Mountaingrrl00

@rawpotential, your self-description made me think of Spider for some reason. See what you think:

http://www.bpal.org/topic/30857-spider/

Madrid has a strong red wine element.

Squirting Cucumber!

How do regional Will Calls get started? Is there some way we could go about getting one in the Midwest?

Vampire Bride has given me chills more than once.

I received a decant of this rare TAL, and I love the scent so much that I'm looking for a non-ritual equivalent. To me the predominant note is a true mango, not too sweet but very aromatic. Reviews have described notes as:

Mango

Tropical rose

Ocean

Bitter fruit juices

Musky

Creamy tropical florals

Fermented

Incense

Candle-wax

Anything in the BPAL catalog that comes close?

Moon Rose is rose and moonflower.

Dwarf has a nice stone note - reminds me of the Rocky Mountains.

Sounds delicious and apt! I'm doing a singer-songwriter tonight too, and think I'll wear Leather Phoenix.

And zmulls, a good friend of mine plays with Michael Ronstadt periodically -- small world!

Sea of Glass, Lady Lilith and Agape for me.

Definitely try Titania, with its lovely iced pear note.

It reminds me strongly of Monsterbait: Underpants. Pretty much stays foodie like that on my skin, too. I don't get as much copal or beeswax as I'd hoped -- perhaps they blend in with all the sweet vanilla. I like it, but don't love it.

I heartily second the Hollywood Babylon recommendation.

Opulent and fresh at the same time. The Hungary Water is spot-on, and the floral notes are so delicate and romantic. I love it, and only wish it laster longer on my skin.

Has no one mentioned Gore Shock?

Smut '06 with a chaser of Hymn to Pan and Catalyst.

I recommend trying the honeys from Rappaccini's garden, particularly Horse Chestnut Honey.

I'm wearing Midnight Mass and will probably go with Thousands of Lights later.

Bright, chilly and yellow. This reminds me of the Jean Nate' splash I used to use at my great-aunt's house. It's got that bracing quality I bet would be great in summer. The yuzu is strong on the aromatic peel, mixing with what smells like pine and a bit of eucalyptus for a high-pitched topnote. It's almost too much at first but it does calm down eventually and get more lemon-candyish. The drydown is more fruity and less piney, and seems to have the same lightly musky vanilla that's in Pink Snowballs. Definitely an outgoing scent that makes a statement.

My favorites so far are A Blot Upon The Earth (dark, resinous complexity), Thousands of Lights (citrusy-resin euphoria), and Pink Snowballs (vanilla-rosy comfort scent).

At first sniff, this smells like fire, complete with a bit of sulphur - reminding me of Fire Eater from the old Carnaval Noir series, one that was admirably novel but not that wearable. The only note I can pick out is frankincense. It didn't appeal to me, and it was the last of my current batch of decants to test. I'd been looking forward to it a lot and was afraid I'd be disappointed.

Once on my skin, though, it blooms into this amazing, warm, festive mix. If I look at the description, I can identify the beeswax smoothly underlying everything. The oak bark is very smooth-smelling. The saffron and bergamot are bright and sunny, the vanilla orchid and ambrette warm and creamy. The frankincense is no longer sharp now, but more like a soft resinous perfume.

As someone who loves Midnight Mass and Jacob's Ladder, I love Thousands of Lights even more. So so beautiful.

I love this! It starts out aromatic and juicy on me, fruity-floral in a rich, exotic way. I think that's the davana and plum at the forefront, mixing with the smoky and resinous blend in the background. Something in here reminds me of sandalwood -- maybe that's the Spanish moss? It's a very seductive scent altogether, with its deliciousness and depth and softness. The fruitiness recedes a little over time, but this isn't much of a morpher on me. This is on its way to becoming one of my very favorites.

Reminds me so much of Emeraude! I looked up the notes and confirmed that my nose was onto something - it's the bergamot-vanilla-jasmine-amber combination that's giving me that association. It's super strong on me, and very vanillic. Powdery-sweet, musky, sex-kittenish.

This is my kind of perfumey scent. It goes on strong, with a very heady opium and blast of clove that's like a traditional spicy-gourmand perfume. It has a lot of throw initially Even with the strength of the beginning it comes across as complex. The orris reveals itself next, dry and delicate and still sweetened by the clove. It dries down soft and musky and has tremendous staying power, but ends up closer to the skin. For me it's an evening, winter kind of scent, wonderful for being dressed-up and festive.

Sentimental Initiation is strong on the clove and not too sweet.