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This is a sweet sping floral scent, with a slight herby twang. I think the sweetness is coming from the apple blossom. But I'm crap at picking out floral notes, so I won't try. I'll just say it smells pretty, and although it doesn't suit me as a perfume, I like it.

I completely agree! Specifically, to anyone who likes myrrh: Try this. It's sweet, smoky, and deep. It has a little bit of that sticky resin scent at first, but it smooths out when it's drying. To be honest, it smells just like sarada described it, and I can't improve on her review. I got an extra bottle to put in a dark drawer for a year or two, and I'm really glad I did. I can't wait to find out what this is going to smell like after it's aged. This is my favorite of the Lunacy blends so far this year.

The patchouli and dry wood are most prominent on me at first, with a little bit of hazelnut. The caramel and brown sugar come out more when it's dry, but the apricot seems to be elusive. I can't smell it. This is a lot more woody than I was expecting -- I was thinking that the caramel and foody notes would be really strong, and they're not. This is a sweet, deep, rich scent on my skin. When it's dry it doesn't seem quite so woody, it's more like a sweet skin scent. If the other Monster Baits have been too foody for you, try this one. It's more subtle than the other ones.

I did the same thing as requieminblack: I almost didn't get a bottle of this. I wasn't sure how it would work on me. It's delightful!!! The cherry isn't overpowering or artificial-smelling, and the creaminess has a dry, almost woody quality to it that reminds me of Underpants. It really does smell like powdered sugar -- I think that's the dryness I'm picking up on. I like this a lot.

Vanilla mint! Perfectly so. This one is sweeter than Snowblind, I think. It's crisp and refreshing, but tantalizingly smooth at the same time. I'm not usually a fan of mint, but this scent has a lot going for it. I like it.

As with most metallic BPAL blends, this one smells perfumey to me. However, it’s not that stinging metallic scent that’s in Bed of Nails, it’s much prettier. This one is definitely feminine. It’s sweet and lightly floral. I had thought that Bed of Nails and the Cracked Bell were my favorite metallic blends… however, I like this one better than Bed of Nails. It’s prettier. I think I will try to swap my Bed of Nails bottle and find a bottle of this one.

This is a much lighter and prettier scent than I would have imagined for Faiza. It has kind of a white floral feel to it with a fruity sweetness, too. I like this quite a lot – I don’t think I’ll buy a bottle because I already have scents similar to this and I’m currently on a budget. I’m glad I had a chance to try it, though.

This is interesting – it smells spicy but not necessarily hot. It’s kind of a smoldering spice, with smoke. It smells like there’s some amber in there too. [i guess that's the myrrh. I wrote this review without looking at the notes.] There’s so much variety in the Carnaval Diabolique scents, and I need to pick favorites because I can’t afford them all. Priala doesn’t make the cut for me, but it’s only because I am very rarely in the mood for a spicy scent (and when I am, The Lion and Bengal are fine for me).

When I first put this on I thought it smelled very strange, and not in a good way. The ginger wasn't working on me at all. Then the cassia came out, and it started to smell like food. Mind you, it smells like good food, the kind I love to eat. But I'm not entirely convinced that I'd like to walk around smelling like I've just come out of an Indian restaurant. When I can't smell the ginger any more, what I end up with is a scent that smells like cinnamon toast. I don't know where that bready scent is coming from, but I swear it's there. I like gingerbread scents, so I guess I'm not surprised that apparently I also like cinnamon toast scents. I'm going to hang on to this one until the summer time -- I like wearing hot-smelling scents when the weather is warm.

Eeeeew, apple, lemon, and gardenia. I usually really dislike those notes. And yet... for some reason I like this a lot. It mainly smells like apple and Snake Oil to me, with a little bit of flowers. Maybe it's because it's spring right now (or at least it was spring, until we got this current bizarre cold weather), and this scent just seems so fitting. It smells light and bright -- it almost twinkles. ETA: I'm editing this, 3.5 years later, to note that this smells AMAZING when it's aged. I used to like it okay, but now it's fantastic.

This doesn't smell anything like Snake Oil to me, which is a little disappointing because I was looking forward to finding out with Snake Oil and leather smelled like together. I like the scent plenty well on its own, I just thought it would be a little different. Darker. This is sweet and kinda pretty. When it's dry, I like it better. It has that smooth, rich SO base. Luckily I can't really smell the sage. Wouldn't mind having a bottle of this one...

I didn't know what to expect fom this scent by reading the notes. I usually have trouble with sage and lavender, but I thought perhaps the cocoa, vanilla, vetiver, and musk would tamp down that pesky herb scent. Not so much. The cocoa was rather strong at first, but then the lavender came through. When it's dry, it smells like a combination of lavender and cocoa. If I had to guess what that smelled like (without smelling it), I would think it'd smell odd. It does. To me, anyway. I think I'll pass this over to my husband and see what he thinks. He usually likes lavender.

This is much sweeter than I expected. I normally like the darker incense blends better than the sweet ones, and I thought this would be dark-ish with the wet tobacco. Nope. Definitely sweet. It's not bad at all, it's airy and smoky, it's just not my cup of tea incense-wise. This is the sort of scent I'd like as a room scent but not so much as a perfume.

Hmmm, musks and poppy. I thought this would smell perfumey, and it does. I like how poppy can give a scent that husky hazy feel, and it's doing that here. To me, this smells like an expensive perfume. It's classic and refined. It reminds me a lot of a perfume that my mother wore in the 70s/80s, but I don't know what the name of it is. I like this. Most of the time I chose to wear BPAL oils specifically because I know that they're unusual and I don't want to smell like everyone else. But there are some days when I just want to wear a classic, elegant scent. Arachnina is one of those scents.

Ah, this smells lovely! This is what I wanted Red Lantern to smell like. The caramel is there but it's not overpowering the rest of the scent. The patchouli, tobacco, and sandalwood are great. It smells a little bit woody and warm, but creamy at the same time. This is very well done, and I know I will want to buy a bottle of it.

I was surprised when I looked at other people's reviews, because I don't smell a strong citrus in this. I think there is some citrus, but it's not loud. To me, it smells like Cathedral, but cleaner. It has that sort of pencil box scent, and it smells like the pencil box has just been dusted with Lemon Pledge. I think this scent is softly comforting. It smells like clean wood.

The bamboo is amping tremendously on me -- Habu reminds me a lot of the Asian-themed lunacies from last year. Strangely, I swear I can smell the black musk in this in addition to the Snake Oil. I didn't think I'd be able to pick those two apart. I can imagine this scent being at home on a man. Maybe I should sneak up on my hubby and give him a swipe with the imp wand when he's not looking. Also, this is a much softer scent than the other Snake Pit oils I've tried. I have to put my nose right next to my wrist to smell it. If the bamboo would calm down a little bit, I'd like the scent more. With the Snake Oil, woods, and musk, I imagine this is going to smell tremendously good in about a year. Right now it's a little too fresh-smelling. I ought to buy a bottle and let it hibernate for a good long while.

It's floral, yes... but it's a really good floral. I usually don't like florals, but I've had some good luck with calla lily and linden blossom, so I thought I'd give this one a whirl. I'm glad I did! These floral notes smell great with a Snake Oil base. The SO gives the scent a depth that florals don't usually have on me. It's not a light airy breezy floral, it's a rich, deep scent. I think this smells wonderful. I'd love to have a bottle of this.

On my skin, the almond is not at all overwhelming. It's blending really nicely with the myrrh and giving the whole scent the same sort of feel as a dusty antique store. It reminds me of something vintage... old books on an antique bookshelf. Not sure how I get that image from this scent, but it's definitely there. I like the Snake Oil and myrrh combination, which is what this is on me when it's dry. It smells lovely.

I'm so glad this is cocoa and not the chocolate note. Chocolate sometimes goes sour on me, but cocoa is always good. This is like the cocoa in Tezcatlipoca. Lovely and dry. I guess the rice milk is what's making it smell like a creamy cocoa without being chocolate. I can't smell any teakwood under the other notes, but there is a barely detectable earthy dryness to it, and I'm guessing that's from the teakwood. The cocoa is strong at first, but after a couple of hours it really just smells like Snake Oil to me. (Which is fine!) I'm not quite sure that I prefer this over Snake Oil (I have an aged bottle that's extraordinary), but I'd like to have a bottle of Boomslang when I'm in the mood for a little twist on an old favorite.

The cardamom is really light in this, which is amazing since I generally avoid it because it's overwhelmingly strong on my skin. It seems like it's mostly a combination of neroli and berry. It's a little bitter or maybe tart, which I wasn't expecting. It reminds me a lot of a toned-down apple. It doesn't smell like juicy berries or anything like that... more like the sort of berry you're not supposed to eat. As it dries the Snake Oil part of it becomes more prominent, which is good because I'm knda iffy on that strange berry scent. The amber starts to come out more, too. Right now this scent smells a little off on me. Like maybe I need to let it age for a while. I'm not giving up on it, but I doubt I'll be wearing it soon.

I adore champaca and opoponax, and they smell glorious with Snake Oil. I like Snake Oil plenty well on its own, but I find this combination incredibly appealing. I love the incense in it. It smells more smoky and mysterious than Snake Oil usually does. I'll have to get a bottle of this for sure.

In the imp, it smells like dirt, but when I put it on, it smelled strongly of eucalyptus. As it's drying the earthiness is coming out more, but it's still doing that nose-tingly eucalyptus thing. Because of that, it smells cold to me.

I'm not so good at picking out floral notes. My nose tends to get them confused sometimes. However, whenever I smell something heady and strong, it almost always winds up being jasmine. I'm pretty sure that's what I'm smelling here. It's not simply jasmine; there's more to it. There's something in it that seems dewy, kind of watery and clear. Also slightly creamy. It develops a dryness over time, too. Maybe a dry wood like cypress? I like this one better than most of the jasmine scents I've tried. I have my handy dandy sniffie of the honeysuckle single note right here, and nope, that's not what I'm smelling. It's definitely jasmine. I mean, there might be other florals in there too, but I can't smell anything beyond the jasmine.

Vetiver, dusty pepper, nutmeg, thyme and grass over a deep, mossy wooden core. All I smell at first is vetiver. I smelled it as soon as I opened the imp. And then as it's drying... citrus? And something that makes me feel like I have to sneeze. Maybe that's pepper. Something planty in there, too. Whatever that planty part is, I think it's my favorite part of the scent. Although the other notes give it a nice twang, it seems to be still predominantly vetiver and pepper.