Jenjin

The florals completely overpower all the other notes for me. Just after application I was hopeful, yet after drydown I'm only getting a Jasmine note and I'm really missing the resins and orange blossom. If you love and can wear Jasmine, do not hesitate. This one is very fresh.

HAPPINESS IN A BOTTLE
Light, fresh, and airy, the citrus notes are smoothed over by the saffron vanilla and warm amber. Something about it reminds me of Edith with an extra squeeze of orange. After it settles, it becomes a one-note citrus on me. I'm wishing for a bit more vanilla and depth but this would be lovely for layering.

UPDATE: I only have a decant of this, and after a month, I NEED A BOTTLE, MAYBE 2. It undeniably wearable, and on days that I'm not wearing it, I can't get it out of my mind. GORGEOUS!

Fortunately, I was surprised with a decant of this, otherwise I would have completely missed it. It was love at first application for me and I rushed to order a bottle.

This is a blend that is very deceiving when wet. Bottle sniff is a strong, pine smell with a warm wood back note. Upon the skin, the pine is the first thing floating upwards, but after a few minutes it settles down and the smooth, warm wood notes intensify along with the amber. I'm getting a scent very much like Haloes, but with a gentle pine forest feel. The unicorn lumbering behind the king is warm and glowing like the sun.

A King Pursued by a Unicorn is my favorite from the 1 & 2 release. It is incredibly elegant and wearable to me, and warms into almost a caramel vanilla with a bit of sweet pine resin on me. Very haute couture and beautifully blended. If you love Haloes, this is a MUST TRY.

Dusty, dark dried berries and overgrown witches kitchen garden. I get tiny whiffs of woozy, purple poisonous weeds and patchouli. I'm so glad I picked this one! It is a sultry, glistening scent for dark rooms and burning fires.

WOW! Editing to add that I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS HASN'T GOTTEN MORE ATTENTION HERE. This is such an incredible scent for all you dark purple berry lovers out there. Run before the weenies are over and get this atmo. It is flipping magical.

The white, sun-bleached cedar note is strongest to my nose along with dirt, patchouli and tar. It's just a bit harsh to me like sticky resin on my hands after handling sappy pine planks. I'm starting to doubt if black musk is something that I can wear. It never goes the way I expect it to, and perhaps what i'm thinking it should smell like, just isn't what it is.

The white floral note is cold and doesn't really resonate with the heavy, stormy and resinous notes. I'm imagining this floral represents the woman's ghost and her smite against the person who stole her life. I'm getting a definite conflict.

Maybe I'm nose confused because I've been testing a bunch of scents today, but I'm really not picking up any leather, clove, or even the typical dead leaves note. It's all blended together into something a bit like vanilla bay rum for me. It's lovely, but if i'm hankering for some smooth, boozy nilla, I have other choices.

Well! Somebody dragged the sticky sappy fir tree into the fire and the flames went out. This is certainly a cold weather weenie. Here in Texas Halloween is sweaty business. It's either smoldering hot, or pouring rain, but NEVER EVER cold. How do I spell it - Przeczucie takes me to the woodlands where the fires burn and the kids run around glistening, evergreen trunks in their costumes. The air is chilly and people are outside drinking hot cider and chopping wood. It's a dream for me, just like this scent. I think I need a bottle of this for my transformation to take place. I want to be there in this thicket, if not in real life, but just beyond on the silver cord.

I had to try this! and must say it is highly unusual. The main notes I'm getting are cucumber, craft paste and a teenytiny hint of moth balls.

It provides plenty of scent memory triggers such as opening plastic wrapped dyed cloth costumes for the first time and the weird smell that wafts upwards from inside. There is a certain lighthearted quality to it, but not something I could ever pull off wearing without feeling like i'm wearing mildewed britches.

After drydown, I am getting something quite pleasant, alot like fresh air blowing through open windows at dusk, but the wet stage simply puts me off way too much. May try it again in a few days to see how it goes.

I'm not getting much lunar musk or ambergris from this. It's mostly a salty, ocean air aquatic that is rings with a bright blue note. I'm missing more of a wet stone or wet sand beachy note that I think would ground this and keep it from being so reminiscent of fabric softener sheets, and room fragrance. It is very much like a more musky Sea Foams Milk without the cream and a dash more salt.

Wet, mossy and softly clean smelling, this is just a bit different than I was expecting. It is very fresh and green overall, and i'm searching for the grave note. Herbal forest fresh, the drydown goes beautifully without any bitterness that can happen with agar. I can see this as a unisex scent and with some time, the black musk could deepen and give the balance a bit more depth. I'm not getting too much of it at this point, but can see this aging very well. Quite lovely like a velvety green hillside clearing in a forest.

Very sweet violet comes out just after application of this pink oil. I'm getting a sweet candle wax very much like The Light of Men's Lives mixed with Fleurette's Purple Snails. Any green notes are very fleeting, and after dry down, this goes completely vanilla, violet powdery on me. It has a ton of throw and lasts for hours but sadly, not my jam and reminds me of toiletry products.

Yes! I jumped headfirst into this one, mostly because of the opoponax. I'm getting a strong whiff of spray cleaner right away! Yeah, it's minty, soapy industrial and gritty. This is definitely not something i can personally wear, but can certainly see it blowing some minds out there. BOOM~ The leather sits right on top, and it's very refined and upscale in a way. This is black and shiny glistening evil with fangs, and it's pulling me in. There's a clean, scrubbed feeling from it that gives me visions of extremely sexy beasts--oh no! I gotta say if my lover had this on, I would be completely out of control. The End

What a gorgeous blend! I can smell all the notes dancing together perfectly. I can detect the woods, a few evergreen trees, a smoky fire and sugary musk. It's very much like making out with your lover by the fireside, yet beautifully delicate like the wind gently blowing aromatic spruce and oaks. It wears very close to the skin and makes me want a giant jug of it so I can slather it on after a shower or bath. Everyday is my favorite day when I wear this, and it must be with me always

Medicinal, metallic tootsie rolls. I'm already pretty certain as soon as it hits my skin it's not working. Woodsmoke and chocolate scents rarely work for me, and baby reminds me of raku kilns and plastic, brown chewy candy and then something else like wintergreen mixed in that turns into sore muscle cream. My muscles hurt, and I'm binging on tootsie rolls by a fire that went out an hour ago. I'm jealous of the ones that can pull this one off because it is a fun blend

i'm in love with cardamom, tea, cakes, bread you name it I adore whatever it's in. Not sure why I hesitated to pick this up, but I firmly believe that anyone that doesn't like Grotesque, doesn't like cardamom for whatever reason. The spice punch at the beginning is lovely, soft and perfect. Not too sweet or overpowering, with a cake note that sits firmly beneath it and give it a certain creaminess. This is GORGEOUS! I've been looking for something different for fall that doesn't scream pumpkin spice, clove or cinnamon. It never goes plastic or artificial, is perfectly balanced and blended to perfection HOWL~

2016 Version
Stunning and dark red musk, this is a raven haired witch in a glistening auberdine ball gown crushing fat black grapes with her feet. I picked up this beauty in a swap and upon first wiff, it was an arrow flew straight to my heart. Sweet dark fruit musk with a kiss of sacred wood smoke and a swirl of ritual incense. Beautiful, sultry and an ultimate turn on.

Fruity with a sexy, sultry base that I'm guess is the frankincense and black oudh. I love this!

It's a gorgeous, grounded, extremely feminine and very wearable.

The mallow gives it a cottony, wooly finish that is so cozy and snuggly without going soapy.

I'm so glad I blind bottled this one. It's such a fresh, creamy rainbow scent that goes a bit pink musk on me which is very unusual and rare in my collection. One of my favorite Lilith's so far this year.

This one reminded me so much of Europa which was an absolute NO for me. I'm not sure what the notes were that didn't work, but immediately after application the astringent quality made me realize that I just cannot wear this one. Off to a better home. Tag! You're it!

Just after application, I'm getting creamy, sarsaparilla wafts that remind me a root beer hard candy or eeek! sore muscle cream. I'm getting a tiny leather note in the background that ground the herbs overall. The cream is extremely slight and I'm actually wishing for more since this turns totally "chewing on a mouthful of black jellybean" on me. I was hoping for more of a root beer float, but this is WAY too much licorice and strangely POOF disappears after 30 minutes. Sad panda.

Herbal, slightly spicy green aquatic with a tiny bit of ZAP when wet that you get in the air when lightening strikes. It is definitely transformative and I would say unisex. I can see this being EXTREMELY sexy and fresh on a man~where's my husband? I want to cover him in this masterpiece and roll around in a storm

OMG this is beautiful. Oh so sweet, without going wonky bitter or plastic. Er, I got a little on my lips~really, I wasn't trying to eat myself Oh glory, I'm getting the perfect blue cotton candy note COTTON CANDY and it's real! I get NO FAKE artificial sugar back. This is exquisitely sweet and lightly creamy. I really want to smash my heart eyes and face into a swirling circle of spun sugar goodness~need to fan myself and finish this review.
Definitely not for me, but I'm grabbing a bottle for my sweet sixteen year old daughter. She is CRAZY for this delicious Devil~

Dark and earthy, I'm getting a similar vibe from Spider Witch that I got from Death Adder.
Not certain what's doing this for me, but an overwhelming peanut note completely turns this into a PB&J for me.
I'm even getting a yeasty, white bread note that pushes this all the way into gourmand territory which can be iffy on my skin.
I can definitely see this as being the dark horse in the Motherhood collection for 2016. It has a sexy vibe and morphs into nutty, caramel goodness very similar to aged snake oil but like Death Adder, it's not something I can see myself wearing very often.

Wet, Caldarium is a strong RED mulberry with an herbal base. The rosemary definitely amps the mulberry in the bottle. It's almost "tangy" and makes my mouth water a bit On my skin, the tartness almost immediately melts away, and what is left behind is a lovely red berry note that dries down nicely. One beautiful thing I noticed, is that after about an hour, the rosemary is much more apparent and quite nice. This would be a gorgeous fragrance to wear while catching snowflakes and drinking ice dusted vodka. Lovely~