evil_laugher
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2016: This has aged well. It used to smell too chocolatey and too weak; now it's the right amount of chocolate and smells like Christmas coziness defined. The right amount of sweet and spice, and a little sexy. Date night-appropriate for this time of the year.
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Another one best let to sit for a while before using. I tried once when fresh--it was ungodly; tried again 9 months later, and it's a lovely, not simpering, floral. Apply lightly, and it takes an hour or so to calm down in intensity. It does feel like an appropriate homage to Joan of Arc. Update: My dad sniffed this on me and thought I had been around someone smoking weed. Huh? Whut? His sense of smell is warped by decades of cigar-smoking, so take that with a grain of salt. Anyway as I rose from bed, it smelled perfectly lovely and divine, with the frankincense becoming more prominent.
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I tried this soon after the package arrived, wore it to bed, and it was overpowering, probably extremely close to fresh Snake Oil. I could taste it. It was unpleasant. Trying it again for the first time in 9 months, and it felt like it had the right amount of throw and an appropriate balance. I felt like a sexy cupcake. The leather is an undercurrent. After about 6 hours, I didn't notice it anymore. Update: It reappeared hours later during appropriate nighttime amorous activity. I look forward to wearing it again!
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2017: After taking one overpowering musky whiff from the bottle, I let mine rest about 9 months before re-approaching. A just-the-right-amount-of-sweet cherry musk. Lasts throughout day. I felt very pleased every time I caught a hint of it.
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Tried one day after package arrival. I'm going to second the description of it being similar to classic perfumes. A gently powdery, feminine spiciness, with the right amount of throw (I can always smell it, but those around me aren't suffocated) and longevity.
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A warm, cozy, "spicy" masculine scent. Much greater sillage than I expected, which I only learned of from all the compliments I received when I wore it over a year after receiving it. Now I must find a bottle of something similar...
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2016: Smells exactly like eggnog in the bottle; on the skin, it's mostly just creamy and sweet. I definitely get the element of cherry mentioned above. I wish it were stronger. When I wear it for a day, I don't notice it once I leave the house. I wore it to bed last night and could smell it there and again when I showered the next day and a little in my hair, but it otherwise didn't last through the night. It would make a great lotion scent.
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2016: I could not tell you what the individual notes are, but this is my go-to sexy scent during cold winter days. A figuratively-hot/literally-cold date night scent, if you will. It's intense and feels like it'll be too strong, but no one around me is ever bothered. I like combining it with chocolate scents as well.
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Mostly a lovely white floral with a touch of cinnamon at first. Sounds weird, but it works. Hours later it was mostly honey. I loved it the entire time and now need a bottle. More flirty, bombshell-sexy than intensely sexy like O or Snake Oil. Edit June 2017: Now smells creamy jasmine, never stinky toilet-jasmine. Elements of the vanilla and honey. I have no idea what the other florals smell like, so those could be in play. Very pleasant.
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I'm such a fan of this. It never has that warm cozy library leather scent that I expect, but I always spend the day enjoying the whiff I catch of it whenever I've put it on (it's long-lasting). Surprisingly sweet (from the tobacco?), definitely clean, and appropriately masculine.
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2016: I bought it expecting a Snake Oil + O combo (which I used to do myself). It wasn't quite as sexy. But I think aging it has done wonders. It's definitely now all I wanted (and not as overwhelming as combining two, already strong, perfumes). I'm reluctant to go back to plain O or Snake Oil.
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Starts out like a rich fruity candy. After some time, you get a mustiness, almost a staleness. It never smells like rose to me, though I could imagine it providing that dusty element in the background.
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This is it: the wealthy old man scent I've spent the past few months looking for. It starts with the frankincense, sandalwood, and cedar, then brings in the leather. The smell of a former U.S. senator's personal library in his Kalorama home is complete. The attribution of the window-peeping gnome is appropriate, as I spend a lot of time peeping at these people's homes. I've smothered a fair amount of this on myself, and it isn't too strong. The labels on the Yule Boys bottles are beyond adorable. They also help me distinguish which is which, so I greatly appreciate them.
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It smells bad at first, but after a few minutes, it turns sexy. I didn't think I'd like it enough to keep it, but it's been my scent of the spring! I love it.
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This is one of my all-time favorite BPALs. I have no idea what it smells like, but it's very adult and sexy to me. As someone earlier said, Chanel No. 5 always reminded me of this.
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Pretty much exactly that. Sharp resin at first, mostly sandalwood in my mind, then the soft rose kicks in. It's all my favorite elements, so I really like it. Edit: My bottle has aged 7 years! The resin is stronger than the rose at this point, though the rose gives it a quirky twist. After 5 hours, it's mostly disappeared from my skin, but lingers in my hair. It feels very appropriate for August.
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Great summer scent! I've rediscovered it after several years, and I'm glad of it.
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I've never tried patchouli before, and of course this reminded me of all the hippy shops in Northampton, MA. Ahhh, memories. Anyway, it's very warm and... earthy, you could say, a little like some kind of cooked vegetable dish. It's not really my thing.
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When I got an imp of this, it had Delphi smashed and spilled all over it, and I thought Bathsheba's sweet, pleasing scent was from an infiltration of Delphi. But no! It is all its own. This is a nice scent :] Very light and sweet, a little fruity and foodsy.
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This is a lot like Delphi, but sweeter and more pleasant. Still, like I've constantly learned, honey turns into some sort of body musk on me, and that with the wine isn't a good combo. So it's interesting, but not something I'd wear.
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I had an imp of this that had completely shattered and dried all over an envelope before I had gotten it, and the sweet smell of honey everywhere was lovely. But when I got the imp in decent condition and tried it on, the honey turns to a musky blood scent on my skin. That with the wine doesn't make a good combination. It's not bad, but, hmm, too "musky" for me.
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This makes me think of those BPAL reviews where a scent is compared to a "lemon peel". I've never encountered a lemon peel or tried to take a whiff of it, but this brings one to mind. Maybe not lemon, but some kind of peel, spiced up with incense. Anyway, I wasn't really drawn to it.
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This scent is like fruit and actual smoke. I was amazed that the smoke was actually created mimiced by this. I wouldn't wear it a lot, but it is interesting.
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This is a very warm, soft vanilla, very sweet, with a little bit of floral, and a little bit of spice as it goes along. It feels very "maternal" and gentle, something I would wear when dealing with children. I always get my mom to sniff my new scents, and she thought it smelled "a little old-fashioned". It certainly isn't very teen-y or trendy. It doesn't match my young age, but it's very pleasing.
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It took a long time for me to be able to distinguish the vanilla in this. For the rest of this journey of scent, Snake Charmer was like your average women's perfume. Because it's a decant, I wonder if the person who gave it to me mislabeled it..? Maybe, I don't know. I haven't smelled Snake Oil for a long time, so I can't compare.