Dark Alice

I am not good at reviews. Thus, although I've been with BPAL since 2006, I am unsure if I've ever written a review - maybe one?

 

Antique Lace is one of my all-time favorite scents. I love it. In all my years of BPAL-dom, it's one of two I've paid heavily for, and not regretted it. I love AL, and I know AL on my skin.

 

Stekk is AL with a non-buttery*** marshmallow note *on me.* The AL aspect is about 80-90% of what floats up to my nose, with the remaining 10-20% being the all-white, fresh (not cooked) marshmallow veil.

 

Love. Serious hoarding happening here.

 

***I *hate* buttery notes with a passion. HATE.

This review summed it up perfectly. I may have to make one more order for it...it's just that good. Light on the marshmallow but that vanilla note on the final drydown is AL's cousin. LOVE!

My favorite of the three. Gorgeous Frankincense with little to no perum balsam. Just gentle, soft frankincense. I love it.

A boozy, deep coffee flavored black patchouli. This is occupy Wallstreet with too much coffee liquor in it. This has to be washed off. UGH.

This is a lighter version of Lemon Scented sticky bat. Here the lemon is not strong at all nor is the sugar. It's there...and then it's gone. Not a fan. But I am glad I got to try it.

Sweet blueberries in syrup, cool whip cream, with a hint of crust. It is so light and lovely. I may need a bottle of this b/c the cream does not go funky on me. So delicious.

I smell tuberose, plum, the barest hints of vanilla and something herbal. Weird. Glad I got to try it though.

Peach. When You first smell it...fresh juicy peach that is just cut open. As it dries....Peach pie filling from a can. Dead on. No crust. No sugar. Just peach pie filling. Alas, I will have to keep looking for my peach scent b/c this one is just too sweet.

A sweetened version of Little Egypt minus the sweet flag. I have sweet caramel! I do love the frankincense/myrrh/caramel combo. But this will be a one in a while scent and I need to track down a partial...but no more.

Wooden, ashy patchouli with touches of fig and Pomegranate. The wood over powers what other wise would be a lovely fruity, resinous scent. So glad I got the chance to try it.

French Milled Black raspberry and black currant soap. YUCK. Washing it off now.

Smells like fresh orange and spices. As it dries...you get that feeling that the pomander is truly disintegrating. It smells like it is getting older on my skin. But it smells really good on me. So I will need a partial of this too.

Tart Cranberry. Barest hints of garland and ozone. A complete win!!!!

Fresh dewy soft rose. It's amazing. I need a partial of this. This is a bear snuggled gently in roses completely drifting off into a nap.

No almond. Just gorgeous Brown leather, vanilla with a hint of cherry. I am hoping this ages as well as I think it will. It's delicious!

I am going to need a full bottle of this. This is the perfect candle/pumpkin scent for me! I need more.

I am going to need this. More of it. It's fruit, bright and fun!

This vanilla is akin to the vanilla in Signor Dildo. The florals make my nose itch and eyes water. Edith has just got to go. She is giving me a headache.

Muted pumpkin and cream on my skin

The honey is a bit musty. Meh...not for me.

This is a dead ringer for sonnet d'automne 2011 on my skin. Thankfully I only need my partial.

This smells like a Pumpkin Spice Snickerdoodle on me. I get no frosting. Only sugar cookie with pumpkin spice on it. I want to eat this. This is a bad idea to keep this as it makes me want cookies.

Slightly sticky, sweet caramel apple. Green apple at that. Accurately depicted. So glad I got to try this!!

Pencil Shavings, Wood, burning eraser from when you rubbed the eraser to fast as a kid and it got hot...but it smells just like it...and graphite. This is one of the most provocative scents I have ever tried. So glad to get an imp.

Cloying heavy peach blossoms. This one gave me the biggest headache. I am so glad it's on its way to a new home.

Alas...The French Lavender is all I amp in this. I am so sad as this sounded wonderful. I smell like fancy, french milled lavender soap. Good for some...too floral for me.Off to the swap pile.

This sadly smells like burnt Starbucks Coffee on me. I wanted to love this so much...but the coffee note overcame everything. Off to the PIF pile with ye.