The Ultimate Autumn Sampler - Set of Fifteen 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. Alkemia Pumpkin Alchemy Perfume Oil - I could not find the description for this but from reviews I found this smells like pumpkin bread and is not a sweet pumpkin fragrance but more spicy with notes of nutmeg, cinnamon, clove, red currant with slightly woody note in the background.
2. Bath Sabbath Bard's Song Perfume Oil - Woodsy and earthy with notes of fallen leaves, wet bark and fresh soil rounded out by patchouli and a hint of sugared berries.
3. Demeter Pumpkin Spice Latte Cologne - A blend of coffee, cinnamon, nutmeg, pumpkin and a dash of vanilla.
4. Frankly Try This Giant Pumpkin Perfume Oil - With notes of sweet spicy maple pumpkin butter spiced with sweet cinnamon sugar, garnished with a few red berries, melted caramel, aged patchouli, tobacco leaves and warm amber.
5. Frankly Try This Scare of The Crows Perfume Oil - Smells like spicy apple cider, apples laying in the field, fall spice, hay stuffing, pine, cedar, ginger, fresh fall leaves blown in and earthy wafts from the field.
6. 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.
7. 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.
8. Lunar Life Apothecary Ruins of a Garden Perfume Oil - From the Whispers of the Harvest Collection, step into a world where pumpkins grow wild amidst tangled herbs and fallen leaves, and the air is filled with the faint sweetness of anise hyssop and the earthy aroma of damp soil. This scent evokes the quiet magic of a place untouched by time—where the vibrant life of the past lingers in the shadows of overgrown paths and crumbling walls. With top notes of pumpkin flesh and anise hyssop; middle notes of dried herbs and Autumn leaves; and base notes of moss and damp earth.
9. Moonlight Cove Finery Autumnal Forest Perfume Oil - A limited edition described as: The sun begins its descent below the horizon in the late afternoon, and turns to a mystical, glowing last breath bursting through the trees. Evergreens become a shadowed backdrop to the rich, vibrant rust and auburn-painted leaves upon the darkened branches of tall maples and oaks. Cones drop and leaves fall to gather on the ground, while cool mists and gentle rains lull the forest into its Autumn repose as winter grows nearer. Cool, black pine and woody cedars, and the musty decay of fallen, crumbling leaves. Moss-covered, damp bark and the fading green of summer passed. Rain-drenched roots and the perfume of dark, nutty conifers and their ambery resin, mingle with the scent of the rain-drizzled forest floor. A somewhat softer, earthy forest scent without the sharper, more pungent 'piney' notes.
10. 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. 
11. 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.
12. Nui Cobalt Appalachian Autumn Perfume Oil - An homage to the Nature Spirits. With notes of deer musk accord, campfire smoke, birch trees, angelica, ripe pears and rain.
13. Obscura Hortus Midnight at the Seven Gables Perfume Oil - Inspired by a trip to Salem and a walk along Derby Street to the Seven Gables to wander the area between the ocean and the house. The perfumer said that if you’ve ever visited this place you know how magical it is— standing there “conceived in the grotesqueness of a Gothic fancy” as Hawthorne described. The house is dark, and even darker at night, only outlined by a few spotlights. So on this night, and in this place, a perfect October moment occurred. We stood staring up at this huge dark house against the backdrop of a black starless sky— heard the sound of the waves from the ocean in the harbor across the street, and the faint footsteps and laughter in the distance echoing. Then the wind picked up, bringing with it the dying breath of leaves, sweet candied apples, woodsmoke, and the lively scents of Essex Street. There it danced, practically punching me in the nose, mixing with the old wooden house, salty ocean, and perhaps even the ghost of Hawthorne himself— stinking of tobacco, ink, and old parchment that held the words to his timeless novel. With notes of sandalwood, warm stewed apples, an old cedar chest, the faintest hint of ocean salt mingling with forest, the sweetness of leather bound books, a fragrant cigar and October (you know that smell).
14. Sixteen92 Born Under a Bad Sign Extrait de Parfum - Inspired by the perfumer’s favorite episodes of Supernatural. This one is based on Season 2, Episode 14 and is an autumnal woody atmospheric fragrance with a subtly sweet gourmand finish. It features notes of burning leaves, yellow amber, misty woods, dry hay and roasted pumpkin seeds.
15. The Little Book Eater Fall Festival Perfume Oil - Inspired by the delight of fall festivals. The perfect combination for Jack o' lantern displays, hayrides, apple-flavored everything, and spending time with family and friends, A sweet, spicy and earthy blend of apple cider, cinnamon, fried donut, sugar, citrus and a hint of hay.