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It's a little powdery all the way through -- wet and dry stages -- but in this one I don't mind that as much as I usually do. It's soft, musky, and very nice. I noticed a fruity scent when I first put it on (currant, I guess), but when it's dry I can't smell any kind of fruit as much as I can smell the honey. None of the notes are going weird on me -- they're all playing nicely. You know, I think these penisy ones work out pretty well for me. This one, Penis Admiration, Fascinum... I tend to like them. I'm not head over heels for this scent because there's nothing hugely WOW about it, it's just very soft and musky and nice. Comfy. I like it.

When I first put it on, it smelled very much like something my husband would wear. Masculine. Cologne-ish. A little smoky and dark. And when it was dry, it smelled like a cross between laundry and some sort of candle that you burn to make your room smell nice. Very homey and comfy. Smells like Saturday afternoon at my house. It's not the type of thing I wear as perfume, but I like the scent.

Smells like dessert at first -- promising -- but then goes weird. Eucalyptus, I guess. Tingles my nose. But the dessert scent doesn't go away. It's odd. Eucalyptus is far from my favorite note, and this combination isn't working for me.

Oak and booze, and a hint of dirt. Some kind of greenery in there. It's very sweet. This is not my kind of scent at all, but I sorta can't stop sniffing it. I'm really surprised at how much I like it. Hunh. I can't really see myself wearing it, but I most definitely do like it. I think it's the sort of thing I'd really like as a room scent rather than a perfume.

First it smelled pretty evenly like cherries and licorice, and then CINNAMON. I can still smell some licorice under there, but I think the cinnamon put cement shoes on the cherries and tossed them overboard. All three of these notes -- cherry, licorice, and cinnamon -- are notes I'm picky about, but every once in a while I find one that works really well. Not this one. This one's kind of a mess on me.

Very pretty. A deep aquatic floral with an extremely appealing moss. It smells both soft and watery at the same time. The florals really come out when it's dry, and they're lovely florals. (I like peony.) Normally I don't wear scents like this much, but I like this one quite a lot.

Wow, I just looked at the new Price Caps database after reading this. It rocks! That makes things a whole lot easier.

TheIceMaiden described exactly what I'm smelling: Light cookie with anise and clove. That's exactly what it smells like to me. Plus sugar, and some kind of nut. Strangely (because these notes tend to be long-lasting on me) I can really only smell the spices at the beginning. Then it's a sweet nutty cookie scent that smells yummy, but oddly a little bit like it's on fire. Possibly that's the clove engaging in some unauthorized activity on my skin.

LOOOOOOOOOOVE. The blend of the different scents in this is just right. Perfect. Gingerbread Poppet is sometimes a little too gingerbready for me, but this one is amazing. The chocolate seems to be the dominant note on me, but it blends so well with the espresso and gingerbread that it's hard to pick out where one ends the the other begins. I also wish we could buy a bottle of this.

Starts off like a cross between Beaver Moon 05 and Sugar Cookie, but fairly quickly turns quite minty on me -- like a whiff of peppermint sticks. Not a bad combination at all. It smells mostly like a wintered-up version of Beaver Moon on me. It's cute!

Hunh. This smells like my husband. Must be similar to a BPAL oil he wears a lot, but honestly I don't know which one it is. It smells like a combination of his leather BPALs (of which he has quite a few) and the shampoo and soap he uses. Like he just got out of the shower and put on some perfume oil. Obviously I wouldn't be able to wear this since it smells exactly like him and not like me, but I'll definitely give him the decant to try. How strange. I've never had this experience before, of smelling something that smells exactly like my husband. His pillow smells just like this. Really.

Violet petal, violet leaf, osmanthus, orris, mint, and opoponax. When I put this on, I immediately thought of Libertine, even though I haven't smelled that in about four years. I liked Libertine -- the smooth pretty plush violet -- and I like this for the same reason. It smells purple and bright and happy, while smelling soft at the same time. My husband, however, did not like that sort of scent ("Smells like old-lady purple") and asked me not to wear it. So I don't think he'd appreciate me wearing this one either. He just doesn't like anything with violet.

Smells like lilac and frankincense with a bare smidge of plum, little to no rose, and noticeable myrrh. And this would have worked for me if my review had read like this: Smells like lilac and plum with a bare smidge of myrrh, little to no rose, and NO noticeable frankincense. Ahhh, so close. But frankincense is almost always a killer note for me, and in this one it's too strong.

I didn't look at the notes before I put this on, and I sniffed it for a while and let it dry. THEN I looked at the notes. Grape? Wha--? I went back and sniffed it and realized that yeah, I guess I can smell some grape. Didn't know it until I saw it was in there, though. Mostly what it smells like is a deep dark scent that's very reminiscent of some kind of resin, with a whole lot of opium smoke. It's sweet, too, in that way that resins can smell sweet. Like pine sap. That kind of sweetness. Not usually my type of scent, but I gotta admit it smells very at home on me on this cold winter's night.

Woo, that's sweet. I was thinking that it was a bit tart, but that seemed okay because it smelled kind of liquidy instead of chalky, and I can handle tart that's not chalky. But then when it was dry it kinda went chalky. Like the candy powder that's left in the bottom of the bag. This strawberry doesn't smell juicy like I like strawberry to smell, it's just really sweet and candyish. I already have a couple of strawberry favorites, so I'll pass this one along.

Up close, it's sweet and musky with leather, but from a distance all I can smell is sleek leather. BPAL's leather notes are pretty much all fabulous -- so far I don't think I've found one that didn't work on me -- which makes it problematic narrowing down which ones I want to keep. They all smell good. I really like this musky smooth one. But do I like it more than my other leather perfumes? Nanny Ashtoreth knocked my socks off, and this one isn't quite doing that, although I am enjoying it. I wonder how many leather perfumes one person should reasonably have. I feel like two should be enough. So I guess I won't keep this one. I feel kind of sad letting it go, though.

I wasn't interested in this when it came out because snow, lavender, and herbs are all notes I avoid. Figured this one would be pretty blech on me. SHOCKER!! It's not blech at all. Yeah, the lavender is a little strong when I first put it on, but that always happens. It calms down after a few minutes, and what's left is a crisp, slightly chilly, fresh scent. Not overly snowy (a bloody miracle, for me -- I really amp snow notes), not too much lavender or herbs at all. I like it. My only complaint is that it's faint and doesn't seem to last long on me. I've tried it three times now (continuously surprised that I keep liking it), and it always fades out into a very soft crisp scent after about 20 minutes. Honestly, it really is very pretty, but I feel like I'd basically have to coat my entire skin in it a couple of times in order to smell it.

This smells like a bright floral (very similar to violets, on me) but with a blast of jasmine added to it. Although I like the bright floral scent of this, the jasmine isn't a plus for me. It's better than 90% of the jasmine blends I've tried, though.

I really wanted to try this one because I'm so picky about florals but that description sounded like this might be the sort of floral I like. Well, I was half-right. This is one of the ones that's heading in the right direction but gets waylaid by a problem note. It's not heady -- it's soft and fairly light. It certainly has an ethereal quality. BUT the amber is making it powdery. My skin has trouble with some ambers, and this kind isn't the kind I can wear, unfortunately. Minus the powder, I like the scent, but I feel like I've smelled this before. A few times. There's a note in here (don't know which one -- I'm not very good at picking out floral notes) that's particularly strong, and it's familiar to me. Except I think whatever I've smelled it in before, that other blend worked better for me.

Lovely! Strongly vanilla on me, with just a hint of florals and leather. The vanilla is perfect -- it's not cloying or creamy, it's kind of a smoky vanilla. It smells very feminine and sexy to me. Definitely going to want a bottle of this one.

I have a sleeping dog next to me who has just been out in the snow. I grabbed this decant to test it, having no idea what notes were in it, and swiped some on. I said, "Well, whatever it is, it's gotta smell better than wet dog." Then I sniffed it and said, "Eugh, yuck, no, I was wrong." It smelled like strong pine-scented cleaning products. About 5 minutes later I was sitting here typing, and I sniffed the air and said, "Hmm. What's that scent?" Sniffed my German Expressionist Horror swipe again, and hey! Smells pretty good now! The patchouli, myrrh, and musk have really come out, and the pine note has faded away. It's not gone entirely, but this no longer smells anything like cleaning products. It's a dark, deep, resiny scent. A little dusty, a little sweet. I'm going to set this one aside because I need to have a patchouli-resin death match at some point to figure out which one I like best. I seem to have several of those.

Thirteen usually works for me, unless the herbs are too strong. This is one of the ones that works. I can tell it has a chocolate base, but it's well blended with other notes. It smells a little dry and golden, and not creamy. It's sweet but not too sweet. Hmm. My reviews of Thirteen sometimes say, "Oh, this is nice, but the orange label 13 is still my favorite." I might need to do some side-by-side testing with this one to find out if orange label is still my favorite after trying this version. This one is a contender.

Fizzy gin, champagne, sweet. Maybe a slight whiff of some kind of cold note. Slightly perfumey. I don't wear fizzy scents, personally -- they just don't suit me at all -- but this is a really good one. It's a little softer than most of them are.

Honey? Lotus? I'm pretty familiar with both of those notes, and this doesn't smell like either of them on me. It smells like a stinging floral perfume of the 70s, like something with poppy in it. Exactly like that. No honey, no sweet bubblegum lotus. I'm beginning to think something has gone awry with my skin chemistry lately because nothing I've been testing recently has been working for me very well.

Ew. No, this one isn't for me at all. It smells like some particularly weird licorice at first, and then the coconut in it makes it smell artificial and strange. I'm VERY picky about licorice, and coconut often does that icky plastic-y artificial thing on me, so this is no big surprise. But no -- this doesn't work for me.