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Leopard403

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    Shortbread Snowflakes Bath Oil

    I get mostly sweet lemon (the icing?) and soft mint (snow?) with a dusting of sugar underneath. Not really identifiable to my brain as an edible sweet so there is something discordant about it, but if I don't think too hard it smells nice. Not bottle-worthy, but I'll keep the decant.
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    Raspberry Thumbprint Cookie Bath Oil

    I too get just a whisper of raspberry under sugar cookies, but the scent is soft and sublime. The raspberry note definitely blooms on the skin after it soaks in.
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    I've been waffling on Eldrich Dark, but that label! I think my decision is made!
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    Spider Silk Bath Oil

    This is VERY perfumey to me, both in the bath and on my skin afterward. I can't smell any specific note but it was very strong. About 15 minutes after drying off I had to "cut" the scent with a little baby lotion because it had started to give me a headache. I am hoping it will settle a little with time--I do so love the bath oils and I don't want this to go to waste--and I'll come back and edit this post if it does.
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    Gula Bath Oil

    I admit I've only sniffed Gula and haven't used it in the bath yet, but I'm not sure I'm a fan. There's something a little salty about it. Sometimes cream notes do that on my skin so here it might be the caramel. Strange. I get cocoa almost as an afterthought.
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    Honey Pumpkin Stout Bath Oil

    This is getting so much better with age! Not very stout-y but that note somehow creates a golden warmth--almost a cream--that overlies the pumpkin, which does have spice but does not turn all cinnamon. Lovely in the bath and lingers beautifully on the skin.
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    Torn Candy Bag Bath Oil

    Similar to Kingdom of Sweets to me. Tooth-achingly sugary and colorful but quite delightful.
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    Pumpkin Pie Bath Oil

    Ooooohh. I could smell this when I opened my decant package, like a whole hearty spiced pumpkin pie had been shoved in there. Truly mouthwatering. I can't wait to wallow in my Saturday bath. I'll report back!
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    Black Pumpkin Floss

    Maple syrup.
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    Ghost House

    Sadly, I reacted to Ghost House with a sneezing fit. When that settled I could actually smell it, and though there was something ever-so-slightly green buried underneath, it smelled very high-pitched (screaming the way white sandalwood does on me). Actually, it literally hurts inside my forehead if I sniff too hard. eta: Okay, this settles down a teeny bit with time, and if I sniff gently and from far away I actually get a hint of raspberries. And yet, there is something still there that doesn't agree with me. It doesn't give me a headache anymore, but it hits me right in the throat. It's kind of uncanny, and like a masochist I keep sniffing myself to see if it will keep happening, and so far it does: That high part in the back of my throat, the place where tiny food bits or pills easily get hung up or post-nasal drip just hangs out in the in-between space because when you swallow your tounge doesn't *quite* reach up that high (you guys know that place, right, or have I totally lost my mind? )... anyway, that place feels clogged and watery and tight. Maybe this is what anaphylaxis feels like. (eta again: I finally put my finger on it: Spoiler It's the spot that gets active when you are about to yak. Eww. That's what this scent makes me feel like. Sorry for the TMI.)
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    The Lilac Wood

    Very strong lilac and something green, goes very soapy on the skin but I liked that. It's pretty lilac soap, the expensive French-milled kind.
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    The King's Daughter

    The LU scents really are so evocative! It's scent is juicy to the nose, but yet it is still sad somehow. The watermelon and sweet pea sparkle and the rest of the notes sit really close to the skin. Lovely.
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    Mango-Infused Pumpkin Chai Latte

    This is delightful, all spice and pumpkin. It borders on potpourri-like, though, and it lasts about 47 seconds on my skin. I am totally striking out on Weenies this year.
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    Fizzy Jack O' Lantern

    Alls I get is gin. The same note that brightens Velvet Pink Kitty and Blue Fire totally takes over here. I get a very slight lemon undertone, but absolutely no pumpkin or other notes.
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    The Wretched Rose Window

    So disappointed because this is AWFUL on me. First off, it took forever to dry on my skin, which was just weird, and as soon as I opened the imp this scent just SCREAMED. It was a high sharp note that smelled super perfume-y on my skin (sort of the way my skin and nose respond to white sandalwood) and it never calmed down. Honestly, I couldn't wash it off fast enough...and even then it lingered.
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    Cherokee Rose Single Note

    Origin: Bought from a sales page here on the forum. Wet, I get a high, bright scent that I usually associate with citrus, so I can understand how people are saying this smells lemony on top of the rose. The comparison to Lush's Amandopondo is very accurate. The rose scent itself is rather simple: Not deep and lush and red like Rose Red, and none of the creamy white undertones that make Pink Snowballs or Katrina van Tassel so nice. But that is okay, because this is like plucking a pink rose: It isn't supposed to be tremendously sophisticated, and it isn't supposed to be vanilla-y innocence either. My only complaint is that I have to slather, otherwise this fades super fast.
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    Salma

    All of the notes in Salma combine so that it smells like soapy bubblegum on me. I don't get apple, or ink, and while the other scents are distinctly clean they somehow turn candy-ish. Man, I am totally striking out on this collection.
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    Norman

    I think Mellifluous is onto something... I also get an underlying note similar to Whitechapel. That must be the "ectoplasm," and for my skin that is what hangs around the longest. Norman is nice, but not really distinctive.
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    Bub

    When wet, this smells like loud citrus cologne and I almost didn't put it on. I'm glad I did because it's lovely! Not a fresh-cut grass scent, more of a fragrant sunlit meadow (and I didn't realize there was a difference until now!) it is fresh and clean without being soapy. Bright but also mellow.
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    The Book

    In the imp and wet on my skin there is a really "high" note that is quite unpleasant. Luckily, that quickly burns off and I get mostly leather. It's a literary leather that is a bit cologne-y and it would be gorgeous on a nerdy boy, but I'm not sure it's for me. In a burner in my house, yes; but not really a skin scent.
  21. For those who loved Tin Phoenix a few years back, I find that it is remarkably similar to Whitechapel. And I know that it is borderline-sacrilege to compare people's beloved Pink Moon '07 to *anything* but on my skin it is identical to Alice.
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    Two-Barred Flasher

    Orris root, lilac, galbanum, white tea, Italian bergamot, and blueberry. I have only three words: gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous!!! The notes blend seamlessly and yet you still get the tartness of the blueberries, the flower and cream and soft powder of the florals, the slight bite of the tea with bergamot zest. And it lasts forEVER on my skin. One of my new faves!
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    Annurca Apple Blossom

    In the bottle this smells just like Suave Green Apple shampoo, which is not altogether unpleasant. It mellows on the skin, though, with a much more realistic apple fruit scent mixed with the soft floral and wood of the blossom emerging. Even better than I expected it to be! Edit after a full wear: Man my skin is weird. My wrists eat this scent. I mean, really: It's like there is nothing there. But there is the loveliest waft coming from the crooks of my elbows! SO WEIRD! I also noticed that this oil seems thinner than a lot of the others I have. It almost feels water-based instead of oily, and it sloshes around the bottle that way as well. I don't know that I've ever noticed a consistency of an oil so much.
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    Spanish Red Carnation

    Mmmm so good. This is so warm and spicy it is almost musky, definitely a cold weather scent for my skin. There is a hint of green at first, but that is gone fast and this is sharp and hot as it lingers. Just what I wanted this scent to be.
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    Gobo

    Yep. Creamsicles. But I love that the citrus evolves from just orange to orange-and-yellow-and-pink-and-fuzzy. Definitely a prominently warm scent; must be the vanilla. This is a lot of fun.
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