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The embodiment of Victorian funereal elegance. A delicate sugar-spun vanilla cream cotton, stained by tobacco and incense, Indian musk, and drops of cognac. Black Lace A (4/5) (Outside): Dusty, smoky and of spirits and incense. Really strong, boozy note... Sharp but smooooth. (Inside:) Wow... I usually do not like heavy, dark and musky smells but this because it reminds me of normal, boring perfume... but this is a wonderfully smooth, dark cognac laced with vanilla smoke. I can see where others fit Snake Oil into this. It's carries a wonderful, warm, lightly spiced feel and has the same sweet edge. Chemistry: I can really sense the stained cotton in this because the notes feel like they've all soaked into each other. The tobacco, musk and cognac all turn mellow on each other and i'm left with this delicately vintage... vanilla smoke. I smell rich, creamy, elegant and refined. And somehow the whole thing smells smooooth because yes! like others before me have mentioned, it has been blended so very well!

Bloody Mary Grade: A+ (4.5/5) (Outside): Prominent burnt cream; sweet and well, creamy x.o... but not exactly smooth. (Inside: tangy..sour sweet. Cherries? cherry liquor? not alcoholic.. hmm.. cherry cream... argh i had the word.. Not fruity. not very sharp... cherry lemon cream cordial!! Chemistry: Okay, x.x Whatever's mixing with the cream accord is making me smell like cotton candy. If i take a big whiff up close to my wrist, it smells like a stronger, cherried cotton candy.

Beaver Moon 2007 Grade: A (4/5) (Outside): The outside of the imp smells sweet and slightly sugary. (Inside: sugary almondy.. touch of spice. sweet...but not strawberry-candy or lolly sweet. A very artificial nutty sweet. Chemistry: It's still almost a nutty-sweet almond. I can smell a little bit of spice and it seems to amp the sweetness ... After 10 minutes it smells kind of sugary with a faint strawberry cheesecake topping lingering in the air. And as it calms down further i don't smell much of the almond at all. Instead, i get a really nice, gentle strawberry-vanilla aroma from an otherwise cherry-almond dessert. Really yucky and almond-nutty-in-a-market-stall when wet, deliciously light and sugary on the drydown.

Traditionally, Beaver Moon is named thus for a very obvious reason: during this time of year, beavers are hard at work building their dams and preparing for the onset of winter. However, we at BPAL rarely let an opportunity for sleazy campiness pass us by! For your pleasure and amusement, we present this year's incarnation of Beaver Moon: wild cherry with vanilla cream accord, and a hint of strawberry. Beaver Moon 2007 A (4/5) (Outside): The outside of the imp smells sweet and slightly sugary. (Inside: sugary almondy.. touch of spice. sweet...but not strawberry-candy or lolly sweet. A very artificial nutty sweet. Chemistry: It's still almost a nutty-sweet almond. I can smell a little bit of spice and it seems to amp the sweetness ... After 10 minutes it smells kind of sugary with a faint strawberry cheesecake topping lingering in the air. And as it calms down further i don't smell much of the almond at all. Instead, i get a really nice, gentle strawberry-vanilla aroma from an otherwise cherry-almond dessert. Really yucky and almond-nutty-in-a-market-stall when wet, deliciously light and sugary on the drydown.

Love Potions Hetairae Snake Oil ♥

The sublimely beautiful, fiercely independent, impeccably cultured, fascinatingly worldly and witty courtesans of ancient Greece. A seductive and dazzling blend of golden honey, fiery patchouli, sweet fig and clove, and a blushing touch of ylang ylang. Hetairae C (.5/5)WHAT THE HELL IS THIS LOL. I was hoping for everything in the description to fit Valor but instead, it smells like the inside of a cheap, scented candle store stocking patchouli up the arse. It's all musty and dusty and not at all sweet... it's pongy.

By far, our most popular scent! Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla. Snake Oil A+ (4.5/5)Berries and as it dries, it gets even more sweet maybe a little decadent. There's a hit of something blanketing the scent.. warm and spicy cherries. Hours later and keeps getting better...The sugared berry-vanilla scent thrivesssss on my chemistry.

The Hanging Gardens Grade: A+ (4.5/5) (Outside): mmm. Juicy, fruity and an aroma of wet, greenery covering the sharp scent of berries. (Inside): Glorious, smooth and complex! I've always imagined the world tree to smell wonderfully ethereal like this (as much as the yggdrasil is an ash tree > <) It's pure and undeniably enchanting as though it were plucked out from Eden. Smells like an elixir.. good game! Chemistry: Not as lovely on the drydown. But the scent has already been captured in the bottle! Why would i need to wear it when i have the inspiration right there!

Why waste time chanting her name in the mirror 13 times? Bedevil your next slumber party the easy way! Chunky, glistening red fruits with sweet cream accord, black clotted cherry, and powdered sugar! Bloody Mary A+ (4.5/5) (Outside): Prominent burnt cream; sweet and well, creamy x.o. (Inside: tangy..sour sweet. Cherries? cherry liquor? not alcoholic.. hmm.. cherry cream... argh i had the word.. Not fruity. not very sharp... cherry lemon cream cordial!! Chemistry: Okay, x.x Need more of this sweet cream accord. Whatever it is.. it's making me smell like cotton candy. If i take a big whiff up close to my wrist, it smells like cherried cotton candy.

A chilly, bright perfume: flurries of virgin snow, crisp winter wind and the faintest breath of night-blooming flowers. Snow White 2007 B+ (3/5) (Outside): A ha! I knew it wasn't the others. (The imps together smell like a mess and though they aren't dripping, they all seem to be fighting with each other for top notes. Okay, the outside of the imp smells like almond and powder. hah. (Inside): Inside smells really light, floral and sweet. There is definitely a dry, sterile powdery element in there. Chemistry: whoah. .. I smell like a baby prostitute. It's over-the-top innocent...did I mention the powder? I can imagine a pedophile taking extreme effort to disguise their self with the scent hoping it turns into something genuine and innocent. Scandal! I dropped some onto my left lower finger and it smells like sweet almond tofu and powder. The dry-down smells like someone tried to disinfect the room with a non-citrus based cleaner for a baby room. The hit of 'sweet' notes smell... what the fuck? Dusty like the dirt in the air got jiggy with the talcum powder and a musky sweet. One spot smells different from the other because my hands are telling me there is some genuine sugary sweet trying frantically to get through.

A shadowy shrine filled with forgotten toys, broken dolls. The altar: a collapsing trunk distended by a rotted wedding gown. The air of the room is dusty, laced with the scent of a child's perfume and the remnants of a dried, crumbling bridal bouquet: tea rose, violet, white sandalwood, French lavender, and Calla lily. The Attrocious Attic C+ (1.5/5) (Outside): Smells like floral dust and some very faint poutpourri ... lavendar? I usually hate lavendar, but this scent is really interesting. I think i got this as a frimp X3 so thankyou!! (Inside): I get a sweet dewy flower scent. I take it's a very fragile tea rose? Chemistry: It's all light dusty and dominant calla lily…maybe even a little lemony sweet. Kind of powdery... but the nice, light, airy mist of soft floral fragrance is cowering behind, bullied by the stench of wilted perfumed flowers whichis really close. No crisp, dead flowers, no sweet faint florals. The sweetness of florals is sure as hell faint, but the dead, perfumed floral stench is on a roll.

The perfected winter rose, dew covered and freshly cut. Rose Red 2007 A+ (4.5/5) (Outside) Imp: Smelling with the lid closed, rose red smells like fresh cut roses. (Inside) Imp: As soon as i opened the imp, i got hit by thorns and a sharp green scent. If you were to juice roses with the stems, i think this is the concoction you'd get. A florist shop stocked with wet, freshly cut roses is a close secon. Chemistry: On skin it's very powdery sweet. I can't smell the green .. though it smells fresh with rose scented powder dusted over the top. The drydown on me smells like soft, sweet, rose petals.. no wait.. rose water. It's faint. . . but i smell like rose water! huzzah! It stays put for a good time.

Wanderlust The Hanging Gardens

This perfume is an interpretation of the Hanging Gardens by night, based on further accounts of its fruit and flora: date palm, ebony, fir, pomegranate, plum, two pears, quince, fig, and grapevine with plumeria, three gardenias and dry rose. The Hanging Gardens A+ (4.5/5)Juicy, fruity and an elixir of wet, greenery covering the sharpness of fresh, unpicked berries. It's glorious, smooth and complex! I've always imagined the tree of life to smell wonderfully ethereal like this! It's pure and undeniably enchanting. The story i'm writing includes such a tree where- though considered an ash tree, bears fruit which smells ripe and heavy with purpose and carries such names as the World tree (Yggdrasil), the tree of life and other separate nominations for a ... tree , is planted firmly in Eden and most of where- okay i'll stop there.

Snake Oil Grade: A+ (4.5/5) (Outside) Imp: This was actually a sexily aged version of Snake Oil sent to me by the lovely Chatrient who i can't thank enough X3. The downside was it had leaked a good 1/4 of the boddy and my hands smelt forever-more of the somewhat spicy and foody scent. (Inside) Imp: Strong- really really unnecessarily smoky and harsh. It's thick, gooey and rich in dark pigment. It's a very medicinal smell if you whiff too strongly. Maybe that's the hetairae i have (i tried to give that another go = . = eugh.) I detect spicy vanilla somewhere Chemistry: Oh it’s nice...Berries and as it dries, it gets even more sweet maybe a little decadent. But there’s a hit of something blanketing the scent.. something warm and spicy. Cherries? Mm cherries. Smells like the sweat from berries having sex with other berries. I love this. Hours later and it still gets better (+1) and the sugared berry scent (+1) thrivesssss on my chemistry. Strangely though, had this scent not have recommendations of being berry-like... I would never have allowed myself to get it. But now that i have and it has bypassed my more-than-strict-grading-system, I need to ask chatrient exactly how she aged it and for how long.. oh god it smells so freaking nice ._. WIN. And to think the name and concept (it doesnt say berries or amber!!!) would have thrown me off.

The Attrocious Attic Grade: C+ (1.5/5) (Outside) Imp: Smells like floral dust and some very faint poutpourri ... lavendar? I usually hate lavendar, but this scent is really interesting. I think i got this as a frimp X3 so thankyou!! (Inside) Imp: I get a sweet dewy flower scent. I take it's a very fragile tea rose? Chemistry: It's all light dusty and dominant calla lily…maybe even a little lemony sweet. Kind of powdery... but the nice, light, airy mist of soft floral fragrance is cowering behind, bullied by the stench of wilted perfumed flowers whichis really close. No crisp, dead flowers, no sweet faint florals. The sweetness of florals is sure as hell faint, but the dead, perfumed floral stench is on a roll.

♔ Snow White 2007 In the Bottle: Powdery soft, pillowy crystalline white vanilla, and faint traces of coconut powder. Wet: Most BPAL blends that come with the lab’s “sweet snow” note often get compared to Snow White. And for good reason. It is s classic, if not quintessential powdery blend. Intentionally powdery scents, as I have since learnt, have a very full, complex body, and smell richer than failed skin chemistry. This one is creamy, faintly reminiscent of milky coconut snow, and carries more than just the impression of talcum powder. Delicate, lightly sweetened, but not so much that you could suggest any sort of sugar played part. The almond notes I got from this have COMPLETELY vanished, so have the "sterile" notes from when it was fresh. I don’t even detect them in the bottle. I can tell it must be there though, because the coconut note still has a lot more depth than just any plain coconut. There is also a light wispy air of gentle creamy white florals, and if I dare put two and two together, I feel like it might be almond blossom- because while it doesn’t smell specifically like almond, there’s a depth in there that suggests a floral almond (which doesn’t quite smell like the nut). It is an absolute favourite of mine now… I prefer this over my Chloe parfums. Drydown: Sweet powdery almond blossom florals are more present now, the sweet snow note persists, and I LOVE this coconut-almond-blossom-like combination.. like this drydown is TDF. It’s so soft, faint, and barely detectable, but smells innocent, but expensive and classy. It’s one of my favourite (and only) ‘clean’ scents, probably because there is no trace of any linen, water, or cleaning product. TL;DR: Gently sweetened, powdery clean coconut almond blossom

weee my first review X3 Rose Red. 2007 Grade: A+ (4.5/5) (Outside) Imp: Smelling with the lid closed, rose red smells like fresh cut roses. (Inside) Imp: As soon as i opened the imp, i got hit by thorns and a sharp green scent. If you were to juice roses with the stems, i think this is the concoction you'd get. A florist shop stocked with wet, freshly cut roses is a close secon. Chemistry: On skin it's very powdery sweet. I can't smell the green .. though it smells fresh with rose scented powder dusted over the top. The drydown on me smells like soft, sweet, rose petals.. no wait.. rose water. It's faint. . . but i smell like rose water! huzzah! It stays put for a good time. I love this.. i need bought a bottle >;3

(Kän′tent′) Katalogos (Wishlist) Collectum (Selections) Memoria (Past Sellers) Reviews: Limited Edition | Bewitching Brews | Ars Mordiendi | Dark Elements | Sin & Salvation | Love Potions | Ars Draconis | Carnaval Diabolique | Diabolus | Excolo | Illyria | Mad Tea Party | Neil Gaiman | Rappacini's Garden | The Salon | Stardust | Wanderlust Chemistry (layering smells) Notes (Any important recordings) Credits (Thank yous)

As a general guide- Forever searching hunt for the perfect scents of: Strawberries | Cotton Candy (fairy floss) | I love the following kinds of notes/smells: Sugared/Sweet Incense | Sugary Florals | Vanilla Bean | Desserts | Violet | cream accord | warm and musky Vanilla does especially and exceptionally well on me | if all else fails, Amber with sguary sweet or creamy notes usually do the trick. What does not work / i don't care for: patchouli | red musk | wood | lavender | dark resins | most BPAL honey| most BPAL sugar| some ginger | clove | lotus | some sandalwood | piercing citrus | pine | eucalyptus | orange anything | ozone ♥ Painfully constructed, divulged, extracted and over-analysed to collaborate a list of my utmost favourites. ♥ i had a good name for those and i obviously forgot it BPAL Top Ten | swap list | current ISO (i had a good name for those and i obviously forgot it) What I am most wanting to purchase: L'Autunno Midnight on the Midway (original) Fairy Market Peacocks Ava I currently most crave: Butterflies, Flowers, & Jewels Attending Celeste Candy Butcher, The (original) Strawberry Sufganiyot MB: Closet Lump of Coal Oval Portrait, The Up and coming Muddy Puddles Muse of Fire Battle Fairy in Training Non-Bpal Arcana- Lost for Words All strawberry and/or cotton candy scents /blends (non plastic is a MUST requirement) from other e-tailers. Bottles (picture labels; pristine condition; empty to full acceptable) : Numbers record /keep track how many full 5mls i've bought to date. (Empty bottle also good) Closet The Crumpet Rebellion Sugar Cookie 05 LE Australian Copperhead [1] Black Lace [1] [2] [3] Bloody Mary [1] [2] [3] Candy Butcher, The Closet [1] Fruit of Paradise [1] Glowing Vulva at Ryogoku Bridge [1] Haloes [1] Love's Philosophy [1] [2] [3] [4] Midway Resurrected [1] [2] [3] Perilous Parlor [1] [2] Peacock Queen 2007 [1] Snow, Glass, Apples [1] [2] [3] Snow White 2007 [1] [2] Sugar Cookie 2005 [1] Rose Red 2007 [1] GC Antique Lace Snake Oil (aged) [1] Partials(would prefer fresh, 'young' partials to older, potentially wrong-smelling/over-aged ones) Up to 1/2 a bottle is good:) Bottle, as always must be in pristine condition. Ava Muse of Fire Butterflies, Flowers and Jewels Attending Imps: Any decants from my wanted-bottle list is also welcome.

Will alphabeticise later. (And include unlinked listings of scents i wish to try) Maybe even bold the separaters. Anything I've actually sniffed, will be linked here for review. A list of my collection will be available after reviews are properly linked that i can start removing them from here Reviews will remain through link on the (Kän′tent′) page. Limited Edition All Souls 2007 | The Attrocious Attic | Beaver moon 2007 | Black Lace | The Fruit of Paradise | Monster Bait: Bloody Mary | Gingerbread Poppet 2007 | Midway: Resurrection | Peacock Queen 2007 | The Perilous Parlor | Pumpkin Patch I 2007 | Pumpkin Patch III 2007 | Rose Red 2007 | Snow White 2007 | Sugar Cookie 2005 | Sugar Skull 2007 | Bewitching Brews Bewitched | Blood | Chimera | Grand Guignol | Hesperides, The | Sudha Segara | Ars Mordiendi Midnight | Dark Elements Sin & Salvation Gluttony | Rose Cross | Fallen | Ars Amatoria Brisingamen | Forbidden Fruit | Hetairae | Jezebel | Seraglio | Siren | Snake Oil | Spellbound | Whip | Diabolus Black Phoenix | Blood Countess | Maenad | Marie Neil Gaiman Good Omens Stardust Fairy Market | Mad Tea Party Knave of Hearts | Illyria Jester | Lady Macbeth | Titania | Wanderlust Amsterdamn | Bayou | Glasgow | The Hanging Gardens | Hollywood Babylon | Machu Picchu | Port-Au Prince Ars Draconis Dragon's Tears | Rappacini's Garden Belladonna | Blood Rose | A Picnic in Arkham Excolo Bastet | Skuld | Urd Voodoo Blends (Currently in Bewitching Brews...will move when they properly update) Horn of Plenty | The Salon Cupid Complaining To Venus | Panacea Somnium Dream Formula III: Temple Of Dreams | The Chakras Carnaval Diabolique Australian Copperhead | The Candy Butcher | Hope (The Siamese Twins) | Madame moriarity, Misfortune Teller | Xanthe, the weeping clown | (44)

Really busy, but i figured this was one of the more important aspects. Thanking the wonderful sellers whose items i have already received. Spendature to date: $xx.xx (Unbolded names indicate last transaction not yet received / accounted / paid for.) (duranorak and beazlebabe) to be included...computer not letting me edit the layout as usual. Will do tonight. burning_bryght (LJ) List of imps/bottles/scents received Fruit of Paradise, Rose Red 2007, Gingerbread Poppet 2007, Fallen The Candy Butcher; Hope: The Siamese Twins; Xanthe, The Weeping Clown Chatrient (Bpal forum) Bastet, Gluttony, Hetairae, Horn of Plenty, Knave of Heart, Madame Moriarity, Misfortune Teller, Rose Cross, Snake Oil (aged), Spellbound, Whip Black Lace 5ml Midway Resurrected 5ml; Midway Resurrected 5ml; Fruit of Paradise 5ml claudiag (LJ)MB: Closet, MB: Underbed, Egg Nog 2007 empty 5ml -paid Darkling (Bpal forums)Bloody Mary 5ml engragedbunny (LJ)Black Lace 5ml fullcircleagain (LJ)Beaver Moon 2007, Sugar Skull 2007, Rose Red 2007, Snow White 2007, Gingerbread Poppet 2007 habiliments / bookandbroom (LJ)Haloes empty 5ml -paid Cheshire moon, Love's Philosophy -paid halcyon_flight (LJ)Midway Resurrected empty 5ml hayet (LJ)Australian Copperhead 5ml, Danube, Temple of Dreams la_colere (LJ)Midway: Resurrected 5ml; Rose Red 2007 5ml Mystery213 (Bpal forum)Lady Macbeth, The Hanging Gardens, Bloody Mary, Xanthe, the Weeping Clown, Blood, Titania, Dragon Tears, The Attrocious Attic Opernimalus (Bpal forum)Amsterdam, Blood Rose, Brisingamen, Forbidden Fruit, The Hesperides, Jester, Jezebel, Port Au Prince, Seraglio, Siren, Skuld, Sudha Segara, Urd Perosha (LJ)Crown of Success, Foundation of Fortune, French Creole, White light Pugmom (Bpal forum)The Perilous Parlor 5ml Voleuse (LJ)Black Lace 5ml wylddancer (LJ)Beaver Moon 2007 empty 5ml; Hony Mone empty 5ml xiangshui (Bpal forum)MB: Closet, Grand Guignol, Marie, Bayou, Midnight

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