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No, no, no, no...citrus blech and coconut. I can't wait for the osmathus or the musk. Not my style AT ALL.

In the bottle it is fresh and lovely, like arranging flowers in the cathedral on a Friday afternoon. But on me...it smells like nailpolish remover. This is why I generally do not do flowers. I love them...just not ON me.

Ooooh, NAST-AY! Love this one...really! It reminds me a bit of Darkness (must be the opium) and Sin (dark, smokey, kind of spicy) but with the dirty, dirty, sweet hot sex scent of civit. It makes me smile when it dies out sweet and powdery. The man and I both wear it.

Pass the buckets! This is some good stuff! Wet it almost smells like ginger ale, almost (almost...) lemony: tangy and bubbly, slightly spicy and floral and a bit sweet. It has a similar feel to Haloes, actually! Drying out the skin musk and citrus/white floral honey come to the front with a slightly darker, creamy base. Just lovely! This is about as "fresh" as I go in a fragrance so it will be perfect for summer. It has amazing sillage for a honey frag. DH walked in the door, I was 3 rooms away and he says, "Ooh it smells GOOD in here!" and snuzzled up. (We don't usually like citrus in our fragrances so this is quite amazing). I really was expecting something more heavy and incensey, but am glad I now have some more variation in my collection. Thankfully, I snagged a bottle. Love, love, love!

Violet lover here! Don't know how I missed this thread. La Befana (like violet pipe tobacco), the Raven (a little disjoineted-sharp violet and skank musk, but I still love it), and Violet Ray (DH says it smells like a naughty nurse!) are my faves, and yes, I always thought that Antique Lace had a violet feel but nice and powdery. I love Serge Lutens Bois de Violet-dry, woody violet with a chewy earthiness. I'm holding out for BPAL to make one I love so well.

I don't wanna sound dumb but i just wanna make sure... You don't have to mix BPAL oils with a carrier oil, right?? I can just open my bottle and put some on can't i? Im only asking because i have never used any BPAL before but ordered some a few days ago. It sounds great. Anywho... If i do have to mix it with another oil where can i find it on this site??? You can wear BPAL straight up. Some people have sensitivites (like me and cinnimon...I can't put her on fresh out of the shower) but most have no probs. Only dilute if you want/need to!

I'm a diehard honeysuckle rose conditioner user! I use it as a leave in (thick, curly hair). Bat Woman is my new honeysuckle lover.

Florence for her dark berries and spice. YUM!

I just had a huge bouquet of fresh lilies in the house and they smelled so good. Looking through swaps I came across a full bottle of Bat Woman and I had the goods to go, so I took a chance. I am not a huge floral fan, but I have been searching for years for a honeysuckle scent that I can wear without feeling too innocent. Bat-Woman fits the bill. Wet, it smells almost like a gin and tonic-not exactly citrusy, but green and clean. Drying out the floral notes zing along, especailly the moonflower accord; I grew moonflowers and love them dearly, but have not found a blend to wear them in. THIS is the one. The "air" notes give the florals a lift that I really do enjoy, and the grey amber makes everything powdery. I love powdery. Oh, I love this! She is the spawn of Lyonesse and Ouija, I think.

Cozy, sleepy, bedtime. I don't usually like lavender in my perfumes, but this, I know, is therapy. There is an inital blast of LAVENDER eo (OMG this is SO not relaxing!) but it QUICKLY (within seconds on my skin) combines with the buttery, chewy, fluffy, and somehow earthy vanilla base. I put this on my kiddo before bed and he didn't wet the bed or wake up in the night (a recent problem due to minor 4 year old stress). DH says this smells "just like a pillow feels". It is clean and fresh yet soft and snuggley, just like a pillow. I fall asleep gently and rest soundly. Brilliant...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...

Did anyone say...Hetairae? It's really my answer for everything these days.

Yes...lots of leather and wood. Not my big faves, but they dry out with the slightest touch of slightly sweetened amber nicely. I'll save it for when I have to kick some ass...and wear it layered with Heitiarae.

Dirty and dry...like a hippie mummy. Blech.

This is not rosey on me at all, and I am one who amps rose and often makes it sour or soapy. Initially this is very sweet, almost peachy, in it's tropical flower/honey accord, complete with bits of green. I know there are flowers, but they're muted, like different kinds of floral honey. Drying down the scent becomes leathery, smokey, and slightly powdery from the sandalwood and resins. This is a floral I can easily do!

I LOOOOOOOOVE Svadhinaopatika! I was kind of afraid of the woods. I didn't want them to be to splintery or "shavings"-like. I was looking forward to the oud, though but don't really get a lot(the note is usually a dark, heavy, creamy, musky wood). I don't get a lot of wood at all, really; they're lighter than even Inez (BLESSING!), and it's not as sweet, either, which is surprising-it's more ambery. The currant is so soft I hardly noticed it, but adds just a bit of "red" juice to this very, very golden, creamy scent. The honey starts out green when wet, with the woods, but this dries down to what smells like a combination of O/Inez/Heiterae with MORE smokey !HONEY! and incense. I was told by a first grader. "I like you! You smell good! Did you bring a candel?" LOL! DH breathed me in when he came home from work and said, after several long sniffs, "Mmmmmm...this is YOU...". It has light sillage but a long wearlength, as most honey scents do on me. Just divine!!!

I love Snake Oil-its my go to scent-but I cannot get into the Snake Pit. I guess I'm just a purist!

Like an undead Zombi! I like this blend but I have to wait till summer to see if I can really wear it well. It has fresh yellow flowers with earth and bright chartrouse colored moss. It is a forrest floor in the sun.

Wet it is green and almost rosey, like the leaves all crushed up with fresh lavender and tickily poppy...big throw, fresh and wet and living. Dried out it is a different scent completely: creamy, fruity, and soft. It reminds me of Lurid and Black Lace together. Got a bottle unsniffed for DH and we both love it!

This is way more fresh smelling than I expected. I was thinking it would be all creamy and fluffy with the amber and a little nutty with the seeds. But quite to the contrary I find this blend springlike in it's powderyness, like a fresh French after bath boutique powder. It's clean and a bit sweet and musky. Very nice for warmer weather for dark oriental girls like me. Big bottle worthy. Right up there with Antique Lace in the fresh/creamy dept.

Glorious Lab, frimped me with some lovies I haven't tried but totally should have! Thank you! The woody patchouli dries down creamy and powdery due to the orris, musk, and myrhh. All of these notes smell somewhat bodily on their own; combined it's disturbing yet comfortable. It is a wonderful, dark, brooding, heavy scent that is just so compelling with a fresh, incensey top along with murky, wanton musk. The MYRHH! She feels quite a bit like Haunted, but darker and less "lemony"-more like violet rather than golden. It references classic fragrances like Chanilly and Shalimar, but much more modern and vampy. I love, love love, love it. I CRAVE it-I wear it from bed to work to parties. Some BPAL is situation specific due to longevity or feel, but Dance of Death (and Snake Oil) can go everywhere with me.

Smells a lot like Sin with leather...more masculine. I got this as a frimp from the Lab-I would never have bought it for myself but it smells divine on DH. I am not a huge leather lover, but on him it smells very old world...spicy and deep and sexy.

Hetairae is my newest sexy comforting love: golden honey, fiery patchouli, sweet fig and clove, and a blushing touch of ylang ylang. It is so creamy, sexy, deep honey with a bit of spice and floral. Where has she been all my life? Lasts all night but wears close to the skin. Slather, slather!!!!

I love Hetairae: green yet creamy, sweet honey enhanced so delicately with infused ylang-ylang (I have so come to appreciate her) and spicy patchouli. She is Skuld's dark haired older sister. So many honey blends are "blond" or "naked" to me. The richness of the fruit, spices, and patchouli darken Hetairae up so that it "fits" me better. Another super-sexy-chic patchouli. Mmmmm-wwwwa-gawd.....

Fresh sugar and handfuls of green initally, this smells clean and forresty. Drying out it is dusty pink and sweet, lots of strawberry, but with an undeniable melencholia floral/wood blend. It smells nothing like sugar skull to me, more like Villainess' Neisthai.

Add other red fruits- pomegranate, currant, cherry. They often smell like berries should on my skin: MEDEA! Mme Moriarty Eat Me Persephone Red Queen Or "forest" scents: Rosalind Nocnitsa Black Forest Yummmy...I love all those mentioned!