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The bitter is there and very strong in this, but it is like the bitter of a very dry tea or a red current. It's lovely.

I must second everything that Little Bird says, however I must add that there is a beautiful etherealness to this scent that can not be explained by the notes.

A comforting, warm wooden scent that as per my sister, "smells like your boyfriend's worn shirt."

This is a beautiful, heart warming but delicate scent that is like a warm play on the other scent called Ghosts. This scent needs to be tried by everyone, it is not like anything you would expect. The tea note really comes out after a while on the skin.

A beautiful, classic and elegant shiny bright rose. It is bright ans smooth at the same time. It is a beautiful rose scent though the rose can be a bit too much for me in this one.

Honestly, I don't get much rose out of this at all. It's like a shiny warm vanilla with some old books thrown in. It's beautiful and bright.

The leather is soft and feminine. I do smell the india ink note in this and it adds a slightly plasticine effect to this scent. Over time, after dry down, it goes away and the overall impression is sweet and papery and the leather goes into the background.

This is more red musk and pepper than rose or vetiver. I am delighted by that. The pimento and poppies add a bit of green and a bit of mellowness at the same time. But that is only a background to the dark spiceyness.

The white pumpkin is a touch sweet and bright. It is only further brightened by the eucalyptus and mint. This Death is certainly aglow with green licking flames, as the label implies.

Incredible and everything you thought it would be! Gorgeous pumpkiny goodness that is oh so spicy. More reminiscent than the Pumpkin Floss v5 proto than anything else. Stock up!

A swirling, almost dusty blend. There's something leafy about it, I think it may be the bark. This is floral with a hint of sweet.

Oh so bubbly! So, so bubbly! I like carnations to add some heat and spicyness but for a long time this remains just super bubbly! Oddly, there's almost something smokey in this, like the bubbly champagne came from a sparkler. I could be making it up but that's what it reminds me of >.<;

Very leathery. The rum and rose and patchouli make it a sort of herbal and sweet old brown leather, but for the most part I can not smell the black tea and bergamot. There is something dark and herby about it too.

There is almost a touch of cinnamon in this. Like the insides of a peach pie baking, without the smell of crust. It is very bright and refreshing.

Absolutely foody delectable. It's a rummier Anti Saloon league. It's gorgeous and foodie without having any baked good quality that sometimes happens with the cream note. It is close to Red Lantern but with something dark in the background. It's almost a chocolatey darkness.

A gorgeous and slightly sharp green apple, made only sharper by the bergamot. The vanilla orchid and tiare take that sharpness down a notch but it very much feels like there are two things going on here, rather than a smooth blend between the two qualities.

This is just incredibly gorgeous. The red apple is dark and very apple-y and it's just slathered in honey. It's the deep dark apple of only certain apple pies, with something, I imagine it's the opoponax, that makes it more of a fragrance than something edible.

I get more gardenia blossoms in this than jasmine. There is a hint of rose. The honey is not there for me. This is a light, white floral that sticks around. It is not something to be missed or ignored like some other white florals that are too fragile to enjoy for long. I personally love gardenia, so that vanilla-jasmine makes it a little sweet. I was surprised at how much I liked this considering I do not generally like rose.

The bear musk is a nice brown quality that probably takes the bite out of the whiskey note. This is a very smooth, brown scent that has great throw.

I feel like the honeyed apple mutes a bit of the pear in this scent. Along with the ambrette seed doing much of the same. The clove does not pop out till dry down but I imagine that is skin chemestry specific. This scent is more cloying than juicy, the latter of which I expected when looking at the notes.

This is very much like black apple however the sweet orange rind and saffron pop up and make it a totally different scent. It's dark but sparkling.

Chocolatey and sweet. This is a lighter and more etheral version of Black Temple Burlesque Troupe. It is not as cloying and much less earthy. The patchouli is very mild. Though you can pick up some of the honey note, it is not a very honey scent.

 

As it dries, the mallow flower and sandalwood kinda dance around the cacao. I do love foodie scents, but sometimes you get a weird look when wearing them, or someone asks who is baking brownies. This probably wont get those questions, but will definitely cause people to smile as they pass by. =)

This is a dark scent that settles more around the blackened clove and birch tar. The spiced rum and tobacco give it a hazy, slightly sweet quality but overall it's rather dark and murky. For now, as it is wet, it's more sullen than sultry.

 

After settling, this scent gets a bit more foody, with the spiced rum and blackened clove giving it a warm, spicy bite to it. The leather sort of comes in waves, almost totally gone sometimes, and then sneaking back in... like a whip. >.<; =D It's a little more sultry now.

I picked up an extra bottle of this at NYCC. The jasmine and vanilla and orange blossom are just so sweetly pretty in this scent. The mint and champaca give it this interesting ethereal quality. Somehow it ends up a bit juicy and sweet but not too much. The apple is also not overpowering.

A gorgeous scent that really begins and ends in the notes that are listed. There is not much surprise in what you would imagine this scent to be, and that to me was excellent! The red musk is there, tinged with apple. The vanilla softens and sweetens along with the robust quality of the sweet tobacco. The patchouli is sweet and not overpowering. While the clove gives it just a bit of punch. This is GORGEOUS.