poisondove

Now its not a perfume to wear all over, but a bit on your hand and its a novelty for yourself and weird out friends. On the skin it smells like ham (surprise) but I also get a bit of a chocolate note. Not super sweet but perhaps its the fading glaze on these leftovers. In any case, I actually like this as a novelty scent and did actually go back and get a bottle for years of amusement.

This perfume is crazy and fun. In a way it reminds me of Drink Me, as it keeps changing its mind on what I am going to smell like. First hits the skin -- cherry almond (yum). Then a few minutes later its cinnamon (uh-oh, my death note but its soft). A few minutes later I am a praline, caramel nut. And that is where I stay, though perhaps getting more mapley over the hours. I even woke up mapely the next day, so long lasting foodie fest madness to be sure.

Wow, its ham juice alright. Feels like a got a bit on my hand after tucking into Christmas dinner. Even a hint of clove and something almost like chocolate undertones. While its not usually a scent people want to smell like, I just love how true to life it is. Even if it makes me think I need to wash my hands because they are hammy.

First, I totally love this...but I have 3 words to describe this one "strawberry zombie apocalypse" PS- When dried it has an element of Golletes too. Yum!

I was quite keen to meet the Fox Sisters, but sadly the feelings were not quite mutual. At every point of our meeting, it was all tea rose, tea rose, tea rose. Which I love, but I had hoped to find that apple-ness as well. As it dries, the scent get woody and rich but that apple never arrived

Straight out of the post --> Bottle: jammy Strawberry Moon 05 + hint of 09's grass Wet: Super uber ripe strawberry spilled into the grass. Dry : Quickly the grass envelops the scent and roses and floral notes abound. I do get the creaminess but the strawberry just starts to wane (sad ). Final: Light strawberry hint over rosiness/sunshine. Nice. I admit they are fresh out of the post and I am trying three different scents in one go. So warrants another try in a bit but probably the winner in the first round (esp. since Love is a la powder on my other hand)

I wouldn't have guessed Cockaigne because that is all cakey to me. The ones I will add to the hmm list as milky/spicy mystery perfumes would be Candles Moon --> Moonlight shining on the Quickening Tree, the heat and wax of sacred candles, the milk of ewes, Brigid's blackberry, the sting of keening wind, and the last flutter of the Cailleach's winter snow. Lamb's wool --> A popular holy day beverage in 18th century Ireland: roasted apples mashed into warmed milk and ale, with nutmeg, sugar, ginger, and clove. Milk Moon 2007 --> sweet milk, golden honey, fig fruit, pomegranate, dates, and white grape. Milk Moon 05 --> a scent that emulates the closeness of child and mother. In it, cream and warm honey soften our traditional blend of lunar oils. Good luck

Sure, BPAL isn't for cats. And my cat Pudding reminds me when she squinches her face to whatever perfume I wear. But Jelly has different thoughts. She has a sniff of any perfume I may be wearing with curiousity. Therefore, when this one came out, I had to try it (for Jelly's sake). To me: Musky, slightly herby, kinda manly, not digging it really (but I am a candy sweet kinda person, so no surprise). To Jelly: She sniffed and went to bed. If there is catnip, then she isn't sold (and she is a nip-fiend). I suppose its a bit silly to be disappointed. And her lack of excitement meant I didn't become the one armed cat owner. Yet I think I may stick to perfumes of jam and tea from here on in.

Let me start by saying, I had secretly wished this was going to be foodie and fun (like Zombie Apocalypse). Then the reports were coming in of licorice, spices, dragon's blood, musk -- and orgy of my death notes-- my heart sank. Then today the bottle turns up (sadly well past Halloween) and it doesn't smell like what I had been dreading, what I had come to expect. I get no licorice, spice, or musk. This is gentleman's cologne in the bottle and wet on the skin. As it dries, the sent becomes so familiar ....then I realize this is that rain/stone/dust atmospheric-ness that I get from Visiting the Temple of Auspicious Fortune Alone on the Winter Solstice. They could be brothers! What a nice non-licorice suprise. As it dries down, I think I might be falling. The dust/stone gets closer and dragon blood comes slinking in like a red mist. Actually, surprisingly pleasant and amusing to tell people you are wearing some Abbatoir perfume

Quick test of a testable sniffie. (before I had read the review) Wet on Skin: Watermelon, light and summery Dry: Subtle but gives that fuzzy peach sensation.

I found St. Foutin de Varailles to be a nice wine scent. Description: Beeswax, frankincense, dried rose petals, and a dribble of wine. It says there is only a dribble but its a very candle/red wine scent to me.

Beaver Moon 2011 Every time a Beaver Moon comes out I am intrigued. I get a bottle, it doesn't work for me, and it sucks. This time around its lavendar...and I am so tempted. Dare I go for a fourth disappointment? Sniff: Its cake with a sharp edge Skin: Its lavendar, sweet and sugary and very much like my TKO v.3. I think this might make me fall asleep Drydown: The lavendar floats away and I am left with a creamy, slighly cheesey cake smell. Very soft, but very nice. Yay! This one likes me...now I have to pray the bottle en route isn't going to be a fail.

After finding Suck It to be cherry cough medicine, I swore off cherry anything. Maybe I was too harsh, because I did dare to snag a partial decant "just to try." And it isn't cherry Nyquil at all. It starts out cherry almond, which is yum. I kind of wished it had stayed, but as it drys its fainter cherry almond, and very present christmas spice. I think it must be the pudding part to blame. In the end it fades to a gently spice cake with cherry almond undertones. Fades quickly, never bowls me over with intensity. Still its nicee. Worth a try if cherry has done you wrong in the past. ...and maybe after this I will end my cherry BPAL embargo.

Not winning with the Weenies this year. Gorobble didn't list the cinnamon death note in its description. I knew I was sunk when people started mentioning a cinnamon kick. On my skin, I am a cinnamon red hot candy. No marshmallow. No bonfires. Damn you cinnamon

This wasn't a blend I would have picked myself, as I am a foodie rather then a floral buff. Florals always seem too 'real world' perfume to me. Then a decant landed in my mailbox, so I thought I'd try it. On my skin, its all lavendar. I suppose from my intimate relationship with TKO v.3 when I was having insomnia issues, this note is clear. And like TKO's proto the lavender is sugary sweet. It goes on very nice but dries as a white lily floral. Its quite nice and *yawn* making me a bit sleepy too

Wet: Open the bottle and its wine. Plain and simply red wine. Now wondering if I am about to smell like an alky. Skin: Wine for a second, then *poof* its almond (very much like Bite Me). Dry: Another moment later, *poof* now there is no almond to be found its just mulling spice. As time goes on, the almond doesn't reappear (bye bye, I'll miss you ) it just becomes mellow mulled wine. I was really surprised at first by the spices, but now realize that in my marzipan madness I misread the description and hadn't clocked the 'mulled' part of mulled wine. Still its nice, though I know R's mum will tell me I smell like a 'Yankee Candle' (her exact words when she smelled Toothsome Baakenstaff on me this weekend). I am not sure how to explain to her that I am a 'foodie' perfume-girl, but this scent does amuse me.

The arrival of the latest package of sins was a suprise. I had popped downstairs for a tea and there is was waving at me from the doormat. The smellies have arrived. Bottle: Strawberry w/ an undertone. *yay! love the strawberry scents* And the art is adorable. Wet: Initially it was strawberry black tea...the tea reminding me of Bread & Butterfly (worrying me as well because I don't like earl grey and B&BF had to go because of it). The tea deepens, and rose slowly engulfs strawberry, leaving only that jam tang at the edge. This is rose tea. Drying Aftermath: I find that strawberry seems to be pacing. Wandering off, then popping back over. The tea was a good undercurrent for the most part. There was a small amount of time where some anise seemed to arise (big no) but left again shortly afterwards. For the most part this is an artifical rose tea...but is quite nice.

Bottle: Butterscotch!!!!!! OMG, can't wait to slap some on. Wet: Uh-oh, not sure. There was some threats of plastic brewing, which will make me very unhappy. Dry: The threat subsided and we sailed for a red sunset. There was a bit of time where I kept catching whiffs of a sour milk note, but eventually it went away and we went back to butterscotch happiness. I can't really tell if there was any rum or cheesecake in this one. Its all butterscotch to me (or even like buttershots) but that doesn't bother me, I am quite enamoured. Wonder if I need to stock up. And I'd say this one is definetely a cousin of Grog.

I am impressed, truly, and I will tell you why. This wee decant came as a frimp with an order from my beloved perfumed water decant circle. Now I doubt they know me well enough to know my loves and hates, but as fate would have it the sent me Grave Pig. ...which let me say that I not only overlooked, but had passed over as a definite fail. I LOATHE dirt notes, though its kind of sad because my skin amps them to the megawatt. I don't really do figs, and the rest just was kinda lost on me. No, I don't want to put a Grave-pig on my skin, cheers but nope. I felt the same when I saw the vial fall out of my package. Wasn't even going to open it, because I KNOW I won't like it. In the vial - yuck, that same weird bitter smell I get from snake oil. On the skin, wet - yuck, same as before. Glad I put this up on my arm so I don't have it in my face today. On the skin, dry - Having switched to a long sleeve shirt, I thought it was kinda sad and rolled up my sleeve and had a wee sniff. Wow!! Its changed. Its warm, brown and fruity. This is so fig. A bit like a scented candle with a wee bit of spice but quite nice. Believe it or not, I think I will keep a hold of this one.

The Weenies are here! This is the one I have had the highest hopes for (mostly b/c I already know I love Boo + Samhain), but maybe this is a lesson on why its unwise to stalk the forum and see what others think. Esp because Capt Crunch Berries is all I smell when this sweet perfume hits my skin. I haven't smelled Crunch berries for at least a decade, but oh, my mind remembers. ...maybe this is an aberrant chemistry moment, so will try again later....b/c I need pink sugar cake please

I found this one quite amusing, mainly because I had been graced with the chance to try the original as well. Where the old style slapped me in the face with lemon cleaner, JG2009 is quite divergent from its origins. Bottle : Flowers + dust. Skin: Grandmother floral perfume. Quite heavy and heady. Lovely, but as a foodie girl this one isn't for me.

As an apricot addict, I had to have a go. Boy, was this apricot less when it touched my nose. Bottle: Blackberry Cordial Skin: Blackberry for a moment. Where's the chocolate? the apricot? As it dries, I end up smelling of burnt plastic. Bummer, to say the least

Re: Boo 2009 In anticipation of Boo 2010 popping by my door, I realized I have been shockingly slack on reviewing anything.Shame. *shakes head* Bottle: Bright sugary and creamy. Skin Test: Sugar, bright and sparkly crystals. But intertwined with a buttery note and a deep ocean of cream. Can't say I get cotton, unless its what causes this scent to wax and wane as I wear it, like sheets in the breeze, causing it to surge back into my conscious and make me huff my wrist. *love*

They are everywhere. Practically crawling out my ears,and another one has started leaking after I snuck a quick sniff. (I can't seem to get them to stop sometimes). In the past two days, my first lady of the grindhouse (which I loved), Love's Philosophy, AND Peppered Caramel Chocolate have just leaked themselves to 1/2 way after all I had was a quick sniff. So that's it, I am putting up all the non-leaking buggers up and they need to go! I am tired of their unruly ways. I just can't take imps anymore! LE’s- $3.50 13 (April 07) All They Had Seen (x2) Aquarius Fruitcake - $7 Gladdeners of Hearts Haloes - $4 L’Autumno (oil) Noche Buena Samhainphobia Sapphics Terpischore (discontinued) Tomo Gozen (oil) GCs – $2 (Take 6 for $10) Bayou Black Cat Blockbuster Blood Countess Debauchery Deep Ones Defufta Djinn Frumious Bandersnatch Intrigue Hetairae Himerus La Belle Dame Sans Merci (taped label) Leann Sidhee Muse Pannychis Penny Dreadful Segalio Silentium Amoris Somnus Sophia Strangler Fig Thanatos Twilight Undertow Wolfsbane Possets Ohio Snowflake in a Martini (peppermint note) Snow on Bare Skin Nocturne Alchemy: Hapi’s Pumpkin Chai Crème Brulee Ra’s Pumpkin Eggnog Ra’s Mocha Egg nog CBIHP- Chocolate Macademia - $4 Mint Tea (60%) Snow- $4 Blooddrop: Blood Orange $3 La Duchess Hante de Nez Dixie Elouise Adelaide Deschamps' Perfectly Legal and Innocuous Kissing Cake Cavity Creeps Good Judy: Negligee Woobie: New Years 2010 –Blue Moon PS. There are a few bottles looking for homes as well. Chaste Moon (50%) - $10 Dark Chocolate & Key Lime Truffle (50%) - $10 June Gloom 2009 (40%)- $8 Stimulating Sassafrass Strengthener (TOL) - $14 White Moon (40%)- $8 Shipping: $2 UK/ $4 US

I think BPAL is officially an addiction and needs a BA society to drink with coffee and smell coffee beans with. Little voices keep telling me to get more, but really I am not a slather-er and don't really have the miles of skin all my smellies will need to ever use them all up. That said I am really piqued to have a sniff of Tiki Princess (is she really Snow White's tropical cuz?) Panahoe Mahana Polynesian Pop & Blood drop has just put out White Peach Watermelon Alpine Strawberry and * Apricot* Oh dear, someone save my soul.