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This has the same soft slushy snow note that Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse. I get tons of pine, spruce, amber and musk. Slightly masculine and feral. Cool, and yet warm. Like fur.

Well.... this is quite a morpher. On wet, I get more of the blackcurrant, hollyberry and pine. But as it dries, I get more of the musk, pepper and rose. More wearable than I thought it would be. This scent definitely changes according to what notes your skin chemistry amps.

Phoenix in the Winter reminds me of a combination Ice Queen and Snow White actually. It's got the same soft snow note from IQ, a hint of almond and sweetness from SW and I get a good bit of hollyberries. Well, hmmm. If I didn't have enough IQ already, I'd pick up a bottle of this!

Darker woods and a swirl of a sweet aquatic note. Oddly enough, it makes me think of a pirate ship. Yarr!

2010 version: Wintergreen to me just smells to me in this like Listerine. With flowers. Yup.

Lilies, soft jasmine, brush of ylang ylang (I am beginning to think that BPAL's ylang ylang note and my skin don't play well together). Tiny hint of vanilla lurking on the background. This is young, playful, and girly. Very graceful and delicate.

This one on wet has a strong almond and marzipan smell, and then it dries to a rosewood with heavy on the rose part. The rose is softer than alot of BPAL rose blends, but yes, primarily rose on me. Pass.

This blend is mildly headache inducing for me. This is the BAD bpal leather note - synthetic black leather, except someone dumped coffee grounds all over it with a hint of hazelnut. If leather and coffee get you going, give this a whirl. Unfortunately the combination to me just makes my head hurt. Literally.

This is much lighter than I thought it would be. I get a TON of rhubarb. This smells mostly fruity, clean and with a slight muskiness to it. Loads of rhubarb and apple blossom. And just the tiniest hint of leather on me. Which is nothing short of a miracle, since BPAL's leather notes and I are a bad combination. A lot lighter than expected and more wearable. Hmmm. Do I need to hunt down a partial now? ETA: I find that my bottle of Heroine did not smell like the imp. I get apple blossom, hints of rhubarb, leather, and amber. Its fairly 'cologney' on wet, and then dries to a warmer amber/leather blend. On the other hand, on those days that I *need* to kick butt, Heroine is an invigorating blend. To me, its like the perfume equivalent of a leather jacket. You put it on, and you're ready to take on the day.

Wildflowers + dandelion = soapy mess. Sadly, no lilac and just sweeter, soapier florals. Alas.

I smell tea, a hint of violet and the wormwood. It's very interesting and very Asian in feel, but I'm not a violet fan. This is clean, mysterious and exotic.

Thank YOU to a very generous forumite, who sent me a tester of the original Sephiroth blend. Oh Gamaliel, you are an odd one. On wet. you smell like heavily spiced apple cider. It dries to a dry coconut, spice and sandalwood scent. And my guess is red mysore sandalwood, as this is the kind of sandalwood I enjoy the most.

Thanks to a very generous forumite who let me swap for a decant of this in my neverending quest of test all BPAL. Wobanakik starts off with a heavy, green plant smell. It reminded me to Planting Moon, with the heavy sweet aquatic smell that Water Phoenix/Hatmehit had. It dried however to a green, slightly resinous amber sort of drydown although very faint on my skin. Pretty, but not for me given the fact that my skin likes to EAT this. One hour later, and its gone.

Prototype of the released Dark Delicacies exclusive blend Spawn of the She-Demon. There are some pretty obvious similarities and some pretty obvious differences between this prototype and the released version of the DD blend. For one, the name is different. It's She-DEVIL, as opposed to She-Demon. While they both share the red + black musk combination as a base, I find that this incarnation has coconut. I get a dark, musky coconut blend. Admittedly, my skin can find any trace of coconut in a blend and latch on to it, so this may vary. I get just a teensy bit of mango, but it's very muted. Overall, I'd have to say that this is a predominantly black musk (which can smell a little stinky on me) and coconut blend.

Clean, ozone metal. It has distinct lime and ice notes. More gender neutral than masculine, and oddly appealing. If you like metal and you like lime, give this a whirl.

This reminds me to Garden Path with Chickens, but grittier and dirtier. I smell carrot, slightly herbal flowers, wormwood and hits of dirty patchouli. Interesting, but not for me. If you like dirt scents, give this a whirl.

GIANT hit of wisteria and frankincense. Wisteria so doesn't work for me. I smell frankincense and black musk underneath, so it smells kinda dirty to me. Ugh.

Synthetic black leather and a hint of black pepper and vetiver. BPAL's black leather note on me is typically overpowering (um, hello, DeSade!) and this one is softer, almost wearable. Very masculine, very cold.

OMG - this is dark, incensey and delicious. Normally, cedar turns to pencil shavings on me and frankincense is too resiny. Instead, this is dark, foreboding and deliciously woody with a touch of smoke. If I were a guy, I'd totally wear this. All the time.

Dirt and weeds. One of which I think is dandelion. Sadly, this veers into soapy territory for me.

Green woods that dry to woods, a load of beeswax and a metallic tang. It's cozy, somewhat familiar, and very comforting. It's what childhood sanctuaries should smell like.

Starts off as this amazing figgy pudding, but dries down to a holly stick, slightly woody and slightly figgy. Where's the pudding, damnit? SAD.

Shortbread and white chocolate. Not too sweet, hint of fruit. Delicious!

Haloa has always been a BIG CAKE mess for me, very rich and buttery. This one is a pleasant surprise and for me, much more wearable. I do get a 'cake' base, but the buttery richness of it is cut by a stronger fruitier presence (pom, is that you?) as well as a hint of green. For me, this ended up being a softer version of Haloa, and more wearable. Still, not my style but worthy of considering esp. if you amp up butter/cake notes.

Very minty. Very much like the original Lick It. I sort of enjoy this one because the mint sticks around, and sweetens up a bit. Previous Lick Its (minus the original) the mint did a vanishing act after the wet stage. I am not sure how mint ages, so I'm on the fence on whether I need more or not.