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Glossier's You Doux is the outdoorsy cousin of Le Labo's Another 13. While Another 13 makes the city their home, filled with reflective stainless steel... You Doux thrives being in nature amongst the trees. You Doux is very woody. Palo Santo is listed as a note, but to me, I'm getting a lot of cedar and a sprinkle of pepper. The musky ambrette radiates and lifts the fragrance giving it a fuzzy quality. If you found Another 13 too metallic, give You Doux a sniff.

Bois de Balincourt is airy woods, soft suede, sun-kissed skin, and as others have noted-- pickles! Although, in my opinion, pickles in the best way possible! It is a pickle note without the sour zing. Instead, it lends a fresh oceanic quality that rounds out this fragrance in a very sophisticated way. Many have compared Bois to Le Labo's Santal 33, however, I find Bois to be less dense and a more subtle interpretation. Definitely test it out if you found Santal 33 to be too powerful.

Thé Noir 29 a boozy tonic of fig, sweet jammy rose, black tea, and pencil shavings. It is definitely androgynous and what I find most beautiful is the way the perfumer was able to blend a fragrance of such juxtapositions so seamlessly. It is dark and alluring, yet surprisingly clean and fresh. It is a sweet floral, tempered and contrasted against cedar and bitter tea. Definitely one of Le Labo's best.

Another 13 is wonderfully odd fragrance. It is a clean fuzzy musk that manages to be soft and metallic at once. There is a subtle sweetness from the notes of pear and jasmine, however I do not think Another 13 smells like anything found in nature. When I smell it, I imagine a gleaming stainless steel surface radiating with fuzzy static electricity. Another 13 is deceptively potent and it will flicker in-and-out of existence, like a glitch in the matrix. It will disappear from your senses, but those around you will comment on how good something smells.

Unlike Dedcool's Milk and Xtra Milk, I can actually smell Mochi Milk, and oh is it a pretty one! Peach is listed as a note, but to me, Mochi Milk smells like the cream on a Strawberry Pocky. It is airy, lactonic, slightly starchy, and surprisingly fresh. It doesn't last too long so I prefer to spray this one heavily. Despite the brief longetivity, Mochi Milk is definitely a winner in Dedcool's lineup.