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I get a sweet, slightly creamy vanilla and Egyptian musk base with soft cognac, lots of mandarin tea lightly sweetened with honey, hints of rose and unfortunately for me, lots of olibanum (both in the bottle and on my skin). Since it's not a note I particularly love, my nose kind of zeros in on it. I don't do too well with frankincense blends with citrus or vanilla, they have a tendency to turn slightly bitter on my skin. I wish it smelled like Dorian on me, I find Dorian to be sweeter and more vanilla on the dry-down. I'm a little disappointed with it, I was hoping for more rose, bourbon vanilla and Egyptian musk. I'm pretty sure it's the olibanum that's ruining it for me, it's quite strong on my skin and overtakes the entire blend.

This is so pretty! I get a blast of realistic seedy strawberries, tea, rosewater (I'm getting tea rose like the one in London), and lots of buttery, creamy baked goods, namely scones with a light spread of clotted cream (one of my favorite things ever) After 10min. I sadly start amping the strawberries and the tea, which unfortunately goes almost minty on my skin (but I almost always have trouble with tea notes). The baked goods are still there but have taken more of a backseat. I'm going to test it a few more times, but I think it's a keeper. The label is so adorable!

My E-tailer Perfume Bottles Moonalisa Eclipse x2 Duchess of Willowdale x2 Monoi Vanilla x2 Christmas Pudding x2 Gift of the Magi Arcana Adoration Egyptian Musk x3 Frivalous Aside 5ml Haint 10ml Joy 10ml Marshmallow Nepalese Amber x3 Puppy Kisses Rapunzel 10ml Rich Vanilla x3 Smoked Vanilla x2 Stretched on Your Grave 10ml Winternights 10ml/list] Ava Luxe Ambra Tibet Creme Brulee Doll Face Love's True Bluish Light Milk Vanilla Musk White Musk Blooddrop Citrouille 8:30am Alpine Strawberry Dandelion Wine Devonshire Cottage Etoile de Mar x2 Les Madelines Nacre (Mother Of Pearl) Naissance (Birth) Noyer (To Drown) x2 Oursin (Sea Urchin) x2 Poisson-Globe (Puffer Fish) x2 Sirene (Mermaid) Vague (Wave) Black Cherry Soda Vanilla Musk Red Ornament Conjure Oils Champagne Bubbles Madagascar Vanilla Marie La Veau Whore of Babylon CB I Hate Perfume In the Library Wildflower Honey DSH Au Lait Bourbon Vanilla Burnt Vanilla Sugar Formula X Soft Serve Tunisian Musk Vanilla Accord Good Judy Bread Pudding Heaven and Earth Essentials Black Vanilla Funnel Cake Orange Blossom Cheesecake Pumpkin Honey Spirits I Smell Good I Smell Good in Vanilla Loreto Custom: Passionfruit, Starfruit, Frangipangi, Champagne, Mysore Sandalwood, Vanilla Cream Love Potion Honeyed Vanilla Musk Custom Possets Blue Pepys Buttermilk Pie x2 Cri de Coeur Diaphanous Dress, The Easter Grass x3 Gabby x4 Her Non-Virginal Heart Isabella Luminaria Moonie x4 Punch & Cookies Scent of Angels Xmas in New Orleans Solstice Scents Black Leather, Red Lace Cenobite Conjure Custom Funhouse Honeysuckle Pharaoh Sandalwood Vanilla x2 Starring Condensed Milk Fresh-Baked Bread Sweet Skin Musk Amber Vanilla Ice Cream Villainess Blood Dulces en Fuego Ginger Snapped x2 Killer Beez Krakatoa Shanghaied Villainess Violette Market Beggar's Night (Halloween 2009) Feathertop Caramel Vidyaranya Calaveras Chocolate (Halloween 2009) Cathedral Cupid Chocolate Dainty Heart Cakes Chocolate Honey x2 Chocolate Magi x1.5 Chocolate Pink Fairy Floss 1.5 Chocolate Queen Cakes Chocolate Sugar Explosion Chocolate Toppled Layer Cake Diablo Canyon Custom: Creamy Cherry Blossom (2009) Diablo Canyon Custom: Orange Blossom Honey Cream (2009) Diablo Canyon Custom: Creamy Vanilla, Amber, Roses, Marshmallow, White Musk and Pink Floss (2009) Double Chocolate Explosion Fairy Floss x2 (10ml, 5ml) Golden Temple Grandmother High Court of the Red Hearts Queen's Courtesans, The State Fair Strawberry Cotton Candy State Fair Tunnel of Love (2009) Sugar Shock (Halloween 2009) Taffy Pull x2 Unicorn Horn Veil of the Moon White Swan, The Wylde Ivy African Vanilla Bean Bella Vanille Honeybee Good Mystic Amber Neroli Creme Simple Love Sugar Cake Sweet Cream White Honey

#1: In the bottle I just get a light hint of sugar. However, on my skin the scent completely blossoms and it's sugar heaven! I get Sweet Cream, Vanilla Bean Sugar and hints of soft, creamy Caramel Cappuccino and toffee (could also be butterscotch but it reminds me more of toffee). It smells like a Creme Brulee with a side of cappuccino and a shot of vanilla bean syrup and extra cream. #98: In the bottle I get lots of milk and vanilla plus a hint of something fruity. On my skin the fruitiness disappears almost immediately and it smells like a soft caramel, vanilla bean and milky cream version of Boo.

This is 70% sweet cinnamon candy, 25% spicy pumpkin and 5% blackberry on me. I don't know why I'm getting cinnamon, if there's no cinnamon (or even "spicy" pumpkin) listed in the description? I'd also tried the prototype and hoped this release wouldn't be cinnamon-heavy as the prototype was for me, I was happy when the notes didn't list cinnamon so I'm disappointed with this one.

Oh, not a fan of this one. I get lots of thyme and star anise, with red musk in the background. I usually don't mind star anise, so I'm not sure what happened here, it must be the blend of the other notes with the star anise, but it's not working for me all. I think this is my least favorite Weenie. Need to wash off now.

This is a really nice blend of smokey goodness. I find it similar to the smokiness in Devil's Night, but without the sweetness (and slight creaminess) I get from that one. It's very wearable and not too strong. I would definitely recommend this blend to lovers of smokey scents.

I get a mix of cajeta (caramel-like but not quite, it's darker and slightly salty on my skin), cocoa, strong, spicy smokyness, and the tequila is definitely there. It's an experience but not something I'd personally want to wear.

I mostly get vetiver from this one, but it's a note I usually amp and it's all I end up smelling even if the blend has a small amount. It reminds me of the Geek Show CD proto actually but not as smokey. Later it turns more complex and wearable, I start getting some black musk and rum, but I don't get any blackcurrant, overall I just find it too bitter and vetiver smokey for me.

Ooh, I like this...it's a little odd at first but settles into a nice smokey, woody, musky, spicy scent. The tobacco absolute, woods and leaves are great in here. I find it's a very complex, masculine scent.

On my skin, this scent reminds me of a slightly tart version of The Harp of Cnoc l'Chosagair. I get creamy white sandalwood, soft vanilla, and a blend of florals and there's also something in here giving it a slightly tart scent. Not a bottle-worthy scent for me, but I'm a fan of Jane Eyre so I'll be definitely keeping my decant!

I get lots of fresh, crisp, white tea and soft violets.

Wow, this is SUPER boozy and strong in the vial, I almost couldn't bring myself to test it. On my skin it's still very boozy, almost to the point where all I smell is booze, with occasional hints of almond and cherry (but more cherry than almond). The coconut is very soft and keeps threatening to turn to plastic on me. Not a fan of this one.

This is a fresh and musky scent. On my skin the pine, musk and verbena stand out the most. The mint and ozone blend nicely in the background and gives it a freshness and slight sweetness. I like this one!

I get a very sweet, slightly tart, pink fruity scent and lots of pastry. The pastry smells like a warm, creamy, baked custard tart and it's really delicious! It reminds me of the pastry note in Toothsome Banketsaaf but that one ended up going a little plastic on me, in here it's perfect and thankfully it doesn't turn on me. I also get some similarity with The Confectionary prototype. At times the blend gets tiny bit too sweet and fruity for me, but over-all I'm really liking it and I'm very much in love with this pastry note. It has really good throw too. A definite keeper!

This is Pumpkin Latte with a triple-shot of espresso! I get a blast of strong espresso in the beginning, as it dries it gets softer, creamier and I start getting more Pumpkin and some vanilla, but the espresso is still very pronounced (I also amp coffee). It reminds me of a slightly creamier Pumpkin V 2009.

Update 12/03/2015 I've culled and culled and culled and then culled some more. This is now my much smaller, much more personal and loved collection. I decided to only keep scents I absolutely love. I have/had attachements to many of them and that was making it hard but I've cut the cord. Vanilla Bean Single Note x2 (partials) Snake Oil x5 Morocco (10ml cobalt) Stygian Nougat The Girl x2 Antique Lace Banshee Beat Alice (GC, cobalt) Black Opal (Disc. GC, cobalt) Cake Smash Boomslang Bomslang v2 x2 Celeste Clockwork Couture: Female x2 Dorian v2 Eat Me Gothabilly Hamadryad (Cinnamon Version) His Station and Four Aces Jingo Kogo v6 Joyful Moon x2 Khrysee Le Pere Fouettard Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Cinnamon + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Creamy Tropical Fruits + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Musk + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Spicy Vanilla + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#60 Sugary Vanilla Frosting) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#430 Pink, fruity, floral vanilla buttercream Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#455 Sugary, creamy, musky, vanilla sandalwood (smells very similar to the Sabrina, the Ring Mistress CD proto) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#479 Vanilla, Amber, Cookies, Marshmallow) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#511 Vanilla Buttercream Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#494 Light Floral, Sugar, Vanilla Sandalwood, Buttercream) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#198 Sweet Pea, Vanilla Sandalwood, Cream Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#640 Vanilla, Sandalwood, Musk, Light Floral Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (# Bourbon Vanilla, Sandalwood, Cake with Buttercream Frosting Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#471 Dark Vanilla, Sugared Roses, Old Books, Light Incense Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#48 Lemon/Citrus, Musk, Sugar, Vanilla Buttercream) Katharina new Lilith's Tea Party new Lilith Victoria Little Flora new Luna Noire new Lyonesse (2009) Marae new Maud Ruthyn new Midnight new Midway Resurrected Miss Ida new Miss Lupescu Monsterbait: Underpants Morocco (10ml, cobalt) Morocco v2 Mother Shub's Stygian Nougat new Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale (2008) Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale v5 Like, undecided: Albedo v3 Against Idleness and Mischief Alice (recent bottle) Asp Viper Bakeneko Black Lace Res. Beaver Moon 2005 Beatrice Black Moon (LE, 2006) Blooming Rose Chimera Cleric v2 Count Dracula Crib Girls Crowley Dia Enlightenment of the Courtesan Jigokudayu Fearful Pleasure Glowing Vulva Half Elf v5 Hod Res. My 5ml bottles (updated 12/2013): AF1 Against Idleness and Mischief new Agape Albedo v3 new Alice (2009) Antique Lace x3 Arsenic v2 new Asp Viper (2007) Bakeneko Banshee Beat (1st Release) Beatrice Beaver Moon 2005 Black Lace Resurrected Black Moon 2006 new Black Opal (2007) Blooming Rose new Bones Trombone new Boomslang (2007) Boomslang v2 x2 Brides of Dracula new Cabaret Goth Cake Smash Carnival Diabolique Prototype: Maeve The Sword Swallower Carnival Diabolique Prototype: Tilt A Whirl Celeste Champagne and Party Hats new Clockwork Couture: Male Clockwork Couture: Female x2 Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Cinnamon + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Creamy Tropical Fruits + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Musk + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Snake Oil Series (Spicy Vanilla + Snake Oil) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#60 Sugary Vanilla Frosting) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#430 Pink, fruity, floral vanilla buttercream Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#455 Sugary, creamy, musky, vanilla sandalwood (smells very similar to the Sabrina, the Ring Mistress CD proto) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#479 Vanilla, Amber, Cookies, Marshmallow) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#511 Vanilla Buttercream Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#494 Light Floral, Sugar, Vanilla Sandalwood, Buttercream) Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#198 Sweet Pea, Vanilla Sandalwood, Cream Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#640 Vanilla, Sandalwood, Musk, Light Floral Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (# Bourbon Vanilla, Sandalwood, Cake with Buttercream Frosting Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#471 Dark Vanilla, Sugared Roses, Old Books, Light Incense Chaos Theory: Vanilla Series (#48 Lemon/Citrus, Musk, Sugar, Vanilla Buttercream) Chaotic (Incensey batch) new Chaste Moon 2005 Chimera (Cobalt) Cleric v2 Coral Snake (2007) new Count Dracula x2 Courtney new Crib Girls new Crowley (Aged) Dia Dorian x2 (10ml, 2008) Dorian v2 Eat Me (2009) Elf v4 Enlightenment of the Courtesan Jigokudayu Fae Fearful Pleasure Gingerbread Poppet 2010 Glowing Vulva x2 Goblin Sack new Gothabilly Harigata II new Half Elf v5 Hamadryad (Cinnamon Version) Hime Gyaru His Station and Four Aces Hod (10ml) Hod Res. Hod v2 Hope new Hunger Jingo Kogo v6 Joyful Moon x2 Katharina new Katrina Van Tassel Khrysee Lady Una (2009) new Le Pere Fouettard Lilith's Tea Party new Lilith Victoria Little Flora new Luna Noire new Lyonesse (2009) Marae new Maud Ruthyn new Midnight new Midway Resurrected Miss Ida new Miss Lupescu Monsterbait: Underpants Morocco (10ml, cobalt) Morocco v2 Mother Shub's Stygian Nougat new Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale (2008) Mouse’s Long and Sad Tale v5 O (10ml) Obatala (2008) Oisin Opuhi Pandy new Pa-Pow Peach Moon new Pele (2008) Pepper new Perle Von Mauren Phasmophobia new Phyllocrania Paradoxa v1 Pinched with Four Aces x2 Pink Snowballs Plastic Pink Flamingo Punkie Night 2012 new Pussy new Regan x2 Rivet.Goth Sacrifice Samhain 2007 Self-Portrait new Senelion Serotine Bat new Shrunken Heads Shub Nigaruth (LE, GC Versions) x2 Sibyl Skuld new Slightly Haunted Dollhouse Snake Oil x5 (4 10ml, 1 5ml) Snow White 2005 Snow White 2008 Single Note: Vanilla Bean Single Note: Coconut Single Note: Heliotrope Single Note: Pikake new Single Note: Apple Blossom Single Note: Eight-Petaled Lotus Single Note: Evening Stock Single Note: Devil Trumpet Single Note: Cherokee Rose Single Note: Rum-Soaked French Tonka Single Note: Madagascan Vanilla Rum Single Note: Siberian Musk Single Note: Red Sumatran Patchouli new Storyville Sudha Segara x3 (2007, 2009, 10ml) Swan Maiden new Sweet Life new Symmakhia x2 Tamamo-No-Mae new Tamora Tanuki no Orai new The Anti-Saloon League The Atrocious Attic The Candy Butcher The Cup of Death (Salon) new The Ecstasy of St. Theresa new The Gaoler’s Daughter The Girl x2 The Governess new The Infernal Lover x3 (no musk, light musk, red musk) The Last Evening of the Year The Perilous Parlor The Temptation new The Unicorn new Tiki Princess Till Death new TKO Vasilissa Velvet Unicorn Prototype Versailles new Vixen (Cobalt Bottle) Western Diamondback (2007) x2 White Rose WILF Womb Furie 2012 XCDL13 Yvaine Zephyr Scents I also own but not sure if I'm keeping: Dancing Koi Heavenly Love and Earthly Love Ninon Man with a Phallus Head Bow and Crown of Conquest Velvet Panther Blossoms in Springtime Body Remember Liz Single Note: Ambergris (Original) Bijoux Y'ha-nthlei In storage: Australian Copperhead (2007) Boo 2009 Echo Enkhespalos Habu Hatshepsut v3 Eden v7 Hunter Moon 2007 Knockout Drops Kypris Midnight on the Midway PL176 Snow Angel Orig Sugar Cookie 2005 The Oval Portrait Thirteen Oct. 2006 (Orange Label) Velvet Unicorn Whoop >Arcana Chocolate, 3 bpal, 5 blooddrop decants >Sweet Alyssum SN >Arcana: Guy Fawkes >BBMoon >Arcan Decants Winternights, 1816 >Haumea v1 To Rehome: Talvikku, Penumbra, Black Butterfly Moon, Recently Rehomed: Buck Moon, Arabian Dance, Spanked Res, Torture King, Mouse Circus, Byronic Antihero, Three Witches, Snow White 2008, Nanny Ashtoreth, A Bachelor’s Dog, Mr. Jacquel, Haute Macabre, Hunter, Beautiful and Adored, Great Vampire Bat, The Orgy, Spider, Single Note: Honey, Single Note: Spanish Red Carnation, Zarita, Spanked (Orig.), Storyville, Pinched, BPTP Bath Oils, Atmo Sprays, Glosses Erebos Atmosphere Spray Harvest Festival Atmosphere Spray Holiday Diffusing Spray (partial) Lucy in Darkness Atmosphere Spray Lucy's Boudoir Atmosphere Spray Snow White Atmosphere Spray x2 Pete Lala's Cafe Atmosphere Spray (partial) Citadel of Awesome Atmosphere Spray (low partial) Samhain Atmosphere Spray (partial) Snake Oil Bath Oil x2 Oceans of Love and Millions of Kisses Bath Oil x2 (plus partials) Vanilla, Tiare and Coconut Hair Gloss Snake Oil Hair Gloss Honey Hair Gloss (partial) ___________________________ For record keeping purposes, I have an ongoing list of bottles that I've re-homed (but it needs to be organized!): http://www.bpal.org/blog/665/entry-6585-rehomed-bottles/ FS Velvet Unicorn PL176 The Infernal Lover (No Musk) Bijoux Y'Ha-nthlei Versailles Coral Snake Bow & Crown of Conquest Symakhia Haumea v1 Body Remember Dorian 10ml Mouse's Long and Sad Tale Mouse's Long and Sad Tale Regan The Governess WILF Miss Ida The Cup of Death (label Chaos Theory Vanilla Series Marae Hod v2 Hod (Original) Cabaret Goth Brides of Dracula Arsenic v2

I the lab's tobacco note! I really like this one, I've tried other companies tobacco honey blends and this one is by far the best. The honey here is light and not too sweet on my skin. I don't know if I need so many tobacco blends though...

I get lots of caramelized, sticky honey and what must be horse chestnuts (I've not smelled horse chestnut before, but I do get a soft chestnut scent so perhaps the scent is similar?). Unfortunately for me, there's also some kind of brown sugar or maple syrup, slightly smoky thing happening (what I first got as "caramelized") and my skin usually doesn't like those scents, perhaps that's coming from the horse chestnut. It's very foody, thick and sweet.

I'm getting bright, sparkling red and pink fruits softened by light creamy vanilla. The fruits in here do smell like rhubarb and strawberry, more rhubarb to me, maybe another sweet, slightly tart fruit. I also get a soft and delicious booze note, I think it is cognac because apart from the lab's champagne it's the only other lab booze note that I like, but I also get something almost effervescent and light (but not like the lab's usual champagne or fizzy note), I can best describe it as sparkling (it could be a soft musk). It smells like a delicious soft bright, fruity, pink cocktail. At times this actually reminds me of Blooddrop's Noyer, but this one is brighter, sweeter and fruitier. I really like it at this stage. Unfortunately (or fortunately) after about 30 minutes of wear it changes rather dramatically on me and I start to amp a scent that reminds me of those generic fruity alcohol sprays. Not for me!

17 Rich and very foody. Vanilla, slightly nutty caramel, sticky butterscotch and rum cake. It's making me hungry! 509 I get a foody, less creamy Love's Philosophy. I'm getting saffron in here and just like Love's Philosophy I get a slight cool mintiness/wintergreen scent, with a soft bakery-like note that is almost nutty. It's like Love's Philosophy cookie. 400 This one is more complex. Foody but light. I get bright, sweet vanilla and light orange chocolate. The chocolate I'm getting is very light, a little nutty, dry, almost dusty and cocoa-ish. After a few minutes the orange or citrusy scent fades. This actually smells like cool (almost minty but not quite) vanilla and chocolate ice cream. It's a light scent, this type of vanilla doesn't like my skin, it reminds of the vanilla in Spooky. 94 This one is really sweet (almost candy-ish and syrupy) slightly tart fruits, and creamy vanilla. After it dries I get delicious sweet cherry (almost maraschino cherry) and vanilla. I'm also getting some pomegranate now, maybe a few more fruits, it's like red fruit punch. It's a very sweet and bright type of scent with red fruits (the fruits in here are a little artificial smelling) and vanilla. Reminds me of one of those red Starburst candies, with some creamy vanilla thrown in. 471 Sweet vanilla, soft, slightly powdery roses, a book note, little balsam and resins. It dries very sweet (a bit too much for me) and rosy, but after about an hr. the book note and resins start to amp a lot and the roses and sweetness fades. It's a really interesting and beautiful scent!

This is a lovely complex smokey beeswax scent with a very light floral background. It reminds me a little of Litha and the smokey beeswax in Hanerot Halau.

Hmm..incense, musk and leather. Almost immediately the rusty metal and stone start to amp, after settling on my skin for a few minutes the candle wax appears, it's a very warm scent on my skin, it's slightly sweet too (I think maybe a little skin musk?). It all becomes very well-blended and the scent is quite evocative. I really like it!

This one is incredible for resin lovers. Very complex, and a little mysterious, I think a very suiting blend for the "world's greatest detective". I get almost all the notes listed; the frankincense, wood, and the cumin (which works surprisingly well on my skin adding a little mildly sweet warmth and spice), a little myrrh and the balsam. I'm also getting some dustiness which would probably be the sand. I'm not getting any patchouli or benzoin. It's slightly sweet on my skin and the combination of these notes create a kind of dusty, spicy and warm dark tea-like scent on my skin.

#106 I get sweet, tart Lemon Verbena and some Lemongrass.