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Also, besides The Dawns, has anyone mentioned Seance? I found this to be a gorgeous rich tea rose, and would love to get a bottle if The Lab would stop trying to kill me with all the updating things that clearly I must buy. I just ordered Elizabeth of Bohemia, from the Lupers, which promises to be The Perfect Rose Oude.

I was a little afraid of this one just smelling it out of the bottle, the aquaticness of it all was a bit strange, but skin testing it, it's quite wonderful, exotic, very lovely Asian market, rich and gorgeous. It dries down to a nice complex floral. Very different from any other BPAL that I have.

Heaven, heaven, heaven, this is exactly what I wanted it to be It is in the same family as The Caterpillar and Wicked, but a bit less aggressive. Still rich, but not as In Yo Face. As it dries down, it does that Wicked thing, without turning powdery.

My absolute favorite roses to date are Dawn Mother and Dawn Priestess, both sharp tea rosey blends for me. I have Rose Red and Peacock Queen, they are nice but not as true rose for me as The Rose. The most wonderful wearable roses though are the Dawns. OMG. Amazing.

Different people absorb scent differently, if you want to know if your perfume is too strong you should ask people you are close to (like your family or close friends ). Usually people's reaction is pretty indicative, at my work people don't hesitate to be forthcoming, like when someone told me that the 51 I was wearing smelled like floor cleaner As far as things smelling like sex, that is also an individual reaction, I have heard over and over that Perversion smells like sex, and to me it smells like maple syrup. And I never have any kind of sex that involves breakfast foods myself, so I don't get it. I tend to also shy away from things that I find too sexy when I go to work or to church, or to one of my kids school things, but I find it's more for my own head than anyone elses. And if I am wearing Pussy, say, I will say when asked "Oh it's something from Black Pheonix, they make wonderful perfume oils, look them up on the interwebs!"

Did no one say Pepper? She is spicy and creamy and gorgeous to me, and they say there's flowers there. My favorite LOL (lil ole very grand lady) scent is Wicked.

The Wiley Grasser. Pine and cotton candy. I mean, seriously? I love that one. Ya Te Vo. A big pile of Eucalyptus. Santa Muerte. Dirt (or soil actually) and roses.

This is fine but I still like Dragon's Reverie better.

Zomg Lemon Scented Sticky Bat... I also love Embalming Fluid, and strangely 51 for Lemony Goodness. However LSSB has that sugar thing going on. Absinthe is also a bit lemony.

Cloister Graveyard in the Snow would be perfect for you I think, it's snow and mint, very gorgeous. No pine whatsoever. It is in the Salon series, so you can buy it anytime. Also this years Dust of Snow had no pine, just snow and flowers (?) for me. Cloth of Gold also snow and flowers. Yellow Snowballs, snow and citrus. Onduris has definite pine. You might also look at Pink Snowballs. The Yules (all of the ones I listed except for Cloister Graveyard) are only available till February. I can't recommend Cloister Graveyard enough, it is fantastic. For chocolate you might want to try Gelt (also a Yule). I mixed it with another Yule, Lick it Discreetly, which smells just like a candy cane, and poof, I am Peppermint Bark.

This is lovely and very green on me, more green than flower, and just how I imagine a poinsettia would smell, if they smelled like anything.

Fantastic. Sweet, floral and citrus, and candle wax.

Fruity and pretty, the floral is light for me. This is bright, but not too glaring.

Holy guacamole, this is really good. It does not smell too "boy" on me, it seems very lush, clovey and musky. It's dense, in a sort of Caterpillar Lite way. LOVE this one, it is dark and complex but not too heavy for day for me, others might think of this as a night time scent (like going out not passing out lol.)

I vote for Haunted. Also Mouse's Long and Sad Tale.

????? I must be broken. Athens = Fig Newtons for me. Don't get me wrong, it smells amazing, and people keep wanting to hug me when I wear it. A bit alarming as I am not a real "huggy " person, but ok. I love this and it does not smell like any other BPAL I have.

Beautiful and Adored is just that, beautiful and adorable, with a strong juicy fruitiness. Oh and I forgot to say, from a habitual slatherer (this is not a word BTW) this is strong stuff, and very lasting. I like this one very much, it's very girly, but with a backbone.

You must have met some Ladies of a Certain Age with Really Bad Hygene Habits I have to add in Ave Maria Gratia Plena, one of my personal favorites, but I have to be in a certain mood to wear it, as it is very heavy, and feels a lot like Guerlain's Mitsouko to me.

Nocha Buena is pretty darn lovely, and smells like what a poinsettia would smell like, if it smelled like anything. That said I still think my hit of the season is Gelt with Lick it Discreetly, smelling like Peppermint Bark I can surely die happy. The Frankenstiens are pretty awesome, so far my favorite is Dense & Frightful Darkness.

Pepper after hanging out a couple of months has become one of my December go to scents, strangely also smelling like cookies to me. Very spicy and warm. Edit to say that Pepper is still one of my favorite cold weather scents. It has a lot of body to it, it's not just cookies, it's spicy and the florals give it a lush background that does not scream flowers. It also lasts and is very strong, it is one of the few things I can smell in my hair the next day. I Pepper so much, she's even getting a spot in my next "Must have all the Yules " order. Pepper surely is one of my Desert Island BPALs. I can never run out of it, it goes with everything, every situation, weather etc. It's warm and comforting. So lovely.

2011 version, very light on the rose, actually pretty light all over. Kind of thin for me, great bottle art though.

What a stupid name for this oil. Clearly it should have been called The Best Stuff Ever. OMG this is the best stuff ever. This oil has convinced me that I must be a die hard foodie. Also that I need like two more bottles of it. I thought this would be straight up Cherry Vanilla, but it's not, it's spicy and deep and also has very long staying power on me. At first application, wet, it's all cherry, then comes the vanilla, and last the spices. So. Good. I have this in my scent locket, people must think I am bats**t crazy always sniffing my necklace...

I surely do get the fizzy quality here. My son tried this one tonight, he said it smelled like the markers he used to have as a child. I thougth it smelled very creamsicle on him, very nice, he liked it and ended up with it. It really isn't for me, it is not something I would reach for. Fantastic on him though.

Gelt 2011 is All Milk Chocolate All the Time, just like real Gelt. And then I mixed it with Lick it Discreetly and learned the meaning of True Love. As an aside, Gelt lasts forever, it was still discernible many hours after application. Oh, and as another aside, on me it's all chocolate all the time, but on my BF it turns into some warm sweet deep delicious I don't know what but really darn good.

I love this so much, it is very much like Cloister Graveyard in the Snow, love this. It's so fresh and bracing. Could be for any sex, it's heady and airy at the same time. Edit * after having a Cloister vs. Dust Smackdown, Cloister is much plainer and clearly mintier than this, I smell the flowers in here. I love this one, the snow note is just heaven for me.