synique

My husband last night said that Stardust is very close to Shalimar. Granted it was the 05 version that I had a wee bit of, but it's possible that this year's version would be close. ~Jen

Lots and lots of caramel, but it doesn't go the burnt route that the Mitzvah caramel did. Just a teeny touch of green apple, and very little butterscotch, but that may have just melded with the caramel. Lots of throw - enough to make people wonder where that luscious caramel smell's coming from.

Oh what a great idea, Juniperus Intrepidus! She loves reading, and after the Wizard of Oz books and the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory/Great Glass Elevator for her brithday, I can continue to encourage her. Thank you so much! ~Jen

Christmas shopping for my maternal outlet - a 9 year old girl (junior bridesmaid from my wedding in July) who's vastly intrigued by my box of BPAL. Since she's not really got a mother figure in her life (huge backstory to this, but anyway..), I'm pretty much her source of introduction to the "girlie" things in life. After her going through my BPAL box on the day of the wedding, and her requests to get to pick a scent when she comes to visit, I've decided she needs some of her own. My list of possibles include Alice, Desdemona, Juliet, Katharina, Antique Lace, Dana O'Shee, Sudha Segara, and Zephyr, but none's really hitting just the right note. Other bits of possibly useful info: 9, rising 10 (please nothing that really falls into the sexy category), Leo, and hardheaded as all get out. Things she's tried from my box that she likes: Antique Lace and Alice, but she says they're too pretty to wear every day. I was contemplating Katharina, based on the "willful" description. Help? ~Jen

Vechernyaya was a lovely white musk on me, as was Zorya. Aeval's another nice one. Unfortunately, my favorite white musks are LEs - Night's Pavilion and the Evening Star. ~Jen

My skin chemistry has a love affair with white musk - and it loves Night's Pavilion, turning it into a lovely lovely lovely white musk with very minor floral and aquatic accents with a gilding of frankincense. I think LiberAmoris described it best: I wasn't too sure on ordering this one with the frankincense, but I'm utterly glad I did. Another gorgeous one!

A second for Mitzvah - it's definitely creamy caramel, and yes to Gluttony too - more yummy caramel notes, but if I'm remembering correctly, I got a bit of chocolate with it too. Yum. Too bad I can't wear either. -Jen

Add Chimera to the list. and to reverse the original idea - Black Opal on my boy knocks me (and other girlies) off their feet. -Jen

Everyone who's sniffed my bottle of Lump of Coal has been awed by how well Beth liquified brownies into a perfume. The *perfect* chocolate scent for me - warm and ooey gooey yummy, but not overly sweet. Love. A lot. -Jen

In bottle: Coconut, dear goodness, it's coconut. Application: still coconut 20 minutes drydown: buttery vanilla with a touch of caramel and a whiff of cotton candy. Begin arm-gnaw process. 2 hours (approx): Caramelly with a bit of the buttery vanilla and a little bit more cotton candy. Still arm-gnawing. I initially resisted buying this one, due to the super foodiness, but so glad that I caved and decided to snag this one. I don't have the OMGHAVETOHAVEIT response that I did with Bearded Lady and Snake Charmer, but this is a damned fine smell. -Jen

Delirium was quite the lemon scent on me. There were hints of apple and rose, but lots and lots and lots of lemon. Was gorgeous, just not what I was hoping for! -Jen

This is an absolutely gorgeous blend - where I'm essentially wearing apple cinnamon herbal tea as a scent. Lots of cinnamon to start with, which faces to lots of apple with a small floral bit. I really get the idea of the Celestial Seasonings Apple Cinnamon tea. Love!

Aeval starts out a very green light musk - the sage, I'm guessing, and as it dries down becomes a lovely creamy light musk, with a wee touch of a floral. Itty bitty wee - so not very floral, but just a whisper. This is reminiscent of the Body Shop's White Musk, but with more depth. Lovely! And Mr. Syn loves to wear this one as well!

I absolutely adore Zorya. Had this been the first BPAL scent I tried, I probably would've stopped here. However, it's a gorgeous gorgeous light musk, with a complement of luxurious spices and floral - fortunately, not overly jasmine, since a lot of the BPAL jasmine blends go to Jasmine Level: Painful on me. I get more iris than jasmine as well. Lush, definitely, and elegant/refined, but also works with the blue jeans, so it's multilayered in both its scent and its style.

Smells lovely and chocolatey in the bottle; on skin, starts as chocolate easter bunny moving to chocolate orange and then to teas/florals/fruits with a whisper of chocolate First thought on application: "I AM A CHOCOLATE EASTER BUNNY", followed by "I'm going to gnaw my arm off."