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At first this was a little tobacco smokey on me... but after a week of sitting after the mail... YUMMMY. Getting the sweet raw honeycomb tea everyone else is talking about... NEED more of this in my next order.

Marianne isn't currently available from the lab due to component issues, but I have seen some on the forum sales recently.

Oh man I can't wait to give/ receive a real massage with this. I just have a compulsion to slather this on everywhere every time i walk by it. It layers with everything o.o even made black musk smell good on me. Doesn't really help me sleep. But I love the smell and the relaxation. So much better than the perfume oil (and smells same) because i like being able to rub it everywhere. I think I need another bottle of this in my next bptp order... because at this rate its not going to last me until its intended purpose. Like there is a bit of a corn scent undertone at first... but it goes away pretty quickly, leaving me with a slightly spicy ginger vanilla that grows on me more every time I wear it. Plus its such an amazing smell to wake up to, and linger in bed with. mmmm. Need lifetime supply... pronto

hmmm... I might actually need a back up of this. At first its a blast of cardamon... but then it mellows down to the cardamon toast other ppl have been getting with egyptian musk (my fav kind other than red) all around. But where this really seems to shine is layering. It adds the most delicious spicy touch and wear length to some blends that didn't really shine on me originally.

wow... so about december, I got my daddy some trading post ugh massage oil. And dear ol' puddin stuck some frimps in there, and none of them really appealled to me at first sniff... so lived in the desk drawer. 6 months later, I am scentless about about to go feed the horses and see blood lotus on my desk... dragons blood, lotus... two things I was pretty sure I hated. Idk if my skin chem has changed or what... but as i was putting water into the bucket I started smelling myself. I didn't smell like bubble gum or grapes (what dragons blood normally smells like on me) I smelt like the most fantastic mysterious sexy incense. maybe a touch of grape bubblegum... but it just melds so nicely into the skin into a your skin but better, glowing with passion scent. It might not smell like the person I try to resemble now... but I am def keeping the imp, if not getting a bottle... because it smells exactly like being a teenager again, and approaching all the new wonderful mysterys of life. To me this smells like my 8th grade year.

They seem to have a different kind of amber in them too. Like black rose is dark and almost candy like, where as spellbound is more red musky, and resinous

Mmm whip was mentioned a few posts ago, and that is perfect. Great balance of rose and leather. I like wanda a little better, but there are more elements in there that make it less of a rose scent and more of a floral perfume with musk. Rose Red is my older sisters absolute favorite, smelled horrible on me, but amazingly rose on her. That could be worth a shot, because most ppl think the rose from there smells like the rose from pink snow balls (smells more like the rose, with a snow element to me tho). Shiloh describes it as 'rose candy'. If you can find it, I'd suggest this as it sounds most like you are looking for. Black Rose is pretty, as is spellbound. But spellbound is more red musky, where was black rose seems more... spicy? I don't know if you would consider that too dark though. Ooo... and one of my favs (i keep meaning to get a bottle of) that is very rosey is Rahkasha. Patch and rose... earthy womaness. The rose in that is quite lovely, its more exotic earthy than sweet though.

A little disappointed this is TKO the spray, I was hoping for something more floral for the house, where as now this feels a little too night time for anything other than the bedroom. Still smells very very good, but get this if you are looking for a linen spray rather than a room spray. As it dries it becomes a little less TKO, but still is a calm tranquil scent that would feel out of place in a kitchen or living room.

Wulric! Its a little sweet because of the chocolate- but its not cloying like TKO in my experience (more rich than straight up sweet, and has grounding notes with it), is def my fav sleep blend. It has a hint of cologne smell in there (that makes me feel like I am snuggling up with a man). Also... Antihelion (the TAL oil). Sleep really isn't a listed use on it, but it knocks me out pretty fast normally. Its more of a lavender and spice rather than a lavender and vanilla.

I second white light and antihelion! In my experience both are great, but white light seems to be better at energizing happy and connected to the world where as antihelion seems to calm me way down and its more a tranquil peace. Prob works diff on everyone tho, so not sure how relevant my experience is. I also suggest getting Arabian Nights, to use as an aid to meet people near by so you have more support at hand (and maybe find some potential play dates with mothers with children of similar ages. You will have the bond of experience of children of that age and can use that to get closer and find people who are at a similar stage of life and have similar problems that you can relate to). For some reason Linden is coming to mind. I haven't found many BPAL blends where it is prominent, but maybe get ahold of some of the EO. Its beautiful alone, and blended. I love it with a touch of rose and lavender, but mostly linden. That might be worth looking up... as would some BPAL citrus blends. Or neroli is quite uplifting as well. Also something that makes you feel sexy can be quite uplifting, especially when hubby is in town? I hope you get to feeling better!

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There is the rose... which is more along the lines of rose red, cept rose red smelled like that on me too, where as The Rose is a lil more fresh and natural. I also like spellbound, though its not quite cold enough to wear anymore. If your looking more for a something and rose... I can never recommend Pepper enough (i swear its a lil of everything) but it comes out smelling like a peppered vanilla rose on me in the dry down most of the time. Only try it if you like pink pepper tho. Mictech- something long and aztec is also a really lovely rose. First blend with rose in it that worked on me and got me started on it. Its roses on a fall rainy day Well anyways, mostly just popped in to suggest the Rose Have a good night, and good luck!

Pepper! She starts off gorgeous and spicy (slightly foodie), then fades down to vanilla/honey/pink pepper/rose. you have to let her age a bit tho, because for the first month or two it fades down so I can hardly smell it.

HONEY!!! and... sweetness. Is that... ylang ylang? That isn't listed. Its reminding me of a more feminine version of the lupercalia room spray. I can smell the tuberose now too... its like light ylang ylang and tuberose dancing ontop of honey and booze. It also has a small dose of the musk that ruined smut for me about an hour in, but its very fleeting I love the honey and floral balance in here... its like what I wanted O and Smut and flower moon (tho that one worked one me) to be! It makes me feel so sexy... I must plot an order for a bottle of this soon.

I'll have to see what this is like after its not mail-fresh... But as of right now: It starts off very very sandy... then I can smell a little bit of the sweet but sharp dragon's blood. Then the Yew comes and dominates everything for a few mins. Then its Yew and sand. Then the sand takes a back seat as the flowers blend with the sharp earthyness of everything else. Its amazing how much the blend really gives the gritty feeling of sand through smell. Its interesting enough I am going to hold on to the bottle... but not a love love so far. The rose is kind of similar to the rose note in black rose. Edit: now I am in love... this is a slightly more complicated slightly less sweet take on black rose. Which I loved, but never quite enough to get a bottle. I might need a back up if its as good when i try it later this week before the lunacy.

This one is going to need some aging I believe... red currant did its 'omg cloying sweet rotten birthday cake' thing on me... I can tell there is a really nice earthy background that I hope will come out with aging. But for now red currant with its mole honey have infiltrated the village and are dancing around in it spawning like rabbits. bergamont, oak moss, neroli and patcholli are hidden up in the cellar in terror at the currant honey babies domination over the village.

mmm... it really is spring in a bottle. Not sure if I need to upgrade to a bottle tho, because on my skin its just like a lighter version of dog days of summer (without the smoke note). i'm mostly just getting grass and dandelion. Wait, where did the dandelion go? Oh, I think I am starting to get a whift of cloud berry on the dry down. Now its greenery with a tart sweetness. Now tart sweetness and a really light earth note I'm going to have to give it a full day test run when I am not covered in stuff... but I think I will be happy with my decant (my wallet cries tears of joy), but it sure is a morpher... will update on what it turns into next. Update after a full days (about an hour) test: Mmm... this time there are alot more notes. I can smell the wine, dandelion (for longer) and the cloud berry, tho the scent is predominately green edging on being a bit soapy. It has a decent amount of throw... but within an hour and a half I couldn't smell even a trace of it. It was worth reapplying tho for the first day of spring. Going to wear it a few more times and see if it grows on me. I like it a lot, but not sure if its different egnough from bottles I already have.

fresh wood... like a man of the forest after he bathed in a water fall (with irish fairy women all over him... per usual guy fragrance commercial) A lil to masculine for me, but I will find myself some man in my life who it fits well, and slather my decant all over him. My skin eats this up real quick. Very evocative tho. A soft, but wild, masculine scent. Planty and green, but wooden and clean.

Any BPal suggestions? No... I'm bumping this tho because that is one of the few fragrance that has worked on the man so far (and believe me, he has gotten almost a years worth of me slathering him with anything smelly I can find) and I would love to find him a bpal that works with his finicky skin chemistry.

At first this reminded me alot of spellbound, then it was really rosey, a complex blend of quite a few types of rose. Quite a bit darker and rosey... then it turned into saffron (guessing. its the note I get from bastet that isn't amber) and anise with musk. I still really like it, boy liked it too Its a very empowering scent.

Okay, so keeping in mind my imp is from when acts 4 and 5 just came out... so its quite a few months old. I really disliked it at first, and almost traded it away... not sure why I kept it. Last night I tried it on, and its so gorgeous... red musk and a lil floral... with a dry down of musky cloves. I've been looking for a perfect clove scent... and this might be it. Really long lasting too... it survived many diaper changes at work today. Edit: O noes... the clove note died. Now its a nice red musk with a lil bit of iris and rose. Might try and pick up a bottle when the cd is leaving... but it didn't age nearly as well as I had hoped. Now its nice... but its pretty generic and powdery.

ooo... spellbound= rose, red musk and amber Mme is another fav

to me clemence was a very spicy scent without being too sweet. kinda like a chai tea.

mmm... wore this one today on a cold rainy day, it fit right in. I was taken off guard how aquatic this turned out to be, given the wood, spice and resin notes in it... but its not an ocean aquatic or river or lake aquatic. Nope, our lady of the underworld is an oasis aquatic scent, a beautiful temptress lounging near the water hole in a dessert. The rose comes through a lil at first, but then agave/tobacco dominated for a bit, before settling down into copal with whiffs of tobacco. The specialty coffee of the day today happened to be aztec coffee... mmm... so I was surrounded by aztec aromas most of the morning. Mictecachiuatl lasted at least 8 hours, though I reapplied when I got the chance then, because after 4 or 5 hours it had lost a lot of its complexity on me. The perfect aquatic lady's fall scent... or a great aquatic for those who can't generally wear aquatics. I think I need another bottle... I hope it gets a lil more resinous and a lil less sweet once it ages, but its wonderful as is too edit 9/12. The woods and resins are really coming out alot more now... so the lasting end result is sweet woody tobacco. It lasts well over 12 hours... its been like 16 (with two showers) and its still going strong. It feels more and more aquatic to me the longer it wears... even though its woody. I really need a backup!

Milk and Honey was my favorite of the TAL oils I got recently from a decant circle (favorite over all after arabian nights). The two times I have used it I have gotten fantastic results... more obvious than I've gotten from some of the blends that aren't described as 'subtle'. First time, I was flipping out driving, drifting off, not able to pay attention to the road... so I dug around in my purse to see what I had packed for the road trip (expecting concentration)... I was all like "why on earth did I pack milk and honey for a trip?". It was an off label use, but it helped me calm down and feel better... Second time is a far better example of its uses: My computer had been acting up (dying) and after three reboots still wasn't turning on... so I tried one last time, anointing the enter key with it. By the time I had gotten back with a beer, the computer was running. I still needed to back up the files though, and my external HD power source still wasn't in. So I called up a friend, went over to his house... and his power cord just happened to work. I found a job at a place I had been wanting to work at wishfully for over a year the next day (all taking place in a 2 hr time span). Ex-Boy-Toy suddenly got romantic (something he never is... and I tried a few TAL love potions)... and is taking me out for dinner tonight. Last night I wasn't feeling well, and he came all the way across town to get me and hold me in his arms (back at his place, because he is still a control freak, but I can forgive him that sometimes). Milk and Honey has saved me in so many little ways recently... I have a big bottle coming my way when I place a TAL order for my decant circle tomorrow.