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At first this is kinda fizzy, and I thought it was strawberry. After it dries down a little, it's definitely not strawberry - it's citrus, but I can't say exactly what kind of citrus - just.. "citrus". I think it may be grapefruit, but there might also be a slight bit of lime in there. I wouldn't say it's sweet - more like tart, but not in a sour way. This is a very 'fresh' scent, not at all what I was expecting from spiced space fruits and tentacle goo.. I guess I thought it would be more dark and sinister but this is actually kinda pretty, in a weird alien fruity kinda way

MmmmMmmmMMmmm braaaaaaaaaaains! Gooey squidgy raspberry jam! It goes on that way, and pretty much stays that way after going through a slight spicey phase for a minute. Yummy!! I just had a really big huff of it on my arm, and it made me sneeze, but in a good way

This is nasty. N.A.S.T.Y. I didn't sniff this from the imp, I just put a dab straight on my skin. Then I leaned in for a sniff. Then I nearly vomited. Seriously. Then I went and scrubbed it off. And scrubbed it again, until it was all gone. I know I should have waited to see how it dried down, but I just couldn't stomach it. I've never really encountered a smell this bad, so I'm not sure how to describe it. And it only stayed on my skin for about 8 seconds. But the brief whiff I caught was something like what I imagine might be the result of blending raw meat with and motor oil then leaving it in the sun outside for six weeks. I honestly NEVER want to smell this again. I will be keeping it to share with friends though, because of the childish enjoyment I'll get from seeing their faces when they smell it. In the same way that I enjoy spritzing that nasty old-style perm solution around the office and waiting for people to start saying "eewww what smells like rotten eggs", Gore Shock might just be my most heinous office prank ever

First up, the label is great! Naughty ol' Stinky dog I really really love this one. It reminds me a bit of puppy-breath smell.. it's all gooey softness and sweet, warm clean air. Honey and baby powder, definitely - I'm not really familiar with "white honey" as opposed to regular honey.. to my nose this is more like a dark honey but it's not overpowering the other things in this blend. The milk note doesn't go sour on my skin at all, it's nice and creamy although every now and then I get whiffs of something like violet (which happens with other things like Dragon's Milk occasionally.. weirdo skin) but that just makes it interesting. This stays on my skin for ages, and stays pretty true all the time - it never went powdery or soapy at all. I seem to have been really lucky here and found and excellent match for my skin chemistry. I can see myself wearing Stinky a lot, it's perfect for those (frequent) times when I have trouble deciding on what BPAL to wear and just want to smell.. nice.

This is not quite like any other berry-based BPALs that I've tried, yet at the same time quite similar to other berry-based BPALs that I've tried. Like that makes any sense?!? So it starts off very BRIGHT, almost tart, raspberries mostly. Then when it starts to dry down, the musk and fig comes out and blunts the sharp sweetness of the berries, adding a nice depth. After about a half-hour on my skin, I've got a nice musky and base with sweet berries on top. After a couple of hours, it hasn't really changed much.. the berries have gone softer but the musk/fig base is still nice and warm and I think the honey's there now (finally). Berry Moon is very pretty, and definitely one for berry lovers.

The apple in this makes me picture a really old, gnarly and twisted apple tree that I just happened to find in a forest - the tree has huge ripe green apples and The Hesperides is what one of those apples would smell like. This, to me, is very much like Snow Glass Apples but with mist replacing the snow - where SGA has that cold edge, this has a wispy soft edge. A must for apple lovers! So very pretty, fresh and lovely.

This is very clean - just on the verge of being cologne-ish. It is slightly spicey, but in a white spice/herbal way rather than a brown spice/hot way. I definitely get the giner, the mandarin doesn't ever really come out on my skin but the lime is *just* there. The vetiver, which is usually not my friend, is very calm and soft here. This is quite an intriguing blend, but not as charming, so cocky, or twinklingly debonair as I was hoping for.

Hmm.. how very strange - this could almost be just straight-up amber on my skin - the patchouli is very very faint, and only comes out after about 20 minutes on my skin. Mr. Jacquel has that lovely glow of amber, but sadly not enough oomf or interest to keep my attention. I kinda expected him to have more of a bite than this.

Mmm.. very lovely, it's definitely spicey but cardamom is so much more warm and subtle than cinnamon for my skin - blended with the nutmeg here it's almost peppery but not quite - just right. Unfortunately once theoil dries down, the flowers come out and take the edge of the spices and flavours that Mama-Ji had when wet.. bummer. Eventually this ends up being a warm golden floral with just a teensy hint of spice. I liked it best before the floral fair commenced

Hmm.. from previous reviews, it seems this one is a morpher! So here's my impressions.. In the bottle - spicy, chocolate-y and slightly fruity like fermenting dark berries Wet on skin - spicy, smoky, dark incense and resins, very slight dark fruit Dry on skin - smoky, waxy (not quite coconut), spicy, musky Unfortunately this doesn't stick around very long on my skin - it vanishes very quickly and leaves very faint musky incense remnants where it was. I wish I knew the actual notes in this - I think there must be some black amber, frankincense or maybe tonka in there, but really I'm just guessing. It really is lovely - the 'smoky' thing is not actually 'smoke' as such, I'm using that term more to describe the darkness of this blend. It's beautifully mysterious and intoxicating!

When this first goes on, it was quite a strong orange - definitely not lemon for me. But there's something else going on, almost like a honey sweetness with a slight creaminess (almost waxiness) that's making the orange feel all warm and velvety rather than sharp and citrus. After about 20 minutes, it's gone more musky and the orange is more subdued but still very creamy. I'm wondering whether this is orange blossom rather than 'plain' orange - that would explain the creamy wax thing. One hour later - faint remnants of the orange, which has kept the creamy sweetness all the way to this point. Something almost coconut-y is peeking through but it's very subtle. Two hours later and it's all but gone from my skin, but I did only have a little dab so next time I'll try a good swipe of oil and see how it goes. I usually can't deal with gardenia or white florals at all, but I don't pick up anything like that here. Just the creamiest, muskiest orange I've ever encountered - this is an absolute keeper for me!

Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla. I was very lucky to find this little beauty right here on the forum, courtesy of samarablackcat's sales post. I never got to try it back in the day, so I was ridiculously excited about getting this!! I had the soap for 2 weeks before opening it, the packaging is so pretty that I kinda didn't want to spoil it. I kept huffing it, there was just the teensiest tease of fragrance coming through the paper it was wrapped in but very very faint. So finally today I opened it up, being very careful not to tear the paper because as others have mentioned - it's lovely, and the writing on the inside is very cool. The soap itself is a dark treacle colour - it looks rustic and hand-made, like something you'd find back in the 1820s sitting atop a big old clawfoot bathtub. I'm wondering if the soap ages in the same way the Snake Oil itself does? I dunno, but this soap is about a year old now and the SO smell is rich, deep and smoky. As everyone else has said - it lathers beautifully, and it's very smooth and silky. It smelled so good that I washed my hair with it. Uh huh. I did find it a little drying on my skin, but not any moreso than other soaps usually are for me. But the smell!! It's lovely - much different to when I slather the Snake Oil on - with the soap it's softer and less direct - like it's in the air rather than *on* me. And my hair? Soft and silky - NOT dry at all, and ohhhhhh it smells fantastic. Wowsers, long review. Can you tell I'm a bit excited? I really hope this becomes available again - it's an absolute must have for any Snake Oil lovers, but because the soap gives a more subtle fragrance I would also recommend it for people who have trouble with how rich and heady SO can be. *sniffs hair again* ahhh...

That's perfect Best. Label. Story. Ever.

Yummy orange with a very slight vanilla-amber sort of vibe behind it. Juicy and bright, sweet but not sharp, rich but not 'fake' smelling. Thank you to downloadstone for swapping with me so that I get to try this, it's lovely!

This is the Bat I was least interested in, because lavender is not my friend and verbena can be too OW MY NOSE for me. My bottle found me via swaps.. I was pretty sure that I wasn't going to like it but ohhhhh boy I was wrong. Leaning in to the bottle for a big sniff was interesting - very sharp lavender but with a sweet edge. Initially on my skin it's strong lavender, herbal and pine - I don't like this bit very much.. it's waaaaay too pungent. Kinda like a lavender Vicks VapoRub smell. This passes after about 10 minutes and now it's a very bright lemon - for about another 10 minutes. But then the peach and amber come in, and it starts to sweeten up with a beautiful musky background. This is the bit that I love - it's warm and velvety but bright and shiny at the same time. The herbal tone does stay all the way through, but it mellows out and balances the sweetness nicely. but looking at the notes.. what does 'life everlasting' smell like?

Thanks, angelicruin! Berry Moon is pretty. And awwwww.. Stinky dog!!

I don't think I can add much here that hasn't already been said, but I do agree with the comparisons given earlier - it's like Marshmallow Poof (but not as sweet), Beaver Moon (but not as pink candy-ish), Velvet Unicorn (but not as rich or velvety). What's nice about this one is that it sits somewhere in the vicinity of all those blends, but manages not to be the same as any one of them.. on me, this is quite powdery/creamy and soft and delicate. I do get the pink vibe about it, but not in a fake candy way - just a cloudy kinda non-specific pink. It's not too sweet, not too rich, it's just right! I'm just not sure that I need a bottle of it, since I'm pretty well stocked for these marshmallow-y strawberry-ish kinda BPALs, but this really is a very nice blend.

White grape. You bastard. Every time you appear in a new BPAL, I try to forget how nasty you smell like sour gin on my skin and hope that the other lovely notes will triumph over your vile boozy presence. And every time, you laugh in my face with your acrid pungentness (what? pungentness is so a word!). I wanted raspberry, lime, blueberry and tangerine. I wanted sweet fruity goodness. Instead, I got white grape, white grape and white grape. I eventually had to wash this off after about 20 minutes, it was actually making me feel a little nauseous. So for me, SMMP goes into the swap pile. Oh how I envy you folks whose skin doesn't amp white things

Hi there, and welcome to the forum! I could be waaaay off here, but I picked up on the words slithering, seduction, coiled, corruption, pleasure and pain.. one thing came to mind: Western Diamondback: Snake Oil with leather, tonka bean, red sandalwood, and sage. Maybe the 'slithering' bit made me think of the Carnaval Diabolique: Snake Pit collection, but the combination of Snake Oil's seductively intoxicating resin-y smokey incense/vanilla vibe with the sexy cold dark leather & smooth sandalwood in this is absolutely worth a try. It's not available in imp form from the Lab, but you should be able to find a decant of it in the 'For Sale' section of the forum. I'd be interested to know how your search ends up - I hope you find just what you're looking for

To me, Taphophobia smells exactly like being in the middle of a pile of green lawn clippings and garden cuttings that have been sitting out in the hot sun for a day or two - that fresh green mixed with starting-to-compost soil kinda smell. It's actually quite a nice smell, in a dirt kinda way. This is totally not my thing - I don't dislike it, I just don't think I want to smell like it. Funny though.. when testing it at work this week several people commented favourably and asked what perfume I was wearing - one lady said it was a lovely sweet and fresh smell, which is interesting - maybe it smells different when wafting around me than it does on my skin.

I didn't get a bottle of Bat of Health when I had the opportunity, because I thought it would most likely smell very nasty. In hindsight, that was a very silly thing to have thought - I recall being worried about the geranium and juniper being too strong. I've since acquired a bottle, and I was so wrong! On my skin, this is all fizzy blackberry with a velvety almost resin-y background that I think is the fig playing with the mandrake. The initial blast of berry softens up after about 15 minutes, and now I can smell the sassafras more clearly and there's an almost mint-y thing going on - I think this is the 'medicinal' stage that previous reviewers have mentioned, but on me it's not quite going to medicinal, it's staying menthol-y mint but that stage only lasted about 5 minutes. 45 minutes into the ride, and it's gone a lovely soft mix of berry, fig and juniper. All of the Bat's Day blends are genius, and this is no exception. If you love your berries dark and rich with a slightly sour feel, you should enjoy this one.

Ah poo.. curse my skin chemistry - it's amping the rose here above everything else. I got a teasing glimpse of the sandalwood, spices and orange peel, and then the rose just pushed everything else aside. What I'm left with is something that smells like O layered with red rose.. what a bummer.

YUM! Obatala reminds me of Lush's coconut deodorant powder.. which I love! The coconut in this is quite POW at first, but does settle down, and it doesn't go all sickly sweet in a suntan lotion kind of way. The milk and shea butter are perfect partners to the coconut - this is all warm and sexy fresh - it reminds me of how my skin smells when I've been swimming at the beach all day in the hot sun. This would be a perfect scent for warm summer days when you want to smell fresh and clean but cool and sexy.

I finally got to try this, thanks to a very generous forumite! It reminds me very much of Haloes with the wood-y feel, but the lotus blossom is adding an element of sweet floral that Haloes doesn't have. This is very creamy and luscious, slightly sweet but not obviously so. It really does have a bit of a "glow" about it, very pretty but not in a girly way. A lovely soft and sensuous blend, I'm glad I got to try it and thankful I can stop obsessing over it.. I won't need a bottle, but I will enjoy my decant.

Wow.. this is the first blend with jasmine I've found that doesn't turn into stinky baby poop smell - jasmine is usually my nemesis, but it's not bothering me at all in Defututa. Instead, I'm getting lovely honey and cinnamon - not really spicy, just sweet and soft - that would be the sandalwood, I'm guessing, combined with the vanilla. This is a very pretty and quite intoxicating blend, very nice!