in the vial, Alice smells like.....well, like slightly soured milk.
thankfully, once applied, the soureness disappears into a spicy sweet carnationy scent. like all the carnation-based scents i have tried, the smell of the carnation overrides all the other tones. i can feel the powederiness of the rose (note i said feel and not smell.....this aspect of the scent is untterly tactile); i can barely smell the honey in the background, which is a shame because i love honey. in fact, i may layer it with O to boost up the honey. all in all, alice is a sweeter version of maiden, one of my favorite BPAl scents. i like it, but not enough to buy a big bottle.