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Lemony herbal wet, this dries out quite ambery. I won't wear it as perfume but for its intent and purpose.

Creamy sweet dragon's blood, made a little sharp and dirty by the vertiver, and spiced up. Together, it is quite surprisingly...leathery. It dries out strangely floral, yet not entirely feminine...a bit powdery. Someone said this would be Snape's scent. I have to agree...

Sacred Whore

Wet this is very currant cake, quite like Eat Me. Then it gets veeeerrrry woody on me, and I get a little scared. I want incense! Dried out, it is all there and one of my new favorites: not too sweet, not too dry.

I am going to a superbly sophisticated black and white theamed costume party tonight and am going as a French vampire. I cannot decide on Blood Kiss, Blood Lust, Brides of Dracula, or the Count himself! Already thinking of NEXT year though...the Misfortune Teller! I will have to stock up.

Fae is my favorite peach. It is complex, fresh and musky and not too peachey.

I'd reccomend Hecate.

Ah, Morocco, too is musky and quite exotic while still being light.

Antique Lace if you want it sweet and creamy...

I love the sweet maple beginning on this one, but dried out it is sharp and cloying. I can't wash it off!!!

I had no idea that I would fall so hard for this scent. I bought it for my stargazer lovin sister, but of course, I had to try it! Foamy, delicious ambergris mixed with creamy lily and a brightness that is undeniably floral, but is fresh, invigorating, and hard to place, exactly. It is definitely an accord. Lovely. Drying out, the amber and vanilla rise and melt beautifully with the musk. It is a similar combination to Mouse's Long Sad Tale, or Morocco, but I love Lyonesse most of all...It works so well with my skin. I have been waiting for a scent that I could put on fresh out of the shower that retains that clean feeling while being sweet and resinous at the same time. Lyonesse is that scent...the perfect scent for me. Clean, soft, sophisticated, and exotic. Like being on a sea sprayed cliffside, with the wind whiping through my loose hair... This is a master blend, indeed, and is now in my Top 10... So happy I have a bottle!

Lurid is my lavender love...

The vertiver and pepper hit me first... I get a big wiff of cocoa, but then it gets veeeerrrry spicy...so brightly spicy it is almost floral. I had to check and see if there were florals in here! Nooooo! I want spicy cocoa musk!!! Nope. Dried out, it is mostly fresh smelling...kind of soapy. The dragon's blood, vertiver and pepper combo have seen to that.

Mmmmm...is that ginger? It isn't cold like ginger usually smells on me...it's warm...like gingerbread....immediately followed by a sweet, boozy vanilla/honey musk. It is like the love child of Sed Non Satiaita and Smut! It smells just like sex. This is how DH likes my BPAL. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU to the wonderful, kindhearted forumite that FRIMPED me this golden droplet! FOREVER GRATEFUL!!!!!!!!

This reminds me of Champs Elysee. Slightly fruity floral with a crisp musk drydown. It is not my type of scent anymore, but I know that my stargazer lily lovin' little sister is going to love it!

This smells kind of Voodoo-y on me. A sweet, woodsy powder. Something is sharp, though, maybe a resin or fresh wood...

So light, sweet, powdery, and delicate. A bit like Antique Lace with her etherial vanilla; quite like Enraged Bunny Musk in it's pinkness, but MUCH less floral. It is like O without the green, and it flirts with having the depth of Morocco. It is a wonderful comfort scent and would be perfect in the Spring.

Damn you for your dark, vanilla/pomegranate blends that love me that are f***-ing LE's!!!! I loooove this! Dark, juicy, sweet pomegranate and deep woody vanilla! UUUUUUGGGGHHH! The pine and patchouli do really play so well together with the smokiness of the tobacco. It smells to me like a Pagan orgy: Naked bodies dripping with fresh, exotic fruits dancing around a bonfire in a clearing in the forest. Divinity!

Upon application, my first thought is that this is a soapy, less sweet Bengal, or a more perfumey sister to Morocco. The blending is expert. On the drydown, it becomes seamless: Fresh, slightly spicy, deep, complex, insense. If you are afraid of orange, burning spices, cloying roses, or pencily sandalwood, pull up your bootstraps and try this! I did, and fell in love...

HOOOONEY covered carnations. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm! Drying down the darkness of the incense, spices and patchouli all do a slow dance behind the honey. Glorious! I was worried about the rose accord...does that mean it is not really rose? It is not very rosey at all, though. Mostly honey and carnations on me. Love, love, love!

Super sweet apricot. The brandy note is not deep and bitter...it makes it kind of fuzzy. Yummy!

Lots of green woods. The leather is fairly strong, but it is not the "man lust" scent (musky, ambery) as I hoped or expected. This one dosn't work for me or DH.

Sweet and fresh and clean. Not cloying, no strong throw...just fresh roses. I am happy to be able to pick out my beloved tea (delicately sweet) and white roses (so crisp). The grass is not overpowering or fakey, it just adds a little green. Beautiful.

Spicy plum candle, hot mulling cider, and mums. Not as musky as I hoped. Quite fruity but definitely dark. Smells just like holiday time. Usually anything that is "craft store" or "candle" on me is a no-no, but this is really beautiful. My favorite mum scent yet, I think...as of this moment!

Orange and honeysuckle right off the bat. Yeah! I can live with that. Then the lemon verbena hits with a left jab. It soon sweetens out to Lemonheads. The honeysuckle hangs on with the heliotrope (you go little glorious, sweet flowers!), but the sharp lemon is really pissing me off. I am just not that SUNNY! In looking for the perfect honeysuckle (which I have not found...I want a shaded honeysuckle...) this would play 2nd fiddle to Eos. If you love lemon, though, GO FOR IT!