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This is a lovely holiday scent, like Tintagel gone right. It's a mulled pear, warming up on the kitchen stove.

Where there's smoke... This starts with smoky/dusty. It stays smoky/dusty. No changes. With its purpose, I could see wearing it at the same time as another scent. By itself, not so much.

The honey fights with the tea at first. Then it comes up floral. While I can tell the lilac, it's a rather complicated scent.

Really really leafy.

Starts with mass quantities of lilac. It's starting to separate into the individual notes, which is nice. A little bit of a salty overtone — not so good. That moves in and out, hopefully mostly out. The florals are well-matched, with no single one dominating.

Oooh, the bubbly note is right on top! It takes a while for the roses to make an appearance. It's a bright rose, nice, with the champagne now in the background. And then it's nothing but rose.

Whoo that's fizzy! The cigars come up slowly, waiting for the fizz to fade. The fizzyness is dominant on me, overpowering the cigars.

I smell the chocolate first, and the champagne is just a light note here. Oh, that's yummy. That's really nice. Now the chocolate is starting to fade and the champagne is coming back. I think we could use chocolate and sex without the champagne.

Starts as a grapey-winey scent. I thought it would be similar to a Road Opener oil that I have, but it's very different. It's not a great scent on me, but then again that's not the point of it!

Blast of flowers!!!! It's a little powdery, but that works with this scent. It's really beautiful, blended in a way that is balanced and has no one note or other coming up.

Pizzelles! It's the anisette from pizzelles and something — the coal dust? — gives the baking side of it. And mom used to whip me when I made them. Ok, not really. But it does very much remind me of baking them, and I have the pizzelle iron downstairs somewhere... Anyway, it's very nice on me. Good stuff.

Thankfully I do not get the coffee. :-) Mostly it's the incense coming up, and I really like incense scents. And the pancake syrup is slithering up nicely.

Yum, foody caramel! The berry is coming up, too. And a hint of butter. This is nice, it's the berries that I get the most.

I seem to like the dead & embalming scents. Does that make me a dead head? Anyway, it's spicy with a very light overtone of citrus. Seems like bay leaves and maybe a few other things that one might throw into a recipe. It mellows down into a soft warmth.

Starts with a light floral on me. Now it's settling in, and coming up with a complex mix. This is one of those amazing florals I've come to expect from BPAL. Nice!

Oh, interesting, the very first scent I get is citrus candy! That part mellows out but is still a bit sharp. It's getting woodsy. It's mostly mellow and woodsy, but still with that little bit of sharpness to it.


A really nice leather. Warm and slightly smoky — this is like walking into a really posh leather or shoe store. Remember back when shoe stores smelled like leather? It's got a little spice, too. Wow. I now understand the expression, "Must hoard shrunken heads."

It's a different sort of sugar than I expected. Maybe that's the candied fruits. It's a nice scent, super sweet! The fruits are fermenting a bit now.

I get the spices first, very warm. The rose is nice to, sweetly sitting on top and not overwhelming. It's mysterious and a bit complicated. This is one that really blooms after a few minutes. 


Starts kinda medicine-y. Maybe that's the pepper? Now the other things are coming in. The beeswax, definitely, and is that bayberry? I like smelling it because there are so many interesting notes, just not sure that I like the overall effect. Maybe it's the cream that's a bit off. Eventually that disappears and what is left behind is nice. But it takes a while for that to happen.

A quick blast of hairspray before it settles in. I smell roses.

Ooooh, flowers! Those are some beautiful, lush, tropical smelling flowers to start. The leaves are hanging out and being subtle. This is a keeper!


It's got a nice pine start, only pretty and not like a cleaning product. the beautiful old wood. Now the roses are wafting through. Now it's kind of a nondescript floral.

Leather, a bit sharp to start. I'm not getting the musk, but this is a good leather, very wearable. I like this!

Oooh, now that's a sweeeet violet! I can definitely tell there are interesting undertones. It's a little bit fruity.