Elizabethm

During my sophomore year in college, I found myself pressed for time while working on a paper about Tsathogguan Rites of Passage in Ancient Cimmeria. It was due on the first Friday of November, and I had barely started. My grades were failing, and I couldn't really afford to blow this. Earlier in the quarter, I'd made the mistake of trying to copy test answers from the person who sat next to me in my Non-Euclidean Geometry class, not realizing he was as big a fuck-up as I was. We both failed, we were both caught, and I was only saved from expulsion by Professor Upham's unfortunate institutionalization. In the hopes of salvaging my GPA, I headed off to the university library instead of going out with friends on Halloween night. I passed Dr. Armitage, the Head Librarian, as I entered the Antediluvian Anthropology wing. The library was desolate, and for a moment I felt a little lonely and out of sorts. The silence was soothing, though, and the scent of the yellowed books and polished oak tables reminded me strongly of my childhood home. I found myself a table, and set to work. Around midnight, someone wandered in. Absorbed in my research, I was profoundly irritated at the disturbance, but when I saw who had entered the reading room, I softened. It was a guy who I'd worked with a few times at my day job-I was doing marketing for a junior line of cultist's robes, and he was the photographer for our catalogue. We got to talking. He'd had a falling out with his girlfriend earlier in the evening, and rather than spend the rest of the night at home, he'd come to the library looking for some inspiration for his photography. His breath smelled like pumpkin lattes, and there was a faint trace of cologne swirling around him. He quoted Byron, I told terrible jokes, and in the end I nearly failed my paper, but I fell in love. To this day, I still wrestle with putting things off 'til the last minute, and I'm still easily distracted by a handsome face. Nice. Miskatonic University is in my top 10 BPAL scents. This smells basically nothing like it whatsoever. A common concern was that it would amp mens cologne. It doesn't. I smell the book scent in the original and something almost floral. I am almost tempted to say I smell the squashy pumpkin that I think is illusive in BPAL's catalog too. It's a very nice scent. Wearable. Not extremely loud. I could see wearing this. Glad I have a bottle!

Bonfire smoke rising through a cloud of ceremonial incense, encircled by swirling autumn leaves and a dribble of blood red musk. Wow. Very red musky. I smell this in A LOT of bpal scents to the point that they all blend in my head. I'm not really sure what red musk IS but to me it smells like a musk mixed with cherry or some other red berry. I smell a tiny bit of bonfire smoke and something a little musky but not unpleasant. This is a sexy scent. Another win on owning a bottle.

Lightly spiced pumpkin pulp swirled with bourbon vanilla, French vanilla, and raw vanilla bean. I have a BUNCH of BPAL pumpkin scents and this is right up there with my favorite one. In fact, I think I've got enough of a sampling that I won't ever need another BPAL pumpkin scent again. They all share the same pumpkin note (which is not a squashy pumpkin smell but a spiced pumpkin smell that is a bit sharp). This particular blend is very "smooth". I can't really pick out the vanillas but I do like this alot and it's one of the more wearable scents for me.

Announced by all the trumpets of the sky Arrives the snow, and, driving o'er the fields, Seems nowhere to alight: the whited air Hides hills and woods, the river and the heaven, And veils the farm-house at the garden's end. The steed and traveller stopped, the courier's feet Delayed, all friends shut out, the housemates sit Around the radiant fireplace, enclosed In a tumultuous privacy of storm. Come, see the north wind's masonry. Out of an unseen quarry evermore Furnished with tile, the fierce artificer Curves his white bastions with projected roof Round every windward stake, or tree, or door. Speeding, the myriad-handed, his wild work So fanciful, so savage, naught cares he For number or proportion. Mockingly On coop or kennel he hangs Parian wreaths; A swan-like form invests the hidden thorn; Fills up the farmer's lane from wall to wall, Maugre the farmer's sighs, and at the gate A tapering turret overtops the work. And when his hours are numbered, and the world Is all his own, retiring, as he were not, Leaves, when the sun appears, astonished Art To mimic in slow structures, stone by stone Built in an age, the mad wind's night-work, The frolic architecture of the snow. Winter aconite, balsam fir, cedar leaf, and white mint. Wow I really love this! Wet it smells a little like vicks vapor rub with pine underneath. But in a great way.. As it dries I'm getting the balsam fir sprinkled with mint. Wow this smells really really good. I can smell the aconite and cedar drifting in and out of the predominantly fir/mint mix. I really don't usually wax poetic about scent. But this reminds me of a cold night in between fall and winter in New England where I went with my family to see a live production of Edward Gorey on Cape Cod. He was in attendance.. it was set up in a small quaint church and it was glorious and magical. This has great throw and it's still going strong 2 hours into wearing it. So glad I bought a bottle. I really like it.

How weird. I read and reread these reviews after I wrote mine and, for the life of me, cannot smell what everyone else does. I wrote down my thoughts before I reread the description to try to get an unbiased opinion without influence of the scent list. I smell cucumber! But I'm getting a very definite cucumber scent. Almost like cucumber dill finger sandwiches. It's lovely. Smells nothing like halloween or autumn to me. Strange. Cucumber. Interesting. lol

I love BPAL's pumpkin scents so I make a point of picking them up anytime I can. I had high hopes for this since a lot of people said how amazing it smelt at role call. It smells very off to me. I can definitely smell the pumpkin but the mango smells almost rotten to me. So a big juicy overripe mango about 20 times bigger than the pumpkin to my nose is what I get. The throw seems above average and the lasting power seems about normal (30 minutes of throw fading to press my nose against my skin about two hours later).

Like it has been said already this smells like a cool melony aquatic and it's in my top 3 BPALS of all time. I wish Beth would reissue it. It's so beautiful and I get so many compliments when I wear this.

Hi I have soooo many bpals. I have a lot of the various pumpkin scents through the years such as: 2012 Mango Infused Pumpkin Chai Latte Fizzy Pumpkin 2011 Pumpkin Latte Pumpkin Princess Candied Pumpkin 2007 Pumpkin 5 Pumpkin 3 General Catalogue Jack But 07 Pumpkin 5 is my absolute favorite. I wear it all the time and am dangerously low. The only one of the many other pumpkins I have that may come a little close is Pumpkin Latte (which is my second favorite). I'm not sure what the exact note beside pumpkin I love in this. but it's just got such a glorious unique scent to it. I absolutely love it. So my question are.. is there anything remarkably simliar to 07's Pumpkin 5? Do you think any of the new ones this year in the pumpkin patch will smell same/similiar? Was Pumpkin 5 '09 similiar? Is there a secret place where I might be able to buy another bottle of '07 Pumpkin 5 that isn't crazy expensive? Here are the notes: Pumpkin with benzoin, bourbon vanilla, lemon peel, neroli, blood orange, and red ginger.

It has the gentleness of snow white. Smells like beaver moon toned way way down and without the berryish scent. Smells almost like a shortbread cookie to me. It's foody and lovely. I definitely can smell a faint scent of sugar (not the burn your nose off of sugar skull) and the linen is dancing around in the background. I get almost a powdery smell as well. It's pretty. I like it. I don't think it reminds me of halloween but it's really very lovely.

Can you recommend other oils I might like? I think it might be a melon note in it that I love so much but I'm not really sure. Thanks! Mod note: merged from thread titled "I Love Selkie"

The thick, rich smell of custard enveloping sweet rice with a dash of nutmeg. Anyone know any scents that are similiar? I'm not too much a foody fan but the smell of rice pudding (and bread pudding too!) is very sensual to my nose for some whacked reason.

High john just did this to me! I had this imp from a bpaler that I really liked. It smelled fresh and clean and pleasant. Recently I got another imp from the lab and VETIVER. AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Yep! I agree that egg nog is similiar. Loving the custardy goodness.

2007 Version This is my first time smelling and wearing Rose Red. It does live up to the hype for me. I was expecting the scent of a single rose. But it's not. it's got the dew the thorns the stem and everything else in it. It's actually really lovely and on par with one of my favorite rose scents (Evelyn.. love david austin). I disliked Persephone and thought it smelt sour this smells like rose.. with something I honestly can't get a handle on .. underneath and it's very pretty. I'm glad I got a backup bottle of this

Christmas tree in a bottle! But I can smell snow and berries too like ^^ who describes it spot on. I love it.. I'm so glad I bought a bottle. I was reluctant at first because I thought it would be an artifical single-note xmas tree scent and it's not so I'm very happy.

I am in total heaven. Between this, gingerbread poppet, el dia de reyes and snowstorm I have fallen in love with bpal. This is really yummy boozy creamy eggnog in a bottle. Nothing at all artificial to my nose. It smells creamy and drinkable. Staying power and throw are a little light but that's ok.. I can reapply. Going to buy another bottle of this and all the others I mentioned lol

2007 version I am soooooo glad I got a bottle of this. It's so smooth and gingerbread cooky-ish. It's not sharp and doesn't burn the nose it's really awesome. It reminds me of cooking gingerbread people with my mom around christmas. Also it's totally wearable. I loooooove this and it's an instant new favorite.

Loving the yule 2007 scents bigtime. This smells exactly as described to me. This smells like real hot cocoa nothing artifical at all to my nose. I can smell the coffee and it's almost a perfect balance making a new smell.. like cocofee or something. Cinnamon and brown sugar I can smell in the background just a bit rounding out the scent like a garnish. It's foody and normally I am not a foody fan. This is really lucious. The only drawback for me is it's not lasting as long as I like.. about an hour and it's so close to the skin that I need to refresh. I think I'm going to order another bottle of this.

How weird! I received an imp of this a few weeks ago.. aged from some nice forum person as a frimp. I loved it lots.. smelt sweet and pleasant and clean. I put it on at work and got.. "oh you smell so pretty!" "Wow you smell great!" Then I received one as a frimp from the lab last week and so I brought the frimp to work with me. The T (boston public transportation) smelt of hoof and ass so I decided I'd put a dab of High John on the back of my hand since it smelt so pretty. So I smear a little on and..... BAM! Vetiver! Evil-ass grossest-smell-ever: vetiver. Right there.. stinking up the entire T.. people looking at me pissed off and my eyes watering. It was red sox rally day for winning the world series so the t was PACKED and I swear I was lucky to get away alive. I don't get it. It's like a monkey got into the lab and somehow went and put vetiver in all the frimps I received lately while the lab employees slept.

Cologny to my nose. I didn't really get much of the red musk (that dominates midnight kiss, smut and others). I can smell the leather too a bit. It's close to the skin. And my body chemistry turns it into pencil shavings in about a half hour.

This smells like a dead on ringer for the Rain scent at Pier One. Exactly. I'm smelling the rain candle now. It's identical. Very weird.. but good! If you like the Pier One Rain scent in their candles and homesprays you will adore this. And vice versa. That said.. it's clean and pretty. I like it lots but I associate it with more of a room scent than a personal one. If I would hazard a guess it's tangerine mixed with grapefruit and lilac and maybe a touch of lavender & lime.

People mention slathering could someone tell me what you mean by that? lol I use two finger's full (tip it over onto my finger.. wipe wrists/forearms) then tip another amount onto my finger and wipe sides of neck and cleavage. Nothing lasts out of my many many bottles except sugar skull. (which I don't really want to last! lol) Also Pumpkin 5 2007 (which I really like alot but not for every day) Are slatherers using way more then this?

I'm a white floral fan. I love the scent of real gardenias. I can definitely smell that in this blend it's pretty dead on. I'm also getting the usual clean smell I associate with white florals (almost but not quite soapy) that I enjoy. This reminds me of one of my favorite commerical perfumes Marc Jacobs only in a creamier more organic version (because it's an oil ) I am kicking myself that I didn't buy more bottles.

I think mine is broken. I got all excited when I read that apples and pumpkin were in this. It smells lovely in the bottle. I can smell the fall leaves and the apple and a hint of smoke. On me it smells like bug spray or vicks vapor rub. WAAAAY underneath the vicks vapor rub is the faintest scent of apples. I find most bpals when I first try them out don't impress me. But I'm going to give this a good shot outside tomorrow on a cool autumn day for a bit. Added: Yep! Vicks Vapor Rub! Conclusion: I hear mentholy/citrusy stuff burns off as it ages so I'm going to see how this smells next year.. or something. I'm totally dissapointed. I love halloween and autumn. I'm frustrated that this doesn't smell wonderful on me like all these descriptions sound

I was excited about this because it's one of those "cult" scents that go for a gazillion dollars on ebay and I could never afford. Smells exactly like Bloody Mary to me. There are very subtle differences but not anything that stands out as remarkable. A "normal" nose (a la our audience) could never tell the difference between the two on me. Ah well!