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Neroli is a floral that I associate in my mind with other heady, strong, white florals. Like the gardenias, jasmines, and tiare or monoi. Not shy and super sexy but with some warmth.

Oh, I love neroli too! I agree that Akuma is yummy and very true to the scent description of Kajacana, sweet yet tart. I also love Desire (bittersweet neroli, black patchouli and black musk, gilded by apple, bergamot, blood red rose, teak, and vanilla). It is more sweet though, and very heady, strong, and sexy. If you are looking for that cleaner, citrus type blend with neroli, you may like Zephyr (Lemon, lemon verbena, neroli, white musk, white florals, white sandalwood, China musk, bergamot and a drop of vanilla). It's one of my favorites for Summer, light and fresh. I have also tried 51, (green mandarin, neroli, honeydew, white amber, guava, freesia, white and green musks hovering over desert scrub, smashed wood, and the dry, biting scent of night air over the Groom Lake salt flats) but frankly I don't get a lot of neroli from it. It's a scent I like but I amp the melon, but as it is a GC scent it would easy to score an imp. When it comes to LE blends with neroli, my fave is Orange Pumpkin Floss, an oil the Post did from last years Weenies (Pumpkin candyfloss with neroli, pink grapefruit, blood orange, and petitgrain). Very foody and perfect for fall!

As I live in Miami, I wear Summer scents year round But when it really gets hot outside I find myself reaching for the following: Blue Snowballs - technically a BPTP, not a BPAL. Fizzy, lime, snow with a tiny hint of blueberry. So refreshing and plus I get a giggle every time I apply "Blue Balls" Strawberry Moon 2012 - yes, Yes, YES Monster Bait: Tokyo Stomp - because who doesn't want to smell like a Thin Mint cookie? Lemon Scented Sticky Bat - like a lemon sorbet Delirium - apples, roses, and citrus will save your sanity in the heat Bon Vivant - like strawberries and Ginger Ale, complete with bubbly goodness

First off, I totally agree with cfrancesca! I love me some Tiare too and my fave is Marae. However, she is right that a lot of the gardenia scents are very similar to Tiare. I really like Tiki Princess with my CVT hair gloss, there is something very Tiare to me in that blend (some compare Tiki Princess to Enlightenment of the Courtesan Jigokudayu). I have a couple of blends with a heavy magnolia note that also come out smelling very Tiare (Josie from The District and Swan Maiden are particularly delish).

This was supposed to be great on me. Honey? Amber? Vanilla? All notes of win. Sadly, the champaca decided to bitch slap everyone else down and turn into a bad Nag champa incense on me.

What can I sat about Grog that has not already been said? Well add to me the legions that get butterscotch booze, which is great as I love me some butterscotch! I also agree that there is a almost coconut like aspect to Grog as well. I was so happy to find Grog as a stand in for my beloved Creepy. They share that wonderfully sweet buttery coconut rum aspect.

I love fruity, creamy, blends. Agrat is mostly apple blossom and cream on me from start to finish, the other notes don't really seem to speak out much other than to add a little depth to the creaminess of the blend. The woods don't get sharp, the amber doesn't get powdery. I really like the scent I just wish there was a bit more volume. It stays very close to the skin and doesn't really morph much on me. This would be a a top 10 for me if it was just a little louder.

So first a little disclaimer. My bottle does not have any chocolate sludge. It is totally clear. Very curious to see subsequent reviews and whether my bottle is unique in this aspect. So with that in mind, on to the review. In the bottle I get predominantly the custard and vanilla with a tiny very soft breath of lemon blossom. Not very sweet just rich and creamy. Wet, the lemonyness asserts itself briefly but it is very well behaved. Dry, it is the shy, quiet love child of Boo! and Lemon Scented Sticky Bat. Nice but too similar on me to other things. Very curious if my bottle is the only one sans sludge??? ETA: I took my bottle into my lab and decanted the entire thing into a small clear glass jar and I for sure have no nommy chocolate sludge. Poot I wonder if I just got a wonky bottle, it's yummy but I am wondering what I'm missing.

I second Ventriloquist's Dummy. It's almost a single note cedar on me, with a tiny sweet yet tart fruit aspect. Also in this years Weenies was Third Charm: fiery red musk, luminous elemi, East Indian patchouli, champaca flower, cedar incense, ho wood, and hemlock accord sweetened with a peculiar sweet honey. It's lovely.

Lovely! The leather is dominant as Gwydion mentions but I also get a heady amount of cardamom. Not a candle that over whelms a room either. Perfect for the bedside table

I second Sharkdiver's suggestions. I also would suggest Eden from Wanderlust. It doesn't work on me but on my sister it is coconut and figs! Plus it is GC I also love the coconut, vanilla, and tiare hair gloss. It has great throw and lasts forever in my hair. As an aside Sharkdiver totally brought great memories to mind by mentioning Sand and Sable, my beloved great aunt used to wear that and it brings back some great memories.

This is really divine. The allusions to Thins mints are spot on. It does not really morph on me, it just disappears. I get a few minutes of deliciousness and then <poof> gone

I too was surprised at how this smells. It is very light and fresh smelling. I was expecting a heavier, sweeter vibe due to the coconut and vanilla. It is much more of a light citrus with a little white floral in the background. Very re-freshing yet delicate scent.

I feel like I could have started this thread! My hubby also dislikes my favorites, he gave me one hell of a stink eye over Third Charm the other day. But he knows better than to say anything! So put me down in the Delirium fanclub. It's is very girly. Roses, apples and lemon. Simple, feminine, and lovely. Others have also mentioned Titania which is very nice too. I would suggest Desire as a meet-in-the middle scent between you and your SO. Bittersweet neroli, black patchouli and black musk, gilded by apple, bergamot, blood red rose, teak, and vanilla. It is surprising light and pretty on me with a lovely sweet, citrusy, floral thing going on, but a little incense too! Edited as I just realized I suggest Desire in your other thread....but yeah it's yummy!

This scent is divine, and there is really something for everyone in it. It does have a very Snake Oil like vibe to it but a more woodsy feel and the honey is subtle on my skin. Drinking mead in a Snake Oil bath in the middle of a forest.

So, first a word on coconut. It loves me. It rises up to kill all others in attempts to please me. It drowns other notes in waves of diva-like, attention whore, scene stealing. To say "I amp coconut" is an understatement of profound magnitude. And while I like the smell, sometimes I wish coconut would play nice with others. I was pretty sure I would never be able to wear coconut. Until Red Lantern. This would be the 2008 version. In vitro - Caramel and amber are what jumps out at me the most, with a lurking sharp green scent (the tobacco perhaps?) in the misty distance. madidus - The caramel is stronger now and the tobacco is stronger as well. No amber at this stage and strangely the coconut is behaving. It sits quietly in the background lending a light sweetness. siccus - This digs in for the long run as a sweet green scent on me. The tobacco note is prominent but there is a gentle coconut and caramel sweetness. Very lovely and now convinced that coconut can play nice....if it sits in a bottle for 4 years

Pollen-dusted honey, diligent tonka, steadfast chamomile, and goodly hyssop. Honey blends usually tend to work well on me. That being said I classify the honeys in many different types: the warm comforting honey, the clean bright honey, the green fresh honey, the sticky sweet honey....This is more of a green fresh honey. On first sniff, I get mostly honey with a tang of something almost medicinal lurking in the background. On application (oops spilled imp all over myself, guess I'm going to get to know this blend REALLY well) the more medicinal smell (the hyssop?) is a bit more to the fore but the honey still dominant. It does not move much after that... a lovely innocent honey with a faint hint of something almost like sassafras (think root beer) behind it. My favorite going-to-visit grandma scent.

Color me....disappointed. Much like the previous poster this never turned into warm, fuzzy, foody goodness on me. The smell is familiar however on dry down. I hate to say it but if you have ever walked into a Lush store (and I know must of us have) that is exactly what this smells like on me, the smell of a Lush store. I too will hang on in the hope that a little time will make it play nice.

I recently took a risk and got a bottle of this, un-sniffed, off the BPAL Etsy site as a "Retro." Dangerous, I know, to buy that bottle with the notes that "seem to be perfect for me!" How often does that blow up in your face right? But this gamble paid off! I have to send a big thank you to some previous posters on their assessment of a chocolate and chai vibe for this 13. Those reviews gave me the courage to buy the bottle. And they were soooooo right! This is really lovely and manages to keep some complexity in the face of my scent eating skin chemistry.

Yah for another wine note lover!! I also agree with some previous posts. Bordello is super yummy but sweeter. Sadly, Wanda broke my heart as it sounded perfect but my evil skin chemistry turned it into a sour mess. I have to mention one of my all time faves, Centzon Totochtin from the Excolo. It has a very strong wine note that is very irony to me. The notes are Mexican cocoa with rum, red wine, and a scent redolent of sacrificial blood. It's heaven!

Bon Vivant....not what I was expecting but in a good way. Pre-concieved notions...hoping for sweet strawberries and dry bubbles, half expecting plastic fantastic fruit and booze (a pox on you body chemistry). So what did I get? Fruity ginger ale! And it's awesome! Fun and light and bubbly. A great Summertime going-to-a-grownup-BBQ scent. It is amazing how effervescent it smells, I almost feel tiny bubbles breaking under my nose.

This was supposed to be epic. Figs, almonds, coconuts? Perfection in a bottle for someone who likes foody scents. Alas, twas not to be. Not sure why, but this has a very acrid, almost burnt sugar smell on me. It fades with time but never reaches the yumminess others have experienced. Curse you body chemistry. I agree with a previous review that it has a beautiful pale violet color to the oil, which is lovely.

Oh. holy brain farts Batman....how could I forget Desire? The notes are bittersweet neroli, black patchouli and black musk, gilded by apple, bergamot, blood red rose, teak, and vanilla. This smells divine. Like a sugared fruit incense on me.

Have you tried Al-Azif? A lot of people get a sweet incense note from it. I didn't but a lot of others do.

Oh body chemistry, the tricks you play. Al-Azif is gardenia, dirt, and resinous vanilla (benzoin maybe?) on me. No maple, no burnt sugar, no incense. Very earthy and nice....just not what I was expecting at all!