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This is a wonderful hair gloss (I'm a hair gloss/hair oil addict) that comes out clear, has great slip and does not dry out my very curly, frizzy hair. It is light, not at all greasy and absorbs well into the hair, leaving it shiny and sweetly scented. The scent itself is amazing. I adore scenting my hair and this is the perfect way to do it. Much like Goblin in the GC of BPAL, this is a sweet patch. It is also, however, a very sexy patchouli. It is, as another put it, more airy and light, but it is still grounded. Definitely not your zany hippie aunt's patchouli, this one is special and fab! I wish it was a permanent selection because I would buy it all the time.

Got this from the Lab as a frimp and boy am I stoked. This is amazing on my boys (ages 8 and 6). It's a very silly, fun-loving scent that is just all sweet, spicy and adorable on them. I adore the entire collection as it's just genius. This will be a 5 ml for the boys to share. They love it and the name cracks them up every time.

This is absolutely gorgeous. I cannot believe I did not try this before. This is pretty much the same in all stages, it only varies in intensity on me. It is a gorgeous, powdery soft, musky scent that edges on the sweet without being cloying. It's sensual without being lurid and it has just the right amount of throw. I've said it before, but I think this could be my signature scent for good. Amazing.

Got this for my husband, although we ALL know I HAD to try it out RIGHT when it got here. About 2 seconds on my skin, I KNEW this was HIS. It is a FILTHY as fuck patchouli. But, by "filthy"? I mean furtive, desperate groping in a dark alley behind a protest or the filth of cheap printer ink stained on your hands after writing a piece that the feds will take note of. This is dark, dirty and deep. This scent is sweetened up only SLIGHTLY by the other notes. I feel that this sweetness has a very "skin" quality...like skin that has just been rinsed off. I could see Jack Kerouac smelling like this, or perhaps Bob Dylan in his heyday. This has a sexy insurgency to it, along with a certain urgency...it's brilliant. We'll be buying another bottle this week, or maybe even two if finances allow. This is something I don't want him to run out of anytime soon. LOVE LOVE LOVE this.

Daisy, pink carnation, pink pepper, and sugar. I bought a bottle of this for my daughter for her 11th birthday. It is her first bottle of "Real Perfume". So, this review is written from smelling from the bottle and then on her. In the bottle: Sweet, sticky, and PINK...but something green beneath. Like a young girl twirling pink cotton candy on her fingers while sitting in the grass. On, Wet: Sugar and carnations, with a pleasantly soft "grassy" note (likely the daisies). On, 2hr: The sugar has backed off a bit, and she smells like a fresh-cut carnation bouquet. Very sweet, still; but the scent gets a bit lighter. On, end of school day: Powdery carnation, with a hint of daisy and grass. This was absolutely lovely on her. She's so happy to have it, and I'm so glad I just let her at the BPAL site to pick out what she wanted as I would likely have just bought her Dana O'Shee, The White Rabbit, or Alice. This is a "youthful" scent. It's just darling and something she'll cherish (and likely horde, if she's anything like Mum).

Okay, it has been a long time since I've written a review, but here goes: In the imp: sweet musky goodness. I was a bit afraid of this scent straight from the imp, as I feared it would be slightly too sweet for me in a bad way. Fresh on: sweet, powdery skin musk with just a whisper of a throw. You know, the kind of perfume you smell slightly on the wind of someone's passing. This is NOT a "crazy throw" scent that will come around the corner before you do. Also, what I like about this is that it is lightly feral. Like a feral kitten. Sweet, fuzzy and adorable, but believe me the woman who wears this has claws and WILL use them if/when necessary. Dry down: more of the same, only a bit "cleaner". The skin musk is very strong now, but it is "hazy", not piercing. I think this scent definitely has captured my favorite alignment to play (Neutral, of all varieties) because it is sweet, yet feral and totally wearable. It is the type of scent that I myself will buy a bottle of and definitely enjoy due to its simplicity. I'm not sure I would layer it as my body amps the CRUD out of some musk. I will likely wear it solo and feel simultaneously demure, yet ferocious. Rawr.

I'd go with Dana O'Shee, it's very sweet, creamy, slightly green and liiiiight. I wore this when my youngest was a newborn so I did not upset his little nose. Another to consider that is very light, and clean? Water of Notre Dame. Veeery light and watery.

Gonna second/third/fourth the Sin. Very dark, spicey and smokey on me. Hubby loves darker, more sinister patch and he wore Sin a lot for that reason. Sin reminds me of a "younger" version of something like Opium. It's all the spice and earth of such a fragrance without being overwhelming. Anne Bonney was very "bright" Red Patch on me, and Snake Oil was more sweet spices and vanilla with just a hint of patch. Snake Oil was my sig scent for a while, until I got into hubby's Tezcat. I did note the patchouli did come out more as it aged, however, and it was a darker patchouli scent.

Czernobog in the Excolo collection is VERY animalistic and crazy dark. Also, you might want to give Scherezade a shot. It's not dirty, rather sweet, really. But, it is not what I would call "clean". It's a womanly musk that even smells quite sexy on the boys as well. Satyr is heavily animalistic as well, as others have said so I'd recommend you pick up an imp of that as well.

Thank you, beautiful! Also, hubby liked to wear Dirty, for some reason. He's a bit of a silky boy, though, so It smelled rather nice on him. Like "guy just put on clean clothes after a shower". Had the clean smell of freshy showered boy with a wee bit of a sweet smell, like sheets left out to dry in the sun. Was nice. So, while some scents are "classically" male, like the Vicompte...some might be appropriate for men even if they are not screamingly male. I also would highly suggest Snake Oil for the same reason.

Things that smelled best on Hubby: Dracul (my fave), Tezcatlipoca (MINE now), Dead Man's Hand, King of Clubs, Magus, Cathedral, and sometimes Dorian (too sweet for me some days). ETA: Nero is amazingly chilly and very sexy. I cannot believe I forgot this one. Very good for the man who wants to smell expensive and be taken seriously.

I wear B&BW Sensual Amber layered under O and that really works well. The honey chills out quite a bit and the Amber gets amped.

You know, I get a lot of gardenia from Morgause. However, it is well-tempered with the berries and sweet incense.

I'm going to second the Death Cap. Very dirrrty.

Is it just the patchouli that throws them off, or scents with too much throw entirely? The first scent which came to mind was Tezcatlipoca as the patchouli in that blend is very understated, but still has enough kick for the patchouli lover to enjoy. However, it does have quite a bit of cocoa-leather throw for the first hour or so...

I use Baku if I really need to sleep. That along with a cup of chamomile tea are a prescription for deep sleep pronto. If I want something a bit more...sexy...I reach for the Sleepy Moon. My skin amps the Poppy in that blend making it a nice little scent for enticing the Munky before falling off to dreamland in his arms.

Perversion smells like a leather-clad, chain-smoking domina accentally sat on a rum cake iced with coconut cream. I love it! However, the leather and smoke really tone down the foody smellies here.

You could also try Ravenous. I love Karma and I wear both Ravenous and Masquerade. I haven't tried Vixen. It is my experience, though, that Ravenous is a bit more fiery whereas Masquerade has a more earthy base. It's really up to you and which you prefer. Both are very strong blends with a ton of throw, but the easiest way to avoid that trap is to use a very light hand when applying. (ETA) Both have incredible staying power. I only have to apply once during the day, maybe twice if it's been a bit hot and I've been outside and sweat a lot. I oftentimes can still smell these blends in my hair the next day. I HTH!

I get a very heavy patchouli out of Masquerade, and it's a gritty patchouli (I believe that blend has Black Patchouli in it as opposed to a different variety). I really love Ravenous, but it is equal parts O.B. and Patchouli. One of my favorite O.B. blends is Dracul. It's gorgeous...and don't be afraid of its being on the more masculine of things, a lot of women on this board wear it. It's tres sesky.

Hey! I can really help here. I used to work for Vicky's Secret years ago and I can smell Rapture on someone in a 10 mile radius...okay, maybe I'm not that good, but I know the smell. That puppy has a TON of throw and it is a strong, ambery-woody floral. I would highly suggest Fallen to replace this one. It is the closest I have experienced thus far to its general feel.

I ordered this for my husband as a summer scent as he loves fruity scents for summertime. I will be reviewing based on what I get with his chemistry. Initial impression: I went into this thinking this is either going to work and be dead sexy or this is going to be a fiasco. I was a bit skeptical as there is SO much fruit in this blend. In the bottle: I don't know if this will mean anything to anyone here, but in the bottle this smells like a Mexican fruit cart. Here in our part of Chicago we have a very diverse community and there are these amazing fruit carts on the corners where vendors sell fresh-cut fruit and they will sprinkle it with chili powder if you ask...Shango manages to capture the heavenly smell of one of these carts in a bottle. On (Mike): At first, this is a very strident blend. It really smacks you in the head with "I AM FRUIT"!!! No surprise, but it is a caucophony of scents hitting your nost at once. It's rather like a fruit salad right when it's blended...everything is competing for flavor time on your tongue. The same goes for Shango. It is all competing for dominance. 5 minutes later: This chills out really fast. The chili pepper comes forth and bitchslaps the fruit ho's into their rightful place. This pepper is very strong and I really love this stage of this blend. It's awesome. I swear I can smell just a tad of ozone as if there is a storm coming... Aside from mellowing out a bit further with time, this blend stays and has plenty of throw. Recommenation: If you have a guy in your life who is perfume-adventurous, give this to him for summertime. It smells really amazing on a man, and I wouldn't expect that. It is a rather masculine scent after all...who'd have thunk it? I would buy this again, but only in the summer for the Munky. Also, I tried this blend on accidentally one day and I did not have any issues with the pepper and my sensitive skin. My husband has sensitive skin as well and he has reported no issues. I was concerned about this for a while. Great job, Beth! You roxxor.

Oh, I love dark dark dark....but I really am looking for something that smells just like F&L as well. All the commercial fig scents (excepting my beloved Black Fig & Absinthe which smells nothing like F&L) are just too...sharp. I love fig, but I love it in the warm, soft incarnation of this soap...I think I'll just order a bottle of Strangler Fig in my next order...throw caution to the wind and all that.

To my nose, Ravenous = a sexier version of Karma. You know, I have been wondering...I am in LOVE with LUSH's Figs and Leaves soap and have been for many many years. Which BPAL most resembles it? I was thinking maybe trying Strangler Fig as it appears to be the most green figgy scent around. Also, do you think that Intrigue would go well with Figs and Leaves? Or is the fig in Intrigue more "gooey" than "green"?

For some odd reason, Omen and Fortunato smell very alike on my husband. I can tell them apart, but sometimes it takes two whiffs to do so.

While I love them both, those two smell nothing alike on my skin. Snake Oil is lacivious, yet sensual wheras Bathsheba is my girlie, playful perfume. They are both sweet, though.