Incendiare

Light sweet pea and a touch of sage in the imp. The musk slightly prevalent on the skin but I'm not getting any tonka at this point. Aeval is definitely a lighter and airy blend. Perfect for the spring and summer. On the drydown, I mostly get soft sweet pea. The sage has faded away. I wish I got tonka out of this but nonetheless, it is still beautiful.

After giving my frimp some time (a few months) this smells damn good. I remember not caring for it when I smelled it fresh, but now? It's like a spiced red musk. The oil has even gotten darker over these past few months. It gets a bit sharper once applied to my skin. The spices definitely come forward, and it reminds me of smelling cloves that are present in pickled foods, like pickled beets. Satyr is so damn warming! What a total surprise.

Dry sandalwood and herbs in the imp. Definitely not my thing. I love sandalwood but not when it's this dry. The iris comes out a bit when wet, and it starts to smell wetter and juicier. No resins are present, at least not to my nose. Once dry, it's mostly a soft iris with the slightest hint of something herbaceous in the background. I'm definitely appreciating the latter stages of this, but ultimately, it is not a blend for which I'd be reaching.

This definitely reminds me of a handsoap I used to have a long time ago. Like a gently sweet floral soap. I can smell the lily of the valley and apple blossom but don't get any fig or hibiscus. The sandalwood is far into the background but barely noticeable. It doesn't seem to morph on my skin at all. Lilium makes a pleasantly fresh blend that can be worn during the summer.

Like Leopard403, I find Kypris smells like those cherry-flavoured gummy hearts. Maybe a tiny bit of honey and vanilla peak out, but throughout all of its stages, it screams cherry gummy hearts on me. I'm surprised I don't get almond nor rose from this since my nose can easily detect those two notes. I only allowed myself to buy one Luper and I'm happy with my choice. Cherry fans ought to try this!

Peach and sandalwood in the imp. The sandalwood is dry and it dominates. Wet, it's the same. The amber is coming out a bit but I'm much too distracted by the dry sandalwood. I like how it's slightly morphing as it is drying. The dry sandalwood is calming down a bit and the sweetness from the honey is coming out a bit. It's definitely a honeyed peach and sandalwood on dry-down. Nice but nothing I'd ever reach for.

I'm a fan of spicy scents and this one does not disappoint. I smell mostly cinnamon in the imp, but freshly applied to the skin, the sweetness of the honey comes out. I can smell a bit of ginger far in the background, but cinnamon dominates. At this stage, it really does remind me of cinnamon bark. One of my favourite notes is clove and am a bit sad that I can't smell any, but it's still a warm, comforting scent. If you like blends like Pickled Imp and Three Witches, this one is worth trying too, or vice versa.

In the imp, this smells very sharp and herbal, but it blossoms beautifully on my skin. The lilac and rose come out. Normally, I don't like lilac, but the combining it with rose and lavender seems to spruce things up a bit. The sugar is only a pinch of sugar, enough to prevent the florals from becoming too heady. On drydown, it smells like a freshly sweet, airy floral. Not bottle-worthy but glad I got this as a frimp.

Chicken-Legged Hut is all over the place for me. In the imp, it's all herbs and dry woods. On my skin, it turns into overly sweet, caramel madness with roasted nuts sprinkled over said madness. Crazy. I find the sweetness to be on the nauseating side. It kind of reminds me of Cockaigne in that sense. As it's drying, a lukewarm cream-like note starts to come out, the same note I smell in Großvater Tanz.

Yeah, I was shocked. Definitely scared me away from making larger orders.

Unfortunately, the last BPAL order I received was hit. I had to pay something like $25, and I ordered around 6 bottles and a Salon imp set plus got 18 frimps.

I get peaches and woods in the vial. It's a bit sandalwoody but not obviously so. Wet, it's almost the same. I get no florals from this, at least at this stage. The woods and peaches are meeting each other about halfway. After about ten minutes, the peach is becoming juicier. I'm surprised I smell no lavender since my nose always hones in on it. I actually like this more than I thought I would and need to test this further.

So glad the lab frimped me with this one because as much as I like rose, I wouldn't have bothered ordering it since I already have so many rose blends. It's primarily rose on me in the beginning, but as time goes on, it becomes more resiny. What I absolutely love about it is how it smells on my clothes several hours after. I applied it before going to bed one night and when I woke up, I kept on sniffing around for this glorious incense smell I was detecting, only to discover it was Black Rose on my t-shirt. It smells like the most wonderful floral incense. I wish it would smell like this throughout all of its stages.

This one sure took me by surprise. WIthout looking at the notes, as soon as I opened the vial, I could smell the caramel and sandalwood. The patchouli caught up as soon as I applied the oil to my skin. Normally, I'm a patchouli hater, and looking back, I remember thinking I wasn't going to like this one because of that one note. It's actually not that bad in this blend. The caramel seems to be the top note. I put this one before going out earlier in the day and for hours, the caramel especially followed me around. It got to be a bit too much after a while, unfortunately. Six hours later and the scent is practically gone, but maybe because most of it rubbed off onto my scarf. The only time I could detect the carnation was a few minutes after application, but after a while it went back into its little corner, staying out of the way of the caramel and patchouli. The bourbon vanilla never stood out to me. Perhaps it blended completely into the caramel. Interesting blend.

I haven't tried Banshee Beat (kind of scared of the patchouli) but I find that the First of the Three Spirits smells a lot like Angel except without the patchouli.

In the bottle, patchouli and clove are battling to the death. Wet, the patchouli comes out more. I normally can't stand patchouli but this is more tolerable. Not really surprised as I have observed in the past that my nose can tolerate patchouli better when it's mixed in with spices since they seem to cover up the qualities of patchouli that I despise. After a couple minutes, this smells a bit smokier. There are a lot of spices going on at once and I can't really pick them apart aside from the clove. Fast forward a couple more minutes and the cardamom has slightly broken away from the other spices. Yay, I can now smell carnation too. My friends thought I had lost my mind when I said that I bought a perfume oil that contains patchouli, and I thought I had too at the beginning, but this is pretty good. I'll admit, it's still a little too heavy on the patchouli. If I had my way I'd turn it down a few notches, but nonetheless, I am impressed.

In the bottle, I get lots of açai berry with a dot of amber. Wet, the açai berries turn tarter and juicier. Up to this point, I can't detect any Snake Oil. After a few minutes, I can detect a bit of vanilla but it's very there. It just adds a bit of warmth to the blend. After about the minutes, the vanilla is turning slightly smokey and the açai berry has calmed down a bit. Spices finally show up in the background, but they're barely noticeable. Now that it has dried down, the wafts I get are by far more my liking at this stage than how it smells when I sniff up close. The wafts are more well-rounded, warmer, and not as berryish. I've worn this to bed quite a few times already and I've noticed that all that's left by morning is the faintest trace of Snake Oil and nothing else.

Something about this reminds me of Villainess, which I know isn't that helpful. Can't really peg down exactly which soap, but it has a very Villainess vibe to it. Surprisingly, I don't get any patchouli from this, which my nose always picks up on. Wet, I can smell the amber, and the vanilla smells perfumey, not warm or foody, probably because to my nose, the vanilla is woven into the floral notes. Glad I was able to snatch up a decant because although this is very nice, I don't think I'd be reaching for it too often.

I absolutely love how this smells in the bottle. It screams of sugared Snake Oil and incense. Wet, the frankincense and champaca come forth. At this stage, it reminds me a bit of Khajuraho, but eventually when it dries down, it resorts back to a more Snake Oil-based blend. Dry, it smells very similar to how it does in the bottle. This is probably my second favourite Snake Pit blend now.

Holy licorice batman, that's all I smell in the imp. Wet, black licorice. Granted, my nose is sensitive to black licorice and my skin amps it to high heaven, but I was expecting to smell some more notes here. I've had it on for about 15-20 minutes now and the licorice has calmed down a bit. I can smell a trace of coconut in the background, and there is now the smallest hint of creaminess. It's a lot better now than what it was in the imp and wet on my skin, but it's not really my thing.

I don't really get any grass out of this blend. In the imp, it definitely smells green, but a juicy green deriving from fruits. Wet, the first fruit I thought of was pear, but now as it's drying, I can definitely see where the comparisons to unripened banana are coming from. I detect a hint of rooibos in the background, but ultimately, this still smells fruitier than leafier. It's beautiful and not what I was expecting based on the description. Glad I was able to get a hold of an imp but that will be more than enough for me.

In the vial, I can automatically pick up on the fig, and there is a touch of cypress and patchouli in the background. Wet, BAM, this blend goes über woodsy. That cypress is pwning everything else. It's fairly dry but slightly warm, and very outdoorsy. Interesting how the patchouli is cowering away because usually my nose is ultra sensitive to it. I was hoping to at least catch a glimpse of the tonka bean and cyclamen, but alas, I cannot smell even the slightest traces of them for the life of me. Although the cypress is a bit too much when I sniff up close, when I wave my hand in front of me, this blend smells fresher and more lush. About ten minutes later, I swear I just caught a whiff of rose, but it's gone. There now seems to be a hint of sweetness mingled in with the cypress. Tonka, is that you? It's not for certain, but it's quite possible. I actually like this one more than I thought I would. I was dreading the patchouli since that note usually ruins everything for more. I'm not incredibly fond of how this smells up close. Even on the dry-down, it's just a little too dry for me, but the whiffs I'm getting from afar are better.

When I pop the cap off my imp, I am immediately welcomed by a sweetened patchouli. I think the ylang ylang and patchouli are so intertwined that together, they create that note, but as soon as I apply Tisiphone to my skin, the two notes break away from each other. The patchouli grows earthier and the ylang ylang twangier. I don't get any neroli whatsoever, which is too bad. As the oil is drying, I can't really decide which note is stronger, the patchouli and ylang ylang. They seem to be fighting for the front seat because they both smell strong to me. Normally, I can't stand patchouli and am not a fan of ylang ylang either, so I'm not surprised that I don't like this.

Musky rose in the imp. Wet, the ylang ylang comes out but it's very faint. The rose is still in control. I can't pick up on any myrrh and the musk note has weakened. There is a point when the ylang ylang and rose are more balanced, but as time goes on, the rose grabs the spotlight back. Fifteen minutes in, it's basically nothing but rose, but it's not like one of those simple, yet stunning roses in Peacock Queen or Rose Red, it's sharper and just kind of there. I get the same result from a few other blends that contain a plethora of notes plus rose. All the other notes drop like flies and eventually leave the rose all alone. Seraglio, for example, did the exact same thing. As much as I like rose, this isn't my thing.

In the vial, the blackcurrant and frankincense are prominent. It's sweet and resiny but in a slightly unusual way. Wet, it is starting to smell like floral incense, and the blackcurrant has taken a back seat. I'm liking the floral incense though. Reminds me of the really good quality incense I used to burn in high school while doing homework, so smelling this blend at this stage is definitely making me feel more relaxed. Nice blend but not quite what I look for in a floral incense blend.