Roogna

the DB is very nice. The rest of the florals turn a bit salty. Not quite like Dragon's Tears though - not that salty. more of a sharpness. not overpowering, but I prefer my DB tempered with something like musk or leather or sandalwood.

first let me say that I bought three (3) bottles of this and they are all the same

I get absolutely NO leather in the bottle or on my skin, and the dreaded ROSE has taken over

I'm leaving it on for now (bracing myself for the Rose-headache) just in case it changes....but I'm not hopeful. Rose wins 99.9% of the time

it goes a pit Pinesol for about 5-10 minutes, then soapy for 5-10 minutes - then back to Rose with a hint of incense

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and it fades down a LOT in 2 hrs...just rose on my skin and maybe a hint of incense...and almost disappears an hour or two after that (just a hint of rose on my skin)

NO LEATHER

I wish I got all that in mine

in the bottle - opium, resins, and slightly cologne-y

on my skin - very faint and a bit more biting/sharp....then it turns to a sweet floral that's very clean....and underneath bit of vetiver

*sigh* not what I was wanting

this is the ONLY rose scent so far that I can wear. Normally, I amp it so much it gives me a splitting headache. Here it's so soft and subtle and nice...but there's still a "bite" in my nose to smell it

it doesn't really smell "floral" or "herby" on me...but something in between and I can't pick out any other notes specifically

in the imp I smell sweet tarts

on my skin, I get sweet tarts and musky incense. the sweet tarts goes away VERY quickly (just a few minutes), leaving a nice soft vetiver (not overwhelming like in some other blends) tempered with pencil shavings lol

and an incense note and maybe a hint of wood...I'm not sure they would have come to mind without seeing ZZ's post...but after reading it, I can kinda pick them out underneath the vetiver and pencil shavings

Very light and sweet - Floral! almost a fruit note to it as well. I also picking up one of the labs lighter Rose notes (which always are bad on me)

very much like one of the lighter Last Unicorn scents...

I don't get any earthy or patchouli

I was hoping for more leather

sadly, what I got was a wet scent that smells of mildew. there's leather there, but it smells like mildewed leather...even washing it off I smell like I'm moldy

edit* I washed this off...but the smell didn't go away. In fact, HOURS later (6+) I can still smell it. There's a bit more leather, but it's still moldy mildewed

at first it's all black orchid and red musk - purpley and hazy - yay!

then pretty quickly the golden notes and nutmeg come out and really turn this "foody" on me. I smell yummy - but I don't like to smell like food lol

almost a gingerbread-like smell

it smells like Vix vapor rub only slightly "lighter" (probably the lotus)

definitely similar to BB, but it's (thankfully) is not quite as "vicks-rub" - there's still a hint of it, that must be the hemp b/c I *do* get "hemp" smell as well, that seems mixed in

the vanilla is a much more mellow sweetness than BB, and it becomes more and more dominant as the hemp and patchouli give way. it's creamy vanilla but the other notes don't disappear, they just move to the background so you smell the vanilla *then* the hemp and patchouli. I like this much more than BB

a touch of sweetness from the vanilla and hemp. it's almost like eucalyptus or vicks or something. medical-rub meets hemp. there's some earthy patchouli too, but it's hard to distinguish it from the hemp. the "mediciney" quality grows - not what I want to smell like

the patchouli comes out more too, overall this is a strong scent - you better like the notes

LOL you're going to laugh - really!

it smells like BUTTERED POPCORN

buttered popcorn with a bit of cinnamon

definitely a FOODY scent!

Hopefully this is in the right place...

It's so soft in the bottle I can hardly smell it. Initially on my skin it's still very soft and pleasant with an almost herby/earthy/woodsy/insence quality that's nice but I can't put my finger on it.

After an hour or so the scent turns very "brown", not exactly earthy but has that quality to it.

It's not a strong scent.

*edit - later in the day it's a tad more incense, but still "brown" and it's really, really faint (nose to wrist)

BPAL's etsy page said this was a DD from 2005. Hopefully I'm not duplicating a post, but I checked all over...

It's hard to tell exactly what it smells like in the bottle, but on my skin I get "pinesol clean". Very citrus and astringent. Even washing if off doesn't actually wash it off and I still smell like pinesol

super faint! really, really hard to smell it, even with nose to wrist. I definitely get a tinge of something brown, maybe woodsey, but it's just too faint to tell. the notes are soft though - not harsh or sharp. it's a bit like insence and there's a "brown" note in there.

blue and soft with a hint of something lighter and almost tangy sweet, yet white. this becomes stronger and I can tell it's a floral. it's not bad, but it's too white and clean for me..though the blue musk makes it quite nice

I was looking forward to this scent from the set more than any other. It finally arrives, I put it on my skin, and

soap.

all I get is soap.

whenever a bpal scent goes soapy on me I attribute it to my skin chemistry, but that also means it's not a keeper.

VERY strong champagne and heavy opium - you really need to like both notes to like this

and

it BURNS my skin!!!! *flails*

instant reaction

I washed it off immediately and my skin still burned for another hour

newer leather scents that are amazing include

Captain Cully

Ranger v5 (prototype)

Ranger

Paladin

Fighter

deliciously smokey dragon's blood (though not as sweet as pure DB) over a hint of leather

but I put a fair amount on and it's a lot fainter than I like. I'm not sure slathering will help but it's wonderful..if only I could smell more of it

I wish this were stronger on me. It's a very nice scent, but it's sooooo faint and soft. I went back and slathered it on my arm, but I can only smell it when my nose goes to my wrist or the occassional random waft as I move.

In the imp I get more wood, but on my skin it's sandalwood and leather. but it's so faint I REALLY have to take a good long sniff from my wrist to get that wonderful leather note. (it's been on for 2 hours with no morphing and no getting stronger).

I like my scents to be a bit more noticable, but it's quite nice!

*edit - another 90 minutes later and the leather is coming out more! i'm hopeful!

blech. smells like tht old "shaped" soap we had in the late 80s /early 90s...you know the kind you bought from craft stores because it looked like seahorses or butterflies, etc.

the first thing I notice is the spice. almost a cinnamon but not quite - more sweet, almost fruity. that's mainly what I get is a nice spice but it has undertones of wood. I would have said more of a orange/citrus than cherry, with red from the spice, maybe even a hint of red musk

sadly, it stays VERY close to the skin and I like my scents to surround me a bit more.

I like it, but not enough to hunt down this LE

*edit

a few hours later it turns almost soapy, still very soft and almost fruity

spice is gone

oooooh that plum blossom!!!! it reminds me of Kitsune-Tsuki, but not as layered.

after several hours I might be picking up some of the rice, but it stays a strong plum!