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I love this! In the bottle it smells like pure, simple Nag Champa single note (which I dig). On the skin though, it smells like a really, really nice mix of Scherezade and Brown Jenkins. Two of my favorite BPALs in the whole of Bpal-dom. So.....win! I'm really enjoying this and I'm going to cherish Paramatman. Thank you Beth for another stellar scent...and a possible signature scent for me! ETA: 4 days later and I'm loving this even more. I think this may be a new #1 for me. I don't get much orange blossom at all, it's mostly nag champa with a smidge of sandalwood. I'm hoping with age the sandalwood comes out a bit more...but either way, I love it. I see many bottles in my future!

I really like the smell of Amor, Crown of Success, White Light (of course), Joy, Bastet's Laughter, and Perpetuum Bonum.

This is a weird one for me. I got something that smelled like a high end perfume that seemed very familiar to me (at first). Then after it was on a while it went overwhelmingly lemony/citrusy. I thought for sure I'd get some red musk out of this...maybe some wood. All I get is a furniture polish type vibe. Not bad...I actual like the scent of pledge...just not what I was hoping for! I wonder if this is a batch variation and I'm almost tempted to buy another bottle just to see! Otherwise, I'm going to let it age and see what happens.

I totally agree, i find the vanilla in this one quite similar to Antique Lace, but with leather and a smidgeon of smoke added. Vanilla + Leather + Smoke...sounds fabulous! I thought Liz had some floral to it though, no? I'm askeered of the flowers!!

This one hits me right in the stomach. In a GOOD way!! I knew as soon as it touched my skin Friday night that I was in serious love, serious. :love!: It smells really sweet at first...and pretty strong. It dries down to soft, sweet, spicy and a bit incensey. I can't name particular notes with this one because they're all so nicely blended I can't tell one from the other. I adore this...and I think it just jumped into my top 5 bpal of all time...possibly the #1 position. It is so ME it's unreal. Now, how many bottles do I need of my holy grail scent???

Oh my gosh! I just realized, while perusing this thread, that I had failed to review the oil of Semiramis! I can't believe it. I knew I had posted a review of the bath oil...guess the perfume oil slipped my mind. Anyway, I'm wearing this queen today and boy does she blow my mind. I love love love the combo of pomegranate and red musk. I love the way the sweetness of the fruit supports the sexiness of the red musk and vice-versa. This blend is just *too*freakin*gorgeous* I love it and I can't say much more about it other than that. I just love it and would marry it if I could oh, and also: throw and longevity are superb!

One that hasn't been mentioned (and isn't "fizzy" to me so much as it "sparkles") is Fae. The first time I smelled it, the word *sparkling* popped into my head. Plus, it's just a very pretty fruit blend.

This is soooo good! In the bottle: straight up cake Wet & dry on skin: cake + quite a bit of Dorian tossed in <3 Not really getting much SO or Doc Constantine at this point. Hopefully aging will bring some of Mom's SO to the forefront. Cause SO + cake would just be nummily delicious much love for Cake Smash!

Coconut and a bit of sugar with pomegranate, pink musk, orange blossom, cypress, honey myrtle, and incense. I love this stuff...srsly. Tried it a will call last month and could not WAIT to place an order. This is sweet, sweet wood on my skin. It actually reminds me quite a bit of Brown Jenkins (with the coconut, incense, sandalwood going on). This is sooo terrific. Hoard time!

Is it kosher to send our pp money to the lab and mark it as a gift? I know gift transactions aren't charged pp fees, which is why I ask. I'd love for the lab to pay less in pp fees. Maybe I should email the lab...

this just in! Cupcake Spatter is yummeh! ok, when sniffed in the bottle I get what smells very very much like Beaver'versary...so much so my first thought was "well, guess I'm selling this bad boy" (already have enough of the Beaver). Then, I applied it and it changed! Drying, it started to smell just like the white chocolate note I get from White Chocolate, Coconut & Marshmallow...which is delish, but I don't need more of. Then when it was all the way dry it changed again and I started getting what I *thought* was a spice note of some sort (very subdued), but now that I'm reading the other reviews talking about the dusty note, maybe that's what it is! Whatever it is, it makes this blend just different enough from the others I've mentioned, that I might just have to keep this bottle! I'm gonna let it sit and calm down...maybe age a little and test again. If you like foody ones, this is a must try! eta: I take it back...after continuing to sniff this I not only have to keep it, I have to hoard it. This goes way, way beyond cupcakes people! If you could take the pear out of Perilous Parlor, THIS is the scent you'd be left with....the comforting, dusty scent of my grandmother's house! Don't know what it is, but I adore it.

Devil's Night '09 Uh...yum! I'm loving this. It starts off very sugary smelling (which I adore) with a little bonfire smoke in the background. As it develops the sweetness stays but the musk and smoke come closer to the forefront. This is just....great. Debating on a 2nd bottle now. I get a little of the musky smuttiness just like I get from teh Smut...but to me, this is better. Maybe it's the sweetness, maybe it's the smoke, I don't know...but I really like it. Oh, and I got zero spice/cinnamon from this...weird!

hrm... When I sniffed the bottle of Boo at willcall Sunday I was taken aback. It smelled just like popcorn! I didn't skin test it at that point because I knew I had a bottle on the way and it was scheduled to arrive Tues. (yesterday). Arrive it did...and of course I had to try Boo first In the bottle: a tiny hint of popcorn but mostly cream (reminds me of the cream of underpants) On skin: ugh, not sure I like this...I can't do Antique Lace thanks to the linen note, and this is reminding me quite a bit of that same scent (vanilla + cotton). I let DH sniff it and he liked it. He said it smelled "soft", but he says that about a lot of my oils, lol. I really, really like the sweet cream in this though and the sugar reminds me a bit of the sugar I get from Velvet Unicorn (almost a musky sugar, hard to put into words). I'm going to let this one sit a bit and see what happens. At least it doesn't give me a headache (like AL did).

Well, I keep trying to like Samhain...but it just really doesn't work for me. All I get in the bottle, wet on skin, dry on skin- sweet pipe tobacco w/ a little nutmeg or spice thrown in. Now, I can do the tobacco in Velvet Bandito (maybe because that's actually a tobacco note and Samhain doesn't really have tobacco? *shrug*) but not this ...not whatever it is in this that's translating to pipe tobacco. And it stays that way the whole time! No woods, no fir, no apples, nada!

2009 version: Hrrmmm. When I smelled ToT in the bottle, I wasn't even sure I wanted to try it on my skin. All I could smell was burnt sugar...like really burnt. This made me sad...since BPAL's caramel/burnt sugar note ruins whatever blends it usually touches (like Creepy). I amp caramel apparently. However! I tried it on anyway. Once dry on me this is sweet smoke. I can still get the burnt sugar vibe if I put my nose close to my wrist, but just waving it around ...smoky sweetness. I'm gonna let it settle for a week or two and see what happens. ETA: Wearing this again today and I *LOVE* it! (no, I couldn't wait a week to re-try) It is totally smoky sweetness on me! Kind of like when you burn a marshmallow over a campfire. I need at least one back up of this!! It is Halloween in a bottle!!!

Have you tried Velvet Unicorn? It's a musky candy to me!

I must be the first this one didn't really work for. I know, I know...I shouldn't try perfumes fresh out of the mail and review them, but I know without waiting that these dogs just won't work for me. The coffee note is translating to toffee/caramel on me...and I definitely cannot do caramel So sad!

Oh my!!! I love this scent! It starts out very tropical/beachy/suntan lotiony...which I love anyway and will totally wear as perfume....but then.... it turns into coconut macaroons......yummmmmmmm!!!! Very, very delicious...for anyone who likes the sweet/foody blends (like I do!)...you *must* try this...its awesome. One bottle is definitely NOT going to be enough for me!!!!! :lovestruck: What's funny is that I'm getting 2 different scents from this (one from each wrist)...on one wrist I'm getting mostly the coconut macaroon vibe (drool)...the other wrist smells more of the white chocolate and marshmallow...very sweet and white....doesn't matter...I love it all!!!!! :love!: ETA: my husband wanted me to note that he could smell me when he walked in the door (hello throw!) and he got a lot of coconut from this! Thank goodness he likes it!!

I just....don't even know where to begin with this one. First off, I'm kicking myself for being into BPAL for more than a year and just now getting around to trying Brown Jenkins. I wish this one would have been in my first imp pack. I adore a good sandalwood...and this one has to be the best I've ever had the pleasure to smell. It's just...perfect. I love sweet smells especially, and this one is Sweet, sandalwoody, just a little coconutty. I love this...it seriously just shot to...dare I say...my #1 BPAL spot? I rec'd my bottle (unsniffed) of this on Friday (4 days ago) and I have worn nothing but Brown Jenkins since it arrived. Seriously...that has never happened to me before. And what's funny is that yesterday I got a bit more incense than I did on Sat. and Sun. I can't wait to see how this ages....and I think I need many, many more bottles of this. Seriously, just...

I thought this had potential at first. I love sweet, cherry scents...which is what was wafting up to me from my wrist while the oil was drying. Very loud cherry cordial. Unfortunately, when I put my nose right up to it, I got a very dry dusty scent mingling with the cherry and clove. Very tart too. After drydown, I realized what was slapping me in the nose....it's a red fruit that doesn't agree with me. It's the same red fruit that's in Sugar Skull, Bloody Mary, and some others I can't recall right now. I wish I could pin down which fruit this is.... Into the swap bag goes this imp.

Maybe it's just me, but I don't get patchouli from Snake Oil at all.... That being said...I doubt you'd get patch from: Western Diamondback Temple Viper King Cobra (those are my 3 faves at the moment). I'm sure others will have input though

Just wanted to note, this year's Harvest Moon smells like apple pie filling with lots of cinnamon. I love it!!

OK, *yum*!! This scent is what I wanted Samhain to smell like. When first applied, I got lots and lots of the perfect apple cider scent laced with spicy cinnamon EVER! Seriously, it smelled like when you're making the filling for apple pie...only with LOTS more cinnamon than normal. (love this part) Later, it just melds into the most evocative fall/autumn apple scent. Still with lots of spice and apple cider. I just love this....it really would make a most awesome room scent as well. This is autumn in a bottle to me. *drool* Long lasting too...I've had it on for over 4 hours and it stills smells great.

How 'bout: Jester: huckleberry & red currant Aglaea: ambery, peachy musk Tamora: more peach Perilous Parlor: vanilla & pear March Hare: apricot & clove Carnal: fig! Bordello: plum! Cheshire Moon: guava, grapefruit, banyan fruit, etc. edited to take out Kumiho, now that I see you have it

:D :D This.... this is what I wanted Snake Charmer to smell like. So smooth and yum inducing. Marianne is very, very nice. I love red musk and patchouli and here they are definitely sweetened up by the currants, mimosa and lotus. I was worried about the orchid but I'm not getting a lot of "floral" out of this...so the orchid is either very nicely blended in or she just decided to behave herself for me. yay! Finally, a Grindhouse girl that works on me! I hope my (upcoming) bottle smells as good as this imp. And I really think aging will only make Marianne better! Can't wait!