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The Suave Moroccan shampoo and condish- yeah...Morocco lovers gotta try it.

I was going to say the Norn's Farmhouse mixed w/Danna O'Shee

This scent reminds me of pampering my baby with Burt's Bees baby lotion, with a slight, pale breeze of flowers...as if I was the one wearing the gardenia soliflor that had long dried down, after a full day of wear, as I breathed in his fresh, little, sweet, milky head. It's a precious, nuzzley smell.

A agree that this smells like Anti Mech (my little pet name for her) and Haloes because of this apricoty sweetness that I can't quite figure out. The wood notes smell slightly like band-aids, and, yes, a bit "cologney", but it is so sweet with a dark, yet fluffy, vanilla, it's hardly offputting.

Upon initial application, the grass note is green and fresh, but, thankfully, is not noticeably a lawn. On the drydown, the juxtaposition of clean skin and moss is slight-ly disturbing. The berry note adds a bit of tartness, but does not make the scent pink-mostly blends with the green to brighten it. Drying out, the blend is surprisingly creamy (must be the musk), and mossy green, without being at all muddy. It reminds me much of Eden, but with a less cloying milky note.

First on, there's a medicinal blast, that quickly morphs into a bittersweet evergreen note. The honey, though, absolutely dominates, and it dries down to a skin-hugging green, yet sweet, honey. It smells like I always wanted the milk that came out of weeds to taste, but never did. Oddly disturbing and approachable at the same time...Love, love, love...

I packed mine in my suitcase. No issues ensued. BTW: SDB~ :rofl:

I can't usually to cedar, but I loooooove The Cat from the Coraline series! The cedar gives a bit of fresh, woody lift that doesn't go all pencil shavings. It's sweet and sexy! Leather, too, not so much, but the White Rider is clean, creamy, and comforting.

I, too, am wary of cedar, but this is amazing! It's everything I love in a fragrance: dark and sweet yet somehow just like a body should smell. It's wonderfully chewy, almost like a molasses caramel, with a fresh topnote from the wood and the green in the honey. Dried out it is both cuddly, without being too cute, and animalic. The sweetness is almost like coconut husk. It is reminiscent of classic orientals, but so much more wearable. Lovers of Snake Oil, Snake Charmer, and Banshee Beat will want to try this! Top 10!!!! eta: It's a complement getter for me, especially from my partner...meow!

Hey there, people? What BPAL do you wear when you need to kick some ass in life? The "Don't mess with me-I mean business!!!" kind of scents? Which ones really get the job done and have concepts that denote STRENGTH and POWER? Please share you stories here. I'll start: Snake Oil (tried and true for years) Mama Ji Crowly The White Rider (haven't tried Red or Black...prob'ly should!)

Fae's white musk is nomnom airy sweet...

Bumping this thread because it is Spring and I'm craving green but I'm being a picky brat! I'm obsessing over Hemlock Honey, but I'm looking for something else complex, bright green on top, with a creamy, musky drydown. Not too appley, sour, teaish, airy, dank (I have plenty of those!), or identifiably herbally. Recommendations are always appreciated.

This scent is so wonderfully silky, soft, and deep. I smell her as Dance of Death's burial shroud-a similar creamy, musky, powdery orris, but lighter and sweeter with the ambery note that really smells white to me, perhaps because the ambergris gives it a lift... hauntingly beautiful...

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Ooooh, YEAH! Lots of my favorites out there! DH is usually the Bow and Crown wearer but I'm snaggin' it! (Slathered on the rest of his last imp-NAUGHTY!)

That's me all over! Hecate Baset Fae Le Lethe Mme Moriarty Depraved (swollen apricot...rawr!) O The Lights of Men's Lives What have you got already?

Gilded pomegranate incense...This is every bit as awesome as I thought it would be. All are notes of win for me except for rose (behave!), and osmanthus (you apricot tart-I never seem to be able to get along with your usual crowd). Everything is blending beautifully- deeply resinous and sweet, brightened by pomegranate, with a golden honey and osmanthus flesh, and a bit of fresh green stem (as some BPAL honeys go). The rose does what I like rose to do-simply harmonize a blend, not standing out too much-getting a little dusty with the myrrh. It does not smell too flippant or fun like many fruity blends do to me...it's flirtatious but sophisticated and serious, like a more grown up Berry Moon, really. It suits me well, I think.

White leather and sandalwood. This is WHITE...like what I want all the white musks to smell like without all the fruit and flowers. It does not smell like horses or cars or tack to me at all. If I'd sniffed it blind, I would have guessed Egyptian musk and light, tangy sandalwood. It's like Morocco's vial essence. It's fresh, yet modern, complex, creamy, and unisex. I could see "cologney", but I've never smelled one as glorious. I usually like dark, heavy scents, but this one has me smitten! A bottle is going to the top of the list, and my partner and I are gonna have to fight over who's BPAL cabinet it goes in!

I love, love, love, love myrrh!!! This one is rich, bittersweet, and animalic, almost like a black musk with spice. Yes, it's a bit powdery, with a dusty soft floral top, but overall it's very potent, dark, and mysterious. I slather and I swoon....

Bumping this thread again because we are graced with the honor of being able to sniff: Golgothan Myrrh SN. Oooooh! I WONder!!!

Add Heretic to the list! Dark, spicy, animalic: Nagdi frankincense, bois de cade, beeswax, Somalian myrrh, and Laotian oudh (I've snagged a bottle of But Men Loved Darkness Rather Than Light, as well).

I'm a total whore for myrrh, and adding beeswax and oudh to the mix made me just throb with anticipation. Frankincense does not usually place nice with my skin, but he's behaving himself here-not too screechy-just brightening up the rest of the blend, almost entirely made base notes (woot, woooot!). It's pretty darn earthy and gritty, and like sunshinedaisybliss, I'm really surprised patchouli isn't listed, or, I may add, even vetiver. Honestly, it's not as sweet as I expected, though there is that chewiness in the drydown that I love SO MUCH in BPAL's resin/beeswax scents. On me, it wears close to the skin and has a medium wearlength. I find it to be kin to Old Demons of the First Class and Serpent's Kiss (haven't been graced with the above mentioned Panther Moon). It's definitely worth the bit of trouble to grab yourself a bottle if you are into this type of scent. I'm gladz I'z gots one...

Vampire Bride is both refreshing and a creamy skin scent. I find it captivating. There is a citrusy tea note at the beginning that I don't usually go for in a fragrance, but it is quickly backed up by the musk, making it blush pink, but not in overtly girly way. There is a delicious dusty sweetness on the drydown, and the blend between the florals and resins is seamless. In the end, it smells like...icy skin. I think of her as Snow White's evil, blond sister.

This scent is complex and full of contrast. The violet is very prominent, made even more zingy by the tea and lily. It's a very indolic floral, given some rich sweetness from the Siberian musk. It wears close to the skin and is both comforting, old fashioned, and sexy. I love it. It's a Spring scent I can wear, and one of my favorite BPAL violets.

Bastet, Dragon's Milk