentless on me! My skin eats it. I will find it a new home.

Baby powder, sweet tea with lemon, and Potion lotion from LUSH. Very faint and delicate.

This is christmas candle and potpourri on me. Cinnamon and dust and incense. I don't smell the opium, which is good. It tickles my nose a bit. It smells good to me, and reminds me of my late mother. I'm not sure if it's wearable on me though. We'll see... It starts smelling like this Satyr oil that I bought at a street fair long ago. I still don't know...

Eat Me turned to a brighter, clearer Snake Charmer on me. Unexpected!!

This one is beachy and soapy and upscale. I don't smell any of the vanilla... I smell mostly the lily and the orris, with a little of the sea-scent. I wanted to love this one, but I don't.

I put this on my ankle, and I keep having to hoist it up for a sniff. Really good. It smelled like pink frosting in the bottle, but I swear I smell red musk on my skin. It's not as cakey as I feared it might be. Reminds me of the Queen Crossbones soap from Arcana.

Clean, fresh, cold, and seamlessly blended. Absolutely not me at all, but I love the painting, so I had to try.

Oh. God. Chocolate Snow White. Seriously. Evolution: chocolate, then creamy soft edible floral a la Snow White with a thin layer of cocoa, eventually drying down to straight cocoa butter. I wasn't sure I'd like it, but I LOVE it.

Aureus smells like curry on me. Warm and savory.