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Holly

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    Notes: vanilla, sandalwood, lime, lilac, oakmoss, cocoa, white musk, tea, lavender

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  1. Holly

    Lysander

    Wow I am really not sure what happened here...I love most of the notes, but once it's on my skin it turns into acrid, burning maple syrup. I'm guessing it was just my skin's reaction to the tonka, but egads, that is not a pretty smell. I was so excited for this one
  2. Holly

    PURPLE!

    Velvet seemed very purple and gold to me...interesting thread
  3. Holly

    Dorian

    ooooooh.....good.....LORD Dorian is absolutely incredible! The notes are fairly straightforward (I don't even get any lemon from it) but somehow this just makes my toes curl. My absolute favorite of everything I've ever tried from BPAL. If you haven't tried it by now, DO IT. It's just....GAH!
  4. Holly

    Bon Vivant

    in the imp: over ripe strawberries...sort of reminds me of a lip gloss I had in middle school...I hated middle school wet: some of the sweetness backs off, which is nice dry: becomes increasingly boozy as it dries down, but still too sweet for me. my skin actually turns the strawberry note into something more artificial smelling. not at all for me.
  5. Holly

    Bengal

    GAH it took me 20 minutes to even get the imp open! ok here we go... in the imp: cinnamon chewing gum wet: something in this is making me sneeze! Peppers maybe? dry: hmmm... it smells like one of those cinnamon flavored honey sticks! Hey that's kind of fun -- oop, there it goes. It just disappeared completely... ooook. well it was nice while it lasted, but maybe someone else will have better luck with this one.
  6. Holly

    Caliban

    In the imp: like cut grass...sort of that "crushed stems" smell that Beth does so well Wet: bitter! Still very green w/ a tiny bit of the wine poking through Dry: settles down to a very clean grassy scent with an occasional light sweetness Not something I'd wear very often, but I'll keep the imp. I think this would be really nice on a man.
  7. Holly

    White Rabbit

    SO excited about this one...the white rabbit is my favorite character in the books. In the imp: Lemon tea with a bit of vanilla. Nice! Wet: Very very citrussy...wow this morphs quickly...no ginger for me, but my skin eats it so that's not surprising Dry: Goes from something like Dorian with lemon (quite sweet) to a really lovely light creamy citrus Bottle!
  8. Holly

    Vice

    I should probably start by saying that my skin tends to eat up almost ANYTHING sweet so I wasn't expecting to get much out of a scent people find akin to chocolate covered cherries. But man, I am so glad I tried this. It starts off as a very dark chocolate bar (say, 70% cocoa?). Good so far. Then comes the cherry, but an almost boozy cherry, not sugary. Then that fades and I'm left with dark chocolate melted over a sweet (!) juicy orange.
  9. Holly

    The Hesperides

    I don't get the sugary sweetness that some reviewers have talked about, but rather a tart green apple, and something crisp and earthy. It reminds me of early October. Very, very nice
  10. Holly

    Shub-Niggurath

    I was sooo excited when I heard this was coming back; I've been looking for a foody ginger scent that works on me for ages. For the first 45 seconds or so, it was ABSOLUTELY PERFECT! Rather like vanilla inscense and candied ginger. I was about ready to break out the partyhats when, lo and behold, the ginger disappeared and I was left with...snake oil? Seriously, it turns out identical to snake oil. This is definately not a bad thing, just not something that I need more of. CURSES! I sure this will be beautiful on someone else
  11. Holly

    Sweet dried grasses scents

    The Lion was very hay-like on me
  12. Holly

    Bitter smelling blends

    yeeeah, I forgot to take into account that my skin chemistry is INSANE, so you might want to disregard Sudha Segara
  13. Holly

    Bitter smelling blends

    Sudha Segara was a rather bitter raw ginger on me
  14. Holly

    Velvet

    Oooh man. On me, this is like the Holy Grail of perfume...yes there's cocoa, but it's more of a raw, just shaven off of the block type of smell than anything foody. As soon as it dries it melts into the sandalwood and becomes this beautifully warm, purple and golden scent. I'm not doing it justice, but trust me, Velvet is just...PURRR.
  15. Holly

    Block Buster

    Straight out of the imp, this was a lovely spiced apple scent, maybe a little candle-ish, but still nice. Half an hour later, one of my coworkers claimed that something smelled like raisins and black licorice. Apparently not a good thing. Yarg...I had high hopes for this one.
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