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Pine, aluminium metal, and pine air freshner. It starts off strong, but winds down as a gentle pine blend. It's pleasant, cheery, and if you were fond of Disco Snowballs, then this is a vibe cousin. It's fake, but who cares when you're glittery, pretty and fun? Enjoy your Christmas! Good throw and wear length.

This reminds me to the note of flue gas in one of the Century Guild's. Ashy, smoky, industrial. Dark. Slightly petrochemically. Medium throw, low wear length.

Pink roses, violet and a whiff of cedar. Good throw and wear length. Very pink.

White tea, white sandalwood and a touch of mint. This is clean, unisex, and very bright. It sort of reminds me to Cool Water. This is more like an oasis than a desert on me. Good throw and wear length.

Very similar to Europa - alot of vetiver, dribble of chocolate, and a whiff of vanilla. Smoky, dirty, and great throw.

Warm butter and a touch of whiskey. Good throw and wear length.

At the beginning this smells like salted caramel, and as it dries down I get more of the powdery cocoa and a touch of walnuts. There's a buttery cake note as well on my skin. Good throw and wear length.

Raspberry jam and powder sugar doughnuts. Like magical glazed pastry. This is so realistic, I want to keep sniffing it and it makes me super hungry. Good throw and wear length.

Oh god, this is amazing. Apricot, blood orange, touches of chypre and lavender, on a base of amber. Both the chypre and the lavender turn it more into a perfume, and but they are just whiffs. The apricot and blood orange are subtle but present. This is just lovely. Absolutely lovely. Medium throw and wear length. Will be ordering a bottle of this.

Oh man, I get black currant, violet, a touch of sandalwood and something that smells vaguely familiar and comforting. It does remind me to Lush's the Comforter bubble bar. If you love that scent, this one is for you. Medium throw and wear length.

I really wanted to love this and I was hoping for peppermint cream all the way. I get a blast of peppermint cream on wet, and then the chocolate makes an appearance. Both of these fade and I'm left with a slightly minty, slightly chocolate vanilla. Heavily foodie. Medium throw and wear length. RATS.

Sweet resins with a whiff of snowy vanilla. This one is warm and resinous, and the vanilla just adds a touch of sweetness.

Creamy vanilla, tobacco, and wisps of porcelain and cognac. The porcelain and cognac keep the vanilla from being too rich or foodie. I can see why people would really really love the vanilla-tobacco combo in this. It ends up as high end vanilla perfume on me. Great throw and wear length. I would definitely try to enable folks that love traditional vanilla perfumes with this.

Coconut snow frankincense on wet. As it dries, the snowy coconut top note disappears and I get more of the patchouli. This ends as a patchouli-sandalwood mix, with a whiff of coconut snow on it. Dry, strong, and manlier than I expected. Medium throw and wear length.

Green, wet, dead leaves with a hint of manly aquatic cologne. Airier than the just straight up dead leaves.

Cinnamon, red musk, and dark dragon's blood resin. The comparison to Scherezade is apropos. Good throw and wear length.

Honestly, this reminds me to Love's Philosophy + a squeeze of orange. Saffron vanilla, with swirls of mandarin and a touch of amber. Good throw and wear length. I think I need a bottle.

Fruity honeyed red apple. Medium throw and wear length.

Ooooh! Mandarin, touches of pine, patchouli and resin. Mmmm, yes. This smells like a different darker and more resiny version of Pallas Athene, which is one of my favorite blends. This is the masculine version of Pallas Athene with the addition of pine and patchouli. Good throw and wear length. Would consider at least a partial bottle.

Grey musk, ambergris, and a touch of tuberose. This smells dusty and aquatic on me. Good throw and wear length.

I get sandalwood, sage and a touch of sweetgrass. This smells like the Old West and dust. The sandalwood is dry, and gives me the impression of Dead Man's Hand, but no leather. Just the Old West. Good throw and wear length.

Oudh, opium tar, and myrrh. This one is a little smoky, a ton of resins, and hints of incense. Good throw and wear length. Darker than I expected.

Jasmine, frankincense, saffron and orange flower. This one smells strongly of resins on the background, with notes of jasmine, saffron and with a burst of orange flower. Oriental floral is how I'd best categorize this. Good throw and wear length.

Honeyed neroli and orange blossom on a bed of musk. This smells like honey, oranges, with musk on the drydown. Lovely and bright.

Sweet maraschino cherries with a sprinkling of sugar and almond cookie dough. Very buttery. This is more like heavy almond butter cookies with a bit of cherry here and there. Too heavy and gourmand for me. Medium throw and wear length.