Honey

It has violet in it, so I already know I cannot keep it.. but, I want to write a review anyhow. Imp: Violet!! And another floral note. Plus.. mint and cucumber? Wet: Soapy-creamy violet (must be the sandalwood). A bit musky and, still, fresh and greenish as if there was mint and cucumber in it as well. Dry: Oh, yes, a minty floral over spicy/woodsy sandalwood. Creamy and spicy. The floral notes come closer to mushroom somehow (thinking of Destroying Angel). My luck: violet is not too strong in this one, and I must not gag! Hmm.. spicy and creamy mushroom soup? But not really suitable as a perfume.

If a scent is purple and green, then it's this one! Imp: Sweet purple grapes! Wet: Grapes and granny smith apple. So, this is sweet, fruity, purple and green. Yes, that sums it up pretty nicely. Dry: Purple grapes and maybe even white grapes. Definitely green apples. And there is a floral note like calla lily. Mmmm.. I don't like sweet fruits on me normally, but this one turns out great on my skin. Not as bubblegum-like as I has thought it would be. Must check how it turns out to smell in a couple of hours.

Oh my.. I LOVE this scent so much! Bottle: Toasted or roasted almonds with something.. peppery in the background. Peppercorn, pimento or cardamom. Wet: Nutty, peppery and spicy. So luxurious and divine. There is something.. earthy, tart and dark.. could be patchouli and/or vetiver. Dry: Smells like jasmine rice?! Yes, that's nutty and slightly spiced rice alright that borders on roasted almonds. Good thing this is not like sweet marzipan. A nice and delicate blend of spices takes a while to show up but it is really lovely.

Huh.. this is totally one of my signature scents.. but the more I smell it with a critical nose, the lesser I like it. What happened after all this time?!?! Bottle: Almonds (a bit marzipan-y), hazelnuts and booze! Yes, this is very rum-y but not in a bad way. After several sniffs, I also get something.. creamy and cake-like; I guess this must be the buttercream. Only the faintest hints of honey detectable. Wet: Huh.. something almost fruity appears. Like.. pear perhaps? Sweet and succulent; the rum and honey mead now overrule any almond or hazelnut notes. Dry: Nutty! Hazelnut overrules the sweet almond. The notes turn really spicy now.. oh no, I have to think of those dreadful pencil shavings. And.. hmm, I don't know if it's the aging process of the bottle or my skin chemistry today, but it reminds me a bit of fish oil now. I assume this is the buttercream as I am having issues with butter notes lately (butterscotch, toffee..). So, yes.. this still is honey cake with a nut filling and buttercream on top. A great scent for fall.. or, you know, END OF EFFING JULY when it's dark and cloudy outside. *looks outside* Funny story.. this scent combined with my forum name ("Honey Hellcat") is actually my Geoaching alias. So I just cannot stop liking this.. I guess I have to get back to this later today or retry on another day. No idea why this is so wonky all of a sudden.

I cannot believe I haven't written a review for this yet as it is one of my favorite scents that I blindly got a 5ml bottle of and never regretted it! ^^ Bottle: Vanilla-in-your-face! Actually, I do not like vanilla all that much, yet.. in Defututa it works its special magic on me so I cannot not like it. Wet: To me it's smokey vanilla and something.. green, possible the olive blossom. I cannot detect anything else. Dry: Now we're talking! Smokey vanilla and olive blossom. The green freshness of the olive tones down the sweet vanilla. Alas, I cannot detect the honey or the sandalwood or the champaca flower per se. Either they are too weak and only add to the "texture" OR the scents just blends so well that it seems like one note that's just lovely. Ah, yes, it takes a while for the sandalwood and the honey to get through. They fit so damn well to the smokey vanilla! And I totally forgot this had cinnamon in it, too! I cannot detect it but I think that is good. Don't need another chai or gingerbread scent (although I love them!) so the cinnamon can work its more subtle qualities here. I dunno.. I just like this scent. And, I totally have to agree: men love this scent! My bf complimented me on this and, heck, my former boss at work even told me I smelled really good (which made me go a little). I guess this is a great girl-next-door-who-wears-kinky-lace-lingerie-underneath kind of scent. Layering: Works great with Flor de Muerto, apparently! The greenness in FdM blends well with the olive blossom. Great way for me to tone down the vanilla even more. I could imagine that layering Defututa works with other white/green scents that are not laden with too many notes, OR I could imagine this could work with a lavender-heavy scent (maybe Veil).

Not at all what I thought it would smell like.. Imp: Very woodsy, bitter and a bit acrid. Reminds me of darker scents like Brimstone of Devil's Claw. Wet: I have a hard time making out anything as this scent hits my skin. Could be amber, could be honey.. could be anything faintly sweet. Dry: All that remains is.. a note of frankincense and.. musk? And something tangy.. I don't know. This smells like sticky, musky men parts on me.

Yep. This one is heavy alright.. Imp: Thick, sweet, heavy and sludgy. Something citrus-like tickles my nose. Wet: Musky. Like incense. Only a little soapy. Dry: The mix smells alright on me but there's just nothing in there that screams "Oh! Transforms you into an olfactory goddess!" - I guess that means it could be decent for layering but.. on its own, a bit boring and just too heavy.

Ohhh, can't wait to find out how this one turns out dry on my skin.. I love the idea of notes after all! Imp: Very strong sandalwood: spicy, dusty, wooden-sweet. Reminds me very much of the sandalwood incense of mine. Chocolate and vanilla are both equally strong yet hang in the background and get pushed at the edge of the frame by the sandalwood. Wet: Strong chocolate and vanilla, medium sandalwood. Faint scent allover. Dry: Smells a bit.. salty. But, yeah, I can see why this reminds people of pencil shavings with smudged milk chocolate. I can detect the chocolate and the vanilla alright, but I just don't like that specific sandalwood in there.

Generic or sexy? Imp: Fruity, peppery, floral (somehow I get violet?) and.. like cheap perfume. Wet: Soapy plum. Very fruity and sweet but.. still, gives me a tiny headache because it smells kinda artificial. Very spicy but way too old-lady for me. Dry: Plum soap. Have to agree: the musk turns into patchouli on me, too. Alas, too generic for my taste.

This one took me on a cray-zee ride! Imp: First, there is buttery vanilla. Delicious! Oh, oh! Toast! Toasted wholewheat bread with melting butter, yum! Oh, lookee, there is the pineapple and the sugary creamy custard pie. Maybe some cherry. Wet: Now it's mainly pineapple with buttery bread. Dry: After a while, there is something.. tangy, sharp and smokey.. like.. burned bacon or really, well, overroasted turkey. Smells a bit.. rotten. Like.. burning flesh without the sick sweetness. Old animal grease? Yeah, like blubber. Yuck. But I can still detect the creamy butter which is delicious on the toast. A nice natural fresh pineapple, too. Hmmm. That was one interesting journey and actually the most fun scent to smell & guess so far. But.. not so much for wearing, sorry.

Hehe, taking over from lejlkwiet.. Imp: Definitely hyacinth. A light whitish-green note with a citrus element that pushes itself into the foreground. Wet: Sour and lemony - but, again, in a toilet cleaner sort of way. Bah, lemon.. you just don't work with my skin most of the time I guess. The green freshness makes this scent seem like a decent room spray. Dry: Something like honey or amber comes through the lemon but, still, rather grassy and.. not much smell for me to work with.

Hmm... not sure yet Imp: VERY green scent. Like the actual scent of rose petals that is neither floral nor sweet but velvety tart, fresh and green. A bit floral, and my guess is: this is the hyacinth or maybe the lily of the valley. Wet: Still green with a very light sweetness. The green florals are very strong in this one. Smells like.. a flower shop and a funeral home. Dry: Still green and tart with a slightly wooden note that smells like.. green beans. Cannot really detect any vanilla or beeswax or amber.

Huh.. Imp: Smells like a heavy floral & spice perfume, even a bit soapy and dusty. Like an old chest with dried flowers and an incense-scented velvet inlay that you found in your attic. I smell rich dark honey Wet: Balmy spices, booze, tart honey, musk? Could also be patchouli. Like.. yeah, that's what I assume a magic shop to smell like. Or an old-fashioned Tarot-reading lady on a carnival. Dry: Soapy spices, heavy and dark. Musty and powdery. Incense? No caramel or sandalwood. A bit.. generic and boring actually. Meh.

OMG, instant LOVE! Imp: Smells like heavy perfume mixed with spices, mostly ginger and cinnamon. A bit boozy as well. Wet: Cinnamon, ginger and, I am guessing, nutmeg, clove and perhaps cardamom! This is.. like a ginger-heavy gingerbread! I get the comparison to Gingerbread Poppet. Dry. Heavy, heavy ginger, sweat spicy cinnamon and a good dash of clove. Ohhh, I love this. So sinister and sexy and.. just me! Must. Get. Bottle. 2021 update: It's 10 years later, and this is still one of my favorite GC scents! I wouldn't describe it as boozy anymore, nor do I smell any clove in it to be honest. It's more like gingerbread with vanilla cream on me - very spicy, creamy and full of nice baked-good vibes without any iffy side notes that I usually get.

Nivea cream! Imp: Bergamot and rose. Very much like nivea cream. Lovely. With the slightest hint of honey. Wet: Rose and honey. With a creamy milkiness. Dry: Still rose and honey as dominant notes. Creamy and so yummy! Really captures the essence of Alice as a figure: blond, innocent and smelling like rose soap and a honeyed body lotion. I LOVE honey, but rose is just.. not for me. Too sweet and innocent.

Marigolds are among my favorite flowers. We used to have them growing in our front yard - in both yellow and orange - and I have always found them so lovely. I also have a hand lotion with marigold that smells so amazing! I simply HAD to try this one. Bottle: Smells "greenish orange" to me. Like unripe mangoes. Fresh, yet the hint of fruitiness and juiciness is there. Slightly floral and sweet. Wet: Green mango, bitter orange and the green stem of a flower. Very fresh and lovely. Dry: Unlike sickly sweet roses, this is a "fresh green flower" scent. It doesn't make me go YAYOMG but it is nice and not iffy or anything. I can imagine layering this with a more creamy "white and greenish" note that goes will with the fresh fruitiness in this one. I am not good with roses, so this is a great flower alternative. Layering: OK, I have this coffee spice that contains chocolate, rock sugar, orange peel, cardamom, cinnamon, orange blossom and marigold blossom. It tastes awesome! So I though, huh, I should choose a BPAL scent that has many of these ingredients because it should blend well with the marigold. So I used the tester of Boomslang that I have and, bam! - instant love! I think that chocolate and vanilla go great with Flor de Muerto because the freshness in it works well with the sweet richness of the other two. I think orange and orange blossom should also blend well with FdM, just that you'd get a fresher (maybe tarter) mix then. Spices like cinnamon and cardamom are what I'll try to find in a scent next so I can layer it with FdM and see how that will turn out.

Interesting how notes you really like can turn into something so different when blended with one another.. Imp: At first, I only get the sharp note of lavender and the sweetness of roses. Then I can detect subtle notes of the sickly sweet (in a good way!) amber. Vetiver must be the more tart note in the background. Wet: Lavender is fighting for dominance with the rose note. A bit soapy to my nose, yet sharp and a bit medicinal. Amber is only a faint note in this one. Dry: A nice sharp/tart/fragrant blend of lavender and vetiver. Yes, vetiver was the strong medicinal smell I got once the scent was on my skin. Only weak roses, if at all, and the lightest hint of amber, if any. Hmm, too heavy on the lavender and vetiver. Might morph on my skin (vetiver does that a lot) but I guess this scent will still be too sharp and floral for me. Ah, yeah, vetiver is turning into dill and dry hay on my skin. Amber and rose more prominent now. Rose and vetiver actually blend really well. Still, cannot impress me too well.

Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. OK, let's see if sugar and I can get along with this one.. Imp: Smells just like brown sugar. Very boozy, as if this was a rum and sugar mix. Wet: Dark brown and rich. I am scared of the celery coming through, but Sugar Skull behaves for now. I can detect some rum raisins. Dry: Very delightful. And here I thought brown sugar was poison on me. Smells like delicious caramel (not like toffee with that sour buttery note to it) and candied raisins or other dark fruits. Ah, only the slightest hint of celery - may appear later, may not. Reminds me of Cockaigne and Gluttony, so I guess sugar/caramel comes through the most in these scents on me. ETA: I don't know what's up with my skin chemistry lately. Second time I tried this, it was all burned brown sugar on me.

How peculiar.. Imp: Bitter and tart. Smokey woods, I agree! Wet: Bitter, dark and acrid. Smokey too. Like leather, dirt and murky swamp. Somewhat like Brimstone but with an animal side to it. Dry: Still acrid and tangy but with a more.. sensual note now. The faintest hint of honey or amber (something of an animal origin). Still smells like ashes though, with a hint of patchouli perhaps. Turns a bit sweet and spicy on my skin, kinda like Brimstone that ended up transforming into something halfway decent on my skin. Now it's patchouli leather, buried in ashes. Oh! Wow, it's like sweet hay and a bit of myrrh now. This is quite lovely, yet masculine. I think this will smell great on my bf!

Yummety yum-yum! Imp: Smells just like sugared heavy cream. Delightful, not sour or anything. No celery yet. Wet: A bit like cake. Rich cream and sugar. Indeed like a lighter and no-booze version of Cockaigne. The tiniest hint of vanilla. Dry: Like cream and sugar with dashes of vanilla and coconut (but just very, very light and only for texture). Reminds me a lot of Black Opal in fact! Boo is heavier on the sugar - alas, no cotton for me, either! - but I think one could go with Black Opal and layer this with a sugar-heavy scent to get close to Boo in case they will not make another batch of this scent for a Halloween to come. Wow.. the more I sniff, the more it really makes me think of cotton candy. Delicious! ETA: So much for that. After purchasing a bottle when I loved the decant so very much, all I now get is.. burned sugar (or plastic bag) and pee! It really depends on the amount of Boo!, though. When I used just a dab, it was sort of OK, but since I am a slatherer..boohoo!

Finally! Imp: Milky marzipan. So.. yes, almonds, milk and sugar I assume. Not too heavy on the sweetness, though. Rather light and delicious. Wet: Marzipan! Dry: Milk and honey coming through. Still a huge load of marzipan. Doesn't remind me of Christmas, though, so that's something. I have a feeling the milkiness and the sweetness of honey will prevail with only a tad bit of almonds in the background.

And here I thought pumpkin just wouldn't agree with me.. Imp: Caramel popcorn with something overly sweet and fruity (almost like bubblegum). Reminds me of Lady McBeth. Wet: Creamy, buttery, popcorn-like pumpkin (must be roasted butternut). Doesn't turn sour our into fennel/celery on my skin. Pomgranate fits really well in there but is a bit too sweet for my taste. Dry: Oh, sniff-a-thon! This could very well become my "popcorn" scents. It's very warm, rich, sweet and comforting. So delicious I wanna drink it! Must order more pumpkin scents this fall!

Wow, that one smells interesting! Imp: Something icy, floral notes and light coconut. Like.. pink roses, sweet mint and coconut water. Wet: Still, it's roses, mint and coconut. Dry: Roses and coconut. Sweet, light and powdery. I like it!

Hmm.. Imp: Very earthy. I don't get the patchouli, but to me it smells like mosses, vetiver and.. dirt. Very tart. Wet: Something like mint or menthol is getting through the dirt and moss notes. Might as well be some darker patchouli now. Dry: Earthy, minty, herbal. Alas, too dark/tart for me. Ah! And after a while, I can detect dill! That's quite lovely actually!

So much better than I had expected! Imp: Very light, soft and creamy. Like baby powder. Could actually be talc! I detect tonka (could also be a type of vanilla that's more subtle) and fresh light coconut. Yes, and there is the faintest hint of violet in there! Wet: That's what I imagine Antique Lace to smell like! Vanilla baby powder! Dry: Wow, like vanilla ice cream. But the GOOD vanilla.. not the plastic cheap vanilla. Faintest hint of floral/coconut. And quite possibly white chocolate. Huh, and something like smoked honey appears after a while. I was thinking about parting with this, but the tonka/vanilla plus baby powder notes really appeal to me. And the coconut is not too strong (which is good since coconut only works on me when rather light and fresh). I also think there is something like.. caramelized/burned sugar or white chocolate in there.. it has this quality, I don't know. But I like it!