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    Fairy Market

    fairy market is a pale, sugary floral. it's sweet and the tiniest bit fruity. the incense adds a nice deepness to the scent, which makes me like it a lot. normally i might find this scent too sweet, but the sugary-incense is wonderful and i like it very much. reminds me of midnight on the midway a bit, but is sweeter. definitely keeping my imp of this one.
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    Victoria

    i think the lily and vanilla come out on this one. it's very delicate and understated. i love tea rose, and i wish it was a little more prominent, but i still like this scent. i will keep my imp but probably won't get a bottle.
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    The Witch Queen

    in the imp i mostly smell the ylang ylang, but on my skin the tuberose and plum seem to stand out the most (mostly plum, as my skin tends to amp it). or maybe heliotrope? not sure what that smells like... i get a slight incense/muskiness beneath the sweet floral, which grounds it some. i think i'll keep my imp but won't get a bottle.
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    French Love

    A warm, soft, sexual blend. Sweet and alluring. Used to entice new lovers and add an aura of temptation and carnal sin to your environment. wow, dragon's blood and lilac: 2 notes that my skin hates! still, there is something about this that intrigues me a bit...i do sense a soft spice in the background which is nice, but overall, i dont think it works for me. the dragon's blood/lilac combo reminds me of public bathroom cleaner damned skin chemistry.
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    Thanatos

    i kind of like this when i first put it on. i get a warm myrrh-y scent with something i cant put my finger on. after it dries, however, something turns sour on my skin and i can smell the sandalwood and rose mostly. i am getting a pencil-shaving sort of scent from this, so perhaps it's the greek incense or the sandalwood. this just doesnt work with my skin chemistry, sadly.
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    Schlafende Baigneuse

    this scent is very soft and pretty, and evokes the art perfectly. it's a very subtle scent with a hint of sweetness, and makes me think of pale yellow. on my skin it's creamy yellow roses with a hint of skin musk. it's very soft as some other people have noted, but it doesnt disappear at all, i think it would be perfect for those days when a subtle, pretty scent is needed.
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    Love and Pain

    oh WOW this is so much more beautiful than i ever expected. it has a sort of "classic" scent to me, yet is very original at the same time. sniffing the imp i smell mostly lavender with something else lurking beneath. i know at some point i have smelled another perfume similar to this. at first the lavender is strongest, but once the sharpness of it fades away, the tobacco and musk come out. there is also something sort of floral in here that i cant put my finger on. perhaps it's the golden copaifera. a crisp musk scent, this one has shot to the top of my favorites instantly
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    Astrology Recommendations

    my sun is in aries and moon/rising in capricorn. venus is in aries and mars is in cancer. my chart is mostly firey, and the other elements are pretty balanced. i tend to like spicy florals and 'floral-orientals' the best. however, straight spicy scents don't really do much for me. i like a lot of florals especially rose, carnation and violet, but tend to dislike most of the white florals. i love coconut, amber, incense, and citrus. i don't really like most aquatics, foody scents or super-earthy scents. bpal's aries didn't work on me, but i quite like mars with the orchid it has.
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    Lady Luck Blues

    i really wanted to love this one, it sounded right up my alley, scent-wise. however, my skin amps up the plum which can be hit or miss on me. i LIKE this scent, i just don't love it. i was hoping more for a rose-vanilla scent with a hint of plum, but instead it's a strong plum with warm florals in the background, which is pretty, just a bit too fruity for me.
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    Blinding Glory of Love

    this one smelled just like smut to me, minus one component. i definitely get red musk, but it is difficult to pick out any other notes. i really love it though, actually a bit more than smut. it's very warm and sexy. i tried a friends' imp and havent been able to actually test it out myself, but hopefully i'll be able to soon.
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    The Death Of Sardanapal

    unfortunately, this one did not work on me at all. i think red wine-honey combos generally don't fare well on my skin. bpal's wine note often works on me but there are instances when it doesnt, and this is one of them. i smell something almost foody, but not in a sweet way, mixed with a sour wine. unfortunate, as he description of this one intrigued me.
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    Herbert West

    this is similar to embalming fluid but with a little something added...musk perhaps? which adds a slight warmth that embalming fluid does not have. i like this one but don't love it.
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    Eshe, A Vision of Life-In-Death (2006)

    i got this as a sniffie in a swap i get mostly herbs, myrrh and woods, and maybe some jasmine. not much orchid, sadly, which i love. this is very woody-resiny on my skin and is really just not my style.
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    Allison Gross

    this has a fresh springlike quality to it- it's a very bright grassy-floral when first applied. i sense something soft like phlox but perhaps it's some sort of musk. as it dries, the grassiness calms down and i am left with a very soft, sweet floral. i can smell the moonflower more now. i was afraid the dragon's blood musk might not work on me, but luckily this scent smells beautiful. i am so glad i decided to get a bottle!
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    Rose Moon

    i get a powdery rose from this. i think i am mostly picking up the bulgarian rose, violet leaf and lemon peel. i do sense a touch of honey which softens it a bit, along with the balsam. very pure and sweet. i like rose scents, so this works for me quite well.
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    King of Spades

    this is a very interesting scent. i am having trouble picking out notes! it smells sparkling, that's the only way i can describe it-it reminds me of champagne. i think perhaps it's the combo of white musk + plum/blackberry. however the earthy/vanilla/coconut notes ground the fruit notes and it really doesn't strike me as typically fruity at all. i feel like there is something slightly, softly spicy in here too. this scent is really intriguing-i've never smelled anything quite like it. i wish i could say more, but it's rendering me sort of speechless i will definitely keep my imp of this.
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    Treat #2

    i got a sniffie of this from someone with enough to try. it smells like buttery mints covered in chocolate. very nice for a foody scent, but foody scents aren't really my thing. i am thrilled that i got to try it though
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    Selkie

    oh man, i had a feeling selkie might be too aquatic for my tastes, but i love all things scottish, so ordered it anyway. it is a very pretty scent-crystal clear water and roses with some other softly-sweet florals(?) added. i really like this scent a lot, but am not sure i would wear it much.
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    Red Devil

    got this as a frimp with my last order. i mostly get strong, strong jasmine. perhaps some dragon's blood and a hint of pepper. reminds me of aries 2007 as bit. my skin really amps jasmine, so i am not so keen on this one.
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    Poisson d'Avril

    smells like a pastel bouquet of flowers with a hint of sugar. very springlike! i definitely smell the phlox and daffodil but the other notes are so well blended, i can't pick them out. i can't even smell rose in this. very pretty, i will definitely keep my imp.
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    TAL Scent Recommendations/Comparing TAL Scents to BPAL

    i've just got into trying TALs, but one thing i noticed right off the bat is that blinding glory of love bears a striking resemblance to smut. it's like smut with one less component. what that component is, i do not know, but they smelled fairly similar to me.
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    Monster Bait: Tokyo Stomp

    yep smells like warm vanilla with mint. the vanilla turns a bit plasticky and it kind of smells like a candle with my skin chemistry. still, i kind of like it. i dont love it but i do like it. i may keep my imp and wear it from time to time.
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    Monster Bait: Bloody Mary

    i am not a big foody scent fan, but i love bordello and this is in the same vein, so i figured i'd give it a try. it smells a lot like bordello but more girlish and less sexy to me. perhaps it's the absence of the wine. i get an almost plastic note that i often do with these sort of scents, when i smell it closely. however, it smells great wafting up from my arm. i still like bordello better with my skin chemistry, but i'll probably keep my decant anyway.
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    Queen of the Nile

    ooh i really like this one. when i first put it on i get pure, clear, amber. as it dries a musky-vanilla comes out with some sort of spice possibly. or maybe it's just a spice? bpal's vanilla doesn't generally smell like vanilla on me at all, but this smells how i imagine it SHOULD smell. it reminds me of snake oil, but the vanilla in that turned powdery on me. this is richer and spicier on my skin. perhaps it has cinnamon or clove, but i can't really pick out notes. it's very sexy and warm, and i think i may need a big bottle of it!
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    Umbra

    this is very deep and dark, as the name/description implies. i immediately smell the vetiver (yay), some kind of musky scent and the cedarwood (boo!) cedar does that pencil shaving thing on my skin, and besides that something underneath is going weirdly sour. i dont think i can wear this one, unfortunately.
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