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Not sure why I've never tested this, as I like the milk chocolate note in the Lupers' Box of Chocolates subsets. But w/ Bliss in the Snowdrift subset, I thought I'd better look into the matter. Luckily, I have a fresh imp from the Lab. In the imp, wet on my wrist, and through the dry-down, this is lovely milk chocolate. Not a morpher.

In the bottle: A lovely pomegranate that is not too tart, but on the sweet side. Wet: This is almost eyes-rolling-up-in-the-back-of-the-head goodness. Sweeter on my wrist than in the bottle. The-dry-down: Gosh! This is *good* stuff. I love pome, but was worried when I saw that it was a dark version. But here I am, huffing my wrist. It's great for fall and winter. Just imagine George Takei saying "oh my"!

In the bottle: Very much the sweet patch, but there are hints of the hay and tobacco. Wet: The patch is stronger and sweeter, but the tobacco and hay are still stirring around in the mix. The dry-down: There's a little bit more of the hay bote, but certainly not as strong as it was in Hay Moon, where it was the dominant note. The lovely tobacco, not too dark or night, has made itself known by keeping the patch in its sweet zone--very nice! The patch was getting a little gnarly, but nothing like OWS. This will go into rotation next fall

In the bottle: Water (more fresh than salty) haunted by resins. Wet: This just blooms on my wrist. Lovely resins floating in the ocean, but near the land. The dry-down: Slowly the perfume softens on my wrist into a lovely combo of all the notes. A perfect blend for fall or any rainy day. Let me take the opportunity of this evocative poem's presence to just express my amazement for Beth's knowledge of poetry, as has been shown throughout BPAL's existence! I majored in English literature at uni and had an excellent grounding in American literature in high school by a great teacher who challenged his students every day. And yet, there are a number of poems that Beth has introduced me to, that I had never read nor studied. Thank you so much for broadening my literary as well as perfume knowledge.

In the bottle: An earthy leaves and patch scent overlayed with a fruity sweetness. Wet: A more muted version of the cold sniff. The dry-down: Not a morpher--much the same scent throughout. I like it, but it's not as vivid a scent as the tester at DSWC. This may mean a batch variation, or it may mean that aging will improve this scent.

In the bottle: Tart pomegranate, with only a passing touch of the sweet cotton candy. Wet: More of the sweet cotton candy. The dry-down: The pome and the cotton candy are joining back together into a nice blend, not too tart, not too sweet.

In the bottle: Sweet mint, with a little hint of vanilla ice. Wet: Lot more mint, perhaps a wintergreen mint. The dry-down: The mint calms down slowly. The sweet note of the vanilla ice/snow also slowly breaks through the wintergreen. This was the Bpal Lilith I was looking forward the most to. It's beautiful in the bottle, but not quite as lovely on my dry, acidic skin, alas. I want it to be more sweet than minty. Perhaps it's time to try the scent locket again. It seems to be moving towards the sweetness, albeit not as fast as I would like. Still, it's my fav of this years' scents in honour of Lilith. ETA: Aging has allowed the sweetness in the dry-down to show up faster.

In the bottle: The 2 notes! Wet: The loud pink peppercorns are right on top of the dead leaves. The dry-down: The dead leaves aren't crunchy and brown; they've just detached from a branch and floated to earth. Then someone spilt pink pepper everywhere, so it's sweet in a somewhat fresh fashion. I could see wearing this in the spring as well. Not having tried Fake News, I can compare this to the pink pepper note in the Good Omens series of Pepper, the one girl in the gang called Them. I like that note, but the pink peppercorn note here is sweeter and fresher. This scent needs more love!

I sniffed the 2017 version at the DSWC. There's been only one yr that I really liked it enough to purchase a bottle; all other yrs' were faint and fleeting, alas. This yr's had a strong banana note, something that I have never experienced w/ Sugar Skull before. I'm afraid that I didn't even skin test. But that's just me, since I don't care for banana scents.

In the bottle: It's Snake Oil, but with those pumpkin pie spices added. Wet: All the sweet spices mingle, floating on top. The dry-down: Now more Snake Oil than not. Some aging should help. Or adding a drop of Pumpkin Spice Everything. I should note that I'm one of those who prefers aged Snake Oil--it just does better on me.

In the bottle: With each whiff, I get a different, lovely note. Wet: All the notes, in a gorgeous, slowly-blending combo. *whuffles her wrist* The dry-down: This is just *amazing* and *wonderful*. It really doesn't morph, and is a sweet but gothy scent. I get the comparisons to Goth Queen. When I was Lilith's age I wanted to dress like Wednesday Addams.

This is for the 2017 version. In the bottle: A gentle mint, some ozone, and hints of those ferns. At this pt. it reminds me of the BPTP Yule imp, Fern Frost, somewhat. Wet: The sweet florals come forward, and there's something underneath that must be the lunar oils. The dry-down: In the end,the notes all blend together so that's hard to determine anything but the mint and the lunar oils. I'd like to death match this w/th the previous versions. It's a nice scent for winter.

In the bottle: Pumpkin cotton candy w/ blackberry hints and something spicy. Wet: That spicy note is strong with the "force". The dry-down: The spices calm down and allow the sweetness of the blackberry and the spun sugar to make themselves. Nonetheless, this is not a huge morpher, as the pumpkin note is always dominant. It's a baked pumpkin note, but not buttery as the pumpkin note in Jack. This has aged well.

In the bottle: There's the chocolate, the caramel, the cheesecake, and touches of the coffee bean. Wet: All the notes meld in a glorious yumminess on my wrist. Still no sign of the chipotle, but it's probably keeping all the rich sweetness in check. At this stage, it's close to that eyes rolling up into the back of the head moment. The dry-down: Sadly, this fades into faint whiffs of a coffee cheesecake. (But see the Note below.) Note: I've worn this since Friday, in honor of the moon. My skin is somewhat drying and acidic, so to keep this from fading, I have to use an unscented lotion or oil underneath. Also, my skin doesn't like the Lab's coffee note (alas, I quickly smell like a barista), but the coffee bean note is a wonderful thing of beauty to me.

For the 2016 version. In the bottle: Spicey woods! Wet: Not so spicey now; mellowed out and comfortable. The dry-down: This is like crunching through the woods in late autumn, with just a hint of those spices. Not much patch or fruit to be found. Each year, Samhain presents a different sensory experience. Try a decant each yr if you can--it's never the same twice. ETA: this lasted over 12 hrs w/ 3 good huge drops, and the apple came back after a few hrs--delightful!

In the bottle: Wow, just what it says on the tin! Wet: Lots of dark cherries in a little cream. The cherry tartness is sweetened by the juicy blackberries. The dry-down: Just yummy and gorgeous! Not really a morpher. Warning: a little goes a long ways. I can see using this more this autumn. I heart both fruits.

This bottle has been sitting for months--the cacao was sitting on the bottom, so it needed shaking! In the bottle: Bourbon vetiver that's been drizzled over chocolate-coated fresh red apples. Wet on skin: Much the same as on cold sniff. The dry-down:: This loses the apples after a while, and I am left w/ a chocolaty scent w/ the sweetness undercut by the vetiver, slightly. Layering this w/ some sort of SN Red Apple note would mitigate its failings. The fact that the cacao keeps precipitating out is disconcerting. I really like the wet stage the best.

These are all LEs, alas, but I get some ozone in Moon of Ice (a Lunacy from 2008) via the ice note, Countess Dolingen of Gratz (my fave ozone blend), a 2009 Halloweenie, and The Country of Eternal Light, from the Frankenstein series in the Yule 2011 timeframe.

A grove of ancient oaks and stone walls draped in climbing roses and twining ivy, caressed by gentle fingers of shimmering mist. Many thanks to my lovely fairy for picking this up for me! Sprayed on unscented Kleenex tissue for testing purposes. When first sprayed, I get nothing but those ancient oaks. As the SO's house is surrounded by oaks, I know this scent well--woodsy and deep. Next, there is a blast of ivy, another scent that is familiar, as we have to hack down the ivy on a regular basis before it takes over the house. This ivy note is more autumnal in tone, though, a tad dryish. After a while, there's a hint, but only faintly, alas, of stone and rose. Not sure what the shimmering mist might be, but I suspect it's the light note that keeps this from being too autumnal and moves it into more of a late summer scent, when the plants are starting to dry up. The label is of a dark old mansion at night, with only a few lights in the windows, which seem to be attracting moths/ghosts/fairies.

My friend and I both tried this at the DSWC and found it to be wonderful, yummy milk chocolate and caramel. But not ten or so minutes later, it was fading fast on both of us. In half an hour it was gone from both of us. I tried it later in a different spot, and the same thing happened.

In the bottle: juicy berries on green leaves Wet: much the same as on cold sniff--hope this calms down a bit! The dry-down: the yummy blackberry note is more present, but the leaves are still green, alas.

First off, I love chocolate, so I had to try this. Secondly, it's not really a morpher. From cold sniff to the dry down, it's much like dark chocolate ground up to make hot/sipping chocolate, but without that dry powder smell one gets when one opens the tin. There's a richness that comes not only from the chocolate itself, but also from the cacao cream. The cream is not a milky note, but more like something that adds to the warmth and faint sweetness. To be sure, this is not a milk chocolate nor is it a bittersweet baking chocolate, just a nice dark chocolate. Note: I use the bath oils as a moisturizer. I did roll the bottle because in the past there has been sludge in the bottom or floating bits, but I didn't perceive any of that, but rolled anyway. The oil is thin, but not too runny. I did use more on my arms than usual to get the same smoothness.

IN THE BOTTLE: The forest notes are bright and clear, touched by the somewhat sweet snow note. WET: The pine just amps like crazy, but that snow note lingers to temper the pine forest. THE DRY-DOWN: The fir, spruce, and pine finally co-mingled into a winter forest, with some sweet snow clinging to the branches. This is more piney unisex on me, and more snowy on the bf.

This is honey and vanilla with a touch of the other notes, with the lavender serving to liven things up a bit so that it's not too foody. The label is amusing. It's fast become a fav.

In the bottle: A little incense, backed by those thorny blackberries that seem more like the lovely grape scent of wisteria. Perhaps a slight whiff of smoke. Wet: A purple incense kicks into high gear! The dry-down: The blackberries come back to the forefront, their sweetness subdued by that incense, a touch of smoke, and a gentle green floral note. A lovely spring scent, but could be worn year-round.