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The is to the quite amazing Usagi, I got to try the lovely Gennivre. I'm an artist, so this blend appealed to me on that level.

 

The notes in this one are almost pure win. I say "almost" because tea can be iffy on me.

 

First sniff in the imp: Herm. I usually do NOT get a cleaning fluid vibe from lemony scents, but I did with this blend. Not an auspicious start.

 

But, if I've learned anything about BPALs its that they MUST be skin tested.

 

So I dabbed on a bit. Wow! It blooms into a beautiful sweet, minty, citrus tea! Gorgeous.

 

But oh, no! Here comes the tea. It stomps all over the more delicate aromas and leaves me with a not nearly so lovely perfume-y (in a bad way) smell.

 

I wish I could enjoy the tea scents because I'm a dedicated tea drinker, but this just doesn't work on me. Dang. Thought I would love this one from the description.

Thanks to the AMAZING Usagi, I've gotten to try this 13. Thirteens are a bit of an obsession for me, so to find this in a package

 

Sniffing the imp and first blast on skin was a somewhat heavy chocolate. To me, it was the cocoa-infused vanilla from Velvet almost exactly. The mandarin and tangerine give it a zesty zing, but its surprisingly not all that orange-y. The currant lends a rich, deep fruitiness. Not really juicy... But sweet. There is a minty hyssop/ medicinal quality to this blend that I find intriguing and refreshing. There is a similar note in Sleeping Nymph and Satyrs, which I love!

 

The heavy chocolate blast burns off pretty fast and becomes much more a white chocolate. Eventually, the chocolate retreats altogether and leaves a very rich, sweet, fruit with a medicinal high note. This kind of fruity scent isn't usually my cup of tea because they tend to amp like crazy and smell artificial on me, but this stays pretty well behaved.

 

Eventually, the iris comes put to play and dusts its creamy, powdery sweetness over the whole lot. I probably wouldn't wear it all that often because these kinds of rich fruits don't really call my name, but if you like figs and raisins and other luscious sticky fruits, give this a try. However, this is absolutely NOT a foody blend. Either the iris or some of the herbs send this into perfume territory even though all the listed ingredients are quite edible.

Patchouli: check

Honey: check

Vanilla amber: double check plus

 

So why in the name of all that is holy and sacred does this smell like pine-sol on me? I even love evergreens of all kinds, but this smells like the kind of industrial cleaner that nursing homes use to mop the floor.

 

When I sniff the actual bottle, I get some whiffs of very hippie-ish patchouli, maybe lightly sweetened. When I put it on my skin... Floor cleaner.

 

I have no illusions that I will ever own a bottle of Banshee Beat, so I had really high hopes for this.

 

GERALD!!! WHERE IN THE HELL ARE YOU WITH YOUR MAGIC UNICORN DUST?

 

I have layered this with a single note vanilla with ~some~ success, so I'm going to put his away for a little while and see what happens. But I am seriously wondering if I've gotten an off bottle, since the reviews (aside from Ella LaRose) are SO vastly different from what I smell.

 

Ok, I am going to toddle off to the corner to cry for a little while.

 

I could simply stop the review right there, but I will add my two scents (haha!) to the mix.

 

First off, this is STRONG (!!!!!). I'm a slatherer usually, but just a dab is enough Eisheth for me.

 

The initial blast is boozy peach. Wet, juicy, just on the verge of being over ripe, and very sticky sweet. But almost immediately, the ambergris and patchouli ramp up to add warmth and depth and temper the sweetness.

 

As it dries, I get the barest hint of a dry dusty cocoa. It mostly just seems to add a bit more warmth and depth, but does also give it a bit of creaminess (?). I do NOT smell chocolate or cocoa outright. Just a bare dusting.

 

The neroli doesn't seem to show up at all, unless it just adds a bit of floral realism to the overall sweetness.

 

The honey does not overwhelm or turn into funky plastic or bad body odor as it can sometimes do on my skin. I get the impression of a very pale clover or orange blossom, or early wildflower honey, more of a light, warm floral sweetness than a rich, waxy HONEY.

 

The patchouli works very well in this. It's just barely there, and really just adds a bit of woody earthiness to the juicy slurp of peach.

 

The ambergris is also just a teensy whiff. It seems to kind of anchor the blend and add its characteristic balsamic salty warmth. I love me some whale vomit, so I wouldn't mind more, but that's just me. It does become more prominent on the drydown as fixatives are wont to do. The Patch also sticks around well enough to outlast the initial juicy blast.

 

Overall- I really like this and over time, it may grow into twoo wub. Fruit based blends don't usually agree with me, but I am finding that I do OK with apricot and peach. Maybe it's because I was born in Atlanta, GA and grew up being called a Georgia Peach! I think I might like it even more if the ambergris and patchouli were more prominent and may do some layering.

 

I can also completely smell the Poison reference. It was my scent of choice in high school, and while I'm not at all nostalgic for those times, I do still enjoy Poison, but find it much much too strong these days. This is lighter, sunnier, juicier, and just plain happier than Poison ever dreamed of being.

 

ETA: at the very late drydown stage, much of the slurpy peach burns off and the cocoa and other bottom notes really move to the foreground. It DOES start to smell like chocolate (yay! Happy dance). The peach doesn't ever take a backseat. It always remains a "peach" fragrance, but the darker notes, especially the cocoa and patchouli, get their moment to shine. The ambergris just holds it all together and keeps it from being too foody, giving it more of a "traditional perfume" feel without the (IMHO) harsh perfume stank.

This was a frimp from the lab in the infinite wisdom.

 

I never would have chosen this on my own because of the stargazer lily. I sometimes find the scent of the actual flowers overwhelming, so the thought of a clingy oil is kinda

 

I find it very interesting that other reviewers get aquatics from this scent, because I get none of that. I cannot do aquatics, even Beth's, so for me that's a good thing.

 

This scent for me is moss and amber. The moss gives it a masculine quality to me, which I'm usually not crazy about, but I like it in this blend. I can detect a hint of vanilla, but it mostly just softens it up a little and blends with the amber to make it feel warm and fuzzy.

 

I'd love for Hubs to wear this, so I could snuggle up with it!

 

I'm not familiar with Elemi, but maybe it adds to the resinous quality of he amber. The stargazer lily is way way way back in the background. I think it just sweetens things up and keeps the moss from being as musty and dirt-ish as usual. It's more like someone walked through the room with a bouquet of lilies, rather than the bouquet sitting under your nose.

 

The other thing about this blend is that it is STRONG. I used just a tiny tiny dab and it was enough. If I slathered this, it would be WAY to much and would probably give me a headache.

 

I will def keep the imp. It will be one I reach for when I want to feel powerful and a little intimidating. It makes me think of kings and queens who actually ruled their kingdoms. The kind who were fair, but firm. The iron fist in the velvet glove.

I ordered an imp of this on a whim, since I like amber and amber tends to like me, too.

 

This is actually NOTHING like I imagined. I was thinking of amber, warm florals, and maybe a touch of apple.

 

What I got is more of a cool, high pitched floral. It has a bit of an effervescent quality, like the tickle in your nose from Ginger Ale or Orange Soda. Bubbly, a little sharp, refreshing, and just a bit tart. But it doesn't actually smell like it has ginger or citrus in it, just the hint of burn.

 

The amber is not at all prominent on me, which is surprising. It generally dominates most any blend I wear, which is fine with me. Here, it kind of holds the bottom of the scent together, adds a gentle roundness and a hint of spice, and adds some weight to keep the whole blend from floating off into the ether.

 

It seems to me that the apple blossom shows up at the tail end of the scent. It seems to add to the cool refreshing quality with a touch of juiciness.

 

This is NOT the type of scent that I normally wear, but that's why I bought it. I used just a dab and I think it would be too much for slathering. But OMG I could see making a really light body splash or watery mist with this to use in the dog days of summer when I'm feeling all sweaty and gritty. It would make me feel all fresh and sparkly like a pretty pretty princess.

I doubt I ever would have chosen Urd on my own, but someone lovely picked this out just for me.

 

The notes made me a little nervous. I'm rarely a fan of fruit. And Nag Champa and I do not have a good history, although I ADORE champaca flower. Then there's my love/loathe relationship with patchouli.

 

But when I put this on, it turned into pure win. It was the nostalgic scent of a certain used record store from my high school and college days, but without the unwashed hippy/punk college angst smell.

 

And then again, that doesn't do it justice.

 

The grapes are tart and refreshingly juicy without being sour, the cereus (I assume) lends a breezy light floral nectar sweetness. These fresher scents mellow out the dirt/earth tones that can make patchouli a little too dark and sweaty... Too dirty hippy. The nag Champa kind of floats through the whole blend adding a bare hint of smoke and that unmistakeable exotic Champa spicy floral. Actual Nag Champa incense is completely overwhelming and headache inducing to my sensitive nose. But the Nag Champa in this blend was just the right exotic touch. It made me think more of India then Headshop.

 

Once again, Beth has worked magic. Juicy, resinous, sexy and exotic. Love.

This is so VANILLA IN YO FACE that I am having trouble putting it on my skin. It is so strong and so rich it makes me think of drinking melted butter mixed with vanilla and maybe a drop of rum.

 

I really love vanilla, so I am hoping that my nose is having a sensitive moment and that I will enjoy it more when I'm not so sick.

 

ETA: To steal an idea from another review I read... This scent must really resent being bottled up. It comes out of the bottle and socks you in the nose.

 

I found that it mellowed considerably when I finally got the balls to put it on my skin. The buttery-ness only sticks around for a couple of seconds before this settles into a dark, warm, sugary scent. It makes me think of a very old bottle of spiced rum where most of the alcohol has evaporated off and left a dark brown sludge of sugar crystals in the bottom of the bottle.

 

Very sweet, very dark, a little spicy, a little boozy.

 

Once on skin, I don't get much vanilla which I find weird and disappointing. I don't smell a great deal of booze on my skin, but strangely, I DO get a whiff of booze in the air in the room where I applied the oil. So maybe I am just not smelling it on myself?

 

I was hoping for a more resinous vanilla scent like the vanilla in Snake Oil, but this is more Kill Devil than Snake Oil

My first impression is sweet pipe tobacco.

 

It is a lovely, round, golden scent. Quite pretty and somewhat innocent. I like it quite a bit, but not sure if it is dirty enough for me. I'm guessing that Hubs will love it.

 

ETA: I was going through my imp pile the other night, deciding what to keep and what to swap and ran across Tamora. I gave it a sniff and absentmindedly swiped a bit on my wrist, then continued on my sniff-orgy.

 

As I was going through the rest of my imps, I kept getting whiffs of this and really liking it.

 

So after I was done testing, I did the full slather and I have to say, I really ADORE this! This was a bit of a surprise since I usually am not a fan of florals OR fruits.

 

If "O" is innocence defiled, then Tamora is innocence not yet defiled. But it's an innocence that knows and use its sexuality.

 

It ~may~ skew a bit young to some because it is quite sweet, but I felt quite comfortable wearing it and I'm not young anymore.

 

Where "O" can go a little dirty and sweaty (in the best possible way!),Tamora has the earthiness of the vanilla/amber combo, but the heliotrope and peach lend it a fresh, almost dew-kissed quality.

 

So glad I decided to give this a second try. It is going on my short list for bottle purchases. Nice job, Beth!

I got the barest hint of dusty, flinty cocoa when I first applied, but it vanished almost instantly.

 

It then went through a quick incense phase.

 

But through all stages it is almost overwhelmingly floral. They are pretty tropical florals, if you like florals. But I don't usually get along we'll with these kinds of heady florals.

 

It is interesting enough to try again. Picking up a couple of whiffs of incense now that its dry, but will have to try sometime when my nose isn't feeling so sensitive.

 

The leather in this is actually well behaved and smells like leather, not "new car smell" which is what usually happens.

Holy fucking oak moss, Batman!

 

This is about 90% oak moss and cedar, 10 % all the rest. Cue sad clown music.

 

I do smell the chocolate & mint, but they are completely over shadowed by the very masculine oak moss.

 

Maybe age will help?

As reported by the others, it is predominantly pine. I also got some refreshing chilly mint. It most definitely has something dark and sexy in there. It has a little bit of a sporty open air feel to it and makes me think of the old days of riding the fresh powder on a Colorado ski mountain while sipping from a thermos of hot chocolate spiked with peppermint schnapps.

 

Surprisingly, Hubs gave it the thumbs up, so I will have to do a more thorough test and see how it goes.

 

I agree that this might be a sleeper hit. If pine turns to Pine-sol on you, it probably won't work. But if you like The sinus clearing freshness of Jabberwocky, you will probably like this, too.

Guiacwood has a very unusual fragrance. It is very sweet, fruity, and floral but with a little light sappy wood. Guaiacwood is woody like like petigrain is woody (i.e. um, not woody at all).

 

First impression of Miss Jessel is a lightly incensed rose, but with something mysterious, sharp and warm like black pepper, lurking in the background.

 

I will give it a more thorough skin test and report back , but it seemed a little strong at first.

I had a very similar reaction with some of the rose based oils like Catherine.

 

My suggestion is to yes, sorry, wash it off. Unfortunately, if you continue to use an oil that irritates your skin, you can become sensitized to the point that most anything irritates that same skin.

 

I couldn't wear Plunder at all. The cinnamon/black pepper set my ass on fire. Not that I used it on my ass.

 

When my skin was all bumpy and itchy from the Rose, I took several days off from wearing any scented anything in that area. I waited at least a few months before I tried another rose scent. I had actually forgotten about the sensitivity issue. Surprisingly enough I didn't have the same reaction later.

 

That said, I think that if cinnamon bothers you, it will probably always bother you. You ~can~ wear it on your clothing (just not underwear, haha), in your hair, or in a scent locket or other scentable body adornment that doesn't touch your actual skin. I'm currently wanting a wood or bone hair stick that I can saturate with oil and wear in my hair and I actually really enjoy scenting my scarves and winter coats. As my body heat warms the fibers, the scent kind of rises up around me. Sigh. Nice.

 

If you must wear it on your skin, you might consider diluting it (maybe in a favorite unscented lotion or carrier oil) and/or putting it in places that don't get sweaty or have tender skin (back of hands, shoulders, kneecaps, feet). I've had lovely results with mixing oils with unscented lotion and slathering on arms, shoulders, and legs. I actually think it made the scent last much much longer, but with more subtle throw.

 

Last bit of advice that i learned the hard way - showering and sweating opens your pores and allows the oils greater access to irritate if they are so inclined. Also, I'm not quite sure how to word this, so forgive if it rambles... When I get out of the shower, I dry off briskly with a rough towel to exfoliate. This exposes fresh, bright & shiny, virgin-type skin. Freshly exfoliates skin is much more likely to become irritated. So try not to put irritating oils on tender, freshly exfoliated skin.

 

I ~so~ hope you find a way to wear it!!

I got this as a frimp from the lab and was absolutely blown away.

 

I would never have chosen this because I wouldn't have thought that peach would work for me. But it is GORgeous.

 

As others have said before me, it is a juicy, ripe white peach that does not overwhelm. Yellow peaches have a sour note that this does not have, and its a bit dirtier than this peach, thus the white peach. I had no idea that this had musk, but it explains the wallop this packs and it explains the lasting power. This stuff is STRONG and it lasts FOR-EV-ER. I barely dotted my pulse points and it was too much. I ended up mixing it into an unscented shower gel and after using it 1/2 an hour ago, I can still catch light whiffs. The peach is beautiful, but it is the back-up of amber/musk/patch that really makes this blend. They give the base a warm, golden woodsy feeling. I was certain this had cedar before I read the notes.

 

The mixture ends up being quite sexy in a sensual earthy kind of way, but wearable outside bedroom / date night. I think it could be worn in an office as long as application was kept light, but maybe a little much for the parent teacher conference.

 

It makes me think of watching an amazing autumn sunset on one of the last really warm evenings while I sit on my wooden porch swing and eat a lusciously ripe white peach. Contented sigh.

As most of the other reviews have mentioned, the coconut is the subtle star of this soft blend.

 

One of the other reviews mention Japanese plums and I agree, a kind of sweet salty aspect. Some reviews have pointed to ambergris as the "salty" note, but it has never struck me as salty before.

 

I can't help but think of suntan oil when I smell a coconut fragrance and I do get a bit of that association with this blend, but it certainly doesn't scream "SUNTAN OIL" at me. What I get is a lovely, soft, "brown" scent that is quite sweet and a bit sexy. It doesn't change at all from bottle to skin on me. And I get none of the chemical smell that others have mentioned. But I also get none of the champaca flower. Champaca is usually a BIG HONKING floral on me, and one of the few that I like, so I was a little disappointed that it didn't make more of a showing.

 

I find that this is all base notes on me and that I , surprisingly, miss the top notes. Maybe if the champaca were stronger for me, I wouldn't feel that it needs something high and light.

 

I didn't swoon with love/lust over this, but it is so pretty that I will likely keep my bottle and use it when I feel like wrapping myself in something soft and lovely like luscious blond suede or cashmere.

Just got this in the mail this afternoon! I'm typing this as I sniff.

I have to say, it isn't quite what I expected, but it is really quite lovely, comtrary to its hairy scuttling namesake.

First sniff from the bottle was a poof of high pitched top notes floating on a sharp woody base. The warm brown notes (hehe. I said brown note) vanilla, tonka, patchouli, tobacco just kind of soften and sweeten it a bit.

On skin -
Top: I assume it is galbanum, clary sage, white musk, and chamomile portion that composes the majority of the top notes. It has an almost oily bitter citrus quality (in a good way). Musk can be a bit expansive for my taste, but it seems to play pretty nice here. Galbanum is described as: has a disagreeable, bitter taste, a peculiar, somewhat musky odour, an intense green scent (wikipedia). Clary Sage: it's not quite green, not quite floral, not quite earthy - but yet all of them together. (About dot com). Also, musky, spicy sage, and dirty socks(!?). All those are there, but the chamomile adds its delicate fresh grassy floral to sweeten it up a bit.

Middle: It becomes much richer on skin. It isn't even remotely foody. No vanilla or tonka in the middle notes. Tobacco makes its appearance and is most definitely a cigar tobacco as opposed to cigarette or pipe, not moist or sweet, but dry and crisp. Coconut is very subtle and maybe just adds a kind of rich buttery-ness. If that's a word.

Base: Amazingly, I really don't get Patchouli from this. There's a kind of flinty, woody bit to the base, but it doesn't take over. Little more than a whiff of dusty wood floor. In all the base notes blend so well it is difficult to pick out the individual ingredients. They meld to make a kind of weirdly alien leather base (in a good way).

In all it is a very green, slightly bitter blend with a hint of grassy floral on a base of dry, dusty wood and arachnid leather.

Dry Down: Tbd

O hai, Lookingglass! O hai, Herb Girl!

 

Why in the world am I surprised to see you here?

 

Whell, hell. Does this have cardamom??? This smells eerily similar to "Milk Chocolate, Coconut, Cardamom, Rum, and Ginger Truffle", which didn't work for me.

 

Or maybe its the honey. Much as Honey sounds like pure unadulterated win to me, it is hit or miss on my skin. O = ....... Against Idleness & Mischief =

 

My only hope is that I had the pink & green 13 (white chocolate, peach, massoia bark) leftovers on my skin from last night and the dregs are messing with my smeller. Because right now, it smells a little like sour milk, artificial fragrance note, and ancient essence of crotch sweat.

 

<Trudges off to bathroom to wash, while a lone tear streaks down her face>

 

ETA: My Moms tried this on today and it smelled much better on her. I could pick out the cocoa and patchouli, but none of the lovely incense notes I love so well.

 

ETA2: I am compelled to add that I was so certain that this would work for me that I tried it again. Guess my sniffer was having an off day because, while not my favorite, it is MUCH MUCH MUCH nicer than my first experience.

 

I've been wearing it for two days straight.

 

I must say, it is VERY subtle on my skin. Maybe its the oak or hiba, but there is a ~not~ sweet note where I am expecting something sweet and it keeps throwing my nose off balance. Maybe that's not a bad thing. Could even be right in keeping with the spirit of Friday the 13th.

Homigod- lycanthrope, you made me snort. It was a rose-luscious snort.

 

Aaaaanyway- my decant arrived today. I was a little meh on the lupers, but gave some a try.

 

What a surprise! Liz of Bohemia is NOT the dark, resinous rose I was anticipating. The rose portion is light, almost lemony. It is very intensely rose, don't get me wrong. But it is more of the white/yellow/pink variety or a very innocent red. Not a deep burgandy/purple that looks like it could drip blood.

 

The oude gives it a slightly incense smoke background. I keep imagining the incense smoke twining to the heavens in wispy little tendrils rather than fogging up a closed room.

 

It doesn't seem possible that an intense rose with a sticky black resin could meld into a clean, light, uplifting, feminine fragrance, but they do.

 

Now before I remembered that my skin is quite sensitive to BPAL rose, I slathered this all over my wrists and neck. The next 24 hours will tell if I break out in itchy bumps. ETA: NO RASH!?!?!!!! Awesome, but why do i get rashy with the other rose scents I have?

 

If it stays nice through the dry-down, this is worth a full bottle purchase. I don't like to have lots of similar scents, so two or three versions of rose are what I am looking for. Considering how many beautiful rose themes Beth makes, it says a lot that I choose this to be among my purchases.

I would just like to add my love song to Velvet.

 

In the vial: It is superrich cocoa. Like maybe melted bittersweet chocolate maybe? Only not so sweet.

 

On the skin: Sexy dark chocolate, raspy sandalwood, and a bedrock of solid incense to hold it all together. There's a post somewhere on this forum where the poster made a batch of brownies flavored with Velvet. Um, yeah. Don't think I would take it that far because incense doesn't taste very good, but I do want Husband to wear it so I can nuzzle up next to him and bury my nose in his skin.

 

Drydown: whoosh, WET cocoa settles into the background a bit and the sandalwoode grittiness comes forward, but it stays pretty true. I can't tell you anything about throw because I could take a bath in this stuff and not get enough. But my kids tell me that I smell like spicy chocolate.

 

This is a 5/5 for me. Sheer perfection. I never thought I would find something that I loved as much as Boomslang, but I did and its GC.

 

Please don't ever discontinue this because I want to smell like this even when I am an old lady.

I got a testable sniffie of this in a swap (Thanks Glitterlips).

 

I was really suprised by this one!!

 

It is a soft, cool, comforting scent. Like a delicious cool breeze on a hot day. Nothing sharp or shocking. Just smooth, watery coconut.

 

I agree with another poster who said coconut usually calls to mind warmth (sun tan lotion & whatnot). But this is more like the cool refreshment of cracking open a real coconut on a steamy tropical day, and drinking refreshing sips of the water sloshing around inside..

 

Yeah. Thats it. Coconut water. Cool.

Well I am very glad to know that it might go away.

 

I am having seasonal allergies and probably hormone shifts as well. Now that I think about it, my skin has been acting seriously touchy lately because of a medicine I take.

 

And khazakant - that's just weird! You can wear rose from other companies, but not BPAL? Philly cheesesteak??

 

archionblu - that's a good idea. I hadn't thought of that. In truth, I had never heard of scent lockets before BPAL, so I kinda thought they invented it. Ha! I suppose one could wear any kind of locket as long as it can be opened to add scent. Brilliant!

 

Halation - love the idea of scenting a scarf!! I have a favorite cotton scarf that I wore with Milk Chocolate, coconut, cardamom, rum ginger truffle. I could smell its spicy goodness all night, but it didn't overpower those around me.

 

I did dot an old scrap of silk with some Alice last night and put it under my pillowcase. It was lovely, but not nearly strong enough.

Ok, Just recently, my skin began to reject all BPAL rose scents I have tried on it. Small, raised, itchy welts.

 

OH NO!!

 

It has happened with Dance of the Mirlitons, #20 Love Oil, and Catherine. Haven't had the guts to try anything else.

 

I am seriously bummed because rose is a favorite of mine and I have a long list of rose based BPALs I want to try.

 

What makes it even weirder is that I do not appear to be allergic to rose in other forms. I don't have any problems with the actual flowers and I use a rose hydrosol to wash my face with no problems.

 

(BTW - I have MEGA oily skin. Like puddles. So cleansers and lotions can be an issue. But I am 40 years old, so I can't go w/out moisturizer. I find that rose hydrosol cuts the grease, takes off any last traces of makeup, and leaves my skin feeling clean, but not tight. No additional moisturizer needed.)

 

I know that rose oil can be outrageously expensive, so wondering if I am dealing with a reaction to a synthetic fragrance oil or if it is some other issue. I haven't gotten all scientific on it yet, just noted itchy rash a day or so after wearing my rosy precious.

 

I don't want to get rid of them and can't afford a scent locket right now.

 

Has this happened to you? What did you do?

What to do when your skin rejects a favorite scent.

This THEfirst scent I ordered from the lab. I was so excited!

 

Good thing I only ordered an imp.

 

This smell is "hangover in a bottle" for me. Including the headache and nausea. :cries:

 

I put it on and am instantly transported back to the mad bad days of my misspent youth. I get the impression of waking up in the backseat of a car with the horrid dawn rays searing my dried out eyeballs. I have some kind is sticky rum drink spilled in my hair and a crease on my face from the leather upholstery. I don't know where I am or who I am with, but I know I did something stupid.

 

I don't usually like to leave reviews so negative, so I must say that I have since come to realize that I can wear NONE of the BPAL scents with leather notes. :cries eyes out: Not even Coyote where it is so soft or Western Diamond back mixed with my beloved SO.

 

I apparently amp leather like CRAZY and (Sorry Beth!) I get "new car scent" which has ALWAYS made me nauseated.