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Got this as a lovely little freebie in an order, and i concur with the others that it's a floral, and quite strong. A couple of squirts and my apartment is filled to the max with the scent. I have a feeling it will last quite a while too. I'm not great at picking out notes, but the main thing i think when i smell this is lilacs, rather than rose. But like i said, not awesome at notes without some direction and definitely not awesome in the floral area, so maybe i'm way off.

I can see the sweet and light incense description. It's gorgeous, absolutely so, but so light and fades to almost nothing on my skin so quickly that it makes me sad because i want to smell it but would have to keep applying constantly and i only have a smidge. If you like light skin scents this would definitely apply. Tis lovely.

This is an instant new favorite. It is glorious, positively glorious. I agree with those who said it's a warm, dry (oh how i LOVE dry scents), round, woody scent with a hint of spice. The cardamom stays quiet and subtle on me, the wood is warm and...well, woody...and i think it's the hay that gives it that dry feeling, but i'm not sure. I wish i knew what the balsams smelled like on their own. All i know is that this is divine and i'm in love.

I think i'm in love. I don't know about the fur aspects because i guess i just can't envision what fur would smell like, but this is a warm, soft (not remotely powdery on me), sweet musk with excellent throw. Definitely in the Hunter Moon and Coyote camp like someone else said. It's gorgeous and feels like a wonderful, cozy cloak around me. Love, love, love it.

This is almost entirely patchouli to me, and it is indeed dirty patchouli. To me it smells like the classic heavy dirty hippie patchouli w/ a hint of sweetness...and unfortunately despite my love for patchouli i can't take this dirty, heavy version. Maybe it has something to do w/ the combination of the benzoin. All i know is it's the only patchouli in a bpal blend i've ever had turn my stomach. Ah well, you can't win every time.

How did i never review this one? I seem to be one of the very few people who adores Alone. I fell madly in love from the get-go. It is earthy, spicy (but not too), warm, unique, and gorgeous. My only disappointment in it is that once someone said i smell like a head shop, which i never associated with this scent and is not something i wanted to hear...but i guess i just need to accept the fact that sometimes, i like smelling like a head shop. Ah well. Viva la Alone!

This was covered briefly before, but on me Storyville is quite similar to Devil's Night (i only have the 06 version so can only speak to that if there's a variation in aging). Storyville is definitely a little sweeter, and there are other subtle variations i can't put my finger on right now, but they are strikingly similar on my skin.

There's not much i could add that doesn't echo much of what others have said, but because i love it so much i want to throw out my impressions briefly anyway: It's much softer and warmer than i thought. The softness is aaaalmost powdery, but not quite - it doesn't ever actually reach powder, thankfully. Someone mentioned it's almost spicey too, and i agree. It's not spicey, but it makes you think that for a glimpse here and there. It's not exclusively masculine to me, and i find it very wearable.

Wet - yep, it's expensive, beautiful whiskey. Dry - sun-warmed expanses of old oak. a hair smokey, a hair sweet. Absolutely drop-dead gorgeous. ETA - now i get it...it smells like a sauna. all that dry, hot wood. wow.

I can't describe this scent in detail. All i know is i have no other scent like it, and something about it makes me giddy and sigh with pleasure. It's like it's wired into some deep brain receptor. Strange and lovely.

... Warm amber musk, Satsuma tangerine, black tea leaf, cardamom, cherry blossom and cinnamon. When wet it's orangey and spicey and tea-like, with a bit of sharp floral in there. But for me when it dries the orange and spice fall back and that sharp floral in combo with the tea just puts it over the edge into floral-perfumey territory.

Sadly, Wulric is my worst nightmare. When wet it's dry soft cocoa and sharp lavender, which is fine but not terribly compelling for me. But after about three minutes it dries into precisely those commercial perfumes that i avoid like the plague. It's interesting though because i've always wondered what notes are in all those perfumes that have the same icky perfumey smell to me, and now i have a possible list of culprits that can combine to do that. Sorry wulric, i'm sure you will find other homes to love you.

Like many people, I find the bay is a little weird here. It's definitely true to description - pine is pretty strong, a bit of lemon, rosemary for sure. After it wears down the bay blends a lot more and it becomes a pretty decent, balanced scent, though i don't think i could get through the earlier phases myself.

this smells strikingly like arcana. it's rosemary that i think i'm smelling as the most distinctive note, but i fully admit i'm not expert at identifying notes. all i know is, this is VERY similar to arcana. There are different aspects to it and as it dries down i think i can see what people are saying about sandalwood - it's stepping out some there. I also feel like maybe there's some lemongrass in here.

This smells to me like something you might find in a handlotion or shampoo. It's that "clean" smell to me, though not the same kind of clean as bpal's dirty is. At first i can get a twinge of spicy ginger in there somewhere, but mainly it's all white floral on me.

Lotus is overpowering and sickly sweet right off. I get a bright spark of citrus in there, which dies off pretty quickly. Then i'm pretty much just left with that deadly lotus. I'm sure the amber and flowers are lurking in there, but when i smell lotus that's pretty much all i can smell.

Trick #2 is absolutely stunning. This is an instant top favorite, and i haven't had one of those come along in a while. The sweetness of berries and/or pomegranate, the patchouli, and i think the vanilla are most prevalent for me. The sweetness is at a perfect level - understated yet speaking up. I get something that seems almost nutty from this though, and i wonder what i'm smelling - maybe it's the oak-aged aspect of the vanilla? No idea. In any case, i'm extremely picky about my vanillas and this one blends perfectly and does not overwhelm everything else. This scent manages to be foody (a category i'm not often a fan of) w/out hitting you in the face with foodiness - for me it's just that wee bit of nuttiness combined with the sweet that gives it the food aspect, but it's so well-rounded with the tobacco and patchouli that it's not all that's there. In short - love it, love it, love it.

From a distance I get whiffs of something almost water-fresh like, which is not my favorite. Must be the sweetness of the shea maybe that i'm confusing with that? But up close the sprucewood is warm and great. This is definitely very close to the skin though, very light. A few hours later, there's almost nothing here. I think the waft of fresh-watery-ness will drive me away from this.

Iris is one of those florals that doesn't immediately make me nervous, so this one holds promise for me. Putting it on, the iris is dominant to me. As it dries the sandalwood and perhaps herbs cut the iris a bit so the scent overall is not too floral, but still has a floral feel to it. It won't be a frequent wear, but it's pretty nice, very glowing and golden. Definitely an imp keeper.

When wet, I can smell the mint! It's great actually, very bracing and boozy and sweet. Whadda ya know, just like a mint julep! The sweet bourbon is there, but the mint goes away pretty quickly and it's…hard to describe. Clean smelling I think. Actually, yep, I think it reminds me of colgate shaving cream. That smells okay for what it is, but it's not something i want in a perfume.

This is very bright, not sharp exactly. The orange is prominent but changed by the berry and rosehip. After an hour or so the patchouli is lightly in the background. It's still nice at this point. After another hour this has a persistent soapy smell on me. I'm not sure where that would come from, but it's definitely there and driving me away.

Yep, the ethos of this scent works well with the painting. It is, as various others have said, floral, light, airy, not too terribly cloying as far as white florals go (though i dabbed the tiniest bit on my arm, not being a white florals kind of girl). I can see the "dressy" aspect someone mentioned too. I don't really get the jasmine or lavender or really anything green to my nose. I can get a wee hint of the amber every once in a while, but i have to really sniff through all those florals. This is not for me, as i knew it wouldn't be, but i had to try it anyway because damn...i love that painting.

Heh, i'm with sarada. At least 95% of the most popular scents here, including at least that much of those listed here, are either uninteresting to me or, more often, completely disliked. They're just not my bag. I'd be terrible at enabling the average person because i could never hand them alice or antique lace or O or snake charmer or any of the dozens of others they may be likely to enjoy. D'oh! Despite my tastes, i have enabled at least one person though. So that said, here would be mine. These are not all my favorites, just some of the more "accessible" or interesting-to-me ones out of my collection (some of which i know others have listed as well): intrigue the caterpillar dee coyote black phoenix nephilim orpheus resurrection of the flesh severin blood pearl masquerade blood moon or alone maybe for an LE

Harvest Moon smells like a harvest. Yup, that's my profound analysis. Really though, it's incredible just HOW MUCH this evokes autumn harvest time. Fall festivals around my hometown, visiting the local apple orchard and walking the fields, looking at the pumpkin patches and waiting for time to carve the Halloween jack-o-lantern. Leaves blowing around and the last few times the grass is mown, wood, and that perfectly distinct scent of autumn on the air. There are a few elements that i don't directly associate with autumn in my part of the world, such as the black cherries that linger in the complex layers of this scent, but those still add to the overall effect of this scent. It's lovely, just absolutely lovely.

Sniffing it out of the imp, it about knocks me over. So sharp and strong, it's all red wine, cognac, and cassia. When i wear it i can then get the honey and a good bit of the balsam, but it all remains overpowered by a sour wine, extremely heady boozy scent, and the cassia. For me the mix is mildly nauseating. I'm glad to see that there are some that like this scent, because i think it is an extremely unique, distinctive scent. If you wear this i doubt you'd ever smell like anyone else, and that's pretty cool.