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    Sorcerer

    A golden, sparking surge of raw, wild magic: waves of amber, frankincense, red cacao, blood orange, and lavender touched by demonic incense and dragon’s blood.
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    Thirteen (13): November 2020

    A base of bittersweet cacao embracing thirteen blessings: allspice for increasing money angelica for divine blessings bay laurel for good health bergamot for stimulating luck carnation for joy cedar for confidence copal for purification hazelnut for growth hyssop for protection nutmeg for positive change orris for love patchouli for grounding tonka bean for courage
  3. Funnel cakes entombed in teakwood, cedar, and sawdust.
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    Caramel Patchouli Hair Gloss

    This one is as advertised. It's a very caramelly patchouli. Both notes are equally present and strong. This one has great staying power. Six hours later and it pretty much smells like you just applied it. If you love a nice, soft wearable patchouli, give this a whirl. Good throw, excellent wear length.
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    Peach Tea, White Musk & Lychee

    No additional scent description.
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    Pumpkin Incense

    A caramelized pumpkin kyphi.
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    Dwarven Ale

    DWARVEN ALE Brewed with fermented mushrooms, honey, and apple rootstock. Dwarven Ale smells more like ginger beer to me. As it dries, the spicy ginger top note recedes and in the drydown honey and mushrooms peek out from underneath. It's a rooty, darkly ginger effervescent blend. Gingery, mushrooms, beer.
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    Pink Lovebird

    Cotton candy, cardamom, and confetti cake.
  9. A scent of triumph, of defeating your oppressor through mockery and guile: orange blossom, honey and beeswax, sweet orange peel, khus, ti leaf, amber, and white patchouli.
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    Mummy Milk

    Condensed milk wrapped in coconut shavings and tea-stained linen with a hint of bitumen, myrrh, and embalming resins.
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    Assassin

    Supple black leather, poison-tipped daggers, and a garrote soaked in pitch.
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    Hekate's Garden

    A complex perfume inspired by Ritualcravt owner Missy Rhysing’s notable devotional garden filled with black flowering and black foliaged plants, rarities, and plants historically associated with the goddess Hekate. This oil is a nod to our first BPAL perfume Ritualcravt with a similar genderless, earthy, and addictive quality- but with a brighter, greener finish. Notes of plants sacred to Her include: honeyed patchouli root, tobacco absolute, saffron crocus, teakwood, and burnt cypress.  Again, this is a scent review from decanting. Honeyed patch, tobacco, but definitely more greenery in this one. It's mainly a dark green scent on me with a very clear patch base, with tobacco mixed in.
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    Amoretti LXXV

    A great and golden love: immortal, undying, infinite. A love brightly burned into the stone of eternity: golden amber and scarlet musk, black vanilla absolute, red apple, Siamese benzoin, and sweet fig.
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    Green Lovebird

    Vanilla mint, spun sugar, and pistachio.
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    All of their Heads Fell Off

    Oozing cactus flesh, creosote, dusty boards, and gruesome globs of blood musk.
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    Cola de Mono

    A traditional Chilean holiday beverage: strong fresh-brewed coffee, steamed milk, sugar, aguardiente, cinnamon, clove, and vanilla bean.
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    AP77

    AP77 is definitely an Amanda Palmer prototype, and I'm torn between the Bathroom Incident and Occurance at the Diner, but definitely leaning toward Bathroom Incident on the drydown. On wet, it's a clean floral smell, but as it dries I think I smell something almost 'tile/porcelain' like, and something warm like clay underneath the still 'clean' overlay. It might be OatD, but it seems lack a 'green' freshness to it. I am enjoying the CLAY note in this though.
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    APDAY3

    APDAY3 is probably the Amanda Palmer "Daylilies at the Bottom of the Stairs" prototype. It starts out with a big lily blend, and dries down to a stemmy, almost gone, floral note. If there is WOOD in this, I definitely can't smell it. If you like lilies, give this a whirl.
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    Diamond Star

    Ambergris accord, guiac wood, white benzoin, immortelle, and Somalian myrrh. I get light, white musk and something that I swear smells like carrot seed. Unfortunately, this has almost no throw on me.
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    A-Rovin'

    A perfume for mistresses and masters of a very specific trade: sultry red musk, heady jasmine, tobacco leaf, red sandalwood, hay sugar, golden honey, sweet carnations, and warm leather.
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    Boney Was a Warrior

    A fresh, light Napoleonic-era cologne with hints of rosemary, almond, oakmoss, and jasmine.
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    Leave Her, Jonny

    A sailor’s love song to her ship: Laotian oud, white cedarwood, sweet black patchouli, spiced rum, blackened fig, and coconut.
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    The Witches Have a Fire Again

    Smoldering spiced oak boughs and pine pitch crackling with golden sap.
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    Mrs. Bars Hair Gloss

    Agreeable, tidy, and well-kept. She has kind eyes and a merry laugh. A bubble-pop of gaiety: polished teakwood, white musk, sweet benzoin, patchouli, star anise, and wild cherry. I get mainly a polished teak and patchouli with a whiff of anise and cherry. It's very polished, woody, blend. Fancy. Medium throw.
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