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Huzzah! This is fantastically peppery with cardamom and nutmeg - no cinnamon or clove overload like I usually get! This is the perfect spice blend to my nose. Foody, but not *too* foody if you know what I mean. Warm and comforting like things baking in the oven while you putter around the kitchen on a gray winter afternoon. Please don't change, little imp!

I was very hopeful for this one, but a little worried about the caramel note, (the caramel in Melainis turned my most anticipated Lupercalia into Coca-cola). No such thing here! The caramel is present, but behaving itself and is nicely subservient to the musk, patchouli and a bit of petitgrain, I think. I'll be trying this one again once it's sat for a while. I can only imagine it will get darker and more luscious as time goes on.

Wow, burlesque vixens smell delightful! This is dark, dark musk on me (without the lemons I sometimes get from black musk). The cocoa and tobacco warm and darken everything into a sexy, nuzzling blend. mmmMMM! Can't wait to see how this ages

I was really hoping for blood orange out of this one, but ended up with a soapy, astringent, cleaner smell with lots of ginger and lemongrass I guess I'll let it sit and revisit it later.

I was hoping for a cousin of Gunpowder with this one. Instead it starts out as a very nutty, warm scent with hazelnut the primary focus. As it sat on my arm though, the berries started to come out and sweeten things up. A dusty bit of hay and carrot stirred in towards the end to make me smell pretty much like granola Not the feedbag, horsey scent I get from Gunpowder, but foodier and very nice indeed.

This is happily my surprise hit of the Yules It's a clawed, musky swipe at your face at first. Once it settles down it gets richer and richer with the moss note. Fantabulous!

I get sweet brown sugar and maple leaves out of this one. Almost foody! Perfect fall scent. I'm hoping it deepens into a smokier, woodsier blend as it ages.

This is a truly beautiful oil! the black chypre is what makes the blend so deep and rich (I think) and benzoin and oppoponax are often in blends I love. Almost resinous on me. Deep, black purple colored scent. Keeper.

Starts out as too much buttery pumkin for me too, but it quickly morphs into a masculine, spicy tobacco scent with a foody glow. Nice! Smells fantastic on DH

I usually get too much pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch (I know, what did I expect?) but this is a pretty good mixed up scent Rich, buttery pumpkin and a dose of fir at first. Then the tomato leaf comes in and sticks around much better than in Jersey Devil, the only blend I can remember with tomato leaf. I think Planting Moon had it too, but this is sweeter and more dessert-ish.

I was a little worried about this one when it first arrived. Took it awhile to settle down. I didn't get anything great from it at first and was really disappointed since I'm usually good friends with red musk and vanilla. Dratted clove...After giving it a few weeks and trying it again though, it's really blossomed Dark, rich red musk with sweet vanilla and a pinch of herbs. No more clove overload thank goodness! Beautiful!

I don't know what I was expecting from this, but it is my surprise favorite of the vamp ladies Maybe it's skin musk? That does really well on my skin and a clean, fresh, feminine sweetness is there too. Yup, like MeiLin said, "damp and sweet". Win!

I am so fricking glad I added this onto a decant circle I was in on a whim. This smells amazing! I know it's the skin musk and there's a sweet addition from the oriental perfume. Low on rose which is fine with me!

Very generous frimp from a forumite I had to give it a try since I started watching Supernatural lately hehe

 

Mmmmm I see why people like this one so much! Lots of bourbon vanilla (yes!!) and a spicy bay rum base. Hyssop is always nice on me too. It's masculine and spicy with just the right hint of sweetness. Keeper.

Dry, dusty cologne-ish with a dark rose scent lurking in the background. I don't know how often I would wear this, but I think I like it best of the summer roses.

 

eta: I let it age a few months and the sandalwood really comes out now! A much more masculine scent with a hint of dark rose swirling in its depths.

Manly and a little soapy with a fleeting hint of some kind of sweet nature element. Carlin is a good one in my book! Can't wait to try it on DH. This guy isn't going anywhere!

Ozone! This is indeed a surprisingly wintry blend as another forumite mentioned. There's a wild sweetness to this one that makes it smell of clean, fresh winter air rather than the "gack, that's sharp!" I sometimes get from other ozone blends. Woodsy and wild. Keeper!

This was a surprise hit for me out of all the vamps I love poppy in other oils and the dusty sweetness of the poppy flowers is lovely. Throw in the fantastic earthy and sweet grass smell of the peat and I'm hooked! It's true love for me and Ms. Ariadne.

Gentle, purple, vanilla-ish heliotrope Very shy blend. Doesn't really want to come out and play on my skin. Pretty, but not really a keeper for me. I'll try it again before I send it to the swaps, though.

I was all set to love this one with the juniper, musk, labdanum, and violet leaf. Then something went...weird. I think it has to be the chestnut trees. Smells sweet and nutty with a caramel(?) vibe to it. It's odd. I've never had chestnuts before, but sweet and nutty does not really mix well with the other scents that were trying to do their thing on my skin Rarr.

Man, this is a good one! I tend to love the dark, smoky, masculine scents but I was surprised this one is such a hit since I don't usually get along with clove or brimstone. I almost thought there was vetiver rattling around in there, I liked it so much... Smells fantastic on DH too. Good throw. Smolders and smokes on the skin

I'm going to echo the previous poster and say Pine. Lots of pine. The piniest piece of pine that ever pined. oy. I think my DH would get a headache just from looking at the imp. I like it, though This will be a "wear when the sweetie is gone" scent. i'm hoping the next time I try it that I get more plum...

What is going ON with me?!? I usually hate foodie notes. And I haven't had much luck with the snakepit,

 

Until now.

 

It's cocoa and snake oil. It's amazing. And I'm carrying it around in my purse as my go to bpal. I never expected a chocolate scent to get me the way this one does. Fantastic!!

mmmm spicy, dry, dusty incense and a hint of leather. Very manly and sexy. tried it on DH when he wasn't looking and it was even better on him! Going to try mixing with the lovely Sachs and see what happens.

I was so sure this would be the bees-knees on me with favorites like bourbon vanilla and smoky vanilla bean. So maybe it's the chamomile that drags this down? I usually like chamomile though It's hard to say why this isn't fantastic on me. It's good. It's nice, but it doesn't blow me away as i thought it would. I'm going to let my decant age and see what happens. Maybe she just needs a little time.