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This smells like clove plus some atmospheric hazy smoke and a hint of hairspray.  I wasn't impressed when I first got it, I thought it was heavy, too much clove, and borderline sour on my skin. 

Now when I smell it up close I get the eerie, uncanny sense of a person, like this perfume conjured up a real person and I'm leaning in and smelling them up close.  I'm picturing someone with long hair and I just put my face right by their neck and in their hair.  It's wild and a little scary. 

After a while it dies down a bit and it's clove, leaves, light smoke.  Maybe some hairspray.  The person left the room. 

I don't know how often I'll wear this but I'm startled by it, and keeping it if only because it's so evocative and weird.  

Also it goes really well with Dead Leaves & Ginger Spice.  Guess I'm having a Halloween kind of day today. 

This is heavy on resins, very frankincense & myrrh, but the other notes do make themselves known, especially the mosses and a touch of rose.  Overall it's close to soapy and if you can't do mosses or rose, this might not work out for you.  

I believe the ambrette seed and ambergris are making this smell "perfumey" and chic, but not standing out a whole lot.  It reminds me of a classic, old-school chypre.  I had to check the notes because later in the dry-down, I thought I smelled patchouli as well.  Not sure where that came from, maybe the mosses? 

I haven't tried them side-by-side, but I can say with some confidence, this reminds me of OLLA Eve.  This one is smokier and a little darker, but they do share a similar vibe with the resins, mosses, and rose.  

When I first got this I thought it was almost ALL frank & myrrh, and I would like that, but I am glad the other notes came out more after a few days of resting.  : ) 

I can't really pick out individual notes, except I do get a sense of ambergris and cream linen (I'd love to see cream linen turn up again in a Menage scent..).  The notes are just completely blended.  I personally don't smell any rose or anything floral.  

On me this is a dead ringer for CK One Summer.  I tried them side-by-side and CK One Summer has a little bit more mineral or salt note (I forget which year this one is, they change every year, this one might be 2019).  But the biggest difference is A Summer Night lasts and lasts, when CKOS fades really quickly.  

I have found I don't reach for this a lot, bit there are times I'm in the mood for it, so I'll keep it around for now.  It's definitely a warmer weather perfume, but might also be a good mood lightener in the winter.  

I have a history of not liking honey, but I do like Snake's Kiss with its honeycomb, and the reviews for this made me want to try it.  I took a chance.  

The honeycomb here smells closer to just honey to me, and it's almost too much honey.  I don't hate it but it's like... "Yep that's honey".  I can smell the lemon, and I wish it was more lemony and less honey on me.  I can't really pick out sugar cane as a separate note. 

I'm undecided.  Like I said, I don't hate it and I even think it smells good, somewhat, but this is the MOST honey I can get away with wearing (IF I keep it).  I shall keep trying before I make a decision. 

Sheer musk, cedar smoke, fir needle, chaparral, black amber and leather.

First I noticed more fir needle than I get from the older version, and less cedar.  After a while, the amber and leather come out a little more.  And that's what this is on me - kind of an herbal piney leathery amber scent, on the lighter side.  I think the musk is more of a background note to everything else. 

I like this.  I've worn the older version and finally got to try this newer one.  It's a different scent (compared to the original), mainly with less cedar, allowing more if the other notes to come forward.  I don't know chaparral and I can't tell if I'm smelling it here.  But, I'm really glad to have this, it seems pretty versatile and I think I can wear it just about any time of year. 

Does balsam smell like hay?  Because this smells like a golden hay/leather/musk scent.  It's like the last warm breeze of summer before the leaves start changing color.  (I don't smell any leaves, it's just an image that came to mind).  

It's really nice, I just put on a little to test but it ended up being my scent of the day.  There's something kind of sparkly about it, not sure what that's about.  

I think this is a comfortable and uncomplicated scent for late summer/early fall.  Glad I took a chance!  

I am not really picking out separate notes here either!  On me, this is a sweet ambery scent.  After a while I can tell the teak is coming out more, it's a very smooth woody note.  On me this is more sweet and springy than GV was (from memory).  

I don't smell much pear-like about it or any white tea, as far as I can tell.  I think I'm mostly getting amber cream and lotus root, with teak coming in after a while.  It's pretty straightforward and sweet on me (sorry, "sweet" is the word that keeps coming to me).  But the teak note does elevate it into more chic territory, when it comes out. 

I had better luck with this.  It goes on light and sweet with the figgy pudding, and within a couple of minutes the vetiver starts coming out.  The vetiver and patchouli, on me, make this scent a little bit cologney, but it's not a bad thing at all.  I can't really pick out vanilla or myrrh, I think they are just blending with the figgy pudding and contributing some sweetness. 

I think this is kind of a comforting scent, sweet with a bit of earthy rumble.  I like it and I really like the level of throw, which is light but not too light (just right, for me).  This will be great when the holidays come around again but I think it can be worn just about any time of year.

I'm getting strong spicy sandalwood at first, then later I can tell the charcoal and aloeswood notes are coming out stronger.  I didn't get strong clove but I agree with marared's quality Japanese incense comparison.  

I'm reminded of Pyramid of Skulls.  I thought this might be more harsh and burning but it's warm, glowing and spicy. 

This is really, really light.  I love lighter scents and this is about as light as it gets (on my skin, at least).  I do smell the vanilla.  I'm reminded of Dead Leaves & Vanilla Incense from a couple/few years back.  But instead of leaves this seems to have the tea note from White Rabbit, or similar.  There's something slightly astringent in addition to the warm vanilla, and I think that could be the tea note. 

Can't really comment on the incense, it's just not standing out to me.  If I sniff up close I am detecting a hint of something smokey, but that too could be coming from the tea note.  

I just got this yesterday, not sure if it will be any different when it settles.  Just wanted to get an impression out there in case anyone was curious.  

Edit: this was my sotd and it's still a light scent, but it lasts a really long time - I can still smell it after 12+ hours!

This is beautiful!  As far as orange scents, this might be one of the best (I only briefly tried Orange, a long time ago, so I can't compare it to that).  

It's not orange single note obviously but I feel the tea note (I think that's what kamairicha is...) and champaca blossom are very much supporting orange as the main player.  There's a hint of white floral here and I guess that is the champaca blossom.  I love the Lab's champaca note but I'm not getting a strong sense of it here, and it seems more floral.  It is blended really smoothly with the orange.  And I'm not sure I'm smelling the kamairicha at all.  

This will be great in warm weather, or any time I need a cheerful burst of orange.  It doesn't change much in the drying stages, but it does last a long time on me.  

On me this is pretty straightforward, it goes on with a burst of juicy cherry, and then gradually, seamlessly, the incense and sugar come in.  I can't really tell what kind of incense it is, but when I sniff up close I think "white incense", for some reason.  It's a clean, light incense scent.  It's pretty much just what the name says!  I like it and I'll enjoy this bottle.  Might be great when the weather starts to warm up. 

I recommend Lace Phoenix, to me it's stone and sugary incense, a mysterious and enigmatic scent.  The reviews are kind of all over the place but a couple of others got stone too.  

I agree, this is darker than I expected, and the champagne is more of a supporting note.  Right now I'm undecided.  The plum and blackcurrant (more the plum, I think) are coming off as sour to me, almost like an acidic feeling.  It sweetens up a little after it's on the skin for a while.  This is challenging and I probably should set it aside for a while.  As it is now it's just kind of clashing on me, but maybe it will calm down with some aging.  

She's definitely not here to make me comfortable and as a concept I would call this scent very successful - there's a haughty feeling about it (or is that the power of suggestion?). 

PS - forgot to mention this turns weirdly powdery on me after about an hour.  It's not in a good way.  I'm going to blame the wild plum for all these shenanigans.  

This smells like an ultra chic lavender + incense/resins scent to me.  I agree with the other reviews so far.  I kept thinking maybe it's similar to Incolumitas but I can't find my imp of that to compare them.  But suffice to say this is just right for me as far as strength of the scent, and it might be the best yet for lavender + incense.  Also I agree with the compare/contrast with Gaueko, I like that scent but I think this is even better.  : )

Darn.  I couldn't hang with this one.  All I'm getting is hazelnut, and it's not agreeing with me.  I mostly wanted all the other notes.  I will put it away and try again in a couple months.  

I am interested to hear what other people think of it.  Maybe I just amp hazelnut. 

Edit: I wore this tonight while waiting for new Lupers, and I have to say a year of aging has really helped, or else I'm just liking it more tonight, not sure which.  There was a really nice extended dry-down and I kept thinking "this does smell really good", so I am glad I kept it around!

I wanted lily and here it is!  When I sniff up close, I get the earthy ginger that RoseThornAndOak describes above.  But on me the ginger is mostly just there up close.  It's the same dry herbal ginger note that's in Sweet Ginger & Patchouli hair gloss.  

But in the throw, this is spicy lily.  I think lily can be a little spicy on its own, and I love how the ginger just seamlessly blends with it here.  This is not a very strong scent on me, but it is just right.  My bottle is brand new and I can't wait to see how it ages.  And I can't wait to wear it in spring weather!  

This smells great, like an amped up Snake Oil on me, I never get much pastry out of it but it's a lot of musk and vanilla.  One time when I wore it, I kept smelling a cannabis note but that hasn't happened again.  I get the "sexy" vibe that other people have mentioned.  To me it's a strong vanilla incense scent and I like it but it also kind of wears me instead of me wearing it.  Still, there are definitely occasions where this will be perfect, and I'm sure it will age beautifully. 

Edit: You know, this doesn't JUST smell like stronger Snake Oil.....it's like Snake Oil punched up with a strong dark musk.  It's almost cola or root-beer flavored, in my opinion.

I mostly smell ambergris and lavender.  There's a little bit of a frosty feeling about it.  I'm reminded a lot of The Air & The Ether, except this works out slightly better for me.  I don't smell anything fruity at all, which I'm scratching my head about, but maybe it will come out more with age.  

Ambergris was a big risk for me as I usually avoid it, but I was really intrigued by the art.  Here it is allowing the other notes to come out just a little bit more than usual (on my skin).  With this scent, I can start to understand why ambergris fans like it.  Kind of mineral, oceanic, clean musk thing going on.  

However between this and Air & The Ether, I probably don't need any more ambergris!  : ) 

This does smell like the 2 scents combined (not surprisingly).  The one thing worth noting, to me, the ginger stands out more than it does in White Rabbit.  

I don't usually wear either of these but I'm enjoying the combination here.  I got it for my partner, he is a White Rabbit fan, but he thinks this is too powdery.  So, I shall wear it myself.  : )

Well, I don't like this, but it's more my own fault than anything.  I knew going into this that I always avoid "brown", furry, or fuzzy scents.  Like usually if I see brown musk I just skip it altogether.  But - I love bats and couldn't resist this based solely on the art.  I like amber, saffron cream sounds great, and I thought I might get lucky here.  

I mostly smell the peppery brown musk, and a little tonka (another note that can be tricky on me).  I'm not getting the other notes much at all.  I'm going to put this away for a while and try again in a few months. 

I do appreciate it for what it is, and I'm sure it's great on other people!  

Dead Leaves, Vanilla Bean, Pink Fig, and Brandied Dates came to my mind immediately when I read your description, it might be worth a try, especially if you can find a decant for sale.  : )

I think I'm mostly smelling the mandrake root.  It's very rooty, but I can smell the other 2 notes too.  There's a little bit of an "ashy" feel that I think comes from the champaca.  It's not amping on me like I kind of expected it to.  The patchouli doesn't stand out strongly to me. 

This doesn't change much from beginning to dry-down.  It basically smells like what it is, a win in my opinion!  It just smells like "bpal" to me, in a good way.  Like it's a new and different scent but very characteristic of a classic bpal scent (if that makes any sense).  Kind of like Tattie Bogle maybe?  But I haven't compared them side-by-side.

When this was new I mostly smelled pomegranate with a little bit of Morocco.  Now (about 3 months later I think?) it smells like Morocco with a soft pomegranate filter.  It's more of a golden, slightly spicy scent.  I'm not sure if it's going to stay this way, change again, or change back, but.. It's really beautiful, what a happy accident!  

For some reason this smells like a light spiced fruity tea scent to me, moreso than fruitcake.  But the bourbon note is definitely there and it reminds me of the same bourbon note from Spiced Cherry Bourbon.  This bourbon works really well on my skin and keeps going for a long time.  I get the 'oak barrel' impression. 

This also makes me think of Fearful Pleasure, but there's no apple here.  As far as fruit - maybe it's kind of orangey?  Maybe like a light maraschino cherry note?  Hard to say.  And I'm not getting much in the way of nuts.  

Overall it's on the lighter side which I am happy about, but it does last a long time.  Over time the bourbon comes out as the stronger note.  It's a lighter scent than Spiced Cherry Bourbon, and I think they are different enough that I can keep both in my collection.   I'm from KY and in more recent years I've grown to like boozy fruitcake (always thought it was yucky as a kid), so I'm glad to have this, even though it's not exactly like fruitcake to me.  

Oh and one more thing, just from memory, this is reminiscent of the Fruitcake imp that the lab was sending out for Christmas a few years ago.  I think this current one is a little lighter.