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This is all gummy bears for most of the wear, although strangely enough, one of the gummy bears is banana flavored??? A bit of cake batter tries to appear during the wet phase but is quickly beaten back by the gummy bears. It takes over three hours for something other than the gummy bears to surface, and what emerges at that point in wear is the vanilla buttercream (emphasis on the butter, though). I'm going to let this one settle for at least a month before retesting, but I'm not sure it will be for me. I, too, was Team Wanting Most of the Other Notes and not so much gummy bear.

Yep, this one perfectly matches its name and scent description! So if you don't like lavender or ozone, you will not enjoy this. But if you do enjoy those notes, or have appreciated the Lab's previous lavender rain scents, you will probably like this one! This is all lavender and a crack of ozone. There's a coolness to the ozone, but there's no mint or eucalpytus or anything like that present here. It smells like lightning just cut across the sky as cool rain begins to fall. It is a booming scent, one that will be smelled across the room if you slather, but somehow the ozone in this is smoother than I've experienced in other scents and doesn't veer into soap territory (though it does smell clean). I love this and will need back-ups because this will get a ton of wear as a sleep scent. This is one of my favorite Liliths that I've tried from this year's collection (so far)!

I tried Pumpkin Latte, in hair gloss and perfume oil form, and that one did not work on me. It was very spice heavy and the espresso ended up being too bitter. But I took a gamble on this because I'm always wanting a pumpkin spice latte scent (even though I'm a pumpkin chai drinker). This does smell like a pumpkin spice latte, heavy on the pumpkin spice. It's one you got from your local coffee shop and isn't as sweet as the one at Starbucks (or even the one found in Miskatonic University's Pumpkin Patch!). I think it's the same pumpkin spice found in Pumpkin Spice Snake Oil, but the coffee in this is smoother than in Pumpkin Latte. The whip becomes more noticeable after a few hours of wear, but I wouldn't say it is a cream-heavy scent for those wary of cream notes. This is a lovely pumpkin spice latte scent, and I am happy I grabbed a bottle! Now I can only hope that Pumpkin Snake Latte will be similar to this one.

In the bottle, I get the cardamom, backed by the light bourbon vanilla and a bit of lavender. On me, the cardamom is the first note I get as well, backed by the lavender (which is a little more noticeable on me than it was in the bottle) and some light vanilla. But then it quickly becomes mostly cardamom with the sheer bourbon vanilla note for the longest time. For those that have tried Perfectly Normal Childhood, this is the cardamom from that scent, but it is accompanied by less sweetness as there is no cake batter or marshmallow in this scent and the bourbon vanilla isn't a foodie one. Later in the day, this becomes more bourbon vanilla tinged with cardamom. There's a bit of lavender in the background, but it is very subtle on me. I like cardamom, and I like the Lab's bourbon vanilla (and am glad it was present here as sometimes it doesn't show up on me!), so I think this is nice, but I was really hoping for more lavender from this one. It's still a keeper, but I hope the lavender will come out more after this has had more time to settle (I tested this after a day of rest).

In the bottle, I get creamy hazelnut and a smattering of lavender buds. On me, the hazelnut and coconut milk are the first notes to leap out, followed by a bit of lavender. The hazelnut makes this rather rich, and it is the dominant note throughout wear, with the coconut milk right behind it. It doesn't smell like toffee, but the sweet nuttiness keeps making me associate this with it at times. After several hours, the white sandalwood pops up and helps tame some of the sweetness, but it is subtle and not too dry. The lavender and vanilla bean are also more noticeable by the end of the day, and I am thankful for that, because I wasn't sure if they were going to be buried by the hazelnut and coconut milk the whole time! It's not a lavender-heavy scent, though, for those who are afraid of lavender. Actually, I'd say this is more like a Lilith-y version of Ivory Vulva (Marshmallow root, coconut, macadamia milk, cream accord, and a drop of golden amber), but with hazelnut instead of macadamia. This is a nice, rich, warm, nutty gourmand scent with a bit of lavender, and I'm happy to have it in my collection. It's going to have to be a daytime blend for me, though. There's not enough lavender here to put me to sleep, and wearing this to bed would just make me hungry. ETA: Deathmatched this against Ivory Vulva, and I have to say that I enjoy Ivory Vulva more. I seemed to get even less lavender with age and more of the coconut milk with the hazelnut, so I put it up for swaps.

In the bottle and when first applied, I get petroleum-soaked oakmoss mingling with cola-like opoponax. Then the charred lavender joins in -- it's not too charred, more like an amped up version of the smoke in Fir Needle and Smoke, for those that are familiar with that duet. It's more smoke than lavender, though. After a while, the white amber emerges and adds a bit of a dry, perfume-y quality to the scent that I recognize from Pollution and 51. By the end of the day, my skin has decided to runaway with the oakmoss note, which is backed by a now stronger white amber. When my boyfriend sniffed this in the bottle yesterday, he thought he smelled leather. There's no leather here, but it does smell kind of leather-adjacent with the way some of the darker notes swirl together. This is not a lavender-heavy Lilith blend, so if everything sounds good to you here except for the lavender, this scent is worth a try. But you have to like moss, as it is prominent throughout. I really enjoyed the wet phase of this when it was like a dirty, mossy, petroleum-splashed cola. I began to enjoy it less when the smoke appeared, and I wish it hadn't become mostly oakmoss on me several hours later. But I tested this after only a day of rest, so I'm going to set it aside and see how this one ages. I suspect I may end up having to scent locket this one, though.

In the bottle, I get lavender, rose, ambery sandalwood, and some marshmallowy sweetness. On my skin, the ambery sandalwood and pink rosebuds are the first notes that appear, followed by the marshmallow and the lavender. When I saw the notes when this scent was released, I thought it could be in the same family as De Vos' Unicorn and Rose Quartz Bedroom, but with some resins thrown in. But it is more like Good Morning, London with pink rose and lavender marshmallow pillows. This makes me so happy, because I have been hoarding my last few drops of Good Morning, London and have been looking for more for years. Over time, it becomes less sweet and more about the amber and sandalwood, with the lavender and pink rose cozying up to the resins. If you loved Good Morning, London, and you like pink rose, you will love this. I have been kicking myself for only getting one bottle of Good Morning, London from the Lilith 2016 update, but I will not make that mistake with this scent. This is multiple-bottle worthy.

This one did not work on me at all. It remained a really strong, farm-y, oudh-y incense for many hours, and when that finally subsided, what was left was a ton of powdery orris. I so wish I had gotten to experience the cardamom, beeswax, and chamomile!

I tested this one last because it was the one that was most unappealing in the decant. And alas, that proved to be the case on the skin as well. At first, I get a blast of, like... industrial citrus. I think it is backed by some clove-y blood? And then, AND THEN!? I smell like I fell into a vat of cumin, which coupled with the acidity, is godawful and a little vomit-y. I stuck it out, and the end result is cumin backed by some sort of metal note. So... evil taco? This... I would not put on my skin again.

Whiskey, paint, and a latex-like neon note are the first notes that leap out at me. Then the beeswax emerges after a few minutes. It adds a welcome sweetness while also helping to smooth over the sharper notes. But the latex-y neon note reasserts itself. So there is some tug of war between the sharper, weirder notes and the sweet beeswax. But by the end of the day, I get some carpet with a splash of whiskey and candlewax. It smells warm, sweet, and a little dusty. Of the weirder American Gods scents, this one is more wearable thanks to the beeswax helping to tame the harsher scent notes. It's not something I need more of, but I do think it is an interesting scent experience (and I'd wear this over God's Own Country any day).

This starts off as a somewhat syrupy combo of tonka bean and saffron (with the saffron being the dominant note throughout wear on me). Over time, it becomes drier and a bit woodsy... I swear I get a touch of cedar in this after a few hours of wear? Because that bit of woodiness in the background is reminding me of The Small Brown Cat, but much softer. I like this and will be keeping my decant, but I don't think I need a bottle.

Whoa, the oil in this decant is so dark that it looks black until you roll it. And my arm is an orange-y yellow where the oil was applied. Pandemonium smells like a musky resin blend infused with some ginger and herbs. The musks reign throughout, and the herbs gain strength over time, and I also get a bit of an ash-like note? There's a phase when I think the ginger goes a little sour, and then it is beaten back by the resins, and then the red musk, which becomes the main player and starts to stomp all over the other notes. It's fitting for the artwork, though! This one is for those who appreciate darker red musk blends.

Apologies to anyone who saw this and thought a new lunacy dropped called Zombie Moon. This was one of those scents that Puddin' released on Etsy with a choose-your-own-medium a few years back. I used to have this as an atmo, and I used about half of that and swapped it away because it was on that person's wishlist and I wasn't super attached to it. But lately, I've been really into cherry scents, so when I saw this pop up in a sales post recently, I had to snatch it up! Zombie Moon perfume oil smells just like the atmo at first, which is to say that it smells like cherry candy (like a cherry lifesaver lollipop with a swirl). But over time, I notice the presence of the French Vanilla SN, which must be part of the ice cream. I amp it so much that it ends up mostly being that French Vanilla SN with some candy-like cherry thrown in, and I'm not sure how well those things mesh together. I may have to try this one in a scent locket, but I bet the cherry sticks around more in the other mediums (I don't remember this saffron-y vanilla being prominent in the atmo).

This starts off strong on the cypress, backed by the smooth Spanish moss. Over time, the Spanish moss increases in strength and becomes the dominant note on me (my skin chemistry generally likes to amp moss). This is a lovely foresty duet that would be great to wear on its own or to add some foresty goodness to some other scents. I wish the cypress had remained as strong on me as it was in the beginning, because it is amazing -- but the scent still smells great even when the moss takes over. I may end up needing more of this one.

I am not familiar with coral bean at all, but I have tried the BPTP Phlox SN bath oil, so I am familiar with phlox, although I'm not sure if this is the same variety. In the decant, I smell a sweetness and a bit of dustiness, but it doesn't smell like dust, if that makes sense? On me, it quickly becomes a screeching powder bomb. It doesn't smell like I fell in a vat of baby powder like with orris, but it is powderiness on a whole other level that I haven't experienced in quite some time. And it is STRONG. I guess coral bean and I are not friends?

The honeysuckle and lemon combo in this reminds me strongly of those two notes in Blueberry Picking, so if you're dying to try that or are looking for a replacement and happen to have another blueberry-forward scent to layer this with, you might be able to produce a similar result! This is all beautiful honeysuckle, brightened and kept in check by the lemon bee balm, which complements it perfectly and does not smell sharp or like lemon cleaner at all. The scent stays like this for several hours, but eventually the honeysuckle overtakes the lemon bee balm and it becomes a very heady honeysuckle scent. But for most of the wear, when the lemon bee balm is cozying up to the honeysuckle, it is summery honeysuckle perfection. I'm going to have to deathmatch this with the Lab's Wild Honeysuckle SN in order to decide whether or not I need both, but this is really lovely.

First, I'm greeted with the Lab's dead leaves, which doesn't tend to work for me, but this was an obligatory 'I bought the shirt, so I must try the scent' decant. It is accompanied by a burst of bright nectarine, and then some juicy peach joins these notes. Then it becomes juicy peach backed by some somewhat cologne-y dead leaves. But eventually, the cologne-y leaves take over on me. Boooo. If you can wear dead leaves and enjoy peach, this might be up your alley. It would be a nice transitional scent between summer and fall.

In the bottle, I smell clove, mugwort, and the indigo labdanum, which has an sweet opium sort of vibe. I get the clove and indigo labdanum when first applied, backed by the herbal mugwort. Then the cola-like labdanum takes over for a while. During this phase, the scent reminds me of The Death Grapple from Lupercalia 2020, although there are times when the opium and clove make me think of Devil and Circe. The Lab's sweet opium is the indigo part of the labdanum and it becomes more prominent with wear, so by the end of the day, it is mostly opium-coated labdanum backed by a softer clove and some subdued, velvety black rose petals, musk, and some light patchouli. The notes are difficult to pick out by this point beneath the resinous opium haze, but they all swirl together to create a dreamy goth scent. I love the clove in this, but I wish the labdanum wouldn't have been as strong so that I could get more of the mugwort and the lavender (I didn't really get much lavender from this). But it has only gotten to rest for a day, so that could change with more time to settle/age! I'm going to hold onto my bottle to see how often I reach for it/if those notes come out more with age.

At first, this smells like minty simethicone tablets and plaster, then it morphs and smells like strong paint, like you've just painted some walls... and then it morphs again and settles into a strong, glassy, perfume-y floral scent that's cloying. I'm not getting any frankincense at all. This one is definitely a scent experience. The plaster and paint in this make it one of those 'how does Beth do it?' scents. It's not something I'd wear, but it's worth a try if you like to try scents with uncommon notes!

I get lots of fizziness from The Intangibles. It's like soda with a squirt of lime, only it isn't sweet enough to be soda. There's also a bit of a mineral-like quality to it after it has been on the skin for a while. So I think my experience was similar to that of roseus! Nothing chaotic or unsettling on me, but maybe my skin chemistry just revels in chaos.

This smells like a light, watery metallic cologne on me. I usually amp the Lab's metallic notes until they're so screechy and sharp that they can be headache-inducing, but this also has a watery quality to it, like it has been diluted. The memory of metal or cologne? I don't get soap like I do with most of the Lab's aquatics. This is a nice, clean, unisex/masculine scent, and I like it more than I was expecting to, so I'll be hanging on to the decant!

At first, the black pine pitch reigns, but it is later joined by what I think might be a dash of eucalyptus (but perhaps it was juniper as some of the other reviewers mentioned) and a hint of incense-y dragon's blood (as opposed to the spicy floral type) and perhaps a bit of musk representing the shadows. Over time, the bonfire smoke emerges along with some ash, and it smells like a pine-infused smoky bonfire (but the smoke in this isn't vetiver, BBQ, or one of those acrid smoke notes!) incense scent. I'm not sure how often I'd reach for this, but I'm going to hang onto my decant for a while to find out. I really like the pine in the beginning and it is rare for one of the Lab's smoke notes to work out on me.

The orange is the main player throughout wear on me, although it goes from a pomander type of orange (as it is backed by the peppermint and clove) to a more powdery type (like the Tang that Soupy Twist got when she tried it). Peppermint and clove are typically powerhouses, but both are very soft here, and I only get a smidge of rosemary towards the end of the day (I was beginning to think it wouldn't show up at all). I guess I lucked out in this not smelling medicinal on me at all! I like this enough to keep the decant around as a nice pick-me-up and to try layering with Sweet Clove LN for more orange and clove goodness.

At first, I got powdery sandalwood and lavender with a bit of plum, but over time, I noticed a quality to the scent that reminded me of French Vanilla SN and Love's Philosophy... which is to say that I think there's some vanilla and/or saffron at play here, probably in the sandalwood incense, and it's dominating on me. Not what I expected (I thought this would be heavy on the plum), but not bad since I enjoy the root beer-y saffron vanilla of French Vanilla SN and Love's Philosophy. I'm curious if anyone else will have a similar experience, or if I will be the lone saffron/vanilla reviewer.

This one started off as mostly earthy fig and tea on me with a bit of plum, but it ended up becoming mostly about the plum as time went on with just a bit of earthy fig and tea. Oddly enough, the spice notes do not stand out on me. Definitely one for fans of fig and plum.