Fefferbella

On me, this went powdery... probably the lavender.

I had my fiance try a bit, and *damn* does this smell sexy on him!

 

Heavy vetiver, clean white sage, rich resiny frankincense, spicey sandalwood, with a hint of lemon peel and fresh lavender.

I love this scent!

 

At first the sage, ceader and lavender are the strongest, and it was slightly medicinal, almost men's aftershave smelling, but that quickly disapears as it dries.

 

The vanilla, carnation, and leather notes are all I could smell after 15 minutes or so...

After trying the imp, I must get a big bottle of this!

 

At first there is a hint of cocoa and spices, but after it dries, the cocoa is gone.

This scent morphs into a rich, spicey, sweet, musky scent!

This is a really green/ woodsy scent!

 

Deffinately cypress mulch and dark, resinous frankincense. Very interesting.

This reminds me of Vick's vapor rub and floral/violet air freshner.

 

It has a slightly medicinal edge with a hint of creamy violets underneath.

 

Swap pile

Spicey Lavender?!?

 

Out of the vial this is really sweet, but it dries to something slightly medicinal (in a good way).

 

Very pretty. I've worn it a few times before bed, and it has a simillar effect as Sominus.

I've been dying to try this scent since I read about it. Aries is my zodiac and *damn*, this scent fits me perfectly!

 

Out of the vial it's rich, spicey and complex.

 

As it dries, the different notes become easier to pick out... spicey black pepper, thick frankincense and sweet ginger.

This is a sweet medicinal/pine scent.

 

I really like it. Dries to a warm resin note with a hint of greenery.

There is a lot going on in this blend... jasmine, cedar, violets, cloves... too many notes at once.

 

It's interesting, but the overall combination is very powdery as it dries. *yuck*

Sharp clean lemon soap and mint.

 

It's really pretty, but it starts to make me smell like a bottle of lemon pinesol after a while.

This is pure baby powder and grape Kool-aid on my skin.

 

Swap pile

Creamy sweet gardenias and SEX.

 

Delicate and feminine with a *hint* of something "naughty" underneath.

 

Another winning blend from the "Demon in my View" collection!

Must order *more* City in the Sea.

 

It's like this BPAL was made for me...

 

Violets, grass and the Ocean! Sweet, gorgeous dewey fresh violets and crisp green grass! Standing on the edge of the beach with my feet burried in the golden sand, the warm salty sea breeze blowing...

 

This scent is so clean and feminine. I love it!

Another frimp from the lab:

 

This is boozy sandalwood and a hint or florals! Really pretty.

 

I love Sandalwood, and boozy sandalwood is *fabulous*. Sadly the floral note causes this gorgeous blend to turn soapy after just a few minutes on me.

I had no idea "Irish herbs and flowers, Gaelic mists, and nighttime dew" smelled like Dove soap and Palmolive. Who knew...

 

 

I love the concept for this scent and I was so excited to try my little frimp when it arrived from the lab... sadly, this scent isn't nearly as gorgeous as it sounds...

 

 

Lemon zest and Vanilla!

Yummy!

 

This is so crisp and refreshing! A perfect spring party scent! As it fades it turns into a clean dryer sheet *but in a good way* scent.

Empyreal was a frimp in my last order, and deffinately not something I would have tried on my own accord.

This is florals, slight citrus and a hint of medicinal herbs.

The herbs and citrus are really nice, but the floral goes all soapy on my skin.

 

 

Empyreal Mist is very pretty, but deffinately not for me.

Wow, I'm so glad the lab tossed this in as a frimp with my last order!

 

Brimstone is amazing. The SPICEY ginger and cinnamon, coupled with a thick musty earth notes is gorgeous!

 

Deffinately not something I can see wearing as a perfume, but certainly something I'll be glad to keep around when my allergies are acting up! This stuff cleared my sinuses like nothing I've ever tried before!

 

I love Brimstone!

This smells like Cranberries and applesauce on my skin! There is a hint of incense in the background that makes this slightly more complex and sophisticated... but still, mostly fruit.

I really like this, but apples don't like my skin chemistry. Within mintues, Lampades turns into a apple-candy smell that is sickeningly sweet.

Off to the swap pile.

I really want a BPAL scent with Violet that will love me as much as I love it...

Sadly The Raven is not it. Yet another floral that turns to sticky sweet, chemical-smelling soap.

Off to the swaps

Sweet dark spiced sugarcane RUM...

 

I *LOVE* this, sadly I can't wear it often, as I own a liquor store and don't want my customers to think I'm sampling the products on the job.

Sweet and spicey lime!

 

Very unique and oddly comforting combination. It reminds me of walking through a farmer's market, in the citrus section while someone was buring incense!

 

 

Fades quickly on my skin to a sweet, citrus note.

Marzipan and vanilla!

 

Almond notes turn extremely sweet on my skin, and Eclipse is almost sickly sweet.

 

This would be a delicious room scent!

Wow, this smells exactly like walking through the old Metairie Cemetery by my home in New Orleans.

Growing up, I would often walk through the rows of gorgeous family crypts and tombs surrounded by rusty ironwork, sun bleached tombs and ancient oak tree-lined paths.. The paths are twisted; crumbled corners of tombs jut out; and dead ends added to the eerieness of the area.

 

This is *that* smell.

Dark musky wild roses and Frankinsense.

This is the same "pretty" wild rose note I get in Seraglio. Not the stuffy English Rose or the chokingly sweet "fake" rose note found in some BPAL scents.

 

The spicey Frankinsense is slightly overpowering at first, but it quickly settles down to a mellow note that creates an overall rich blend.

 

I really like this scent, and personally I think it's beautiful. Having never been to a Catholic mass, I have no grounds for comparisson there.