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This one is very light. I'm not sure if it is because of how old this decant is or if it is due to the nature of the scent. But it does smell like dusty, dry lotus root accompanied by some other floral notes. The honey was very light and short-lived on me, so to me, this isn't like the DCed Tiger Lily, as that one is more honeyed and has a far more prominent lily note. The dry lotus in this definitely smells dry and not like the bright lotus root in Volcano in Springtime. It makes me think of a dried bouquet. I'd say this is more of a dusty floral scent than a sweet one. I'm glad I got to try it, since this was a Poe scent, but I was really hoping for more sweetness from this one!

The Macabray starts off heavy on the mentholated, minty snow (maybe similar to the one from Nuclear Winter? But I am not sure -- it has been a while since I've smelled that one). It smells very icy and stays like that for hours before the white floral notes are able to emerge from the frost. After several hours, it's a light white floral scent accompanied by smooth, clean ice without the mint. I was really hoping this one would feature a different snow note (like a sweeter one). I think this is nice, but it is not something I'd reach for over other snowy floral blends that I have, so I will pass this decant on to someone who is ISO this scent.

The first note to jump out at me is the smoky musk. It is the dominant note, backed by the resins. The musk is like a slightly smoky, yet cleaner version of brown musk. I think it is the type of musk usually used to give off a 'fur' vibe. The scent gets a little smokier and resinous over time (more sandalwood than anything else) but is still predominantly musky. There touches of ambergris and tonka, but the honey and black currant reside pretty far in the background, and I only noticed them because I knew to look for them in the notes. I was really hoping the ambergris would be a main player on me, but alas, it was the musk.

This features the same pretzel note from Thrills and Junk Food (which I am delighted is noticeable on me) as well as some chocolate chip cookie. It goes through different phases, sometimes having that Keebler Elf double fudge vibe that zee_zee mentioned, sometimes smelling like a chocolate chip cookie studded with salt and sugar, and sometimes being such a buttery soft pretzel that the butteriness almost reminds me of popcorn. But for the most part, the slightly salty, soft, buttery pretzel dominates more than the chocolate. It's not as heavily chocolate-y as Theáomai, which is another Lilith scent that features chocolate chip cookie and pretzel notes, and I didn't get any pretzel from that one, so I'm glad it's present throughout wear in this one on me. At every phase, it is dangerous, because it smells delicious and makes me want to snack.

This starts off strong on the oak and almond on me, but then the almond calms down, and it morphs into mostly a black leather, patchouli, and oak scent. There's a skin musk-like aspect to it, too, that I think could be the bourbon vanilla, but nothing in this reads as sweet on me after several hours of wear, and I usually need some sort of sweet note to get me to appreciate most scents (especially ones with heavier notes like leather or patch). So this ended up not being for me, since the almond didn't stick around, and the bourbon vanilla wasn't a main player, but I'm glad I got to try it.

This starts off very oak-heavy on me, and the oak has this sort of chewy quality on me. Then the incense-soaked parchment and ink joins in, and there's a light lemoniness overlaying everything, but it doesn't read as lemon cookies to me. It's definitely more old library shelves, dusty books, and incense than cookie (I think my skin has run away with the oak and incense notes). It's pleasant, but I was really hoping for more lemon cookies from this one!

Cologne-y metal sweetened by beeswax and just a bit of a soft, well-worn leather note. It veers into salty aquatic territory at first, but it ends up being mostly cologne-y beeswax. The beeswax helps tame the metal note, which usually becomes to sharp for me to wear. I'm not sure I'd reach for this over other beeswax scents in my collection, but I do think it is nice, and I'm glad I got a chance to try it.

Dewy green leaves colored by Moroccan amber, ginseng, and rooibos. I had this same experience, although on me, it also went through this awkward acrid/savory phase that sometimes happens to me. (I thought was only a thing with certain snow + bergamot or orange + some darker note combos, but I guess this one can be added to that group now, making it hard for me to determine what's going off on me.) So green, unripe banana with an undertone of funk. What is causing the unripe banana? What is causing the funk? 'TIS A MYSTERY!

Homemade blood clot-and-cherry ice cream plopping onto moonlit sand. In the bottle, this reminds me more of cherry candy (perhaps those Lifesaver lollipops with the swirls?) than ice cream. It's intensely cherry, but it is far creamier once it is actually sprayed (and kind of makes me think of red Starbursts). I'm not really getting the blood clot note. I thought it would mean dragon's blood or clove to accompany the cherry (like in the GC scent Blood), but I'm mainly just getting a creamy cherry scent from this. It definitely does not contain dragon's blood. I would never wear a scent like this, but I like it as a room spray. I'm sure it will get a lot of use during the summer months.

Sugared apples, honey booberries, and sweet cream. In the bottle: I can smell all of the notes in the bottle. It's a creamy, sugared apple and blueberry scent. Wet: I get the sugared apple and sweet cream notes first, and then the honeyed blueberry emerges. I am actually surprised I was not hit with a blast of it upon application, as the blueberry note was quite strong in the bottle. I'm not usually fond of berry notes in perfume, and I think the only scent with blueberry in it that I've enjoyed so far is Blueberry Picking. But I adore apple scents, so I really wanted to try this one. It's sweet, but not as sweet as Blue Lollipops or Blueberry Cream Pie. I feel like the sweet cream has been draped over the sugared apple and honeyed blueberries, and it smells lovely. It's almost like one of those swirled Lifesaver lollipops. Almost. But the fruits are definitely sugared and honeyed and not straight-up apple or blueberry candy. Dry: Creamy, sweet apple and blueberry. The scent is softer than before. I am in love with the sweet cream note. Verdict: This is even better than I had imagined! I'm glad I took a chance on this even though I was wary of the blueberry. It's a simple, fun, creamy, sugared fruit scent, and the artwork is adorable. I'm really happy to have a bottle. I can't thank my fairy enough for picking this up for me!

This starts off as sweet opium on me, backed by the lavender and the somewhat funky oudh. Then it becomes more about the lavender and oudh for a while before settling back down into an incense-y opium-dominant scent, this time accompanied by the sweet cola-like labdanum more than any lavender or oudh. The oudh does not stay funky throughout wear, but it is actually the opium that makes this a little too sweet for me -- it's more about the sweet opium incense instead of being a lavender-heavy sleep blend. I'm really glad I got to try it, but I don't think it is something that would help me drift to sleep, especially with that sweet opium and funky oudh opening.

This starts off dominated by the fruit notes (mandarin and mango), accompanied by the sugar cane, but then the ginger and pumpkin join in not long after. The fruit notes are quick to lose their strength, leaving behind a sugared amber warmed by the ginger and the ghost of the mango. I think this is nice, but I wish it had retained the sugary mandarin mango goodness!

This smells like dark chocolate and burnt sugar and smells more like a dark chocolate bar with burnt sugar over time. I'm never able to pick out any resins from this, although I am sure they must be playing some role in the background, like contributing a light smokiness (mayyyybe the copal?). But it is a really nice sugary dark chocolate scent, kind of like 13 September 2013, but without the weirder notes.

Strontium is fresh and airy, like a gentle breeze. It smells nice, but it's hard for me to pick out any notes. It gets a little sweeter and heavier over time (I think there's a musk at play here), but it hasn't completely lost its breezy quality.

This started off really mossy on me, and had a damp cave sort of vibe going on, but then ended up morphing into a musk dominant scent on me... like a sweet black musk or something? It's sweet and powdery by the end of the day, but there were times it gave me Server Gremlins and Old Demons of the First Class vibes.

Lithium is airy and mineralic and bubbly, but in a different way than Beryllium. I don't really know how to describe it aside from saying that this one is more space-y. Like space and moon rocks and tonic water. Space soda? I really like this one!

This reminds me of something like the iron note from Dwarf (or something like it) mixed with some red musk. It gets more musky on me over time, which my skin tends to do with the darker musk notes. I agree that this is one is more masculine, especially compared to the other periodic table protos.

This starts off with a lovely combo of spruce and pine backed by some pencil-like cedar. The birch emerges more over time, sweetening the scent somewhat. But it ends up settling down into smelling like pine-scented shaving cream on me... I was wondering why it suddenly smelled like shaving cream and then realized that this was the culprit. It's not bad, but it is not what I was hoping for (Christmas tree).

This one was the one Luper I blind bottled from the update. But I should have gone the decant route. I thought that this would be a win for me because Volcano in Springtime has lotus root (which didn't turn to bubblegum on me) and Venus Caelestis works for me with its blue lotus. But I guess the two together result in TOO MUCH LOTUS for me. It's pink and dainty, and not quite bubblegum, but it is still very sweet. It's backed by the vanilla cream, with the mallow really blooming after several hours of wear and making this a floofy pink scent. I'm reminded of Mavis' outfit from Fairy Tail, but if it had more frills. The white amber is not a main player here, but I think it helps ground the other notes and add a perfume-y quality to the scent to keep it from becoming too cloying. I don't dislike this, and maybe it will be a winner with more rest, but for now, I keep thinking I'd rather bypass the lotus and get straight to the vanilla cream and mallow... which means I should just wear Stekkjarstaur.

This one is a scent experience. It goes on smelling sterile. My first thought was "HOSPITAL." Then I realized it was latex, which quickly became something like BURNING LATEX. Later on, it becomes less harsh, and something like a bright green lime candy type of note joins in. So... lime and latex? It is rather sharp and loud. Curiouser and curiouser. These Periodic Table scents are so fun that I wish they were released so more people could try them and post reviews.

Hydrogen reminds me of a citrus-infused version of one of the Lab's ice or slushy snow notes. I feel like this has something in common with something like Snow Bunny but without the pine or spruce. This is pretty nice.

Helium starts off smelling like a peach drink! So it's a light sweet peach that ends up being overtaken by a strong lemon-lime gummy candy-like note over time, with a bit of effervescence in the background. I preferred the peach drink phase, but this one is a lot of fun.

Beryllium smells like mineral water! It's effervescent without any sweetness (no fizzy citrus soda or champagne note) with a mineralic note that is kind of stone-like and becomes more prominent with wear. This one is really neat.

This was an obligatory 'you're buying the shirt, so you must at least try the scent' decant, but I have to say, I like this scent way more than I thought I would based off of the notes! I mostly get a sweet citrus-infused ice note throughout wear. Amazingly, the eucalyptus and menthol are really tame in this scent and aren't bracing at all. I suspect they're just adding to the icy quality. I get touches of ozone, white sandalwood (that note is a little more discernable after several hours), white amber, and oakmoss (how did it not take over!?), but everything is so well-blended that it isn't really a blend that is easy to pick apart by notes. The citrusy ice is so refreshing and will be great to wear during the summer. I will be holding onto my decant and may end up getting more before this one goes away.

The milk bread in this scent is so realistic. It smells buttery and with a browned crust and is SO, SO GOOD. At first, it's accompanied by a bit of cardamom, but that is fleeting, and then there's a hint of anise with it, but it amazingly didn't take over like anise usually likes to do on me and was light enough to be inoffensive to my licorice and its relatives hating self. By the end of the day, it's mostly the bread accompanied by the buttery cream note, making it even more buttery than it was before. I'm going to have to slather this and wear it on its own for a day to see if my experience is the same outside of just testing it out. If I end up with the same result, I may have to get a bottle.