RachelElizabeth

Whip is one of my favorites because of the feel I get from it - the classic beauty of the rose with the je ne sais quoi of the leather. I get a lot of florist's shop from my fresh bottle, but that's totally OK with me. The leather adds edge, but with my chemistry, it doesn't come across as "ummm.... does she smells like leather?" as much as "hmm... what's that lurking under those fresh roses?" and I quite like it that way.

O is my go-to aphrodisiac scent. It turns me into a completely narcissistic nymphomaniac, in the best way possible. It is a little heavy in the summer in my climate and can get cloying, but I still find myself reaching for it - the honey has a magical, creamy after-amazing-sex feel to it that's contagious! A definite mood-improver.

I never understood the fascination with Snake Oil... I went a year without trying it, and then I only tried it because I wanted to see what all the fuss is about.... and boy, do I ever! Luckily I got more vanilla than spice, because I love vanilla and spice is iffy with my chemistry. Let me just say... this is one of the few oils that I would wear everyday if I had the patience to wear anything everyday It has an amazing all-occasion feel on me, which is rare. I don't even get a color vibe from it - it just smells fantastic and utterly wear-able.

Oh my, this is absolutely lovely. It has a little bit of sharpness from the orange blossom, but otherwise it is a very creamy light floral, with the skin musk keeping it more like a skin scent than perfume. I'm hoping that the sharpness will age out a bit, but even if it doesn't, this is a new favorite. The coconut doesn't go sunscreen-y on me.... it stays in the background, adding a bit of sweetness. Surprising, this has good throw and staying power - 10 hours after I tested, I could still smell a hint of it.

Is anyone having trouble with CCNow's order status not recognizing the date of order (if it's in 2010)? I know all my information is correct, but it's still telling me to put in the date in MM/DD/YYYY format, which I've been doing.

I'm wearing Dirty today - something fresh and clean to ring in the new year

Disclaimer: I love booze notes, fruity scents, and pomegranates in general. I amp spices. YMMV. On me, Swank smells *exactly* like it's described: pomegranates and gin. I definitely pick up the juniper berry and spices from the gin, and just a hint of booziness. The pomegranate is juicy without being overly sweet or foody, and there's a sparkliness in the background that smells almost like club soda - sparkle and carbonation with no added sweetness. This is a very sophisticated scent. It is cool, rather than warm. It is sultry and provocative without being as OMGSEXNAO as some of the other sexy blends (not that there's anything wrong with that....). I quite like it, and will be ordering a bottle soon

On me, Carnal is a sexy, juicy orange (peel and all) tempered by something fruity, earthy, and a little spicy - I'm assuming that's the fig. It smells like Christmas in a totally non-candle, non-craft store kind of way. Just sexy-sweet fruit with a naughty edge. I love it - It may be my new favorite GC!

OMG.... I *LOVE* this!! It starts out as a sweet, incensey coconut and fades to a delicious sweet musky pomegranate with just a hint of incense and woods. It's not overtly foody or incense.... but it is totally delicious! If it's Mme. Moriarty lite, I need to try Mme. Moriarty

At first, this is citrus and sandalwood over a musky-salty aquatic base. The sandalwood dominates when wet, which I'm not crazy about - I'm hoping it mellows a bit with aging. When it dries, though, it becomes a delicious creamy vanilla-y ambergris with a slight tinge of orange. I love it at this stage! It more than makes up for the sandalwood.

The Girl stays the same on me through my entire wear time as it is in the bottle - a musky vanilla-tinged floral (I think the vanilla comes from the amber?). It's slightly powdery, but I think it's a time-of-the-month issue, rather than a scent issue. It isn't an in-your-face dark scent, but rather it's seductive, cold, and ethereal. It is chilling and unsettling, even though it's a fairly mainstream scent. Absolutely beautiful!

Reviewing the 2009 version. This started out as 100% floral on me, but it was a different floral from most, I suppose just because of the different bouquets used - the desert flowers instead of more traditional ones. After about half an hour, though, this became something completely and totally different - every time I smelled it I got a different experience. Sometimes it would be pastry, sometimes it would be tobacco, sometimes it would be incense, sometimes it would be smoke, sometimes it would be falling leaves, sometimes it would be chocolate. I did get a floral background about half of the time. Overall, Dia de los Muertos was a very dynamic scent. A bit more floral than I was hoping for, but I'm very glad I got a bottle.

I've been converted - I used to dab with the nubby thing inside of the bottle, but now I've started tipping the bottle on the back of my wrist, then dabbing my wrist behind my ear. It gives a much better application.

On me, Boo is the most cuddly clean scent ever. It smells exactly like taking a hot bath with something moisturizing - shea butter or oatmeal scrub maybe - then getting in bed with freshly-washed sheets and a really really soft blanket. It stays totally true from bottle to drydown. It's exactly what I had hoped that it would be. I think I'm in love

In the bottle, wet and dry on my skin, The Last Rose of Summer is very generic rosy floral... I don't know if I'm amping the rose (which I've never done before) or if my chemistry is just a little wonky at this point in my cycle. It's not an unpleasant floral, just not as unique or intriquing as I've come to expect from BPAL. I can't pick out any of the notes other than the rose once the oil touches my skin - although the rose is definitely not untouched by other notes (I just can't identify them). I'm hoping that either age or a different time of the month will bring out something else in this blend. Otherwise, I won't be too terribly disappointed, since I spilled 2/3 of my bottle the day it got here - if I wind up not liking it, at least it won't be a big loss!