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Green tea, bamboo, and aquatic rain. On the drydown, it gets a slight dryer-sheet smell to it, but I can see why people are going crazy over this. It's soft, clean and yet like the perfect skin musk. Lovely.

Delicate vanilla marshmallow creme. Hooray, a BPAL cream blend that doesn't go to plastic on me. SUCCESS! Sadly, my skin proceeds to gorge itself on this scent like Augustus Gloop in the Wonka Factory. After about half an hour, its totally gone. SAD PANDA FACES ALL AROUND.

Pink pepper, tea and white sandalwood. This one is a soft, almost cozy blend. Definitely smells clean and Asian. Low throw and almost no wearlength on me.

Soft beeswax, tobacco, and honey. This smells soft, smoky and pumpkin buttery warm. Low throw and wearlength.

Soft red musk, red rose, and cognac with a hint of almond. Actually, this is a heady, boozy musky blend. Very soft and sophisticated red rose blend. Great throw and wearlength, as all thing roses.

White leather, coconut, and a touch of iris/violet. This smells like a very feminine delicate white leather blend. Like what you would imagine a Victorian lady's white gloves, the kind she wears when she's out visiting in town. Delicate, feminine, leather.

Wisteria, peonies, and a touch of magnolias. This goes a little soapy on me at the drydown. On the whole though, it smells like a mixture of clean white florals.

Leather, chocolate dust, and a touch of wood. This one is a manly, smooth leather.

Roses, musk and tobacco. This smells oddly enough like Red Rose from the BPTP Red Rose/White Rose combination. Less tobacco, more musk. Much softer. Good throw and good wear length.

Wood, amber, and a touch of honey. This is a very burnished wood blend, but I have to same that somehow the combination wood+amber+honey smells slightly peanut buttery to me. I'll chalk this up to something that just doesn't work with my skin chemistry.

Warm, peppery incense with a touch of honey. I definitely get pink pepper, smoky vetiver, incense with just a touch of plum and honey. It's like a nice manly incense blend. Very mellow. Low throw, good wearlength. This is such a warm blend.

Soft boozy vanilla leather and roses. I am definitely amping up the roses in this, and it smells like a combination of pink/red roses. This is a heady womanly scent. In a lot of ways, this reminds me to Whip but softer and less sexual, more romantic and delicate. Great throw and wear length.

The Seesaw is very interesting. On wet, it smells distinctively of strawberries and pink pepper. It dries down to a strawberry, patchouli, with a swirl of rum and benzoin. I have to say that the strawberry/patchouli combo is one of the more interesting combinations that BPAL has put forth in the past couple of years. Good throw, good drydown.

Strawberry, hay and a touch of vanilla plastic. Sadly, the cream note in Round Dance doesn't work for me. This ends up smelling like a hay-variant of Strawberry Shortcake dolls. SAD PUPPY.

Sugared violet and sandalwood. I'm not typically a violet fan, but the sugared violets in this is nothing sort of amazing. Unfortunately, they are low throw and medium wearlength on my skin.

I received this via a swap. The Apple Orchard immediately made me think of the BPTP atmo and was wondering if this was anything like it. So it starts off as a mix of apple blossom and apples. It dries down to a brown sugar/caramel tone to it, with apple blossom edging on it. So it's a weird food/floral mix. It dries down to a sugary vanilla apple blossom. This is really interesting!

Smoky vanilla and tonka syrup. On wet, there was a splash of strawberry. But overall this smells like a syrupy smoky vanilla and tonka blend. Sticks close to the skin. Super torn on this, as this is actually a pretty blend, but perhaps almost too gourmand for me.

Rose, lavender, gin and a touch of wood. It's a bright, rosy juniper blend. Delicate and floral at the same time. Good throw, good wear length.

Smoky dark chocolate, clove and a touch of pepper. This one is a peppery/smoky chocolate clove blend. This would be right at home with the Box of Chocolate blends actually. Honestly, Imperfect Enjoyment smells what I hoped the Avenue would smell like.

Lilies, grey amber, white musk. This smells like a more refined Belle Epoque - loads of lilies and grey amber. If possible, I'd say its a Frenchier Belle Epoque, which probably means this is super French and super classy/sophisticated. To me, this is a soft, classy floral along the lines of traditional perfumes. Meaning, hello, gateway BPAL. I'd totally use this enable individuals to BPAL and ease them into more creative BPAL that smells familiar. Sticks close to the skin, so would also be great for office wear.

Whoever compared this to A Measurement of the Soul sort of nailed it. This one is figgy, patchy with a caramel vanilla note that AMotS did not have, so a little more wearable, since it lacks the sage of AMotS. So, slinkier and more wearable. If you love fig, and don't mind a dark patchy base and caramel throw in, give this a whirl. There's part of me that really really loves this. Way more than the Mirror which is on my other wrist.

Sweet honey and lilac musk. I have definitely amped up the honey in this. Almost no lime. It's sweeter than I expected. Decent throw and decent wear length.

The Dream is indeed like a kissing cousin to First Love Fades Too atmo on wet. Lavender, oudh, agarwood. Except on my skin I get a fair bit of patchouli grounding the entire scent. And the saffron comes out to play in the drydown making this a less lavender-centric blend, and less like First Love Fades too. The combination of light lavender + patchouli gives it a powdery dimension to my nose. Decent throw, and decent wear length.

Lemon verbena, rose and a touch of olive leaf. It's a very citrusy rose. Medium throw and wearlength.

Soapy white/pink Rose. I think it's the same Rose note as in Fresh and Blooming like a Rose, but emphasis on the fresh. Great throw and wearlength.