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Brian’s interpretation.

A whisper under the moonlight: blue musk, and indigo amber, myrrh, moonlit oudh, opoponax, terebinth, and tobacco leaf.

Elevator going up! Sucking on these fruity, low-dose tongue-tinglers will turn your mouth fun colors. But count ‘em out carefully — losing track of how many you’ve popped may result in overly-personal small talk on public transportation, dancing to the music playing in the grocery store, or panicking at the sound of helicopters flying overhead.

She seems happier lately. We want whatever Meemaw’s having! Peel back the wrapper of universal consciousness and savor this hard nugget of butterscotch with a decidedly suspicious aftertaste.

A glistening haystack of shredded coconut, molded by hand into a tasty, wee cannonball that will knock you off right off your damn perch.

Whoa there, pardner: this bag was supposed to last you several weeks!

A dense and melty confection, baked with skill and love by someone with the power to accidentally annihilate your weekend plans.

Hmm, did they hide all the green goodness in the donut, or in the glaze, or both? Better lap up every crumb n’ speck from the wax paper sleeve, just to be sure.

Squishy, fudgy, and pleasantly dank, with those chewy edges you like.

Coconut milk, lavender, lilac. This is a soft, cuddly coconut and flowers. Medium throw and wear length.

Subtle chocolate, whiff of raspberry, and glamour. Honestly, this also has a foodie gourmand note beyond the chocolate that makes you think Magnolia Bakery and Carrie Bradshaw. This is the perfume equivalent of Carrie Bradshaw in a fabulous outfit, with great shoes, eating a frosted chocolate cupcake in New York. It's an absolute fantasy. It's pink but not overly so, its chocolate but not overly sweet, its girlie but grown up, and its expensive. It's the fantasy that you too can have it all, while also being able to afford an apartment in NYC. It's absolute nonsense but you can't help wish it were real. Medium throw and wear length. 

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To me, this smells like a manly, and sandy, version of Florida Water. So yes, this has bay. And laurel, and water. And it smells clean and magical because anything even remotely Florida Water like to me (which probably means orange blossom) smells clean and magical. Medium throw and wear length. 

Soft rose, resin and a touch of tobacco. This one smells soft and nostalgic.

Sweet vanilla patchouli. Medium throw and wear length. 

Rooty vegetable patchouli. Medium throw and wear length. 

Aquatic snow, cypress, oudh. Both darker and lighter than expected. Medium throw, great wear length. 

Black leather and a touch of beeswax. Medium throw and wear length. 

Cologney leaves, dirt and vetiver. Medium throw and wear length. 

Piney, pepper, cedar and vanilla fig. Medium throw and wear length. 

Feathers, smoke and almond. Medium throw and wear length. 

Licorice, patchouli and anise. Dark, dirty. Medium throw and wear length. 

Hay, dry leaves, patchouli and musk. Medium throw and wear length. 

Cypress and pine, and touch of powdery iris and white sandalwood. Medium throw and wear length. 

Super cologne/perfume musk. This one smelled very conventional on me. Musk, vanilla, and myrrh. Medium throw and wear length.