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I am pretty sure that there is Musk in this as well as a raw, broken in leather. This smells like bridle after you left it overnight in the barn and riding the day before. Like the sweat from the horses has seasoned the leather.

 

I think I will be buying back ups. This really brings me back to memories of riding horses with my aunt.

Recently I received a purchase from Ralenth with goodies in it! She included a 'Mystery' imp that I think said it was bpal? Maybe? That or just a mystery all in all lol

To me BPAL has a pretty distinct smell and it seems like it probably was a bpal oil(I'll have to check the label again).

 

I would love to know what this might be!

It smells EXACTLY like shoving your nose into a trick or treat bag filled with a mish mosh of all kinds of candies and goodies. First sniff I almost thought it was Giljagaur! Then upon further huffing it reminded me a bit of my yummy and cozy The Inn goblin squirt!

I cannot even begin to pick out notes in it! I'm not that good, I just know it smells really delicious!

Any ideas?

I've never had the pleasure of smelling the SN: Last Year's Stale Candy Corn but this is how I would imagine it!

Sticky Pillowcase?

I am going to add In the Wild North to the list of fresh sheets recommendations. It dried to be slightly ozone fresh sheets.

Resurrecting this thread because I'm suddenly craving a perfect Easter morning scent. Something with warming earth, new greens, dewy florals (fingers crossed for early spring bulbs like daffodils, hyacinth, or tulip)...maybe even with a hint of candy? Fresh but not high-pitched, loud, or (god-forbid) soapy. Early reviews for "Qui Aime Bien Châtie Bien" look promising but I'd love other suggestions!

My vote would be for the Lilith scent: Give Me Thy Breath, My Sister 2015

 

Alternates: Heel (2016 Lilith), Muse of Fire

So, here's a bit of a puzzle--my skin chemistry and amber. For the most part I've just started avoiding it because when it's bad it's really overpowering and makes me feel ill. I think I must amp it but not in a good way.

 

However, several of my favorites/almost favorites have a prominent amber note. There doesn't seem to be much pattern to it, either; excluding grey amber(/ambergris, which isn't real amber) there's not a color of amber that I can consistently wear. Four Seasons: Winter and Mouse's Long and Sad Tale are both delightful, and O isn't bad, but Road to Versailles at Louveciennes, Black Rider, and Coyote are all awful on me (Anubis is also on this list, but amber isn't listed as a note so I'm not sure).

 

Does anyone have advice/suggestions for what I should try or avoid, or is it going to continue to be hit and miss?

It's possible that aging process is making some Amber wearable for you. I usually love White, grey (ambergris), and pale amber fresh or aged. Nonspecific Amber, usually doesn't smell good for me until it hits 18 to 24 months.

 

I figured this out by comparison of fresh versus aged Mouse's Long and Sad Tale.

 

I also don't enjoy Amber during Shark week (menses). After that, it goes back to smell good again. Unaged or on Shark week, it smells musty and powdery.

 

TMI probably, but may be my over sharing will help you figure it out. Because Amber is beautiful. If the right kind, good age, right time of the month. Notice I didn't mention Black Amber because I'm still trying to figure it out. Pink and Green Amber, I like. White and Grey, I love. Tunisian, Egyptian, Golden, I love with aging.

 

Some notes, for example, rose, I've learned that I have to try a decant each and every unique blend because I can never predict if it will work on my skin chemistry. And, I have to test at different times of my cycle just to be sure I'm not missing anything.

I loved The Inexorable Finger. Anyone have other Patch + Oude recommendations? Especially if a resin or two shows up to the party.

Fluerettes Purple Snails:The Dream

Ganymede (Moons of Jupiter)

Nasty Woman

Spider Witch

A Shadow in the Elevator

Depart pour Le Sabbat

Of the Unicorn

Phoenix and Dragon

The Imperfect Enjoyment

The Devil's Pet Baits (Sherlock Holmes, Blue Carbuncle)

 

Bath oil: Hidden Purpose

Holy Coca Cola. I finally understand what you guys mean when you say a scent smells like cola.

 

This is resin heaven. Which is appropriate if I think about it. I can't really tease out any notes except Opium, which varies between peppery floral and hairspray and the Coca-Cola resin, that I'm guessing is opoponox or labdanum, or perhaps both. Wet, it has a fizzy quality, like a carbonated beverage!

 

The Opium note disappeared on drydown and I was left with a sweet resin buzz. I have a hard time describing but it's fuzzy and plush, like black velvet.

 

I need multiple bottles and I really want to know what note smells like Coca-Cola incense.

Cumin and grape give me pause, however, someone kindly gave me a sample imp, well aged, I'm guessing it's the 2008 version?

 

It's identifiable as champagne when wet, not grapey as I feared.

 

Early wet to dry phase, the frankincense and myrrh come to the champagne party. I also detect a metallic note, could it be the gold?

 

Drying, the ambergris is apparent and ties all these notes together seamlessly. I don't appreciate any coriander or Cumin, but I can't say I've smelled those singly.

 

Drydown phase is a beautiful ambergris and vanilla bean, lovely, ethereal.

 

Being the ambergris whore, I must say this is going to be a full bottle purchase. I just hope that the 2016 ages to become the masterpiece that I received in frimp.

My first thought at sniffing the bottle was, "Gluttony, is it you?" Granted, I hadn't sniffed Gluttony in years, but this has a passing similarly on first sniff.

 

It is not a Gluttony dupe but this is a delicious foodie creation. I can see the Boo minus the linen note comparison (to be fair, I get no cream either) and the Rice Krispy treats association.

 

Initially, wet, this was very buttery with caramel and vanilla mainly.

 

Drying it was pretty consistent, little morphing, mostly marshmallows and caramel. I didn't pick up any fudge or chocolate, maybe there's a batch variant? No chocolate sludge in the oil itself. Maybe I didn't roll the bottle thoroughly, however, I will retest after a more vigorous mixing and report back with an edit if I get chocolate on the next test.

 

This was more gooey marshmallows than cookies or pound cake to my nose. I accidentally ordered 2 of these but I'm a-okay with that because this is in my foodie top 5. Actually, I need to do another Yuletide Post order, so maybe there will be a third bottle heading to my greedy, gluttonous little hands.

 

BTW, I didn't love Marshmallow Cookie Pie, sacrilege, I know, it had an off, scorched smell, but this is perfect!

I love this! Frosty Red berries predominantly for me, yes, there is something slightly frosty about them minus any ozone or aquatic. The Mistletoe is a Green herbal note in support. The berries are both Red currents and cranberries, I can smell both. This smells a bit sugared as well, it's a bit sweet. I love this and think I may need a full bottle or at least more decants for the Summer. This reminds me less of Christmas than Springtime berries caught in the area late Frost.

 

 

So, I just went to pull up the recommendation thread for carnation....and there wasn't one (mods, please correct me if I am wrong and just couldn't find it!)

 

But this seemed a shame to me. It's one of my two favourite floral notes! I simply adore carnation.

 

My favourite is in Alice Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot.

I also love it in Queen Alice Carnation, posies, and white amber with a hint of inky treacle, sandy cider, and wooly wine

I adore it in Frumious Bandersnatch Bandersnatch musk, redolent of spicy carnations, wild plums and chrysanthemum and will likely cry when my bottle is gone

I catch nice hints of it in Judith and Holofernes Skin musk, honey, carnation, French magnolia, patchouli, sandalwood, and immortelle.

And from BPTP, I LOVE L'essence de la Passion Red musk, carnation, myrrh, and honey.

 

 

I wanted to love Maiden but it was more tea on me than carnation white tea, carnation and Damask Rose.

I thought I loved Liebeszauber but the cubeb just took too long to settle down and let the other notes shine. Honey, rose petals, and carnations a drop of blood red clover, cubeb berries, and vanilla cream.

 

I want to hear everyone else's carnation favourites!

 

ETA: Thanks LiberAmoris! I searched for "Carnation" never thought to try the plural! Duh!

 

In that case, anyone have any recent carnation faves??

Bumping the thread due to my newest obsession, carnation.

 

My favorite Carnation perfumes are Hod and Morocco. I have imps to try of Bathsheba and I want to track down Brisingamen. I am waiting for A Thousand Hopes and Dreams and Fears to settle. I will probably never be able to find a bottle or decant of the The Masque.

 

What are some other carnation perfumes to try?

Hey my fellow carnation lover! I think you'll like Brisingamen, I do. Keep meaning to get a bottle.

Hod and Alice are my faves, (Morocco is all sandalwood on me, which I love, but not a carnation scent for me).

I can't wait for my decant of A Thousand Hopes to get here! Anticipating needing a bottle.

 

Have you already tried Queen Alice? It's another GC carnation fave of mine.

Miss Lizzie and Cushing Manor "Atmofume" are my newest carnation loves, but they're both harder to find.

 

I know "soliciting" is not allowed, and this is not that, but if you wanted to try The Masque, dear Sprout, I know a certain someone who has a bottle and would gladly send you some to try. PM me if you want.

I think you will love A Thousand Hopes and Dreams and Joys. It is very similar to Morocco with no Sandalwood.

 

I have a bottle of Liebeszauber on the way. I have a very aged bottle of Queen Alice that I should retry.

 

I love, love, love Cushing Manor.

 

Miss Addie is very hard to find as is the Bandersnatch.

 

Brisingamen has been out of stock the last few times I was checking to add to my order.

 

What about Bathsheba?

 

Has anyone done a side by side comparison between Skadi and In the Wild North.

In the Wild North has a sweetness, but it's not an actual berry like Skadi or Almond Blossom. It's the Lab's snow note plus spruce and pine, which is definitely lovely but not the same as Skadi. Alas.

Ah, the search continues. Maybe next year Beth will resurrect it. In the meantime, Snowflakes remains my quintessential Winter scent. I also love Talvikuu, Perchta, Ded Moroz, Dust of Snow, Snow White, Black Ice and Snowblind. Winter-Time and Nuclear Winter are nice also.

 

From this year's decants, I am loving Winter Landscape as my quintessential Lab Snow scent!

Wow, The Sea of Ice from this year's Yule release is very laundry like.

Has anyone done a side by side comparison between Skadi and In the Wild North.

So, I just went to pull up the recommendation thread for carnation....and there wasn't one (mods, please correct me if I am wrong and just couldn't find it!)

 

But this seemed a shame to me. It's one of my two favourite floral notes! I simply adore carnation.

 

My favourite is in Alice Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot.

I also love it in Queen Alice Carnation, posies, and white amber with a hint of inky treacle, sandy cider, and wooly wine

I adore it in Frumious Bandersnatch Bandersnatch musk, redolent of spicy carnations, wild plums and chrysanthemum and will likely cry when my bottle is gone

I catch nice hints of it in Judith and Holofernes Skin musk, honey, carnation, French magnolia, patchouli, sandalwood, and immortelle.

And from BPTP, I LOVE L'essence de la Passion Red musk, carnation, myrrh, and honey.

 

 

I wanted to love Maiden but it was more tea on me than carnation white tea, carnation and Damask Rose.

I thought I loved Liebeszauber but the cubeb just took too long to settle down and let the other notes shine. Honey, rose petals, and carnations a drop of blood red clover, cubeb berries, and vanilla cream.

 

I want to hear everyone else's carnation favourites!

 

ETA: Thanks LiberAmoris! I searched for "Carnation" never thought to try the plural! Duh!

 

In that case, anyone have any recent carnation faves??

Bumping the thread due to my newest obsession, carnation.

 

My favorite Carnation perfumes are Hod and Morocco. I have imps to try of Bathsheba and I want to track down Brisingamen. I am waiting for A Thousand Hopes and Dreams and Fears to settle. I will probably never be able to find a bottle or decant of the The Masque.

 

What are some other carnation perfumes to try?

Thanks for that list sprout! I will have to try a few of those!

 

I am loving A Little More Tea. Tea and cookies!

 

Not a tea strictly speaking (from the tea plant), but on me this year's Season of Ghosts really smells like an herbal tea blend with lemongrass, ginger, and citrus. I REALLY want to drink a hot cup of it!

Please feel free to add to my list and tweak it. I need to retry Season of Ghosts. Ginger is always a plus but lemongrass and I don't usually mix. I love real Lemon, lemon verbena, and almost all citrus though.

I love the smell of BPAL Tea, and haven't done a round up of my favorites yet, so, here goes:

 

GC:

White Rabbit (I love this so much I tracked down a 10 ml)

Dorian

Geneviere (technically an LE, but available when the Carnival is live)

Theodosius (Earl Grey)

Alice

Maiden

Bewitched (Tea and Blackberries)

Cordelia (Overlooked probably due to the floral elements but is a beautiful green tea scent)

The Dormouse

Firethorn Berry Tea

Green Tea Viper!

Half-Elf

Kumiho

Lady Una (Green Tea plus Honey!)

Nostrum Remedium

The Apothecary

The East (jasmine tea made by fairies)

Tweedledee & Tweedledum

 

LE:

A Holy Man Advises Evoking Mary...(White tea and White leather)

A Little More Tea

A Peculiar Spirit (Tea and Tobacco, with a licorice vibe)

Bewildered in a Dream (dreamy Tea and Lavender perfection)

Desert Places (available until the Yules come down, white tea and resins)

Diversions in the Chashitsu

Eldritch Drunken Constellations (another reason to love this, but the ambergris eclipses the Tea in my opinion)

Embalming Fluid Bon-Bon

Eusapia

First Cry of the Warbler on the Plum

Full Moon

Geisha in a Green Kimono (gunpowder green)

Mars Loucetius (Tea chypre)

Men Ringing Bell with Penises (bonus points for artwork, very fresh green tea blend)

Phallus Parade (Smoky Black Tea glory)

Pumpkin I ( Pumpkin plus gingery Black tea)

Serving Tea after Coitus

The Teapot

The Trappings of the Tea House (vanilla Tea scent of my desire)

Venus Genetrix (jasmine tea masterpiece)

Maiden v2

Half-Elfv5

 

Tea blends that seem to be other people's favorites but I don't care for on my skin, due to problematic note inclusions:

Embalming Fluid (the chocolate made it wearable in the LE?)

Evil

Phantasm

Plunder

Rendezvous at the Bath

Shanghai

 

Tea blends that I need to try:

Bread-and-Butter-Fly

Eros

Famine

Funerailles

Furo

Gingerbread, Matcha Tea, and Raw Mint

Gossips of Ghost Land

Iambe?

Insula Ventorum

Iulia

Koito and Sashichi

Lovers in the Tea House

Shadwell

Harlot's House

Treasure Ship Coming In

Tweedledum Bon-Bon

Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat

Tyrranophobia

Yurei

 

Omitted blends that have Tea, but it is overwhelmed by the other notes

This could be the resin blend of my dreams. Galangal starts strong with a gingery punch. The olibanum adds the airy mystery of incense. Drying, the myrrh is in evidence with the barest hint of DBR. The resins here are cuddly and comforting, not too Smoky.

 

Low sillage at the present time, although this will likely strengthen with age. For now it's more of a skin scent. Myrrh is subdued here, glowing and warm rather than cloying. This is spicy incense with a hint of blood and sweet. It's full bottle worthy indubitably.

Add me to the list of reviewers who get oakmoss like whoa! from this. Like Keanu Reeves in the Matrix whoa. Maybe like Keanu Reeves as Ted whoa!

 

I can detect the vanilla, leather, clove combination, like a distant radio station Riding in and fading in and out on the main Channel playing the song oakmoss night and day.

 

I enjoy Fougere perfumes, however, this is very different than I expected. Wonder if there are batch variations here or we've discovered a new amping ability super power?

 

I will retest, but I doubt that I'll want a bottle. I'm keeping the imp. I like my oakmoss with flowers or Grass and the faint amounts of the other notes means there are other vanilla, clove, leather scents to hoard instead. To be fair, the whole Dead Leaves series are mostly unpleasant for me, must be a skin chemistry thing. I still have October and Samhain to love though and the Dead Leaves with Tobacco and Currant worked out, so I keep trying these. Considering how expensive the Weenies updates can be, I should be grateful for a proverbial death note.

Layer of White Rabbit plus Saw Scaled Viper?

This was mainly moist soil and moss at the start with a hint of beeswax.

Drying, a hint of pine. Ivy is missing in action for me, a shame, as I love it.

Later, an hour or more into the drydown, the wax assumes prominence.

 

This is the most realistic "dirt " scent I own. The only problem for me is that the scent is turning my stomach a little. I'm not certain if this is a primal scent association that is preconscious for me, or a true, visceral reaction to the moist, fecund material that so accurately depicts dirt.

 

Frequently, the presence of benzoin component in fresh state gives me a similar nausea but ages into a grand, sweet smelling, vanillic base note.

 

I will need to retest this. I may wish to acquire a bottle, as I love the beeswax from the Lab, and it's glorious here, but my tummy has issues with the dirt. Odd, considering I was that weird little girl who actually ate (well, tasted) the mud pies I made in my back yard.

Take the red musk from Snake Oil add Tricksy and incense, and we have third charm. I can definitely appreciate the popularity of this Weenie.

 

Drying, the wood base is more prominent, and sets this apart from a simple layer of Snake Oil and Tricksy. It keeps getting better. Every time I think I have enough Red musk perfumes, Beth creates a masterpiece like 3rd Charm. So, to recap, we have Snake Oil Red musk plus smooth as that proverbial baby butt patchouli, sweet honey, wood support, and champaca incense.

 

I was really hoping this was a duplicate of something else that I already own so that I would be content with my half bottle but I see the error in my thinking and will add a full bottle to my last 2016 Weenies order.

 

Worth. The. Hype.

For me, this was 50/50 Sugary bonfire with grapey Red musk (2016 version).

 

Maybe something like blackberry wine but that accord is subtle, bonfires in the distance, and Smut type Musk coated with sugar.

 

If Devils Night, Smut, and Samhain have a 3 way orgy with a sexy Witch baby as the result, this is what she will smell like. Quintessential BPAL Halloween, yet not a duplicate of anything else I have, this does incorporate elements of many favorites, Smut, Devil's Night and Samhain primarily.

In the imp, the opoponox is forward with more than a hint of the "black " wine.

 

Wet, opoponax is perfumey and almost like hairspray. The Black wine is dominating the scent, however, and strikes a chord between Black currant and blackberry. There's a herbal component beneath, like Baneberry but it's subtle.

 

Dry, the wine recedes a bit, the opoponox is more resiny and maybe there's something like Blood Musk. The herbal component is more evident, it reminds me of sleek, shiny, deep purple berries.

 

For shits and giggles, I goggled spindle tree sap. I've no idea what it smells like, but it is a plant associated with the Furies and is poisonous in excess, consumption of the berries is fatal to sheep, goats, and horses (and children!). In small doses, the berries are medicinal as a purgative.

 

So this blend really grew on me after 3 tests. The Black wine is like nothing else in my huge bottle collection. So I will seek out a full bottle, although I almost blind bought this just because of the mythology association with Furies and Clytemnestra. So I really wanted to like it. Opoponox can make or break a blend for me and I wanted to be sure that the drop of blood wasn't overpowering DBR, is the chief reason I tried a decant first. I really love the black wine aspect here. This reminds me of Insects from the Crimson Peak series, minus the citrus chypre.

In the imp, Jasmine is in evidence, with a sweet, indistinct backdrop.

 

Wet, this is quite floral forward, but the oleander and jasmine share equal footing. I agree with above reviews which described the floral component as Southern and humid. Having lived in the deep South, this certainly evokes memories of moist, warm nights. The beauty of these White florals is that they aren't high pitched or headache induction type.

The rockrose provides a comforting support of sweet fuzziness, like whispy White feather down. It reminds me somewhat of orris, but more woody and no Violet. The scent of baby powder but not powdery. This lasted about 4 hours for me with modest throw. I am anticipating it will wear well in the summer where I can't take anything too potent or heavy.

 

Drying, the ambrette lends support but doesn't eclipse the rockrose. The florals last but fade away slowly in potency.

 

This is a sweet, soft floral reminiscent of warm, humid nights with soft, warmth coming from the resins. You have to appreciate jasmine to enjoy this, it is present but balanced by the oleander. I love this, but that's not surprising given the notes. I am hoping to score a full bottle. There are so few perfumes with Oleander that I think I need this and something about ambrette and rockrose is very comforting. I did not appreciate any smoke like notes here, just soft and sweet resins, which seem to glow like the art.