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Wow! This is a sexy guy smell! I can understand the references to CK-1 (I used to wear that years ago)....Its colone....but VERY expensive colone! The main notes that come out for me are a heavy mix of lavendar and thyme with a kicker of bergamot....there IS a deep, faint woody note that is probably the patchouli. Its beautiful and I'll probably have to get more as I intend to gift this to the gay receptionist at my work.....I think he'll love it!

Wet I thought, "hmmm, Zombi without the roses and with a titch of mint and musk added" Dry it is a gorgeous mossy-sweet-hint of musk, mint, smoke-scent that makes me think of early, early spring when the skies are still mostly grey and there is always a dirty, melting wet, snow smell in the air plus the faint hint of wood smoke. Lovely scent (I really like mossy scents I've decided!) and I'll probably have to eventually track down a bottle when people realize they just aren't using theirs to full potential! :-) *Edit* This dries down to a soft, green musk on me....very lovely....reminds me a bit of buck moon only more herby. Glad I have a friend lovely enough to send me a whole bottle for my birthday!! :-D AND.......found someone with a Singing Moon tee for sale...Loved the tee when first online, but didn't want to order a shirt if I didn't like the scent.....The tee is fabulous!!!!!! Am in love! Shall order more BPTP tees!!!! The fit is amazing and the print quality superb!

My favorite of the Pit! Wet it smells like green apples over Snake Oil vanilla goodness. Dry.....still very fruity but the smoked vanilla comes out more...and thankfully the cardamom stays faint! Oh, I love this one! Very strong and very long lasting. This is a foody-fruity/amber/vanilla blend that smells like nothing else and lasts and lasts....

Mmmmmm.......I adore this one! Definitely in the top 5 of my foodie collection! Where the blackberry in Crumpet Rebellion turned metallic THIS blackberry stays fruity and sweet! I think I'll alternate it with The Candy Butcher when its that foodie time of the month! Wet.... buttercream frosted white cake topped with blackberries and soaked in brandy. Dry....same just more mellow. Lasts...4-5 hours (on me....which is considering I have to wash my hands/wrists several times per hour at my job) Throw....moderate. My co-worker I've enabled kept grabbing my wrist to sniff! A definite winner!!

Sweet and spicy in the imp (a blend of cocoa, coconut and spice).....yummy and foody smelling. On and drying down this is more and more dry spice without the round sweetness I so loved in the imp. :-( Dry.....the cocoa comes back a little .....dry this smells a bit like german chocolate cake with a titch too much cinnamon added. Its okay, but I prefer Closet and Underpants as my Monsterbait foodie goodies! (and The Candy Butcher as my chocolate craving, PMS soothing scent!)

Wow! This is uber floral! With a honey/sugar kick! The throw on me is very strong and it looks to be lasting well. I'm more a foody/resin girl, but I know what scent I will reach for now when I don't want straight rose... Yum!

Ordered this bottle from a live journal sale on a whim as none of the notes are particular big favs of mine. Wow! I'm glad I did! This is so different from anything else I have or have smelled! To make an odd comparison the oil I have that smells the closest is Crumpet Rebellion! But Bitter Moon is like berries still on the vine in a thicket, while Crumpet is the same berries in a flakey fruit tart. Smelling from the bottle I get the sage, lavendar and vetiver as a bright and VERY bitter blast. Herbal and pungent. On wet the blackberry creeps out and the herbs back off. On dry the blackberry is very prominant with the florals blending well to provide a complex, non-foodie background for the berry. Mmmmm, not my normal type of scent (which is resins or foodies) but one I'm really enjoying. Hooray!

Mmmmmm, very leather but with a light floral/green/ambery edge! This makes me think De Sade meets Casanova+a hint of amber! Oh my! I'm going to have to try this on the bf when he comes to visit next week! The leather eventually gets toned down by the orange blossom/amber combo, but since those are two of my favorite scents I'm good with that. Though the leather continues to be the dominant scent. Don't know if I'd wear this one myself. Its very, very masculine to my nose, but the bf is definitly getting guinea-pigged with THIS one...

This was a spur of the moment swap and I'm SO glad I did!!!! This is sweet, sweet, nag champa with a titch of foodie sugar and a light dust of floral on me! I love incensy scents (Minotaur is a signature scent for me) but Midnight on the Midway might just take over! It lasts forever and is the ultimate foodie/incense combo. I know I'll need to order another bottle before the Carnivale leaves town!

Oh YAY!!!! Finally a pine scent I can wear!! (I love Wolf Moon, but the combo of pine/musk just doesn't work on my skin). In the bottle it smells like pine trees and limes. On I'm getting a more woody 'green' scent (I'm not much of a fan of dry wood scents)...the citrus fades out and the pine/woods/thyme come more into play. It definitly reminds me of a winter forest. Oh hooray! I'm loving it! I really, really smell the thyme more and more as it dries down, but it combines well with the woody/evergreen notes. Huzzah!

As a foodie lover I'd high hopes for Crumpet Rebellion. I never thought I'd get a chance to sniff it, let alone end up with a full imp decant, but one of my friends was a fashion designer involved with the Phoenix Parade and she graciously gave me a full imp decant last night! Sadly.....it goes metallic on me (or maybe its the "celery" note mentioned by someone else)....I can smell the foody PROMISE of goodness, but my skin chemistry doesn't comply with my wishes...grrrrr On me its like berries that have sat too long in a cheap stainless steel bowl and taken on the metal aftertaste. I guess I should be happy this didn't turn out to be another Underpants for me....I'd be searching for more in vain! (but I'm not too sad....another friend just gifted me with decants of Black Moon and Peacock Queen! Yay!) *Edit* While CR didn't work for me...I HAVE found my berry foodie BLISS scent.....MB: CLOSET!

Very much reminds me of Hungry Ghost Moon....only with more musky tones. I love musk, but I have to say I like HGM better overall. I'll probably keep my imp of this for now....but wouldn't hesitate to use it for a good swap, as I think I'll reach for HGM before I'd reach for this. It IS lovely for those who adore variations on the asian scent theme, however!

I wore Beltane for Beltane and Litha for Litha (summer solstice).....both scents were SO VERY right for their days! Beltane---very, very springy, green, growing things. Litha--golden, light, warm.....long lasting.....which makes me giggle since Litha is the longest day of the year!

Yum! On me the lime, mint and green tea blend well and are grounded by the musk. The Aloe adds a titch of bitterness...making this a bit masculine. It lasts a long time on me, but the throw is moderate. A very nice blend for summer--I agree with those who say its like a perfume version of mojitos!

Frimp from Lab-- In the imp- this is green with a promise of sweet berry. On wet- Much more green and herbal. The berry is VERY tart and bitter! On dry- The berry fades out and the herbal greenness remains. Final analysis--While I find this an interesting scent, it is not one I'd wear. Its going to go to my friend who collects the Rappacini's Garden scents! I think she'll LOVE it!

Yesterday before work I was undecided as to what scent to wear....so I let Fate decided and blindly dipped my hand into one of my bottle boxes. I came up with the partial of Mr. Nancy I was given some time ago and had never tested. It smells so odd in the bottle...definitly lime, but with a foody/tobacco/booze background. On me. Lime and something tropical. I kept hearing the lyrics "you put the lime in the coconut and drink it all up" in my head for the first hour of wearing. Also there was a zingy element that reminded me of Bakeneko though without the cinnamon that I am allergic to. My co-workers liked it....though one said I smelled like an expensive cigar. I THINK that was a compliment!.... Mr. Nancy gradually settled into a dark foody/sugar-rum with a hint of tobacco mix. I didn't put all that much on, but the throw was pretty intense (according to co-workers' reactions) and it lasted the 10 hours I was at work (through multiple hand washings...) I really like this one, but don't know if I'd wear it enough to justify a bottle at this point. It most certainly DOES fit the character to a "T"!

Oh Pretty!!!! Just got some from a decant circle.....just in time to order a big bottle before it comes down for the second time! Cucumber and florals backed by light woods. Very cucumbery while wet but drying into sweet, mellow florals backed by the cucumber and woods. I can understand the "blue/aquatic" feel people are getting from this. Makes me think of lying on the bank of a little forest brook beside a field full of wild flowers while eating cucumber sandwiches. Glad I got to try it in time to still order a big bottle!!!

Got my bottle from an online sale last night and decided to wear it to work. A good choice!! I adore carnations! And this is all sugary carnation (can't smell the phlox). It lasts and lasts through multiple hand washings (I have to wash my hands a lot at my job). The throw is good. My co-workers all gave this one enthusiastic thumbs up. Yup! This is my new happy time/silly mood scent! Yay!

I can see why people compare Minotaur to this. They are both deep, deep resin scents....with musk and amber added for warmth. However, for me there are very distinct differences. Minotaur is golden glowing resin with a sweetness and light that SM doesn't have. Schwarzer Mond is dark, dark, dark....musty and musky and mysterious! The patchouli and myrrh are what I notice most. The patchouli is like none I've smelled before, except maybe the Essential oil bottle I've had for twelve years now. This is thick, complex and in NO WAY "dirty hippy"!!! The myrrh gives a sharp woody bite to pull this out of patchouli darkness. The amber and musk warm things up a bit A very lovely scent if you like resins. I definitly get a more masculine feel from this one than Minotaur. I could see wearing Minotaur while a mysterious, swarthy man in black accompanies me on a date while wearing SM. Mmmmmm, that would be a nice combination.....

Oooooo!!!!! The first time I tried this (thanks to the lovely fountaingirl frimping me a sample!) my body chemistry was wonky and it was a bit too sharp (was craving the Candy Butcher right then, if that tells you anything...twas a PMS time....LOL!) But NOW?? Pure resin LOVE/LUST!!!!!! Oooo, this is so good I can bearly even type to TELL you how good it is! The musk gives a warm base, but its the blend of sharp, sexy resins that bowl me over and make my eyelids flutter! I can see how a person who's skin eats scent might get baby powder out of this, as it DOES have a softness to it, but as someone who burns pure resin incense regularly.....woah! I love it....LOVE it! Happily I have hit the decant left-over sales and will end up with a full (if thrown together from a few different decants) bottle of this. YAY!!!! This will age so well!!!! It'll be one of those "hide your bottle, or your friends will steal it"! scents!!! ADDED Oct. 19: WHAT!? I've not reviewed Minotaur yet?!!!!!!! This is my all time uber favorite, holy grail, go-to, must have scent!!! The resins are sexy, swarthy, and yet-sweet. The copal mixing with the black musk utterly slays me! It never really morphs much on me except to deepen and darken slightly. Throw is a perfect medium.....not excessive, but not "omg, must get down to the wrist to smell". And weartime?......ages! I feel spiritual (copal and frankincense type incenses always lift me up that way) and yet completely feral and sexy (mmmmmm......musk!) Perfect! Want more!!!!!! ARgh....I Have reviewed this one! my icon, for some reason is messing up so I didn't see my previous post..... Help mods.....how do I delete this review???

I'm a 13 junkie, yes I AM!!! I have a big bottle of white label (Brach's chocolate orange sticks with a floral chaser), one and one-half bottle (its a half bottle because I just HAD to enable a few folk!) of orange label 10/06(chocolate, floral fantasticness!!!), and now a bottle of purple label 4/07. The new 13 is as different from the other 13s as they are from each other....and yet similiar in that it retains the base notes of chocolate and orange. In the bottle and on wet this smells just like that tea/tang mix that my mother made when I was growing up!!! Very spicy (the cardamom and clove) and the orange......very , very yummy and nostalgic for me. Drying down this gets sweeter and sweeter with the chocolate note coming out. Still spicy and herby....A hint of the catnip....if that is what that elusive minty note is.....my cats are unimpressed, but I'm in love with this scent! And the fig comes out more and more on the dry down....yummy! Oh, and as there is commentary on the consistency of oil....mine is clear with flecks of cocoa absolute in it. This is most likely another fall/winter scent for me.....with the nostalgic factor of it smelling almost exactly like that tea!!!

Num, num, num!!!! I love BPAL mosses! and I love Snake Oil! The "green", deep scent of moss and olive leaf with the sweet vanilla of Snake Oil to ground it. Oh, yumminess! The dry down on me smells much the same as the wet...only milder. It does smell slightly masculine. If you love sweet scents on your guy (or if you ARE a guy who likes the sweeter masculine scents) you'll probably LOVE this!

Oh, this is lovely! In the bottle and on wet I smell three notes...amber (which always amps and lasts on me), rose, and blood orange. Dry--the rose comes out more but the orange and the amber really sweeten it, so it doesn't turn dusty or soapy at all. As this fades it turns to sweet amber on me. All scents with amber in them get to the mostly amber stage on my skin, but this retains a hint of the sweet orange and the floral rose. Very very nice! Never really caught the other notes....though the gardenia and vanilla might have helped sweeten the rose as well. No hint of the musk at all. **Edit**I do eventually smell the musk, but it is very faint....more like a warm base for the other notes rather than a big player in this scent's character list.

Icecreamy vanilla! with a titch of perfume background (possibly the linen scent?) Very pretty! Very evocative of the name/description. This is safe and innocent vanilla whereas Snake Oil is sharp, sinuous and evil vanilla. A nice contrast! Drydown smells pretty much like wet and lasts a good long time.....throw is moderate.

In the imp and on wet this is fantastic bazooka joe bubblegum!!! (sigh....love it!) There IS an unfortunate 1/2 hour on dry down where the cinnamon/cardamom type essence comes out and gives me a bit of an allergic reaction, but then that fades and I'm left with a slightly sweet womany perfume. How I wish it stayed with the initial bubblegum!! I'll keep the imp, but daydream of a similiar scent that stays pure bubblegum....sigh.....