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    Ceanothus Silkmoth

    Wet the orange and jasmine have a sort of (very pleasant) tug-of-war. Very summery and bright at this stage. The orange gets less juicy, more zesty as it dries and the jasmine pulls back a bit as well. The vanilla peaks out, but the rest of the notes sort of blend as a nice woody base for the orange and jasmine to dance on. Sun-dappled.
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    The Isles of Demons

    Lush, damp greenness. I'm getting a sweet floral that I totally recognise but cannot place and it is driving me crazy. I swear I'm getting a bit of cinnamon too. Humid jungle sort of scent.
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    Prince Lir

    On me this is a gorgeous cloud of vanilla and ambergris streaked with bright citrus. I get hints of the basil and juniper adding some herbal notes but they are indistinct, blurred by the fougere and ambergris.
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    Frugiferas Auruis Aestas

    Lots of soft golden hay with crisp apple and sweet, soft cinnamon (to me it smells like Ceylon cinnamon not cassia). Warm, cozy, and homey. It's sort of toeing the line between atmospheric and foodie on me.
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    The King's Daughter

    I thought the watermelon and sweet pea would make this scent too sweet and pink for my tastes but this has a more silvery-purple vibe. On me it is mostly lilac musk and sandalwood/the pale woods with just a bit of oakmoss and fruity sweetness from the watermelon and sweet pea. It's elegant and serene but the sweet pea and watermelon add just a hint of playfulness.
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    Sturgeon Moon: Kelp and Driftwood

    This smells like my memory of R'lyeh, though it has been sometime since I tested that. Deep, dark salty waters. Very salty, and has a dark coldness to it.
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    Cat Sitting on a Cushion Licking Its Paw

    This scent is less sweet than I anticipated. Dry cedar, patchouli, and hazelnut with a halo of dry (in the not sweet sense) red musk. A spicy, rich and resinous scent.
  8. I get mostly the poppy, sweet deep floral with a sort of spicy edge. I imagine the agave is adding to the sweetness, a sort of natural sweetness, adjacent to honey but more herbal.
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    Touched Twice

    Breezy sweet florals, soft incense, and a touch of coconut.
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    Deer Moon: Golden Tobacco and Beeswax

    Thought this was going to be love at first sniff, but in the imp I get beeswax and something like furniture polish. On my skin it's more like leather, but the kind that goes very chemically and gives me a headache. I can smell a beautiful beeswax and tobacco combination underneath but this one is not meant to be alas!
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    Sturgeon Moon: Salt and Sand Hair Gloss

    I'm getting the blond woods mentioned, but to me this is also very mossy. Mossy, salty, woody aquatic. Not what I was looking for in an aquatic HG unfortunately but not unpleasant!
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    Argento Sunrise

    Bright pithy citrus and sweet fruity red musk and wine. The musk goes very sweet on my skin and the citrus less bitter. Which unfortunately gives the effect of the fruit-scented erasers of my childhood.
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    Hagsgate

    Oh this is so beautiful. It's lush and green. Watery crisp cucumber, tomato leaf (to me it's more the leaf than the actual tomato), slightly bitter lettuce greens. It's smells like too-good-to-be-true abundance. I get just a bit of warm soil and patchouli underneath the greenness.
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    The Witch/Strega

    A beautiful smoky, rosy scent.The leather is soft on me and melds really well with the patchouli. It is all really well-blended. All of those base notes are making a complex but somehow singular note. The beeswax adds a glowing warmth. Rosy is the best way to describe this, the rose is present but it's not big and fresh and super floral. It's more like dried rose, soft and muted.
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    The Large Cat

    This one made me nervous in the imp. It's rich, almost heady dates and brown sugar. Sweet and toothsome. It smells delicious but date notes can go almost high pitched on me. It doesn't here, just rich chewy sweetness. However the almond sneaks up and does it's weird cherry syrup thing on me.
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    Deer Moon: Summer Fig and Wildflower Honey Hair Gloss

    This is a stunner! The fig is warm and earthy, and the honey has a light breezy quality to it and has a real indistinct floral quality about it. Fruity, floral, and just really pretty. A carefree summer scent.
  17. Brighter and fresher than I anticipated, I do believe I detect grapefruit as well. It gives the impression of bright blue pools rather than deep murky waters. On my skin it gets a touch salty. There's a sort of mossy, clean vegetal thing happening as it dries down as well. Very pretty, it makes me think of be sun sparkling on water.
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    Raminou

    This is reminding me of another scent but I can't put my finger on it. I get mostly red musk and saffron on a base of smooth vanilla-tinged patchouli. Regal but in a comfortable way.
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    Sturgeon Moon 2024

    Very clean, fresh aquatic and white florals. The musk pushes laundry on my skin at first, but softens a bit as it dries and I get more notes like the cucumber and lichen. A fresh, almost juicy blue-green scent.
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    Deer Moon 2024

    A very cozy, suede-y blackberry first on. The musk and woods create a warm, fuzzy base for the blackberry. As it dries the blackberry fades a bit and I get a bit of the cocoa note. Warm, fuzzy, and brown like buckskin.
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    Circe Invidiosa

    Well I can detect a beautiful mossy green scent, but unfortunately it is obscured by the pear which is going a bit wonky on my skin. Unfortunate as I had been mooning over this scent for some time!
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    The Stuff that Dreams are Made Of

    Milky textured is a great way to describe this. It ebbs and flows on the skin, at times more fruit-forward and other times more floral. Very creamy, and well-blended. Opalescent.
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    Mineralic Amber Hair Gloss

    Agreed this is sparkly (not like white musk or aldehyde but that rich cola-incense described much better by @feyofthefellwood). Rich but not weighty. Fans of ambergris/grey amber scents take notice! I think this will do a fine job of replacing my Hag Grey when it runs out.
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    Witch-Cursed Castle

    This one is hard to sum up. It's like two scents, the curse separate from the castle. There's the luxurious warm woods and then a sort of sinister incense and whatever is in the stone accord comes off as cold and unsettling.
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    Floral Still Life With Cat

    The rose and peony remind me a lot of De Vos' Unicorn. It is less sweet, especially once on the skin but still similar. The porcelain lends a cool sort of muskiness. Very pretty!
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