CynicalPink

Imp: Spicy pumpkin and blackberry Wet: Not like cinnamon red hots to me, but definitely spicy with a bit of a sweet pumpkin edge to it Drydown: Love it. Love it. Love it. Slathered a good portion of my imp on just now. Buttery, sugared and spiced pumpkin. Really no blackberry to report, but if it does show up I won't mind. We have a good history. Overall: This is a bottle buy. I just hope my budget can handle it!

Bottle: Sugary Blue Wet: Daffodil, blue-ness, Iris, all sweetened Drydown: Springy, happy flowers. Less blue-ness. Overall: Nice! It's a very sweet, spring-y scent. Cute flowers, but it's not the blue I thought it would be. I'll be keeping it.

Imp: Clean aquatic cologne Wet: Clean, crisp. Airy with some aquatic-ness Drydown: I really like this! I'm genuinely surprised! It's clean and airy. I don't really have anything like it. The closest thing is probably Aeaea, but that's not quite right. Overall: This is pretty pleasant! Not at all what I was expecting. I don't really get any books. Maybe a teeny bit of wax or incense. A great warm weather scent, but I have to say it's not what I had been looking for. I'll probably keep the decant for now though. It fills a niche Aeaea doesn't.

Imp: Peach, coconut, and what might be the scaaaary vetiver Wet: Vanilla amber and coconut Drydown: I guess I'm another one who gets a lot of vanilla and coconut Overall: And it's barely there, now. Huh. It's still nice, don't get me wrong. But it's not at all what I was expecting. I'll hang on to it for a little while and give it another try, but not sure it's here to stay.

I really regretted not getting a decant of this last year. Let's cement the regret! Imp: Coffee, pumpkin and yum. Wet: Hazelnut, pumpkin, and coffee. Oh this smells so nice... Drydown: Warm, foody, and gorgeous. There's a spicy sparkle to it, but the effect is still really smooth and rich. I love it. Overall: This is the kind of scent that makes a rainy, crappy day better. It's mellow from the chocolate and coffee smells, but there's some nice spiciness to it. I would definitely say yes to a bottle of this.

Fresh out the mailbox, so I'll probably need to revisit this review in a few days. Bottle: Apple pumpkin wine smoke cedar...Wow. Wet: Juniper, lily out of effing nowhere, some sour plum. Still very pleasant, but not at all what I was expecting Drydown: 1) LILY. I'm sorry, there were other notes in this? I can't smell them over all the LILY 2) Lily and something spice-like. I don't want to call it spicy because that's not quite right. It smells a lot like my Dorain series Chaos Theory, only less subtle. This is nothing at all like what I expected. I think it needs sometime to recover from its trip in the mail. For so many notes, this is pretty one sided...and it's on the side of LILY

Little bit of a leak in transit that I think is coming from this bottle. Sniffing the oil covered label, it smells rather like a Hot Topic...hmmm... Imp: Mmm. Spicy. Wet: That sure is red musk. Sweet, too. Drydown: Red musk. Sweetened with honey. Just what it says on the tin, I guess. Overall: I like me some red musk, and this does smell nice, but I guess I'm just looking for a little more out of a scent of this type. Red musk is pretty sexy, but I'm not the type of person who wears a lot of these "sex in a bottle" type scents. If I am going to wear them, I need a little more than this. Mme. Moriarity and Mania are great, but between those two and Womb Furie I definitely don't need a bottle of this.

Imp: Complex! Bubbly, sweet, and smooth Wet: Very cute. Wouldn't have expected that. A sweet, yellow floral Drydown: 1) Amber comes up as soon as it dries. This one has so many notes that I'm having trouble keeping track, but the overall effect is fantastic. 2) Nothing is dominating the scent. Clean floral that's not overly sweet. Not sticky at all. Overall: I it. I want to get a bottle so badly, but I'll have to deathmatch it out against Enchanted Woods Florist for this year's Lupers. But...I don't want to think about it! I just want a bottle! It smells very Victorian and proper but just...beautiful. And maybe a bit mysterious. W.A.N.T.

Imp: Pomegranete, lavendar, spices, and deliciousness Wet: Lavander, Pomegranate and sugared date. Wow this is good. Drydown: Same as above, but with some gorgeous clove mixed in. This is just lovely. All these notes are working *with* the pomegranate without being overpowering. Overall: Most of what I'm getting is the Pomegranate and sugared date...but it is SO good. This is a bottle buy. It's lovely. This Pom really needs more forum love

Imp: Really good vanilla extract Wet: Oh hey there's the cotton. Vanilla cream too. Clean and sweet. And interesting combo! Drydown: No more vanilla, but definitely sugar. Maybe a little bit of the cotton left, and I'd say it's creamy while not smelling of cream Overall: Boo is a great scent. It's sweet and comforting with a little bit of specialness from the cotton...but I know I don't need a bottle. I have Velvet Unicorn to cover my super-sweet scent needs, and Boo just won't fill a niche that VU doesn't. But I can definitely recommend giving Boo a try I'll probably hang on to my decant!

Imp: Leaf Wet: Leaf and soap Drydown: Leaf, soap, and nasal discomfort. It's almost shrill in how cologne like it is. Overall: It's just not doing it for me. It's too strong and too cologne like.

Lemon blossom, vanilla bean, huckleberry, sweet pea, rose sugar, acai berry, and candyfloss. It goes on as lemonade with a lot of lovely berries in it plus a ton of sugar. It's awhile before any of the rose comes out for me, but that berry-lemonade dries down to a soft, sweet version of how it smelled first on the skin but with less tartness to the lemon. It's fluffy, pink, and incredibly girly. No rough edges whatsoever. A great scent for summer when you want to basically wear the scent of Sunshine Bear the Carebear.

I don't think of myself an an insomniac, but getting to sleep can take awhile sometimes and a nice lavender blend is a pleasant way to ease myself in to a nice deep sleep. I had been using Oneiroi, but after I finished off that bottle I decided to try the big guns. On me, it smells like lavender doused Dorian. Musky sweet lavender puffiness that sends me to sleep like chloroform under the nose. It's so comforting and peaceful. Works like a charm

This is #214 In the bottle, it's a very strong butterscotch smell. Almost alcoholic. I got a little nervous. Once on the skin it calms down pretty quickly. The vanilla is very subtle and more things start to come through. For comparison, the effect for most of the scent's lifespan is a cross between a kinder, gentler Miskatonic University and Nonae Caprotine. So I get goat's milk, little coffee, vanilla, and maybe even a touch of skin musk. The linger it has (meaning the scent on the skin after the waft is gone) is Nonae Caprotina with the myrrh and fig swapped for vanilla and what I think it skin musk. It's pleasant and earthy. 6/27/10 Edit: Now that it's had time to settle after it's long mail journey, it's even better. There's still a milky, close to skin quality, but the vanilla is much stronger. The long-wear effect is "bakery scented skin." It's a natural, warm, skin-but-better scent. Chaos is addictive, though, and I think I'll try to free up some money for another Vanilla blend

The overall effect is very light and fluffy with just a little bit of a green edge. On my skin, I get very little mint, but there's so much else going on that it's not much missed. Sweet pear, puffy carnation, little bit of lime sugar and that nice green musk are what are coming off my skin. It stays *very* close to the skin, but is probably a good crowd pleaser as well so I'd call it safe for work. Worth noting that my skin is out of whack from stress lately, so the oil burns off pretty quickly on my at the moment. Therefore, not as much staying power as I'd like, but I wouldn't call that an absolute assessment. Love it, keeping it. I think this'll get a lot of use.

Bottle: Vanilla and something kinda dusty. Amber or something else? Wet: This smells a little like a bar I remember going to. I was really little and it was rented out for a post-wake get together...Pipe tobacco! Like the stuff my uncle smokes! That's what it smells like. That's not a bad thing, just nothing even close to what I expected. Drydown: Vanilla sandalwood is what I know it actually it. But when I sniff my wrist, I think of dry blond wood that's been kept in a box with dried flowers for a very long time. Overall: It's like nothing else I own. It's a very dry scent, but what I think I like most is the image it puts in my head. It smells like opening an old wooden chest in your grandparents' attic and finding treasures from the past. Specifically, a very pretty blond wood harp that still plays a beautiful tune. It smells like happy treasures from the past. I'm keeping it.

Bottle: Snow and white flowers. Wet: Mmmm...sweet. Herbal, a light flower (gardenia?), and the "crystaline" scent I love so much. Drydown: White flowers, and a creamy scent that I don't think I'd call milk. More like the flowers are coming out to a creamy feeling. The lunar oils are what I think is giving this a cool feeling Overall: I like it a lot. I enjoy creamy, soft scents like this. So much so that I have a little something called Swan Maiden in my BPAL box already. These are very similar oils, but I have to say, I think I like the drydown effect on this one a little more. Swan Maiden has this kind of spicy carnation type drydown, but this is creamy and smooth. A cool finish as opposed to Swan Maiden's warmer one. It's a keeper, but does that mean Swan Maiden has to go?

Imp: Clean, pretty florals. Makes me smile Wet: Sweet and refreshing. Mesh of florals with the teensiest bit of a grass not. Drydown: So sweet! So floral! But the florals aren't very identifiable. Overall: This is a people pleaser. It's the closest thing to "conventional perfume" that I've had from BPAL, but it's absolutely beautiful. It hits all of my sweet spots. I'll be picking up a bottle. This would be a great scent to wear among the "norms" who wouldn't respond so well to something like, say, Madame Moriarity.

Imp: Bitter, dark chocolate with something tangy I wouldn't be able to tell was lime if I didn't know the notes Wet: Key lime starts to show up. The chocolate has stepped back, but adds some bitterness. Drydown: Both notes are holding their own on my skin. Key lime is a very distinctive lime scent and the dark chocolate adds a much needed bitterness Overall: This smells good. No two ways about it. I just don't know if I need a bottle of something like this. I have a group of bottles I think of as the "lolScents" for days when I want to smell quirky and this doesn't do anything for me that Schroedinger's Cat and Spooky don't. Plus, it's fading really fast. I'm keeping the decant, for what it's worth.

Imp: Cologne like spice with very sweet honey Wet: ...Oh that's some good stuff right there...The vanilla seems more in the game than the last time I tried Snake Oil. The honey's sweetness is probably doing that Drydown: I know Snake Oil doesn't come in to its own until it's got some age behind it, but this is pretty wearable already. One of the things I didn't connect with trying Snake Oil itself was the lack of sweetness. The honey in this fixes that problem right away. Overall: Bottle. It's only going to get better with time.

Bottle: Vanilla scented plastic...oh noes... <img src="http://www.bpal.org/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_sad.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_sad.gif" /> Wet: Okay less plastic. Still very vanilla and fluffy. Drydown: Well it's not play-doh, but it something odd. But not unpleasant. Kinda nice actually? I...I don't know? I guess I need to test again. Not willing to give up on this just yet Overnight: And it lasts and lasts. I fell asleep with this on and I can smell it on my wrists like I just put it on Update with age: Gorgeous. There's now a sweet, crisp, green apple note in the fluffy vanilla coolness. Hooray!

Posting on a legendary scent Bottle and Wet: CARNATION, BITCHES! Something that might be amber, too. Drydown: The resemblance between this and Alice is pretty solid. It's got a lot of the smooth, gentle notes from Alice, but pretty much with almond subbing out for milk and Amber instead of honey. Like Alice with teeth to it. Less soft and fluffy, more smooth and spicy. Carnation back down after awhile, and it become part of a much more blended scent with almond and amber. Amber's not going powdery! And is there something green in here? Could just be the almonds.... Overall: While it is very similar to Alice, I can see the point in having Hod around as well. I think it'll get even stronger with age and could make for a good Alice alternative when the little girl is just too soft a scent. This might even be a backup bottle buy for me. Later on test day: Huh. This doesn't project nearly as long as I thought it would. It's still in my skin with a snuggly carnation scent. Let's see how it lasts when it has more than 12 hours to rest after the traumatic and cold trip through the mail

Bottle: The sugar cane and guava make this very similar to Agape Wet: Still sugar cane and guava, but less chalky than Agape so far. WOAH caramel out of nowhere! Drydown: Worth noting that this is strong. I have a lot of bright fruity scents but this is hella powerful. Blood orange an violet are dominating at this stage. A weird combo for me, but it helps Mr. Magah Bird stand out from the pack. Overall: It's not bad. It's very fruity and kind of sharp. The plum takes on more of a role, and for me the caramel hangs in the background (which is good because it can sometimes smell like sweat on me ). I've got this whole bottle but...Not sure I really need it? We'll see Revisit: I tried it again. Now I'm a believer. Not a trace (doot doot doot) of doubt in my mind. Keeping the bottle. There's definitely a place for Mr. Magah Bird in the collection. Guava backs off eventually and the blood orange/plum combo give it a distinct identity apart from Agape. Time and saturation also let the violet come out and play, and for me the caramel is still staying in the way back and not killing the whole thing with a "sweat" scent. This is a fun scent with good year round potential.

Bottle: Grapefruit, peony, and tonka. Exactly what I bought the scent for! Wet: My goodness that is pink. I though High-Strung Daisies was pink but this is PINK. The yuzu and tuberose and peony are at the forefront Drydown: Clean! The tonka gives it a creamy, warm feeling. The yuzu didn't last too long, but the grapefruit is hanging around. Pink flowers all around! Overall: I like it! I needed something aggressively pink to add to my BPAL collection and this fits the bill. And even though it is a bright scent, I can still get the winter vibe from it.

Bottle: Mint, Rum, Coconut, and vanilla extract...basically the kind of drink I would mix at a party at three a.m. Wet: Liquored up Thin Mints and coconut shavings when you get up real close. The waft lacks that creaminess. Drydown: This is why I love BPAL perfumes. I smell like a thin mint dipped in Malibu Rum and it is awesome. Overall: It's a quirky scent, but it's really enjoyable on my skin This is just such bizzaro, fun combination of notes that I'm gonna hang on to it, even if it's not going to be a heavy rotation staple! Long Term: I thought this was going to be one of those "pet scents" that never get worn but I like too much to get rid of. I was so wrong. I wear this quite a lot, and it was nearly an every day thing over the holiday season. It's fun, pleasant, and gives me lols