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Midnight mass would probably be perfect! If they don't do it for Yules this year, someone will have a bottle. I have one, but I'm not parting with it at the moment. LOL.

I was going to say White Rabbit, too! Also, The Soldier is very tea and cream (but also leather) in the bottle -- my skin turns it to root beer LOL. Theodosius is earl gray and vanilla but not cream. Severin has earl grey, too, but is not sweet at all. Also, if people have Dorian CTs, I've had a couple I love love love.

I remember! I don't know of anything, though.

Initially, this has a distinctly citrus jump out that isn't in the listed notes. I get coffee and tobacco notes that are similar to Misk U right away. As it mellows into my skin, I get the tiniest touch of floral if I stick my nose right in it, but what it projects is the spiciness of the carnation, which I wouldn't identify as carnation on my own. I also get musk, which must be the boiled leather -- my skin turns lots of things to musk. This is a subtle, less sweet sister to Misk U on my skin.

first, a rush of citrusy grapefruit, and then a semi familiar men's cologne, and then it all just goes to musk. I feel like I'm reviewing a totally different perfume than everyone else here.

so, this is great. Like, really great. I didn't expect to love it from the description, but thought I might like it. In the bottle it is SO SHARP and green that I shied away from testing it, even. On my skin, it goes through a muddy few minutes before the clove comes out all gross. But all that is over in a flash and it settles into something really nice, a dark, rich musk, dirty patchouli, and warm, sweet vanilla. K says this smells like a specific pipe tobacco, but in a good way.

This smells very apple when it is wet. On my skin, it goes sort of soapy flat. I still get the edge of something sort of apple, but today, testing it against Autumn Cider, I lose the sense of apple and get more of a carnation tea. I had high hopes for the champaca and while it is there, the carnation is ruining it for me.

I couldn't convince any one else to try this with me, but I ordered a bottle anyway. In the bottle, it is a Disney Christmas -- cotton candy and pine. Wet, i get a touch of flowers through the green, but *flowers* not *floral* if that makes sense. On my skin, there are no flowers, the pine steps back and the cotton candy goes full force. I tested this yesterday and it is still very apparent today, so test with caution, this one lingers!

 

My high school girls would have been begging me for this one for sure.

 

7/10

 

edited to add: for the poster who smells the strawberry shortcake dolls, that happens to me a lot with sweet bpals, but it always goes away when the oil ages. some of my favourites (lawn gnome, i'm looking at you!) have 'strawberry shortcake doll" in the initial notes on my spreadsheet.

I will be back to edit this once I have a proper skin test, but straight from the bottle, I love this. It is dirty hippie barn sex rolled in chocolate. There is a touch of sweetness that I didn't expect, since I thought the cocoa was going to be bitter. From the bottle, I don't get pepper at all, but that usually comes out on my skin rather than in the bottle.

 

Mine separated dramatically in the bottle, just like 13. Be sure that you roll this one before testing!

In the bottle, this is pure, sweet cider. It actually made me thirsty decanting it! The bit I tested went a little waxy and of course I amped the cinnamon, but there's not much for cinnamon to begin with so that's not terrible. It's still sweet apple and my son, without knowing what it was, identified it as "hot apple cider." My husband said "sweet, and cinnamon, but not bakery." and when I told him to think apples said "oh, of course."

 

eta: Yes, the sweet is butterscotch! I see that in the description now and it fits.

in the bottle: sugary marshmallowy. Not burnt or caramelly, just vanilla marshmallow.

On me: has a weird perfumey note I didn't expect. Maybe that's supposed to be the burnt part? 4 hours later, I almost cant' smell this, it's just a little marshmallow if I sniff deeply. Nick says 'just vanilla.'

Sprinklecake is very sugary sweet frosting, rich buttery vanilla cake, and almost a bit of dry chocolate. The vanilla note goes plastic on me the way all of the Lab's vanilla seems to go until it is aged, but they are all fantastic aged so I trust that in a year this will be one of my favourites.

d'oh. i don't know why i couldn't find that.

what is the lab's paypal address?

first impression: wood and chocolate, a little musty. Stays exactly this after half hour. Now, after a few hours, its coffee in a headshop, sort of misk u.

first impression: faint dusty and a little sour sandalwood.

Skin test: The sour develops into a cologne-y smell, and the whole thing gets really musky on my skin. This needs a boy.

in the bottle, I loved this -- very well blended scent, sweet vanilla, rose, sandalwood. tested, my first impression was that this was light, a little powdery, nothing special with my skin chemistry. I did not get strong rose at all, though. I'm hoping that as it ages it will be more vanilla floral. I'm also v. stressed right now so my body is just eating perfume. Maybe next week will be a truer test.

goes on dirty, mellows to sweet vanilla patchouli. K smells chocolate, I smell marshmallow. the hemp disapears on me, which i expected and like -- i'm not a fan of hemp

really sweet but wonderful, the sweet buttery smell of happy

yeah, i was also going to say dorian.

 

i love eat me, though.

first impression: rootbeer. Becomes a pleasant, incensy sweetness on my skin. Reminds me of Tombstone.

first impression: pink sweet cream with a touch of spice. Spice goes away. K says it smells like Christmas, which must make it a pretty true eggnog. After a time, this is all toasted vanilla marshmallow. no spice, no goat.

Red Lantern is my new favourite.

Lupercalia: 2011 A tribute to the opium den cum bawdyhouses of Shanghai in the 1930's. Golden amber, blonde tobacco, Sudanese black coconut, rich caramel, black currant, white opium and delphinium laced with a sensual blend of Asian spice.

 

There was also a re-release of Spanked and Smut.

Wow, totally different impression from other reviewers! This is all tea and apricot on me, with something cool and green in the background. NO pepper, NO vertiver, maybe a touch of saffron and ginger if I work at it.

 

I haven't decided if I like it yet or not, but I don't dislike it at all. It is making my wrist itch a bit but right now, just having skin means being itchy so I'm trying not to worry too much about that.

That's funny, Pynki, because it was ZOMG CHERRY on me and the anise was the part I was worried about.