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The fig here is like a shdaow or an afterthought. The sandalwood and buttercream took the center stage on my skin. The overall drydown is a faint fig, pastel-like, and creamy sandalwood.

This is a very gentle scent, not a sillage monster. I get the roses and sandalwood. Sits close to the skin.

this blend is shrieking on my skin. the mandarin comes out the most, like an overdose, piercing and sharp. can''t distinguish the other notes.

dry lemony green tea incense with a smidge of frankincense with no sweetness in sight. smells like a clean type of dry incense.

This smells so cozy and plush. This trio of smells nothing like one would expect it to. To my nose, it's a gentle brown suede leather...i know, sounds crazy. I'm in complete awe. 

The pomegranate here is so subtle on the verge of M.I.A.  The patch-moss-fir needle trio don't smell at all like one would expect it would. There's a gentle forest-like sweetness rounded by the distant echo of the fir needle. It's like sweet forest air without the sharp piercing fir needle. I guess the pom adds to the soothing sweetness effect.

I can distinguish the cider part, but not the apple from the pom. The two notes are well blended either way. The pink peppercorn gives off a gentle zing. The fermentation facet looses its strength over time and you are left with an airy apple pom.

Carnation, milk, honey and shimmers of bergamot. Very beautifully balanced. Later on the carnation and milk shine the most. I've come to the realization that the best BPAL blends are in the General Catalog ❤️

On my skin the Snow White coconut chill overtakes everything. The buttery pastry is trying to crack through the layer of Snow White's chill, but ultimately fails.

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green apples with a citrus kick and something vaguely vegetal and powdery. 

This is a rare instance when red musk behaves on my skin. The red musk is drenched in tobacco, labdanum and nutmeg and I'm happy that the red musk usual incensey quality is muted here. Later on the tobacco and labdanum assert themselves and shut the dancefloor down. So good, spicy resiny tobacco gourgeousness ❤️

I get only buttercream and vanilla sugar. I was really expecting some serious white flowers action. I sniffed and sniffed the drydown incessantly, but no sign of the gardenia or tuberose.

Right off the bat the wild plum comes out shining. It's neither sweet or sour. Then the green tea joins the party, giving off a fresh bright vibe, like green tea always does. Later on the jasmine shows up and i know it because i smell threads of something lightly smoky wafting through the air. The blend manages to stay fresh with accents of plum and a bit of gravitas from the jasmine. It's a fruity floral with the green tea keeping the other two notes in check. 

When i put it on, there's a green aquatic element here that reminds of something from the GC collection. I have figured it out!!!

This is a wonderful replacement for Herbert West from the Lovecraft collection.

The rose in both blends are so much alike, perhaps the one here is a tad bit more aquatic and green tinged. A green aquatic transparent rose 🌹

I feared this trio would end up acrid because of the coffee bean and smoky because of the vetiver, but it wasn't the case at all.

The cacao note doesn't go powdery at all, it enhances the remaining two notes and gives off a bit of sweetness. The coffee bean comes out more and more and gets a bit smoky. As time goes by, it echoes to me of a drier version of Jiaolong only a whole lot less sugar syrupy and much less dense.

Go get yourselves a bottle of this trio while it's still up. It could've easily been part of the Koffeeklatsch Yule blends or Lupercalia Cocoa blends.

Aged Shango is the best because is settles down and doesn't smell as overwhelming as when it's fresh.

The drydown on my skin brings out the red apples, very realistic and pleasant. I'm happy with the outcome considering the plethora of notes.

I'm so happy to have blind bottled it before it was discontinued. It's an airy sweetish cognac with a smidge of bergamot twang anchored on a bed of oud. It's airy and a tad transparent, but still robust and well defined. 

Right off the bat, i smell the mandarin and pom wrapped in this detergent-like cleanliness. Little by little the dry fruits emerge, enhancing the tang of the pom and the whole blend moves a bit into the powdery territory. It's a clean frankinsence/ champa base with mandarin and tangy pom and dried fruits anchored in there. I wanted this to be a bit sweeter and headier because there's brandy and jasmine, but alas  🤷‍♂️

I get lilac and refreshing white mint. Sometimes this echoes Salt Phoenix to me mainly due to the lilac, but without the salt note and lavender. Over time the white mint puts in check the lilac headiness and you get a melange of those two notes. Can't wait to wear it in the sprintime.

I don't get any dead leaves here, maybe a whisper of a ghostly vanilla. What i also get is a note akin to white cotton or white suede, a bit smelling like iris and white musk.

As time goes by, there's a bit of a plastic vibe emerging, but it doesn't overwhelm the scent. Clean white sheer cotton/ cloth - that's the visual i'm getting.

The orange blossom and sandalwood reign supreme here. There's also a pickle vibe, mostly due to the sandalwood. In the end, the orange blossom here is just too much for me.

This reminds me A LOT of the "Dead leaves, cocoa and cinnamon" Atmo spray. I smell the cinnamon and something else deep and sweet. No ginger in sight. This blend is more along the lines of Dead Leaves and Sweet Cinnamon.

Somehow the floral block of this trio dominates on my skin. The chocolate as expected leaves the party, and the champa orchid morphs into champa and the vetiver gives it a bit of oomph. Soap-ish champa on little pedestal of vetiver.

Out of a bunch of Lilith decants, this was the ONLY one peeking my interest, let alone blowing my mind shortly thereafter.

Upon sniffing the decant pippette, i get a whiff of a beautiful zesty ripe orange fruit mixed with the floral (green) element of the orange blossom. I'm amazed how this doesn't smell like the usual soapy orange blossom note...it also gives me some sort of note association with honeysuckle about to bloom.

On my skin, it's a zesty orange / green orange blossom combo, slowly transforming into a green floral. Little by little the lotus root comes out, the white musk starts asserting itself, while the orange blossom subsides. 

Later on, the scents shifts into a clean white musk and gentle sweet lotus. The lotus is very dainty, not bubblegummy. 

In the end it's a clean white musk with accents of barely sweet lotus root and a very tiny bit of orange blossom soapiness ghostly wafting in the background.