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TKO and Love's Philosophy had a baby and gave it a buttercream smash cake and I’m here for it! Everyone in the house plus the dog loves this one. Seriously, my BPAL-loving pup barked at me to give it to him. ETA: I am so smitten with this scent I’m considering my first ever backup bottle! It’s that good! 😍

Ah Skadi, my beautiful Christmas favorite. Lovely, chilly winter pine forest sweetened with a touch of berry. One of my top BPALs, wintertime perfection! 🥰

Oh my, how did this one fly under my radar all these years? It’s delicious syrupy honey vanilla sweetness tempered with spiced, darkened fruit and a slight alcoholic kick. It’s a very smooth and red scent, with both brightness and a deep dark heart, like a cabochon garnet. Blood Kiss reminds me of a sweeter Voluptuous Wantonness, and I prefer BK. I will be needing a bottle!

Oh yes, Death Adder is gorgeous smoky dark coconut!

impable: High Strung Daisies is a sugary spicy carnation, Chimera is like Cinnabon in a bottle I looove it in the fall Persephone is juicy pomegranate and rose Bliss is pure milk chocolate Bon Vivant is realistic champagne with sweet strawberry Jezebel is a super sweet honey/rose/orange blossom I also second Titania and Dragons Milk! Not impable: Hope and Faith from the Carnival Diabolique are sugared rose and violet respectively, but not impable, and only sold together, TKO is also not impable, but is a super popular marshmallow lavender, Melisandre the Puppet Mistress is my favourite jasmine of all time, very purple-sweet. I also love Eostre of the Dawn, it’s so sweet and creamy.

Honey is probably my best and favourite note and honey blends are normally a sure bet, so I was surprised when this went so sideways on me. It takes on the same high pitched, burning, on the razor’s edge of pee tone that make caramel and brown sugar not work for me. Maybe it’s the beeswax?

Someone probably said it already but High-Strung Daisies = Lush Potion/Ruby Slippers/etc. 🥰

Oh my god, it’s Lush Potion lotion, but better! I was scared to try this because of the bubblegum comments I’d read, but I only get any bubblegum if I really focus on it and squint my nose lol, and it’s only in the wet stages. It’s warm, sweet, creamy, spicy carnation goodness! Very happy, pink and comforting! In these times anything that makes me feel calm and happy quickly is an instant necessity. Bottle, STAT!

Mmmm sweet, creamy, just a touch of spice and smoke. Like drinking a delicious warm, creamy beverage while burning incense. So calming and pretty, I love it!

Ah, lovely! Real, natural cherries and real, natural pinky-red roses, both fresh and wild and alive. The cherry/rose combo makes me think of Persephone’s pomegranate/rose combo, but brighter. A bright red ruby as opposed to Persephone’s wine-red garnet. It’s simple, beautiful, natural and cheering. Great staying power too!

Can’t speak to how it smells on me, but from the half imp my mom spilled on herself and my nosy labradoodle pup it’s a very nice, calming sea breeze scent with a creaminess to it. It reminds me a bit of some of the milky scents Lush comes out with. I especially like it on my puppy! 😁

Crow Moon 2007 was my first bottle of bpal, which I swapped away because as a 20-something newbie I thought while beautiful, it was too sophisticated for me to ever actually wear. I was delighted when it came back as the new lunacy, I’ve been kicking myself lately wishing I still had it since I suspected I would feel differently now, and I certainly do! Gorgeous, deep, dark evergreen woods with dusky violets and wildflowers peeking out through that chilled minty slush. I can’t speak to how the slight note variations make it differ from previous versions, the scent brought me back to that time like a scent memory does, though I think it may be a bit softer and sweeter. If Skadi was a forest in the dead of winter, and Elf was the same one in summer, Crow Moon is that forest just as winter turns to spring. Magical!

A luscious red musk blend distantly related to Scherezade, Mme. Moriarty, and Snake Charmer. Very close to Witch Dance, but fruitier and without the smoke. Super sexy!

Very nice, sweet and green, but not grassy. My search for grass continues.

Oh my god this is goooood! Starts out with a creamy, coconut-floral then slowly melts into a luscious golden honeyed vanilla cream. It’s heavenly and an instant favourite! I luuuuurve! 🥰

Oh beautiful! All notes are present and accounted for, but the patch is very soft and grounding to the sweetness of the sugary lavender and lovely golden amber. A very warm, comforting scent that just glows. I love it!

You know, that’s a really good idea! Lots of grounding notes in Peach Chypre and I notice there’s no musk in it, which I think was contributing to the “generic perfume” effect. I’ll give that a try, thanks! 😊

I’ve had no luck with peach blends actually smelling like peach. It always ends up smelling like a department store perfume counter on me. I’m eyeing Peach Chypre and Impeachment but I’m wondering if the same thing will happen. Does anyone know any real, fresh peachy peach scents? Maybe I should try apricot instead? ETA: This has happened with Fae, Cat Chasing Butterflies, and Alleviate the Frenzy.

Golden, vivacious, honey sweet, a little sexy. It smells expensive, it smells RICH. I adore it, and I wear it when I want to feel more confident and put together.

A dreamy, chilly, sheer vanilla veil of loveliness! It makes me think of an open window with cool night air fluttering the sheer white, moonlit curtains. Gorgeous!

My Mom likes to make a variation of “maid of honor” jam tarts, which have a soft, creamy filling made of coconut and condensed milk. This smells like an even richer version of the filling. Soooo warm, sweet and yummy. I can’t get over how true the condensed milk note is, it’s bang on! A real comfort scent.

The subject of our latest #BPAL7wordstory contest was Gluttony. The winning entry was submitted by Crystal Rose-Thompson: The Sirens Eagerly Beckoned the Approaching Ship Sea splash on murky labdanum and gleaming olibanum, veiled in lavender, diaphanous osmanthus, gilded saffron, and honey incense. I guess it's fitting I'm the first to review this one, since I was super lucky enough to have the winning entry! (Thankyouthankyouthankyou Beth!!!) This is absolutely glorious: my favorite oceanic scent I've ever smelled! They tend to lean too far on the masculine side, or have that dryer-sheet twinge, or turn into salty melons, but this is pure magic! It opens with a cold blast of salt straight from the inky depths of the Atlantic, then gradually warms up to a sea-sprayed incense-clouded, honeyed glow. It makes me think of emerging from a stormy ocean into the cold night air, and coming across a salt-crusted temple just brimming with magical mysteries! It's wild and beautiful and magical, and I am so, so honored to have had a hand in it's creation! PS- My mother tried it too, and she said it was like being transported to a tropical island. Beautiful and very refreshing!

Paladin is definitely my go-to for when i need to feel a boost of courage. It has a real "pure, righteous hero/ine that always saves the day" feel to me, plus you're wearing something called Paladin. If it's a more competent "I've-got-everything-under-control" sort of confidence I'm after, I like The Sun's Treasure. It just smells successful!

I've been dying to try this one for years, but the pepper made me nervous. I needn't have worried a smidge, this is absolutely glorious! It smells exactly like the description: a sweet, milky cup of black ginger tea (with gobs of honey!) and a trace of linen. The honey is especially light and sweet, and makes me think of Spring. The White Rabbit bunnyhopped straight to the top of my favorites and I need a bottle ASAP, I'm swooning here!

When I first got my bottle there was something about it that made me think of overripe fruit and made me queasy, so for a couple of years it sat in my cabinet unused. I tried it again while gathering possible swap bottles and I'm glad I kept it, because that sickly edge has aged right out! Now it's a beautifully blended creamy pink dream! There's a suggestion of strawberries, like a light blush, but it's not super fruity. Very pretty and princesslike. I love it!