ladyver

a variety of things that immediately spring to mind include: - sapphics - lune noire - theodosius - queen mab - torture queen - another vote for cleopatra testing poisons

crunchy autumn leaves, spices and apple cider - reds, browns and greens - it really does capture autumn in a bottle! and then 5 or so hours later (if i put my nose up to my wrist) the nutmeat comes out to play....mmm... yummy

i found the clove very dominant in Clemence

in bottle: a lot going on wet on skin: ditto dry down: I get florals, something sweet, hint of musk balanced by the sandalwood… then the amber amps up a bit; then a bit later: the woods and vetiver become the more obvious notes under the florals; bit later still: the amber is also back very interesting and complex scent - there is a lot going on, i've tried it a few times and still don't quite know what to make of it

musk with myrrh underneath; drying: this is kinda dirty, starting of a ylang hlang and dirty musk and then moves to a warmer myrrh & dirty musk dirty, interestingly the patchouli is in the background bit later it is just musk

this is a very delicate light pink and white scent rose in the beginning (like a rose otto or old fashioned variety) with just a touch of resins to gently round out the scent. later the lily of the valley appears to add another dimension.

to me this seems like it is a delicious sweet cyprus/pine in the early stages (but there is no pine?! so must be combination of some of the notes that i can't quite pick), then some of the darker woods, spice, resins develop into the blend with some musk in the background. this is amazing and would be 'hot' on a guy!

this is possibly the most 'pink' scent i have ever tried. at the beginning it was pink bubblegum - unfortunately combined with a smell that reminded me of a hospital - then i got the lollipops - still unfortunately combined with the hospital smell - but thankfully that then went away and i was left with a pink fruity floral scent which moved from more fruity to more floral as it faded

wet this reminds me of black forest cake, all chocolate and cherries. this take a while to settle with all three notes vying for attention - but once it does, its a simple tierd blend orange blosson at top, chocolate underneath and cherry in middle. i am fence sitting on this one - there are things i like about it, but i'm not sure i am keen on the cherry note to wear - which is definitely the red, juicy, but bordering on sour, fruit - not a cherry blossom i think it would make a great scent for a candle or oil burner!!! just not one for me to wear

to me this is similar to blood amber, which i like, but more pot-pourri-ish due to the clove, so overall i am not really keen on this onw. on me, if clove is the dominant spice in a blend then i seem to miss the other spices. i didn't get the cinnamon at all. if i try really hard, i think i can spot the pepper - i think if the pepper could overpower the clove i would like this more.

i really like this scent! a yummy dusty chocolate but with warm caramel, toffee and hops adding a yummy caramel flavour - almost honey like - and then the hazelnut adding a woody note. the cream appears a bit later in the blend adding a new thick creamy dimension holding all the notes together its delicious - if velvet, inez and agrat-bat-mahlaht had babies (ok, not really possible) then you would get gluttony

CCCLXXXII (382) you think about reaching for a caramel fudge bar, but instead take a bite into a green sweet and super juicy fruit in stiffling humid tropical weather a brief tropical storm passes by afterwards you take a book and your fudge bar and wander down into the garden where the scent of jasmin sambac, lotus and other tropical blooms are in the air following the storm, which has lowered the himidity a little, so you decide to relax in the garden under the jasmine sambac tree next to the pond where the lotus are flowering with your book, nibbling on your fudge bar every once in a while It is like in making CCCLXXXII, they took some black lotus, some manila and a portion of a humid tropical aquatic, a dash of ozone and underlayed it with a caramal (who would have thought that would fit in a tropical scent) and lotus root or a wood - OMG - i love it - my perfect tropical scent!!! no one... i say NO ONE.... is getting their hands on this baby!!!!!!

in the bottle and wet on skin this smells like turkish delight and drys down to the sweet rose scent of rose martini or sugared rose petals used in to decorate cakes verdict: very edible!!!!!!!!!!

You get a CnS with a Paypal order. I have only ever received 1 CnS since I started ordering BPAL (about 18 months worth) I've heard of that happening with international orders. I've had tons of orders and have had a CnS for every one through PP. same here - i order through paypal and, so far, i've had a CNS from the USPS when the lab posts every time!

wet on skin: green sage and musky while later: this is really nice, a bit green, a bit musky, a bit earthy, and sweet berries of the kind i have found in the grindhouse ladies - not candyish at all even later: to me this is like Daiyu's dirty sister! i think this is the dark musk and the tea. i will have to do a comparison sometime soon & see what happens when i layer them