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although this does smell a bit like the dreaded honey lemon cough drops I so despise, it doesn't bother me! wow! lovely honey scent with a bit of... menthol maybe? it makes me think of antiquity. of old photographs, because it smells sort of like my baby picture album from the 80's so maybe decaying photographs? weird. It also has a sharp green smell to it. this would be great for Beltane. it smells like fertility!!

I smelled wine at the first whiff. lovely red wine. unless I was imagining things. There is a sweet peppermint note. and some cherry? Just like a cherry candy cane! I love this! that's all I'm getting though, no more wine as it dries, just cherry candy cane. It fades VERY fast however. before I could even make a decent review. oh well I loved it while it lasted.

I was excited to try this because it is one of my birthday moons (the other is Hunter, since I was born almost in between the moons) it smells like Jack! but with florals and spices and leaves. a very green jack. like as if Jack was a young green pumpkin. but it may be a bit too green and sharp. it is very unique. definitely the scents of early autumn. I might have to try this out again.

This is so wonderful and yummy! it is so far my favorite Moon, and my favorite aquatic scent. It smells, like other people have said, like Yankee Candle's Storm Watch. But it also reminds me of City in the Sea. I am not getting the ozone many people have mentioned. but maybe I don't know what ozone smells like? I like this though because I can smell sweet watery flowers, very aquatic and fresh and clean. I would love to smell this on a guy. I think I'd like to use this after a shower.

I mourned this. I almost cried with disappointment. It is too sharp. it smells like something sharp and plastic or like burned rubber. that does die down after applying and drying a bit, and then it is all dry bitter cinnamon. Like I put a spoonful of pure straight powdered cinnamon in my mouth. no dragon's blood. just burned rubber and chalky choking cinnamon. oh Blood Moon, my lament. it seems as though I'm one of the only ones that dislike this! sometimes I wonder if I am just getting bad imps! off to swaps.

when first applied, it reminded me a LOT of the Unicorn. It has that candy lime skittle smell to it, but it is more watermelon. And I smell... BEER! well, its probably Mead actually. This blend makes me feel so yummy and sparkly and intoxicating! it makes me think of drunken faeries on Midsummer night's eve! Honey and flowers and glittery candy! though it does fade very fast on me. 5ml!!

This blend screams FIRE and BRIMSTONE! I have a lot of the fire element in me, so I LOVE this blend! I want to bathe in this. It smells like REAL fresh dragon's blood resin (quite different from the Dragon's Blood bpal blend) and asofoetida and sulfur. Just like the anger powder I made from a magickal formulary to help me release pent up anger. Very fiery, when I first sniffed it, it was the epitome of red red rage. uncontrollable and feral. 5ml!!

this is lovely. a watery yet spicy rose. A LOT like Moon Rose, one of my favorite scents. It is an incredibly fresh watery rose but with slight kicks in the rose's ass from other florals and perhaps a spice? very very romantic. when it is freshly applied, it reminds me of an insane infatuation, because the rose is so strong. but not overpowering, it is just heightened and intoxicating. the drydown is lovely as well, it smells so much like Moon Rose when dry. This is Moon Rose in serious love.

that was great and intriguing in the vial. A wonderful mix of cocoa, a tiny HINT of lemon, it was a very complex blend. but on my skin... sadly it turned into a menthol honey lemon cough drop. which unfortunately has ruined my experience. anything that contains a combination of honey and lemon makes me feel a bit ill. (as did White Rabbit ) edit: SCRATCH THAT! 1 half hour to 1 hour later....PURE BEAUTY. It is the SAME EXACT SCENT as my favorite Crystal Journey Candle of Courage. SAME EXACT. Holy moses. no cocoa, not lemon-honey-ness that I despise... I don't even know what I am smelling. but it is this candle scent to a T. I am completely, wholly AMAZED.

I was very disappointed with O. No vanilla, no sex all tart baby powder. I smelled like an old lady. or maybe a baby's butt. Is it possible I got a mislabeled imp? this is nothing like the description. and I am in mourning after such high expectations and rave reviews.

it smelled nice and relaxing, but I still tossed and turned. I'm very sensitive to scent and usually can't wear any scents to bed. What comforts me and puts me to sleep is my own scent and the scent of my snuggle fabric softener. I mean, I think I'd rather use this oil for just relaxing instead of sleeping because the scent was new and unfamiliar and it kept me up.

oh LORD this smells wonderful. I thought it was going to be like Sacred Whore of Babylon for some reason. it is just as strong, but that's about it. in the vial it was kind of scary-powerful. I put it on and yeah, I was in heaven. cherry lollipops. it reminds me of what I like about Black Phoenix except it is not as horribly evil and poisonous smelling. even though it is really naughty. I love this. I can also smell the strawberries and resin. frankincense I think.

in the vial: overpowering violets. I'm scared of violets. wet on skin: *sigh* violets. but softer. it smells like baby lotion? love's baby soft? I'm trying to place it. dry: oh shoot.. the violets have returned full force. this is definitely NOT going to work on me.

in vial: smells scary. with mint. like a monster with nice fresh minty breath. lol. on skin: as it dries I can smell the juniper. it is a very cool scent. cold. doesn't really smell like the ocean to me though. but it does make me think of it in an aquatic way. I might sell/swap this or I might keep it for magickal work.

in vial: smells like a doctor's office, or a hospital. like rubbing alcohol. wet: rubbing alcohol smell goes away, a very light slightly lemon, incensey china rain smell. I usually hate lemon scents unless they are fresh and sweet and very light. and this is great. it reminds me of skin so soft in a way, just not vile. very fresh. dry: now it is getting sweeter as it dries. a bit more floral. this is very nice. I thought I was going to hate this when I saw lemon in the description. but I really like it

My 5ml is mislabeled as Snake Charmer. I was excited to get this in a swap because I thought it was Snake Charmer. But holy mother of lucifer this stuff is GORGEOUS. I have fallen deeply in love with House of Mirrors. It is hard however for me to dissect it. It smells alot like Moon Rose (one of my favorites) but it has an aquatic note and is also citrussy. it is so fresh and clean, but not overpoweringly sharp and dry like some clean scents. it does make me think of mirrors. it's a very 'blue' scent. mmmmm this is so lovely. so so lovely. is it possible to have a crush on a scent?

Did I get a bad imp? My imp of Fire of Love smells....like death breath. (sorry) and if it is actually supposed to smell like that, does the scent change after a while? I've been wanting to try its voodoo properties but I'm scared it will have bad effects.

I was all set to review this when I got my decant , BUT when I put it on I was so confused... I didn't know what to think of it. I didn't know whether I liked it or not. I knew I didn't hate it. it was just SO DIFFERENT of a scent. It's sharp, but in a dull earthy way. it smells like FRESH sweet earth. and it is so sweet. I can't put my finger on the sweetness. it reminds me of the sweetness in Hell's Belle. but yeah now that I have tested it around three times, I've decided I love it. too bad its an LE and I only have a decant.

this is really amazing. It's a delicious spiced pumpkin with an end note of peach. then as it dries it turns into a strange sweet apple. I love this. I never thought of putting pumpkin with peach and apple.

I'm so disappointed because in the vial I can smell just the kind of lemon scent that I don't like. I am so particular about my lemon. I like very light sweet fresh and clean lemon smells. not the tart bottled lemon juice from concentrate smell. I'll try it anyway. wet on skin: lemon. the same lemon. but hmmm. there are a few added smells a few seconds after applying. I can smell a very dry rose, a sweet mint. dry: whoa. it made a vanishing act. I can just smell a hint of lemon/rose and that's it. weird. verdict: nah.. too much lemon.

in vial:very rich and decadent. I can smell gardenia vanilla and amber. I remember the first time I sniffed this I thought it smelled ancient. wet on skin: mmm very smoky. it almost has that pipe tobacco scent that Hellfire has. but there is this luscious banana smell. I'm thinking that is the gardenia. it is so so so sweet. so incredibly sweet. but for some reason it doesn't bother me like gardenia usually does when it is so overpowering. it is the smoky undertones and tobacco-ey smell that makes it enjoyable for me to smell. oh this is so sinful and rich and decadent. it smells so good I'm tempted to bite my wrist (but I won't lol). I am so keeping this one. the imp will last me since the scent is so powerful!

in the vial all i smell is lavender. wet on skin: oh my. this is the most beautiful lavender blend I have ever smelled. It is prominently lavender on me but enhanced with other...things...making it cool and sweet. after a few seconds I can smell the chalky violet. It is hard to detect underneath the plethora of lavender. but yes, I can definitely smell the violet. but that is it. just lavender and violet. (not the biggest fan of violet, ever since I had violet candy as a kid, the kind with anise seed in each one. Violet reminds me of being sick from violet candy on a car ride home. as it dries: nice blend of violet and lavender. I think I can detect a hint of gardenia now? (how does Beth do it? how can she make a scent invisible but then appear whenever she wants??) yes I can smell gardenia and violets now, with just a hint of the menthol-ey-ness of lavender. I never thought of combining gardenia and violet. It is so interesting! the gardenia takes away the chalkiness of violet that I dislike and sweetens it. I can't smell any lilac though. maybe I just forgot what it smells like. this scent isn't for me because of the violets, but I may keep the imp just because I like the initial sweet lavender smell.

I'm excited to try this after hearing so many raves about it. I can smell the amber right in the bottle wet on skin: I can't smell anything! it is so faint.. what I smelled in the bottle. but so very faint I can't smell anything. hmm. weird. oh, oh. it is a very deeep scent. for some reason I can only smell it with my left nostril and not my right. which is weird. dry: it is so very sexy. I feel so sexy for some reason. the scent is so deep that I can only smell the undertones. there are no top notes to this at all. I put a lot on too! it's like a work out for my nose trying to smell it. I can smell the amber, and definitely the BPAL version on dragon's blood. but its so deep, its like my nose is digging into the scent trying to find it! I'll be keeping this one, it's lovely.

I am a huge dragon's blood fan. I burn the resin alot, and I have an oil by Azuregreen that has been my signature for a while. But I'm excited to try BPAL'S version! in vial: hmm. very light, I'm only getting a rose-ish smell wet on skin: um... ick. I'm getting a cherry cough medicine smell. I hope it smells better on dry-down. dry on skin: It's alright. it reminds me some of my beloved Hell's Belle and Hades, but that cherry cough medicine smell isn't really going away. Also I can not detect any sort of resin in it! It is way too floral for some reason. hmm. oh well. I guess I'll just stick with my azuregreen DB. It was fun trying a different version though!

I got this as a frimp from someone very nice. I tried it on and tested it without ever looking at the description, and all I could smell was jasmine... so I'm trying it again. in the vial: I can smell something very sweet and sort of translucent. the honey perhaps. and then at the end I get the sharp smell of apple blossom. wet on skin: ahhh okay. I was mistaking the sharpness of apple blossom for jasmine. the sweetness almost goes away instantly and it is just sharp overpowering apple blossom. I can smell a mix of ylang ylang and a little rose behind the apple blossom. arg! its so strong on me. now it is turning INTENSELY sweet. like numbingly sharp as a knife sweet. how that is possible I don't know. but it hurts my nose like sniffing too much intense pine or eucalyptus would. ack. the apple blossom and rose and honey combo really got me excited. I guess its off to the swap pile for this one