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It's beautiful in the bottle, but I get fake strawberries on my arm. ALAS! Off to the swaps...

This is really soft and beautiful - creamy vanilla apple with patch. It starts off with a strong flow, but dies down very quickly. I really like it, but I wish it stuck around a little longer.

This patch seems similar to the one found in Fake News and Badgers. I definitely get a more woodsy dry scent thanks to the sandalwood and Frank. Not my thing, but it definitely does evoke a very pirate-y feel. Maybe I should wear this on Pirates at Disney!

This is straight up amazing. Basically the same patch that's in Badgers to my nose but more upscale and spicy where Badgers goes sweet. I will be adding a bottle to my next order. Very nice.

Anything similar to the 1955 perfume Intimate? Here's a description: "Intimate by Revlon was launched in 1955 as a distinctly sexy floral - animalistic chypre fragrance. It opens with crystalline notes of aldehydes, bergamot, rose, coriander and gardenia, leading to the sensual heart of jasmine, iris root, sandalwood, cedar and patchouli and the wild base of castoreum, civet, musk, amber and oak moss." My mom's grandma used to wear it and she was talking about it the other day. Thanks!

I'm not sure, but I think I have a bottle of 2008 Anactoria...? Will check when I get home tonight. So, I was feeling impish today and I just applied a large amount of this prior to work, having never worn it before. I gotta say, the risk was worth it. I like it! 2 hours in, I've got a nice sweet-smoky exotic musk with lovely amber. And not too smoky, because scents like Liz and the First Krampuslauf Lilith from 2016 make me feel like I'm in a bonfire. Maybe just the smallest punch of currant? I smell exotic and intriguing. Funny story, I bought this because way back in 2005/2006 my World of Warcraft mage was/is named Anaktoria (purposeful spelling edit on my part) and I think my mage would have totally rocked this.

51 & Pollution are my green musk go-to, they have that 'ethereal' green musk vibe vs. 'scaly.' I did not love the 'scaly' green musk in Recalcitrant Dragon, and I probably would not like Laughter of Loki for that reason - hit my nose wrong. Auroraphobia has that ethereal green musk too and it's nice but soapy as well. Die Nacht falls under the 'ethereal' as well. Sounds like I need to try Venus Murcia and zombie green hair gloss... Also ...Speak to me of Egyptian musk. What is it?

Wow, this is perfectly balanced and it has three notes that I usually steer clear from: Ambergris, champagne, and rose. It is amazing. Just amazingly beautifully blended, and what I get is an effervescent rose with wood and vanilla and a touch of ambergris and it's just heavenly. Seriously - top 10 material right here. I'm super glad I took a chance on this one, and I'm definitely going to need a backup bottle eventually.

Two oils have given me verified asthma attacks now: Marshmallow Pumpkin (LE SIGH!) Hesiod's Phoenix (Okay, so...my pocketbook thanks you oh shitty lungs!) Not sure what did it in Hesiod's, but I get a cinnamon-y note in Marshmallow Pumpkin? Who can say, really? At least it hasn't been too many blends that make me wheezy and reaching for the inhaler.

Okay I did a quick search and I'm desperate for an oil that smells like delicious chai tea - a little creamy and with all those amazing spices. Slightly sweet, spicy and foodie to some extent is what I'm looking for. I'd accept non-foodie too, tbh. Just gimme warm spicy goodness!! I struck out on My Little Grotesque. Whatever the cake note is lately, it's going plastic on me. Suggestions?

Oh man, I am SO let down. Where is the perfect Cake Smash cake note that doesn't go to plastic?! I had such high hopes. Sigh. Bottle: minty sweet cake, mmmm Wet: minty sweet cake, mmm Dry: artificial plastic vanilla cake, no mint. Later: plastic vanilla, then nothing. Let me go sob into my pillow for a while. This was not the perfect foodie confection I was hoping for. Gonna have to splurge on some Cake Smash, I guess...

White tea is reading as mint on me in this blend?? I'm ending up with minty orris as my main notes. If I smash my nose against my wrist I can smell the tea better and some dry vanilla. However the throw is pure minty iris. It's lovely but I don't think I need the blind bottle I bought. I had really high hopes for this one but minty iris is too dominant. Le sigh.

This is just...hands down amazing. It's made me a foodie believer. Wet: buttery Rice Krispy treats with lots of marshmallow. Drydown: Just the hint of burning sugar and luckily this phase blows by in a few minutes Dry: Beautiful and yummy foodie vanilla marshmallows. O. M . G. I love marshmallows and even my SO likes this one. We have a winner!!!!! Synopsis: One bottle is not enough, folks. Needs moar bottles.

That must be one big drop of red musk, guys! Good thing I like red musk for the most part Wet: RED MUSK CORN CHIP PARTY! Red musk always initially smells like Fritos to me, or puppy toes! This persists into initial drydown which isn't usual. I'm a bit worried. Dry: I'm getting the white sandalwood, vanilla, and either the mallow flower or sweet oudh (possibly both, but my smeller ain't that good with the sniffles.) I still get red musk, but it's calmed the eff down and is relaxing with the others. This is about an hour into wearing it at this point, but it's lovely and sweet and definitely sexy thanks to the red musk. The sandalwood is grounding it for me, and it's not --on me at least--a foodie vanilla at all. Overall: I like this after about an hour. It's a little obnoxious when wet and hoo boy, a dab will do. Strong throw. But it is SO WORTH IT to let it dry and become this beautiful sexy scent. I've got one bottle, and I think one bottle will do me on this lady.

Cancer 2007 is a lovely watery lettuce!

Well this went poorly. Wet: cocoa puff! Dry: sickly sweet and almost acrid/rotten and not gonna lie, it smelled like my cats rear end...so gross. Even scrubbing could not kill the cat ass smell. *cries*

I think Waiting smells like rain. A little salty and watery, but still a lot of lavender too.

Thank you for the recs!! <3

This is what I wanted Reapers Gonna Reap to be (and what I hope it ages into.) Warmer and sweeter, just the right amount of powdery amber. This is just a more inviting and comforting scent. Reminds me of the amber in Lady Death. Will edit with staying power and any morphing but first impression is HELL YES. (Also apparently I need to try Lyonesse.)

Oh boy, I'm in love. All the yes. I bought this because I love 51, and I was not disappointed. This is like the sophisticate perfumed sibling of 51. In the bottle: Is that you, 51? It's the green musk and white amber. This is far less woody and more ladylike. I get floral with this in a different way than 51. Ozone too, my love. Hi there! Wet: sooooo green. I love it. Dry: My husband called it "old lady perfume" but if this is what an old lady smells like, I am so down for getting older. I LOVE IT. Fresh, bright, ozone, green, floral. Loooooove it. I'm sad I only have a 1/2 bottle honestly. However... it is pretty close to 51. My 51 is super aged, it's more like 59 by now if we were counting, haha. They do vary quite a bit (51 is less 'bright green', it's got a lot more wood and salt to it.) Surprisingly, I prefer Pollution to my 51 though. Love it.

In the bottle: Hello, sexy. Lightly vanilla and soft rum. Mmm Wet on skin: Well, there's the tobacco. Sandalwood and rum and oudh are playing nicely. I get how people can find a sour note in this, but it was short-lived. Dry: Ahh I understand the incense now, ooh and the mahogany. This smells like the cheap incense I used to grab as a teen in the BEST WAY POSSIBLE (not overpoweringly so, but in an 'ahh memories' sort of way). Still hints of vanilla and tobacco. I'm ...oddly...liking this. This is out of my wheelhouse but the more it dries, the more I'm like YES! This is FAR more masculine than I expected from my first bottle whiff. However, for someone who is new on the scene to tobacco...I actually really like this? It's taken another turn and gotten sweeter (vanillic rum!) and I am really digging this one.

So I love green musk. But as far as my green musk love goes, this one is more animalistic than oozy green like Pollution and 51. Not a BAD thing, but surprising. In Bottle: Sharp, bitter, maybe a hint of smoke Wet on skin: Smokey sharp green musk, but the tobacco is coming through and .... Dry: AND there's the vanilla. Far less sharp now, no longer herbal, but definitely still an animalistic musk vs. the oozy luminous green musk in my other loves. Verdict: This is actually a lot more masculine than I thought it would be, but luckily I tend to migrate to the more andro scents of BPAL. I think this is an interesting scent, to be sure! I like it. I don't think I need MORE of it, but this 5ml will get some love. It's not an overly sweet vanilla, nor is it too smokey or too tobacco-infused. I think it's well grounded, and I'll also be stealthily applying this to the husband to see how it goes on his skin. This continues to get more lovely as it dries, btw.

Lab frimp of fae and I like it a lot! How have I never smelled this one before?? It smells like Victoria Secret Love Spell on me...except complex and just a hint of spice which is maybe the oakmoss? I'm not entirely sure I need a whole bottle but I love the sweet peachy effervescence like this is a bubbly summer Moscato without going to candyland. Fresh and fun and definitely something for summer and spring.

So saddened, it's all fake plastic coconut on me. Chemically plastic. Not even coconutty. SO SAD. It remained this way from wet to dry and that is just a shame!

Avobath bomb and Die Nacht smell the exact same to me. I am ok with this!