elizabeth101

This is lovely. The strongest notes on my skin are lilac and wood. I was afraid this would be just a thin wisp of a scent, but the base notes give it real depth and staying power. I think this will be something I will reach for often. ETA: I should probably mention that I started crying when I first read the description of this scent. Probably some nostaglic longing for the girl I was when I fell in love with this story. So I may be a little biased. I want to believe in unicorns, darnit!

BPAL 5mls: LE/Retail Only/Lupercalia Freak Show L'Estate Monsterbait: Bloody Mary E Pluribus Unum Banshee Beat Strawberry Moon 09 Wolf Moon 04 Cake Smash Sol TKO (2) Enraged Groundhog Musk Giant Vulva Christmas Rose 07 Black Lace Res. Gold Phoenix White Chocolate, Strawberry and White Pepper Truffle Victorian Garden Banshee Beat Brides of Dracula Snake Charmer Res. The Fool (Vampire) Blue Moon 07 Lucy, Kissed Dia de los Nanitas Candy Corn coated Candy Apple Pa Paw Flor de Muerto Pa-Pow I Fell in Love with a Floating Brain Beaver'versary All Saints Hellhound on my Trail Red Lantern Peony Moon Wezwanie/Hold Boo! Lotus Moon The Forest Reverie Wildfire Calaveras Nothing Gold can Stay Enchanted Wood Florist Pomegranate III Glowing Vulva Cupcake Spatter Pattern Analysis F5 Hia'aka Nocha Buena Velvet Dogs playing Poker Beaver Moon 2010 Last Unicorn GC: Black Pearl Coyote Water of Notre Dame Tenochtitlan LULU Wolf's Heart

Coyote is one of my favorite BPAL scents of all time. There is a softness to it that accurately captures the feeling of the dry prairie grassland and the soft musk of a wild animal.

I would totally buy a bottle of this. Is does feel like a very sophisticated, edgy cologne, like a less spicy version of Commes des Garcons 3.

Scents I want MOAR of: Hellhound on my Trail Coyote Tenochtitlan Morocco TKO Van Van Has No Hanna Water of Notre Dame Down the Rabbit Hole Atmosphere Spray (BPTP) GC scents I want to try: All TAL blends Brisingamen Endymion Kabuki Lucy’s Kiss Jazz Funeral Aremata-Popoa Red Tide Screeching Parrot The Coiled Serpent Intrigue Schrodinger’s Cat Dove’s Heart Bluebeard Imp Grandmother of Ghosts Iambe Kurukulla Egle Thy Godfather’s Present Roses, Pearls and Diamonds Baba Yaga Veritas Moonshine and Mist Old Demons of the First Class The Grave-Pig LE scents I want to try: Halloween: Brooklyn A Howl in the Darkness Sibyl The Girl Sticky Pillowcase A Blade of Grass White Chocolate, Black Raspberry and Apricot Cordial Truffle Dark Chocolate and Pepper-Smoked Caramel Glowing Vulva at Ryogoku Bridge (soooo want to try this one!!!) Werepuppy White Chocolate and Sugared Violets Flowering Chrusanthemums Kiss Amongst Discarded Tissues Plastic Pink Flamingo Lawn Gnome Lotus Moon Velvet Dogs Playing Poker Monster Bait: Underpants Non-BPAL Scents I love: NA Vanilla Musk, Lavender and Sage Leaves (all time BEST sleep blend) NA Sapphire NA Skorpion Venom NA Anti-Venom NA Bee Venom Possets Madame X Possets Paisley Possets Baby (original formula) Notes that love me: Woods Fig Carnation Sea Salt Nag Champa Lilac Rose Sage Sweetgrass Notes that hate me: Jasmine Bread/Yeast Caramel Cinnamon

This is a strong powdery floral on me. As I'm always referencing "smell alikes" when I try to describe BPAL, I will say this could pass for Caron's Parfum Sacre. Tres francais. I like it - but I think I'll have to be feeling very grown up in order to wear it out of the house.

Smells exactly like a solemn high mass. Cool!

This reminds me of Comme de Garcons 3 but with apples instead of citrus, which places it in the category of scents I just can't stop sniffing. Absolutely fascinating. Avant garde. A postmodern perfume. Awesome.