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Gauko, The Black Rider, and Hellfire!

I suggest you try them all.

Snakes in the Pumpkin Patch is my Weenie Holy Grail!

U really does smell just like the Mutter-I love it there!

Mmmmmm hmmmmmmm.....! Sometimes red musk can smell kind of dusty on me, but the thick opoponax is smoooooooothing it out. This is a dark, syrupy rose, almost a reduction of a rose..not a fresh rose..more like an attar. Molasses like...yes...but dark red, not at all sulfuric. I can DO this rose. Simple. Brilliant. Drop dead gorgeous.

This is a playful, fresh, fruity floral that would be a great intro to BPAL for more mainstream fragrance lovers. At first it's all peach, but soon gets a little green, with a slightly skanky, pink drydown. I was just smelling Juicy Couture yesterday, which I secretly kind of like, and The Elephant's Leash has a very similar feel.

Qandisa gets two eyerolls of ecstasy in this house (from me aaaand my partner! PLUS!). I am NOT a lemon lover, not even a lemon LIKER, but DO go for all things smelling dark and honey dripping. This instantly reminds me of a Variety of Pleasing Amusements, but with a bit more lift. The vetiver is prominent right out of the bottle, but the drydown is all about the saffron honey. Have you ever made yourself the healing syrup with buckwheat or dark wildflower honey and a ton of cinnamon? The heart of the scent is like that, but with saffron instead of cinnamon...dripping on a heaving bosom! Sometimes black musk can be lemony on its own, but truly...I'm not getting ANY lemon (thank the STARS!), just a deep, fresh, animalic, unisex musk. MERCY this is GOOD! It's a sticky, rich, musky oriental, baby ...dark, slightly foody...like the bakery section of the international market, right next to the incense... oh, so divinely SEXY... one of those that just becomes a PART of me. DE-freakin'-LICIOUS! If you know you are my scent twin or love the likes of Snake Oil, Old Demons of the First Class, and the Other Miss Forcible, just getcha self some of THIS! I'm SO glad this is GC. Top o'the BIG BOTTLE list for THIS BPALista!

I pulled out the White Rabbit today. I crave it when it's warm. I find it refreshing but still a bit "hot body" like from the milk note.

I agree with all above, and for spicy and badassed also recommend Sin and Old Demons of the First Class! P.S. Have ya tried the Snake Oil...?

I LOVE Egyptian Goddess, too! I've worn it since I was a teenager-smells like warm, happy, hippy times. I often crave it at bedtime, or when I need a break from my usual heavy, sweet wardrobe. The BPAL that feels and smells the closest to me is Bastet.

Fae, Hippie Ghost, and White Rider are my "light" BPALs. My skin eats scent like, woah. Morocco lasts on some people, but not me, sadly...may be worth a try.

The Book. Unisex, romantic, intellectual leather. Hippie Ghost for a light, apricoty suede.

Where is the love for The Book!? It's brilliant, hauntingly lovely, and spot on!

I can do Kali, Jezebel, Pink Snowballs, Whoso List to Hunt, Alice, the Knave of Hearts, and The Rose. I used to be able to wear Phantom and various white rose scents, but now they go all pickles on me (glad to know I'm not the only one!). Some of the GC "girly" rose scents, early on in my BPAL testing, went all "scented tampons" on me-it was horrible! I'm sorry that I missed Love! I must go hunt some down! I have yet to try Rose Red and Peacock Queen for fear of them going all pickles...I would love a big, lush, red rose BPAL... (*off to Swaps!).

I'd recommend the Doormouse, Fae, and Mouse's Long and Sad Tale.

I. <<<LOVE>>>> THIS!!!! Oh! OH! It smells like...putting my face in the handiwork of a master gardener on a grand estate at the perfect time right after watering or a light rain, so that my feet aren't wet, but the flower bed IS, and when I go to smell the flowers, my face doesn't get wet EITHER, but the blooms are just PERFECT. Like...EXPENSIVE, hybrid daisys...like...the rich people that own the estate want their gardens to look kind of earthy, and they like the idea of the humble, innocent, fresh daisy, but need really GOOD smelling ones that are also BIG...like FANCY daisys...daisys in TECHNICOLOR. After a bit, I realize there is still a bit of sticky, slightly spicy marmalade on my hand from the tea we just had! I don't even like orange scented things and I'm GAGA over this! It's not very orangy at all, really. Just a tink, but it gives GREAT lift to the whole composition and Wonderland experience. YES, YES, YES! I can totally see the scene of Alice falling Down the Rabbit Hole, dress soiled, and after a bit, finds a jar of jam on the shelves that line the hole, sticks her dirty finger in, and takes a swipe. It's DELICIOUS and makes the house smell so fresh...like I actually had been working in a garden and brought a bit of the outside in.

Oooooh-hooo-hooo-hooooo! This is good and SPOOKY smelling! I really do love orris: I often describe it as "scalpy"...smells like a head to me...kind of like a baby head, kind of like your lover's unwashed hair...HUMAN...creamy...somewhat disturbing, and very pale. It's center stage in this blend. I don't usually do vetiver, but it's used with a light hand here-just enough to drop the bass and more than a touch of startling darkness. The daemonorops, or dragon's blood, makes the blend slightly sweet (a scent kind of like a natural cherry incense), but undeniably sinister. I was wondering how this scent would capture the Other Mother's Hand without a metal note, but it WORKs. Dark scent lovers will dig this.

This is a pleasant, summery patchouli- transparent, light, almost floral (this would be ghosty, clean fabric), with the earthy notes adding some interest, a velvety softness, and tenacity. If someone told me this was a white patchouli note (a la Tom Ford and Maggie's Farm), I would believe them. The suede has that apricot skin subtle musky sweetness, that I've smelled in some other niche fragrances...Serge Lutens Daim Blonde comes to mind. It has a very pale, neutral colored scent...the palest greige...there may be some orris in there...I wouldn't say it's soapy, though it does have that "patchouli for mass appeal" quality of some designer fragrances (like Cocoa Mademoiselle); I think it would appeal to a wide audience. This is NOT a dark and dirty, dank, musty, sweaty kind of patchouli...not that there's anything WRONG with that! I have many of those in my heavy rotation (I'm looking at you Goblin, Depraved, and Banshee Beat!). It feels like kin to Fae, with a fun, breezy, almost indescribable, "white noise" kind of top note, with a deep, earthy, kind of natural sweetness on the drydown. This scent is not nearly silly as its name or character; it's an intelligent, complex, and well composed perfume. It needs to see more love! Common, people!!! Try it! You will see! I love it.

Bittersweet, fresh orangeblossom over an O like vanilla amber. It's clean, soft skin dried down...creamy, slightly tangy, very low profile. I could easily slather this one.

I kicked myself in the pants back in the day for never getting a bottle of this. Well, I found a sniffie. Glowy golden sweet...saffron infused vanilla cream...lightly spiced wood note, all snuggley warm...It's really that good. Ya know what it smells a lot like...? Hesiod's Phoenix.

Love those icons, Teaker! Oooh, Katharina...if you want to see if you CAN do apricot, try her. Just apricot and white musk. She's lovely!

I've tried a good bit of the catalog , and I'll recommend some of my favorites, since you like some of mine! I second Lights of Men's Lives! It's AMAZING-creamy, sweet, yet neutral. Yes, try it if you are on the fence about honey. It's honey like without the funky sour/green thing that honey can do sometimes. 'Just lightly golden, soft, sexy sweetness. It stays close to the skin but lasts and lasts. Detestable Putrescence is listed as melty vanilla ice cream, is VERY creamy and thick, and is all vanilla all the time. It's quite intense-deep and rich. You may like it mixed with Neutral. I'd say Lurid for a daytime lavender (Bulgarian lavender and white musk with a dollop of thick resin and a voltaic charge of ozone notes). It has a nice roundness from the resins to balance out it's clean notes. I don't really like lavender, but I like both TKO and Lurid! Also, if you want a more masculine/headshopy lavender, Gauko (Blackened sandalwood and misty lavender, with curling wisps of smoky tobacco, nag champa, and labdanum)-it doesn't get enough love. It's headshopy, but pretty woody, too...you might not want to start with that one. Sweet headshop awesomeness? Goblin. It's liquid gold! Black coconut, gnarly patchouli, and sweet benzoin. 'Very boheme sophisticate, and my second favorite sweet patchouli in the catalog (Snake Oil being first-don't give up on her, yet. It's probably the dark musk that's going "powdery" on you...you may learn to like it ). It reminds me of a sweet patchouli I used to wear in my college days, that I got in a headshop, but waaaaaaay better. I'm really picky about patchouli. I love the sweet kind, but don't really like it all dry, stinky, leafy, or woody. If you wanted to like Snake Oil and like orangey notes, you may want to try Hunger (Black narcissus, orange blossoms, and vanilla) and Vixen (The innocence of orange blossom tainted by the beguiling scents of ginger and patchouli). It's really weird, but they are in the same family! Hmmm...if you want a very RED scent like Mme Moriarty, you're out of luck! JK! There's nothing else like her. LOL! But, if you want sweet/deep red musk, red fruit...you might want to try Dragon's Heart: dragon's blood resin, red and black musks, a throb of fig and a sliver of black currant. It's not creamy like Mme Moriarty, though. Dragon's Milk...red dragon's blood with vanilla and honey? Lust may be another red scent, if you want to try a bit of floral: red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh (but myrrh can go "powdery"). Fae is pretty but not too innocent (A brilliant, ethereal scent: white musk, bergamot, heliotrope, peach and oakmoss). I see you like light musks, and she's my current favorite in the GC (Antique Lace, RIP, was my favorite). I know you got scared by Depraved and his apricot, but he's quite a character-don't write off patchouli and/or apricot because of that ol' brute! (Love him in small doses, though!). If you wanted to love apple, and kiiiind of like O, I'd say try Brisingamen: A glittering mantle of rich golden notes: five ambers, soft myrtle and apple blossom, myrtle, and carnation. Mouse's Long Sad Tale reminds me of the pinkishness of Enraged Bunny Musk, though it's creamy amber rather than pingy musk, aaaand it's kind of sweetie/foody...I just recommended it to someone who was looking for a cotton candy scent: Vanilla, two ambers, sweet pea and white sandalwood. It's not really woody, I PROMISE! Have fun on your BPAL journey!!!

Mouse's Long Sad Tale is pink and fluffy...not quite cotton candy, but similar.

Pandy: fresh white musk, honeycomb, sweet apricot, elemi, orange blossom, and mischievous pink pepper. I don't think it's overly musky or powdery (though I love those things!).

Defututa may getcha a similar feel.