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The apple and honey give the inital "green" impression to me, which is slightly herbal, clean, and salty. (It's not nearly as salty, though, as Muggler's Womanity-from a cavier note-if you have smelled that mainstream fume...) Drying out, it become more creamy, musky, and spicy. It's very sweet, rich, and slightly smokey, though it reads as "blonde" to me, like a "blondie" brownie but not chocolatey. Wearlength is long, long, long and it's suprisingly complex for such a sweet blend. I really love it, and is now my go-to apple, and I am pretty sure it is DH's favorite on me...rawr!

Bright, sharp resins flash, then a breath of lilac exhales fleetingly before sweet myrrh and rose lull this scent down, down, down to darkness. The lasting effect smells like bruised skin looks-overripe and slightly dusty. I love it. Suprisingly, it wears very much like All Souls!

This smells like honeyed, spiced herbs. It's lovely. Reminicent of the bones of Hamadrayad or Phatom Queen without the apple, it is slightly tart and woody with fresh green sprigs. It's lively in a "come hither" kind of way, but is then bitter and haughty.

Pinion pine incense is what I think of at first. The bergamot and musk added with the really fresh sprig of fir create the interesting visual of Christmas-tree-cutting-hands. It immediately dries down to a sweet, powdery incense. The maosia adds a touch of butteriness. DH loves this one.

This one opens with a PUNCH of resiney florals. Hitting the skin it sweetens, spices up and creams out. It reminds me a lot of Phantom without the rose. Drying out it has that wonderful "inside of gramma's purse" powdery perfuminess from another era. Love it.

Oh my...smells like peach soda or peach jello. Oh, wait...driiiiiiiiiied down (10 min or so later) this is warming up nicely....! 20 min later: This is the best damn white musk on the planet! It's fuzzy, slightly sweet apricot colored skin, so fleshy and delicious. It lasted all evening, all night, into the next morning, but close to the skin. It's a snuggler.

I bought this GC scent in a 5 ml unsniffed because I just knew...and I was so right... Out of the bottle, I immediately thought of one of my all time favorite fragrances, Serge Lutens' Fumarie Turque. Mmmm! I am supprised there is no tobacco in here because it is rich, dark, and sweet like decadent pipe tobacco, almost a single note in its denseness. The complex peppery spices and musk open with a squirt of bitter neroli (a note I am not particularly fond of but find curiously welcomed here). The lift is reminicent of breaking open an exotic twig emitting a tangy resin, not at all sunny. The tonka and sweet opoponax immediately add a rich, sensuous chewiness. I insist that my man slather this all over his chest hair immediately! Ah...there...it is even better on him... This is the kind of scent that feels like snuggling up on a bear skin rug in a leather lined library with a crackling fire...don't wake me unless moments of passion are promised...(goes back to insatiable sniffing...)

Hand of Glory!!!!

The pomegrante is tart but immediately tempered by the slightly creamy, inky-spiced amber. The florals are silky sweet and lift with the pomegranate like opium smoke, keeping it from comming off as singularly sour. My husband says it smells like the season and I do agree.

Phantom Queen and Medea.

I think it's a really personal choice. What kind of things make you happy, uplifted, or comforted. Traditionally citrus or other "bright" notes are said to cheery, but I find they are the opposite-same with the color yellow. I find scents that are dark , creamy, and softly sweet are soothing: musk, vanilla, almond, sandalwood. I love the search feature on the BPAL site. If you crave a peach, booze, grass...almost anything...something is bound to remind you of a pleasent memory.

This is a heartbreaker- ALL leather on my skin. Le sigh. I wanted so much more.

Oooh, I like it! It is like Mme Moriarty's vampire lover (slathers it on DH). It smells musky and red, deep and dark, almost fruity but not quite. It is only slightly sweet, and more herbaceous than I expected-more masculine. DH loves a little lavender in his scents to give them a little lift. This is brilliant.

Have I already said that Fae and Dolce and Gabbana's The One smell so incredibly similar on me?

Morocco, Ouija, Samhain, Bien Loin D'ici, Salome, Scherezade

I have to add Blood Kiss. Satyr and Debauchery are up there, too.

Definitely Mouse's Long Sad Tale and Eat Me.

Thank you, Beth. We love you and all the Labbies!

My light florals (and I don't love florals) are Inez and Ouija. Fae is almost floral, but it more fruity/musky. Witch Queen is my spicy floral.

Oh, yeah, baby. This is good smellin' stuff! Wet it reminds me instantly of a combination of Smut, Skuld, and All Souls, without the ovet sweetness of the first 2, and minus the grapeyness I get from Skuld sometimes that keeps me from wearing her very often. The florals and musk combine beautifully, seamlessly, to give a fresh lift to the incense and dark fruits, and mellow into a complex accord that is all at once her own woman. The drydown is soft, slightly powdery, musky, creamy, honeyed floral. I was worried about the pimento note, as my only experience with them is in olives, but there is no issue with that here. It fades quickly but don't worry, I can slather! If it were a color it would be "plum stained antique white". I am so happy to have a tuberrose/lily scent that I can finally wear! Big bottle worthy for SURE! This feels light enough for warmer months but still has a lot of body and doesn't go sour like many florals or "light" blends go.

Wet, the copal is sweet, sharp, and resinous. The cardamom keeps the lift as the tolu smooths everything out and turns the blend more creamy. Dried out Bezoar is polished wood, like the handel of a well worn pipe.

I have to 2nd this-it's what I came over to say!

Ouija

I used to wear Fendi ALL the time. I find it to be more like a spicy,leathery oriental. You may try The Caterpillar and Hand of Glory.

High Priest not to be Described Blood Kiss The Great He Goat Gauko DH's long time faves.