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ShunnerOfHugs

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  1. When I first put this on it didn't smell like honey so much as honey flavored rock candy. It had a faint powdery scent, too. After maybe an hour a very soft floral scent emerged, but I still smell mostly like fake honey. (In a good way. I really like it.)

     

    After a few hours the scent fades to something I can't really place. It's not honey -fake or otherwise- and it's not floral. It's just really sweet.

     

    All in all, I like Door. I expected it to smell a little more like real honey, but what I got was still pleasant.


  2. In the imp: this smells just like sweet lemons.

    Wet: I'm getting lemon and lemon and something sweet. Pretty, but a bit too one-note.

    Dry: lemon and apples. Something floral, too. I'm gonna go ahead and assume that's the rose. Now that the lemon has calmed down a bit and let the other notes have some space in the spotlight, I'm really liking this perfume.

    Fading: After about ten hours of wearing this, I'm smelling... sugar cookies? That and just a touch of sweet, sweet lemon. It's totally different than how it's smelled all day, but it's actually pretty nice. The only downside is that I'm craving cookies now. I actually have to force myself to not nibble my wrist. It just smells so edible. If there was a perfume that smelled just like this perfume does when it's fading, I'd probably buy it.


  3. This smelled like very sweet, very dry wood. Towards the end of the day it started smelling like dryer sheets, but just for a little while before it faded. I'm not sure I'll wear Half-Elf by itself often, but I think it might be interesting layered with other scents. Maybe Bard...


  4. The ghostly White Women of the Scottish highlands. They seduce unwary travelers by night with their unearthly beauty and mesmerizing dancing. They engage their victims in a wild, hypnotic dance, and once they reach exhaustion, the demonesses exsanguinate their partners with their vampiric kiss. Talk about a quick courtship. Grapefruit, white tea, apple blossom and ginger.

     

    In the imp: grapefruit

    Wet: grapefruit

    Dry: grapefruit

     

    Yeah, all I could smell in this was grapefruit. I think my skin amps citrus or something. It's a very pleasant grapefruit smell, although I wish I could have smelled some of the other notes.


  5. In the imp: I'm getting apples, and only apples. Bright green Granny Smith apples.

     

    Wet: Yep, still apples.

     

    Dry: Whenever I move my arms or hands I smell a waft of something fresh and citrusy and unfamiliar. Probably the yuzu or mikan or kaki, none of which I've smelled before but apparently they're all citrus fruits. BUT when I smell my wrist up close, the citrus disappears and I only smell sweet, very powdery floral. It's interesting.

     

    Still dry, a few hours later: The citrus smell is all gone. When I sniff my wrist I still smell that powdery smell, but now there's something else hiding underneath it. Something... buttery, almost? Not like straight butter, but something baked with a lot of butter. Like shortbread cookies, but different. I really don't know how to describe it. It's very faint, though, and the sweet powdery scent notes are still dominating the scent.


  6. Wet: This smells exactly like lemon drops.

    Dry: I'm getting baby powder, but my skin does that to certain scents. (Seriously, even Nosferatu smelled sweet and powdery on me.) I also smell something just a tiny bit spicy. Maybe that's the ginger?

     

    This is a nice scent, and it lasts a while on me. And by "a while" I mean it lasted through twelve hours, and then I took a shower and I could still smell it a little afterwards. I'm not sure if I'll buy a bottle, but I'll definitely use the imp.


  7. Milk cresting on an ocean wave.

     

    I'm not really sure how to describe The Seam Foams Milk. It starts off aquatic, but more "water at the Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean ride (in a good way)" aquatic than "sitting by the bay" aquatic. It also smells very sweet, like one of those Cow Tail candies. It's honestly a little too sweet for me.

     

    But once it dries down, the extreme sweetness gets less extreme and the aquatic notes get a little stronger. I also smell something almost flowery. The dry scent really nice (I couldn't stop sniffing my wrist!) and it lasts all day. Definitely a keeper.


  8. First on: very sweet. Smells like cherry gummy candies. I'm starting to think every fruit scent I get is going to smell like candy on me. :P

     

    After drying a bit: The cherry's mostly faded away and I'm getting spiced honey. Smells like a milder version of Bard.

     

    After about eight or nine hours: Still smells like spiced honey, but milder and sweeter. Less spice and more honey.

     

    Conclusion: I love this perfume! I mean, I love basically anything with honey, but still. It's a keeper for me.


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    King of Hearts and Knave of Hearts both gave me awful headaches. Besides that, King of Hearts made me feel feverish and Knave of Hearts made me nauseous.

     

    I haven't had problems with any other scents, though. I think the lavender (KOH) and baking spices (KnOH) were the culprits, so I just avoid those notes when I'm looking at new imps to try.

    OMG, lavender (occasionally) and sandalwood (nearly always) both have that effect on me, nobody ever believes me and finally I have validation!

     

    There are dozens of us. Dozens!


  10. Bliss is really great! It smells drier than "pure milk chocolate"... more like hot cocoa powder. The kind with mini marshmallows already stirred in. But it's delicious! It's a little heavy for summer, but come winter time I think I'm basically going to wear it every day.


  11. Wet: It smells like Smarties and lemon juice and maybe some sort of baking spice. Kind of a powdery sweetness with just a hint of tart underneath.

    Dry: I smell like wet wipes.

     

    If this smelled the way it smells wet for the whole time I was wearing it, I would love it. Unfortunately, it only smells good for about two minutes before it turns all chemically on me.


  12. Wet: very generic-perfume smelling. I think that might be partly the wasabi's fault, because wasabi has always smelled sort of chemically to me. There are also some nice florals in there, though.

     

    Dry: This smells like incense. I'm not sure how I feel about it. I mean, I like smelling it, but I don't want to smell like it. It's a pleasant smell, but I'm not really crazy about it on my skin. I'll probably send it to the swaps.


  13. This started out smelling like the ashes of a fire that burned out hours ago, but when it dried it suddenly came to life. Seriously, it makes me feel like I'm actually sitting around a burning campfire right now. It doesn't have much throw. I can't smell it unless I stick my wrist right under my nose, but when I do it's just so warm and cozy. I really like Djinn. I'll probably wear it whenever I need a little pick-me-up.


  14. This is more of a wooden scent than the woodsy smell I was expected. I thought it would smell like a forest, but it smelled more like sawdust and dill. It's pretty, but a little dry smelling for my tastes. I bet it would smell really good on some people, though.


  15. In the imp this smelled very spicy and a little fruity. On my skin it's sweet. Really sweet. It smells kind of like a gummy candy, in the same way Forest Reverie does on me but a little juicier and with just a tiny hint of tartness. I don't get cranberry or spices at all when I wear it, but I do like it.


  16. In the imp, this smells like pine trees. On my skin, strangely enough, it smells a lot like gummy lifesavers, but with something darker added so it smells more... I don't know, mature? It smells like a nice, slightly candy-ish perfume, not like a candy factory. Anyways, the candy smell stays for almost the whole day before turning into something more flowery and soapy for a couple hours, then disappearing. I know it sounds weird, but I really like it.


  17. This smells fizzy and sweet and almost fruity on me. I can smell a little bit of grass, but not any dirt. I don't really know how to describe it except that it's sort of like ginger ale mixed with lemons and some sort of berry, but way better. Anyways, I really love this scent and I'll probably buy a big bottle when the imp runs out.

     

    EDIT: Five months later, the scent smells mostly the same. But it's a little less sweet and a little more... deep? Mature? I don't know what it is, I just know it's aged well. I like it even more than I did when I first reviewed it.


  18. When I first put this on it smells like wet wipes. VERY much like wet wipes. After about five minutes, though, it turns into a nice powdery floral smell. It's pretty, but a little too sweet for my tastes. I really wish I could smell that peach and pomegranate, but I guess my skin chemistry just doesn't want that to happen.

  19. Elf


    I was so excited to try Elf after I read the other reviews, and after smelling it on my mom and my little sister. It smelled great on them, like flowers and berries and something else I can't quite put my finger on. Unfortunately, when I wear it it turns into something VERY sour, with just a hint of berries underneath. Mostly just the sour stuff, though. There must be a note in there that doesn't work with my skin... I just don't know which note that is.

  20. Bard


    Bard is by far the best BPAL scent I've tried so far. When I'm warm, it smells like delicious honey with a bit of spices mixed in. When I'm cold, the spices are more prominent than the honey. I normally don't like wearing spicy scents -they make me feel like a walking can of air freshener- but the honey mellows this out and it smells AMAZING.

     

    Also, Bard is great layered with Ladon. It smells like honey and apples.

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