Honey

This reminds me very much of the beloved Nivea scent that most of their standard products smell like -- and I love it! It is very feminine, neutral and cozy. A non-aquatic, creamy and floral laundry detergent scent. On me, the white musk and white amber play central parts. The bergamot and lavener work as a soft backdrop. This is uper elegant and non-perfumey in a very subtle and feminine way.

I wanted this to be toasted rice or popcorn. Sadly, all I got was honey dust. A sticky sweet scent. It also smelled a bit funky on my skin as if there was a slight undertone of patchouli or vetiver. A bit earthy and sweaty. Not for me. *sigh*

So effing stunning. Totally lives up to the hype. ❤️ I think I can only agree with MamaMoth here: Perfectly blended - golden, balsamic, glorious, not a big morpher. The vanilla is very woodsy and almost smokey. Not gourmand at all. Deep, boozy, almost nutty and delicious: Spicy cedar or mahogony with a musky and resinous undertone that's still light and with a linen quality to it. The scent is dry, boozy and balsamic at its core. Hard to pick apart but somehow part of the Lace family. This will become one of my new all-time favorites for any occasion.

I didn't get put off by the description, I was not scared it would turn out too savory - and I am happy I took that shot. This is a great cucumber-melon scent that is fresh, tart and a bit cologne-y. There is no onion note I detect, but I think the spring onion and pepper add a little spice that make this more interesting. I'd describe it as zesty though, not as hot (chili) or sharp (wasabi). It's a pleasant light spring scent that is not featuring lemon or aloe. There is a bit of violet in the watery lettuce note, however, that I'm not sure how to feel about (as violet and I normally don't quite agree with each other). I don't get any cardamom or sesame either - could they be grounding elements that blend in with the rest so well? If this scent had a color, it would be emerald or ocean green. It's fresh but has a watery element that makes it border on an aquatic scent for me. I think a decant would have been enough for me, so not sure if I will hold on to my bottle. For now this is a welcome and utterly different addition to my collection though.

This scent is crazy for sure! I didn't even know what to expect... but here we are. I'm not sure if the dry cocoa or the chili spice hit my nose first. It's not a sweet chocolate smell I detect but a depth I usually get when adding cocoa powder to a savory dish. The longer I smell it, the more it gets vegetal on me - except for the missing tomato and cumin, this could be a great veggie stew or chili sin carne. I don't get any pistachio or hazelnut - it's all cocoa, clove and chili on me. The clove turns this a bit into a dollar store Halloween candle if I may be so rude, but I think that could be a very subjective issue I have with clove notes in general. If you are looking for a clove and cocoa combo and don't mind the spice, this might be your darling.

This is insane: It smells exactly like my grandmother. I am sitting in her bedroom again, watching her open her wardrobe to get out a piece of accessory. It almost brings tears to my eyes. The scent has lots of throw and is a perfect dupe for No. 5 if I may say so. It's very lady-like, grown up and elegant. It's sweet, spicy, and decadent. It's also soapy though and a bit overpowering to my nose. I'm not really a classical scent or cologne person, so I don' t think this is something that fits me really well, but I am so happy I got to try this.

This is different than I had expected - not as nutty as I had hoped for. The coconut milk is very dominant in the bottle and also on my skin. Very creamy and buttery at first - maybe also going into coconut oil territory? Definitely pleasant and truly gourmand (as in "milk or oil you would use in cooking or baking"). On me, there is no fake or plastic coconut note that you may know from shampoos or body lotions with coconut scent - definitely a plus! There is a caramel or sugar note, however, that I know from other scents that does not work on me at all (it turns straight into celery). Luckily for me, the caramel smoothes out into what I think is the hazelnut note. It's not really nutty though - still holding out for a scents that brings me nuttiness just as Queen of Sheba did. I do not detect any lavender or sandalwood that would have given this a bit more depth. Therefore it stays rather flat. This is a very milky scent - creamy perhaps, but it lacks some of the buttery oomph after a while and gets relatively thin and weak. 30 minutes into testing, the oil has turned into a smell that I know from when I rub leftover coconut oil into my hands while cooking. It's delicious, not too sweet but pretty one-dimensional in terms of perfume experience. Maybe my skin just eats up the lavender and hazelnut which I was curious about the most. I have other coconut-forward scents that I find more interesting than this. If you are looking for a natural coconut that's not going plastic on you and that's not your typical tanning lotion, then give this one a try perhaps.

This is so unique! The first waft I get reminds me of cucumbers that are mixed with a more bitter and fresh green element - bitter mint almost? It's very green, watery, earthy and vegetal - thankfully no stinky patchouli. The leather and vetiver turn into a soft, fresh and almost sweet amalgamate. It's not as resinous or "burned rubber"-like as some other leather notes I have smelled before. I have to agree with a previous comment that the watery note does remind me of rain as well - petrichor per excellence. I think this would make a great petrichor layering note for other perfumes that lack this element. I will definitely keep this imp in my stash!

This is leather and damp red rose as it is listed - not a soapy rose, indeed fresh and juicy as if you'd just plucked off one of the red petals. It is so much nicer than I would have thought! Normally, I don't like leather or rose. While I don't care much for the leather, the rose note is quite nice actually. It's fresh, a bit spicy, floral of course. I'll keep this for referencing more good rose scents in the future that might work on me.

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this yet. It's a white, soapy and floral scent, but there is a sweetly sour tone underneath that remind me of pickle juice - very off-putting. There is also a spicy dryness to the scent that reminds me of those undesired pencil shavings. I get why this is an aquatic, and I remember that those never seem to work on me. I don't really get any vanilla or warm golden glow. It's mossy and murky and... just ends up being pickle juice mostly. I'm very sad it's not working on me.

This is lily and cherry alright. The lily is a white and light one that also comes with freshly cut green stems. The cherry is a bit fake at first but blends well into the floral notes after a while so the perfume becomes sweeter and a bit fruity. If I would associate a color with this, it's light green at first that morphs into a shade of blush after a while. It's actually quite nice, I might keep this imp for reference-sniffing.

This is not what I expected at all! There is a white, light floral with a white muskiness to it that is only slightly covered by a resinous, herbal... other. This is not dirt or soil as I know it from other earthy or soily BPAL scents. This is much nicer, cleaner and bleak as bones. I wanted to gives this away but think about keeping it now that I gave it a chance by in-depth testing.

This is SUPER strong leather. Don't be fooled by the "white" in the blend's title, there is nothing faint or light about this scent. It reminds me of my grandpa's workshop in the basement that had leather scraps, cloths drenched in various fluids (paints, paint thinners, other chemicals) and wooden parts all over the place. It's dreny and resinous, very potent and probably great for layering purposes.

Wow, not what I expected! A waft of eucaylptus hits me right in the nose, covered in soot and woodsy notes. It's salty as well, savory to the point of smelling like dried vegetable broth (especially with earthy carrot and celery). There is brown or black musk in there as well that makes it smell rather soapy, but vetiver also has a very strong impact on this blend. It's slightly sweet but more vegetal than I would have expected. During drydown, the spicy woodsiness becomes stronger. It comes wrapped up in this icy eucalyptus blanket too. It's overall dry, spicy, sweet and musky. Very masculine and smokey. Interesting but not my kind of scent.

This is a very sweet and earthy scent. I can even smell some dirt in there. The sweetness is very figgy, bordering on bubblegum or how a fig handwash or lotion would smell. The earthiness and dirt don't blend well with the figgy sweetness, I can smell a bubbly, almost fizzy note underneath that comes from the fruity notes. The darker and more herbal notes also have a slight pencil shaving quality to them in their dry and spicy woodsiness. It gets sickly sweet after a while - alas, a bit too one-dimensional.

This is a bit all over the place for me. It's fir and resin and musk and incense. Very sweet and woodsy with a dark twist to it. It's a soapy incense after a while. Very strong. All in all, definitely not my kind of scent.

This is like a straight-up Duo blend if it existed: "Peonies & Lychee Fruit". It's very bold, sweet, floral, heady and wants to be noticed. It gets a bit softer during drydown and is less acrid and more harmonies when the floral elements bleed into the fruity ones. I don't notice any green tea or tuberose or bergamot, but there is a softer tart note in the background that could very well be the tea. The scent end up being very floral, sweet and soapy. I had hoped for more tea and peonies and only a dusting of lychee, but I'm afraid it's just the other way around.

I get thick and rich molasses instead of the honey note I had hoped for. There's also fresh pulpy orange juice coming through and the tart floral vibe of the orange blossom. I like the orange, and the orange blossom is also nice, but the molasses is just too heavy, gritty and dark for my taste. If you like brown sugar or maple syrup, this may work great on you. This is rather neutral, maybe even masculine to me. I see this as a late summer or even early fall scent - could imagine that it layers well with spicy or woodsy blends.

This was such a positive surprise to me. The scent actually came through with what I had hoped but not dared to dream it would be. There's a very sweet, light musk that's definitely that skin-but-better scent that works for any occasion. Olive blossoms are always great, and honeyed blossoms bring another sweet element that's just gorgeous in this blend. It's an airy, sweet and light floral that's perfect for spring or summer. It's creamy, golden and something I feel the need to slather on - just need to upgrade to a bottle first. Even though I have lots of scents in the "creamy vanilla, light floral, soft musk" category, this is really unique and lovely. I don't get heavy woody notes, so I think they just ground this blend beautifully without being too overwhelming. During drydown, the floral notes get a bit more golden and spicy, the skin musk gets deeper and a bit more sexy. I don't get any sickening oris butter - if it's there, it's well blended and behaves on my skin for once.

Wet on, I get a blast of dry cocoa powder and somewhat of a sour lime. Slowly the coconut is coming through though - it's coconut meat, not overly sweet, but a bit juicy, oily, yet dry. The cocoa and coconut blend well into each other soon so it smells like a heavenly coconut chocolate scent. The lime keeps it elevated and fresh. To me, this is not a tanning lotion scent at all. It's also not gourmand. It's more like a luxurious body butter - rich, well-blended, and summery. I only have a decant of this one, but I wouldn't mind having a bottle of this at some time too. It's a great blend if you like coconut and want a cacao, cocoa or chocolate blend that's not too sweet or too cloying.

It's exactly what was promised: Nutty warm cake with notes of boozy honey, spicy gingerbread and daryole - which I had to google. It's eggy, rich, and featuring a darker honey note that warms up the scents and connects the other notes. Could also be a malty maple syrup. It goes a bit off on me, as baked goods normally do, so it's grittier and more cloying than usually works for me. No weird notes of fennel or celery, but also not enough honey or roasted notes to make this pleasant on or for me.

On my skin, it smells like thick brown molasses. I don't get much of a honey note, it's mainly burned brown sugar that's a little smokey and malty. I get a soft vanilla vibe that's somewhere between vanilla sugar I use for baking and a milky vanilla note that adds a light, fresh and maiden-like quality to this scent. The tuberose is very faint and somewhere in the background. I have to slather on the scent to even smell it. But it connects the light oily vanilly quite well with the gritty sugar. It becomes a more pleasant molasses note during drydown, but the vanilla smells very faint and paper-like now. I am not a fan of this honey, and the rest of the notes, alas, didn't win me over either.

This is very different from what I expected. The red musk is super strong to me and reminds me of Mme. Moriarty and other scents in the family. The tuberose gives this blend a sweet floral vibe that I actually quite emjoy. The mint I rather notice cold on my skin than smelling it in the blend. It even burns a little, like when you put on peppermint EO. The combo of the deep fruity musk, floral and mint make me think of hotel bathrooms when I travelled through the States or Cananda. This mixture of toothpaste, floral lady soap, musky hotel body lotions. This is not a bad memory, just very peculiar I think. The moss and wood(s) ground this blend and give it depth. I cannot wait to find out how it dries down. This becomes a woodsy, slightly spicy, slightly herbal red musk. I don't need another red musk scent in my collection, so no need to hold onto it.

This one is really interesting. I get rich dark soil, fragrant mushrooms and dried herbs used for naturalistic rituals. There is ash, wood, soil, soot, pumice, resin: It feels like the leftovers on a clearing in the woods after a dark ceremony of the night before has ended. It's a bit stinky but also a bit sweet due to the licorice. It's very earthy, natural and vegetal. During drydown, it gets a bit more acrid and threatening. As if the scent is taking over my skin. It's a changer that shifts between boiled leather and stinky herbal medicine. It's complementing my skin at one time, then being too masculine and overpowering the next. Thanks for the experience - but not a scent I see myself wearing, ever.

Well, this is definitely not the vanilla mushroom scent I was looking for. I detect an almost stinky sharpness that reads as patchouli and brown musk to me - very earthy, vegetal, furry almost. There is also a white floral element, maybe coming from a lily or similar flower? It's crisp and sharp but rather fresh than sweet. I have to agree that there IS a creamy element to the blend, but to me this reads as vetiver as this tends to be a stinky & creamy note on me for some reason (which I often enjoy). What to make of this? It becomes softer and creamier during drydown, but the vegetal/stinky quality remains. It's just too earthy for me I think. The notes work very well together though, and the scent is quite beautiful - just not on me or to my usual taste.