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Not for me this one... I loved the name but there is something reminds me of vetivert I wore it on Christmas day as the notes seemed approprate but on my skin...

Patchouli is a repellent so i suppose any BPAL with lots of patchouli might work well Malediction for example

Love Rome! It's in the same line as Burial and Omen, but more rose/flover and less strong on Juniper, these are my Sauna/Spa scents. Herbal, clean and uplifting, in the same time relaxing. There is also a sinister undertone like a ghost from Victorian times just passed by, that's the rose... a haunted rose, the same rose that haunts Zombi and again, Burial. The kind of rose you expect on a rusty fence by an old graveyard......gives me shivers and the same time I almost cry for it's beauty.

To me its sort of like with wine When you start drinking wine is just wine . After a lot of bottles you notice all different flavours even if they cannot possible be in a grape. My first order they all smelled the same to me, a sort of faint sweet incence. Now I can tell them all apart. But there is a common hint in them that makes you recognise it from non-bpal oils. Try using scent from different families, like the citrus ones or the foody ones, they really differ a lot

Bit off topic but today I tried Melting marsmellow body cream with Bliss... 100% match Now I need more Bliss.....

I want to make a love song to this one is i could sing... Patchouli is a note that works great on me and so is abricot/peach. I like Katharine and March Hare also very much but Depraved won! Katherine is the very innocent sister of Depraved. This is dark and dirty and a "don't fool me' scent The Abricot and patchouli are perfectly balanced and the lasting power is brilliant. On the 5 ml list

Oke, on the list with"notes i don't like" I just added Gardenia. I had no clue how gardenia smells like but is that is what's prominent in SWOB i really dislike it. To me it smells like a chemical sort of jasmine. Very sticky and heavy. I doesn't mellow or morph at all. But will give it another try in 10 days or so as it's currently "that time of the month' ADDED March 4: Not reviewed this yet? hmmmm, oh well here goes: Jasmine jasmine jasmine...strong jasmine, overpowering jasmine, never fading Jasmine. It reminds me a bit of Follow me Boy without the bubble gum. I like it but only when i want to get noticed or on PMS week cause the jasmine is quite conforting and jasmine seems to be growing on me

There is not much discussion about the initial stage, Cherry lollipops and bubble gum Very approprate today as I am wearing a pink sweater. But then *drums*... the drydown.. Hard to place, almost buttery sweet, cooky spice. Sweet but not too sweet. Lovely and a very unique perfume. For me occasional wear (on days I feel pink and girly) Oh and how i wished to have this when i was sixteen.

BPAL is so good to learn what notes one like and what notes one hate. Champagne is a note that is not for me. Shattered went sour and so did Bon Vivant. It's my chemistry because from the Imp its a lovely, sweet strawberry. Pity, loved the name...

Unseelie smells a lot like a couple of Lush products. To my nose its exactly like Silky Underwear, Alkmaar and fairy Jasmine. Also Unseelie represent that general Lush smell when you enter a shop, especially around the ballistics.

Unseelie was "love at first sniff" Instantly it reminds me of some Lush bath ballistics (fairy jasmine) and Alkmaar soap and Silky underwear dusting powder. Yes, it's powdery scent but thats someting I dearly love! There is also Lilac somewhere underneath and a tiny hint of Jasmine perhaps. It's warm and sexy as hell. Stays very true on my skin, same as in the bottle. I am greatful I could swap for a 10ml because this is my new #1 Of and btw, for those who are crying over discontinued Bruja, try this, you might love it.

Gluttony perhaps? Smells more like coffee & caramel toffee but the idea of Irish coffee is there, not a 100% match but try and see Hellfire if it's for the Booze and smoke, sweet and sophisticated

Titania and Blue Moon. Titania is lighter, more innocent but to my nose they have the same feeling.

Got it as a freebie form the lab, very nice as this would not be a scent i picked out on my own. Sniffing it in the bottle, fruity, like some melon, but reading the notes it must be the pear. Its very familiar and i know why, it reminds me a lot of Blue Moon!! It sure is more innocent and approchable than Blue moon. Verdict: Pretty scent, but to fresh and light for me, but will keep the Imp for summerdays.

sweet bubble gum at first, after a while(30 min) I find a spicy scent, someone mentioned cloves and i agree. And my skin agrees with cloves so that's a good thing:-) It's not very wafty and lasting so I layered it with dragon's Blood, scentwise a perfect combo though it worries me a bit it i am not influencing the scents magical powers. But I feel happy and cheerful today so the magic is working ETA, made a roomspray with ACJM this weekend and sprayed all the house with it. also i added little drops on the couchpillows. We had a wonderful cheerfull weekend with loads of laughter, in fact it had been log since i laughed so much. I think this scent is wonderful in the house, much more than on the skin. 19/01/05 wearing it againg today and my co-worker remarked" it smells like ginseng in here" I blamed the herb tea because i didn't knew if he ment it smelled nice or it smelled bad....

Hellfire...a very high class scent. I wore it for the first time last week in Barcelona, when we went out to a club at the olympic port and to the casino. It fitted the Casino soo well, it was smokey inside, all those gamblers around and me sipping a Bacardi, while sitting on a velvet sofa. That's Hellfire. It was where the location and the scent came together. It's hard to descripe what it smell like, sweet, tobacco, patchouli perhaps. Note:i dislike places where its smokey and often it makes any perfume go vile mixed with the smoke on your clothes:rasp: but Hellfire get's better in that environment, it's my number one cafe/club/casino scent.

I was suprised with the beauty of the labels on Sugar skull and Shamhain. I really had neevr given any attention to the labels before but yesterday i took all my bottles to find a lot of little suprises Stop reading if you hadn't seen it and want to discover yourself SPOILER Warning ____________________________________ The autunm scents have a brown edge around the label Sugar Skull has great horrific fonts and a tiny Skull pinted Shamhain has nice bold fonts The dream blends have a blue edge around the labels If there is more, please tell me... I felt so happy seeing this, an unexpected gift

Hard to review this one, the emoticons express the feeling better, it warm melting brown sugar, it's not overpowering but pleasant strong and lasting. gonna be my new cuddle up scent to comfort me when all is cold and gray. The darkness underneath comes to me after an hour, somehow it's familiar, could it be coffee? pepper? It goes back and forth, morphing from sweet to dark and back again. I see myself wearing this on "sinterklaasevening" (Dutch Santa Claus, 5 december) Great scent and great job Beth!

Hmmmm nice, the scent of sleep itself! A very hazy blue scent, relaxing and comforting. It's a bit strong on application but it mellows soon on the skin. I think I noticed jasmin under the lavender but to be honest.....I fell asleep before it could develope completely. It works perfectly but i need to wear it again to be able to review on the scent So weird, all other BPAL scents last till the following morning... this one left no trace, not even on my pyjamas...

I have combined Vixen with Karma, makes a great couple (but Strong ) Vixen is more sweet and orangy than karma and less hippy shop is you know what i mean.

Another vote to Rose Red for the above mentioned reasons (LE etc) I like old london but it's a tea rose, so a lot sweeter than Rose Red, which is a fresh cut Dark Red rose, in the scent there are also traces of cut stems, and leaves.

Lovely Clover threw this into a swap, and i am very happy she did because i have an 5ml unsniffed on order and with no regrets! It's a sweet cherrylike, and like others have mentioned, a red scent. Somehow it reminds me of some cherry liquor. It's not overpowering but the scent last all day So far for the scent, because i mostly chose the Voodoo blends by what they do in life then for there scent. In my mailbox where the swap parcel was, was only post with financial good news! i can really do with some good news and some money right now. This scent gives a feeling of trust, like: " don't worry, there is plenty and when you need it you get it, just ask" ETA: a weeks ago we went for a weekend away to a place where there is a casino so i gave HOP a try. We di so well at the casino, that we decided to stay a night longer because with the winnings we were able to pay for that extra night, including diner! It was fun, and no, I did not become betting addict It was a luck we never had for years in the roulette game, HOP played with us

It's difficult to review this because it's so complex and there are little thing to compare it with. So, let me say it wonderfull, complex, like a crisp fall day, the only note i can pick are sort of dark berries., to my nose ther could also be a hint of thyme(could it be the sage?) I don't get apples, and i have no idea what Ivy is,or how it is supposed to smell. The color it evokes is dark purple. It doesn't waft a lot, lays almost flat in my arm and i only notice it if i put my nose to it. It is really a new love and I will wear this a lot.

Delight, nice to sleep on too....

*kicks postman in *ss*