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In the bottle: Sweetented lemons, a little on the cleanser side.

Wet on the skin: Lemonhead candies. Sweet lemon candies with a bit of a sour edge.

Dry: The lemonhead candies fade a bit, and I'm getting a sense of light musk and perhaps a little green tea? Has a lot of similarities to Phobos on the dry-down.

You know how when you first open up a boxed cake mix, and that delicious powdered cake smell wafts up at you? Yeah, this is it. Yummy yellow cake batter, with the teeniest hint of spices. The light spices burn off pretty quickly, leaving only the yellow cake behind. Medium throw, looooong wear length on my skin (8+ hours and still going strong). My absolute favorite proto from this trunk show!

On my skin, this seems to be creamy honey, vanilla, and a bit of wood.

Champagne scents rarely work on me and this is no exception. Sparkling Apple Cider is mostly soap, with a hint of apple in the background.

Wet on the skin I'm getting mandarin, tea and a bit of honey. Dries down after about an hour to a gorgeous vanilla with a hint of musk. Luckily for me the rose never really came out (which is amazing since I tend to amp rose to high heaven) and the honey was very well-behaved.

In the bottle, it smells like a beautiful sweetened floral musk. On my skin however, Joyful Moon is ROSE, with a side of rose, and extra rose on top. Why must I amp rose so damn much???

This one is hard to describe. In the bottle and wet on the skin it's a buttery, rum-y, foody scent with possibly some pumpkin(?). Like kikithepirate, I find that it has a sweet floral component to the scent once it dries. A bit of a morpher, but I think it will appeal to foodies as well as those who like sweetened (but not candy-sweet) feminine blends.

Smells just like walking down the coffee aisle in the grocery store. Deep, rich, sugar-sweetened coffee.

In the bottle: Spicy Pumpkin

On the skin: I also got red hots candy and pumpkin. Nothing blue at all on my skin.

This blend would fit in nicely with any of the pumpkin patches, but it definitely wasn't one of the highlights of the show for me.

Gorgeous creamy chocolate in the bottle, but turns to cocoa-scented plastic on my skin. Will have to use the locket for this one!

Green apple in the bottle (similar to V2, but slightly less intense). Upon drydown, it has a slightly floral quality in addition to the green apple - maybe apple blossom or another light floral? Very pretty, feminine, apple scent. Light throw.

Strong, crisp, tart (but still a little sweet), green apples. Strong throw. Definitely the best apple scent I've tried so far!

Buttery orange cake, but I'm not detecting any spice. I agree with Ondine in that it smells like Monsterbait Closet with orange instead of blackberry.

In the bottle - Lemon Starburst Candies + a hint of licorice.

On the skin - Sugared lemons and licorice. Sounds like a strange combo, but the lemon and licorice notes work surprisingly well together.

Burnt plastic + spices. Utter fail with my skin chemistry.

2009 version. Cold and crisp. Menthol and pine perhaps, with a bit of fruit sweetness underneath. This blend smells like Christmas to me.

A very sweet and light peachy-floral. The peach and magnolia work well with each other, neither scent overpowers the other.

This prototype is nothing at all like the released version. Instead of jelly donuts, I'm getting good ol' American Apple Pie. In the bottle, it smells more like pie crust with the cinnamon-apple hiding in the background. Dry on the skin, the cinnamon-apple comes out a bit more, so that it now smells like a freshly baked apple pie. Medium throw, but only seems to last a couple hours.

In the bottle this is very sweet foody blend, almost like butterscotch, but not quite. On the skin, it blossoms into a gourmand, rich, buttery, maple syrup scent. Like the way syrup smells when it's drizzled on buttered pancakes. It has very strong throw, at least on my skin, and lasts HOURS.

This is a warm and dry blend as others have mentioned. Some spices, musk, and definitely a bit of orange.

You know the smell of an orange being peeled? The tangy orange rind, combined with the sweet juices of the actual fruit? Take that, plus a little soft musk, and you have PL176.

LOVE this.

In the bottle and on my skin - jelly donuts.

I did notice that the oil separates into two distinct layers, so be sure to rock the zombies gently before applying.

As others have mentioned, this seems to have the MB: Closet blackberry note. So in the bottle, it's Closet blackberry, minus the cocoa, with an added bit of scone. On my skin, it's mostly sugared blackberries. Lovely blend for a foody-lover like me!!

Looks like 2 different chemistry types are showing up with this prototype. I tend to agree more with Persephone's review. I thought I was going nuts when I smelled coconut, but I'm happy to see that I'm not the only one.

I find Dorian v2 to be somewhat similar to the released version, but with more lavender, less lemon, and an added bit of coconut. The lavender tones down pretty quickly on my skin, and the coconut seemed stronger as time when on. Still has the musky tea quality that I love about Dorian, but the added lavender and coconut make this blend more creamy and delicate than the original. I really love it!