Crisp Autumn Sampler - Set of Twelve 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. BPAL La Touissant Perfume Oil – A scent for All Saints' Day: falling leaves, crushed maple, bouquets of bright chrysanthemum, frankincense, white chamomile and pale, dry wood bark.
2. Demeter Pumpkin Spice Latte Cologne - A blend of coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin and a dash of vanilla.
3. LizabeCo Autumn Nights Parfum Oil - In the deepening twilight of fall, when the world seems to hold its breath, Autumn Nights beckons with an allure both haunting and beautiful. The scent begins with the bittersweet warmth of cinnamon and cloves, their spicy embrace reminiscent of crackling bonfires under blood-orange skies. There’s an ancient, almost forgotten sweetness to the fragrance, like the last apples of the season. The heart of this perfume is the dark, whispering presence of cedarwood, its earthy, smoky notes winding like a forgotten path through the woods. Yet, amidst the wood and spice, there’s something ethereal—an ephemeral note of sandalwood that swirls like a ghost’s lingering touch. The fragrance grows more intimate with each passing moment, a reminder that autumn is a season both of life and of loss. As the midnight hour draws near, the scent lingers, an echo of something that once was—a bittersweet remembrance of love, loss, and the eternal dance between the living and the dead. Autumn Nights is not merely a fragrance; it is a passage—a doorway to the quiet, gothic beauty of a world where the dead walk again, if only for thirty-one nights.  
4. Lovesick Witchery No. 13 Perfume Oil - No. 13 is a scent very close to the owner/perfumer's heart; one that's lived in her mind for years. It is the scent of smoked pumpkin flesh and burnt sugar that creates an intoxicating, smothering warmth. A beating heart of soft suede and narcotic labdanum unfurl into a fever dream of oozing myrrh, crackling amber and cypress wood. A mysterious, resinous and narcotic scent with notes of smoked pumpkin flesh, suede, burnt sugar, crackling amber, myrrh, labdanum and cypress.
5. Lovesick Witchery Pumpkin Patch Perfume Oil - The scent of a beautiful country pumpkin patch in autumn. Cool air flowing through hay bales stacked high, dying green grass, upturned dirt and carved pumpkins. This is a fresh pumpkin scent, rather than a classic gourmand or spiced pumpkin scent. A fresh, outdoorsy, scent with notes of hay bales, upturned dirt, dying green grass and freshly carved pumpkins.
6. Lunar Life Apothecary Irving's Hollow Perfume Oil - Venture into the autumnal world of Sleepy Hollow. Washington Irving, the master storyteller of early America, penned his legendary tale The Legend of Sleepy Hollow with the landscape of New York’s Hudson Valley as his muse. With notes of aged paper, pumpkins in the fields, dried goldenrod and sweet hay, Irving’s Hollow transports you to the writer’s world—a place where folklore and reality blur, and every breath is filled with the whispers of ghosts and legends. Perfect for those who love the nostalgic pull of autumn and the eerie allure of forgotten tales. With top notes of pumpkins in the fields and fresh goldenrod; middle notes of smoking Leaves, fresh hay and tobacco; and base notes of sweet balsam and haunted-tree sap.
7. 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. 
8. Moonlight Cove Finery Harvest Moon Perfume Oil - The sky darkens and the moon rises early: pale-golden, full and bright - it casts a warm glow upon the land by which the harvest will be reaped long into the evening. The harvest moon is the full or nearly-full moon which appears at the time of the Autumn Equinox, signaling the time of harvest. On a few nights, the moon is big, full and luminous; and the crops are harvested vigorously into the night by the light of this moon. It is a time of hard work, celebration, abundance and thankfulness, and both a literal and symbolic reminder that you reap what you sow. A warm, Autumn blend of rich golden and dark amber, red cedarwood, and orange; spices of cinnamon, nutmeg, clove and allspice; notes of hay and fertile earth, myrrh, vanilla, whiskey and Fall apple, with a hint of harvest bonfire.
9. Nui Cobalt Balefire Perfume Oil - An ode to the perfumer’s favorite autumn pastime: poking the embers of a gentle backyard campfire. With top notes of ginger root, turmeric, cardamom, and white peppercorn give way to a heart of golden hay, copal, and oudh over a base of peru balsam, loamy soil, and woodsmoke.
10. Obscura Hortus Ochre and Fire Perfume Oil - Cozy, sweet, with a touch of the outside autumn breeze, tree branches scraping at a sunshine flooded window. A faint ghosting of wildflowers and a hint of balsam dance atop heady patchouli and the sweet scent of wood. Clove, caramel and jasmine create a warm, inviting feeling, like being wrapped in your favorite sweater protected from a cold wind.
11. Obscura Hortus We’ll Be Younger in the Morning (Hocus Pocus) Perfume Oil – A perfection blend of apple cider donuts, sweet ginger and a perfect autumn latte. Notes of caramel, clove and cream also swirl in this magical brew fit for an autumn witch.
12. Pixie Spell Essentials All Hallow’s Eve Perfume Oil - A warm autumnal blend of damp woods, pumpkin flesh, clove, nutmeg, patchouli and apples.