AmyO'Shields

I really really like this, but I'm not able to describe it! The first two notes I recognize are green tea and cypress...they're gorgeous together! I smell just a hint of the red patchouli but only a bit to ground the ethereal tea/cypress blend. I don't usually like rosewood on my skin but I'm not smelling it here. As this dries down, the black orchid comes downstage for a bow...this is truly a beautiful perfume! Very complex yet extremely simple? I never would have thought I would love this, and I may want a bottle!

ETA I can smell the Hiba wood now...this just keeps getting better!

ETA and now this smells like a lighter version of TF Black Orchid (which is just fine with me) I love this!!!

This is a verrry nice amber but that's all I'm getting from it. I guess that's all I need! :-) very nice dark amber.

 

ETA: Actually...now, after letting the decant settle, there is way more going on than just amber. Nice amber infused wood with a bite that softens within minutes. This is quite lovely and I will cherish my decant!

 

ETA 2: and I had to buy a bottle last minute because it continues to mellow and resonate with me as it ages...wow. Definitely started out as a really nice amber and is aging into way more.

I've been waiting for this one!!! Yes...the only notes that I was worried about were clove and black pepper but this is so beautiful!
Blood musk, clove and opoponax...om nom nom
I'm not getting the leather yet but I can smell just a hint of pepper as I'm exhaling after I sniff my wrist (if that makes any sense!)
This is warm and sexy...I love it and will need a bottle. Great stuff!
Forgot to say that I'm not picking out much patchouli here...I bet it will come out with a bit of aging. This is beautiful.

ETA 23 Nov I wore this today and now I know what it reminds me of - Le Lethe! Om nom nom

I love this wet and dry but somewhere in the middle...there's something that smells like vetiver (one of the "grasses" no doubt) and I don't like vetiver.

 

Wet, it smells like the love child of Haunted and Hay Moon...I layered both of those, just to be certain. I love it!

 

Dry, it reminds me of a heavier Summers Last Will and Testament on a bed of amber. Really, very pretty.

 

Even though this is so similar to the oils I referenced, I think I need a bottle because they are favorites and I think this will age well. :-)

I'm so sad. Honey is just one of those notes that, no matter what else is there that I love, it dominates and turns to funk.

 

Yup. Dammit. Also, I don't get a nice Patchouli from this at all (I smell a sharp Black sort of Patchouli under the honey madness)...maybe it's the other notes that are not playing nicely on my skin. Oh well, I had to try the perfume oil version (the bath oil was underwhelming too, unfortunately) and now that I have tried it (and washed it off after 20 minutes) it will hopefully go to a loving home. Alas, Tricksy, you and me were not meant to be. This doesn't remind me of Banshee Beat (which I love) or any other Patchouli masterpiece...it's a shame. I'm glad everyone else seems to love it!

 

ETA: I'm sure anyone who knows me at all knows that I am one of the Patchouli lovers here...I have well over 70 different blends (mostly not BPAL) with Patchouli as the feature which is why I'm so disappointed about this...I really wanted it to be good...I guess BPAL Patchoulis are hit or miss with me, and this is a miss. Its not just the honey.

White Patchouli (which I love) with some florals that don't overwhelm my nose. This is really pretty...STRONG, but very pretty!

I can't wear any vintage of Samhain, but I wore Ondurdis tonight...fabulous. I slathered Bloodbath bath oil on my arms this morning...:-)

I had wanted one of these candles for so long, and mine arrived the other day!

So...I love Roses, and I really enjoy wearing *certain* rose scents (I'm very picky - I love Rose Red but didn't enjoy Peacock Queen, etc...) but I knew this would be fabulous - and I was right. Perfect DARK Rose with just a hint of something...but I can't pick out what that something is. If you are a Rose lover and a candle lover, don't miss this. I know its GC, but that means nothing anymore! Delicious, dark, velvety Rose...think one of those gorgeous dark purple roses that they call "Black". LOVE.

ETA: this would make a gorgeous bath oil!!!

Sharp Frankincense...really sharp. :-( I'm glad I got to try it though! :-)

Just sniffed this in the bottle - I smell super sweet rose/patchouli! Can't wait to smell what this does on my skin! YUM.

 

ETA: wore ONE DROP of this to bed last night. I need 3 more bottles. Does this come in gallon size? Sweet juicy sparkly rose and patchouli and red musk. Sparkly. This is hot. I will be using this exclusively as a moisturizer or perfume because I couldn't let it go down a drain. Can this go GC?

 

I had to come back and sing the praises of Bloodbath, yet again. Its Sept 2014 and im gathering all of the Autumny scented items and used Bloodbath as an in shower moisturizer today...and i cannot stop sniffing and oohing and ahhhing. I am very glad i still have 3.5 of my 5 bottles left because i do not want to run out.

 

This has replaced Snow White products as my favorite BPTP item. My 2nd fave is a tie between Marshmallow Pumpkin and Chocolate Espresso Gingerbread bath oils.

 

I understand that this cant be brought back as a bath oil, but can we PLEASE have a perfume oil version??!

 

Ok...i think im obsessed. ;-)

OK...so I just opened the bottle and put a tiny bit on my arm...wowza - coffee/chocolate!!! YUM. On my skin the Pine comes through a bit and this is divine. I bet this will layer beautifully with the perfume and hair gloss!!!

Brown musk, carnation, clove (THAT DOESN'T GO RANCID ON ME!!!!! YAY FINALLY!!!) and Pine...this is fabulous and I cannot wait to give this Furball a proper wear!!!

Just got this today and have had it on for about 3 hours...still going strong!

 

At first, Musk for sure, with tobacco and something higher pitched than I expected...hmmm. This was also quite thick feeling - probably the patch/myrrh/cacao

 

After an hour, I forgot what I was wearing and kept wondering where the gorgeous smell was coming from LOL - me + Callidora

 

After 3 hours, this is just a gorgeous skin scent but with throw! I don't know if that makes sense, oh well. The Patchouli is definitely the Red variety (yum - smooth and rooty, nothing sharp here!), the myrrh is the gorgeous grounding note I recognize from my 8 year old bottle of Lust, blood musk must be a relative to red musk but not red musk...and the cacao is just sitting on top of the blend smiling. No tobacco in sight now (thank goodness!) and I know this one will age like a champ. Smooth, sexy, grounding and comfy. I'd wear this curled up on the couch or out to a club...magnifico!

 

ETA - dry down reminds me of Virginia but I prefer this!

Oh thank Goddess. I'm glad I'm not the only one that compares this to Samhain! I can't wear Samhain (I've been trying for years...) and now I can stop trying. Autumn is gorgeous! The leaves + osmanthus are swoonworthy...I love this! I don't even smell rose here.

This is really good. REALLY good. Clove goes horribly wrong on my skin, as a general rule, so I waffled for a minute about getting this but then I thought about it: THREE PATCHOULIs? Yeah. I used a bit of this as a moisturizer last night and I smelled Black Patchouli most, followed by some Himalayan Cedar (like Atlas Cedar) with just a velvety touch of clove. Really good. I will use this as a moisturizer under many of my perfume oils...I might even try it in the bath one day.

ETA this layers really well with Totentanz...:-D

Holy Leather and Cinnamon! YUM-O.

This dries down to Balsam and a bit of Leather on my skin. Lovely.

Wanted to add that this is very masculine on me...i love it and the waft is incredible but i have to use a vanilla lotion with it to sweeten it up a bit. :-)

 

Aaand i just realized which perfume this reminds me of: Sushi Imperiale by Bois 1920. They are quite similar and have the same vibe!

I think it's the tea note here that translates as licorice/anise to me. It did the same thing in Jibiki Danuki...yikes. I couldn't even skin test my decant...couldn't get past the licorice vibe.

I used this last night to help calm my nerves so I should finally review it!

 

I love all of the massage oils so far (haven't tried ignis yet) and this is no exception. As everyone above has said, the consistancy is perfect for massage (I'm an ex-massage therapist) and nice enough to use sparingly as a moisturizer. I love the scent! Its a bit harsh at first but settles in nicely within 5 minutes. I mostly get Clary Sage, Spikenard, Patchouli (a super sweet rooty Patchouli), in that order.

Great stuff.

Aw...sultry, spicy lavender. This is gorgeous!

 

ETA. This dries down to a gorgeous spicy benzoin...no lavender in sniff! I still love this and I bet the lavender will stick around longer with age. :-)

 

ETA: 18 Oct 2013 - verrry masculine...I'm hoping this will FEMME out just a bit with some age as well...

 

 

ETA: 18 Feb 2014 - oh dear. This has aged into such a beautiful lavender...I'm so glad I have a bottle. No harshness or masculinity in sniff...just beautiful woodsy lavender. Holy crap!

Holy moly. Gorgeous pumpkin spice with Snake Oil lurking underneath...instant love. I would literally buy 5 bottles of this if I had the money. Love.

 

Hey! I wanted to add here (13 Oct) that Im wearing this today and the Snake Oil has won out over the pumpkin spice! This is now glorious Snake Oil with a hint of pumpkin spice. Wow.

Bright not crisp Autumn leaves with rose. Perfect. I love this!!!!

ETA what a beautiful perfume this is! The throw is gorgeous too. It makes me want to walk through a rose gardn in full bloom...in Autumn! :- P

Anise/Licorice for sure...maybe a hint of Lavender in there...yikes - I love Lavender, but Anise/Licorice is a NO NO.

Just got mine in the mail today...divine. I love the red but this is my patchouli. This must be the patch that's in Goblin and #ows. Love.

 

ETA: I was surprised at how thin this oil is.

This was a straight bottle purchase for me and I'm undecided. I don't get any sugar at all and the lemon and lavender are tart and sharp.

 

I would have preferred more sugar, so I'm going to try layering with LSSB, which is my favorite lemon scent. So maybe a mixture of the two lemons with a hint of lavender will work?

 

Yes, this. Exactly!

Aw. I wish I could have smelled any musk or ambrette...ALL HONEY. :-( I should have known better (can't wear O) but I had to try...I'm a sucker for ambrette seed. I bet lots of folks will love this