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AMSTERDAM Tulips, peony, fresh flowing water and crisp green grasses.    
ATHENS voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers. (deep wine & honey scent)    
BAGHDAD Amber, saffron and bergamot with mandarin, nutmeg, Bulgar rose, musk and sandalwood.   5mL
BAYOU Spanish moss, evergreen and cypress with watery blue-green notes and an eddy of hothouse flowers and swamp blooms.  
BENGAL A sultry and unruly blend that emulates the ambient scent of the markets in ancient Bengal: skin musk with honey, peppers, clove, cinnamon bark and ginger.   5mL
CAIRO The essence of holy Kyphi, beloved incense of the Egyptian Gods.    
CROSSROADS A chill twilit garden of blooms over dry earth and mosses, heavily laden with incense and offertory herbs.      
DANUBE Rhododendron and bellflower petals swirl through deep, cool, dark aquatic notes. (very aquatic-ozone smelling; like air freshener smell)    
DELPHI The smoke of Sacred Incense of Apollo twined through laurel branches, bay, and honey wine. (sour wine)    
DUBLIN The scent of misty forests, damp alder leaf, and the gentlest touch of white rose.    
EDEN This oil contains the innocence of the Garden, coupled with the Truth and Erudition found in the fruit of the Tree of Evil: fig leaf, fig fruit, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandalwood.   5mL
FLORENCE The pearl of the Italian Renaissance. Elegant iris, bright berries, gilded amber and velvety spices. (too heavy on the iris)  
GLASGOW The rich scent of wild blackberry breezing over gentle rosy heather.    
GOMORRAH A gritty, sordid and languid scent: ripe fig, date and currant with black herbs.  
THE HAMPTONS

The scent of a Cosmopolitan cocktail.

  
THE HANGING GARDENS This perfume is an interpretation of the Hanging Gardens by night, based on further accounts of its fruit and flora: date palm, ebony, fir, pomegranate, plum, two pears, quince, fig, and grapevine with plumeria, three gardenias and dry rose. review   5mL
HOLLYWOOD BABYLON glittering Egyptian amber and heliotrope, infused with the sweetness of strawberry and vanilla—dragged into debauch by lusty red musk and a dribble of black cherry. (like bordello but more musky & resiny, very nice) review   5mL
KATHMANDU Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices.    

KOSTNICE Frankincense, rosewood, lily, and geranium rose. (dry floral)    
KYOTO A gentle, soothing blend of cherry blossom, white sandalwood and star anise.    
LONDON Venerable Victorian Tea Rose… twisted, blackened and emboldened with wickedness.    
MACHU PICCHU Sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber.   5mL  
MADRID Bold red wine, mimosa, and a trickle of clove. (boozy & sweet)    
  MAG MELL The warmth of amber, the puissance of white ginger and the clarity of verbena, with fresh green grass, lush sage and cleansing droplets of summer rain.        
  MANHATTAN A meeting of modern, sleek elegance and rich, passionate history: sheer amber, black leather, white mint, lemon peel, white tea, grapefruit, kush, teakwood and orchid.        
MANILA A tropical, humid, lush scent, with a faint echo of Pacific breezes, jungle blossoms, and deep wet woods. Sampaguita blossoms, banana leaf, palm, and narra.    
MOROCCO Arabian spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia.   5mL
MOSCOW A rich, bold blend of imperial rose, carnation, lush jasmine, lily of the valley, dark musk, amber, bergamot and gilded tangerine. (too much lily/perfumey smell)  
NEO-TOKYO Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits. (just... weird; need to try out all day)  

NEW ORLEANS Reminiscent of hothouse blooms on a humid night, ripe, but touched with decay. Sweet honeysuckle and jasmine with a hint of lemon and spice.  
NIFLHEIM Dark, damp blossoms winding through an impenetrable, murky gloom. (vetiver in there kind of makes it eh) review   5mL  
PARIS Sensual, decadent, and enigmatic. Lavender, softly underscored by lotus and spice. (smells almost entirely of lavender)  
  PONTARLIER The legendary birthplace of the Green Fairy. Swiss ferns, lilac, blackcurrant, Gallic rose and lavender with a dollop of sugar and absinthe.        
PORT-AU-PRINCE Dark, decadent and incomparably exotic: the rich scent of buttered rum flavored with almond, bay, clove and sassafras.  
  PORT ROYAL Spiced rum and ship’s wood mixed with the body-warmed trace of a prostitute’s perfume and a hint of salty sea air on the dry-down.        
PRAGUE Crocus with snowdrop and three lilies  
ROME

cypress, juniper, chamomile and rose. review

Putting this on, it was very sharp, green, medicinal and antiseptic smelling. Very much like eucalyptus, but most likely the cypress & juniper explosion. I love it.
After 10-15 minutes that woodsy stuff fades away almost entirely, and a rose note comes up. It stays this way for a few hours.
3-4 hours later, the woody notes slightly reappear, but blended in with the rose, then they disappear after a few minutes, just when I was loving it again. I *think* there is a note of the chamomile... there is something kind of "off" about it, though and i can't really put my finger what it is about it that I find odd.
As much as I really do like this, I wish it was a bit sharper and longer lasting. While I do love roses, I'd have been much happier with a lemon or something that reminds me more of Italy. I'm waffling on this, but I probably will not succumb to a bottle, just because of the 23098 rose blends I already have, and this just isn't different enough to really grab me.

    
SANTA EULÀRIA DES RIU Piquant citrus tempered by jasmine, soft Mediterranean herbs, lavender and orange blossom.  
SANTO DOMINGO An exotic, sultry blend of tobacco leaf, bay rum and heady Caribbean blossoms.  
SHANGHAI green tea touched with lemon verbena and honeysuckle.    
SILK ROAD A panoply of cultural treasures, spanning the herbs, flowers, oils and balms of the Romans, the Byzantines, the Mediterranean, the Levant, Northern China, Eastern Europe, Iran, the Bulgar-Kypchak, Mesopotamia, the Crimean Peninsula, Anatolia, Antioch, and North Africa.   5mL  
SRI LANKA Indian sandalwood and cedar, and the dry incense smoke of olibanum, gum mastic, patchouli and myrrh.   x
SYBARIS Bright violet with sweet clove, Mediterranean incense notes and tonka bean. (sweet, like a mixed drink, violet + soft incense) review   5mL
TENOCHTITLAN Amber, hyssop, coriander, epazote, Mexican sage, prickly pear and Mexican tulip poppy.    
TINTAGEL Spicy mulled wine flowing through the musky heat, warm leather and bright clash of armor, the damp branches of Cornish hawthorn, blackthorn, juniper, English elm and bayberry, and the magical tingle of dragon's blood resin.    
TOMBSTONE A rugged, warm blend of vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar.     x 
  URUK Thick bitter almond and heady night-blooming jasmine with saffron, cinnamon leaf, red patchouli, river lilies, bergamot, fig leaf and the sacred incense of Inanna.    
VENICE lemon, red currant, wisteria, red rose petals, heady jasmine, Florentine orris root, waterlily, red sandalwood, violet plum, and violet leaf. (floral & lemony)    
VERSAILLES Grand, courtly and robust: a glittering, golden scent that would do Louis XIV proud. Gilded red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris.  
VINLAND Crisp northern wind blowing over loganberry, wild roses, prairie crocus, iris versicolor Linné, mountain avens, yellow birch bark, mayflower and maple leaf. (clean scent; unable to pick out notes)   x 
WHITECHAPEL White musk, lime, lilac and citron. (very lime-scented)
    
YEREVAN apricot and pomegranate with deep plum, wild roses, two Middle Eastern pale musks, white orchid, iris and sweet roots.  
Wanderlust: Phantom Isles

COCKAIGNE “The weather is always mild, the wine flows freely, sex is readily available, and all people enjoy eternal youth.” The Land of Plenty, also called Luilekkerland – the Lazy, Luscious Land: milk and honey, sweet cakes and wine.
    
  THE ISLES OF DEMONS Twin islands near Newfoundland, now lost, that were believed to be gateways to Hell. The scent is of wet, dark greenery, carnivorous flowers, volcanic gas, and the hot black musk of the demons and wild beasts that populated the islands.        
  JEZIRAT Al TENNYN The Dragon’s Isle: smoke and fire, earth and wind. The rage of the elements blasting over a primordial paradise.        
  KUMARI KANDAM The hollow scent of a vast antediluvian civilization, now frozen and buried, smothered by a thick sheet of ice and trapped deep beneath the ocean. Thick incense, clay, stone, and hothouse blooms with a spike of frost, a hint of decay, and heavy, dolorous aquatic notes.        
  LYONESSE Golden vanilla and gilded musk, stargazer lily, white sandalwood, grey amber, elemi, orris root, ambergris and sea moss.        

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