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... This scent is for the Luperci, the Chosen of Faunus, the Brothers of the Wolf: raw, down and dirty patchouli, Gurjam balsam, and essence of Sampson Root sweetened with the heightened sexuality of beeswax, virile juniper, oakmoss, ambrette seed over honey and East African musk.  2013 version Wet: I would swear to this having frankincense in it. Probably the combo of the patchouli + ambrette seed. A bit of clean oakmoss. Dry: The frankincensey note goes away and the balsam and juniper come out. Some beeswax. After an hour: Sweet, woodsy citrus warmed by beeswax and a hint of musk. At no point do I get any honey, and I don't know what sampson root smells like so I can't identify it. Much lighter and cleaner than one would expect from the description. Smells a bit like an adirondack furniture shop.

Citrusy, fruity rose with a base of ever-so-slightly goaty oud. Reminiscent of Lush's Rose Jam.

Dust, creeeamy coffee, and a wee bit of leather from the books. Way more foody than one would expect from the concept, but this is definitely one of the lab's best scents. Great for autumn and winter.

Lavender + grapefruit, a little bit of musk. This is going to sound super bizarre but I've always felt this smells like the waiting room at the veterinarian's office.

A comforting foodie scent. A bundle of spices with gooey pumpkin and bright peach. Hooray for Halloween season in a bottle!

An amorphous, radiant, incandescent scent. Ever changing, protoplasmic and primordial: white amber, green coconut meat, iris, palmarosa, Chinese peony, lime, water lily, snowdrop, muguet, lemongrass, osmanthus, wisteria, glassy musk, and hinoki. Starts strong with a blast of crystallized coconut, lime, and amber! A strange, citrusy, fuzzy scent. Reminds me of the wet stage of Fake News.

I concur with the traditional men's cologne vibe other people are getting. On me this is mostly bergamot and moss. Not my thing.

Simple pink/white rose. Not getting the "wickedness". Low throw and wear length.

I used to love this one but we are not friends anymore - the "wet" part of the leather note combines in a nasty way with the vetiver. Smells like cat food to me.

This one's a bit much for me. Very intense soapy opium - a sickly purple scent. I don't get any myrrh but I do smell a bit of the narcissus.

Extremely sharp honey - amps on my skin to the point of smelling like cat pee

In the wet and early dry stages this is lemon-scented bathroom cleaner. After about an hour the lemon calms down and the white musk and green tea start to come out. Very low throw.

Dusty rose weighted by old dry woods. Brings to mind lace doilies and antique teacups. Not something I'd expect to like but that I actually really do!

Mmmm! Beeeeeautiful, creamy, warm cinnamon rose. One of my favorites.

Villain bundled up in woodsy resins. I can't really give much more detail than that because it is so superbly blended. Old Scratch is a mysterious man, unmistakably refined but not exactly trustworthy. Warm and welcoming, but perhaps dangerous if crossed. Very Victorian. Very dapper. Very spooky. 10/10

Shmexy vanilla tea. Sugar, a dapper fougere. Dare I say a hint of musk? Age a bit and the tea will give this a little bit of a yummy green edge.

I love this stuff SO. MUCH. One of my first full bottles and my 2nd favorite dragon's blood scent (beaten only by The Emperor's Rams) This scent is warm and spicy and oh so smooooth - a thick blanket of red musk livened by sparking, sparkling cinnamon and DB, a hint of patchouli, and a shot of vetiver. Heady and sexy and intense. I'd recommend not approaching this if you a) have super sensitive skin or b) are wary of vetiver. It's one of the dominant notes but it is balanced a bit by the others. The vetiver comes out more as it ages. This is 1000% my jam and if you love dragon's blood you'll probably love this

OAK, which develops into a smoky, glittering combo of woods, fig, and strawberry rhubarb

"dry, bone-white orris" is definitely the star here, with VERY clean patchouli. I'm not getting any myrrh or musk. Not my thing. Smells like weird dirt.

Black leather, oppoponax, tobacco, and black amber. mmmmmm.... well loved, suuuper soft leather and sweet opoponax

My all time favorite BPAL, which I have yet to get my hands on a bottle of (damn you, In Memorium!) This is so much lighter and airier than you would expect from a scent with sandalwood and musk. Sweet, pale green bergamot and chamomile, with a slight floral undertone and a grounding powdery-ness from the rosewood, sandalwood, and musk. Oddly enough, this comes across as very much a boy smell for me. It could very much work on most people, but I get major "fancy 1850s youth" vibes (probably my history nerd brain latching on to the bergamot, which was extremely popular in the 1840s-1850s in Britain).

Smoky, husky red licorice. The Tombstone is dominant in this for me, to the point where after it dries I can barely tell that it's not pure Tombstone.

This is a honey + vanilla scent, not a dragon's blood one. Given my love affair with DB this was initially a disappointment, but LORD this stuff is good. Warm, thick vanilla with soft and sweet honey. I can't detect any dragon's blood. A foody scent without being truly foody. Reminiscent of Alice and Eat Me, minus the fruity stickiness.

Your standard evergreen holiday candle smell. Not bad, not spectacular. Meh.

I got this hoping for a vanilla/benzoin scent, but on me this is honey honey honey. As it dries the honey backs off a little and lets a very little vanilla and powdery benzoin through, which turns into a stable honeyed coconut. A bit sour from the milk. Reminds me of Miskatonic University. This seems like it will age very well.