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I am always looking forward to finding more cherry scents to pair with my Dragon Bouffant HG, and I had hoped Monster Bait: Bloody Mary would be one of them. Alas, it was not meant to be. I do get cherry from this, but I get tons of currant and what I believe may be raspberry syrup (not realistic raspberry), as donkehpoo suggested. The cream is present, but this is far more fruit-dominant on me than cream-forward, sadly. The powdered sugar is more noticeable after several hours of wear, but the fruits remain the main players on me. I like the black cherry note, but I wish I were getting more of it and the cream, and less of the other fruits.

Monster Bait: Closet is a sophisticated cupcake scent. The bourbon blackberry buttercream is the most prominent aspect of the scent on me, and I think it is the bourbon that gives it that touch of sophistication. Behind that, I do get the red velvet cake, which smells realistic to me, crumbs and all. I like it, but I don't love it (because of the prominence of the blackberry -- it's rare for me to love something with a prominent berry note), and that's a good thing, because I feel like I just dodged a rare bullet.

2016 version. This does remind me of a gingerbread house. I get fluffy gingerbread and candy (the spice drops are the most prominent on me, and the chocolate is light and only stuck around for the wet stage). I do not get much frosting from this, but maybe that's because I tend to amp spice notes. After a few hours, it mostly smells like a candied gingerbread scent. This was frimped to me, and I'm glad that I got to try this! I never ordered a decant of this myself, as I wasn't sure how all of those different candy notes would mesh together, but I like this more than I thought I would.

Deadly Nightshade Honey starts off with a light, golden honey with an herbal, green tinge to it. There's also a soft minty aspect to the deadly nightshade note. The herbal note increases with strength during wear, and it ends up being a green, herbal scent backed by the light honey note after several hours. I never got any sharpness from this, although I suspect that could be because this imp is an aged imp. I like this more than I thought I would, but I'm not sure if I would end up reaching for it. That said, I think this and Hemlock Honey are the honeys I appreciate most from the apiary thus far.

Gomorrah is a very dark, dirty fig on me, backed by some currant (I may be getting more of it than others, as it's a note I think I amp). I think the herbs are dirtying up the fig. I wasn't expecting it to be this dark, and I'd say it's a darker fig blend than Nasty Woman. This one is not for me, but I am glad that I got a chance to try it!

My bottle of Happy Baby in a Long Dress is almost gone, so I was hoping this would help fill that lemony lavender void. The lemon verbena is the most prominent note on me throughout wear. The lavender is present early on, but this variety isn't nearly as strong as the lavender buds in Happy Baby in a Long Dress, and it fades over time, while the elemi, which I only got a hint of at first, gains strength while still remaining in a background role. It's a very bright and almost effervescent on me. I think the name matches the scent perfectly. This is not the lavender-y lemonade I love in Happy Baby in a Long Dress, but I do think it would be a nice pick-me-up scent. I'm going to hang on to this and see if I end up reaching for it during the warmer months.

A lovely BPALista frimped this to me, and I'm really glad I got to try it! At first, the golden amber, honey laurel, and sweet heliotrope are the main players, with the honey laurel being the strongest of those notes. It's rather powdery on me at first, but the cedar and saffron emerge after a while, adding more warmth and a little spice to the blend. The golden amber ends up being the dominant note after several hours of wear, backed by the honey laurel, cedar, saffron, and heliotrope. It's still somewhat powdery, but not as powdery as it was initially. I get more of the resins and saffron from a distance, with the honey laurel and heliotrope being more noticeable when sniffing up close. A solar blend, indeed! I will be hanging on to my imp.

In the bottle, the honey, buttered rum, and brown musk are the notes that leap out at me. On my skin, I get the notes mentioned above, and then the clove emerges, as well as a syrupy, sweet labdanum. These notes all mix together to create a honeyed, fuzzy buttered rum cider type of scent. The honey is a thick variety and is the most prominent note on me. I was worried that the buttered rum would be too sticky sweet and strong, and that the labdanum would give it this cola vibe that would clash with the other notes, but neither of those things were problematic. I seem to have had the same end result as Aveya: a thick, sweet, foody scent. It's kind of like a honeyed toffee on me, like if Winnie the Pooh were scooping honey out of a honey jar with a chunk of toffee. But I still get some of that cider vibe that other reviewers have mentioned. This is more pleasant than I thought it would be from the list of notes. It definitely makes me think of bears because of the prominence of the honey on me, and I'm glad that I got to try it since it is a Berlin scent! I will be hanging on to my partial, and I look forward to seeing how this ages.

Blackcurrant Glogg is a boozy blackcurrant scent, accompanied by zesty orange peel and sweetened with sugar, with some spices mixed in (they are light at first, but become more noticeable over time, especially the cinnamon and clove, but never dominate the scent). Fruity scents aren't really my thing, but I wanted to try this to compare it to the Black Cherry and Apricot Glogg scent I have, and I feel like that one is far more boozy (at least, on me -- I get ridiculous throw from that one with my skin chemistry). This is better than I thought it would be, but it's also not something I could see myself reaching for.

In the decant, I smell plum and custard. On me, those are the standout notes as well. This is a plummy custard scent, with more plum than custard, with some treacle that becomes more noticeable with wear. I didn't get much spice from this, which is odd, because I usually amp them. It's not something I would wear, as I am not particularly fond of plum scents, but it's a tolerable plum thanks to the prominence of the custard and treacle. I'm glad I got to try it, though, since I apparently never tried it the first time around!

In the decant, I smell creamy, spicy porridge, and I totally get the popcorn vibe zee_zee mentioned. On me, it's much more spice-forward than it was in the imp, with the ginger in particular standing out, and I am also getting some currant now. It is still buttery, so I can totally see the Bread-and-Butterfly comparisons. The ale note gains strength once dry. It retains its butteriness after a few wear and ends up smelling like lightly spiced sugared porridge on me with just a touch of currant. I am surprised my skin didn't run away with the spice and currant notes for once. This is better than I thought it would be on me, but I don't think I'd reach for this over the other breakfasty scents that I own. If you want to smell like breakfast, though, you should try this!

This is the only Luper that I blind-bottled because I am a sucker for honeysuckle. (When I was a kid, I did the same thing ellocentipede mentioned in her review, so this flower has a special place in my heart.) I knew it wouldn't disappoint. And it didn't! If you're a fan of honeysuckle, you need this in your life. There's far more honeysuckle than honey, to my nose. This is a stunning sweet floral scent that will be perfect to spray around in the spring and summer, or when you need to remind yourself that there are brighter days ahead. I am so glad that I bought a bottle!

Usually, I will test a hair gloss on my hair twice before making a review (once on wet hair, once on dry). For this one, I didn't test it on my hair at all. I sprayed it on a paper towel (and it still smells strongly of it the next day). So maybe treat this review as more of an impression than a proper review. Pumpkin Latte smells mostly like pumpkin syrup, milk, and spices mixed with some sugar and vanilla (the vanilla is not particularly smoky). Although espresso is the first note listed, I get very little of it here, in the decant or once sprayed. There is a bit of bitterness from it in the background, but I had to search for it. This is much better than Pumpkin Latte perfume oil, which was a fail on my skin chemistry. I was hoping for more espresso from this, as I was looking for a hair gloss to pair with a few coffee scents, but this would probably be better to pair with pumpkin scents, IMO.

Gingerbread and More Ginger is exactly as described! It's more gingerbread-y and smells deeper than the other gingerbread scents I tried from the 2018 Yules (Gingerbread and Lavender Sugar and Gingerbread, Coffee Bean, and Smoked Vanilla). After a while, I do get more of a candied and lemony ginger mixed with gingerbread type of vibe from it. I have sensitive skin, and the ginger in this warms my skin, but does not burn, fortunately. Smelling this is making me hungry! This is much nicer than I was expecting it to be, and those that are looking for a thin, crispy gingerbread with candied ginger should get some of this to try.

I agree that the coffee bean note in this has a cocoa-vibe to it. I got a whiff of it in the vial, but didn't get much of it on my skin. On me, it feels more like a sugar-crusted crispy gingerbread (the gingerbread does have a lemony aspect in the beginning, but that goes away) with a little vanilla bean, which doesn't smell particularly smoky to my nose. The vanilla bean note becomes more prominent over time. There's a just bit of the cocoa-vibe from the coffee bean in the background, which is nothing like the coffee bean in Destructive Vagina of the Fox Spirit (I love that note in that blend). I can still smell it after a few hours, but this one stays close to the skin. I think this smells nice, but I was really hoping for a strong coffee bean like in Destructive Vagina of the Fox Spirit mixed with gingerbread and vanilla.

2013 version. In the decant, I mostly get oakmoss, followed by a little patchouli and a hint of beeswax. On me, the oakmoss takes the center stage, but the ambrette seed and musk aren't far behind, and I also get some patchouli. The musk and patchouli become more prominent with wear, and the patchouli is a red variety. There is a bit of beeswax in the background, but the earthy notes (moss and patchouli) and the musk are the stars here. The description of the patchouli made me avoid trying this during previous years, but it's not a super dirty patchouli, IMO (or maybe it became a lot smoother with age)? There's still not enough sweetness from the beeswax and honey for me here, but fans of moss and patchouli should give this one a try.

If Bliss and Schönperchten had a baby, Hohensalzburg Fortress would be it. It starts off with a creamy milk chocolate, backed by the white mint and white amber from Schönperchten. The mint is a tame variety that just adds a light coolness. The white amber increases in strength with wear and eventually becomes the dominant note, although the creamy chocolate hasn't disappeared. I don't need a bottle of this because I already own a bottle Schönperchten and too many chocolate scents, but if I did not, I'd probably want more of it. I'll be hanging on to my decant, though, because this will pair really nicely with Peppermint Cocoa HG and Snow and White Musk HG. ETA: I lied. I totally wound up with a bottle of this.

This is a wintery version of Embalming Fluid. The green tea and lemon are main players on me throughout wear, backed by the aloe, sage, and eucalyptus. The eucalyptus in this is actually pretty restrained and isn't bracing at all. It just adds a light coolness to the scent. I get more sage after a few hours have passed than I did during the early stages of the scent, which gives it more of that spa-like vibe. I think this is nice, but I prefer Travel Buddies for my lemony Travelogue scent.

Overlooking the Garden smells lovely, but it is one of those scents that I'd rather have as a room scent than wear myself. In the decant, I get the rain (which smells somewhat soapy), grass, and wildflowers. That's what I smell on my skin as well, with the amber note coming out more as it sits on my skin and giving it that sun-warmed feel, but never overtaking the dewy grass and flowers. I think kscha2017 may be right about the daffodils, which is a floral note that I wish popped up more often! I don't need a bottle, but I do think it is a nice, hopeful scent that would be perfect to wear during the spring.

In the decant, I get the lavender, thyme, and lemon balm, sweetened by the fig, and backed by the moss and chamomile. On me, the lavender, thyme, and lemon balm take the center stage, followed by the fig, but the lemon balm is much stronger on me than it was in the vial and ends up becoming the dominant note. It reigns for a long time, but when it finally calms down enough to let the other notes come out, I see what Casablanca meant by describing this as a Mediterranean sort of scent. After several hours of wear, the thyme and the lemon balm are front and center, backed by the moss and fig. It's pleasant, but I was hoping for more lavender and chamomile from this one.

In the decant, I get the citrus (and the neroli in particular), lavender, thyme, and tobacco. On me, the neroli and tobacco are the first notes that jump out at me, and there's more citrus behind them. This leans masculine on me and smells like a chypre, and it is reminding me of something, but I can't pinpoint what that something is. After a few hours, it's still tobacco dominant, and behind that, I can pick out the bergamot, but it's pretty hard for me to pick out the other notes. I was worried about the neroli and thyme being problematic for me, but my skin seems to have run away with the tobacco. I was hoping for more lavender and citrus, but it is a nice chypre that I think would smell really good on a guy.

2018 version. I was going to come in here and say the same thing as mishi-bear: this is similar to Mithras, probably due to the olive oil note, but sweeter. I am also getting something distinctly orange-y to this (I mentioned orange in my review of Mithras, too, so maybe it is from the olive oil, or an orange-infused honey?), in the vial and on my skin. It's like orange sherbet beeswax on me. There is only the barest tinge of smoke if you go looking for it, but otherwise, it's a creamy, orange-y olive oil and beeswax scent. I like it! But I may like Mithras more. I'll have to deathmatch the two one of these days. It's definitely different than The Lights of Men's Lives, though, which truly smells like beeswax candles. This one, with its sweet, creamy orange, is kind of making me hungry.

Bat is a sweet, moonlit floral type of scent. I can't really pick out each individual flower in this, but I definitely get the phlox, which I recognize after having tried the single note bath oil, the moonflower, and some orchid. The flowers are sweet, but soft, and backed by the grey musk and amber, which become more noticeable after several hours of wear, as well the honeysuckle, which I was not able to pick out before. That said, it is primarily a purple and grey scent. I generally prefer sugary floral scents, but this is a nice floral-dominant scent. I like the grey qualities to it, and I am glad that the honeysuckle decided to come out after a while. I'm not sure if it's one I'd reach for to wear, but I'll hold on to it throughout the spring months and see.

Zorya P, is that you? This smells like Zorya P without the vanilla. The white tobacco and ambergris stand out to me, and the white tobacco is that perfume-y variety from scents like Fake News, Zorya P, and Pediophobia from the 2016 Yules. I can smell the bleached woods more when I hold my hair up to my nose, but this is one I just happen to get whiffs of throughout the day without having to do that! This is a stunning, sophisticated hair gloss, and I am so glad that I got a chance to try it. I'm going to have to try to track down more. Thanks to the lovely BPALista that frimped me a sample to try.

I forgot to post my review of this when I tried it a few weeks ago. It starts off with the candy canes and vanilla cream being most prominent, but the cinnamon of the snickerdoodle quickly joins in and makes it a cinnamony mint and vanilla baked goods scent in my hair. The mint didn't stay strong for long, and the cinnamon didn't take long to calm down, and in the end, it ends up being mostly the cookie note with some light cinnamon and mint in my hair. Other reviewers mentioned it being kind of like angel food cake, and I can definitely see that. I probably could have just bought a 1 oz decant instead of the full bottle since I have so much hair gloss already (including Lick It HG). It's a nice melange of holiday goodness, but I think I would like this more if it didn't have the cinnamon. At least the mint seems to hang around more than it does in the Lick It HG, though (although it is light).