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Okay, so maybe its whatever else oudh is with. Because I get almond, figs, and a whiff of roses. It's a beautiful, redolent, rose blend. Good throw and wear length.

Watery oudh and oakmoss, with a whiff of leather on the drydown. Honestly, I think oudh hates me. It just doesn't smell pleasant to me. Great throw and wear length, of course. HARD PASS.

Creamy gardenia, vanilla, and hairspray tuberose. This smells queenly, in the sort of way a Pageant Queen is a Queen. It's feminine, and with eyeliner sharp enough to cut you. Imperious beauty. Good throw and wear length.

Whisky, chocolate, orris butter and a whiff of spices. This one is heavy on the orris butter in my skin, making it actually a less foodie 13 than I expected. More like a Santa Muerte/Dia de los Muertos/Mexican Chocolate sort of blend. Would work well as an altar offering. Medium throw and wear length.

Carrot seed and ambergris. This is a slightly watery ambergris with some powdery orris showing up. It's a very cool powdery blend on me. Good throw and wear length.

White musk, champaca blossom, and a whiff of dandelion sap. This is a very clean musk scent, with tinges of white florals. It's got a very frozen aesthetic going on. Medium throw and wear length.

Red sandalwood, coconut, and a whiff of fruits. This one I get coconut husk as opposed to coconut meat. It's got that coconut hairyness to it which amps up undertones in the sandalwood. Good throw and wear length.

Amber, clove, and sandalwood. This golden, deliciously clovey amber. LOVE IT. Must get a bottle.

Blood musk, deep and tangy, and smoky ashes. This smells like it would be a great Halloween cosplay or Vampire cosplay scent. Or actually, also a werewolf. Creepy, beautiful, and bloody. Medium throw and wear length.

Smoky patchouli/vetiver with a tinge of hay. Medium throw and wear length.

Red currant, blackberry, and a whiff of bubblegum. This is like a berry bubblegum on me, and I am not sure where the bubblegum note is coming from. Perhaps a mastic? Fruity, bright, sugary. Medium throw and wear length.

Fig, almond, and hazelnut. This smells like a perfumey almond cookie. Medium throw and wear length.

Lavender, orris, and a whiff of peony. This one is much more floral than the Shipwreck BO even with lavender being the main component. I think I prefer Shipwreck.

Lavender with a whiff of blueberries. This one is a nice blue toned blend - very fruity and calming. Love it.

Cognac, plum, and a whiff of tobacco. Complex, and interesting, but I'm all about the Amber Lace right now.

Amber, musk, and a whiff of vanilla. This is a very golden scent. Heavy, opulent, and has great staying power. It's a bit of a skin scent but its lasted like eight hours on my skin already and I've already washed my hands three times.

This reminds me alot to to the Juniper Mint, but less herby and with the creamy marshmallow base instead. Minty marshmallows. mr. zee_zee said it smelled good and sniffed my hair.

Oak bark, pine pitch, and blood red mistletoe berries. So a ton of pine, hints of wood and red berries (non sweet just sort of bright curranty goodness). It smells like the woods in Christmas. Which I am honestly craving coolness in this 90F but feels like 102F swamp of a capitol. Insert all appropriate swamp, Hunger Games Capitol, climate change jokes here. I'm ready for some nuclear winter.

I obviously missed the exfoliating bits description, so that came to me as a surprise. Yup, clean linen as a scent, good lather, seems to have a good wear length. Not drying at all. Mr. zee_zee approves.

TCC1 is a green aquatic, that at least on my dries to a plasticky vanilla rubber. Again, this probably has to do with the vanilla that is being used.

Orange, vanilla, anise and fennel. This one is an interesting herby orange-vanilla mix. It keeps it from going into an orange creamsicle land, and definitely has both the anise and fennel being present and creating some bitter herbal counterpoints. Medium throw and wear length.

Dreamy blackberry lilacs. There's a springy ozone note to this that serves as a base, but ends up veering too much into air freshner for me. Great throw and wear length, of course.

Powdery vanilla lily. I get mainly a ton of powder, that is vanilla and lily scented. Great throw. Best. talcum. powder. ever.

Sea salt, seawater, peony and a whiff of blueberry, I swear. This is a like a blueberry went to swim in the sea, I swear. Good throw, good wear length.

Orange blossom, honey, plum and amber. Honestly, I get a very sweet orange/mandarin note from this, and then whiffs of plum, amber and maybe a dollop of musk. It has a slight orange creamsicle-ness on me without actually being foodie. Medium throw and wear length.