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[No additional description provided.] On wet, you get a buttery pumpkin smell with something lurking underneath. As it dries, the burnt smoky weediness comes through and OMG this smells like if you were smoking pot, someone knocks on the door and you desperately grab the nearest air frangrancer which happens to be a generic autumn potpourri that somehow JoAnn Fabric seems to pump out into its store as aggressively as whatever the hell kind of fragrance Abercombie and Fitch pumps out into the mall. Or, alternatively, this is someone smoking pot in a JoAnn Fabric. Great throw, btw.

Fairly antisocial as bats go, Western Bonnie sticks to colonies of less than a hundred other bats. A girl needs her privacy, you know. Butterscotch tobacco. Butterscotch laced with tobacco. A yup. This one is sweet sugary butterscotch supported by some brown chewy tobacco. This will age to a sugary tobacco mess. Good throw and wear length. Which means, if you like sugar or tobacco, GO GET IT.

Peach cream, white sandalwood, and honey.

Rosewood, agarwood, rooty patchouli, spicy mahogany, nutmeg, and saffron.

And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second reindeer say, Come and see. And there went out another snowman that was red: and power was given to him to take peace from the earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him a great sword. Blood-soaked snow, ice-rimmed steel, red tobacco, crushed strawberries, and red licorice. The oil is very red. It's mainly a strawberry tobacco musk with a whiff of snow and sugar (which I am assuming is the red licorice). It's actually much more approachable than I thought. I am mainly amping up the strawberry and the tobacco. It's a sweet, red, blend on me. Good throw and wear length.

Little Kid Stompy Boots: leather, dust, lavender oil, wood chips, and grass.

Sharp and cynical: bitter mimosa, smoky opoponax, Oman frankincense, French beeswax, and linden blossom.

Also seen just as "Tea Leaves". This one is a light tea, either green or white, and citrusy. I swear I am sniffing also some fresh green dandelions? I definitely get the green stem sap smell along with the tea. It dries down to a clean, little old lady soap but on wet, it's absolutely delightful. If you're looking for a fresh, clean floral with tea, I'd give this a try.

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Chocolate chip cookies, and a whiff of grease. The grease prevents this from being super foodie. It ends up as chocolate cookie scent though. Good throw and wear length.

Peony, lavender, whiff of cotton blossom. This smells like a clean, white floral cotton. Would make a lovely scent for freshly washed clothes. Good throw and wear length.

Fig cream, honey, and cinnamon. It smells like a pastry. Good throw and wear length. Very foodie.

Pumpkin-scented red musk. With a whiff of sugar. It reminds me to a little version of Pumpkin Queen. More red-musk, slightly more delicate, and slightly less pumpkin. Good throw and wear length.

Lavender cotton and paper. Its soft, lavendery, and smells more masculine on the drydown. It goes from soft-cuddly to a much more assertive blend on the drydown. Good throw and wear length.

Ochre fur bristling, a whiff of obsidian musk on a moonlit night, crushed pine needles, claws tearing through snow-dusted soil.

Bittersweet cocoa absolute with thirteen herbs to help keep evildoers at bay: laurel leaf, caraway, Irish moss, clove bud, Solomon's Seal, master root, white sage, lotus root, bronze fennel, broom straw, angelica, purple basil, and star anise husk. This one was a really weird Thirteen for me. It was a watery, mossy chocolate herby blend. Did I mention watery? It was like an aquatic chocolate.

Pumpkin egg-nog served in a skull, next to a steaming slab of gingerbread.

Honey dust, fur, and a whiff of lavender. It's mainly a honeyed fur blend. Good throw and wear length.

Pink roses, saffron, and a soft white/vanilla musk. This smells soft, innocent, and dreamy. Would be appropriate for a younger BPAL fan who is just dipping their toes into BPAL. Slightly powdery on the drydown. Medium throw and wear length.

Syrupy maraschino cherry musk. If maraschino cherries decided they wanted to have a musk, this would be it. Good throw and wear length.

Tart crisp apples, and a whiff of pencil shavings. Honestly, it sort of reminds me to those Asian office products that sort of have a smell. Like its a practical thing, but it also smells nice? Low throw, average wear length.

Buttery caramel sugar, and a whiff of smoke on me, actually. But yes, sugary, dense caramel. Very very sweet. Great throw and wear length.

Ylang ylang, spicy carnation, and delicate chypre. Good throw and wear length.

A shadowed temple.

A hint of sadomasochism in Ancient Egypt: lily water, myrrh, and cardamom with southernwood, cassia, white sand, papyrus reeds, and frankincense.