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This is beyond stunning. As soon as I apply - this is all resin y amber. Extremely woodsy and while golden and bright, it is also dry.

In the beginning La Lugubre Gondola is loud and the throw is unreal. After 15 minutes it morphs into this amazing, stick to your skin amber oil, it's like all the notes dial it down a notch and my love affair begins. Absolute love. If you adore amber like I do, you must own this.

Woaaaaaaaaaaaah. At first this is way to much red musk, in fact combined with honey it is simply overpowering. However, once it settles down it is actually beautiful. The carnation and myrrh help to temper the sickly sweet combo of musk & honey and also add a spicy element to the sweet.

Woah is this a linden blossom single note? It's almost too much until it magically fades off into the background, along with that snowy note others have described. After all the morphing and note fading, this becomes what I am looking for. A honey-heavy amber with orange kicking around in the background.

OMG the smell. Snake Oil at it's finest. I adore it. I got my decant in a spritz bottle, and my preferred application is two small squirts into hands and then I rub my hands together and then I apply to slightly damp airdried air. The result is wonderfully scented, super soft with a slight shine - hair. I can't say the gloss added a lot of shine, because my hair is pretty shiny naturally. However thanks to the silcone's it did add volume and a little more texture to my hair. I also found the scent very long lasting.

I can't wait to try the others.

 

Hair deets: Healthy, red, fine, super-straight, long, oily and even though it's fine I have a shitload of it. I love to use Moroccan Oil so of course I jumped at the chance to try TP hair glosses. Obviously I know my hair, and even though it's oily it loves oil/gloss/shine treatments, but my hair is also really healthy so I have to use these products in moderation. Maybe 3x a week.

The Pumpkin Queen is hands down one of my favorite scents ever, so I was pretty excited to try Pumpkin Princess. This is absolutely stunning. Kind of a lighter more spunkier version of the Queen. This is pumpkin with light florals, a touch of tropical fruit, sweetened with honey and smooothed over with amber. At times I can smell the barest hint of chocolate underneath it all. As it continues to wear, the pumpkin slowly fades to the background and the honeyed amber with tiare, vanilla and guava are the stars.

Lilac and violets mingle with sandalwood. The lilac is very dominant at first, but once it is dry, the violets leap in and the lilac fades into the background. The other florals are present, but I can't distinguish one from the other. The blend together beautifully. White sandalwood is a staple for me, and it doesn't disappoint here. It's dry, slightly dusty and very woody. I absolutely adore this blend.

For some reason Falling Leaf Moon reminds me of Samhain, and that is not good! This is earthy, crunchy, full of patchouli and then there is this odd sweetness that doesn't really jive with me. I'm kinda sad, as I remember this fresh, and it was kinda of a different experience. Aged has only deepened the patchouli and the sweetness reacts horribly with my skin chemistry. So sad.

I couldn't agree more. This a fruit salad and crushed mint leaf. Kinda reminds me of Fire Pig with mint.

I love the sandalwood in this as it makes it all dry, dusty and very woody. The combination of cream and woods and carnation blend together beautifully. The carnations are spicy and slightly sweet adding a good balnce to the dry woods and cream. Love the released version and love this one too!

Wow! This is absolutely stunning! I have to echo everyone else here. This is a grown up TKO. Herbal lavender is surrounded by amber, creamy vanilla and something spicy. Obviously I want to say carnations, but for some reason, it doesn't smell like carnations. This beautiful and I will treasure my bottle. This is one of those proto's that I wish was released in the GC forever!

Very herbal and minty with a giant slap of geranium. I love this! The combination of lavender/peppermint and spearmint remind me of LUSH's ice hotel bubble bar, and then throw in the geranium and you have the ultimate relaxing bath oil. Instantly soothes and calms. The slip is great, not too oily and sinks in fast.

Straight up strawberry with a creamy vanilla. Touches of honey and orchids play together at first, but die down immediately. The sandalwood is dry and slightly dusty and only come out once the orchids have died off.

Herbal, medicinal honey with hints of greenery and mint. The mint doesn't last long and what's left is a herbal honey with greenery.

Honeyed greenery. Upon initial application the honey is golden, sticky and sweet. Once on Laurel honey blasts green leaves, stems and like everyone else has commented it is bitter. The sweetness dies down after minutes and what is left is a hint of honey with greenery. This is so pretty.

I adore this. Clean, airy, and just like it's name - misty! Each of the notes balance well together and I really love how the violet, musk and sandalwood come together. Soapy floral is a good description, aand I adore a clean soapy floral smell. Slightly feminine, but the sandalwood and ambergris manage to tone down the femininity.

A beautiful, crisp floral honey. It is vibrant, and very in your face. Of the florals, I can only detect rose. The honey is strong at first but fades to the background in minutes, tempering the florals and ad a rich sweetness. A little of Daphne Honey goes a long way!

Woah. This is definitely fizzy grapefruit and orange blossom. It also smells really, really soapy. For some reason, it's oddly appealing. In a citrus cleanser sort of way. Hmm, can't decide if I like or loathe this.

Such a beautiful, wispy scent. Upon initial application the peach blossom is very prevalent, however after drydown, the blue musk, moonflower, beeswax, gardenia and sandalwood come shining through. It feels really lush with all the florals, yet manages to read dry due to the sandalwood and beeswax. I love how the sandalwood tempers the gardenia and moonflower, cutting the wispy, watery aspect and giving the florals some much needed grounding. Great throw, lasts forever and is extremely pretty.

Hunter Moon '04 is so divine! Mulled wine combines with furry warm musk, crumbling dry leaves and puffs of smoke and burning logs in the background. It is thee essential Autumn scent. Smoky, spicy, fuzzy and very comforting. Love it.

A vanilla I can get behind. It's slightly floral, a little spicy and definitely dry. It's such a beautiful blend and I adore how it starts off really strong, and then slowly fades away until I barely detect unless I huff the scent lingering on my skin. At any rate, I am glad I had the good sense to buy this while it was live, as I have almost used up my decant.

It appears the dragon's blood resin is more predominant in Red Moon '07 and I attribute it to the red musk (well and the fact that Red Moon '04 has been aging for the past 7 years!!) However, once it dries down, the orange peel, sunflower and marigold start to peak through and really tempers the musk and blood. The herbs appear medicinal at first, but they too quickly settle. I love '04 just a tiny bit more, but give this one a few more years and it will be liquid gold just like '04.

Whiffs of orange peel combines with dragon's blood resin with spicy marigold and chamomile in the background. Amber is not present until it has had a chance to drydown, and once it does it makes for a stunning combination. It's warm, comforting, red and very pretty. Overall a citrus based amber, with shots of dragon's blood and spicy florals.

Hygeia is such a perfect scent this time of the year. Warm and comforting yet utterly sexy. This is a red musk scent I can get behind as the amber, sandalwood, incense and musk all combine together to this scent absolutely glow. I can't wait to slather this on and have it linger on my sweaters throughout fall.

Sugary, buttery boozy vanilla cake. It almost reads caramel - almost being the key word. Fortunately that burnt sugar, brown suagar, caramel whatever you want to call it note subsides quickly. After it has a chance to dry down, this is buttery vanilla cake. It's alright, but I prefer cakesmash much, much more.

Chocolate and nuts. Huh. It smells absolutely delicious from the bottle, but once applied I get a quick blast of mint and cranberry and then it disappears. What is left behind smells very faint. Maybe I didn't use enough...