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My skin is eating scents today. I thought it was Cacao Amor at first, but the Aja I layered over it has faded away. I find Aja to be quite aggressive with its throw, so definitely unusual for that one to disappear. So sadly Cacao Amor faded quietly away & I can't gauge about lasting power or the fade off because my skin ate it so quickly.

I usually think of Tootsie pops with most chocolate scents, but Cacao Amor doesn't go that direction. All the notes say "gourmand" to me, but somehow it's staying very perfume-y? Also, I'm not getting a lot of sillage, this one is wearing very close to the skin for me. I'm going to check back to see how I feel about it at bedtime. It's a very interesting scent, regardless.

I love Buds of May. Lilly always comes off as such a classic white scent to me, but the apple & sugar combine with it for a fresh/modern take.

I can see why PM kept a bottle of this! Everything is very well blended, no one note sticks out to me. Even the dirty honey is behaving itself for me. Usually, I amp dirty kinds of honey & they go to smelling extremely musky. The amber does lend a slight incense vibe to me.

Ok, 1st impression; very sweet, but still masculine. After 10 minutes the LP Homme base shines through accented w/ the spicy notes. Given my love of Eanie Meany Miney & Rajah, this is a home run for me. I would have my nose buried in the neck of the man wearing this, constantly.

I love this! The strawberry amps in the beginning, but settles down after 10 minutes, it then becomes indistinguishable to my nose from the other fruits. The floral aspects are more subdued. Normally cardamom likes to amp & turn to some type of Indian food smell on my skin, but it's behaving & staying in the background with this blend.

I have no idea which version came in the PE sample set. Based on what my nose is picking out, I'm going to guess that it's V.2. I like it. It's very clean & basic. I think V.2 would definitely be office friendly. The Egyptian musk does give the perfume a little hint of exotic incense, but just the faintest whisper.

Dooo it!

A smokey take on the favorite combo of Honey-Amber-Musk! Orange blossom honey and Aja, deep amber and perfumey musk, swirled with woodsmoke.

I order ingredients from suppliers all over the world, and many of them send itty samples along with my purchases. Too tiny to use as an actual ingredient, just a sniff. Once in a while I group them all together in like types and blend them - all odds and ends, thus whiskers and tails. I would like to make this a regular thing, and for this one, I chose a bunch of light and airy notes that I thought would be like a delicate spring breeze. I would classify it as a gauzy fruity floral, with notes of violet, gardenia, orchid, primrose, mango, strawberry, vanilla, honey and cardamom. That sounds heavy, but it's not. It's more in the sheer floriental vein, and I am making this first W&T offering at half our usual price.

Sophia chose her ingredients well for her "seductive attraction potion". This one is filled with dark womanly sex appeal and determination for sure! Black orchid and tuberose over dirtiest honey, mouth watering vanilla and a drop of amber. I may have to steal one of these for myself. Divine!

This is Julie's Savannah cat, Chupi! I'm dyin' here. What a cutie! Julie came into the shop for a bottle of Black Star Lavender, and loved it, but when she found out she could design her own scent and have Chupi on the label, well! Julie's blend features a body of black licorice, with soft and fuzzy vanilla musk and tomboy-ish tonka, adorned with tiny spots of precious labdanum and oud.

David came to me with an idea for spicing up our Love Potion: Homme scent, a very clever idea with an interesting set of additions. We took our LP Homme recipe, which is a masculine version of Love Potion with a woody heart, and dressed it up for a night on the town with notes of cassia EO (cinnamon), anise, black pepper EO and peppery carnation. It definitely adds a ROAR! Nice work, David! (As with the original, this scent can be worn by both men and women.)

Sydney is a regular customer at the shop, a stunning young lady of Viking descent - thus the ode to her heritage of the name - the Norse equivalent of Eve, and the rune - which stands for "music". She is insistent that she does not care for girly scents and wanted something that is on the masculine side of unisex. We put together a list of notes and I went off to create it for her. When it was finished, I got nervous that it might have turned out too girly for her, so I made a second pass at it, cutting down the notes to the core. I presented both versions to choose from. She told me that she had been nervous that she wouldn't like it when it was done, but now was faced with the fact that she was madly in love with both of them. She ended up very happily buying a bottle of each. We used the same label for both, just with a V1 or V2 label on the cap. Version 1: Egyptian musk, white musk, amber musk, ylang ylang EO, neroli EO, non-foody vanilla, sweet sandalwood & Aja. Version 2: Egyptian Musk, white musk, neroli.

Denise asked for something that would feel like a warm hug, with Tea and Tonka as the centerpiece. Featuring cedarwood, black tea, tonka and white sugar - it came together beautifully. A tiny touch masculine because Tonka is akin to a boyish vanilla, esp combined with the cedarwood. In the end, what I feel from it is like a comforting hug from a masculine loved one. A very nice idea.

Alluring, warm and powerful is how I'd describe Black Cat's latest creation, featuring ingredients of sweet sandalwood and rich cocoa butter, drops of exotic saffron, and a splash of grapefruit. I stayed pretty faithful to her directions, I just made one tiny change. I tempered the grapefruit with black currant. I did this because grapefruit can completely take over a blend, so I split that with black currant which still has that gorgeous tang of excitement, but it also has some richness and maturity. I think the two round each other out quite nicely.

Oh yeah, the bugs go after me mercilessly when I wear certain LPs! But, as a favorite natural health guru once said of organic food; "if the bugs don't want it, then neither do I." Lol, not sure if that exactly fits...but I just take it that we're extra delicious with our LPs on.

Girl! I've been contemplating the effects of Aja & I've realized that I get really strong self-effects from this one. Was wearing this out to a Superbowl party & noticed that a male friend, that I hadn't noticed in that way before, was very attractive to me that day. He had asked me out before, so in my Aja cloud, I actually hit on him. Went on a date w/ him sans Aja & the thrill was gone! Yep, just no warm fuzzies without the Aja. Plus the date got really freaking weird because there was some (non-threatening) drama. Anyway, remember to use Aja responsibly. Don't agree to any dates in an Aja induced cloud of warm fuzzies!

I've got my eye on that Spring Thyme scent. It looks like it will be my jam, but I've been surprised by unexpected favorites more times than I can count. (No pun intended.) Those parties always look like so much fun!

VANILLA ~ Aphrodisiac, inspires happiness, playfulness, sexual arousal, lust, vitalizing. SANDALWOOD ~ Love, exotic, sensual atmospheric; aphrodisiac. Healing, spirituality, exorcism. TOBACCO ~ Healing, purification, spiritualism. An ode to the Gods. MUSK ~ Self confidence and strength, sexual attractant, heightens passions and arousal. (BOURBON) FERMENTED ALCOHOLS: WINE, BEER, HARD LIQUOR, ETC ~ Intoxicant, used as an offering or appeasement for Gods, used in love spells, and celebratory spells.

Sunshine of Your Love Sooooooooo CREAMy! For the coco-crazed among us...cocoa butter and coconut, that is. Lavish thick cocoa butter and coconut blended with just a kiss of almond, yummy! Spring means you can finally let the sunshine in and show some skin! You'll want to slather all over! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Magickal Meanings of Ingredients: COCOA BUTTER ~ Lightens emotions, evokes feelings of love. COCONUT ~ Protection, purification, receptivity. ALMOND ~ Fertility, stamina, masculine energy, business success, money, prosperity, wisdom, intuition, insight, talisman for successful and fertile marriage.

Spring Thyme It’s time to fall in love with this herbal-fruity melange of Spring-y goodness, which contains ingredients to enhance and engender blossoming attraction or rejuvenate perennial passion. Luscious apricot, herbaceous thyme and aromatic wormwood, blended with watery-fresh green accents and sparkling touches of juicy peach and grapefruit - for love and romance, psychic ability and connection, glamour and feminine allure. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Magickal Meanings of Ingredients: APRICOT ~ Love, love, love! Romance, passion, femininity. PEACH ~ Love. Promotes fertility, happiness, and abundance. A symbol of marriage.Longevity, wishes granted. THYME ~ Protection from negativity, rejuvenating. Health, healing, sleep, psychic power enhancement, love, purification, courage. GRAPEFRUIT ~ Refreshes and upliftsthespirit, eases exhaustion; beauty and youth glamour. Lends an aura of "sparkle" to the wearer. WORMWOOD ~ Divination, protection, love, calling spirits.

TUBEROSE ~ Dangerous pleasure. Excitement, sensuality. BLACKBERRY ~ Fertility, healing, money attraction, protection. Considered holy by some, and a food of the Fae. SAGE ~ Healing, prosperity, cleansing. Wisdom, longevity, protection, wishes granted.

Cotton Candy Peach For our beloved customers who are always thinking Pink - we’ve got more of what you love! In this case it’s a fresh and juicy pink peach scent sure to get you in the swing of Spring...flowery and tangy varieties of peach sweetened with three types of spun sugar accord, deepened with a base of storax and vanilla bean...mmm so fabulously peachy you’ll want to slather madly! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Magickal Meanings of Ingredients: PEACH ~ Love. Promotes fertility, happiness, and abundance. A symbol of marriage. Longevity, wishes granted. VANILLA ~ Aphrodisiac, inspires happiness, playfulness, sexual arousal, lust, vitalizing. SUGAR ~ Attracts love, luck, sweetness and riches. Lust inducing, wishes granted. STORAX ~ Healing, mental acuity, relaxation, sensual, love drawing, deflection of negativity.

Cherry Blossom Musk A definite and desired sign of Spring the world over is the blooming of cherry blossoms. Those delicate clouds of pink-and-white blossoms flowering en masse enchant us with their fleeting beauty. Many of our beloved customers have clamored for a cherry blossom scent for Springtime wear thus we’ve created our best blending of the delicate aroma of those prized petals: two types of cherry blossom flowers scattered upon a pillow of sheer and silky-soft varieties of musk. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Magickal Meanings of Ingredients: CHERRY BLOSSOM ~ Education, feminine beauty, love, transience of life. MUSK ~ Self-confidence and strength, sexual attractant, heightens passions and arousal.