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Soft, sweet coffee. Kinda like a nice latte. I'm not getting much cheesecake or throw.

Slushy snow with lavender taking over. I can kinda pick up the carbonated fruit soda thing, but it's hanging out in the background. I was really hoping that the fruit would be more predominant, but I am really amping the lavender.

The cedar pretty much overpowers everything on me, with a hint of chocolate in the background. My skin can't support all the other wonderful notes.

This ended up smelling like chocolate stout cake on me. This is what I wanted Chocolate Stout Cupcake from 2014 to smell like. I've made chocolate stout cake before. It's rich and dark, and the beer giving it just that hint of alcohol that tweaks it just enough to turn the sweetness into a musk. Kinda hard to explain, but imagine spilling beer on your skin, and letting it dry. Anywho, I'm happy to report the cardamom doesn't overwhelm things, nor does the whiskey. And I even got many compliments on it when we went out. Super winner!

Starts out more chocolatey with candy corn. Yep, Lemonheads and wax teeth, with a tiny hint of chocolate that disappears pretty quickly. Fun, lemony, with a hint of pillowcase. Husband picks up “gas station soap“, so your mileage may vary. 

Wearing this again: it's much "prettier" than just lemon candy. There's a lightness to it, maybe there's a linen or cotton note that's elevating it past sticky candy territory for me. I'm so happy someone swapped this for me.

I forgot what the notes are in this. Initially sniff was super sweet, super ripe peach. Then the strawberry comes out, like fresh strawberries from Eat the Strawberries. I’m sensitive to honey, and I didn’t pick up any. It’s just sweet fruit that leans towards peach. 

I got this based on someone else’s excitement about the orange. It’s very pretty. Orange sandalwood. It’s pretty simplistic, but yet still grownup. Only problem, it lasts about an hour on my skin. I’ll try layering it, and see what happens. 

fig and myrrh is not a winning combination for me. And that’s the extent of what I pick up. Not nearly as nuanced on my skin. 

I usually love all the tobacco scents, but this too musky for me. Wet, it makes me think of castoreum. Yuck! A sweetness and the sandalwood eventually come out, but not enough for me to get over the musk. 

In the bottle, not quite as pastry-heavy as Raspberry or Black Currant Suf. Fruit is definitely front and center, and a bit adolescent, like candy. I don't think it's as real fruit-like as blueberry cream pie, it's more fun and light-hearted. Pastry note really comes out stronger in blueberry cream pie, too. I'd say, if you want a sweet fruit candy, this fits the bill. It's also great for layering. Surprisingly, I layered it with Ian. LOVE!

I like Sin normally, but it's always a bit much. I figured having it mixed with Snow White would make it easier to enjoy. I love Frostbitten Snake Oil, so I was hoping for something similar. The above poster is pretty spot-on! It's mostly Snow White, with a tiny bit less snow. I think this particular mashup doesn't work if you already have expectations. I can see a newbie being really digging this, though.

This didn't have anything I really enjoyed. I love my fairy for getting it, though, and I love the idea behind the inspiration for this scent. I definitely agree about it being a spectrum, though. It wasn't overly masculine or feminine, but for my preferences, I felt like it leaned on the masculine side. For whatever reason, I just don't enjoy fougere or bay rum, I think. I do think it's worth getting a decant of to see what it does with your chemistry, though.

I feel like the patchouli smokes up the tobacco more than I would expect. The tobacco isn't nearly as sweet as Pumpkin Tobacco. I think these 2 notes work pretty seamlessly together, so I can understand the previous poster's thoughts on it being single-note. I think most tobacco lovers would enjoy this because it's not complicated. I do feel like the patchouli edges this over to the masculine side a bit, but I think it's unisex enough for anyone to pull off.

When it dries down, the tobacco sweetens up a bit, but the patchouli very much hangs out at the back. This still makes me really happy, though.

In the bottle, I definitely pick up the lotus blossom. It's pretty, but it unfortunately reminds me too much of my mother-in-law, so off to sales it goes.

On 9/16/2019 at 2:21 PM, Shante You Stay said:

Lord of Misrule by lush(patchouli , Black pepper & vanilla)

Search this topic. It's been discussed previously. The consensus: there's still not an exact dupe in the BPAL catalogue.

Not too cacophonous. Sweet fruit with a slight floral edge from the tuberose. It's very bright and fun, but not too child-like. It didn't last very long on me, though. Maybe 4 hours.

I honestly didn't know what to expect since I've never smelled the original Silkybat. But this is very much sweet patchouli and autumn spices. It kinda smells like caramel. It has a great gourmand feel to it, while still having that sexy, visceral patchouli going on.

This is a drier, woodier patchouli. The cherry doesn't hang around long, but that could be my chemistry that just sucks it up quick. I think patchouli incense is fairly accurate. It's nice, but not overpowering. I can see cherry fans being disappointed in this.

This is really spot-on. I agree with the above reviews. If you like caramel apple and snake oil, this fits the bill.

I agree with most of the reviews. It's mostly sweet shea butter on me, reminding me of Obatala. I don't pick up any patch or cardamom, either. I don't think it's particularly resinous, either. Sweet, creamy, gourmand leaning heavy on shea butter is pretty apt.

Wow, I don't get anything floral from this. It starts out a spicy patchouli with green coffee beans. I'm glad I had that expectation in check. It definitely starts out sweeter, but dries down to something a bit more woody and herbal. But maybe a sweet wood. I kinda think this might be unisex, but I'll have to see if it works on the hubbo. It's reminding me a lot of Tombstone, which is one of hubbo's go-to scents.

In the bottle: strawberry sponge cake. I've had this on my ISO for a while, and neglected to look up notes. But, still, at this point, totally seems wearable. When I originally smelled someone else's bottle, it smelled more of apple.

Wet: Oh no, someone dropped their carnations into my strawberry cake. It also reminds me a bit of Blossom Jam Tea Cakes from Solstice Scents. Now I know what that floral note is.

Drydown: sweet, floral cake with maybe a hint of a spiciness from the grapefuit, mixed with pepperiness from the carnation. Overall, the carnation ended up being too much for me since i amp it.

If I think really hard about this being a caramel apple, then it works. But it is pale in comparison to some other caramel apple blends I have. It's really pretty, maybe a hint of apple blossom, and something sweet. It's a nice fall, gourmand smell, though.

Got this from their Etsy page. To me, it smells like sweet-grandma's house (she had violets). Like, sitting in her dining room, next to the China cabinet, and putting away laundry. There's an "oldness" to it, not exactly like dust, but it evokes the feeling, similar to Antique Lace. I'm going to guess the frankincense. And the berries have melded together to be a generic, sweet, smell. The greeness of the violet starts coming out, probably after my skin has sucked up most of the berries. This has low throw.

This starts out smelling very similar to Yellow Pumpkin Floss. It's bright and sweet, but surprisingly not overwhelmingly so. It's got the same thing going on as Yellow Pumpkin Floss, which is why it's such a win for me. As it dries down, a bit of vanilla candy comes out.