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bottle: what?! this smells like sickening, gross plastic! ugh! wet: thank god. whatever that was it's gone and this smells like sweet, boozy fruit punch. dry: boozy fruit and boozy candy with booze. i like this a great deal.

bottle: a sweet, effervescent green scent. far lighter and sweeter than i would have expected. wet: still sweet, effervescent and green... though a light, luminous green. i did not expect to like this one as much as i do! dry: toilet paper! this is a crisp, clean scent that i am so glad to add to my collection.

bottle: i'm sure there's other fruit in here but all i smell is melon. this reminds me a great deal of yemaya. wet: very melony. a super-sweet dripping melon. luckily, i love melon scents. but this still smells quite similar to yemaya, perhaps a bit more bitter. dry: melon. there is a bare whiff of other fruits but this is a melon orgy. melon! (edited for spelling idiocy)

bottle: grape. pure grape. almost like a grape sn. wet: much better! the plum comes out with the amber and gives this a much more boozy feel. very bawdy. dry: the musk has warmed and along with the amber and plum, this smells divine. might have to get another bottle...

bottle: sandalwood and moss with a hint of sake. wet: the tea appears once applied, tea and sandalwood with an almost minty touch. dry: this smells very green. moss, tea, sake and green sandalwood the only thing i can't quite catch is the tonka.

bottle: very creamy amber with a hint of woodsiness. wet: very creamy, very sweet wood and amber scent. this is very rich and sweet without making me sick. impressive! dry: creamy woodsy amber. perhaps a touch lighter once dry but still incredibly beautiful.

bottle: mossy tangerines. not two notes i would ever have figured could smell so fantastic together. wet: incredibly sweet tangerines. the musk and moss make this feel very sexy and the fruit fells playful and tipsy. incredible. dry: this fades only slightly to a sweet, fruity musk. i'm in love.

bottle: i can smell every single note from the description in this first sniff. if i had to put it bluntly: this smells of very floral sake. wet: red currant and sake and tea are the most primary notes once this hits my skin. this really has the scent and feel of a wonderfully drunken party in early springtime sunshine. dry: this gets more boozy as it dries. plum blossom sake with a hint of green tea, very well captured scent.

bottle: patchouli, violet and amber. this is deep and heady. wet: wow! patchouli and vetiver and violet times ten. i'm thrilled because violet so rarely works on me and this works like magic! dry: this is an amazing zingy violet that seems to be infusing everything. it is the violet i have been searching. i will need at least two more bottles of this scent.

bottle: ginger and honey and musk. wet: this is super sweet... something... it's like i can't place my finger on what this smells like exactly... except it's very sweet and it's very sexy. dry: there is almost a faint aquatic note here swirling aound the honeyed sex. this is utterly gorgeous!

bottle: honeyed mint. this has a very herbal tea scent to my nose. wet: seaweedy with a strong wash of herbal mint. very wet and green. dry: this is a far drier aquatic than i'm accustomed to, the honey is a hint and the mint has gone cool and distant. very, very nice.

bottle: tangerine and sharp fruits. wet: tangerine and... tangerine. there is a slightly flowery scent which i suspect is the pikaki. this smells very tropical. dry: tangeriney flowers. utterly sweet and light. i need another bottle of this.

it does seem like the first notes listed are the ones i smell in the bottle while the other notes come out more once applied. with certain exceptions, of course. rose anywhere in a blend will jump out when i apply it. doesn't seem to stop me from vainly trying to find a rose blend that works on me...

this totally made me laugh because i remember wondering the same thing when i finished my first bottle. i doubt i would ever throw a bottle away (little bottles of stuff just fascinate me). i have kept bottles for imp purposes (there was this run of orders where, by the end, i had a grand total of 9 imps of aglaea and i already had two bottles!) but i most usually send them off to other forumites who might want to sniff them (especially if they're general catalog). i hang on to my empty le bottles just so i can sniff my past loves but if i have extras i usually swap those.

my quickest: i went through a bottle of bordello in four months. usually: it takes me about seven or eight months of use to go through a bottle. but as i collect more and more scents that seems to be slowing. i remember a time when i had less than a dozen bottles and when they got low, i bought a new one. now that i have over a hundred bottles (with a whole bunch more on the way) i think it will take me a lot longer to go through any one bottle.

i agree about tweedledum, it's very crisp and fruity with just a touch of patchouli woodsiness. i actually don't even smell the green tea in it. and, yeah, nephilim is very dark and dirty. it's one my husband wears very frequently.

after sniffing through my gc bottles i'm struck by hymn to proserpine and a deep, dark, dirty fruit scent. perhaps dirty isn't the right word... perhaps decayed or mummified? also, while i don't find shango particularly "dirty", it is a very dark fruit scent. ditto for kabuki.

depraved was the first bpal scent i ever smelled and the first bottle i ever bought. the only other dark, dirty fruit i love is imp, my absolute all-time favourite bpal scent.

bottle: this smells like caramel covered fruit of some sort. very creamy/fruity to my nose. wet: okay, i am officially resisting the urge to nibble my wrist. the fruits are light and sweet, the cream is creamy and the pink pepper and ginger are spicy. if this was a dessert, i'd be on my third helping by now. dry: creamy citrus fruits with a nice spike of spices. i'm off to buy a few more bottles i think...

bottle: a soft, herby musk scent.. wet: whoa! musk and leather and sage and citrus. this is awesome on my skin. dry: this dries very leathery and musky with a hint of sage. nice.

bottle: patchouli, sandalwood, tobacco... wet: this is creamy caramel smeared over cigar-smoke. i like this so much better than i ever thought i would. intensely beautiful! dry: there's more fruity sweetness here, possibly the currant, with the smoky caramel scent. so incredibly sexy.

imp: spicy grapefruit aquatic. wet: the grapefruit here is swoon-worthy! it's spiced and rich and wonderful. dry: grapefruit spiked with spices. two bottles are going into my next order.

imp: violet and frankincense. wet: there is a creamy scent here that is mixing with both the frankincense and violet. i wish this had more of a dirt scent from the grave loam, it really smells like a dessert scent on me. dry: this dries to a super-sweet, creamy-thick frankincense with a light hint of violet. i think a bottle is in my future.

imp: sharp men's cologne. wet: quite sharp, very aquatic. this is relaly not for me but it would be great on the right guy. dry: still sharp and nose-grabbing. kind of like and amped-up irish spring.

imp: cherry and some woodsy scents here and there. wet: nice! the woods warm up and mix with the cherry scent to make it less syrupy. i'm really liking this! dry: this has gone straight to a pure wood-scent. it smells mostly like cedar but it's difficult to tell for certain.