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    Bonfire Night

    2012 decant: I get campfire burnt wood and ashes and a hint of sweetness. I'm positive i caught whiffs of vetiver, but it could be my nose playing tricks on me. Imagine the heavy smell of cremated wood logs and some campfire smoke rising and ttreacle, rendering a bit of sweetness.
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    Ogygia

    Sharp and sour smelling aquatic. Reminds me of an aquatic pencil eraser-head, actually. This sounds and smells so weird so i better stop
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    Death on a Pale Horse

    Vetiver and geranium and something else herbal mixed in between. Never imagined death would smell so green LOL
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    Black Annis

    This is a dark broody concoction! I get sweet anise rounded around the edges with vetiver and something else damp smelling. I associate this smell with witches brewing potions in their spider-web laced cauldrons.
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    The Lion

    to my nose it's Sea of Glass with muted florals and with amber and cinnamon added. This is soooo good!
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    Fizzy Jack O' Lantern

    Effervescent spiky scent. On the drydown i get the ambergis accord, which is supported by other alcoholic notes; still bright ambergis is what i get mainly on my skin.
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    The Black Temple Burlesque Troupe

    This is a review for the 2009 release. This is very reminiscent of Haunted to me, except it's not fuzzy and lacks the ambery edge. TBTBT is black musk rounded with some cocoa and faint tobacco, but it all comes down to black musk in the end.
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    Aeval

    On my skin Aeval screams herbal floral shampoo and i can't ignore this association no matter how hard i try. The shampoo accord dissipates and i'm left with a musky sage/ sweet pea drydown. Pretty neutral
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    What scents are masculine? Gender-neutral?

    I've worn Pi in the past and it's so delicious - it's more of a gourmand with almond echoing softly in the background. Dana O'Shee is reminiscent of Pi, imho. I guess BPAL vanilla-almond combo oils (the almond being not the dominant note) would be ideal.
  10. Imho, Bastet is uber-arrousing! I just can't wear it myself for obvious reasons, but i wouldn't mind sniffing it on my significant other
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    Smut

    Cut to 2013 I've gifted my 2010 bottle 1 month later after i got it. At first i got all the boozy musky notes, but the drydown started gradually to bug the hell out of me, due to its oh so reminiscent and unsettling smell. I couldn't put my finger exactly, back then, what was it that was bothering me, but this year, and reading some of the reviews in this thread, it hit me that SMUT has red patchouli as one of its key ingredients. It smelled so similar to my aged RAVENOUS bottle, which i gave away too, because it had the same distinct red patch vibe. It just wasn't my cup of tea.
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    Yellow Snowballs

    I get a slushy pine note and nothing else and it lingers on forever. Yellow Snowballs smells like piney slush and no citrus notes in sight to be found I had high hopes for this one, but sadly it wasn't meant to be.
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    Autumn Dusk Bath Oil

    I got a generous decant of this bath oil through a forum swap. On my skin i get a hypnotic base of copal and myrh with whiffs of powdery rose floating around. It's very evocative of an autumn dusk, but i could do without rose addition.
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    El Dia de los Reyes

    Hot cocoa with cinnamon, coffee, and brown sugar. I got a decant from the 2007 release. Freshly applied on my skin, i get whiffs of delicious sweet cocoa and hints of marshmallow and later the brown sugar tries to emerge, but backs down. The dry down reminds A LOT of Sue's Great Ol' Puppet Show, only that it's slightly less heady and sprinkled with cinnamon. Ultimately, it's too foody for me.
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    Black Pomegranate and Blackcurrant Atmosphere Spray

    It's indeed a tart and hypnotic scent. I get right away the pomegranate smell plus the tartness of the black currant , but it fades oh so fast, like in 15 minutes
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    Goblin Market

    This is such a cheery and bright scent. It reminded me instantly of Punkie Night. I get mostly quince and apples out of it. This is very summer-appropriate and i'm happy i took a chance and purchased a full bottle
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    Oakmoss Accord

    Salty, mineral, herbal, green scent. This blend will shine on my skin in the summer heat. It reminds me very much of Eau de Paco Rabanne Pour Homme.
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    Sin in the Pumpkin Patch

    As i sniffed the oil in the bottle, i caught a familiar whiff and that is the cinnamon note, which is very similar to the one in Satyr. I dabbed some of the oil on my skin and i got prominently pumpkin spice with Sin echoing somewhere in the distant background. On the drydown, the original Sin can discerned but it gets drowned by the pumpkin. I truly believe this oil blend needs some serious aging.
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    Nosferatu

    This oil did a 360 turn on me, literally. It started out as sweet soil and herbs, but upon drydown the dirt/ earth accord vanishes and i'm left with what i call a poor man's Lemon Scented Sticky Bat I must say that i like it and in total awe and i might wear this in summer. I sampled this again after 3 weeks and i'm registering mellow lemony dusty/bony dirt. Ugh, and i thought i'd like this
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    Blood Rose

    In the imp i smell Dragon's blood resin and something flowery. Drying: Dragon blood resin is backing away and i'm left with a powdery wine rose. It's not something i enjoy, so it's a pass for me.
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    Twenty-One

    I get the Martini reference, but the oil has this chemical vibe about; perhaps it's fresh and hadn't settled down. Overall, it's fizzy and bright and i'm trying hard to ignore the funky "nail polish remover" smell.
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    Baron Samedi

    In the imp i smell strong bay leaf - oh boy, i'm afraid we won't get along. Drying: dry bay leaf, a hint of vetiver + crushed white pepper. A faint sweetness tries to emerge, but the heavy spices just crush it. It's a scent in the vein of Port-au-Prince.
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    Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume

    Try Perversion. When i sampled it for the 1st time, i thought it's Hypnotic Poison reincatnated.
  24. Can somebody confirm whether Autumn Fancies smells similar to Titus Andronicus?
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    The Inn Atmosphere Spray

    got it as a free sample. This atmo spray smells so divine. Banana flambe cake.
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