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For some reason, White Peacock smells a lot like Cathedral on me, even though it doesn't seem to have any resin notes. It smells like sweet resins and glossy wood. I was intrigued by all of the comparisons to Banshee Beat, but I'm not getting a strong patchouli or really any vanilla from this one. It's mostly woods, and it quickly dries down to a light, sweet-ish wood smell that fades really quickly on me. Doesn't have much throw, and only lasts about an hour on me. I feel 'meh' about this one. It's not bad, but I have better, stronger, more complex woods blends...

Two-Barred Flasher smells pretty much exactly like I was hoping it would. It's a great mix of sweet notes and sharper, more perfumey notes that keep it from being too sweet on me. The orris root has that cool, powdery, sugar-dusted-floral sweetness, the lilac is a bit more sharp and perfumey than sweet (but still noticeably lilac), and the mix of blueberry and citrussy bergamot & tea smells like real berries on me rather than candy. It's sort of a dusky, sugared fruity-floral. Like a sexy date night floral with sweet berry and dark cotton candy, if that makes any sense. I have good luck with bpal's orris and lilac notes, and this works out beautifully for me. I feel like it's been a while since I really fell in love with a bpal scent, but this one is a love for me <3

Heavy, slightly powdery lavender with a darker, sweeter edge from the tobacco. I'm not getting the geranium, vetiver or lotus that I can pick out.

I like lilac scents, but I'm not getting much lilac from Strings. I thought that I picked up the wrong decant when I first put this on, because it was sharp and lemony, but I see that most of the other reviews have mentioned lemon as well. Lemon and herby sage with a floral edge that threatens to turn soapy on me, but just lends an overall clean feeling to the blend. Bright and clean, and a little too sharp for me.

This starts off and soapy on my skin, like a mix of sour, sharp pine and soapy floral. I was worried that it would stay sour and off smelling (like the 2008 version is on me), but the drydown after about 15 minutes is nicer and more like dry wood with dry, green herbs and herbal lavender. The dragon's blood, I think, is giving it a floral undertone. It's light and doesn't have much throw on me as it settles, but is probably a bit too herbal and soft for my tastes anyhow.

I think that this is my least favorite Lace so far (eta: not true, Autumn Lace is now my least favorite, this series keeps getting worse) I slathered this on and it doesn't seem to have much throw on me. It starts off as a sharp, chemical-y, drugstore musk smell with hints of something minty and something like dead leaves or dry wood. As it dries down, it smells exactly like nailpolish remover, but with an undertone of sharp smoke and black licorice :/ I've had scents that started off smelling like nailpolish remover, but that went away in the drydown, but this actually turns into a nailpolish remover scent and sticks around for a good 3 hours (though it doesn't have a lot of throw on me, at least). I guess that it's realistic in that it actually smells like alcohol, but I don't find it wearable. I'll see how my bottle ages, but I'm not a fan of this one at the moment. I love black licorice, but the hard alcohol side makes me smell like I've dumped a bottle of nailpolish remover on myself, which is way too harsh and chemical-y for me. ETA: I'm getting rid of all of my Lace bottles, except for Black Lace. Absinthe & Lace is getting worse with age instead of better. It's very wormwood dominant (which smells so weird on me, like rotting wood and taco seasoning and just all around bad). Drydown smells like burnt rubber, nailpolish remover, and weird spice. Very gross on me...

At first, this 13 smells almost identical to The Last Unicorn. The chocolate has an earthy edge to it, and there are lots of perfumey florals and a hint of sharp greenery. It smells a bit sour on my skin. The drydown isn't as funky, but it's still a very sharp, perfumey white floral that reminds me of cheap drugstore perfumes. And the chocolate/sweetness just doesn't smell right to me. It's an odd scent that reminds me of eating a piece of chocolate with perfume on my hands, and getting that bad taste in my mouth. I normally love carnation, rose, tiare, heather, orchid, and peony, but this is like a white floral disaster on me

Lavanila's Vanilla Grapefruit has been one of my favorite scents lately, and I do enjoy lily scents, so I was excited to try this one. But this isn't really sweet enough on me (I don't get the vanilla at all) and turns a little too sharp and perfumey for my tastes. There's an edge of cool, clean creaminess from the rice wine, but mostly this is a sharp, tart grapefruit with perfumey floral. I prefer Cheshire Cat for a sweet bpal grapefruit. Starts off strong on my skin, but fades a lot after the half hour mark, and I can barely smell anything at all after an hour.

My skin chemistry seems full of fail lately. This smells like baby powder, black vetiver and a whiff of perfumey-floral soap on me (why? I have no clue). Dries down super powdery on my skin.

Tanuki No Kanban is a pretty, light, buttery, spicy-sweet sort of scent on me. It's a cozy fall scent to my nose. The almond isn't turning to overwhelming red cherry note on me, though there is a fruitiness here (not sure if it's the persimmon or almond that is giving me the fruity impression). Mostly this smells like brown sugar or maple syrup, cinnamon, and a woody, toasty warm nuttiness. It reminds me of a less complex, lighter version of Horse Chestnut Honey and Nut Crack Night. Dries down to a slightly powdery musk and sweet cinnamon that doesn't have much throw on me. I think I'll keep my decant for cooler weather, but I'm not sure if I'll ever reach for this over the Horse Chestnut Honey blend.

Breathless Horror smells like some sort of herbal, medicinal salve to me. The ice and mint give it a mentholic feel and the carrot and camphor have a bitter, herbal, slightly earthy quality. Not good on me.

Wake smells very medicinal on me. I think the mix of citrus and mint is reminding me of cough drops, with the tuberose giving it a sharper, perfumey edge. Something turns soapy on me in the drydown. The citrus and sharp, high pitched notes of this one give me a headache

Bpal's opium notes tend to be very sharp and harsh on me, but I thankfully don't get any opium from this. I can't really pick out most of the listed notes, actually, and this isn't as dark a scent as I was expecting. Dream is a very herbal smelling lavender, and goes a bit baby powdery and sweeter in the drydown. It's very light and only lasts about an hour on my skin. It's a scent that I might like in a bath product, but not so much as a perfume.

I prefer a sweet, juicy peach note in perfumes (more like a candy and canned peaches smell), and this is more of a fresh, watery peach skin and perfumey floral scent. It's a light, more commercial/department store smelling, perfumey fruity-floral. As it dries down, I think it's the mango that's giving this a hint of tart, sweet fruitiness on my skin. But it's mostly a watery, bland peach and perfumey white floral scent. I much prefer Tamora and Aglaea for peach, but those are sweeter peach scents. Tanuki No Orai reminds me more of Peach Moon and Belle Vinu.

Just bought a bottle of this (July 2016) and it smells like it has gone bad. It goes on with an overwhelming menthol and chemical pine, so that it smells just like Vicks VapoRub and PineSol on me. Chemical, medicinal, sharp, and sticks in my throat, making me want to cough. As it settles, I start to smell fireplace ashes, sharp black pepper, and a sickly-sweet, powdery incense that's like a hint of Midnight Mass. Mostly it is chemicals and smoky ash. I can't stand how smoky and sharp this is.

The Grendel scents have all been a letdown on me. They're all some of my least favorite bpal scents, which is a shame, because I do like the story and own a bunch of Grendel comics. I really want to like these. Cyborg is tolerable, at least, and doesn't have the weird 'off/soured' quality of the previous four in this series. But this isn't really good on me either. I'm not getting the leather from this at all, just the 'metal,' which translates to a musky, bright, sharp, slightly citrussy men's cologne. Reminds me of the thin, simple, musky scents that a lot of boys wore in high school.. which I didn't really like back then either. I prefer Kroenen from the Hellboy line for a leather and metal scent. It seems more complex and well rounded.

I don't like this as much as I enjoy Fee (BPTP LE) or Yemaya (GC - Excolo) for melon scents, but I'll probably still keep my decant. I don't love the honey (which gives a sour, slightly off feel to the candy-sweet melon at first) or the green musk (which is a bit too perfumey in the drydown), but the melon note is lovely, and a good mix of candy-sweet and cool and fresh smelling on me. The green musk does give it a bit of a commercial, artificial, perfumey edge that makes me feel slightly headachey, but it's mostly a pleasant, sweet honeydew melon.

Tanuki No Amiuchi turns weird, sour, and dirty smelling on my skin the matcha and tea notes give it a citrussy sharpness that doesn't go well with the patchouli for me (and it's reminding me of the dirty, sweaty smelling patchouli that was in occupywallstreet). It starts to turn slightly powdery and incensey as it dries down, but I scrubbed this one off after only a half hour. It just smells overall unpleasant on me.

I love apple scents, but most of bpal's don't work on me (either seem to be sharp & artificially perfumey smelling or soapy, where I prefer a crisp, juicy, sweet apple scent). Tanuki No Doke Daruma is sort of in-between for me. It's not quite sweet enough, but it's not bad either. The red currant makes it slightly sour on my skin, the apple blossom has that soapy apple shampoo smell, and the tomato leaf and grass give it an herbal, green edge. The overall feel is like a clean, green, herby apple... maybe like apples in an orchard that haven't fully ripened or been cut open yet. Light and clean-ish. I might keep my decant of this one, but don't need a full bottle (I prefer Arcana's Avalon for apples and greenery, and Violette Market's apple scents in general).

This smells pretty much just like almond extract on my skin, which smells like red, syrupy maraschino cherries to me. Kinda reminds me of Ghoulish (Halloween 2010 LE: 'black cherry and coconut amaretto confection gently laced with saffron').

I only have a decant of this one, so that might be why it seems lighter to me than some of the other atmosphere sprays. I'm not getting any red musk or orange from mine; this is pretty much all perfumey, yellowy jasmine to my nose. It's not as heavy and overwhelming as the jasmine and florals in Cathouse, but it still makes me feel a bit headachey.

I only had a couple drops of this one to test, but I'm not getting the blueberry from this scent. I agree with the reviews saying this one is reminiscent of the Lick It series. Reminds me of peppermint mouthwash.

Out of all of the Yule 2011 imps, this one smells the most accurate to me. It is exactly as advertised on my skin - a sweet, golden, realistic honey and spicy gingerbread. I have trouble wearing honey and spices, so it's not a dream scent for me, but it's simple and smells true to its name.

This one is so weird on me. I usually like bpal's snow note, but this is like an extra aquatic, slightly soapy snow note with a weird, plasticy sweetness. Reading the reviews, I guess what I'm smelling is the coconut, but it's not playing nicely on my skin. Strange, and I'm not liking this one at all.

I only had a couple drops of this one to test, but I don't get much of a cookie smell from it. Smells like a sugary, tart raspberry hard candy sort of scent. Too sweet and fruity for me.