CitrusFiend

Wet, it's Snake Oil mixed with a sweet floral. No acai here, which is too bad because I love acai! Surprisingly, the amber didn't amp and drown out everything else like it usually does on my skin. After drying, this is pure Snake Oil on me. The oil is a light orange compared to the thick brown of regular Snake Oil, but on my skin they smell the same.

Starts off dry and spicy, eventually settles to a perfumey smoky spice. I wonder if anyone else knows what I mean when I say a scent is "perfumey"? lol! It's that hazy, vague quality. On me, Old Demons is not awful, not great, just meh.

This scent is very well blended, such that it's hard to tell exactly what I'm smelling. No one note sticks out above the rest. Overall it smells warm, dry, sweet and a little spicy. Exactly what I imagine Morocco smells like. Nice, I really like it.

In the imp and wet on skin, cool florals with a hint of spice. Surprisingly strong throw. Dry, the rose dominates, which sadly happens very often with my skin chemistry. It's just too floral for me.

In the bottle, this smells heavenly. Incredibly realistic coffee and tiramisu. As soon as it hits the skin it gets warm and spicy. Bitter coffee comes through in the the drydown, plus a strong floral, and it stays that way from then on. I mainly get cold, bitter florals. A few hours later, a slightly creamy vanilla-like note comes out to play. The tiramisu is back! For a little while. Then the whole scent turns into plastic before fading away. This scent is like a rollercoaster. It's three completely different perfumes in one! I love the foodie wet stage, but bitter florals and plastic aren't for me. It stays very close to the skin and doesn't last very long.

In the imp, sweet florals. Wet on skin, florals with fruity candy. The candy-like quality fades as it dries. Another reviewer described this as "polleny", and I agree. It's soft! I'm not usually a floral fan but I like this blend. Surprise frimps are great for trying scents you wouldn't normally be interested in!

Starts out quite promisingly with creamy vanilla and light sandalwood, but after it dries it's all powder on me. I think the lotus root is the culprit there.

In the imp, a cool, musky wood. Wet on skin, some fruity and spicy notes join the mix. It's a lovely fruity red musk through the drydown. Sweet with a clear, transparent quality.

Herbal honey when wet, dusty honey with light incense when dry. Nice, but not my thing.

2016 version. In the bottle and wet on skin, it's predominantly booze and...this may be just my imagination, but cherry? As it dries the cherry disappears, a milk/cream note emerges, the spices come to the fore and everything balances out to make for a creamy, smooth, gorgeous blend. I love this.

In the bottle it smells rich and thick and syrupy sweet, like the Lab's cookie scents. Wet on skin it's less sweet with a hint of nutty bread. It doesn't change much through the drydown. Sweet syrup-drizzled pecan bread. Just delicious!

Fruity and sweet when wet, joined by something sharp and astringent (tea blossom?) as it dries. The oak takes over slowly but surely. The scent turns sickly sweet later on, probably because of the lotus and amber, which tends to go that way on my skin. I don't like wood notes or sickly sweet smells, so this scent isn't for me!

Lab fresh imp, colorless oil. In the imp, it smells like herbal green apples. Wet on skin, it goes sharp and tart. After it dries the apple note sweetens up and takes on a foggy, perfumey character. It's all right, but not amazing.

2016 version. Smooth, rich dark chocolate with a slight nutty undertone. Delicious!

This smells good enough to eat! It's sweet, creamy and cake-y. To my nose it's the same cake note as in Jack and Eat Me, plus a hint of pumpkin. (I know cake isn't listed in the notes of Jack, but on me it's cake cake cake.) The dry stage is much the same, creamy and delicious, with the addition of BPAL's signature creamy-honey-milky note that gives me the distinct impression of a drop of pale, clear honey just about to drip off a spoon. Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcake is lovely, but Jack is an easy GC dupe, maybe mixed with a bit of Dana O'Shee.

Lab frimp. Athens opens with a delicious sweet fruity wine but quickly dries down to a single note myrrh. Other reviews mention sticky sweetness, and I'm surprised that didn't happen on me because my chemistry likes to amp sweet notes. Instead, the drydown of Athens is resinous and smoky without a trace of sweetness. Which is great for myrrh lovers, but alas, I’m not one of them!

Lab fresh imp, light amber oil. in the imp, I smell sweet sticky cake. Wet on skin, the plum note emerges and mingles with the cake. Dry, the cake note has disappeared and I get a spiced plum scent. More of a cooked plum than a fresh, juicy one. I get a bit of salty pastry crust too, if I take a good sniff. Unfortunately it goes sour and unpleasant on my skin after an hour or two. If not for the sour morph, this scent would have become one of my favorites.

This smells of yogurt, berries and oats, exactly as advertised! The yogurt/dairy note is more prominent when it's wet, while the oats are stronger after it dries. The berry note is very sweet on my skin, but not in a sickly or overpowering way. "Gentle" is how I would describe it. It's got a nice subtlety, even though it's a relatively simple blend. I like this!

This is a warm, dry, spicy cinnamon tea scent. Smells exactly like walking into a high-end tea shop or opening a box full of different kinds of tea. It's nice to start with, but after a few hours my skin chemistry makes some component of the blend turn sour.

Lab fresh imp, yellow oil. I tested this scent three times because I just couldn't figure it out. It starts out with cinnamon, I think? Then dries to kind of a thin, wispy sweet incense smell. It was better on the second try than the first, more full-bodied with the warmth of the clove and a tiny hint of peach that was absent the first time around. But on the third try, HELLO PATCHOULI! It's so strange how the same imp smelled like three different things on different days. Patchouli and I don't get along at all, so my imp is now on its way to a resin- and smoke-loving friend of mine!

Pale golden musk, honeycomb, amber, parma violet, hawthorne bark, aspen leaf, forest lily, life everlasting, white moss, and a hint of wild berry. This was another serendipitous Lab frimp. I would never have chosen it on my own because of the wood and floral notes, but it turned out to be a keeper! In the imp and wet on skin, I get mist and tart berries. Dry, it's the same. Berry berry berry. My skin chemistry does like to bring out sweet notes, and I'm not getting any of the pine that others have mentioned. The berry is fresh and woods-y, not a berry candy like in Lady Macbeth. The misty, foggy element is very prominent too, it really reminds me of a magical elf forest from fantasy fiction. I know mist isn't listed as a note but this actually smells like what I'd hoped The Hesperides would smell like, except with berries instead of apples! Elf does have a massive throw on me for some reason, so I have to keep the application light. EDIT: Oh, it's a new thread page! Added the scent description, hope I did it right.

Starts with a a powerful punch of eucalyptus and quickly softens to something vaguely sweet and green. I figured out I didn't like wood notes many years ago and somehow I forgot? Or maybe I thought my chemistry would change. But nope, wood notes are still a solid pass for me!

WOW! When it's wet this is exactly the scent of fresh apple pie filling, there's the tart apples and the cinnamon and somehow even the smell of the jelly. The drydown is kind of herbal and plastic-y up close, and from afar it's an appley haze, like a scented candle. Not as delightful as the wet stage, but still very pleasant.

Wet, it starts with an immediate blast of sweet candied fruit, followed by something floral and musky with a whole lot of throw. The apple note disappears after it dries, leaving a powdery honeyed pastry kind of smell. I'm not too fond of this one, it's just too perfumey for me.

This is an unusual one. When it's wet I get spiced pumpkin with a strong kick of hot, dry cinnamon and hardly any sweetness. After it dries, the vegetal pumpkin note disappears and it morphs into a sweet, sugary honey scent with a tiny hint of spice. On my skin it's actually very similar to Gilgajaur from the 2015 Yules, except Pumpkin Sugar has a thin, clear character whereas Giljagaur is thicker and creamier. I really like this. EDIT: I wore this again today and I had to double-check that it was the same decant, because it was totally different to how I remembered it. This time, Pumpkin Sugar smelled exactly like pancakes with maple syrup! Maybe something to do with aging or skin chemistry?