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The owl is abroad, the bat, and the toad, And so is the cat-a-mountain, The ant and the mole sit both in a hole, And the frog peeps out o’ the fountain; The dogs they do bay, and the timbrels play, The spindle is now a turning; The moon it is red, and the stars are fled, But all the sky is a-burning: The ditch is made, and our nails the spade, With pictures full, of wax and of wool; Their livers I stick, with needles quick; There lacks but the blood, to make up the flood. Quickly, Dame, then bring your part in, Spur, spur upon little Martin, Merrily, merrily, make him fail, A worm in his mouth, and a thorn in his tail, Fire above, and fire below, With a whip in your hand, to make him go. There’s magic afoot: fiery red musk, luminous elemi, East Indian patchouli, champaca flower, cedar incense, ho wood, and hemlock accord sweetened with a peculiar sweet honey. Out of all the gorgeous Halloweenies, Third Charm stood out to me as a must-have. I made a bee-line for it at Dragon*Con, and I wasn't disappointed! In the bottle, Third Charm is similar to Scherezade (one of my all-time favorite scents), with an autumnal quality that makes me think of leaves changing colors and cool, crisp nights. A little of the peculiar honey creeps in to smooth and sweeten the scent. On my wrist, more of the musk and patchouli creeps out, until it's a warm, glowing, scent that balances all the fuzzy, earthy elements beautifully. I can't wait for the weather to start changing so I can wear this and feel appropriately seasonal.
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Her strong enchantments failing, Her towers of fear in wreck, Her limbecks dried of poisons And the knife at her neck, The Queen of air and darkness Begins to shrill and cry, "O young man, O my slayer, To-morrow you shall die." O Queen of air and darkness, I think 'tis truth you say, And I shall die tomorrow; But you will die to-day. - AE Houseman A final confrontation, alight with black fire and poisonous smoke: incense and bruise-purple toxins, a tangle of thorny blackberries, and pale rage. I'm still not great at describing scents, so bear with me on this. In the bottle: My first thought was that this smells an awful lot like Lamia to me, but chillier and lighter. I don't for the life of me know why, though. maybe the 'pale rage' is Lamia's 'pale orchid' note or something, because I do get a vaguely floral sense from this blend (but maybe that's just the way the blackberries are playing in this one). Wet: Same as in the bottle. The only thing my brain can say is "this reminds me of Lamia, but it's not as dark". Dry down: I think I'm getting a hint of the blackberries, creeping around the edges of things. Overall, it's striking me as a light incense (and I mean light--most incense notes I've run into with BPAL make me feel ill, but this one doesn't) with a shade of sweet/floral. There's...something else there, too--whatever the "bruise-purple toxins" are, maybe? It's a little like A Brilliant and Ruby Colored Fluid in that I can tell there's something, but I really can't pinpoint what it is. For anyone who's like me and is wary of this scent because of the mention of "black fire and poisonous smoke", don't worry. I don't get anything smoke or burnt-smelling out of this blend. Overall, I feel like this blend really matches its name. This is the Evil Queen at her weakest moment--there are shades of what she used to be, the danger she used to pose, but they're fading. The incense doesn't knock you down, because she's the one who's falling. And she's pissed about it, but she's past the point where she can really do anything about it. EDIT: Oh, and since I forgot to mention: there's pretty good throw with this one; I get a strong whiff of the scent every time I move my arm. And so far I've been wearing it for about 2.5 hours, and it's not showing any sign of fading. This is probably a scent that I'll have to be careful with (again, oddly similar to Lamia this way), because a drop too much might be enough to push this over the edge and into "all of my coworkers can smell me coming down the hall" territory)
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Red apple, cacao, and bourbon vetiver. First? oh my! In the Bottle: My bottle needed a good shake - it was very distinctly separated between ingredients. The scent was surprisingly subtle. I could detect all three notes but I really was expecting the vetiver to jump out and dominate. On my Skin, Wet: A blast of the vetiver, then some boozy chocolate & vanilla (?) with just a hint of the apple. On my Skin, Dry: The vetiver has subsided a bit, the chocolatey note comes out more, and the apple has become more subtle. After a few hours: mostly a chocolatey scent now. I can still detect traces of apple, and the vetiver has died down quite a bit.
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MARSHMALLOW PUMPKIN Marshmallow goo and pumpkin pulp! If you have the Marshmallow Pumpkin scent from last year then you already know what you're getting here... it's marshmallow-y goodness with a bit of spice. I use my bath oils as body oils after my shower. I'm so happy to have a lathering product to use with the scent oil. and the label art is fabulous. The cartoon girl is wearing BPAL socks!
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Blackberry branches and tufts of patchouli, a tangle over overgrown hemlock, belladonna, and wolfsbane accord, a shard of charred bone, a passel of wandering mandrake roots, and drooping spikes of black foxglove. Dark purple, dark green, and cold. I like this! My bedroom is dark, and this fits the atmosphere perfectly. I hope this comes around again!
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A raucous, fiery glitter, all pumpkin orange with glints of vine-green. Swatched at Will Call. Definitely a fiery glitterbomb. Gold, bright orange, and red-orange glitters, accented with tiny pinpoint black and green glitters. I seem to remember a bit of a holo flare; little red holo and gold flecks, maybe? Halloween on a nail! Much brighter and more orange than the photo on the site (on my monitor, anyway). One coat was good but semi-sheer coverage, and two was solid glitter. I'm sure you could do some great layering with it, too.
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[No additional description given.] Origin: Straight from the Post Initial Thoughts: I've never been interested in the "dead leaves" note. But I like cedar and the notion of cinnamon incense (which I could not wear on my skin due to the incense amping and possibly the cinnamon irritating) was a strong pull to try this. In the Bottle: Musty cedar. Like a stale cedar chest. Oh dear. Wet in hair: Okay, at least the "musty" is not showing up, but it's still strongly just cedar. There's maybe the slightest hint of cinnamon in there. After blow-drying: Harmony of a sort has been achieved. The "dead leaves" still seems to be mostly hiding in the cedar or incense, which has come out and brought a bit more cinnamon with it. Verdict: I think I like it well enough to finish the bottle, but I'm not 100% sure I'd look for more. It's got the same natural, slightly quiet vibe of "Departing Like Smoke" but with a decidedly "forest" or "fall" character.
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With pumpkin cream cheese frosting. This is my first bath oil, and the best thing I've ever put on my skin. I've slathered in it all day as a moisturizer since receiving my Post package. The pistachio and cream cheese frosting are rich and realistic, and there are delicious pumpkin spices that don't overpower. They bring back memories of some amazing pumpkin spice cupcakes I had at a baby shower recently. The cream cheese frosting was super sweet and indulgent, and pumpkin cake itself was fluffy and lightly spiced. With some extra cinnamon scent from the cinnamon broom being waved around the room beforehand. A great scent memory. Anyway, I love how well this works on my skin and can't wait to see how it is in a bath. I smell delicious and can't get enough. Foodies, please give this a try!
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George Frederick Watts A memory of English oak and iron shrouded in a thick fog, caked with salt, and a tangle of weeds dragged from the depths of the ocean. A Sea Ghost is a cool, crisp night on the shoreline - with something foreboding, like a sudden storm. I could pick up on the wooden note, and the salt of the sea was pronounced but not overpowering. It reminded me of visiting the south Texas coastline in January.
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[No additional description given.] I'm a terrible first review, I'm sorry! First I'd like to say I love the smell of dead leaves. This HG starts off as the sharp, crispy, crunchy Dead Leaves scent. After smelling it for awhile, the sweetness of the pomegranate comes through and smells lovely with the leaves. I'd safely say this is a fantastic Autumnal scent for your hair, and would be a great choice for those who love Autumn scents but aren't a fan of foodie scents. I said I was terrible right? I have no idea what Chypre is or what it smells like. But I like it in this hair gloss, so I guess that means I like it! I'll be wearing this from now until New Years for sure.
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[No additional description given.] Dead Leaves & Blackberries was a blind bottle purchase for me, and I rarely do that. So glad that I did, because this is lovely! The lab's dead leaves scent is so evocative of fall, though it can turn a little too masculine/cologne-y depending on what else is in the blend. Here, when you add a fresh (read: juicy and just barely candy-ish) blackberry scent (no green stem there, just Berry), it is just perfect. It really is dead leaves and blackberries! This will be nice in cold AND warm weather!
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Pumpkin brittle with cinnamon, toffee, and pepitas. This atmo is way too spicy for me. It smells like a hint of creamy pumpkin pie and a ton of red hots cinnamon candies. Very much a generic 'pumpkin spice' thing. I can't even tell these pumpkin spice blends apart. Was hoping for more toffee and nuttiness, but it's overwhelming cinnamon. My man hated it.
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[No additional description given.] In The Bottle: A rich "brown" musk. Wet On Skin: A sifter, sweeter musk. It's 'warm' still, but it's shifted. It doesn't have the feral, animalistic quality it had in the bottle at this stage. Dry Down: A far more subtle musk, considering how intensely it started off. It's still in the brown musk family to be sure, but it's less dense. Medium throw, sweet, I could see layering this with some of the more 'cold weather' scents, like Snake Charmer or Mme Moriarty. It's a single note for sure, but with a complexity that musk fans will love and appreciate.
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[No additional description given.] To me it smells like pixie sticks! Basically candy powder of various flavors. Some butterscotchy note, mostly while wet. Must test more.
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Dead Leaves, Honeyed Patchouli, Black Tea, Sweet Oudh, and Sandalwood Hair Gloss
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[No additional description given.] This has to be my favorite dead leaves scent ever. I'm having a hard time describing how all of these notes sum up. The leaves themselves are not super strong, but they are dry and crisp. I can't pick out the individual notes beyond a little black tea and sandalwood. This scent has layers for sure. It's lightly sweet and earthy, but not dirty. I think this will pair well with scents like Reapers Gonna Reap and Morocco. -
[No additional description given.] Tested at NYCC: In the bottle: Sharp! The lavender buds here are very astringent and assertive. I don't even get the dead leaves off the top. Wet: Still very sharp and astringent, the lavender is strong, but the dead leaves are starting to make a showing Dry down: The dead leaves are helping balance, but this is a much stronger and sharper lavender than I tend to favor. It has a chilly side to it, which seems fitting, but not quite my style.
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A symphony of deviance, darkly beguiling: blood musk, red sandalwood, aged North African sweet patchouli, urfa pepper, yenibahar, and Turkish carnations. I guess the closest comparison to this is The Woman in Black. Sprayed, it's definitely very red-musky off the initial blast, and then it definitely gets a bit more floral and is lighter in spirit than The Woman in Black. The spices are a bit lighter, and the patchouli is not 'dirty,' it adds a nice leafy depth to the red musk. The carnations are definitely a tickling high, fainter presence so they're not front and center. All in all it's quite a nice, spicy oriental floral, with emphasis on the sweetness as opposed to the spiciness. It's like... uh, I guess part of the spicy part of Morocco but definitely more forward on the patchouli, so it's not quite as smooth as Morocco. I hope that makes sense.
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Creeping ivy and black yew, benzoin, and lichen-crusted bark. At first this was WHOA NELLY green, crisp and fresh and sharp. After it took a few minutes to settle down, however, I think I'm in love with it. The bark reminds me of a long-lamented discontinued favorite, Hesperides. "A Man in Armour" doesn't have that sweet yellow apple, of course, but what it does have is a wonderful fragrance, brought together with benzoin. For me, this is a keeper for sure.
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[No additional description given.] You know when you get tears in your eyes because of how utterly perfect something is? That's me right now, because this is utterly beautiful. Dead leaves is one of my favorite notes. I have a lot of perfumes where it is the star, but I don't have any that smell quite like this. This isn't the lab's usual greenish dead leaf note that can swing acrid on the wrong skin type. This is sweet and dry and a little bit spicy. These are leaves in full color. I don't really smell cardamom as a separate note, but I'm guessing it's adding to the spiciness of the leaves. I smell like I just rolled around in a leaf pile on a warm autumn day and I am loving it.
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Ink musk, incense tar, black patchouli, and polished cedar. an absolutely beeeeeeauuuuutiful black musk scent! I can suss out the patch in this, but it's very much a background player. cedar, which loves to amp on me, is not easily detectable. this is stunning dark musk surrounded by very light wafts of rich incense. alas, the throw and wear-length are almost nil. if this shifts with a bit of time, then backup bottles will be acquired. even if this stays light, I'll still enjoy the heck out of my bottle. at the very least, the heartbreakingly low throw is extremely workplace-safe. eta months later now, the throw has picked up a bit and the notes are coming out more, also developing/merging in the most beautiful of ways. there's something in here (the ink of the musk?) that adds tendrils of a beautiful feminine perfume to what I had anticipated (at the time of Add To Cart) to be a more unisex/masculine leaning scent. very very pretty!
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[No additional description given.] Oh lime soda with a touch of lemon and a sprinkle of pop rocks. Green sugary syrup with a touch of fizz.
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And how should we break faith who have seen Those dead lips plight with the mist between, And how forget, who have seen how soon They lie thus chambered and cold to the moon? How scorn, how hate, how strive, we too, Who must do so soon as those others do? For it's All Souls' night, and break of the day, And behold, with the light the dead are away. Cedar coffinwood, davana, tobacco flower, and white rose. In the Bottle: Fairly strong cedarwood. It's VERY distinctly cedar - my Husbeast woodworks and the cedar smell was extremely accurate. I did not detect another other notes at this stage. On My Skin, Wet: A blast of more cedarwood, then some very light white florals. it was reminiscent of a freshly cut & polished piece of raw cedar with a small cluster of wild white flowers tossed on top On My Skin, Dry: Still strongly cedar, but now a bit 'dusty' somehow. the florals become just a wee bit more pronounced, and I think I can detect the rose as it's own note at this stage. A Few Hours Later: Again - mostly a musty cedar, but I can definitely detect the white rose from time to time. it's a 'close to the skin' scent, and captures the essence of a Halloween night perfectly. It's woodsy, ancient, and has a specter of beauty lingering. While not remotely similar to Samhain as a scent in my view, it's quite lovely and encapsulates a more specific Halloween vision. I think if you like Samhain you will probably like this one just as much if you aren't too sensitive to cedar.
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Utagawa Kuniyoshi Tonka bean, bourbon vanilla, benzoin, pale lavender, and honey clove. The tonka, bourbon vanilla, and benzoin create a nice spicy, vanilla base. It is rich and dry, not buttery or foody. There seems to be honey and clove in equal parts, but they are not super strong. It's a nice sweet and spicy warmth over the vanilla. This reads surprisingly autumnal to me. I get just the tiniest bit of dry, herbal lavender underneath everything. This is so comforting and cozy!
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Black patchouli, apple pulp, and apple blossom. In the bottle: delicious red juicy apple and apple blossom On skin: Apple! Glorious apple and apple blossom Dry down : oh oh my. The black patchouli is just barely there, lingering in the back ground, like a sexy skimpy black dress on the juicy apple note making turning into a very sophisticated and elegant apple. Ladies and gentlemen, I believe I now have a HG apple scent. Will definitely be ordering multiple backups of this!
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Mod Note: Slight difference in notes from previous Devil's Night releases (soot-crusted musk) merits a new review topic. Devil's Eve, Devil's Night, Gate Night, Trick Night, Mischief Night; whatever your name for it might be, the chaos is still the same. Contrary to popular belief, this festival of pandemonium isn't unique to Detroit. Falling on October 30th, it is an evening of mayhem and destruction. On the gentler side, it may be celebrated by practical jokes, an egging, Ding-Dong-Ditch, or enthusiastic TP'ing of your most hated neighbor's trees, and on the more violent side, arson and vandalism. This is the scent of autumn night, fires in the distance, with a touch of boozy swoon, playful sugar and soot-crusted musk. Wow first?! Just a bit of background. I loved Devil's Night 08 and REALLY regret swapping it away when it was just under half. I found it to be a slightly sweetened musk, very Storyville-esque, a sophisticated foody and not sure what I was thinking when I swapped it. Ever since then, I've been ordering decants and last year broke down and got a bottle, hoping it would be the same. Of course, the decants and bottle never measured up. Not even close. Last years was a disaster of sour musk if I remember correctly. THIS year, I'm happy to report is AMAZING!! It is sweet cookied musk with a touch of smoke to make it interesting. It's like eating skor cookies by the fire with musky leaves in the background. It is reminiscent of Storyville with a bit of smoke. LOVE, and it will only get better with age, folks. Backup worthy, another bottle for sure.
