Poenari

This was a generous frimp from the lab, and on first applying it, I am hooked! MUST. HAVE. MORE. On skin: musky, resin, spicy dragon's blood. I can't stop sniffing my wrist. Want to slather this one all over. Seems to have a decent enough lasting ability on me- the max I have been able to get out of any BPAL before reapplying is about 3 hours, and this one has hit that mark, so I consider it a success.

Just received my first ever BPAL order, and because of all the positive reviews, I had to try Snake Oil first. In the bottle: spicy vanilla. I will wear vanilla once in a while, but am not a big fan. Let's see what this one does. On my skin: mmmmmmgood! Hard to separate the vanilla from the spice, and I can't quite figure out exactly what it smells like, but I love it. Can't stop sniffing my wrist. After one hour, and two-three-four... still going strong, and I really do love this! Lasts till I shower it off at the end of the day. I'm definitely getting a big bottle of this one! Edited 5/12/12: haha going through My Stash and rediscoverd this review, which was probably my first-ever BPAL review. Since my initial review, I have to add that Snake Oil remains one of my most favorite, go-to scents of all time. I have gone through 3 of the 10 ml. bottles, have 1/2 of one 10 ml left (aged from 2006 so it's truly decadent and I save it for special occasions only) and have also used up another 2 5 ml bottles. This scent is like nothing else I've ever encountered (outside of BPAL, I mean) and I hope that Beth is able to keep it around forever.

In the bottle: smells very similar to Snake Oil, which I love. On my skin: initially, spicy and musky, again similar to Snake Oil, but a milder version. One hour later, it's barely there, and is slightly powdery. I can detect it when I raise my hand towards my face, but it's very mild. Kind of a powder musk. This is only the third scent I've tried (Snake Oil and Blood being the other two) and two of three have gone powder on me!

In the bottle: I can smell the clove, but the cherry is very strong. On my skin: Starts out with the clove, but the cherry quickly takes over. Within the first hour, it for some strange reason turned to a powder scent on my skin! Not unpleasant, but not at all what I was expecting or wanting! Lasts for hours, but remains a powdery scent. Pleasant enough to use up my imp, but I wouldn't order more. 4/9/06 ETA OK, I have to go back and change this review, because after the first time I tried it, I've never gotten the powder scent again. In fact, this has quickly become one of my favorites, and I have a 5 ml bottle on order and am already regretting that I didn't just go ahead and order the 10 ml. Next order coming up! Must have been something wrong with my sniffer the first time. I've finished up my imp, and the cherry/clove mingling remains long lasting on my skin. I've been putting it on at bedtime nightly, and can still smell it in the morning when I wake up. Very sexy scent.