Delirium1009

In bottle/imp: Straight up baby powder. Immediately on skin: This scent smells like baby powder on me… with a little bit of dry wood. That’s about it. After a little while: This stays mainly a baby powder scent, but now I also get a little bit of moss to go with the dry woodiness. Just a touch though. A light touch of dry cologne to go over the baby powder. Overall Impressions: This scent is just not good on me at all. It’s mostly baby powder, which I think is the brown musk. This scent is dry, and has just a touch of wood and moss to go with the baby powder. I’m disappointed that this smells so wrong to me.

In bottle/imp: Fruity and fizzy with a base of juniper and grape. Immediately on skin: This smells fizzy and slightly alcoholic, but very fruity. The juniper and grape are what give this blend that fizzy, alcoholic quality while the other notes flit around. All the other fruits really blend together, and this has a definite citrus overtone. After a little while: The juniper dies down a little after drying and the fruits come out a bit more, though this is still a very fizzy, citrus-dominated fruit scent. I smell hints of the berries and grape but the mandarin seems to be the strongest note of all. This scent is very focused and doesn’t waft about; it just strikes your nose with its fizzy fruitiness. Overall Impressions: This is like a super fizzy, super fruity drink with just a bit of alcohol from the juniper and grape. It’s very much a warm weather scent when you want to smell something refreshing and bright. The citrus comes out quite a bit, but there’s enough of the other fruits to keep it interesting. Nice, but not quite me unfortunately.

In bottle/imp: Dirt with a lot of spiced resin in the background and some rather woody and herbal notes. Immediately on skin: This scent is very unisex smelling with a lot of different things going on. It’s rather deep and very resinous, but then it has a herbal, woody high note and some salty, cologney aquatic finishing it off. It’s very thick smelling, and quite complex. It’s a little bitter, herbal, and woody as well and has a rich sweetness from the myrrh. After a little while: This has become rather warm and resinous. It just heats up in my nose as I smell it. It’s very smooth, though, and not gritty with a light bit of herbal spiciness. The base of this is rather dry and woody. Overall Impressions: This scent is very complex, warm, dry, rich, and resinous. It’s a bit on the unisex side, as well. This is sweet but not overly so, and has a wonderful dark quality to it. It’s not my type of scent, but it’s an interesting one to smell.

In bottle/imp: Cherry-like fruit and spicy orchid. Immediately on skin: I get a juicy, reddish scent, but it also smells kind of watered down. There’s definitely a lot of cherry, and what seems to be a bit of currant and some dry but spiced orchid lingering behind. The mimosa is evident, sort of wafting around but not really blending in. After a little while: This scent smells loud and sharp, but also floral and fruity at the same time. It’s mostly a fruit/floral concoction, and I don’t get much spice. The cherry is juicy but not very sweet, and the floral notes are dry and sharp. Overall Impressions: Disjointed is a good word for this scent; it never manages to fully blend on my skin. The fruits are bright but sharp, and the florals are smooth, dry, and rather strong. This scent smells red, but it’s not a sweet, juicy scent.

In bottle/imp: Spiced orangey corn chips and light neroli. Immediately on skin: This is lightly fruity, with a slight undertone of corn chips and sweet clove. For some reason my nose smells orange blossom as corn chips, so that’s why I get that note. The mimosa in this is very smooth, but with the neroli it has almost a plastic scent. After a little while: The corn chip scent has mostly gone away, but there’s still something vaguely resembling Fritos here. Otherwise, though, this scent is a very smooth floral blend with hints of orange and then a finish of sweet spice. Overall Impressions: Orange blossom doesn’t work on my skin, and this blend is no exception. I get something vaguely like corn chips, plus some pretty florals and light citrus with a touch of clove. This scent could be gorgeous… I have no doubt. But it does not work on me.

In bottle/imp: Melon, softened by mint, and followed by light herbs. Immediately on skin: This is powdery, soft minty melon with an herbal finish. It’s very soft and powdery in an almost creamy way. After a little while: Huh? Where did it go? After only an hour I can barely smell this anymore. When I lean in really close I get something rather pretty though: a barely there mix of green tea, melon, and the smallest hint of mint. Oh, wait… and some gooey champagne grapes and herbs over the top. Overall Impressions: This was quite fun at first… mostly, melon and mint with an herbal note finishing off the scent. This scent disappeared SO quick on me, though. And what I could smell after that was just a hint of green tea, melon and mint with an overtone of cloying white grapes and some herbs. This was a bit disappointing.

In bottle/imp: SO odd. Gardenia, watermelon, berries, citrus… all mashed together. Immediately on skin: This smells just so weird. It’s a mish-mashed, complex scent. The watermelon and gardenia are the most evident notes to me, followed by citrus and berries. This blend is bright and fruity with an equal amount of gummy gardenia. After a little while: This has gotten even sweeter on my skin. It’s like watermelon, gardenia, and berry candy. The higher citrus note has all but faded however. This scent is VERY sweet. Overall Impressions: Super fruity and sweet, this blend is a mix of watermelon, gardenia, berry, and (at first) citrus. Very fun, childlike, and happy. Odd, but nice.

In bottle/imp: This smells of candy… flower flavored candy. Specifically, carnation Smarties. Immediately on skin: This is a sweet, slightly powdery floral blend that’s just on the border of smelling like floral bubble gum. The carnation and daisy are very sugary and as I sniff, I get a little green stem at the end. I don’t really get any of the pepper out of this. After a little while: This smells basically the same, minus the stem note. Now, it’s all powdery, fruity, sugary carnation and daisies. Overall Impressions: For those of you that love Hope and Faith, TRY THIS. It’s in the same family as those two, just with a different floral tone. It’s a sugary, fruity floral scent and quite girly. Unfortunately I get no pink pepper however. So if you are thinking of buying a bottle of this just for that note, I recommend that you get an imp instead to make sure you like it.

In bottle/imp: Medicinal, strong, and spiced with ginger. This almost smells like prune-ginger cough syrup. You know, the kind that burns as it goes down. Immediately on skin: This smells much the same on my skin as it did in the imp. It’s a very sharp alcoholic scent much like cough syrup with some prune and ginger. It’s spicy, gooey, and very alcoholic. After a little while: The alcoholic note really seems to have faded and this scent has lost it’s cough syrup quality. Now it’s more of smooth, sweet dried syrupy fruit scent with kick of ginger. Very interesting. Overall Impressions: I have to admit… this scent kind of scared me at first. But after just a few minutes it smoothed out into this rather nice spicy prune scent. Unfortunately it’s still not something I would wear much, but it’s an interesting scent nonetheless. Ginger and prunes. Yeah.

I do live pickled imp yum I do like sweet and fruity with a bit of cream the only problem is a few scents I have tried that have cream in can be very buttery. I had a bottle of sugar skull when I first got into bpal it was an old one and to me it smells like rum rich brownsugary rum it was nice but a bit boozy maybe a fresh bottle would be less boozy? One of the Sugar Skull years (I think it was 2006?) was quite caramelly... but 2007 and 2008 IMO were quite a bit more sugary fruit than brown sugar or caramel.

Most of my favorites are a bit sweet. Black Opal, Dorian, Hermia, Pink Moon 07, Pickled Imp, Jingu, Inez... all those aren't really candy-like but they have a definite sweetness to them that's made complex by other notes. You might also like Sugar Skull which will probably be released with the Halloweenies sometime in August. Are you looking for mainly fruity, creamy...?

June Gloom 2009 reminds me of that type of feeling. It's an aquatic floral type of scent with a little citrus and a slight herbal quality. It has a lightly melancholy feel, so I'm not sure if that's what you're looking for. You can find reviews for it here. It was an LE and is no longer up, but it was recent enough that you might be able to find a bottle or decant of it in the Swaps section for sale. As for how to order, I'm pretty sure there's info on the FAQ page of the lab's website.

In bottle/imp: Very sharp, citrus-like herbs matched with very smooth saffron and amber. A biting scent. Immediately on skin: This has a very herbal tone to it, and smells almost medicinal at first when I sniff it. The chamomile comes through, and smells a bit smoother but still herbal. Then I sniff the amber, heliotrope and saffron and that warm, smooth, and slightly spiced combination almost takes over my nose. Now it makes up the entire base of the scent with the cool herbs wafting above and finishing off the end of the scent. There’s also this very dry woodiness that flits about and keeps tickling my nose. After a little while: This is definitely more of a calm, smooth scent after a while. The stronger herbal notes go away, and the chamomile really comes out and makes a nice base for the rest of the scent. The saffron, amber and heliotrope really blend into it nicely and create with this calm, smooth, warm scent. Overall Impressions: This is a very nice blend with a bit of warmth, and some interesting herbal notes. It doesn’t feel dark, but it does have this odd sunlight/nighttime feel because of the balance of amber and saffron which I associate with drier “sunny” blends, and chamomile which I always see as a soothing nighttime note. It’s nicely balanced however, and has a very dry, soothing feel to it overall.

In bottle/imp: Thick, rich molasses with a berry note coming through right at the end. Immediately on skin: At first I smell the molasses and the red currant blending into this thick, rich, sweet syrup. It’s not really foody because the grittiness of the patchouli is coming through loud and clear, though it doesn’t smell particularly like dirt (the dirt thing is what happens with me and a lot of patchouli notes). Instead, it makes this scent rather musky and gritty. The moss also peeks through a bit and adds a touch of freshness. After a little while: The molasses calms down a bit and this scent becomes a little more balanced after some time. It settles into my skin and the currant peeks out playfully while the molasses, patchouli, and a hint on the vanilla cream make up the bulk of the scent. This is slightly gritty, musky, and rich with a non-foody but still sweetened feel to it. Overall Impressions: What is that you say? A patchouli blend that actually WORKS on me? I’m amazed. This scent is mostly molasses made gritty by the patchouli, but the red currant comes out enough to temper those thicker notes with a playful sweet bite. The vanilla cream comes out as it settles on me, and adds just a touch of creaminess to help settle down the rough patchouli. The moss is just a hint at first, but seems to either disappear after a while, or blend in so completely that I can’t pick it out any longer. Quite a nice scent though, and eerily fitting for its namesake with it’s sweet, playful, and still dirty feel.

Here's a picture of the three bottles I got from the last update: Plastic Pink Flamingo, Festival of Anuket, and Smoky Moon. Enjoy!

In bottle/imp: Cool, cologne-y water with a metallic brightness to it. So yeah, gold and water. Immediately on skin: This is a cool, metallic water scent. It has quite an aquatic feel, but it’s not as sharp on me as some of the lab’s other aquatic scents. The gold feel is sort of metallic with maybe some dry white musk and very light citrus. It’s metallic, but warm. After a little while: This blend gets a little softer on my skin as I wear it, but other than that it doesn’t change much. It settles nicely into this metallic aquatic scent, but it’s gentler on me than other bpal aquatic blends I’ve tried. The water is cool and glistening, and the gold note manages to be shiny, metallic, and slightly warming all at the same time. It’s bright with just a nice crisp scent with a golden, gleaming warmth to it. This scent is quite lovely and definitely a more unisex blend. Overall Impressions: This is cool and clean with a metallic, warm feel mixed in. It’s really crisp and those who like aquatic, “clean smelling,” or metallic scents may really like this one. It’s definitely more unisex, but I think it could smell fabulous on a woman. Personally this a little bit more crisp than I like my blends, so it’s not really for me, but it’s still a great scent.

A few scents that are just about exclusively warmer-weather-only for me are Selkie, Green Tree Viper, and Hermia. Selkie is a nice salty ocean/floral scent, while GTV is just refreshing and cool. Hermia is spicy, but I think it's so much better suited to warm weather than cold.

Snake Oil with leather, tonka bean, red sandalwood, and sage. In bottle/imp: Snake oil and mildewy leather. Immediately on skin: This is a drier, manlier snake oil scent. The snake oil sits in the background while the leather and sandalwood linger in the foreground. This is a smooth scent even though it smells very dry to me. After a little while: This gets a touch sweeter as it dries and becomes a dry leather snake oil concoction with a touch of creamy sweetness from the tonka bean. It’s a very warm scent, but the sandalwood doesn’t really add much to it. Overall Impressions: This is a more unisex or masculine snake oil, and especially good for someone who prefers a drier scent. The leather and snake oil blend well, and the sandalwood and tonka bean just linger faintly in the background. This scent isn’t very strong and overpowering though… it’s quite understated.

In bottle/imp: Cinnamon sugar with a bite of ginger. Immediately on skin: I get no snake oil out of this… all I get is a mixture of cinnamon and ginger with a very sugary feel to it. This is spicy and smells very red and hot. After a little while: As this settles, the cassia comes out more on my skin (like a watery cinnamon note almost) but the sweet cinnamon and ginger mixture is still going strong. I get no snake oil out of this at all. Overall Impressions: This lacks in the snake oil department on me. The spices are all very strong and sweet and very overpowering. This is spice, spice, and more spice with nothing to really temper it.

In bottle/imp: Lavender and chocolate. Immediately on skin: This is essentially a chocolate/cocoa fragrance, but a very complex one. Wafting above that base of cocoa are notes of lavender and sage. It’s just overall very herbal and then there’s the chocolate underneath that. The cocoa is already turning a bit B.O.-ish on my skin (dry chocolate notes tend to do that on me). After a little while: Wow, that’s a surprise... the B.O. aspect has faded just about completely and what’s left is a creamy, musky herbal scent. It’s actually reminding me a bit of Candy Butcher, only herbal as opposed to perfumey. This is very smooth and comforting. Overall Impressions: This scent was a total surprise. At first it’s a bit… cloying on me, but after just a little while it gets creamier and muskier and blends into this comforting unisex cocoa scent. It’s almost not really chocolatey, but more poofy and white, like how Candy Butcher was on me.

In bottle/imp: Super citrus! Lots of less-sweet citrus like grapefruit, but with a little hint of something more syrupy. Immediately on skin: This scent hits me with a big blast of grapefruit-like citrus, which is probably the yuzu. As I sniff though, the scent finishes with a smoother fruity scent that smells almost a bit rubbery. I get hints of the black tea and cherry blossom, but mostly this is CITRUS! After a little while: The overwhelming citrus dies down a lot in this scent as I wear it. After it calms down, this turns into more of a black tea scent with sugary fruit, citrus, and a bit of feminine cherry blossom. The rubbery scent I got before is actually the black tea, but now it just smells very smooth and almost creamy. Overall Impressions: This is definitely a wake-you-up kind of scent. The citrus is very strong at first, but dies down as the scent dries and settles into my skin. Then it becomes more of a black tea with citrus, fruit, and flowers scent. It’s very bright and happy with a feminine edge.

In bottle/imp: Soft cinnamon and creaminiess. Immediately on skin: This smells like sticky chocolate and creaminess with a light amount of coffee to me. It has a nice amount of dry wood, too, which blends into the creamy coffee quite nicely. After a little while: This becomes quite woody on me with a lot of coffee. The book scent is sort of odd… dusty and almost mildewed. Overall Impressions: This scent is just odd on me. It starts out sort of nice but then it becomes this almost mildewed wood and coffee scent.

In bottle/imp: Very dry sandalwood and coconut with crisp white musk. Immediately on skin: As soon as I sniff this, the sandalwood almost attacks my nose. It’s very dry. Then it smooths into some warm coconut and crisp musk. The coconut smells a little plastic though. After a little while: This doesn’t change much, though it does get a little sweeter. The sandalwood is what I smell the most, dry and powdery, and then the coconut behind it. This smells warm, but not really creamy as there’s an overlying freshness to the scent which might be the orris or maybe white musk. Overall Impressions: This is a wonderful concept, and smells just as I’d think from the description. It’s powdery, warm, and nuzzly with a very distinct feel to it. I like it, but it’s not a “me” scent, unfortunately.

In bottle/imp: Pale-blue, whispering rose. This is floral and slightly watery with a base of true rose. Immediately on skin: This scent is downright pretty. It’s a true, watery rose matched with melancholy, cool, blue-smelling moonflower. It’s a very floral scent, but it has a very nice soothing, cool tone to it. This scent has a hint of clean ozone as well. After a little while: This scent stays pretty much the same on my skin from first applying until over an hour later. It’s a clean, floral smelling mix of very cool, refreshing moonflower and a true, watery, pale rose note. It’s very pretty. Overall Impressions: This is one of those scents that I smell and just go “wow, that’s so pretty!” It’s a perfume-ier scent, but not overwhelming at all. This blend smells sort of “clean” but also very cool and girly. It’s a perfect, simple blend of smooth rose and cool moonflower. This scent has a definite moonlight-drenched nighttime or hopeful early morning feel to it, There’s a tinge of watery ozone to it, but mostly it’s just those lovely flowers.

In bottle/imp: Fruity citrus incense? Immediately on skin: This smells of grapes, grapefruit, and light incense. It’s an odd combo, but a lot more upbeat and brighter than I was expecting. After a little while: This smells like a mixture of citrus and grapes and other fruits over incense. It’s a bit cloying, a bit mismatched, and a little dry on me. It smells like Fruity Pebbles a little mixed with incense, but without the cereal and milk. Mainly, just the fruitiness. It’s an odd combo though and just doesn’t blend completely to my nose. Overall Impressions: This is much fruitier and more citrusy than I was expecting, though it does also contain an incense note. The combo doesn’t really mesh well though so I find this to be a rather disjoined scent.