Foodie

The Forest in Winter at Sunset is a gorgeous, warm, glowing beauty. The amber is the strongest note followed by a piney musk that adds a bit of mystery. This piney musk is like standing in a forest smelling the fragrant night air rather than a crushed pine needle or sniffing moss. It all blends together beautifully to create a smooth scent that is golden and snuggly but at the same time has a serious mood, provoking a feeling of being in awe of nature. I love The Forest in Winter at Sunset. If you like amber, you will love it too!

Dragon's Milk is one of the stars of the GC scents. Dragon's blood is the main note here with a creamy vanilla supporting. It is incredibly strong and long lasting on me. I haven't tried it aged but love my new bottle.

Winter my Secret when first applied reminded me of Love's Baby Soft. Not to say that it smells like baby powder... more like that strong alcohol smell when you first spray it. An intense and WHITE fragrance, I could not detect any vanilla at all. WMS is bitter, medicinal, earthy, but in some way powdery. It was, I'm not gonna lie, disappointing. Not to say it's a bad scent... just not the warm, resinous vanilla that I thought it was gonna be. More like cold resins if that makes sense.

Raspberry Sufganiyot is heaven, pure and simple. Heaven for foodie lovers, that is. The raspberry is definitely a sweet raspberry jelly, not a fresh berry off the vine. When first applied all I got was the raspberry goodness, not much of anything else. After only a couple of minutes the donut/baked goods scent shows up. It never overpowers, it's just there supporting the sweet gooey raspberry filling. I also can distinctly smell powdered sugar. This is crazy! So after about 3 hours a slightly spicy scent has emerged and the raspberry has diminished a lot. I still smell powdered sugar. I did not smell anything even resembling plastic or butter, which so many of BPAL's baked goods scents seem to have. Yay! I love Raspberry Sufganiyot from beginning to end and am very happy to have a bottle.

I was hoping Nasty Woman would be sweeter, more foodie, with more vanilla. What I got was a very strong and pungent patchouli with a sort of bitter, earthy wood and a bit of fig in the background. I did not enjoy the combination. I had to wash it off. I was glad to support the cause but Nasty Woman was way too nasty for me.

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this! I love the lab's red wine note and this is definitely it. Very wine heavy, a dark sexy red, with a touch of amber which gets thicker and sweeter over time. It also has a slight incense or spice in the background. This scent is dark, seductive, beautiful, perfect for autumn and winter.

Dragon's Tears smells to me like blowing bubbles as a child. That smell of the liquid as you dip your bubble blower stick in and blow a million bubbles, as the bubbles fly through the air and land on your face, your arms. There is a strong floral scent in the yard where you're blowing bubbles, you're standing right next to the bush. Dragon's Tears is a strong soapy floral.

Let me start off by saying I don't really care for fruity scents. I ordered this because I'm obsessed with honey, it's pretty much my favorite note. I hoped for a dark, gooey, strong honey but the apple is definitely the main scent, the star of the show. The honey is there, I can smell it, it's more of a light, perfumey honey. I do think anyone who likes apple perfume will love this one, but it's just not my thing. I immediately thought of shampoo after applying and after a while it did get a tad bit spicier and less... shampooish... but like I said, not my thing.

When I applied The Wan White Humming Hive, the first thing that popped out was a strong, beautiful honey/beeswax note. I can't tell the difference between honey and beeswax. All I know is I like it! But... for the next hour, all I could smell was "old lady". I have no idea what it was. I could still smell the honey but there was something behind it that just screamed old lady. Sorry I can't be more specific than that! After the first hour, the incense started to send out its slow burning smell and I must say that it was lovely. Good bye old lady, hello gorgeous honey and incense! Like the other reviewers have said, this is a "white" or light incense. Not the incense I'm used to but definitely incense. To me it's worth getting through the first hour to get to the wonderfulness of The Wan White Humming Hive. It lasted all day and I still could smell traces of it in the morning. Glad I have a bottle!

I felt that I had to order Witch Dance 2016 after everyone went crazy for the 2012 version, and I definitely wasn't disappointed. When sniffing my Weenie bottles this one did not stand out, kinda sharp. So I waited a couple days to try it. After applying to my wrists and sniffing a minute, I pretty much immediately slathered it all over my body because I knew it was a total win. It's an absolutely gorgeous blend of red musk and incense. I've never had a dead leaves scent so I can't pick that out. But heavy on the red musk and incense for sure. I continued to smell it throughout the day, could still smell traces of it at bedtime. Yay! So happy to have this beautiful scent and if I decide to get any backup Weenie bottles this will be the first one on the list.

A surprise hit for me too! My favorite of the 5 bottles of Weenies I ordered. The first thing I smell after applying to my wrist is the cooking-sugar smell, which I absolutely adore. The "fires in the distance" I can clearly smell, along with a touch of musk. The overall effect is a not-quite-foodie but sweet smokey scent perfect for fall. ETA: After about an hour and a half this lost the smokey sugary loveliness and turned to kind of a plain sweet musk. I sure wish the smoke would stick around... 😢

Haha, thanks Celestia! I know I have an imp of The Forest Reverie around here somewhere, but for some reason I feel like I tried it and didn't quite like it.... goin to have to dig it out again to see why. Both of the other ones sound great! Thanks!

I'm looking for the ultimate "smokey forest" scent. I love tree sap, fir/pine, and smoke. I don't care for wood. I have Black Forest and love it but it doesn't have the smoke or sap and a tad bit too much wood for me. I have high hopes for the new 'weenie Przeczucie but the reviews so far are worrying me. Anybody out there with a recommendation? Thanks!

I second The Lion. I will always recommend it to anyone ever because I adore it but really it is a wonderful Autumn scent. It's warm and cozy amber with just a hint of cinnamon... can't get much more "fallish" than that!

Let me start off by saying this is not a review describing the scent of French Love... just how much I love it. I ordered this imp along with a couple others from the lab and I immediately loved it. It's absolutely gorgeous. Sexy but not too sweet or overtly sexual... the kind of scent, in my experience, that a lot of guys like. I find myself reaching for it multiple times a week and when I wear something else I think I miss my French Love. Ordering a 5 ml for sure.

Blind bottle purchase for me because I love patchouli. Wild Woman with Unicorn did not disappoint. It smells exactly like the description, like wildflowers and patchouli. The flowers aren't the perfumey, sharp florals. They are sweet... dewy... I can smell the green leaf... are those bluebells? But the star of this show is the patchouli. Earthy, mossy, sweet patchouli. It is definitely the dominant note but does not in any way overtake the wildflowers. For anyone who considers florals to be "old ladyish", the patch converts this scent into something that is quite the opposite. Just like the beautiful, fragrant, colorful wildflower meadows that grow spontaneously, this oil is an earthy delight to the senses.

Now all I have to do is find a bottle of L'Estate!!! (Good luck to me, right?)

Coyote is a great amber scent which is what I think makes the Lion so lovely. Lion is amber with a hint of Cinnamon. Coyote is amber with sweetgrass and a hint of soft, brown suede. Is recommend Bastet as well. LEO is still available, I'd recommend you snag it quickly and thank me later. If you can find it, Sportive Sun is a wonderful, very leonine amber. Jacob's Ladder is beautiful, I am betting you love it and I don't find it masculine, it's quite gender neutral to my nose. Aureus is an imp I'd recommend trying, in the vein of the Lion, sunny amber. I'm getting quite excited thinking about all this amber! So I ended up buying a bottle of Jacob's Ladder... And you were right, I love it! I don't find it masculine. Very gender neutral. Very warm and cozy and beautiful. LOVE IT. Thank you!

Just getting around to reviewing this now, I've had my bottle since 2012 and use it sparingly because I love it so! Gooey apple filling mixes with cheesecake to make this such a yummy scent. I don't get much crust in this one. My favorite foody scent by far. Literally almost every time I wear it someone says, "oh my gosh, what's that smell? Oh, yum! What is that?". And then proceed to sniff me with smiles and rolled back eyes. My coWorkers never fail to recognize Beaver Moon and say "you're wearing that delicious perfume again, aren't you?". My most complimented perfume.

Thanks Sprout! Really want to try Leo, as I'm a Leo, but need the funds to support this growing habit of mine, lol!

Thank you Anne mathematics! You're making me rethink not buying Jacobs Ladder.... So many posts on this amber thread say the same thing you did about JL, but then I go to read the reviews and like half the people say "this would be great on my boyfriend". Uggghhhhh, I wish I could sample those darn Etsy bottles!!!

When first got into BPAL in 2012 I was only into foodie and rose LE scents. I literally never even tried Snake Oil. I've been gone for a couple years and feel like a total newbie all over again, trying all of these GC scents. I realized that my favorite scent ever in the world is The Lion. Words can't express how much I love it! I ordered a bottle and also a bottle of O, they're currently on their way to me! I considered purchasing Jacobs Ladder from Etsy, but reading the reviews it seemed a bunch of people said it was masculine. Masculine is not my thing. Just wondering if there any LE's I might want to be on the lookout for that are warm ambery goodness like The Lion. Would love some good recs! Thanks!

Haha Vetchvesper, that's my problem! I know I should be patient but it's so hard! And also I hate paying for shipping. Oh, well. I think I have an imp of Vixen that I haven't tried yet...

I'm not sure if this is the right thread, but here's my question... Snake Oil is out of stock at the lab right now. I'm going to order O and The Lion and I REALLY want a bottle of Snake Oil (I've been reading that a lot of people love it aged... I fell head over heels in love with the fresh imp I got!) but like I said, it's out of stock. What GC scent do you guys think is the MOST SIMILAR to Snake Oil?

Voodoo Lily is definitely a morpher. I put a tad bit on my wrists and got ready for work. First impression... spicy lily. I like the scent of lilies and I like spices, so this was a good thing. Cinnamon? Nutmeg? Clove? I don't know, but I liked it. Not LOVE, but like. Ok, so I finish getting ready, I get in the car and start driving to work. I all of the sudden smell something wonderful. Like sugary sweet baked goods with lily flavored syrup poured on top. I realize that it's me! I really like how this smells after about an hour. Still debating on if I need a bottle...