JasminDreams2010

I thought blood Popsicle smelled like an evil hospital. I couldn't do it.

Dark chocolate and lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk. Le sigh. I wanted to love blood kiss bonbon. I tend to do well with vampirically-themed scents- callidora, vilf, and of course blood kiss itself work magic on me. And, you know, vetiver can be a bit of a bully, so I got this just hoping that minus that vetiver tang, you'd be left with a dreamy dark cherry. And that's mostly what happened. And it was, well, kinda weak. Don't get me wrong, this scent does what it's supposed to do. It *is* a blood kiss Bonbon, cleverly executed, picked up at some exclusive chocolatier. I'm sure there are many who will LOVE this. But with my chemistry, it's all kiss and no blood. It reminds me of Buffy the Vampire Slayer when Spike got that chip in his head so he couldn't bite anyone. And I felt just kind of sorry for him, he just skulked around the graveyard, not knowing what to do with himself. Oh, and somehow it has a note of tea, though that's not listed here. I guess I just like my Spike as the Big Bad. I will wear my blood kiss, and pass on this one. That said, I do predict it will be a hit. My fiancé even really likes it. But he recognized it isn't me.

This one was a surprise winner on me! I was expecting total dust or little-old-lady rose. Worries were completely unfounded. On me, Beauty is completely incense, but a rose incense with a sweet vanilla drydown. Myrrh makes it feel solemn. But the vanilla/rose combo keeps it from being too heavy. It's a good summer scent for those who aren't in the mood to douse themselves in tropical punch. It's deep and rich and warm. I usually like to rock all the autumn scents, so this is great because it almost has an autumnal feeling but translates just fine to summer.

I'm confused. In the imp, it's kind of pretty and lush. On my skin, it's pure soap for an hour or so. Then it turns into kind of a haughty night out scent worthy of an expensive restaurant. Then, on the dry down, it's falling leaf moon so basically oakmoss and leaves. (which I really like!) I will update after this ages so it can see what it wants to be. It makes me think of a teenager, trying to try on different identities. That's the beauty of bpal; no scent is the same on everyone.

Help me! I always want to wear the sweet, wispy florals like Titania or Juliet, or The Unicorn. Gorgeous scents but they're not really "me". They're gorgeous on my mom but on me they smell like I beat up a 6 year old and stole her Barbie perfume. The scents I can pull off these days are the warm ones with resins and vanilla and vetiver, smoke and incense and grit- blood kiss, callidora, death adder, dragons heart, snake oil. I can wear honey, so womb furie for lite days. So I love the dewy, sweet light foresty florals on others, but I'm looking for one that I can wear. So- the unicorn. But like a dragon warrior vampire tattooed unicorn. Anything fit this weird bill?

Thanks! I can't even begin to imagine what mushroom gases might smell like. There's a little town called kaolin pa, where they harvest mushrooms. Smells like poo!! I'm curious I also want to retry elf. The first time I tried it, it smelled like the bpal snow note which hates me but I don't think snow is actually in there so I ordered another imp. Also fae. The oakmoss might keep it from juvenile territory.

Thank you! I've tried some of these but would definitely like to give seraglio and dragons tears a second look! Uh... Sniff

Sure thing! I hope you enjoy some of them. It seems like the lighter scents need some sort of heavier note amid them to work for you, if only so they don't disappear as quickly. I totally forgot to add another one I enjoy, Lady Death: Savage (White musk, grey amber, Calabrian bergamot, vanilla absolute, French labdanum, styrax, wormwood, caraway, and bois de jasmin). It's very "rawr" but feminine and unusual. It might be better than Vasi for you since it's heavier/more edgy due to the white musk and resins, but still has pretty vanilla/amber/jasmine. That's funny, balame, totally am waiting on an unsniffed bottle of lady death! I was really curious!

Balame, thanks for the thoughtful suggestions Thought from Propertius is pretty on me but just straight up apricot jam so not as much of a perfume as a room scent. Morocco and the east are pretty but like Titania my skin tends to eat them. I can't do reflected vulva at all, my skin makes it a plastic mess. Some of the other Asian- themed florals could be up my alley. I might have to locate some Decants. Vasalissa i would also like to try again, I remember I tried it once, liked it but thought it might be too tame. I'm really curious about water dragon, and avenger (I can do all the notes except the clove can be iffy). Tristan sounds like he could be what the doctor ordered!

I might have to give Titania another try. I may have an imp of deadly nightshade honey somewhere too :-) The main problem with Titania is that it seems to disappear. But I'll try again

Miss Spink

I recently discovered death adder. It's freaking awesome. Just a smoldery, sexy vanilla on me.

that's fine- self-assessments are often long-winded because it's not something people are often asked to do, and they take some thought. Miskatonic University! Would probably be good for you, it seems to be a popular scent. Someone else might be able to weigh in on the other lovecraftian/cthulu scents better, because they typically haven't worked for me or have death notes, so I haven't tried too many. But for your love of learning, you might like Agnes Nutter, or the Lurid Library. Also, Cleric from the RPG series. for your love of horror, you might like some of the "blood" themed scents, blood kiss, blood, german expressionistic horror, something from dark delicacies might suit you. Good luck on your search!

Ok, no real reason but I'm sort of getting a "werewolf" vibe from you- so: WILF, Sylvia the She-wolf (BPTP) and Wolf's Heart in the GC though, less so Fenris Wolf. Perhaps Floating Market, and Machu Picchu might be up your alley, they seem to inspire sort of a roaming vibe.

I'm just guessing but you might like to try voodoo, or the apothecary, or alcie from the GC. For the amber/musk combo in haunted you might like bptp eldritch dark

You should totally try fae and elf! Fae is like, screaming at me for you. It's a spirited scent. Also, give lady Macbeth a try to match your purple hair. As far as limited editions you could try midnight on the midway or loi krathong, if you can hunt them down!

I will agree with Eldritch Dark (I didn't think it was very rosy) and I would add haute macabre as above which was very dark on me, a leathery, woody floral I think is perfect for Halloween. Some of my very favorite darker scents are Death Adder, VILF and dia de Los muertos, all of which have a smoky note on me. I love and amp "smoke" notes but even though you don't, those might be worth a try since bpal is different on everyone and some things that I thought were death notes have worked in a different context.

Ok, I've belatedly fallen in love with death adder. Since it was part of the carnavale diabolique, it has since fallen into the night before I ever got a chance to buy 57 more bottles. Does anybody have any ideas in the GC? I tried blood kiss (like it) and obatala (turns plastic) and Eden, no dice. Help! Before the rest of my little snake slithers away..

Death Adder? Oh, hell no. This is not a death adder. This is a snuggle bunny adder. This is muppet baby adder. This is this little cute guy: http://babyanimalzoo.com/sssssnakes-cute-baby-snakes/little-tiny-snake. But, that's not to say this is dumbed down or lacks complexity. It's a sophisticated oil, it's just really gentle and soft. I like this perfume. It's different than what I thought it would be, but it works. My worries were unfounded. It's not vetiver being a tyrant. It isn't synthetic coconut. It's soft, herby snake oil with a touch of toasted macaroon. It goes to show how weird skin chemistry is, with other reviewers saying it's dark and dangerous, etc. I'm not getting dark and dangerous. I'm getting sweet, earthy, vanilla macarooon snake oil. So far, so good. A keeper. Now off to hunt tiki king or carnaval diabolique for some more edgy coconut. Update- though this never became the powerful coconut I wanted, what it does on it's own right is amazing and hoard-worthy. If this comes back I want all the bottles! I'm renaming it snuggle adder. And I love it. <3 This is my holy grail! I have a million other perfumes but this one is the one that is most me. I can be in any mood and reach for this stuff. It's like snake oil plus cosy, mysterious, lovely sex magic. How can something be both cosy and mysterious?!!! It's amazing. Beth, if you're reading this I'm begging for resurrection!

For your love of orange, try jezebel or ravenous, they are very "orange" scents to me. For the sundresses, try the east, and honey moon. For your anachronism, try hippie ghost or feed me and fill me with pleasure. For your love of space, try 51. For being a potter geek, you could try cleric, elf, or Mage from the rpg series. Some general catalogue random suggestions: machu pichu, dawn, mother. Vasalissa, bess, dragons milk, twinkle twinkle little bat, blood rose, iole, Mary Shelley. and some limited editions: lovers in the tea house, braving the ice, yvaine (hard to find), pa-pow, carnival diabolique.

Josie, fairy market are ultimate summer scents. I also like bewitched and fairy bites. I look forward as well to trying out Lavina the creature in the heat. For something a little darker I like sacred whore of Babylon, or snake oil.

Ok, I'm going to use some weird intuitive scent powers that come from nowhere and hope they steer me true. I'm sensing ephemeral and soft, with, you know, *flashes* of something mysterious and powerful and fiery and dark. Here's my list in no real order- the East, eat me, all souls night, Area 51, the cat, love me, hells belle, blue fire, dragons milk, callidora, Lucy's kiss, sugar moon, vain sorceress, September midnight, blood kiss, black tower, tintagel, Bastet. Ok, I'm done now :-)

Sadly the 2014 lupers seem to be striking out on me- though I did enjoy lovers in the tea house from the shungas. Which is fine I suppose because the halloweenies last year had so much win for me, I'm still paying them off. I suspect it's a seasonal issue- I seem to do better with deep, dark resins and florals and rich fruits, woody and incense notes that pop up in the fall. So the sweet, light springtime florals are often a gamble for me. So take my review with a grain of salt because this might have always been a doomed venture in my case. I had high hopes for this one because my skin seems to take to resins well, and usually does ok with cherry blossom, too. But that's the marvel of skin chemistry- on me this is all red musk and weird, over-sweet peach. No cherry blossom or amber. The effect is rather like carpet cleaner. I'm not getting any of the "fairy garden" or incense notes the other reviewers have mentioned. Le sigh. This might be spectacular on someone else

Simple and splendid! It smells very authentic to me, and while I can see the hair products comparison, to me Josie smells more expensive, this belle will cost you. This scent to me is seasonal, it's all about spring and summer, warm weather, cool drinks and flirting. This is a floral my fiancé actually likes :-) Josie is sitting under a magnolia tree in the sun, eating a slightly honeyed, ripe peach. Win!

Since bpal descriptions have proven unpredictable for me - of these scents, I have only smelled the apothecary. I can make an educated guess on 93 engine that you might like Mage or Cleric. Otherwise, not sure. But if you like the apothecary, you might like twinkle twinkle little bat, water of notre dame, high john the conqueror (which is total magic, btw), lovers in the tea house, and possibly absinthe or Thalia. By the way, thanks for the suggestions. I do want to try mme. Moriarty.