Lizzie

Hope you had a wonderful B-day!! Did you do anything exciting? I just turned 21 too...I felt sort if old. But that's being stupid, we're still spring chickens, right?

Smells all sweet and innocent in the imp, looking at you coyly, then you put it on and it gets kinda dirty and smacks you on the ass... I really like it. It keeps morphing on my skin. Sometimes it's raw cinnamon bark, got dry and sexy, and sometimes it's softer and sweeter, more like a cinnamon bun. It's somehow comforting yet flirty at the same time. A keeper. 8.9 out of 10.

This blend is so unique on me...it's difficult to describe, but it smells a little like Vanilla, but mostly like clean wet gravel...it evokes thought of an underground lake in a cave somewhere...secret and mysterious. I like it. 8.5 out of 10.

This smells EXACTLY like Black Pearl to me! For a minute I was confused and thought I had to Black Pearl. But nope, it's Blood Pearl. BPAL Coconut does some horrible things on me sometimes, and this is one of those times! Straight to the swap pile. I'd give it a 2 out of 10 on my skin....just icky, like salty wet cardboard.

Alice to me, smells quite a bit like Lush's Potion, and that's not a bad thing at all!! I do wish I could smell the milk more, as I really like Milk in other blends. But really all I get from Alice is Carnation Carnation Carnation!!! But I love Carnation, so it works! It's maybe a slightly sweeter Carnation (likely due to the honey) than Potion. Unfortunately, it disappears REALLY quickly. Or else I'd be buying a bottle. I'd give it an 8 out of 10.

I LOVE ginger and had such high hopes for this...but on my skin it's baby puke and burnt rubber. NOT good. I'll be swapping it. This was my first really horrible "get it off me!!" reaction. It was traumatizing.

I was in the mood for something coconutty tonight, so I decided to try out Eden. Sadly, though coconut is what I wanted, it is not what I got. I'm going to chalk it up to evil almond (which I know doesn't always like me) but my imp of Eden smells like Cherry cough syrup and...fried chicken?? I'm not even joking. This is just wrong all wrong on me. I think it's gotta go in the swap pile.

This was not at all what I was expecting!! I thought it would be a warm tropical coconut...but instead it's a fake smelling aquatic with only little bits of coconut here and there. I think my chemistry just doesn't like it. Makes me sad, because I love coconut. I think I'll have to swap it.

Our signature oil. A dark, languid scent. Promotes hedonistic tendencies and extreme self-love. You won’t stop kissing mirrors for a month. In The Bottle Cherry!!! Whoever said cherry liquor was dead on. mmmm. Wet On Sort of incensey, but still very cherry. Dry I don't really know what to think. I really want to like it, since it's the signature scent, but..I don't think I like it. It such a strange mixture on me...I think it's just too sweet. But I'll keep it for a while and try again.

In The Bottle Sweet caramel!! Very yummy, and a bit boozy. I love caramel. Wet On Cherries?? That must be the almond, I think I've heard someone say almonds smelled like cherries to them, and that's what I'm getting from it, which is fine by me, as I loooovvee cherry. Dry Sweet yet sort of powdery..I think it reminds me of brown sugar or something. I really don't know. I'll think I'll keep it for now, but I can tell it has the potential to go musty on my skin as some foody scents will. So the jury is still out on this one. It may be one I have to use in a scent pendant.

In The Bottle Oiy!! Rose. I'm a little scared. Rose and I don't get along very well. Wet On Hmmm, that's not so bad, a little bit warm and spicy, still mostly rose... Dry It now smells like dirt and....soap? A bit of an oxymoron, but I swear on my skin this blend manages to smell like both dirt and soap at the same time. I think it'll need to go into the swap pile.

In The Bottle very sweet but also astringent lemon. Strange. I was expecting spice I think, with a name like Red Devil. Wet On Lemon Candy. Yum!! Dry Wait, where did it go?? The smell totally disappeared. Ok, even after pretty much bathing in the stuff, it still disappears on me after minutes. Into the swap pile it goes! And I REALLY wanted to love this one!

In The Bottle Cherry and Banana. What is wrong with me today?? Wet On I don't know. What IS that smell?? I just don't know. Maybe it's quince, because I don't know what a quince should smell like. Dry I don't know what to say. This scent, for me, is like walking through the Hanging Gardens...drugged. No clue what is going on. It smells good though. I think. But I'm totally confused. The most complex BPAL scent I've tried so far. I think I have to keep this imp. Even if I never wear it, I know I'm going to want to puzzle over this scent again, maybe another day my nose will be less confused.

In The Bottle Vanilla and....something. Wet On Vanilla fabric softener. Dry Oiy!! Yup, vanilla fabric softener. Mixed with other laundry smells, like laundry detergent. Eeek. Ok, well this one's not for me. Not that I don't like the scent of laundry. But uh, I don't wanna smell like it.

In The Bottle Peachy aquatic Dry mmmm. mmmmm. That's good!! I have a hard time describing it, but it brings back memories of a forest stream behind my parents house, laying on the moss, eating peaches and being lazy.

In The Bottle Apples?? What the heck? Wet On Cherry. Plasticy cherry. What is wrong with my nose today?? Dry Hmmmm. Warm berries, like berries out in the sun. But it's beginning to go musty smelling on my skin. I think this one just doesn't match with my chemisty. Very sad. I think I'll have to wash it off, and into the swap pile it'll go. I really wannted to like this one too.

In the Bottle mmmm boozy vanilla!! Very strong and soft of....nose tingling. Wet On the honey begins to come out. Mmmm. mmmmmmmm. Dry OMG! This is great! Smells a lot like Lush's B Never!! Lizzie like.

In The Bottle it smells like a lime flavoured 'Soda Licious' fruit snack. Weird, but I love that smell. Wet On Can still smell the lime, but some spicyness too. Dry awe pooey, the lime is all gone. Smells mainly of Myrrh. Not that I don't like Myrrh, it's just that I was really excited about the lime. I think I might try this one in my scent pendant once I get it, and see if that limey vanilla fruit snack smell hangs around, because it was gorgeous. I don't think I'll get a bottle though. ETA: I tired it on a little bit of paper, and that lime smell sticks around! So this will be a keeper, just not on my skin.

I really only wanted this one because of the name. In The Bottle Oiy! Beat me over the head florals. Wet On Still REALLY floral (which is not a good thing for me) and just...gahh. Dry a wet soapy clean floral. Really not all that bad. I wish I could smell some of the lovely neroli, or sandalwood, but I really just get violet and soap. I was hoping to find inspiration in this scent, but sadly I think I'll have to keep looking. I'll keep the imp though. Just for the name.

I am in love with this blend In The Bottle it actually smells really gross. It's very strong and not nice at all. Wet On but as soon as it touches my skin, it begins to morph into its wonderful self. Dry This oil is so beautiful. It's calming, relaxing, and warming, without being "spicy." which is a really nice change. It's just a warm milky, creamy ginger. I just love it, and I can't stop sniffing my wrists. It's very unique. I will be buying a bottle.

In The Bottle this smells like pure milk chocolate heaven!!! Sooo yummy. Love it. Wanna bathe in it. Wet On unfortunately I can tell immediately that it's not going to work with my skin chemistry. Sometimes chocolate or toffee scents turn musty and gross on my skin. Dry it makes me so sad, but on my skin this smells like old soggy, only slightly chocolatey cereal. Like stale soggy cocoa puffs or something. But I'll keep it until I get my scent pendant and then see how it does there.

In The Bottle really strong Patchouli!! Wet On mmm now that's better!! Patchouli with just a touch of cinnamon, but not sweet, just as I was hoping it'd be!! Dry ah poo. Turned into patchouli and Cedar, not what I was hoping for. Well I'll keep the imp for now, but won't be getting a bottle. And the search for a match to Lush's Blue Skies continues...

In The Bottle deep Patchouli goodness!! Wet On Patchouli and Cinnamon!! This is beginning to smell like I hoped!!! I'm desperate to find something that smells similar to Lush's Blue Skies and Fluffy White Clouds (which is Patchouli, Cinnamon, and Frankinsence.) Dry well this is close, but no cigar. My skin amps up the cinnamon too much. Maybe after an hour or so it'll smell more like patchouli. It's still lovely however. I don't know if I'll be buying a bottle, but I can see myself always wanting to have an imp of this handy. It's a very soothing scent to me, yet a bit sensual and sexy at the same time. Yum.

In The Bottle Oiy, fake aquatic ickyness! It really reminds me of Calgon's Turquise Seas which I hate, so I'm hoping it'll morph into something nice on my skin. Wet On More citrus sharpness is coming out, but still fairy fake and yucky. Dry Uh oh, this is a headache waiting to happen. Just not good at all on me. Not at all what I had hoped for, I was really expecting to love this, but instead I'll have to wash it off. I think this one'll be getting swapped, unless some miracle occurs on my skin in the next few seconds...... eeewwww, it just turned into a mouldy plastic smell!! Ok, just not for me. Swap pile it is.

In The Bottle bitter lemon and floral. Not really unpleasant, totally not what I was expecting either! Wet On very sharp, lemon and orange flower. To me it's a "deep dark lemon" if that makes any sense at all. A sort of dry, dusty lemon, not a bright juicy one. I rather like it though. Dry Still mostly lemon with a bit of orange flower, and still quite bitter, but I really like it. It's not your average lemon, that's for sure. I can see myself wearing this when I need a "wake me up" sort of scent, but don't want to smell as if I'd just rolled around in a vat of lemon juice. I'll certainly use up the imps, and then I'll see whether or not I want a bottle, or just another imp or 2.