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    Peppermint & Pine

    Peppermint on blast, and then it dries to a whiff of pine and peppermint. My skin just eats this up. Medium throw, low wear length.
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    Amber & Cardamom

    Spicy cardamom and warm amber. It's basically a cardamom blend though. Delish. Good throw and wear length.
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    Cinnamon & Clove

    Spicy. Basically if you love cinnamon or clove, give this a whirl. Good throw, but the wear length on this was low. On the other hand, when it was on, it was on at full blast. Ugh, this smells sort of the holidays. Love it.
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    Narcissus & Snowflakes

    This one smells like a wintery narcissus, which has a slight oudh overlay to it. It's a white floral, but its not really sweet. Kinda musky and chilly. This is not a floral flower sort of blend, but rather the impression of a flower. Good throw and wear length.
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    Ritualcravt House Blend

    Black patchouli, teakwood, white sandalwood, saffron crocus, tobacco leaf, aconite accord, ambrette seed, musk seed, Dittany of Crete, and yew.  I did not use this for its intended purpose. This is a scent review from decanting this out. I got mainly patchouli, tobacco, yew, and sandalwood. There is some dark green herbalness on the fringes, but it's mainly a dirty patchouli-tobacco-sandalwood blend on me.
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    No One is Above the Law

    A burst of sunlight dissolving the smoke-thick thunderclouds of corruption, hubris, greed, and cruelty: golden amber, sweet bergamot, fresh cut grass, broom flower, hay, orange blossom honey, labdanum, red benzoin, and vanilla.
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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
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    Beeswax, Cedarwood & Bourbon Vanilla

    I mainly get a sweet beeswax and cedar scent. It's sort of ecclesiastical to me? Good throw and wear length.
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    Cold Moon 2020

    I mainly get a perfumey fudgesicle. It smells like a perfume interpretation of a fudgesicle. Low throw, average wear length.
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    Creaking Floorboards

    Smoky black tea, cigarettes, and wood. Whiff of blood. Medium throw and wear length.
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    Cracked Mirrors

    Aquatic, silvery mirrors, and gilt. This is very much like House of Mirrors, but slightly wispier and more ghostly. Good throw and wear length.
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    Disembodied Malevolent Laughter

    Cool lemon/grape that warms up to a resinous blend. Medium throw and wear length.
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    Doleful Pipe Organ

    Musky chocolate metal. There's some pitch and oudh, and this is dark. Good throw and wear length.
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    Figure in the Attic Window

    Minty, almost lemony, bergamot with a whiff of frankincense, and honestly this is also giving me citrusy white tea vibes. So pale ghosts in the attic. Cool cool. Would be an amazingly cooling summer scent in the June Gloom. Medium throw and wear length.
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    Endless Corridors

    Rich heavy beeswax. Reminds me a Light of Men's Lives. Yup, beeswax. Good throw and wear length.
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    Flickering Lights, Fluttering Curtains

    This should be called Vanilla Lace, because that's what it smells like. Bourbon vanilla, lace and a whiff of cognac. Rich and heady. Good throw and wear length.
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    Icy Drafts

    This one reminds me to another Weenie, was it Unsteady Governess? Chilly white tea and a whiff of citrus. Yup, that's what it smells like. Great throw and average wear length.
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    Rickety Staircase

    Light golden amber and oak. This one is a much quieter blend. Medium throw and wear length.
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    It Was Just a Cat

    Warm amber fur. This one smells furry, ambery, and with a touch of resins. Medium throw, good wear length.
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    To My Dear and Loving Husband

    A ritual of eternity, a celebration of the permanence of love: bourbon vanilla, 17-year aged patchouli, champaca blossom, copal, black tea, frankincense, and agarwood.
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    Toy-Strewn Attic

    Porcelain dust, cedar, and a whiff of cologne. DAY BURNED WHITE, IS THAT YOU? Okay, either this is Day Burned White, version 2, or there's several types of ghost cocaine. Because this smells like its effing haunted as well. But with a whiff of cologne? If DBW was a white dust blend, this is more like porcelain dust and cologne.... Oh DAMN, this could be another iteration of Mr. Croup. But like demonic Mr. Croup - extra porcelain and demonic possession swirled in. Medium throw, average wear length.
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    Sinister Groundskeeper

    Blood, dirt and a whiff of metal. This is basically metallic blood with some dirt throw in. SPOOKY SPOOKY. Wear to a haunted house hay ride or when you're exploring an abandoned building. Creep yourself and anyone else around you. Wear while watching Suspiria on AmazonPrime and wondering if there's suddenly a corridor hidden behind a wall in your house, and you end up knocking on it just to mare sure. Yanno. Medium throw and wear length.
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    Pumpkin Spice Cinnamon Buns

    Cinnamon buns with a whiff of pumpkin spice. So extra spicy cinnamon buns? The cinnamon is very prominent, but there is definitely a bread element to this. Good throw and wear length.
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    Unsettling Portraits

    Mineral sandalwood, amber, frankincense. This one smells like an antique parlor. Gender neutral to masculine. This to me smells like a place, more than actual perfume. Medium throw and wear length.
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