Haunt! Palmist and Fates reviews

 Haunt is a new company for me.  But when she had her Halloween sale, I found that she had added two GC's...Fates and Palmist.  And I had to try them, even though both list the dreaded patchouli as an ingredient.  This company does things a little differently from most of the others I buy from regularly.  Her seasonal sale stuff goes FAST - as in, sometimes only minutes.  But her GC's as far as I can tell, are available most of the time.

 Palmist:  blackberry and leaf, dark plum, wild violet, sweet patchouli leaf, sandalwood, vanilla orchid, and black spices.

Wet - sweet berries and plum, almost candy-like. Thankfully no patchouli in sniff.
Drying - Ohhh, violets.  I'm finding that the combination of violets and blackberry seems to be one of my favorites.  Still no patchouli, which is great, considering that the bottle even lists patchouli oil as an ingredient...Oh, this is good....
As this dries, it gets progressively less sweet and more dark. I still am not (thankfully) getting the BO/dirt smell I associate with patchouli, but I can tell that there is something in the background darkening up the scent.  Maybe a blend with patchouli I can actually wear??
 Dry:  Plum and violet...this is yummy!  Definitely a keeper and I am so glad I got a bottle! 

Fates: plum, pomegranate, davana flower, clove, cardamom, frankincense, patchouli, sandal heartwood, red musk, and bourbon vanilla.

In bottle:  Not as sweet as Palmist - pomegranate?  But it's not tangy, either.
Wet, on:  Yes, that's pomegranate...mmmm.  And vanilla...and red musk.
Drying: Here come the spices!  Definitely clove and cardamom. And ah, there's the plum.  Again, with this one, no dreaded BO/dirt smell that denotes patchouli to me.  This one is a bit of a morpher: one sniff I get plum/pom and the next I get spices.
It's drying down to mainly spices now, but every now and then I'll get a whiff of plum/pom and vanilla.
I don't like this one as much as I do Palmist, but it's still good, and still a keeper.

All in all, for a first experience with a company, this was excellent.  I also must mention her packaging: The little cloth (muslin?) bags she uses are adorable, and the included sample of Fright Night was in the smallest amber glass bottle with a cap that I have ever seen.  I didn't even know you could make glass bottles that small!

As always, the folks at Haunt don't know me from Eve, other than a random customer. I purchased the oils on my own, and I was not compensated in any way, shape, or form for this review.

And the winner is....

...Haus of Gloi's Pumpkin Eater!  The title, of course, is "Shel's Choice of ONE Pumpkin Perfume for Autumn, 2012". 

However, Pumpkin Eater kind of won by default - I had finally found some reviews that sounded delicious, and had planned on doing a bit more comparison shopping, but then I checked the site and Pumpkin Eater was ...*gasp*.... GONE.  Panicked, I dashed off a message to Haus of Gloi's facebook wall and got the reassuring reply that it was already restocked.   After refreshing the page, there it was, so in a moment of complete relief, I placed the order.

I don't even have a shipping notice yet,  so reviews will have to wait.  I'm still waffling over a couple of Violette Market's Diablo Canyon pumpkin blends as well... Peach and pumpkin, pumpkin and rice milk, plum and pumpkin....

Speaking of plums, I wish I could find a good plum/cream/pastry blend, or possibly a plum/light musk/white floral blend.  I think Haus of Gloi's Hex has a bit of plum in it, but it's not as strong as I'd like.   Several of the companies that I'm familiar with offer customs, I might have to try that route.