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i have such mixed feelings on this! it is a very clean, fresh scent, which i tend to steer clear of (for the most part), but i have fallen in love with oakmoss and bpal's nectarine note, so i had to try this one. at first it's straight up nectarine, i couldn't tell it apart from ebisu, however once the scent sinks in the backing notes come through, and the oakmoss in this is just gorgeous. bpal's oakmoss smells amazing on me for some reason. it's really addictive, and when it's an obvious note like this, i tend to love the scent. the longer this stays on, the more i am loving it, despite the sweetness of the berry. this scent is very wet and green, and i think, perfect for summer on a hot and sunny day.

i got a sniffie of this in a swap! it's a very fresh floral scent, smells like flowers really do when you walk by, almost like a flower shop with a hint of additional sweetness, from the tea and musk. i could see this as a good summer or spring scent, because it's light. i think i am mostly getting green tea, orange, lily and geranium. i don't smell the warmth of the carnation and usually tuberose is really noticeable, but it's subtle in this. glad i got to try this, though it's not really a "me" scent.

i received this as a frimp, literally one week after i was on the east coast and had the pleasure of visiting the mutter museum! so that was some really cool synchronicity. on to the scent: yep, this is a sweet, dusty vanilla scent and has that beeswax/candle sort of note in it that i've smelled in other bpal scents. i do not like the candle/beeswax note. it's weird and sweet and somehow kind of creeps me out or makes me feel unsettled, like someone above posted. which works for a mutter scent! i just don't want to smell like this at all. i'm very glad i got to experience it though!

this pretty much smells like shampoo to me. it's very very sweet with my skin chemistry, kind of an aquatic-floral. i think maybe it's the pink musk, i love musks of all kinds but blue and pink musk seem to give me a bit of trouble and be too cool and/or aquatic for my tastes. i get no bergamot or leather. i'm not even sure i get night blooming jasmine. it's very different than i imagined.

i have really been getting into scents that epitomize "white" or pale ethereal scents, so i figured this might fall into that category. white phoenix kind of exhibits this, but not till it's been on my skin for about half an hour. before that i get a slightly sour floral...probably from the magnolia, i'm guessing. i am sensing little frangipani, if any and a hint of osmanthus. i am not getting the orchid or lavender strongly. by the time it's dry, it's a powdery floral, i think it's mostly cotton flower and crystal musk with a hint of white sandalwood. i like this phase the best, thankfully, and i like it A LOT, i am just not sure if it's worth waiting through the initial sour-floral phase. i feel like i've tried another similar scent, maybe enraged bunny musk(?) but it's been so long that i've tried it that i can't be sure.

damn, i was hoping for a bunch of vanilla and vanilla orchid in this, but it's a little more cloying and fruity on me. i think it's pretty much all rice wine and grapefruit. it's a very cheerful, sweet, youthful scent, which totally isn't what i'm usually into so basically it's a citrussy fruity-floral. not really my thing, so i'll have to pass this one on!

oooh this is pretty. i get the dorian-ness and an added leather note but not that super strong black leather note, more subtle and a bit sweet. this scent is very gleaming and otherworldly to me, perfect for jareth! i have been shying away from more masculine scents lately, but i am really liking this. i love dorian and i like leather as a note, so that's probably why. after about an hour, when the leather goes into the background, this one becomes perfect on me. warm sensual and golden but with a hint of the purpley lilac. kind of has a similar feel to TKO but less sweet and more "dark". i would love to wear this as a going out scent. it also is in the same vein as MAC MV3 which i also adore. definitely need a bottle of this one!

i love me an oakmoss scent, and am quite fond of white musk, however this is pretty much straight up white musk on me, with a hint of sage, so it's kind of unremarkable. i don't get any black musk and the oakmoss is there, but it's subtle. it turns a bit powdery at the end. i like it, but i think i'll have to try it again later to see if it's a keeper.

what an odd scent this is, and a morpher. at first i think it was all sage, white musk and lilac, then some marzipan-y note came through for awhile. now i smell the sweetness of the marzipan with a weird sour floral. maybe the everlasting flower? this smelled odd at first, but possibly doable, but now it's straight up sour on me, unfortunately.

hmm, i think this is nearly all lily on me. i am getting a strong, sweet cloying floral, but not any mums or roses. perhaps it is the lily and daphne, since i am not familiar with daphne as a note at all. there may be some amber/frankincense way in the background, but if so, it's subtle. this is just a strong, sweet floral on me, and sadly, this is not for me, so i'll have to swap it.

hmm, i was apprehensive about this because of the strawberry, but i like all the other notes. unfortunately, the strawberry is plasticky on me and the vanilla is very foody. there may be a hint of tobacco in here, but i am mostly smelling the vanilla and strawberry. i was hoping for much more tea rose with just a hint of strawberry for this one. oh well, i am still glad i got a chance to try it, because i really like the idea of the lace scents!

honestly, i mostly just smell leather. my skin may amp it in this, because it is utterly dominating this blend on me. i think i can pick up the sage, copal and oakmoss, but that's about it. it's a lighter leather scent than i've smelled. light and earthy with a strong leather note, on me. i like the idea of this, but wish the leather hadn't been so strong, it just smells way too traditionally masculine for my tastes. off to swaps.

i've had this for awhile, but just finally tried it. it smells better in the bottle than it does in the bath, unfortunately. it's not bad in the bath, but it was too green/treelike for my personal tastes. when i sniffed the bottle, i got more of a chocolate-mint-floral scent, but in the bath it was pure greenery. on my skin now, i smell a pure herbal green scent, and no chocolate or amber, maybe just a hint of mint. nice but not one of my favorites.

i wasn't sure what angel's trumpet ore angelica smell like , but it seems one or both of them are sweeter florals. this scent is mostly floral and maybe a hint of tea on my skin? it's a sweeter floral, along the lines of lotus, tuberose and gardenia. it's a bit too sweet for my tastes, but is very springlike, and would be a good spring/summer scent.

i had originally been uninterested in this one, but people's review made me more excited for it. however, their skin chemistry must be very different from mine! this starts off with a slightly burnt kind of foody note that also smells kind of like a parchment/paper note i recall from other scents. (needless to say i do not like it.) once that disappears this becomes a weirdly musky aquatic scent. it's not exactly white musk, but there is something else added to it. it's SO familiar, but i just cannot place it. off to swaps with this one.

wow, this is an odd scent. it does smell very old to me. it's an herbal-citrus scent with maybe a hint of violet to sweeten it up? it smells like something chemical, almost paint-like or turpentine ish? (yet not as strong.) it's got an aquatic thing going on too. this scent is so odd, and is not working with my skin chemistry at all. i cannot see wearing it, but i am glad i got to try it.

i love this scent in theory! and i want to love it more than i do....i used to really love rose scents, and i still do sometimes, but no longer can i really wear bold, strong rose-resin scents like these. i need my rose to be softer and creamy these days, but still, this is lovely and exotic, even if i don't want to wear it. this sounds weird, but i would love to have a box that smells like this. i guess that's what this reminds me of-an imported box of rose petals- woody-resiny and rosy at the same time.

this is a very spicy scent with a dusty, wooden undertone. i think i am mostly getting tanka and the kief accord (after googling that) along with some patchouli maybe? i don't really know. it's a fairly woody-earthy scent that starts out with a kind of cinnamony spice. this is an alright scent, but not really my thing. i kind of want to try it on my boyfriend though.

i love rose and amber, so if there is a scent with both, i am likely to try it. i get mostly amber, rose and something resiny. maybe the frankincense or galbanum? but i am not sure which. BPAL's frankincense sometimes turns bad on me, but it behaves here, so i have trouble telling what it is when it's behaving, or when it is less prominent.. after awhile this turns to a deep wooden scent and the egyptian musk comes out more. combined with the amber it is slightly powdery. i like this, but i feel like i've smelled a lot of other scents like this. i will have to try it again later to see how i feel for sure.

oooh i am pleasantly surprised by this! i love rosey-sugary scents, so i had to give this a try, but i am wary of nutmeg, pomegranate and chocolate, as i am not really into very foody or fruity scents, HOWEVER, the chocolate in this is nice and subtle and i get a perfumy rosy chocolate-vanilla scent from this. there is a bit of sweetness from the pomegranate, but nothing too sweet, so i am liking this a lot. i wish the rose stuck around longer, like it did in the beginning, but now this is mostly a perfumy pomegranate. still pretty though and i will keep my imp.

whoa, this is very weird at first. it reminds me of the scent of perm solution in a salon, mixed with white florals.it's like a mixture of chemicals and burnt hair and ylang ylang. it's been about 15 minutes now, and it is a bit softer, but there is still a strong burning chemical smell, and i have no idea what note is making it. i will have to swap this one, because it just smells terribly odd on me.

ooh, i think of the shunga-vulva scents, this is my favorite thus far. i love copal and the honey behaves on my skin. it's a mildly perfumy vanilla-honey on me, and i swear i pick up a tiny amount of red musk or some other clean smelling musk?? i'm not sure what that could be though. this is very warm and sexy and is very close to the skin. i like this a lot, and may have to get a bottle!

i think i am getting primarily honey with a touch of leather and tobacco. not sure about the myrrh, but this is mostly honey, and it seems to be a waxy honey on me. not BPAL's usual honey note which turns strawlike on me, but more of a candle-beeswax sort of thing going on. this is ok but i actually don't like it as much as i thought it would...i think i may be amping the leather too much as it's giving me a bit of a headache.

hrrm, this smells very odd on me. i can't even pick out what notes are coming forth, but i am guessing tobacco flower and linen? it smells floral but there is something sharp and green or aquatic in this mixed with the floral scent. it's very crisp and leans more towards the masculine. i was iffy on this scent, but loved the image so much that i had to try it, but it's just not for me.

i am really surprised there's no fruit in this! unless it is contained in the pink musk? this definitely seems like a soft, creamy fruity-floral to me, but the fruit is soft enough to not overwhelm me. it's kind of candyish, and i tend to not like foody scents, but don't mind sweet powdery scents, so i really like this! i just wish i knew what was in that pink musk :Di also seem to have good luck with star jasmine, and it is adding a nice touch in the background, so that is nice. i will definitely keep my imp.