Vibrant Autumn Sampler - Set of Six 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. LizabeCo Seeking The Successive Autumns Parfum Oil - A deep, beautiful blend of drying leaves, woods, pecans, apples, citrus, berries and cinnamon. 
3. 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.
4. Pixie Spell Essentials All Hallow’s Eve Perfume Oil - A warm autumnal blend of damp woods, pumpkin flesh, clove, nutmeg, patchouli and apples.
5. Possets Dancing With The Sprites In The Fall Rain Perfume Oil - A fabulously dry and sophisticated take on fallen leaves, wet days and overcast autumn skies. There is a hint of mushroom musk and the ozone/water scent of dank air. Overall there is a huge resemblance to lavender but it is not lavender. As a huge wood hides its secrets from you, this blend is a morpher for sure.
6. 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.