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In the decant: Dark, dank soil, and a metallic note--perhaps the shackles? Wet: That metal note calms down, and there's a hint of smoke. The dry-down: Ack! The metallic note is back. Not my thing; Graveyard Dirt is much better on my skin.

In the decant: Very aquatic, but herbal as well. Wet: A touch sweeter, but also more floral. The dry-down: The iris comes to dominate the blend and basically has that nasty sharp note. Shame about that.

In the imp: The black peonies are taking over the garden. Wet: Not so dark now, a touch of green sap. The dry-down: The poppies and the orchids finally wake up. All three florals combine for a nice slightly sweet slightly green sort of scent. Nice for springtime.

In the decant: The minty snow note. Uh-oh! Wet: A hint of the pink rose and its green stem. Something sweet, but not a traditional vanilla. The dry-down: The notes have mixed together nicely, but this seems to be different from the perfume oil. They would compliment each other, though.

Note that I use the bath oils as body lotions. In the decant: So well-blended that not one note dominates. Wet: Bergamot and something sweet, w/ a hint of the rose. The dry-down: The snowy woods and the blackberry emerge. Elegant and fit for a winter maiden.

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When 1st sprayed, lots of spruce and pine, followed by a snow note that is minty and sweet at the same time, with just a weird hint of dryer sheets (mostly unscented, except w/ a hint of linen). A little unsettling. Because of this, and the lack of the granite note, will keep decant, but probably no bottle purchase.

Note: I love the perfume oil. Hmm, looks like I'm getting the same thing as everyone else, seemingly. Vanilla mint frosting on yellow cake. Very nice, but I didn't expect the yellow cake aspect. Will keep my decant, but no bottle purchase on this. Had it been just the vanilla mint, bottle, certainly.

In the bottle: The powder of the amber is tempered by the oudh and vanilla. Wet: Much as when sniffed, though the scent notes are blending nicely. The dry-down: Just too powdery from the amber. I love the oudh and vanilla notes, but they could not over-ride the amber. Perhaps aging will help.

In the decant: Sweet honey, but the bitter almond lurks just underneath. Wet: The cedar and sandalwood make their presence known! The dry-down: Quite the morpher! Now as it really dries, it's all abt the fruits, but not too much orange, thank goodness. Still sweetened nicely by the honey.

In the bottle: Lots of lemon zest grated on the top of that cheesecake, mixed w/ the thyme. Wet: The lemon zest and the thyme aren't playing nicely together. The dry-down: It's calmed down now, and there's faint hints of the sugared pear and the cheesecake, but this partial probably won't be a keeper.

In the bottle: Maple, water, faint sweet florals. Wet: The mud, aspen, and willow jump to the foreground, but there's something sharp in the depths. The dry-down: Everything has mixed together and mellowed out. I have a feeling of soft warm brown fur but not that much of it.

In the bottle: The white sandalwood and the white musk. Wet: Much as on cold sniff. The dry-down: I had to slather this to get any scent at all. Faint and fleeting in the bottle and on my skin. Ultimately I get some ambergris buried by skin musk. Nice, kind of me after a bath/shower with unscented products, but not what I usually wear perfume for.

I just had a decant, so tried some and it's fab! The notes of cedar, vanilla musk, fir balsam and honeyed coconut are the most obvious. I smell good--I adore these semi-sweet woodsy scents. In fact, I just placed a last-minute Post and finally chucked this in the cart. The SO likes it, so I'll share with him.

When sprayed onto a paper towel, the apple note is the first that I notice, but it's like a top note that is quickly overtaken by the rest of the notes muddling into some kind of smoky goodness, as though I'm standing in the middle of an ancient apple orchard, damp leaves underfoot, and over in the next field there's the smouldering remains of a bonfire from the night, a light smoke drifting into the orchard. The moment I saw this in the Halloweenie update for the Post, I knew that I would it, and I do. If this could be a bath oil or perfume for a future Halloween, with some more apple as the fruit in it (a ripe juicy red apple), I'd have to bathe in gallons. As it is, I'll treasure my bottle.

In the bottle: Apple blossoms. Wet: Caramel apples! Yum! The dry-down: The oak trees came out w/ a blast, but then the apples came fighting back, and it continues to be a bit of a tussle between the two. The caramel retired to the sidelines after a while. I like this; it's somewhat like walking through an apple orchard at different times of the year, all rolled up into one hour. Quite the morpher! Two notes: 1) I use these bath oils as lotion, so YMMV; 2) dark fonts on dark label just a tad bit difficult to decipher by these aging eyes.

Frankincense, honeycomb, black copal, and myrrh veiled in night-blooming jasmine, dusky amber, black rose, smoky patchouli leaf, bitter cacao, and a dribble of red wine. What can I say? This is a divinely beautiful candle! It's like standing at midnight in the middle of October in a hothouse garden devoted to the night-blooming jasmine and the black rose, both in full bloom. Over on the workbench is burning a beeswax candle that was made with the best autumnal resins and spices, stuck about with pieces of a bitter cacao pod. In one's hand is a crystal goblet with only dregs of a red wine left. This is part of that marvelous scent of autumn that Ray Bradbury wrote of in such evocative language.

Gwydion is right, there's not much throw. It's mostly a lovely pomegranate scent, not a fresh fruit, but a bit more like a pomegranate potpourri, with only faint hints of tobacco, somewhat like the leaf after it's been in the drying shed for a little while. After I blew it out, I leaned in for a sniff, and was rewarded with a lovely blending of the two notes. So sad that I couldn't get that scent when I walked back into the living room where the SO was keeping an eye on it for me.

We burned this for a bit last night; the ginger and frank really complement each other. Lovely scent that doesn't overpower the room.

Thick, heady pumpkin mead sweetened with clover honey and a hint of maple. In the bottle: Maple mead, not too sweet, with a swirl of pumpkin. Wet: Much as on cold sniff. The dry-down: What an odd duck! A not-very-sweet mead scent, with more woods than honey. I might try layering with O for more honey. Hopefully aging will improve this. I was expecting to adore this; instead I just like it.

In the bottle: Something like a pumpkin candy booze scent. Wet: Buttercream frosting in a mild way. The dry-down: The always slightly boozy marzipan has arrived late for the trick-or-treating, but it seems to be over already. Rather a morpher, but faint throughout all stages. I'll have to slather this.

In the bottle: Crisp leaf note, from the late summer. Wet: The crisp leaves, but now with a sweet sap rising through them. The dry-down: This starts in August and ends in October. The maple sweetness now lurks in the background, and the crisp leaves are now heading towards sere and dry. Quite a morpher, but I like it very much.

In the bottle: Fresh, ripe fruit that needs to be eaten or cooked or put up soon, else it will all decay. A different type of sweetness lurks in the middle--that must be the honey. The slight sharp note hiding deep, almost metallic--could this be the blood note? Wet: The fresh fruit is lovely and bright; with each sniff I get a different one. The dry-down: Well, this is damn disappointing. That sharp metallic scent, which I suspect is the blood note, is stomping down all fruit into what might become a decaying mess. I might keep some for the scent locket, though, as I like the cold sniff scent. Later: The honey may save this after all; I hope so, as I love Rossetti's poetry. ETA: server issues

In the bottle: Very spicy pumpkin bake (not a pie). Wet: Lots of those Moroccan spices, backed by a creaminess that must be the pumpkin. The dry-down: Morocco and creamed baked pumpkin (not a pie). For those who want to like Morocco, but felt it needed some taming, do try this spicy scent.

In the bottle: A sweet hay scent. Reminds me somewhat of Hay Moon. Wet: Oh dear! That amber light is indeed amber, and it's heading straight to Powderland. And just a whiff of a lemon note. The dry-down: Powdery lemon something all fuzzed on the hay. Not sure what to think of this.