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I have on some of the oil from my old trusty Fallen imp right now, and it's lovely. It's a dark, hazy scent, with just the barest hint of florals. My only problem with this scent is that the amber seems too perfumey and then it goes to powder. That's not Fallen's fault, it's mine. My skin has trouble with some ambers.

I do like the scent, particularly when it's dry and it smells so golden and dark at the same time. Unfortunately there's that powder thing.

On me, this is a mature, sophisticated, heady floral. Just a little bit sweet. When I first put it on the jasmine was too strong, but when it's dry it's not so obnoxious. The scent is lighter than most jasmine blends I've tried.

People who like yellow florals should not miss this one. It's pretty.

I read other people's reviews because I couldn't figure out what this smelled like except slightly spicy. Hmm. Cinnamon apple cider, you guys say. I can understand that. It does smell kind of like that on me. Way heavy on the "cider" part, though. I wouldn't have thought there was apple in here. On me it smells mostly like mulling spices and some sort of wood. Not really fruit.

I love the smell of mulling spices, and I like this scent. I'm not sure about using it for its intended purpose, but the scent of it is certainly nice enough that I'd be willing to try.

A dear friend sent me a decant of this, and I'm very surprised that I like it at all, much less like it as much as I do. Gardenia is generally a deal-breaker note for me, and lemongrass is basically always a deal-breaker.

This one, though, breaks the rules. I can't smell any lemongrass or gardenia in it -- they're not loud like they usually are. And the honey absolute isn't doing that play-doh thing that honey usually does on me.

It smells like a very pretty perfume, a little exotic and only slightly floral. The nectarine and orange don't make it as bright as I thought they would. It smells more exotic than bright, to me.

I'm still not sure that this is the type of scent that I'd wear, but I'm still surprised that I like it so much. Worth keeping around and trying again, that's for sure.

I honestly think this is one of BPAL's very best scents. It's not just because it works very well on me (and my husband, and everyone I know) but because it's truly a gorgeous blend of notes. Just wonderful.

It smells dark, warm, and... radiant. The musk is made sweet by the plum and champaca flower, and the sandalwood and patchouli give it a lovely earthy grounding.

I like it so much that I never wear it, which is stupid. My 10ml just sits there while I wring my hands and worry about running out. Well, bollocks to that. I'm wearing it. It's too gorgeous not to wear. And when I run out, I run out. But I'm not going to just let it sit there anymore.

Well, I know this one seems to be very popular, but I guess it's another one of those popular ones that doesn't do anything for me. It just smells like incense smoke. It reminds me of the way opium smells very perfumey to me. It's that sort of smokiness. I don't smell much of the "vanilla cream cotton" at all. Possibly some cognac, but not very much.

It's nice enough, but I like other BPAL scents in the GC better than this one. And it bears no similarity at all to Antique Lace on me. Smells more like Anathema with vanilla, to me. I guess my skin just amps the smoke.

Well, there's definitely patchouli in here, but it's much drier than patchouli usually is. The carnation gives it a spicy kick like carnation usually does on me. Something in this is making it smell powdery, and I'm not sure what the problem is. I like the scent but I don't like that powder scent. It's a bit too dry and antique-smelling for me.

At first it's very, very bright. Fruity sweet. I do smell some peach but it seems like it's more tangerine. The floral notes in this are all ones that either rarely work on me or just don't work at all, but while the fruit notes are drowning them out I actually like the scent. The fruit notes calm down quite a lot when the scent is dry, and then it's mainly just a sweet floral. Not the kind of floral I like (it's rather heady for my tastes), though.

It's pretty and well done, but it doesn't suit me personally.

Mainly what I smell in this is wood and incense. It's quite deep and rich, and the resins are lovely.

It's not as dark as, say, Schwarzer Mond, and it's not as light as Aureus. It's a lot warmer than either of those. I like this one better. Also it's much stronger on me than many of the Salon scents are.

This scent is straight tonka and vanilla on me. And probably a little bit of sandalwood and amber because it's "perfumey" underneath. I don't smell any apricot. No ginger, either.

Happily, vanilla and sandalwood combinations are some of my very favorite scents, and this one is lovely. Very, very pretty. It seems there's a bit too much vanilla in it at the very beginning, but after it warms up that's not a problem. It smells innocent and happy and feminine.

Onto the bottle wishlist for sure.

From a distance, this smells mostly just like fig on me. Close up it's sweeter, I guess from the date and currant although I wouldn't have been able to say there was currant in it because I can't identify it. Just a sweetness.

I'm not sure what the black herbs are in this, but this fig scent does seem a bit gritty so I guess that's what's contributing to it.

I like this scent a lot and always have.

Dragon's Hide is very lovely. On me it smells strongly of dragon's blood at first, but when it's dry it's mostly leather. But it's sweetened up considerably by the DB, which makes it seem much more interesting to me than a straight leather scent. Also the smoke comes out more later on.

My husband wears quite a few BPAL oils with leather in them, so I'll be passing this over to him to see how he likes it. I know I'd like it if he wore this.

This is a pleasant, soft floral, and it definitely smells watery and green. It's a pretty scent. The floral part of it doesn't smell a whole lot like peony, so that must be tulips. It reminds me of springtime. For some reason it's very light on me, though -- I swiped the imp wand on my arm about six times but it's still not very strong.

Strangely this one doesn't work on me, and I kinda thought it might. It has floral notes I sometimes like, and I pretty much always like pear. But the plumeria definitely seems the strongest in this scent, and that's a flower I don't get along with very well. The pear and the "evening dew" are nice and I enjoy those, but the floral notes are just too strong for me personally.

Hey, this is really nice! I am very pleasantly surprised. I avoided this one because of the cedarwood, but apparently I just never smelled cedarwood in the right combination before. It smells great with the raspberry leaf. I can't really smell any vetiver, and I can't say I know what olive leaf smells like, but the combination of those sweet dry leafy notes with the cedarwood is awesome.

It does smell a bit masculine, but I'd wear it anyway. It's great.

I usually don't like almond scents very much, but I like this one. It smells really good with the neroli and orange peel. I don't think I can smell any rose or the spices in it, at first, but after the almond backs off I think I can start to.

This isn't the type of scent I would have expected to like, but I like it. It smells cute and kind of sweet. It's a lovely combination.

Quietude smells like herbs (lavender) and citrus (seems like lemon).

I probably would have liked this okay but I tried TKO and loved it to bits so this one just isn't going to be used by me as long as that one's around.

I thought this one would smell mainly like roses, given the name, but it doesn't. It smells spicy to me. Red. Maybe it's cinnamon. There are probably some floral notes in there too, but to be honest I can't smell a whole lot under the spice.

Also I never want to wear this oil because of the name. I know, I know, I'm a dumbass. But whenever I see the name on the imp label for some reason I think "chupacabra" and I'm sort of repelled.

This smells like sweet pea. Not quite as sweet as sweet pea usually is, but it's... well, I just don't like sweet pea.

And, you know, there are some scents that just don't suit me as a person. There are other scents that are so utterly wrong for me that if I wore them I'm pretty sure people would laugh at me and ask me what in the world made me think that I could get away with wearing such a scent. This is one of those ones. It belongs on someone who is most definitely not me.

All right. If this had blend had every single one of those notes except jasmine, I would probably like it. Even with the jasmine, I sort of like it. It has what I think of as a traditional perfume scent -- not the kind you wear during the day but the kind you wear in the evening.

But it's that damn jasmine! It's practically pointing and laughing at me and may as well be jeering. Stupid jasmine. I WILL GET YOU ONE DAY, JASMINE. THIS IS NOT OVER. *runs off in a dramatic snit and then sits in a corner and pouts*

I smell some lotus at first (on me lotus doesn't smell just like bubblegum, it smells like bad bubblegum, the kind that's been chewed too long and is now sort of hard and gross). But after about 20 minutes it's not very strong at all. Mostly what I smell is myrrh but it's a little sweeter than usual. The sandalwood is a nice touch. It's a pretty scent.

I feel bad saying this, but I wish that this was called something other than Black Lotus. I kinda burned myself out on lotus scents after I got Lotus Moon last year, and when I see this imp sitting in my imp box with the word Lotus on it, I never feel like putting it on. Maybe I should cross out the "Lotus" on my imp label and write "THIS IS THE ONE THAT SMELLS LIKE MYRRH" on it so that I have a chance of wearing it sometime.

Whenever I wear the oil from this imp I wonder why I don't wear it more often. It's really sexy and pretty on me, and I like it a lot. The juniper is not even noticeable to me (which is good because it's the only note in there that I don't usually like).

The red musk is not as musky as it usually is, and the sweet floral notes are perfect with it.

Also, I highly recommend letting this one age for a little while because it gets sweeter and more pretty as it ages.

It's really lovely. I'm not sure why it's not more popular because to me it seems like it's the type of scent lots of people would like.

When I first started wearing BPAL I thought I wasn't interested in floral scents, and this was one of the first ones that changed my mind. It's not what I think of as "floral." It doesn't smell like flowers I'm familiar with.

This one, for some reason, becomes a bit powdery on me, and it's not really the kind of floral scent that I like. I can't really do a proper review of it because to be honest I have no idea what most of those notes smell like. But I'm definitely glad I tried it. It made me realize that I like moonflower.

Obviously this is a rose scent, and it's a pretty one. Not too green, and a bit soft.

I'm picky about rose scents, and with all the different roses in here I figured one or more of them would be the kind I don't like. But... I guess not. It's a very pretty scent, particularly after it warms up. Sweet, innocent, and pure. Not soapy or artificial-smelling at all. Just extremely lovely.

Hee, I thought I read somewhere that Plunder smelled like chai, so I swabbed a whole bunch on the back of my hand without reading the notes, thinking I was in for a Sudha Segara-like experience. Uh, whoops!

This one's very spicy. But when I say "very spicy" I mean "has lots of different spices in" rather than "will make you think you are on fire." The spices are gentle rather than raw. It seems like I can smell all the different ones in here, and it's quite interesting.

Normally I can't wear anything with cassia in it because it's far too bold for me, and usually cinnamon is too strong and drowns out the other notes. Not in this one, though. Not at all. It's mild and quite pleasant. The sandalwood and tobacco make it seem even more exotic, to me.

Hmm. You know, I'm not usually in the mood to wear spicy scents because I'm just not a spicy sort of gal. And just by looking at the notes I would have thought I wouldn't like this at all. However... I like this. Maybe it'll be my one spicy scent in my whole BPAL box. I think that if I was ever going to have one spicy scent, this would be it.