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Sweet honeyed patchouli, very reminiscent of Feed Me and Fill Me with Pleasure. I don't really get any cinnamon, but there's a dustiness to this once it settles onto my skin.

 

But where FMaFMwP has hella throw on me, this one is a soft skin scent with almost no throw. Lasts for hours at that level.

If I stick my nose right against my hand, I get dusty wood and warm velvet with a hint of some old-school sultry perfume.

 

The throw, on the other hand, is a shifted version of those notes -- sultry opium perfume with a woody base and a hint of body-warmed velvet.

 

A beautifully elegant, old-fashioned feminine scent with an unexpected twist. I love Beth's 'perfume-plus' scents, and this is no exception. So lovely!

Wet: the myrrh goes to baby powder on me immediately, darn it. That's unusual for my body chemistry, and doesn't bode well.

 

Dry: yep, baby powder. I get a bit of spice and floral if I stick my nose right against it, but the throw is all baby powder.

 

Decent throw, but it only lasts a couple of hours.

 

This would probably be beautiful on someone else's skin, but it's not for me.

First? Really?

 

Wet: spicy woody incense.

 

Dry: this stays pretty much the same on me the whole time I'm wearing it. It's so seamlessly well-blended that I can't pick out individual notes. The clove is definitely there, but it isn't screaming its name the way it usually does on me.

 

I wish I could describe this better, because it's GORGEOUS! A little smoky, a little spicy, just a bit of leather and pine. I get the impression of cool incense smoke dispersed from a swinging censer under high trees. Soothing and centering.

Wet, this is all soft sesame-almond nuttiness. It reminds me of the almond note in Romans 13:8, actually.

 

As it dries down, the oud comes out more, giving it an incense quality, but still with that soft nuttiness.

 

.. and then it's gone from my skin, POOF! I liked it while it lasted.

Fizzy motor oil?

 

When wet, I get a blast of fizziness, like the Lab's champagne note but without the usual sweetness. After a bit, an almost buttery notes comes out that I can't place for a while.

 

Drydown, fizzy beeswax and something mildly chemical. The throw makes me think 'fizzy motor oil' and I can't get it out of my head.

 

Decent throw and great longevity.

On wet, this is definitely patchouli-heavy, with a chewiness that reminds me a lot of #Occupywallstreet.

 

After a few minutes, it settles down a bit and that tobacco/cocoa note fades out. Then it starts to smell like cedar. (My skin chemistry, clearly.)

 

Once it's dry, this is a spicy woodsy scent, with a strong hay note. The vetiver is definitely more grassy than smoky on me.

 

Overall, it's definitely on the masculine end of scents, with a pretty low throw but decent wear length.

I've been using this oil as a meditation focus this week, and it works. Hoo boy, does it work!

 

But this is no soft, wishy-washy peace. This is LOUD, almost militant in its determination. It's kinda like being hit in the forehead with a 2x4 made of the most amazing sunny garden afternoon. It's a symphony tuning up until it reaches a single triumphant chord that carries you with it.

 

It makes all the brain-weasels fall into line and calm right the fuck down. There WILL be peace.

After reading the scent description, I'm not at all sure that my review is going to be any help to anyone.

 

The main note I smell in this is frankincense. Wet, it's straight up woody frankincense with a balsam edge to it. Maaaybe a bit of oudh around the edges.

 

Dry, it's powdery frankincense and greenery. Lovely incense, very mild throw, decent longevity. I have no idea how I'm getting frankincense out of this, or why I don't smell the cinnamon.

Lots of honey, with a floral note I'd probably guess was dandelion if I didn't know better -- my nose really isn't familiar with asphodel.

 

The frankincense is just a gentle woodiness under the other notes.

 

This stayed true on me through the whole wearing. Fairly mild throw, good longevity. Straight-forward and very pretty.

In the bottle, this reminds me of #occupywallstreet. I'd swear there was cocoa in there with the gnarly patchouli.

Wet: Whoa, that's some rooty patchouli! The strength of it knocks me over for a minute.

Dry: This settles into something much smoother and utterly gorgeous. It sweetens within a couple of minutes of hitting my skin -- when I put my nose right up to it, I smell something creamy like melted vanilla ice cream, but I don't get it in the throw. Just smooth, sweet patchouli with some warmth from the tobacco and a hint of something more traditionally perfume-y.

This is amazingly wearable and very pretty.

I've been wearing this for the last two days and I still can't figure out how to review it.

 

Wet: Gauzy rose and spicy carnations; not a hint of the other notes

 

Dry: So freaking difficult to pin down! White rose and carnation still. I don't exactly smell either the moss or the oud, but there is something grounding this scent, and I just can't put my finger on it. There's a hint of something almost like white musk maybe.

 

Relatively low throw but good longevity.

 

Very feminine on me, womanly as opposed to girly. Velvety, sensuous, romantic.

 

Reading the other reviews, this is clearly one that plays very differently on different chemistries!

I don't get any clove or leather from this at all. it's all vaguely sweet and fruity. My nose keeps telling me it's watermelon candy.

This one started out beautifully, all honey and herb-garden --

 

and then it turned. Sweaty, metallic gym socks. Honeyed gym socks, but still, no. I'm sad, this one should've worked on me!

Triple-cream butter, plasticky vanilla, and freshly-sharpened pencil. The lovely brown musk tries to fight its way through, but alas, it is overpowered.

 

To be fair, bourbon vanilla and cedar both tend to go wonky exactly that way, but you know how it is -- BPAL hopes spring eternal!

 

Good throw and longevity.

I was worried at first, because the first wave of scent was very aquatic and cucumber-y. But it settled down after a few minutes, and then started smelling exactly like my BPAL box. A little green, a little musky, a little leathery, a little foody. Incredibly well-blended, warmer than I was expecting, and just utterly familiar all at the same time.

 

SO MUCH LOVE!

On my skin, this is fresh-cut iris stems and benzoin. I never got even a whiff of metal or bergamot, this was consistent all the way through.

 

It's a very elegant floral, decent throw and longevity.

This is a beautiful spicy vanilla amber scent, right on the edge between gourmand and oriental. My only complaint is the very low throw -- I hope it'll age into something a bit stronger.

This really ought to work on me, but the vanilla immediately does the curdled-cream thing that usually only happens with foodie blends. The honey and oudh combo is delightful, but it can't drown out the curdled cream.

 

*sigh*

 

Skin chemistry, why must you do this?

Wet: peppermint candy canes.

Drydown: still very minty, but it backs off from candy cane territory and starts to smell more like the leaves of the plant

Dry: This ends up very lovely and well-blended, after the first overwhelming MINT!!! burns off. I can't pick out particular notes, just a mildly sweet herbal incense. I usually amp honey and frankincense, but they're definitely staying in check here.

Impression: cool, wistful incense, with a decent throw and longevity.

You might try Loup Garou -- (the wild, untamed essence of lycanthropy. Primeval in its raw power and insatiable hunger: juniper, cypress and galangal with the barest touch of eucalyptus).

 

You can probably find a bottle of Wolf Moon 2011 for sale on the forum here, too. I think I've seen it around, or I may be confusing it with another year.

 

Wolf Moon 2011 "This pale and glittering moon hangs high over the deep snows and freezing winds of midwinter. January’s full moon has been named the Wolf Moon by many cultures, as the nights are filled with the howls of ravenous Wolf packs, and the danger of falling prey to the animal’s desperate hunger is at its peak.

This scent is that of unending, unquenchable hunger and feral madness. This is the dead of winter: a frozen night, chill wind, and the sharp, warm perfume of blood, fur, fang, and claw. Winter air, Terebinth pine, black spruce, long-dead maple leaves, juniper berry, dusty orris, deep amber, white sandalwood, brown musk, blue cedar, ambrette seed, benzoin, and tonka."

 

My best friend is looking for something similar to Wolf Moon 2011 and I'd like to order it for her birthday. Any suggestions? I did my best to search through this thread to see if anyone had already made suggestions but came up blank.

In the imp: sweet amber and leather.

 

Wet: Nothing. My skin eats it all up for the first fifteen minutes.

 

Dry: Powdery sweet and the mildest hint of leather. I was hoping for more black leather from this blend, darn it! It's a pretty scent, but it sticks very close to the skin and just doesn't stand out from other powdery amber scents for me. Oh, well.

Wet, this gives off a wave of fresh pie cherries -- not cherry pie filling, but fresh sour cherries, pitted and juicy and waiting to be turned into pie.

 

The cherries calm down after a minute, enough that I can tell there's an herbal honey in the background. Lavender, maybe a little thyme, and some other dark fruit -- maybe dates - and a hint of rosewater.

 

Once it's dry, it settles into something not at all foody, just a lovely honey-herbal incense with occasional wafts of dates and cherries. I get a hit of cedar here and there, but nothing that threatens to overtake the rest of the incense.

 

Looking at the notes, my nose clearly confused almonds and cherries with this. I usually amp rose and cedar, so I'm thrilled they stayed well-behaved here. This is a lovely soft incense with a Middle Eastern bent.

There's an entire thread - Bedtime BPAL - http://www.bpal.org/topic/6329-bedtime-bpal

 

Strangely, it's not in the Recommendations section, but the BPAL chatter...

Does anyone have any recommendations GCs similar to for Mopsfledermaus? (Brown sugar and ginger root with smoky clove, bourbon vanilla, cardamom, and Indonesian musk.)