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Purifying: a vast plain of salt glimmering on a playa.

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A wilting corsage of tea roses and white roses, bearing forensic traces of honeyed lip gloss and coconut oil suntan lotion.

Brian: “I’m not afraid of heights, but I am reasonably afraid of landing, and I have what I feel is a legitimate concern about rickety old carnival rides. I kinda hate carnival rides, but I’ll do it for Lilith.” Lilith: “Mom says this ride is called a Swing Carousel, but she also calls it a Barf Ride. She wouldn’t go on it, but my dad and my Unkie did. We went on it, and it’s pretty much where you’re sitting in a flying seat. When we were stopped, I couldn’t reach the ground with my feet. I love this ride. The swing is kinda like one of those baby things you have at the park, with the bar for the babies. It’s like those swings, but crazy and way up high. We ate cheesy hot dogs and got hot chocolate right next to the ride, too.” Bright orange peel and osmanthus with polished cedar, rings of burnished amber, sweet incense, and gingerbread.  On wet, you get a big burst of orange, followed by amber and spice (hello gingerbread) and a touch of incense. This one sort of reminds me to Pallas Athene with the orange and the amber, but brighter and more playful. Good throw and wear length.

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It was genetic engineering at its finest: they created a breed of human to sail the stars: they needed to be possessed of impossibly long life-spans, for the distances between the stars were vast; space was limited, and their food supplies needed to be compact; they needed to be able to process local sustenance, and to colonise the worlds they found with their own kind. The homeworld wished the colonists well, and sent them on their way. They removed all traces of their location from the ships’ computers first, however. To be on the safe side. The scent of white-hot metal and stardust, limned with glowing bergamot aldehyde. I really enjoy the Chariot - there's a metal note like in Torture Queen, a citrusy chypre. It's bright, sophisticated, and for those people that want a masculine cologne that smells more like a commercial perfume, should really try. Good throw and wear length.

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Terebinth resin, jasmine absolute, and snow magnolia. Magnolia, jasmine, and a whiff of pine resin. Okay, hold up. This is the first time a magnolia and jasmine blend didn't just HULK OUT into some horrible monster of a blend and death match my nose into submission by smelling of wet wool and cat pee. This smells like creamy magnolias (yes, I know what they smell like, my MIL has a magnolia tree in her backyard), whiffs of delicate jasmine bloom, and underneath this pine resin. It's more of a skin scent, I'd say medium throw and wear length. But hell and damnation, first magnolia-jasmine blend not to turn into a monster. BRAVO.

Spring water, cade, frankincense, pine needles, juniper berries, and Sicilian white bergamot.

Sugared cream, vanilla husk, white sandalwood, and flecks of caramel.

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Silken red musk, black leather accord, patchouli, Malaysian oudh, cardamom, and vetiver. Clean black leather, musk, touches of oudh. This one has a very clean woody smell laced throughout, and on the drydown I get a shot of cardamom. It's a very refined black leather. Medium throw and wear length.

A strangely intoxicating autumn scent.

A Jupiterian blend of California white sage, cedarwood, hyssop, saffron, white frankincense, juniper berry, nutmeg, cinquefoil, hops flower, and sarsaparilla.

Come slowly—Eden Lips unused to Thee— Bashful—sip thy Jessamines As the fainting Bee— Reaching late his flower, Round her chamber hums— Counts his nectars— Enters—and is lost in Balms. – Emily Dickinson Yellow jessamine gilded with amber, copoiba balsam, apple peel, beeswax, wild fig, sage honey, and champa. This is a really well blended blend in that I get beeswax, fig, honey, hints of jasmine and champa, but it ends up as a sexy musky blend. In fact, my two words used to describe this blend are "sexy musk". It's got a medium throw, and good wear length. But yeah, this is your skin on sex.

King mandarin and blackcurrant with frankincense, white clove, lilac, red rose petals, French lavender, and red vegetal musk.

With a touch of oak bark and bourbon vanilla. I get gleaming steel, oak, a touch of pepper and vanilla. The vanilla I think combines with the amber to make it slightly powdery, but on wet, I really get the sensation of pepper/musk/blood. It smells like metal and amber, and its pretty but there's a sharpish animalistic smell that I think smells like adrenaline and fear. If you're into Vampire the Masquerade, I'd sell this sort of smells like Tzimiszie. There's some flesh-crafting involved. And pain, well, pain is just there to make sure you're not blase about the experience.

A waving wet haze of blue and green: blackberry wine and soft oudh, cashmere woods, iris pallida, sea salt, and turquoise musk.

Once your house has been freshened and cleansed with Cleaning House, renew and energize your home protection with Sealing Sanctuary. This oil is crafted to be a dazzling ward against illness, anger, cruelty, jealousy, sorrow, baneful magic, hostile spirits, and violence. It can be used on doors, doorways, and windows, and can be used to anoint protection candles, charms, and amulets. This oil contains purslane, sandalwood, blessed salt, palo santo, fir, juniper, hyssop, and rue.

Soft red roses, sandalwood, and a whiff of sweetness (either the vanilla or prunes). Medium throw and wear length.

Fuzzy brown musk powder. It smells fuzzy, brown, and musky. Hint of nutmeg. Medium throw, great wear length.

This was definitely a male cologne - I got sage, tobacco, and sandalwood with a mix of greens. Great throw and wear length.

Honey, hint of caramel, metal and herbs. This was a strong sweet honeyed sweetened metal. Very gender neutral. Good throw and wear length.

Spicy resin. You get the ginger bite on the wet, but its a spicy warm resin. Medium throw and wear length

Spicy sandalwood. I get a note of cardamom on wet, but its mainly a very expensive sandalwood. Low throw, great wear length.