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Hrmmm this is a lot nicer than you’d expect. To me this smells like chocolate syrup with a hint of grease (like WD 40 maybe? It’s been a long time since I’ve smelled any) keeping it from skewing too sweet. Very cool scent—I’m glad I got to try it!

Oh I love this one! It’s a sweet, woody delight in the same vein of Antikythera Mechanism, but Ballista is a bit smoother to my nose. The oak wood is a gorgeous, warm, base to the rich vanilla bean and warm, sweet cookie notes. The woodiness and sweetness are perfectly complementary and balanced.

Gorgeous amber and rosin with fragrant and gleaming green fir. This reminds me of Elf, which is a very good thing as that is one of my favorite blends. With time the fir recedes to the background and the smooth leather becomes a bit more prominent. This blend would be perfectly at home in the RPG collection—it’s the scent of an Elf Rogue stalking through a forest.

This is the darkest berry blend! The black musk is slinky a bit smoky, and the leather is smooth and dark. The blackcurrant plays second fiddle to these notes, but is tart and rich and juicy. With time, however, the blend becomes more berry prominent while the musk and leather retreat to the background. Arlecchina is a gorgeous vampy surprise!

This is definitely a clean laundry blend—and it’s a very pretty one! In the bottle I don’t smell much aside from the laundry, but on skin I get some of the sweetness from the tonka and a wee hint of lavender. It’s a clean and calming blend.

This is a warm, soft, cream that is sweetened by a hint of smooth vanilla caramel. The soft and fragrant sandalwood lends a touch of richness to the scent. It’s warm, gentle, sweet, and comforting.

Thissss is fantastic! It smells like a fancy raspberry and cherry jam—perfectly tart and sweet and juicy! The raspberry is a bit more prominent than the cherry to my nose.

This smells a good bit like Lush’s Demon in the Dark to my nose! It’s a refreshing and complex green apple + mint tea blend. A glowing green blend that would be really lovely in the heat of summer.

Oh this is wonderful. If Etienne de Boray Oak is the memory of an oak tree, A Little Piece of Eternity is the oak tree itself. I get lots of rain-soaked olive blossom, and this rain note is gorgeous. It’s not sharp or ozoney, but glistening and warm. Soft, dusty Spanish moss curls gently around the oak bark, and the orris elevates the scent and lends some sophistication and elegance.

Sugared red musk! With a bit of time I pick up a little of the gently-spiced pumpkin. This ends up as a pretty perfect balance among the pumpkin sugar and red musk. If I think about it, I can smell a tiny tiny hint of “char” that may be the puff of brimstone, but it is definitely not overpowering. I really love this one, which is a total surprise for me since I don’t usually love red musk blends.

In the bottle I smell tart, pink apples and fresh pencil shavings! On skin it remains the same, and the two notes are surprisingly really nice together. The apple is a bit more prominent than the cedar shavings—it’s crisp and tart and pink. The cedar is not sharp as it can sometimes be—it’s pretty smooth and mellow.

This is stunning. It smells like a happy memory of a live oak tree—gently honey-veiled and golden around the edges. I grew up and live in live oak country and this gives me a lot of happy feelings. The Spanish moss is very present and is soft, dusty, and gentle, just like the real thing. The oakmoss provides a nice little sharp pop of scent that evokes tree bark. With time the oakmoss becomes most prominent on my skin, with a sweet natural golden sheen of honey.

Oh good gravy. I 100% agree with doomsday_disco on how awesome this one is. This is such a lovely, happy scent that manages to be calming and gourmand all at once. To my nose it smells like sweet, fluffy lavender with sprinkles! It's a bit similar to Capax Infiniti in feel, but without the ice cream. The lavender settles a bit with wear and the perfect sugar cookie begins to shine through--sprinkles and all. I will treasure this scent! ❤️

This opens up with a quick pop of candyish banana, but that immediately settles down and the scent turns into the loveliest, very lightly-spiced banana bread with little chunks of walnut. This is a great comfort scent, and really nice for autumn in my neck of the woods (where it's just about always hot). Foodie, but not overly so.

Basically fruit roll-ups for your naughty bits: wild cherry and sugared up strawberry with hot pink peppercorn. DO NOT ACTUALLY PUT THIS ON YOUR NAUGHTY BITS. Fruity candy! Specifically, fruity gummy candy with maybe a hint of marshmallow? It’s reminding me heavily of a Lilith scent—maybe The Devil Will Work for Idle Hands or Battle Fairy in Training? The fruit note is also similar to what I get in Rajnbow Swirk. This is a fun and lighthearted fruity scent!

White cedar, tomato leaf, clary sage, woodmoss, sweet labdanum, clove husk, and leather. Dark, masculine, woody! I get clove and leather, and a bit of cedar. The cedar is really nice—it’s like the scent of a nice cedar hope chest (as opposed to the dreaded hamster cage scent).

White sandalwood, pink carnation, clove bud, muguet, and vanilla absolute. I love this! I feel like I’m smelling a Lush product—Skinny Dip maybe? I would love this in a bath oil or linen spray! It’s delicately spicy (mild clove bud and carnation), but also creamy from the vanilla and muguet, which is not sharp at all, but gently floral. This is beautiful!

Red tea, saffron, soft brown leather, patchouli, and white ginger blossom. Whooooa this one took me by surprise! It’s so nice! Kinda hard to pin down, but it’s bright and fresh and zingy. I love this and can’t stop sniffing. Ok, it’s like an iced beverage—there’s tea and I think maybe the red part is currant, because something smells like that upscale currant scent that was so popular a few years back. The ginger blossom is a gorgeous addition. I don’t really get any of the leather or patch. Winner winner chicken dinner!

White and golden amber, peach juice, green cardamom, vanilla cream, frankincense, yellow sandalwood, golden patchouli, and mandarin. This one is a playful and unusual scent! It’s like peach nectar and green cardamom (definitely green and fresh, not dried) ice cream in a fragrant wooden bowl. There’s lots of peach juice here. I love the cute kitty on the label!!

Mahogany polished with burgundy musk, rosewood, jasmine absolute, and Spanish moss. Gorgeous! Jasmine (it would be purple!), dark moss, dark polished wood, and musk. Fancy, and sexy. I bet a lot of people who typically don’t like jasmine or red musk would love this. I’m in the latter camp, and I think it’s gorgeous.

White musk, lemon peel, and ambrette seed. I loooove this one!! Lemon candy!! Happy, bright, tart, fresh, with a hint of sugar. I’m excited, because lemon perfume doesn’t work on my skin, but it will be perfect in my hair! ??

Ooooh I love this. I agree that it smells like iridescent pink mermaid musk. I think the pink musk is grapefruit-based. Sugared, sparkling, mermaid-esque grapefruit musk to my nose. It's clean, sweet, elegant, and mood-lifting.

This is beautiful. I get lots of oudh and heady purple florals, tempered by a lavender-scented breeze and a gust of fresh salt air. The oudh is on the indolic side of the spectrum, but the lavender and salt breeze keeps it in check.

Ooh this is nice. I get mostly sweet, sticky, true-to-life, non-funky honey, and a dusting of dry, fragrant clove. A lovely combination.

This is a beautiful spring floral scent---like a rain-soaked garden. I get lots of fresh lilac and a touch of honeysuckle nectar. I'm going to need a bottle of this one. ❤️