Gold Dust Kitten

Wet, this smells like Arak (one of the worst drinking experiences I ever had). On my skin, it's like a bowl of black jellybeans. A few minutes later, I smelled cocoa which surprised me because I didn't remember that was one of the notes. It's delicious but didn't last long.

Ginger Skulls is not very sweet on me, but it's similar to Sugar Skull. I slathered it on my arm and smelled the beautiful quince, and a dry ginger. I didn't get much pear, which is ok with me. The spices are just right...anything more and this would be craft-store. I think this will be perfect to layer with my Invasion of the Flesh Eating Reindeer from Uranus. Mmmm I love ginger.

I love anything with currants so I knew this would be a winner for me. It's not too foody but it definitely smells like vanilla angel food cake drizzled with a spicy currant sauce. I could slather this, it's that yummy.

I bought this because the notes sounded interesting and I wanted to venture out from the smutty, snake oily, sweet candy scents I usually like. I've had this bottle for awhile but I haven't reviewed because I was 'meh' about it. Now that I have it on, it smells very familiar and I'm pretty sure it smells like a St. Ives lotion I had years ago. It's a fresh, clean scent but a little watery. Not for me.

Old Demons of the First Class (Marchen) smells a LOT like Smut after the initial pepperiness wears off.

where there's glitter on the floor? Yesssss. This is an awesomely sexy, dark, incense-y, spicy, DELICIOUS blend. I'm loving the black pepper and neroli, which make this scent so special. Definitely going on my next hoard bottles order.

Herbs, lime, and fresh green musk. Fresh and fruity, I can see this as a Spring scent. I think the red currant cuts through the fresh green notes to give this blend an interesting contrast, just like the colors red and green are contrasting but complimentary colors. The more I smell this, the more it reminds me of YSL In Love Again. Anything with currant and citrus makes me think of that perfume.

First sniff in the vial was eucalyptus. I didn't want to put it on my skin. I tested it a few hours later after it cooled down from the mailbox and now I smell juniper, sandalwood, and lilac. The juniper disappears soon and leaves a creamy, woody, fruity-floral scent on my skin that's surprisingly appealing. Upon further sniffing I discover that the magic note is red musk. I don't need a bottle of this but this imp is a keeper.

In the vial, woody. On my skin, cedar and verbena, which is very lively, earthy and clarifying. Smells more like aromatherapy or even a nice natural cleaning product, but I don't think it's working for me as a perfume. Perhaps it would work on a man. I think that seems to be the trend with most of the Phoenix Steamworks blends.

I got this as a frimp in my latest Lab order. It smells like bubblegum, but I also smell sandalwood which is one of my all-time favorite notes. At first I kind of liked it, but as the scent developed it seemed like the beautiful sandalwood, amber and myrrh are fighting with the bubblegum and it's turning into a chewed-up mess. I like lotus when it's supposed to be in fruity candy scents, but not mixed with resins. The only case I think lotus works well in a non-foody blend is with my beloved Bastet.

When I smelled this in the imp, I was struck with happiness. It reminds me of those root beer barrel candies, which I love. Wet on skin, it stays true and I'm pleasantly surprised that it's not incredibly sweet; but light and fizzy. As it dries down, my skin smells like a buttery French vanilla ice cream root beer float. I want a bottle of this. Bad.

This was frimped from the Lab, otherwise I would have never tried it from reading the notes. It smelled a little like root beer in the imp, kind of like Antikythera Mechanism. On my skin, I smelled teak which is not listed in the notes..could that be the balsam and orange blossom? I get an orangey tang smell from this just like I with with Antikythera, but it's less masculine with a balanced spice cookie sweetness from the clove. I love this imp, and may need a bottle because the name is so cool.

I like jasmine in small amounts if it's the night-blooming variety. I was hoping with the moonflower, moss, and incense that this would be OMG amazing. There was a moment of soft, beautiful jasmine with a promise of a syrupy incense but the evil white rose and white musk overpowered the whole blend (note to self...avoid perfumes with more than one "white" note.) and made the dry down rather soapy.

I have a love-hate relationship with rose. I love the smell of a glorious, velvety red rose but it's difficult to translate into a perfume. I've sniffed a few BPAL rose notes and they all (except Snooty Rose) give me that "ack! get this off of me" feeling. This smells just like a real (x10 of course) when it's wet. I was a little worried it would stay like that but then the amber and red musk kicked in and smoothed it out. 2 hrs later this is going strong but it smells prominently of the red musky note from Smut with a touch of rose. SO beautiful.

Huckleberry and red currant with the incisive bite of neroli. I was excited after sniffing this in the imp and wet on my skin. Sweet, juicy red currants. Then it dried and went plasticky and cheap candle. How unfortunate, I really wanted to love this.

Spicy bubblegum cologne. I would like it more if it wasn't so perfumey. Wait...the dry down is getting sweeter and the perfume is going away. Its kind of pretty, but it has very little throw.

Dark red fruits and patchouli. LOVE. I'm getting pomegranate, plum and raspberry, patchouli, benzoin and a little mahogany. It's heavy on the fruit now but I'm hoping as this ages the lovely patchouli intensifies. I love teh sexy label art.

Mmmm, sugar sprinkled with lemon with a beautiful light skin musk. When I first sniffed my bottle a few weeks ago, I felt "eh" about it because I couldn't smell a thing. Now it's amazing. It's drying down to a faintly lemon sugared vanilla. I'm thrilled at how unassumingly sexy this is.

I didn't know there was a review topic for Shub soap. It's the first soap I have tried from BPTP. I was expecting it to be spicy like the perfume that I have a decant of, but it was more cologney. If I sniff it up close I can smell the spices. It stains my soap dish brownish red...even the lather is colored. It doesn't leave any fragrance on my skin after the shower.

Lemon blossom, vanilla bean, huckleberry, sweet pea, rose sugar, acai berry, and candyfloss. I'm so in love with Rosy Maple! Wet, it smells like syrupy-sugary raspberry lemonade. Dry, the sweet pea note is there but it's not B&BW overwhelming, but mostly it's fading to a less intense tart berry lemonade. This is perfect for Summer, and I need to wear it a few times before it starts to cool down.

Hello Snake Oil and Nag Champa incense. This is what I wanted Urd to be, but Urd smelled like grape blunt wrappers where Temple Viper captured that perfect grape-floral Nag Champa smell that I love so much.

Someone dumped cocoa powder in my Snake Oil! It's that dark and rich. I don't smell rice milk or teakwood but that's probably what's keeping this from smelling like pure chocolate candy on my skin. I love fresh Snake Oil by itself but this bottle could be 10x smoother with age.

This smells like Smut in the bottle. This is one of the strongest BPAL I've tried yet...red musk is very in your face. It was almost unbearable on my skin for a couple minutes (need to apply less next time . There was a sharp cedar and even rose smell that I was afraid of, but the sweetness of honey tamed the beast that is red musk. I want another bottle of this, because I know its going to age beautifully. It's in the same category as Snake Oil, Smut, and Mme Moriarty and I LOVE all of them to death.

This is citrusy, balsamy beeswax and sugar cane with a little floral. I don't get any honey. It's not knocking my socks off. As it dries I'm strangely possessed and I keep sniffing the spot I applied the oil because I can't put my finger on why this smells so familiar. Then it hits me...it smells like Clinique Happy which was one of my least favorite scents. Honey makes a very late entrance but it's still meh because of the association with Happy.

Rose soap, and mint. Not for me.