Little Bird
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I get the "cardamom-infused coffee bean" and nothing else. I like my coffee scents a little more like brewed, sweetened, milky coffee that's thick with creamer, and this has more of a dry, toasty, roasted coffee bean that's slightly powdery and leaning bitter on my skin. A good dose of spicy cardamom as well, like 60% coffee and 40% cardamom on my skin. I'm not really picking up on the vanilla, fir or resinous notes. I really wish that I could smell the fir & myrrh.
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Goes on leaning perfumey / musky / powdery on my skin, like a department store perfume mishmash or even Bath & Body Works. Sweet lilac on a warm, powdery base with a sharp muskiness poured all over everything (reminiscent of the metallic, musky scent of 80s hairspray after a while). No leather or incense for me. It does read as very pink and sweet, especially in the drydown. Two hours in, it's like buttery lilacs whipped into a pink candy somehow (the cassis and pink sandalwood?) with whiffs of sharp musk every once in a while. It is intensely sweet. I never get anything like leather, tea, lace/cloth, or frankincense.
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This Thirteen didn't sound good to me (I'm not a fan of sage, thyme or herbal scents in general), but I always regret it when I don't buy the Thirteens, so into my cart it went. And, of course, I wound up loving this blend. I mostly get the lavender, rice milk, and mint chocolate, all whipped together into the most beautiful, cool, creamy, delicately sweet, calming, milky-clean scent. Over time, I can smell the dry cedar, hazelnut and patchouli lingering lightly underneath those more gourmand notes, but they smell so soft, warm, and spa-like, not aggressively earthy or spicy.
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This is deep, dark, musky, and a little foresty, but also cuddly, so I think it fits the label art perfectly. On me, this smells like lots of black musk with a vein of sweet red musk coursing through it (reminded me of Nocturne Alchemy's Kashmir red musk, especially after several hours of wear, which I love). It's a musk that leans animalic and a little incensey, with a sort of fuzzy, cuddly, wool blanket edge to it. I also smell hints of snow and juniper, adding a touch of chilly, realistic evergreen that doesn't turn sour. I found this to be a rather strong scent with good throw (really radiated warmly from my skin) and it even lasted faintly on me after a shower.
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"Who's Afraid. Me, probably, now that you've asked that question without any context at all." - Made me laugh outloud when I was first reading over the Yule update, and then this sounded absolutely delicious, and it does not disappoint at all. Rich, velvety hot cocoa made complex with hints of soft, warm hazelnut and buttery coconut. And then... No one else has mentioned it at all, but the drydown of this totally reminds me of Cerberus (one of my original bpal loves from back in the day and if anyone has any of this gem left, feel free to contact me and I will buy it from you and absolutely cherish it), which has notes of "chocolate, musk, fig, walnut, juniper berry, cubeb and rum." It was chocolatey and snuggly and the cubeb berry had this lemony tone to it that somehow worked with the chocolate and nuttiness. Something in Who's Afraid (the spun sugar?) has a lemony twang to it that just delights me in the drydown and tricks me into thinking I'm wearing OG Cerberus. No one else has mentioned anything citrusy, though, so maybe my skin chemistry is doing something weird and amazing here. This would still be a love for me even if it was only thick cocoa with hints of hazelnut and coconut, though, so I'm super happy with this hot cocoa.
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Inebriated Birbs Guzzling Punch While a Scandalized Cat Looks On
Little Bird replied to Silvertree's topic in Limited Editions
Not as juicy or refreshing as I was expecting at all. It goes on smelling like that creamy, pink, bubblegum-ish medicine from my childhood and quickly dries down to a faint, dry, sour lemon and sugar that's dusty and a little soapy. A somehow mature smelling lemon sugar with kind of a lotion-y and soapy scent to it as it dries down. -
In the bottle and first on my skin, this is bpal's mellow, slushy snow note that's slightly sweet and touched with evergreen. Clean without being soapy and cold without being minty. More melting snow than ice. There's a hint of smoke that really does smell like a snuffed out match to me, which is hilarious along with the label art. Maybe a creamy, vanillic white musk in here as well? A half hour in, it has all shifted and this spot on smells like the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disney World, like it's shifted into a chilly, foggy aquatic with that sweet, interesting, atmospheric smoke and odd, almost sour-fruity-gunsmoke-touched perfume. It's so strange and nostalgic, but good. I love it to bits. Foggy, chilly, peculiar, awesome.
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I have so many lemon dessert perfume oils, but this one is my new favorite! I love the syrupy sweet yet slightly tart lemon, the realistic powdered sugar scent, and the warm, buttery crust. It stays that delicious for about 2 hours and then goes through a mid-stage where a vanilla quality comes out more and it reminds me of a lemon flavored cheesecake with buttery graham cracker crust, and then from about 4-7 hours, it turns very vanillic on my skin, like a sweet, creamy, marshmallow vanilla covered in fresh lemon zest. After the 7 hour mark, it fades rapidly. Still, that's great longevity for a lemon scent and I love it for every second of those 7 hours 💖.
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I thought this would smell like spiced hot chocolate + the regular Beaver Moon cheesecake (which I love), but it's all dusty spices and smells a lot like cumin to me. Dusty cinnamon incense, maybe something like cola, and funky cumin. Perhaps some earthy cocoa in the drydown, but I never get any cheesecake or creaminess, which makes me sad.
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I was hoping that this would be a very literal blend, like huffing chunks of amber resin and the black pepper and clove shakers in the spice cabinet, but it's much more of a perfumey scent. The amber is a bright, golden, clean, musky, powdery variety that reads more as department store perfume than chunks of resin. The black pepper and clove are there, and add a heat to the scent, but they aren't as distinct as I would like. You get an impression of spice and heat more than "oh, that's black pepper and clove." A couple hours in, this actually smells like an Egyptian Musk single note on me more than any of the three listed notes. It has clean linen, skin musk and golden sand vibes.
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I love this when it's first applied and it's like a mug of really good, thick, rich hot cocoa and a cuddly, warm, smooth, brown leather. Within a few minutes, however, the scent goes very chemical-y and sharp on my skin, and I think it's the fir that's giving me the pool-chemicals-but-harsher scent. Sour, sharp, chemical-y evergreen with a hint of cocoa powder. Lasts about 3 hours on me.
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Masculine gourmands always interest me, so this was my must-have from this year's Yules. I slathered it on for the first time today without remembering the notes (other than the concept) and definitely got the fruitcake from it very clearly and distinctly. It reminds me of the Barmbrack atmosphere spray from 2009, if that's even a useful comparison for anyone. It's a sweet, slightly caramelized, bread-y scent studded with sticky cherries. Very strong. I don't get anything cocoa or red velvety, but the buttercream shows up all sugary sweet, especially in the drydown. The cologne part underwhelms me, sort of an icy, powdery white musk scent to me, but that part is subtle and fades on me rather quickly. Mostly this is a perfect, strong, cherry studded, fun fruitcake scent with a little extra powdered sugar and creaminess from the buttercream frosting. I like it a lot.
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The patchouli in this is so lovely, starting off like a smooth and chocolatey variety and then turning into more of a dry and spicy patch as it sits on my skin. I was worried about the golden amber being musky or powdery, but it isn't at all; it's a warm, resinous amber undertone that melds into the earthy patchouli and makes it feel well rounded and cozy. The cotton candy/sugar and honeysuckle nectar smell like a golden honeysuckle syrup poured over everything and the vanilla ice cream adds a beautiful, creamy, smooth vanilla to the drydown. I love this and am considering a backup bottle. It's like if Banshee Beat and Arcana's Titania had a baby. I like that I can pick out the patchouli, amber, sweetened up honeysuckle, and the vanilla for most of the day before it starts to fade, with the vanilla coming out more over time. It's a blend that really works for me.
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Red Musk, Sugared Amber, and Red Berries
Little Bird replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I absolutely love this scent and I've been wearing it so much this past month. I hope that there are more sultry, sweetened red musk blends like this in the future. It's absolutely perfect on my skin, like red musk cotton candy with a background of the kind of deep, cool toned, resinous amber that makes me think of looking at a pitch black sky full of golden stars and wafts of beautiful, sugared incense. The red berries meld into the red musk for me and give it more of a candied, playful vibe. BPAL's red musk is one of my favorite notes because it's fruity-red-wine-like, smooth, warmly sexy, and slightly vanillic on my skin. The red berries meld into it pretty seamlessly for me. This kept reminding me of BPAL's Carnaval series and today I realized why - it reminds me of the original Mme Moriarty and Midnight on the Midway's sugared incense. It's not a dupe for either, but it feels like it would fit right in on BPAL's macabre midway (in the best way). Fun, bold, sexy. -
Mallow Flower, Honeysuckle, and Vanilla Bean
Little Bird replied to Silvertree's topic in Duets & Menage A Trois
I think this smells like marshmallow, both in the bottle and on my skin. Very close to the puffy, airy, vanilla-ish sweetness of smelling an actual bag of marshmallows. The honeysuckle isn't quite as heady and intense as what I am used to, but has a cool, airy quality to it and a hint of fresh, green stem. It's still noticeably honeysuckle, though, all honeyed, soft floral and golden sweetness. The drydown is a slightly powdery vanilla marshmallow soaked in golden honeysuckle nectar. This is one of my favorites of the duets/menage series. -
I'm not a big fan of apple scents, but I love Blood Kiss. Unfortunately, I don't smell anything reminiscent of Blood Kiss from this. It's all apple and, to me, an impression of a yellow apple that leans sour and tart rather than sweet and juicy. I don't like it very much. It feels very simple and punchy.
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I purchased two bottles of Final Girl because it has so many of my favorite notes in it (vanilla, marshmallow, black currant, clove) and it wound up not being my favorite of this year's Liliths. Even slathered on, this is a very light scent on me, and it's sort of a light, warm, vanilla marshmallow scent drizzled in honey with a teeny tiny hint of dry clove. The currants surprisingly don't show up at all on me, and I think the scent kind of needs them. Powdery marshmallows and globs of honey.
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The honey in this is so strong and sweet. To me, it's like a mix of creamy, mellow, more refreshing wildflower honey and that super-sweet honey that you get out of those bear shaped squeeze bottles. The vanilla takes the sweetness way over the top, but the woody amber/labdanum tries to cut through the sweetness a bit. As soon as I smelled this, I had an image of walking into a little country craft store and seeing tons of bottles and jars of honey products, honey scented soaps and lotions and all the things, and vanilla scented candles all perched on wooden shelves. So much honey. Glistening gold.
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Herbal-spicy, cool, smooth green, almost like tomato leaf mixed with misty fir. The red berries make me think of holly wreaths and the lavender here smells airy, refreshing, and delicately sweet. This one sits close on my skin and only lasts about an hour before I need to reapply, but I do like it.
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I don't get any lavender or chamomile, but those were the notes I was least excited for, so it suits me. This actually reminds me of Pediophobia quite a lot for some reason, which is one of my all time favorite bpal fragrances. It smells like amber somehow whipped into pink cotton candy with creamy vanilla and warm, perfumey musk and a youthful fruity-floral tone from the pear blossom. Complex, cheerful and lovely. One of the bottles I'm considering backups of currently.
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I love this scent so much. I don't like powdery scents when they smell of baby powder or go overly bone dry and dusty, but this is exactly the sort of powdery, creamy, sensual, elegant perfume that I swoon over. I actually thought that this had dragon's blood resin in it when I gave Luceat a full wear today, but perhaps it's the resinous, slightly woody, warm amber giving me that impression. It also reminds me of Prada's Infusion d'Iris, but more velvety, creamy and dark, not as fresh and silvery. Luceat is one of those bpal fragrances that could pass as a classical department store perfume, but it's a little darker and much more interesting, with none of the sharp, cheap musk that tends to ruin department store fragrances for me. I'm having a hard time describing it, but it's so warm and beautiful, resinous and somehow flirty. I love the lab's sweet amber note. I adored it in My Wise Beauty from last year too.
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I love frozen yogurt. My sister worked at TCBY when I was little and she would always bring home treats for me, and I still love frozen yogurt at age 35 now. In the bottle, this reminds me of 'tart' flavored froyo, which is almost just... plain yogurt flavored... mixed with something like sweet tarts candies (tart, a little sour, a little chalky, very artificial). On my skin, something goes decidedly soapy, something a little burnt plasticy, and something like Bath & Body Works' artifical berry fragrance? It does remind me of being in the mall, but not exactly of frozen yogurt. It doesn't smell edible or creamy to me, though it does have some sweetness to it. Hot plastic and Bath & Body Works' Sun Ripened Raspberry?
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I bought this because I want to be at this party and I just love the painting so much. I applied the oil this morning without remembering any of the notes except wine and roses and I kept thinking that it smelled like spring roses (almost a fresh, lemony edge to them) and creamy, sparkly white musk. I get no wine at all, but I do recognize the violet in the drydown as something more cool toned floral and slightly powdery. It has a perfumey, musky quality, but nothing really sharp or screechy about it. A pretty spring floral that starts off fresh and dries down more powdery. Shifting from roses to violets. Only lasts about an hour on me before it fades into a whiff of powder that sits close to the skin and isn't noticeable much after the 2 hour mark.
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This smells of almonds in the best way - not that cherry extract almond smell, but soft and creamy like marzipan and warm almond cake. The dough part smells fluffy, moist and freshly baked, almost like donuts, with the honey coming in super sweet and reminiscent of powdered sugar glaze. I don't get any spices, thankfully. This is very different from Chocolate Babka, but I love them both.
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The description for this one is spot-on and I can smell all of the listed notes. It goes on as rich, distinctly dry, red rose petals drizzled in golden honey with hints of warm clove, earth, sweet incense, and perfumey floral reminiscent of fancy orchids. It smells like a goth femme fatale, especially as it dries down, where the rose becomes slightly more subtle and the clove and incense get a bit stronger. Clove cigarettes, Romanti.Goth incense, dead roses and sultry black orchids with a drizzle of sugared honey. I might need a full 5ml.