Little Bird

I imagine Falcor smelling like Evening Cicadas and Red Peppers, a scent that reminds me of his shimmery scales. I could also see him smelling like Black Opal, for a GC.

DAO: *Alistair - The Black Tower, Tintagel... I picture him smelling like woods and metallic cologne blends. *Morrigan - The Obsidian Widow... or almost any dark incense or orchid scent. Oddly, a lot of scents I would have chosen for her are discontinued now (Midnight on the Midway, The Music of Erich Zahn, Tanin'iver, Phantom Queen, Shadow Witch Orchid, and Rage). *Zevran - Perversion, Ochosi, The Traveller, The White Rider (for the Antivan leather). *Leliana - Versailles, Florence. *Shale - Black Opal (love this suggestion ) *Sten - Dragon's Blood, Odin, Dragon's Claw... I picture him mostly smelling like dry woods/sandalwood and dragon's blood, I think. *Oghren - Ogun, Dark Chocolate, Whiskey, and Cognac Truffle. *Wynne - Nostrum Remedium, Miskatonic University.

This is a very heated, dry, spicy scent in the vial. First on, this smells very masculine-spicy (must be the clove that others have mentioned, though it's sort of cinnamon-y on my skin) and slightly of something like smoky tobacco or tea leaves. In the drydown, this has a sharp men's cologne feel that gives me a headache after a while, and the spiciness makes me think of potpourri. My husband said that this smells like cinnamon potpourri and cheap cologne :/ not good. Happy that I don't have to try to find more of this one.

This is very similar to The Anti-Saloon League. It's like sassafras/root beer with baby powder, and the drydown is heavier on the baby powder, with a dry woods type of note in the background. Way too powdery for me...

This scent really turns my stomach. It's sort of buttery and oddly spicy, reminding me a little of bpal's pumpkin blends at first, but there's something tart and fruity that dominates on my skin. Buttery fruit punch? I usually amp up rose and floral notes, but I don't think that I would pick rose or carnation out of this. It's like buttery fruit punch with a bit of dry spiciness on me... very gross

I like this scent a lot. Actually, I like this even more than the released version. It smells exactly like Boo, but like Boo chilling at home in the summer. Boo sitting outside next to laundry drying on the clothesline, enjoying a can of sprite as the sun sets on a hot day. Boo v3 is the creamy, cool vanilla bean type of smell from released Boo, with a little bit of clean citrus fizz at first (definitely reminds me of sprite). As it dries down, the fizz fades a bit and the most wonderful linen smell creeps out. It reminds me of white sheets drying on a clothesline, but it isn't really soapy at all, it just smells like clean linens somehow. So pretty. A clean type scent that I could actually wear <3. This is the sort of clean vanilla scent that I would have loved to have for the summer months. It's like a clean laundry scent without the soapiness that I normally hate and with the sweet sort of vanilla that I adore. I would have bought several bottles of this if it were released, and actually prefer it to the released version...

I love foodie and cake blends (the Monster Bait cake scents and Eat Me are all favorites for me), but Cake Smash v6 is intensely sweet and cloying on me for the first couple hours of wear. I agree with scrappy's review in that this has that sweet, powdery scent that you'd get from opening up a box of yellow cake mix. It's fun and different from bpal's other cake scents, and intensely sweet, like sugar on top of sugar. For a while, this smells a lot like Beaver Moon (which always smells slightly sour to me), but like Beaver Moon had a box of yellow cake mix and a pound of sugar dumped on to it. After about three hours, I suddenly really liked this scent, and it smells very similar to Gypsy moth's dry, sweet, golden vanilla and delicate spiciness. The first few hours can be a bit too sweet, but I think this is good enough for me to want a bottle to wear every once in a while. I have to be in the mood for its heavy, hyper sweetness, but the powdery cake mix smell is warm and comforting. I'm happy to have a full bottle coming my way.

I don't normally like cherry notes (they usually either smell like tart kool-aid powder or sickly sweet maraschino cherry on me), but the cherry here is pretty and clean smelling, sweetened with vanilla bean and golden honey. It's a soft, girly, pretty, simple scent. It smells sort of pink and dewy <3. I can smell a perfumey, sour rose at first, but it's barely noticeable in the drydown. The honey, sugar, and vanilla seem a bit cloying at times, but I can see myself wearing this every once in a while, when I'm in the mood for a sweet, pink, girly blend.

I don't do well with lemongrass (very sour and overwhelming on my skin), so the fact that it was mentioned twice in the list of notes here worried me. Red patchouli also tends to smell rather sour and dirty on me. But Hekaerge isn't so bad. It's not bad at all on me, actually. In the bottle, this smells like thick, sweet honey and lavender with a little bit of sweet myrrh. On my skin, something in this smells woody and smoky, and it reminds me of the tobacco shops I've been in. The honey lingers but thankfully calms down after a few minutes and isn't cloying. Hekaerge, after about fifteen minutes, settles into a really beautiful woods blend on my skin. It's like polished wood, slightly spicy in the way that cedar can smell spicy, and sensual resins. It actually smells quite a bit like a more wearable version of Kostnice on me. Kostnice with warm woods and sultry incense smoke. I'm happy to have a partial bottle of this'n a new favorite in the woody resins category for me.

I love or like every note listed in this blend, so I had high hopes for this scent. I expected a sweet, juicy mix of currant and orange, and a resinous-earthy base from the other notes. There's nothing really juicy about this scent, though. It's dark and dry, and makes me think of pine needles crunching underneath my feet in a forest that hasn't seen nearly enough rain lately. The oakmoss and patchouli blend together in a way that's masculine and wonderfully reminiscent of pine forests on my skin, and the blood orange adds this dark citrus kick that's like a blood red sunset setting over the trees. Sexy, dry and dark forest. Over time, the citrus is a little too sharp on me and the scent overall isn't quite sweet enough for me to pull off. I do like this, but I'll be giving the bottle to my hubby instead of keeping it for myself.

In the vial and on my skin, this mostly smells like sweet honey/beeswax. It's cloying and slightly baby powdery. There's something almost fruity/fizzy underneath it, like a hint of lime and seltzer water, that dries down to a hint of something metallic smelling. I don't really like the cloying honey or powdery aspects of this one.

Elf v4 is like sweet vanilla (reminds me of Stimulating Sassafras Strengthener). There's something cool and reminiscent of night-time underneath the sweet vanilla for me at first(a sparkly, crystalline musk? a hint of lavender or some cool, creamy floral?). And the scent is creamy and a little clean linen-esque, but mostly a glorious vanilla. It's sweet, but also cool and breezy, the sort of vanilla that you could wear even in the sticky summer heat. The drydown smells a bit like golden amber on me, but not powdery the way bpal's ambers usually are. ETA: Wearing this scent again, I realized what it reminds me of - bpal's Berenice (notes of stargazer lily, white musk, clear aloe, blonde amber and winding-cloth linen). Elf v4 is like creamy, cool, sweet lily with clean musk/linen, hints of warm amber, and a good dose of sweet vanilla. Like a SSS's vanilla meets the floral and musk part of Berenice on my skin. ETAA: I don't like the way this has aged (which is going to save me a lot of time and money in tracking down more, thank God, lol). It still smells like white floral and sweet vanilla, but it turns soapy on me now and gives me a headache after a while. I actually prefer Lyonesse for a similar scent.

The fantasy, dreamy, mythology mentions make me think of the Marchen category. Perhaps something pretty and ladylike, like: *Roses Pearls and Diamonds - "Red roses, dazzling crystalline musks, and pearlescent coconut-tinged orris." *Vasilissa - "She herself had cheeks like blood and milk and grew every day more and more beautiful: creamy skin musk and blushing pink musk with soft sandalwood, white amber, dutiful myrrh, and star jasmine." Maybe one of the ladies from The District: *Hilma - "Miss Burt, while very young, is of a type that pleases most men of today - the witty, pretty, and natty - a lady of fashion...Don't forget to converse with her, as she is very clever, jolly, and cultured...Honeysuckle, Bulgarian rose, night blooming jasmine, sweet clove, cedarwood, black tea, and nectarine." And Hollywood Babylon makes me think of pinup models: "The essence of innocence shattered: glittering Egyptian amber and heliotrope, infused with the sweetness of strawberry and vanilla - dragged into debauch by lusty red musk and a dribble of black cherry."

My current perfume lists these: Head: Bergamots, orange, raspberry, fig leaf Heart: Liquorice blossom, lily, barbe-a-papa, red fruits, strawberry Base: Vanilla, candy, musk, tonka, sandalwood I basically smell like a fresh-baked jelly donut with raspberry filling, with a hint of something musky underneath. If you can find some Golletes, that's a great jelly donut type scent, but it was a LE. Eat Me (Mad Tea Party) is available and is a great dark fruit and cake scent with a little bit of dark muskiness. Also kinda similar sounding - Hollywood Babylon (Wanderlust) - notes of amber, heliotrope, strawberry, vanilla, red musk, and black cherry. Akuma (Diabolus) - notes of blood orange, neroli, and raspberry. And Black Opal (Bewitching Brews) is a bit like Pink Sugar, and so is High-Strung Daisies (Mad Tea Party - daisy, pink carnation, pink pepper, and sugar).

reeology: *Dee (Bewitching Brews) - "His scent is soft English leather, rosewood and tonka with a hint of incense, parchment and soft woods." Reminds me of 'library stuff' and is a bit of a masculine scent, but it smells soft and dreamy on a girl, I think. It really is a delicate, cozy woods and vanilla-y tonka with a bit of masculine leather and a cologne-y vibe. *Liz (Hellboy) - "A light, feminine vanilla floral perfume and a swirl of smoke and leather." I think that this is the best mix of feminine and masculine in the bpal catalogue. I may be biased, as it is one of my personal favorites to wear, lol. It's a dry, unusual, girly floral and sweet vanilla, with a slightly smoky, dark leather that isn't exactly masculine, but smells darker and edgy. It smells like a proud, strong woman to me. *Alice (Mad Tea Party) - "Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot." Smells very girly and romantic to me, and ages well. *Les Bijoux (Ars Amatoria) - "Skin musk and honey, blood-red rose, orange blossom, white peach, red apple, frankincense and myrrh." Again for the feminine and romantic side <3. What sort of notes and other perfumes do you like?

I liked this a lot when I first got it, but I hate it now that it has aged. It was originally a sweet, juicy raspberry scent with smooth vanilla cream and a little bit of musk & tobacco. It was like Black Lace's hyper, outgoing little sister. I wish I'd worn it more when it was fresh. With age, the tobacco is now heavy and dominant, and I can't even really pick out the raspberry and vanilla anymore. Lots of sour, dirty smelling tobacco. I'm selling my bottles of all of the Laces, except for Black Lace (which is still musky and vanilla-y on me).

Sugar Moon 08 is a failure on me (sort of like watered down berry kool-aid, cheap hairspray, baby powder, and a hint of pepper - with not much throw or staying power). Thankfully, Sugar Moon 2011 is a total improvement. In fact, I think that this might be my Favorite Lunacy Scent EVER. I'm always on the lookout for a sexy, heavy, grown-up, dark floral blend with enough sweetness to keep it interesting and wearable, and this definitely fits that description for me. I have a hard time wearing floral blends and usually find them too sharp, but the black orchid is intense and rich without being sharp or perfumey, and the violet musk is dark and sensual. There's a bit of black currant that adds a hint of dark, syrupy sweetness, and a good dose of perfect strawberry underneath the floral. It's not a candied strawberry, but smells sweet and juicy like real, ripe strawberries. Heavenly. Juicy orchid, sensual violet musk, sweet black currant, and true ripe strawberry = gorgeous on my skin.

This is by far my favorite of the chocolate scents for Lupercalia 2011. I was a little worried about the bacon, but I don't get anything meat-like, salty, or even smoky from this. There's something sort of dark, sultry, warm, and interesting underneath the sweet spice and silky chocolate, but I'd never even begin to guess that it was supposed to be bacon. The chocolate here reminds me of Bella Lucce's Peruvian Chocolate Moisturizing Syrup, which is really decadent and lovely. Cassia is one of those notes that can be overwhelming on my skin, but it's very well-behaved here. It lets the chocolate come out and be an equal partner instead of turning into an aggressive single note spice. Milk Chocolate, Cassia, and Bacon is the only Lupercalia blend this year that I want a full bottle of. Delicious chocolate syrup and dark spice with that mysterious something underneath it all <3.

In the bottle, this smells yummy. Juicy, fresh, tropical mango and sweet, slightly salty buttercream. On my skin, the fruitiness turns a bit sweeter and reminds me of hard candy more than actual fruit. And the buttercream is nonexistent on my skin, sadly, but I do smell lots of the creamy white chocolate for about the first half hour of wear. The drydown after a half hour is almost all mango candy, though I do catch tiny whiffs of white chocolate every once in a while. I'm not sure about this one. I like it more in the bottle than on my skin. It might be a bit too fruity/candied for my tastes. It's like tropical fruit hard candy...

CDXCIV. This smells mostly like crisp, watery, sweet honeydew melon to me, with a bit of nuttiness (hazelnut? chestnut?) that gives it a warm, dry edge. As it dries down, it's much the same, but perhaps with some creamy vanilla tones and a hint of soap. It actually smells a lot like Fée on my skin, if Fée rolled around in a pile of clean laundry.

Les Bijoux has that feel for me. The peach and apple are pretty, sweet, and fresh while the skin musk is sensual and the other notes give it slightly darker tones.

None of my many bpal and (much larger) bptp orders have been hit with extra fees yet (knock on wood).

The only listed note that I really like in this is apple (and the lab's apple notes tend to turn to heavy spice or soap), so I didn't have high hopes for Mitzvah Goreret Mitzvah. First on, this smells like intense, heavy, cloying honey on my skin. Then it dries down to more of a spiced pomegranate with hints of honeyed sweetness. The pom smells very tart and red to me and the apple seems to be more cider spice than actual fruit. It has a very potpourri-esque quality on me that even my husband noticed. Not so good. The lab's pomegranate just doesn't seem to get along well with me at all...

I was hoping that this would be a gardenia-y Josie. I usually get along well with both gardenia and peach notes. But I can't pick gardenia or peach out of this. I get a very perfumey, sharp white floral (I would have guessed iris, but I guess I can see it being a very perfumey sort of gardenia, and I'm not the best with floral notes) type of smell with a hint of soap in the background. It's that musky, chemical sort of floral smell that I can't stand. Very sharp and strong on my skin.

I was looking forward to this because of the mentions of black licorice, but this smells like all lemon verbena on me (which is sour and unpleasant on my skin). The drydown is herbal, tart lemon with something going baby powdery. Not a fan of this one.