Blustery Autumn Sampler - Set of Nine 1/2ml Samples

We all can get a nostalgic flashback when we smell the scents of autumn (leaves, campfire smoke, damp earth, mushrooms, cooked marshmallows, apple cider, pumpkin, cinnamon, etc.). Words like cozy, crackling, crisp and crunchy describe the season. It turns out there's a scientific reason that people have a smell inextricably linked to the season in their head: it's a confluence of chemistry, biology and psychology that can trigger different emotions like anxiety, sadness or excitement depending on your personal collection of memories associated with the time of year.

"In summer, we have just more of a mixture of scent and sort of a wide blend of scent ... we smell a lot more of everything around us," said Rachel Herz, a neuroscientist and author of The Scent of Desire. "When it gets cooler and drier, specific scents tend to stand out more — we're able to kind of pull out the scent of leaves, the scent of bark, the scent of grass in more distinct ways." 

Beyond the man-made and commercial scents of pumpkin spice and apple pie, autumn has its own, much more natural smell. It’s the musty, earthy smell of dying and decomposing leaves blended with wet earth and maybe a bit of smoke from burning leaves. The dominant earthy smells are largely the product of plants hunkering down for the winter. Fallen leaves begin to decay and the sugars and organic compounds in the leaf break down, creating the classic musky-sweet smell of a leaf pile. Maple leaves, for example, have high contents of sugars and when decaying they release a pleasantly sweet, almost syrup-like scent. 

You will receive a 1/2ml sample (1ml sample vial filled half full) of each of the fragrances in this sampler.

1. Deep Midnight Perfumes Scarecrow Crossing Perfume Oil – From their website: She walks the crossroad, staff in hand, tracing patterns in the dirt to keep strange spirits off the roads. The scarecrow catches her eye. Did it move? She mutters a charm to keep it from following her home. A cackle carried on the wind reminds her of her duty, and she is off to the next crossing. With main notes of acorns, hay, dried leaves and soil with background notes of licorice, spiced candies and very dark and strange places.
2. Ghoulish Goods Kentucky Goblin Perfume Oil - A blend of all things reminiscent of Kentucky; maple bourbon, warm apples, horse saddles and tobacco fields. When first applied, this scent gives off a warm bourbon and apple scent. As it dries down, the notes of worn leather with hints of tobacco and faint traces of apple come to life. This intricately blended fragrance perfectly combines warm fall scents of maple, and apple that are cut through by the sharp notes of bourbon, all with an underlying earthiness of suede and tobacco. This combination serves a unique fall scent without it turning gourmand or cloyingly sweet. With top notes of apple, cinnamon, bergamot and cassis; middle notes of bourbon, butter, cedarwood, tobacco leaves and herbs; and base notes of maple, vanilla, sandalwood, leather, black amber and smoky musk.
3. Lovesick Witchery Salem Perfume Oil - Fall leaves crunch underfoot, bonfire smoke swirls in the distance, and freshly carved jack o' lanterns line the sidewalk. The ghost of cinnamon lingers in the mist, entangled with creamy sandalwood and amber. A warm, smoky autumnal blend of cinnamon, fall leaves, bonfire smoke, jack o' lanterns, sandalwood and amber.
4. Lunar Life Apothecary Harvest Moon Milk Perfume Oil - The perfect autumn indulgence—a rich and creamy blend that wraps you in the warmth of a golden autumn night. With a top note of spiced cardamom; middle notes of warm milk and pumpkin puree; and a base note of butterscotch caramel.
5. Moonlight Cove Finery Dead of Autumn Perfume Oil - The time of year when the sky darkens early in the evening, and a deeper chill sets in. Tree trunks painted nearly black in their rain-dampened bark, splashed with the golden, burnt orange and dark red colors of dying leaves, and only the evergreens retain their verdant hue. Earthy moss regains new life and the grass is laid to rest beneath a blanket of fallen leaves. The dead of Autumn. Rain, earth and wet bark, musty cedarwood, oak and pine. Dead leaves, roots and soft moss. Amber, spice, and hints of late harvest apple and pear. 
6. Obscura Hortus Liquid Autumn Perfume Oil - This is the bottled perfection of the best season. A magical, shapeshifting scent. It first hits you with all of the candied sweetness and lively spice of the season— pumpkin pie filling, warm cakes, sugary pecans, roasted chestnuts and maple syrup, then slowly settles into faint and lovely wisps of candy apple skin, honey sticks, soft musk and crisp night air. You may even smell the ghosts of pumpkin seeds baking in a warm oven, or your best and brightest dreams of Halloween.
7. Poesie Solar Witch Perfume Oil – A beautiful autumnal blend of coffee, crisp autumn air, apple cider donuts, sunflowers, warm sandalwood and a faint whisper of hearth fire.
8. Siren Song Elixirs Samhain Perfume Oil - Inspired by the Gaelic celebration of Samhain, the fall festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of the dark winter. Rich spices of cardamom, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove mixed with newly harvested fall pumpkins creates the familial scent of home-cooked pumpkin pies. Top notes of vanilla and creamy marshmallow fluff create a decadent sweetness that is enriched with the warm burning sensation of midnight bonfires, roasting marshmallows and oak-cured bourbon that you can almost taste upon your tongue with one sniff. Forget pumpkin spice lattes! Get drunk upon the dark pumpkin spiced sweetness of Samhain. With key notes of pumpkin pie spice, vanilla, toasted marshmallow, bourbon, bonfire and black leather.
9. Zelda's Cauldron Jack in The Grove Perfume Oil – A warm blend of nutmeg, brown sugar, pumpkin walnut muffin, dried hay, smoky incense, creamy caramel and woods.