Missy_killer

To my nose: Sharp and spicy honey. On: That is..really odd. It started to smell a lot like Dragon's Blood! It went away rvery fast, which is good because me and DB can't work together. And some greenish, floral cold tea. What the what now?! I've never had that happen with other ambers before. Yep, dead ringer for cold tea with milk and honey. Unfortunately I had to wash this off. To me it smelled like cold tea, to my mother it smelled terribly nausiating and sweet.

To my nose: Honey/amber is the first thing I smell, together with some smoke and a touch of vanilla. There's also something..sharp and floral? After I close the lid there's a distict stearine smell. On: This is very strong on the honey and vanilla. I think I smell something citrusy or floral too, which I don't really now why. It doesn't change much on my skin, and it's kinda nice. I just don't see myself reaching for this scent much. And it apparently has some serious throw. I put one drop on my hand and after three hours my mother could smell it - like I had dumped the entire bottle over me. She did not like it at all, too sweet and headache-inducing. And yeah, this one really is sweet. I'm kinda surprised that the one scent supposed to smell like candles doesn't smell like candles on me. Oh well.

To my nose: At first I couldn't put my finger on what on Earth this smells like in the bottle. Some kind of mint? I've then realized that it must be the pine I smell. On: When I first put this one there's a stage that I don't care for. It's almost smells like marzipan and that makes me a little bothered. Thankfully it only lasts for the first few minutes, before it warms and blooms up. The real star of Pickled Imp seems to be the clove and cinnamon mix. Those are the most dominent notes in here so far, but I can detect some vanilla if I try hard. And I think it's one of those good vanillas that I can actually handle. Some reviewers has mentioned that the vanilla comes out more with age, so I'm keeping this one for sure! It smells like christmas too, so..what's not to like? I'm surprised that Pickled Imp isn't heavy. I thought for sure that it would be very heavy and have to be banned til colder months, but I can wear it most days! After 5-6 hours the only thing left from Pickled imp is the vanilla. A soft and creamy one, I might add. This quickly shot up to my top 10 scents and I will wear this frequently during fall/winter! So happy that I bought a bottle.

A perfect, lovely, gleaming red apple whose sweetness masks a swirl of narcotic opium, oleander, and hemlock. To my nose: Apples! A mix of red and green apples. I'd say there are more green and tart ones than red and sweet. On: First of all I acidentally spilled a little with my imp..hmh..Second of all it's very strong soapy apples. But there is something else too. Something very sharp. It smells like apples, but when you inhale deeply there is this..I guess you can call it poison, lol! Rapunzel in Ballpoint is a more "true to life" apple, where as this really is a fairytale-poisoned apple. It doesn't smell rotten or bad in any way. but it..smells weird. and of course appley. After two hours it kinda smells like apples and black licorice. It's nice, but I prefer Rapunzel for my apple-fix.

To my nose: First thing I smell is something cake-y and caramelly, which is the last I'd expect from this. On: Oh, I recognize this. There's some chocolate-covered caramel stuff going on here. No coffee so far. I'm not sure if that's a good or a bad thing, becuase I generally don't like things that smell like coffee (though I loooove to drink coffee). After a few minutes on my skin the caramel starts to disappear and a dusty note appears. Now it's more like dusty icecream-wafers. Still no coffee, no woods or magnificent halls. This smells more like a table with candy that has been left untouched for ages. Thick dust covering and clibbing to the candy.

To my nose: I smell tangerine and tonka first up. I also get the sandalwood and pear. It's not a fresh pear though, more of a canned, super sweet one. There's also some spices here, but I can't put my finger on exactly what kind of spices. Spicy fruitsalad? On: This one has also changed since last time I tried it (like Regina Erebi did). Last time the tangerine was the most prominent on my skin, but this time it'sthe pear. Pears, tonka and sandalwood is everything I can smell. As it dries the pears dsappear more and more but the other notes (except for the tangerine which I can't find anywhere) are live and well. I now also smell coconut. Lilith vs the Giant Crab - Tangerine cream, benzoin, white sandalwood, white pear, tonka and ambergris accord After ten minutes: I still haven't gotten any tangerine, or much of the cream (both were present last time I tried this and I liked it back then). I smell ambergris and that always makes me think of very expensive shampoo. I even rolled the bottle to see if it would have a better outcome, but no luck. If you'd like to smell like fresh from the shower, expensive shampoo from the hairstylist-kind of way then I'd recommed this to you. I'm gonna have to try this again before I decide what to do.

To my nose: Ooooh... This one is very lime and citron heavy! I also detect some mint? At least..I think it's mint? On: This smells like soda pops candy! (or like Lush's Whoosh if you haven't tried the candy) Very bright and citrus-y juuust like I love it! The citrus slowly dies down and the lilac enters the party. There's another BPAL with lilac and citrus that I tried not so long ago (and can't remember the name of) that made the same outcome = citrus and lilacs turn to soap on me. Boo! Very disappointed.

To my nose: Like I suspected. Dragon's blood really kills all the other notes for me. It smells like heavy floral/cheap lipsticks to me. On: Mhm.. Lime, cedar and dragon's blood all mixed together in a blur. All three of these are fighting over who's gonna be on top - who's gonna be the star of the show. It actually seems that the lime is the strongest one so far, but I don't dare to believe that the dragon's blood has given up. Oooh, this is the same type of lime that's in Voodoo! After a few minutes though, the DB has returned *dramatic music*. And fueled with new powers it decides to kick the lime to the curb and take the throne. As usual, Dragon's blood and I are not friends, and can't cooperate. End of story

To my nose: I smell a light brown sugar/caramel with some nuttyness going on. And..Cucumber. I've seen that others have also gotten cucumber from this blend, and even when I've closed the lid I can still smell it. Odd. On: Immediately Mischief smells very nutty, but not even five seconds later there's that cucumber again! I wouldn't call this sweet, but it certainly is an odd mix. As it sits longer on my skin I get more of the nuts and less of the cucumber (though it's still there), and even some of the sugar is comingout to greet me. The caramel gets really loud after about 30 min, which gives me a headache and I have to wash it off. Sadly, this one is not for me.

To my nose: fruity, buttery rich and a hint of carbonation. On: Fruity and sweet, still not a lot of carbonation, but it smells lovely! I smell lemon and what must be the ginger, it's a bit spicy but not too bad. This one doesn't morph at all on me, it stays the same - and it stays very loud. After an hour or so I had to wash it off becuase it was just too strong and sweet. bummer.

To my nose: That's odd.. It smells like warm, clean lavender and the same type of lime that's in my beloved Voodoo. I like it! On me: I'm very surprised that it's a sweet and fuzzy lavender with a hint of lime. Usually lavender is either dark, or cologne-y. I think I also smell lilac, but not a fresh-from-the-bush type of lilac. It's more a scented candle-type of lilac to me. After five minutes: I smell some vanilla in this. Very pleasent warm and fuzzy vanilla and lavender. After two hours: I completely forgot that I was testing, lol! I still really like Villain. It's got a nice and sweet lavender with a vanilla undertone. I'm also really happy that this one didn't turn out to smell like soap on me, which many of the other lavender-scents have done.

To my nose: I'm not really sure what I'm smelling here.. Green tea, and fig I think. A lot of people think that patchouli smells like dirt, and in this case it actually does. I normally never get dirt from patchouli (or blends that contain it). On: Fig and mango bathing in green tea. That's all there is, no morphing, no nothing. The tea has a bit of a "lemony" note in it, which is nice. I just wished this would be fruitier. but now when I look at the notes I keep wondering how I thought this was gonna be a fruit-party? I must've confused it with something else.

To my nose: Wow. First sniff and I smell buttered toast and turkey. Second sniff is all pineapple with an aftertaste of almond cherries. On: This smells soooo weird! Toffee and toast in a blender with fresh pineapple juice and cherries. I think I smell the turkey too, like toffee-glazed meat. And...No. God No. I can't be sure but I think the buttered toast, toffee-glazed turkey and custard mixed together is making my tummy turn. It's a bit of a shame because the pineapple in Drink Me is so sweet and juicy, it's like the real deal! Oh, and to make things worse the custard is very vanilla-y and buttery. And now I smell popcorn all of a sudden. Caramelized popcorns. Now, don't get me wrong because I LOVE popcorn, but they should only be buttered and salted, never ever sweetend. Now take all of the ingredients that I just listed, from the toast to the popcorn, throw it all down the blender and mix it to a gloopy greenish gray soup - dump it over your arm. That is how this makes me feel and I can't take it any more! Need to wash this off pronto!

To my nose: This is fruity! It smells like cold fruit-tea. Sweet and almost something bitter mingling together in here. I smell Pomegranate and mullberries, with a little bit of cherries and the mint. The mint isn't very "minty" though, more green and adds an almost medicine-feel to Regina. On: Hm.. This is different from when I first tried it on. Scents always like me better straight out of the package. After they've been "resting" for a couple of days most people say the scents change for the better, for me it's usually the other way around. Last time I got strictly mulberries and mint when I did a skintest. But now I get all kinds of red fruit and what I belive is the myrrh. It has a sweet, but almost metallic smell to it. And then it starts smelling like a candle. Five minutes later: Why does it always happen to me?! I tried Regina on directly from the mailbox and loved it, minty mulberries and red fruits - it was soooo yummy! And now I get a high pitched screech of metal and what I can only say is red sweetness. Not even any fruit! I wonder if I'll have to shake her for about a week to get back to the first and yummy stage? Or did my skin change? Time of the month? So many question marks, I'll have to do another test of Regina before I decide what to do with her.

To my nose: I smell violets. Straight up, musky violets. With a teeny dab of coconut. On: This is much sweeter than I thought it would be. Still violets and a touch of cool coconut. For hours this was between the states of "meh" and "need to wash this off, headache incoming!". It was very floral, sweet and cloying. Some reviwers has gotten Dragon's Blood from it, I thankfully didn't (DB smells like old, cheap lipsticks with a floral edge to me). But now, about three hours after I put it on, it has changed. It's still sweet but the violets are gone. There's a powdery feel to Blood Pearl and I think the coconut is just there to soften up the orris and musk without adding too much of itself in there. It's a shame. If Blood Pearl had more coconut in it I would have liked it much more. But waiting three hours to get to that stage? No.

To my nose: This is mostly moss and some woods. I think there's a small smidge of berries hiding here, but it's so faint that it might well be my imagination. On: It smells sweet on my skin, but not berries per say. Just..Sweet moss and woods. After it has been sitting on my skin for a while I sense something that actually smell like berries. Finally! Just what I was looking for. But not the raspberries that I was waiting for, these are... grapes. *sigh* After an hour: The awful dusty smell that has ruined a few scents for me (Autumn Cider among others) is here. It's covering the berries and the woods in a grey fuzzy blanket of dust.

Boo 2012 To my nose: A sweet and buttery scent, that is almost cake-y. I really hope this doesn't turn out to be like the evil migraine-cake in Eat Me On: A buttery cake with a vanilla detergent as an undertone. The cream helps mellow out the detergent, so it's not as sharp as detergents can be. After a few minutes: Huuuh..It smells like some creamy ricepudding. You know, like ris á l'amande (if you're familiar with that). Oddly enough I really like it at this stage. Usually buttery type of scents give me terrible migraines, but this one works. I keep wondering if it's the clean laundry that makes this bearable to me? It's not at all what I had expected from Boo. I'm kinda bummed that the spun sugar ditched the party before it had even started. But I'm also happy that the cake left. Might need some further testing before I decide what to do with this.

To my nose: This smells like cherry almonds/marzipan and nothing else. I love to eat marzipan, hate stuff that smells like it. On: Artifical cherry candy. I've always hated cherry-flavored things becuase they all taste like some kind of dishsoap. Eeew. After a couple of second it changes. It smells like the skin of apples and has some strong soapyness about it. Apple scented soap! The cherries are gone, thankfully. I think the apples are more green than red actually. Red apples are sweeter, and these are more tart. After an hour: Still smells of apple scented soap. But it has already started to fade I'm afraid. Edited to add that this is for the 2012 version.

This is for the 2012 version. To my nose: Wow, this is strong. I mean REALLY strong. First sniff I get burning campfire, apples and patchouli. It's very smokey and manly. On: On my skin there's a blast of red apples and mullein, it's still really strong but without the burning campfire. I want to say that I have some sort of memory of this smell, but I can't find it in my head. It's late autumn/early winter. It's dark outside and there are small fires set up here and there to light up pathways. Some people have put apples on stakes, roasting them over one of the fires. 30 min later: the apples are till here, still red and sweet now. A dark grey-smokeyness is in the back, making this not overly sweet. I was just out walking the dog, and got whafts of this during the entire time. And since it's cold and rainy in the part of Sweden that I live in, it was just the perfect scent for being outdoors! Last time I tried Samhain (around November or December I think) it did not smell like this at all. Back then it was just burning campfire all the way. This gets sweeter as it ages? This is the review I wrote a couple of months ago. I tried Samhain again yesterday, and it was SO strong, apple-y and sweet it almost gave me a headache. And all the smokeyness was gone.

To my nose: I smell cold, honeyed tea with small smidges of mint here and there. I wanna say that it's a very floral tea, I'm guessing it might be the orange blossom that gives that vibe. On: I wonder if this is the same type of honey used in Womb Furie? ..It smells a little bit like Playdough, just like WF does. The honey with mint is all I can smell. No hard edges here at all, like a little ball of playdough dipped in mint. Then the orange blossom peeks out. A soft little citrus that's way too shy to break through the minty honey-ball. After a couple of minutes the orange blossom has gained enough confidence to break up the honey and mint. Now all I can smell is orange! The honey and mint are hiding behind the orange's back. After about 30 min: I smell honey and vanilla with a tiny dab of lemon instead of orange. Where's the vanilla coming from?! Two hours later: Cold, mint tea with milk, sweetend with honey. Edited because of spelling boo boo's.

It iiiiis! It swirled up to my top 5 scents immediately and I've worn it almost all summer.

The Lilith-series (the Tremulous Song) that contained Love was taken down in June I believe. I have a bottle of Love, and it's the best rose-scent I've ever smelled! It's not marshmallow-y on me, just sweet and creamy roses.

To my nose: Sin is a lot sweeter than I thought it would be. In the imp all I can smell is amber and honey-sweetend cinnamon. I'm really hoping the sweetness will go away once on my skin! It reminds me a little of Smut 2011, but without the chocolate. On me: I make a dab on my hand and all I smell is honey and amber. There's not a trace of either patchouli (which, since it's black, I would think would be veeery prominent) or cinnamon. Or wait. I start smelling some cinnamon. Very faint at first, I have to keep my nose half an inch awy from my hand to smell it. And then it grows stronger, more powerful. A couple of hours pass: Sin is perfect. All cinnamon, all the way! Not a creamy one like Pickled Imp, it's not Chai-esque or sugared sweet foods-like either. It smells like grounded up cinnamon. I'm saying grounded up because there's a powdery feel to it, not in a bad way though!! I like it a lot and can see myself wear this through fall and winter. It does however make me sneeze a little now and then. Or maybe I'm catching a cold. In any case I will keep my eyes open for a bottle of this! I never had a burning sensation with Sin, but then again none of the BPAL I've tried that contains cinnamon has given me any reaction at all.

To my nose: Tart green apples. That's the only thing in here! On: Mmmmmmhhh! Juicy, fresh green apples. From one angle it smells like applejuice and from another it smells like apple scented-fabric softener. That's perfectly fine by me since I love that fabric softener. It's not sparkly or fizzy on me, which is a little sad. It might work to layer this with a sparkly scent? I need to try it with Bon Vivant, get some more sweetness in here. Very happy that the apple is fresh and not baked, because my skin doesn't really like baked apple for some reason. After 45 minutes Rapunzel has already started to fade :C After 4 hours I couldn't smell Rapunzel any longer. Sadly it's the weakest out of the four scents I tried from this collection. But it's a really nice and tart green apple, just how I wanted it to be.

To my nose: Ooooooooohhhh, this is very sweet and yummy! I think it reminds me of Schrodinger's Cat, but that might just be my imagination. On: I smell cotton candy with a touch of wine and lots of gummy candy. It's bright and fun with fruity and delicious candy scattered all over it. I don't get any raspberry at all, but little whiffs of lime now and then. Mainly it's just this delicious candied sweetness all over it that I like But it reminds me so much of another BPAL..It must be Schrodinger's Cat, but I can't find my imp to do a comparison. It's hiding somewhere, that sneaky little kitty. In the end Uncle Brian smelled just like pale yellow Haibo gummy bears, or like elderberries (is it called that?). It only lasted for a couple of hours on my skin, but I really liked it.