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Drowning in cream, cookies and a touch of tea. Very creamy, very cookie, very foodie. Low throw and average wear length.

Honeysuckle, touch of jasmine and green grass. This is the most honeysuckle BPAL that I can recall in a long long time. I get mainly honeysuckle, a whiff of jasmine. Good throw and wearlength. Sadly mr. zee_zee hates on the BPAL jasmine....

Foodie chocolate hazelnut that dries to a soft tonka with a touch of cacao and pine. It starts off as a foodie blend but dries down to a soft, cuddly blend that I'd consider more of a skin scent. Low throw, good wear length.

Heavy carnation, touch of honey, touch of fruitiness on first whiff. This one is a very heavy carnation scent, but sweeter and more wearable than say HOD. Medium throw and wear length. For you carnation lovers out there.

Boozy red wine and a hint of amber. Actually, is there pom in this wine? It sure smells like it! Good throw and wear length. Boozy, vampy, red.

Bright orchid, jasmine, roses and a touch of cigar smoke. This honestly codes to stinky jasmine to me. It's bold, floral, and in your face. Great throw and wear length.

Thanks to a very super generous bpaler that let me test it from their bottle. You know who you are! So this is mainly cloves and bay rum. It's manly, dark, and very piratey. Good throw, and EPICALLY low wear length on me. My skin just eats this up. 90 minutes later and I get maybe a super faint trace of it on my skin. *goes to cry under the Tree of Despair*

Faint black tea and a touch of sandalwood. The black tea and sandalwood combine into a slight licorice smell on me. Low throw and wear length. Black tea, licorice, faint.

Vetiver, clove, rum and leather. This one reminds me to Ms. Fanny Phipphany. It's got that heavy, clovey, leather/patchouli blend thing going. Good throw and wear length. Dominant, dark, leather.

Strawberry cream cotton candy. This one is sweet and sugary. I'm actually fascinated because typically cream notes go to plastic on me. Not this one. Medium throw and wear length. If you like cavity inducing scents, this one is for you.

Shout out to a very generous BPALer for the ability to test this. You know who you are. So this begins with a giant blast of lavender, and then calms down to a lavender-tinged amber blend. Smooth, resinous amber with just a touch of lavender. This one is calm and soothing. Good throw and wear length.

Vanilla, sandalwood, and red musk. This one is a musky sophisticated vanilla. If you're into red musk and/or vanilla, give this a whirl. Sultry and sexy. Medium throw and wear length.

Freesia and vanilla musk. It's light, floral, and feminine. Good throw and wear length.

This scent was a frimp with the BPTP T-Shirt Goblin Grab Bag of 2015. This may have been a prototype for a Shunga Luper blend. It has that vibe. It smells green, and freshly floral, with either a touch of sake or rice wine in it. It's smooth, sexy, and clean. I think there may be a hint of magnolia in this. Good throw and wear length.

This scent was a frimp with the BPTP T-Shirt Goblin Grab Bag of 2015. Berries and pancake! This one is a foodie pancake blend. The boysenberry smells like tart blackberries. I get a hint of maple syrup on this. Good throw and wear length.

Allspice, herbs, dry woods, and bay rum. I don't really get leather from this. I do get a very clean version of a manly pirate cologne with a touch of bay rum. For those that are fans of Gingerbread Jolly Roger, this would be along those lines - less spicy, more amped up airy woods. Again, I'm curious to see if either of these work for mr. zee_zee.

Sweet, whispy white musk, candied fruit and just a hint of spice. Bast smells ethereal. On wet, he had a stronger cologne/fougere smell. I'd be interested in seeing what this smells like on mr. zee_zee. Medium throw and wear length.

Green, lilies, clean and a hint of dirt. There's something very clean about this scent, and light and feminine. I think it actually has some sort of orchid in there as well. Good throw and wear length.

Jackie started off with just hits of patchouli and vanilla. It dried down to a slightly almond chocolate cake smell, with a dab of patchouli. I definitely got dark chocolate gateau out of this so I'm assuming the balsam + vanilla and patchouli made some sort of magickal compound. In the end, its simply not my style despite being utterly gorgeous. But that's OK, Jackie is off to a better home.

Granny Smith apple juice, gin and a touch of soapiness. Light, green and clean. Good throw and wear length.

Berry citrus slushie and bubble gum. Sweet, fruity candy. Good throw and wear length.

Chewy tobacco, clove, and hints of anise cake. This one is a heavy tobacco-clove blend on me. Good throw and wear length. I sort of like this.

Honeyed cassia out the yin-yang. Huge throw and wear length. This may as well be cassia SN on my skin. Do not play if you don't like cassia.

Caldarium, along with Circus Bear, are the surprise Lilith hits for me. I get a ton of red mulberry and just a touch of rosemary. It's really just a red fruity juicy berry blend with enough of a green herbal base to prevent it from being too sweet. There's something peaceful about the blend which I'm attributing to the honey myrtle, because I find it calming in vibe. I find mulberry to be somewhat of a Yule/winter-time smell for me. So I instantly got a Yule-vibe from this as well.

Dandelions, grass, touch of daffodil and a bunch of stone. So this one toggles between a super clean white floral dandelion/daffodil blend and a ton of metric stone. I'd put it in the gender-neutral category and I think this would have made a great atmosphere spray. It's playful and yet somber at the same time. It's a very clean, wholesome, and solid blend. I'd consider this a gateway BPAL for men.