LiberAmoris Report post Posted January 9, 2015 Red velvet cupcakes with cream cheese frosting against a backdrop of Snake Oil, Dorian, and Doc Constantine! Cake Smash is one of those scents that I wear when I really need a foody, dessert-y hit. It's absolutely red velvet cake and cream cheese frosting, against a subtle backdrop of what feels like the BPAL supernote: Dorian + Snake Oil + Doc C. It reminds me a lot of the original Beaver Moon, which I also love. I'm not in the mood for this often, but when I am, it's great. Sometimes I layer with a drop of Snake Oil or Dorian, if I want the sweets to take a back seat. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DevilsCandyCane Report post Posted April 7, 2015 (edited) Ha, I knew I'd have to redo this review, it was morphing all over the place the first day, but now it's been in a warm room for two days it's settled down Freshly applied, gooey juicy dribbly-syrup red velvet cake So, so gorgeous! That begins to fade within a couple of minutes, to a drier, deeper, more chocolatey cake scent, and then the Dorian, Doc and Snake Oil begin to creep in. The first day I tested this, it almost vanished, leaving nothing but a waft of Dorian and a hint of sweetness, but now - hurrah - the cake is holding its own! It's a perfect balance of the lovely backing of Dorian, a tiny hint of masculine leather, and these ground the overlying cake, making it wonderfully gender-neutral and less pure sugar. The cake that remains isn't so lush and dribbly-squidgy as it started, but it's still got a major red velvet sugar-rush going on - it reminds me a little of the drydown in Midway, that final stage of sweet, heady sugar that seems to envelop your skin, and I can smell the vanilla tea of Dorian just beneath, and closer to the skin the more masculine vibe of Doc. Absolutely lovely! So glad I finally managed to snag a bottle, it's been on my wants list for so long! Edited April 10, 2015 by DevilsCandyCane Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
celestia Report post Posted November 19, 2016 (edited) ♔ Cake Smash In the Bottle: spiced batter note that is prominent in many bpal cake blends. Slightly artificial/plasticky. Wet: Spicy golden brown cake mix, slightly sweet and pink- but not sprinklecake 'pink', maybe the frosting? I get a little chocolatey note that reminds me of sweetened dry cocoa than the buttery nutty chocolate I expect to see in chocolate blends. There’s no tang so- I can’t say there’s much of the cream cheese frosting other than the plastic strawberry pink cake covering I get, over a dry cocoa chocolate base which is undoubtedly the red velvet. Drydown: There’s more of the strawberry pink covered cocoa cake note coming into the foreground– and the red velvet/dry cocoa note disappears in this stage which is disappointing. I also seem to amp more of the snake oil on dry down...with the spiced cake batter, it mixes into a nice dry golden amber and aged vanilla – but it's definitely snake oil. It’s a little sweeter and lighter, like Khrysee- but not floral. I imagine that Dorian hiding in there somewhere because I don't even get hints of vanilla tea. I also don't really understand why it morphed into strawberry pink cake icing on me? what? Especially as Sprinklecake gave me a lot more pink "sprinkles" and less chocolate base. hmmm TL;DR: Spicy golden cake batter, sprinkled with dry cocoa, with pink icing atop. Edited November 19, 2016 by celestia Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Poenari Report post Posted November 23, 2016 I just noticed that I never reviewed this scent- weird, since I bought a bottle back in the day when it was first released. Cake Smash is definitely red velvet and cream cheese on my skin, and the hints of the BPAL trifecta of creation are there if you look for them. This isn't a scent I wear often, but once in a while I'm in the mood for a sweeter bedtime scent without lavender, and that's when I turn to Cake Smash. The label of Lilith is one of the cutest things ever, too! I treasure my bottle. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
donkehpoo Report post Posted May 16, 2018 (edited) Wet: Cake, cake, and more cake! The frosting is present as well. Dry: Still cake and frosting, but with some depth that wasn't there on the wet stage. It might be the Snake Oil peeking in, but it's not full-blown. It's a really yummy scent. Almost... uh... sexy cake, maybe? Edited June 16, 2018 by donkehpoo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
