Poenari

I love to eat roasted chestnuts but I couldn't for the life of me describe how they smell. My dad used to fix chestnuts for us to snack on at Christmas time, so I always get a nostalgic feeling when I fix them, especially now that he is gone. Christmas was also his birthday, so the smell of roasted chestnuts is very comforting to me and completely evokes Christmas, my dad, and my childhood. However, they are really hard to find and expensive too, so I don't have the opportunity to smell them often. Now that I have a decant of Good Cheer, I can smell the roasted chestnuts whenever I want to! This is warm roasted nuts, with a sweetness from the fig, but not too sweet. It makes me feel comfortable and cozy and warm, and I just adore it. Going to have to order a full bottle of this one for sure, and quite possible a backup just to be sure I don't run out!

All day yesterday I wore The NIght Hag Visiting the Lapland Witches, which smells more Christmassy than Halloweenish to me. Changed over to Midnight Mass last night before going to bed. Today it's back to Egg Nog Bath Oil and Egg Nog 2011 perfume.

I completely agree, and would much prefer if this thread were retitled as "Classic" or "Timeless." Maybe I'm being oversensitive, but I also find that phrase insulting and derogatory when used as a description. There are many forumites of varying ages here, and I am one who may qualify chronologically to be considered an "old lady" in the eyes of someone much younger. I know that when I was twenty, it seemed that fifty was old. It is amazing how my friends in their 60's now seem young to me because I'm not far off from hitting that decade. Besides, I would never consider anyone who has the good sense to love and wear BPAL to be an "old lady" in the derogatory manner in which it is often used to describe scents. There is even another thread in the Randomness section called "Old Broads of BPAL " and we proclaim and wear our age proudly. Aging is something that we all are doing on a daily basis, and someday every female forumite will be an "old lady." All that being said, and to keep this on topic, I love Halloween: Las Vegas with a passion, and while the scent doesn't necessarily evoke memories of my grandmother, somehow it fits my memories of her exactly! She passed away when I was very young and I grew up without grandmothers, but my recollection of her was seeing her sitting in her broken down recliner with a cigarette in her hand, in a cigarette holder, the long ash dangling off the edge, and her Manhattan in the other hand. Now that's my kind of "old lady."

I ordered a goblin squirt of Unspeakably Evil Temple and have fallen in love with it. It has a dark incense feeling to it that goes well with my other incense scents. Even though it doesn't list clove as a note, I also love it with my perfumes that include clove and resins/incense: Heavenly Love and Earthly Love, Hellgate of Ireland, and Mort de Cesar in particular.

You mentioned that you usually like resins and incense, and I'm not sure if you stopped wearing them out of concern that they might make him sick, but maybe they will smell nicer to him than you think. I love Melainis, which is an incense scent on me. About a year and a half ago I took my cat to the vet. The lady working at the counter asked me what perfume I was wearing, and said it was the best thing she'd smelled in months. I was wearing Melainis. I went in to see the doctor with my cat, and when I came out and she was ringing me up she asked me to write down the name of the place where I'd bought my perfume. She proceeded to tell me that she had been going through chemo and nothing smelled good to her any more, and most things made her ill, and that my perfume was like heaven to her. I told her it was a limited edition, but I had about 2 decants left in the bottle in my purse so I gave it to her. She was so sweet and grateful and I was so happy to give her something that made her feel so good. Best wishes for your son's health.

I am firmly in the Snake Oil lovers club, and as such, I must NEVER be without Snake Oil bath oil. I keep at least one spare bottle on hand to age while another is in use. This is exactly as described and the perfect match to Snake Oil perfume. This makes the perfect after-shower moisturizer to layer with my perfume. The bath oil is smooth and applies easily to damp skin, or mixes beautifully in the bath water and scents the whole bathroom. This is my comfort scent, my sexy scent, my holy grail scent, and I am so happy that it is available in the general catalog.

How is it possible that I have never reviewed this?! I adore red musk scents, and Luxuria is a staple in my collection and in heavy rotation. I keep a bottle in use (almost finished now) and a bottle aging in the closet. It layers so beautifully as an after-shower moisturizer with about half of my BPAL collection. Basically, it's Madame Moriarty in a bottle. Absolutely perfect if you love Red Moon '07, Lust, Smut, Infernal Lover, or any of the other fabulous red musk scents. I hope that this stays in the catalog forever!

This is a very spicy pumpkin pie scent, but it has a darkness to it despite the citrus. Very strong throw, but I've received compliments from coworkers when wearing it, so it's not work inappropriate. I expected something a little sweeter, given the "candied" part of the name, but I think that comes from a candied ginger- like those sugared ginger candies. It seems like the same ginger that is in the black label version of 13, and that keeps it from being buttery or sweet. Overall, a very good pumpkin pie scent, in the same family as Blue Pumpkin Floss and Pumpkin Pie Bath Oil. And it's great layered with Marshmallow Pumpkin Pie Bath Oil if you want to sweeten it up a little.

I'm so glad that I waited to review #occupywallstreet until after sunshinedailybliss wrote her fabulous review, because I don't think that there's anything I can add that she didn't say more eloquently. Read her entire review if you don't believe me. The patchouli stays way out front, but the cocoa adds a luxuriousness to this that you wouldn't expect from a "filthy friggin' patchouli" scent. I love this scent, am so happy I ordered two bottles as soon as it went live, and definitely hope to get a couple more bottles before it comes down.

OK, this is the strangest thing I've experienced with a BPAL scent. Almost all of these notes should work on me, but when applied, all I get is celery. An hour later, still nothing but celery. Yup, you are not working out at all and would definitely give me Nightmares if I didn't wash you off right now.

Thankfully, I can smell the pomegranate more than the rose, and after about an hour I can still detect pomegranate, but the scent has softened to a a basic floral. Overall this is just another floral that doesn't work on me. It's not bad or anything, just not a "me" scent.

I have 2005 and 2009, but haven't even opened my 2009 yet, so this review is for the 2005 Devil's Night. At first, I get a note that is the same as the one in Samhain that goes medicinal on me. Fortunately, it's not as strong as in Samhain (which doesn't work very well on me because of it). The musk is definitely sugary and strong. This has hella strong throw and lasts forever! It's a very autumnal scent, and I can understand the relationship between the burning tires/fires of the night and this scent. It's definitely a keeper. edited to add: Thanks to rawgirl75, who brought it to my attention that 2009 Devil's Night may be significantly different from my bottle of 2005. At her suggestion I tried my 2009 and it is amazing and completely different! 2005 has the same menthol note as Sahmain, and 2009 completely lacks that note. This is all beautiful musk and smoke. It's very reminiscent of the musks in Smut with a little spice and smoke added. I should have tried this before, because THIS version is just wonderful.

2008 version: Somehow I completely overlooked this decant in with all my other Halloween decants from 2008, so today is the first time I even tried it! It's very smooth, not overly boozy at all, and sweeter than I expected. I don't get a beer note at all. In fact, even though the notes are completely different, it smells almost identical to my 2005 Devil's Night. A sweet, musky scent with a little booze. Now that it's too late to get a decant before the Weenies go down, I'm wondering if I should risk buying a bottle of the 2011 version just to put away and let it age. Based on the lack of reviews, if this turns out to age as well as the 2008, it will probably be hard to find later on.

My top tier favorites are The Gorobble, Autumn Cider, and The Night Hag Visiting the Lapland Witches. Second tier is Halloween: Las Vegas, Candied Pumpkin, Sentimental Initiation, and Pumpkin Princess. Disappointed that several of my other decants didn't work out, but I still came away with a hugely successful Weenie season including several bottles and even some multiples.

This is very sharp on me and the patchouli isn't at all prevalent. All of these notes should be a win for me, but it is making me wrinkle my nose and not in a good way. It's one of the rare cases in which I'm actually going to have to scrub this one off. Sorry that this one didn't work out, but glad I tried a decant.

Cocoa, ashy but with a soapy undertone that is giving it that furniture polish scent that others have described. Disappointed that it doesn't work for me, but glad I got a decant to try it out!

Initially from my decant, I got a quick whiff of pine, which then turned into a smoky woodsiness. It's very earthy, resinous, and smoky and like nothing else in my collection. It does fade quickly enough that it will be wearable and not too masculine, but it would make a great scent on my husband if I could ever convince him to wear BPAL. Instead, I'm going to keep it for myself and wear it well.

√- Red and black musk √- Clove √-Patchouli √- Vanilla √- Sentimental Initiation- PRICELESS! This decant is just fabulous straight out of the mailbox. I can only imagine how amazing it will be as it ages. Going to have to buy a bottle or three for sure.

I apply TKO massage oil to my wrists before bed almost every night, and have discovered that on the nights that I don't do that, I don't sleep as well. I've been hoping for a TKO spray, and finally saw mention of Erebos and its similarity to TKO from reading through the reviews. I'm so happy that I found out about this! As soon as I got my package out of the mailbox, I went straight up to my bedroom and sprayed 3 squirts: one on each of my pillows and one on the sheets that would be near my nose. The scent was definitely a strong lavendar - the same sharp herbal lavendar that I get initially from the TKO massage oil. But by the time I went to bed, it had dried down into a beautiful lavendar vanilla scent. I love this and can't wait to order a full sized bottle! And I slept like a baby. If you are a lover of TKO, or lavendar scents, then don't wait as long as I did to try this. You won't be sorry!

Note: I use the bath oils as an after-shower moisturizer, so my review is based on this fact. I didn't get the Marshmallow Pumpkin perfume when it was available, so I wasn't going to miss a chance to get that scent, after reading all the reviews. This is the same pumpkin scent as the Pumpkin Pie bath oil, but it is greatly toned down, softened, and sweetened by the marshmallow. I have the Pumpkin Pie bath oil, and though I love it, it really takes over any other scent when I layer it. I really love Marsmallow Pumpkin because it will be easier to layer with other pumpkin scents without overpowering them. It's still a slice of spicy pumpkin pie, but it's topped with a huge dollop of marshmallow fluff . Get a bottle while you can, because this is just perfect and I suspect that people will regret missing out on it later.

Note: I prefer to use the bath oils as an after-shower moisturizer, so my review is based on that fact. At first Spun Sugar Spectre is very similar to Sugar Skull, but when compared side by side, it's not as sweet. It's a white-sugar Sugar Skull, lacking some of the brown sugar as well as the fruit. I think this will age beautifully and it will layer nicely with scents like Sugar Skull, Boo, and any scents that you would like to sweeten up a little without changing them. I was really disappointed that Sugar Skull wasn't back for this year's Halloweenies, but this is a close relative. I am definitely ordering a second bottle!

I agree totally with mxtine's review. Cake Smash grown up describes this perfectly! On the drydown, the Snake Oil amps up on me along with the tobacco, but there is still a sweet boozy cake. This scent is fuckawesome!

I think Autumn Cider is going to be another hit! It is completely different from Lambs Wool and Fearful Pleasure, my two favorite apple scents. Copied from my review: I slathered Autumn Cider after a shower, and my first impression was CINNAMON FRUIT PUNCH, but then I thought no, it's CINNAMON GHOULISH and either way it is overwhelming with the initial throw. Also, the cinnamon is the burny kind when fresh from the shower, so beware. And I don't usually have sensitive skin. But now that it's dried down, the citrus has kicked it up a notch, and it's exactly like a warm holiday punch that I always make for Thanksgiving. The ingredients of that punch are Cranapple, orange, and lemon juices, a ton of sugar, a spoonful of whole cloves and allspice, and a bag of red hots candies heated together until the candies melt. Autumn Cider is exactly how that punch smells while it's cooking, and now I get to wear it!

I slathered Autumn Cider after a shower, and my first impression was CINNAMON FRUIT PUNCH, but then I thought no, it's CINNAMON GHOULISH and either way it is overwhelming with the initial throw. Also, the cinnamon is the burny kind when fresh from the shower, so beware. And I don't usually have sensitive skin. But now that it's dried down, the citrus has kicked it up a notch, and it's exactly like a warm holiday punch that I always make for Thanksgiving. The ingredients of that punch are Cranapple, orange, and lemon juices, a ton of sugar, a spoonful of whole cloves and allspice, and a bag of red hots candies heated together until the candies melt. Autumn Cider is exactly how that punch smells while it's cooking, and now I get to wear it!

Pumpkin Princess is a completely different sort of pumpkin scent than we've had before. It's not the (sometimes-rancid) buttery pumpkin scent of Jack, nor is it the overly strong spicy pumpkin pie scent that was Blue Pumpkin floss. This is a slightly fruity, slightly floral pumpkin scent- sweeter and lighter than most, and the pumpkin is what grounds it. I didn't detect chocolate. I was slightly worried about the guava, since that is a note that typically doesn't work on me, but it blends well with the floral. I think I'll end up saving it for late summer days, when I'm jonesing for some pumpkin but it's still too hot to wear my deep autumn scents. Oh, and it's worth getting just for the adorable label art! (Bad eyes, but I think it's Lilith in the midst of huge pumpkins!)