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Oh, awesome I have that coming as perfume and hair spray.

I love it too! I wouldn't have gone for it based on the description, but it smelled amazing.

I've been super lax with reviews the last year or so, but popping out to add that this is gorgeous. I was worried it'd be too foody for me but it's the same snuggly gingerbread as Mother Shub. Doesn't stick around all that long, but a few re-squirts didn't weigh my hair down.

I love both, but Zombi is my soily grail (or sometimes Deep In Earth... They're both so great). Cicuta is much more rosy and not earthy on me. That said, it is similar to The House - when I was having a ruthless sort through things to sell, it was down to those two, but Cicuta wins by a mile for me.

This is a very clean leather rather than the musky, dry type I usually like. The amber keeps it sweet and I'm not sure I smell the myrrh at all other than a slight hint in the vial. The leather is the longest lasting part of the fragrance (but then my skin just seems to do that with any leather note) but it's definitely not settled to a straight leather scent - there's Something Else going on there that I can't put a finger on, it's not striking me as either amber or myrrh but something very clean and almost aquatic.

Fruity red musk. It's not overly sweet or fruity though, which is perfect for me. The cherry is strongly medicinal in the decant, but on the skin it just blends nicely with the musk.

I described this earlier as the midway point between Snake Oil and Eldritch Dark, and I'm sticking with that. ED is crazily long lasting on me, this hasn't got the same staying power but it does have the same sweet, musky leather note.

BPAL's dirt with a citrussy note very similar to Tomb Moss. It's not different enough to either of those to make me want a bottle, but it's a great scent all the same.

Fruity and quite sugary, the green is just about detectable if you think about it. I wouldn't use "fresh" or "green" to describe it honestly, but I love it all the same.

I keep convincing myself I don't need to try and get hold of Silkybat but then I read something else and start wondering if I should after all. The hair gloss is my favourite scent but it's so expensive with shipping.

I chucked Owl Moon in my cart when I ordered the Three Ravens incenses and at first I thought I'd made a terrible mistake, but wearing it the last few days, I'm really growing to love it. Definitely need something sweet going on in a patchouli blend for me to get on board with it.

I really do feel refreshed for using this. I've mixed it up in combo with White Light over the last couple of days and it's been great in a diffuser and as a cleansing spray as part of my "fuck you and good riddance 2016" workings as well as in the bath.

I wore it alone on my wrists today too, it's a lovely rose scent on me with just the faintest hint of citrus. Which seems completely different to what others have got from it, but suits me perfectly as I love roses. Will definitely stick to using this every new moon as a top-up.

Allegory of Chastity is the pinkest thing I've ever smelt.

In the bottle: Thick, syrupy resins.

Applied: Mostly seems to be myrrh, quite sharp.

Worn: a big jumble of resins. I can't really pick any of them out, but they're neither sharp or syrupy anymore, just middling like the way a room smells the day after burning pure resin incense.

This does last a long time, however I noticed after a couple of hours that it'd gone to smell a bit like bathroom cleaner on me 😕 Not straight up cleaning products, but there's definitely that undertone and the resins have gone weirdly soapy. I'm hoping it just needs some time to settle and aging it will stop it going that way!

In the bottle: This year's leaves are a lot milder, but that's still all I'm getting so far.

Applied: Leaves, mainly but I think I can pick out the champaca.

Worn: I don't get any patchouli from this and the champaca has blended about 50/50 with the leaves.

Again, not a strong dead leafy scent like last year's, but it in terms of how well the notes blend together that's a good thing. The champaca note goes almost woody after an hour or so, it's very soft and comforting.

In the bottle: oak and roses.

Applied: the same.

Worn: Incense! Spicy and warm. Definitely getting the roses still, but the oak has disappeared.

The throw isn't amazing, but it really lasts. This is by far the best incense blend I've tried 💖 Just given it another sniff and realised that something about it reminds me of churches, so I guess the oak is still there giving it a warm, worn wood feel.

In the bottle: Light dead leaf note, faint chamomile.

Applied: Mostly leaves, the rest is chamomile.

Worn: Chamomile and sweet roses with a good sturdy base of dead leaves. Way more or a cosy floral than an earthy scent.

At first, I was kinda disappointed that there wasn't more leaf in this, but once it settles in, it's a perfect balance of leaf, rose and chamomile. A nice, subtle scent. I think I'm only smelling tea because I'm looking for it, I wouldn't say it was an obvious part of the make up.

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In the bottle: light, fresh, sweetly citrussy. Not at all what I expected!

Applied: There's definitely something mossy in there, similar to the Lab's soil note. Still sweet, almost floral.

Worn: It's a lot more like Deep In Earth, but it's still got a fresher, more airy feel to it. Very mossy and it makes me think of rainy days ☺.

Hangs around a good while, it's not overpoweringly strong and it's really pleasant to catch wafts of every now and then. Super happy with this one!

Mod Note: 'Single Note: Graveyard Dirt Redux' was released in 2014 and 2015. Forum practice is to create a new topic when the scent name is changed, so we've created a new topic for 'Single Note: Graveyard Dirt'. If you're looking to review 'Graveyard Dirt Redux' from 2014 and 2015, the topic is here. If you're looking to review 'Graveyard Dirt' released in 2005 and 2008, the topic is here. Semantics, yo.

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In the bottle: that's Lab dirt, alright. Like Zombi without the flowers.

Applied: Again, a lot like Zombi, minus the flowers.

Worn: Not as strong as I hoped once it's dry. Something floral seems to come out of this after a while, and I'm not sure how to describe it other than "graveyard dirt". It smells like the ground around graves once the yew berries have started dropping.

This only lasted about half an hour on me, there's the faintest hint of scent where I applied it, but that's all Hopefully, aging will give it a bit more staying power.

Lord of Misrule Bath bomb is Snake Oil to me. Not the shower gel though

You could go the aromatherapy route and pick scents that are supposed to calm like lavender and chamomile?

King of Hearts and Knave of Hearts both gave me awful headaches. Besides that, King of Hearts made me feel feverish and Knave of Hearts made me nauseous.

 

I haven't had problems with any other scents, though. I think the lavender (KOH) and baking spices (KnOH) were the culprits, so I just avoid those notes when I'm looking at new imps to try.

OMG, lavender (occasionally) and sandalwood (nearly always) both have that effect on me, nobody ever believes me and finally I have validation!

Ruined Roses is a permanent favourite. I do wish I'd tried Eve now, I discounted it outright because sandalwood can make me feel really sick, but the other ingredients are perfect. Siiiigh, schoolboy error.

BPAL actually qualifies as essential oils, "perfume" assumes that there's alcohol in the mix. I've had the same problem with the Post Office telling me it's illegal unless it's in its original packaging - which of course BPAL doesn't have.

In the imp: sweet tea and rose? Wet: The same, but even sweeter. Dry: Hmm. Sweet lemons and something musky. It was gorgeous wet, but I don't think this is working on me. Gonna keep hold of it and try it in the oil burner instead.

In the imp: Hmm. Hard to describe. Dryish and sweet with a little spice.

Wet: Really sweet, smooth patchouli. I don't think I've tried anything with orris in it before but I have a feeling that's what's sweetening things.

Dry: Holy woah has this changed. It's very sweet, myrrh is all I can pick out and the rest is difficult to distinguish. I can just pick out the patchouli if I really think about it. Such a surprise, though, very wearable and I can't stop sniffing it.