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Snow White is one of my most beloved scents so I just had to get the hair gloss. There isn't much to say except that it smells exactly like the SW perfume oil: An ethereal scent. Soft snow, light florals, and a faint almond/coconut something in the distant background.

This smells like dirty snow, as in snow and dirt co-mingled, with a dusting of vanilla on top. That may not sound great but it is. I'm not getting any of the lemon other reviewers are getting. And that's a good thing! I anticipated that this hair gloss wouldn't be too complex so I could layer it with a variety of perfume oils. This fits the bill quite nicely.

I'm retesting this from an imp that's been aging for 1.5 years. From my meager notes when I tested it fresh: Woodsy, minty, sweet, spicy with a bit of floral. Sooty on top with something cool and clean underneath. Retested aged imp: Wow, like others have commented this is an incredibly complex scent. Aging has certainly improved it. I was kinda' blah about it when I first tested and now I'm really intrigued. The sweetness in this blend smells like the lab's honey note even though that note is not listed. I don't get any mint this time. The whole blend seems to be dusted with that honey sweetness and a creaminess that I attribute to vanilla. I get Opium infused Leather underpinned by Peru Balsam. A bit of fruitiness, floral, smoke play along the edges. This is crazy good after aging. I think I need to get a bottle of this and squirrel it away for awhile.

With these notes I thought this blend was gonna be a win for me. I get no white musk, no cocoa, no incense, no leaves. I have hay scented soap on my skin. That's it for about 10 minutes and gone.

A melange of sweet resins, beeswax, and dark incense. For me, this is so well blended I don't detect any individual notes except for beeswax. I don't have a resin/incense blend quite like this. It's sweet without being foody. Incense often has a 'hollow' feel to its scent. But this one smells 'full-bodied'. Not sure that makes much sense but its the closest description I can come up with. Oh, and like some other reviewers I don't get any Vetiver.

Wet: Nutty oatmeal cookies. Not too sweet and warm. Dry: Turns to play doh and disappears in less than half an hour. Had promise in the wet stage but, like many of the RPGs, the final result just doesn't work.

When I started wearing BPAL I thought I was a floral hater. More and more I'm finding that there are florals I really love and others that smell great if they're tempered with the right notes. I adore Sweet Pea, Tuberose, Fruit Blossoms and just about any night-blooming flowers. Roses, violets, carnations can smell great or they can go terribly wrong. Some of the scents that have made me look differently at blends with floral notes: Wanda - the roses and violets behave themselves Morocco - I hate fresh Morocco. The carnation is biting. But after giving it some time to age and the carnation to mellow out its really beautiful. June 23, 1868 - Night blooming flowers that smell antique Rosy Maple & Reflected Vulva - both have a fruit blossom note and sweet pea. The florals are sweet and not in your face. RV might be a challenge to find though Snow White - soft, innocent florals Playing Tag in a Garden Full of Gods - Tuberose and a white rose that behaves. Peacock Queen - It amazes me how much like a fresh red rose this smells.

At first I get hit with a oily chemical/medicinal smell which I'm guessing is the Laudanum & Mercury. During the dry down Absinthe and Opium start to come out and temper the chemical aspect. And finally, Rose and Carnation come and round SB&K out. Once dry, the chemical/medicine translates as herbal to my nose. All the notes are present but muted. I don't think I've smelled anything quite like this. Its a comfortable and restive scent and I'm liking it a lot.

Its taken me a while to review BP because we've had a love/hate relationship. This was the first OLLA I tested right out of the shipping box. In the bottle I could smell salt, berries, a bit of floral, and dragon's blood. I thought, "Oh, this is going to be interesting". But, it wasn't. On my skin it turned into slushy, salt water. I've learned to wait and retest after aging a scent. For a while I was getting pretty mixed results and it smelled different every time I tried it. Sometimes I loved it; other times I hated it. I would say that for about a month now I've been getting consistent results so I think its aged sufficiently to render a verdict. I get fruit, maybe berries or pomegranate, with a salty, metallic edge. Dragon's blood, ozone, and florals alternately pop out from time to time to say hello. I would call this a red scent, but diluted red, if that makes sense. Its a cold scent with shots of warmth. Such an odd little scent but one that I'm really enjoying now.

How does she feel about cocoa with her coffee? El Dia de los Reyes smells like that. The coffee note actually smells like coffee to me (which is not always the case with the Lab's coffee)

Sorry, yes they have been Discontinued. you can find all the Disc. GCs under In Memorium section of their website here: http://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/product-category/in-memoriam/general-catalogue/

Heavy ritual incense + citronella. As this dries down the citronella aspect becomes more and more prominent and I'm not liking it. I don't want to smell like a bug repelling candle plus it doesn't resonate all that well with the incense. Its just not for me.

This is a very dry, soft scent. Sandalwood and Coconut are dominant. Coconut usually goes creamy/tropical/foodie on me but not this coconut. This one is really dry. Same with the Sandalwood. I get incense but the kind where you walk into a room hours after the incense burned out and you can still smell it in the air. There are also hints of Orris that make this blend powdery. I'm not getting any musk but there are brown, fuzzy underpinnings that perhaps can be attributed to the musk. I absolutely love Jenkin. Its the most beautiful dry/powdery scent I own.

The wood in this is too faint and the brass is too loud. I was hoping for a deep, rich wood with a bit of something metallic along the edges but the wood note seems kinda flat to me. I can smell it but it really has no character. If that makes sense. When this dries it smells like super masculine cologne. Just not for me.

Floral, herbal, aquatic. I do detect something like a cement note in the background. This is a pretty scent but it's so not me. Too heavy on the aquatic for me to ever reach for it. My Mom, on the other hand, loves aquatic scents so I gave my decant to her. She loves it which is what I expected.

I discovered Tombeur about 2 years ago and wear it often but I've been wary of doing a review because this is one of two scents (the other is Blood Popsicle) that are really sensitive to my skin chemistry. I never know quite what it will smell like until I put it on. It never smells bad but I just never know. For example: Today its really strong on the Blood Musk (which comes off smelling a bit like a deep, rich wine) and Patch with occasional whiffs of Snake Oil. Sometimes its Snake Oil and warm, creamy amber surrounding it. Sometimes its Vanilla Sandalwood + Musk + a bit of Snake Oil. Other times I can smell all the notes in this blend. Anyway, you get the idea. The notes seem to play hide and seek with me.

2014 Version: I've never tried any older versions of Devil's Night but I bought a bottle blind based on reviews of prior years. This is a bit of a let down. I wanted booze, sugar, and musk with some smokiness. What I got was an artificial fruit candy smell + a wee bit of smoke. I'm not sayin' it smells bad. It smells fine but its really not me. Plus, it fades from my skin in about 10 minutes. I will hide this away and age it for awhile before giving up on it entirely.

This is just what I thought it would be...Pumpkin Spices sans the actual pumpkin. I'm getting ginger, cinnamon, clove, and maybe nutmeg or cardamon. Super Nice! Bought this with the intention of using it as a layering scent and its perfect for just that.

Patchouli and sickeningly sweet Honey. That's not something I've written in a review before. I normally love honey and love sweetness but there is too much of a good thing in this blend. AND No vanilla No Cinnamon I'm so sad. I will age VoA III before deciding whether to send it off to another home. Maybe age will bring out the vanilla and/or mellow the honey.

Wow! Soft and warm. Simple but lovely. Ambergris is one of my true note loves and this one doesn't disappoint. It's just so cuddly which is not a word I associate with Ambergris. It might be that its blended in with the Leaves note which I can certainly smell. Currants give this blend a bit of a sweet pop. Something about this blend makes me think of a man's cologne but it's not masculine. More like a feminized cologne. For me it's the winner of this year's weenies.

This one's a big disappointment for me. Out of the oils I got I thought this would be the one I loved. Out of all the notes Violet is the one I'm least familiar with. Everything else should work on me so I think it's the violet that's coming in and ruining this. I get an overpowering, biting floral that beats the other notes into submission. It's quite nauseating. I'll give this some time to age and retest but right now i'm crying a little.

This is indeed a pale, lovely scent. I'm getting Wisteria which I'm happy about because I love the scent. Thankfully it doesn't go bad on me. There is something aquatic and herbal swirling around the floral. The water/herbal element smells fresh. A resinous base supports the blend but I don't get any distinct resins. I can't pick up the amber or frankincense individually but rather combine to give a sense that there are resins in this blend. A beautiful, non offending scent perfect for those times when you don't want a smell cloud knocking people over.

2014 version Starts out a burnt sugar but dries down into a pleasing brown sugar with the faintest hint of fruitiness. I see myself using this as a layering scent.

Started out as strong, chicory coffee and marzipan but as it dried the marzipan fades away. It takes a few minutes for the Au Lait part to make an appearance. Ends up a sweet but strong, creamy, chicory coffee. The pastries are almost nonexistent but are adding sweetness to a coffee that would otherwise smell bitter. My new favorite coffee scent

Rose and Sandalwood are the stars with a resinous background I attribute to Frankincense. The Elemi starts out sharp and sour making it dissonant with the rest of the blend. But the time this dries Elemi mellows out to where its still got that tang but its not screeching at me anymore. Definitely fits in with the rest of the OLLA series.