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I already ordered bottles and decants, so I don't really have to narrow anything down this time. Just some thoughts and predictions while I wait... All of Their Heads Fell Off Perfume Oil Oozing cactus flesh, creosote, dusty boards, and gruesome globs of blood musk. Will the cactus be planty? For some reason "oozing cactus flesh" sounds kind of fruity. Anyway, I ordered a decant. Nothing here sounds bad to me and it could be great. Bonfire Toffee Perfume Oil Our spin on a traditional Guy Fawkes Night treat: treacle toffee soaked in rich, dark bourbon. This sounds way too sweet and I skipped it, although I do like booze scents.  Dia de los Muertos Perfume Oil This is a Mexican paean to La Huesuda: dry, crackling leaves, the incense smoke of altars honoring Death and the Dead, funeral bouquets, the candies, chocolates, foods and tobacco of the ofrenda, amaranth, sweet cactus blossom and desert cereus. Decant ordered - I might have smelled this once before but I've never owned it, and I'm excited to try it again! Hand-Knitted Witch Gloves Perfume Oil Wooly and witchy, fuzzy and scuzzy, long green fingers tipped with ruby-red nails: raw wool, sweet oakmoss, and cranberry brandy. I ordered a bottle, the combination sounded too weird to pass up! Is He, You Know Perfume Oil Sweet 13-year aged patchouli, peru balsam, white oakmoss, French lavender, spikenard, bourbon vanilla, and sugar cane. I don't see anything not to like here, so I took a chance and got a bottle.  October Perfume Oil Dry, cold autumn wind. A rustle of red leaves, a touch of smoke and sap in the air. Decant ordered - I love my old bottle, and wanted to compare old with new. Pumpkin Latte Perfume Oil Espresso, pumpkin syrup, smoky vanilla bean, milk, raw sugar, and a dash of cinnamon and nutmeg. Sounds a little too sweet for me. I like sweet scents sometimes, but I'm picky about them.  Pumpkin Spice Everything Perfume Oil Literally everything. Pumpkin spice it all. A rich blend of traditional spices: cinnamon, cardamom, allspice, and clove. Never have tried this. I feel like Plunder is the only spice scent I really need, although I would try this for sure if I crossed paths with it. Pumpkin Trash Bag Perfume Oil A crinkly, crunchy, cartoony jack-o-lantern scent, stuffed full of leaves and eager to please: orange blossom, blood orange, and orange hard candy with pumpkin pulp and smushed leaves. Bottled - sounds too fun to pass up and can't really imagine it disappointing in any way.  Samhain Perfume Oil Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. I have a few different vintages, in bottle or decant form, and decided to get a decant this year. I never get tired of this scent!  Sugar Skull Perfume Oil Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. See Samhain above - same with this! Things are Fine Perfume Oil The blissful contentment of committing to exist in the moment: white sandalwood smoke, hinoki, white tea, and falling leaves. I went for a decant, it sounds great but white sandalwood went out of control in another scent recently (on my skin)... I think it was The Queen and The Page? Vintage Frankenstein Blow Mold Perfume Oil A shell of milky plastic surrounding a puff of mint chocolate chip-scented air, illuminated from within by 40 watts of glowing amber. No chocolate chips for me thanks! Well, not in perfume form. Vintage Ghost Blow Mold Perfume Oil Milky-white plastic and a hollow gasp of candy-corn breath, illuminated from within by 40 watts of glowing amber. I'd try this if I crossed paths with it, but decided to skip it for now. The 40 watts part kind of worried me, sounds kind of ozoney? Dusk in Autumn A Little Silver Scimitar Perfume Oil Foamy orris and ambergris accord pierced by a sliver of white fir needle, moonflower, and cypress. I can pass on this for now, sounds like it would be soapy on my skin. A Timid Twinkling Golden Star Perfume Oil Tuberose and sweet amber. This sounds lovely but I'm not too certain about bpal's tuberose note. I ordered a decant, we'll see. The Witches Have a Fire Again Perfume Oil Smoldering spiced oak boughs and pine pitch crackling with golden sap. Decant! I like oak, I just hope the pine pitch doesn't do anything weird on me. Witches’ Currant Cake Perfume Oil Red currant and rosewater gooseberry cake with a sugar-dusted gingerbread crumble topping. I almost blind bottled this one too, but went for a decant instead. This kind of scent can be unpredictable on me but it does sound lovely. Witches’ Tea Perfume Oil Blackberry thorn tea. I ordered a bottle. I have been enjoying the lab's blackberry scents, and this sounded great. Halloween Atmosphere and Linen Sprays 2023 Passed on all of these - already have enough home scents Fig, Autumn Amber, and Tobacco Atmosphere & Linen Spray October Bonfire Atmosphere & Linen Spray Burning leaves and smoldering applewood. Pumpkin Incense Atmosphere & Linen Spray A caramelized pumpkin kyphi. Halloween Bath Oil 2023 Hard Candy Bath Oil Release your cares into a warm, soothing bath of liquefied hard candies. Passed on this, the scent didn't sound that exciting to me. Halloween Hair Gloss 2023 Passed on these because I have tons of hg already Autumn Fougere Hair Gloss A campfire cologne with a cluster of musk-sweet leaves and a hint of leather. Maple Leaves, Golden Moss, and Amber Hair Gloss Palo Santo and Patchouli Hair Gloss Pumpkin Buttercream Hair Gloss Pumpkin puree whipped into thick folds of buttercream. Samhain Hair Gloss Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. Heloise & Abelard’s Spooky Duets Belladonna Berries and Mandrake Root Perfume Oil Pass for now..it sounds a little like Screaming Mandragora (if I got the name right?) which I already have, even though it's just an imp. Congealed Blood and Oozing Viscera Perfume Oil Passed on this, just wasn't calling to me. Grave Moss and Bone Splinters Perfume Oil Decant! Sounds like Hessian of the Hollow which I love. Human Animals Bringer of Evil Perfume Oil A foreboding tremble of poppy leaf, cerulean musk, violet grapefruit, mimosa, orris butter, and benzoin. Pass, not calling out to me. Elimanzer Perfume Oil Strangely sinister frumenty: oatmeal, heavy cream, butter, salt, and a whiff of brimstone. Pass, the oatmeal note didn't sound good to me, also heavy cream and butter could go badly on me. Elizabeth’s Imps Perfume Oil A promise in the shadows: black molasses, cinnamon bark, and glowing amber. Decant! This actually sounds really nice. Lady of Saintonge Perfume Oil Perfumed black silk encasing a mangled, blood-spattered talon of white sandalwood, ivory accord, and inky fur. Pass for now, didn't quite sound like something I would like. The Corn Spirit Perfume Oil Rye stalks, corn husks, hay absolute, tilled soil, and German chamomile. Passed on this too, I like hay and soil, but not the other notes. The Hound and the Milk-White Doe Perfume Oil Graceful, regal, elegant, and cursed: golden sandalwood and liquidambar, cardamom, coconut milk, jasmine sambac, white petal rosewater, and labdanum. I think I passed on this too - sounds too strong for some reason. Witch-Birds Perfume Oil Blinding-white mallow and vanilla sandalwood streaked with indigo opium pod accord, velvet black violet petals, wild plum, and opoponax. Bottle ordered! Sounds interesting, took a chance. Monster Milk Ghost Milk Perfume Oil Goat’s milk, marshmallow, vanilla cashmere, honey dust, and white chocolate. Pass on honey dust. Invisible Man Milk Perfume Oil Sheer musk and an exhale of evaporated milk. Pass, for now. Mummy Milk Perfume Oil Condensed milk wrapped in coconut shavings and tea-stained linen with a hint of bitumen, myrrh, and embalming resins. Decant - this is the only Milk one I was somewhat interested in, I think myrrh sounds nice in this combination. Vampire Milk Perfume Oil A creamy coagulation of clove bud and goat’s milk. Pass, clove can misbehave on me. Witch Milk Perfume Oil Honey-infused goat milk, incense smoke, yew boughs, black pepper, mandrake root, ambrette seed, red currant, kitchen herbs, and fly agaric accord. Pass, the combination didn't grab me. Wolf Milk Perfume Oil Crunchy leaves, well-worn black leather, cardamom pod, moonlit yellow bergamot, woodmoss, molasses, and buttermilk. Pass, although now looking again, might be interesting? I'll watch reviews. Zombie Milk Perfume Oil Grave-dry rice milk, black moss, hemp fibers, bone-white sandalwood and orris root, and bog osmanthus. Pass, didn't grab me. Nightmare Novellas A Boy and His Zombie Perfume Oil Zombie-green lime hard candies with a glob of marshmallow white matter and a splat of cherry viscera. Passed on this A Melancholy of Goths Perfume Oil Clove smoke, champaca incense, plum velvet, and hairspray. Sounds ok except for clove and hairspray - two notes that could misbehave An Autumn Stroll for a Pumpkin Man Perfume Oil Russet dried maple leaves crunching around a jack o’lantern splashed with bay rum, curling with cigar smoke. Could not resist a decant. Nothing sounds bad here, except it could be too strong and/or aftershavey. Butterscotch and Gummy Candy Witch Perfume Oil Butterscotch brittle, burnt coffee beans, and sour apple gummies. 3 notes I don't really care about in perfume! Don’t Play Fetch with a Teenage Werewolf Perfume Oil Honey biscuits, warm auburn fur, and a squished chocolate nougat bar. Another 3 notes I don't really care for! Halfway to Halloween Perfume Oil Sweet fig and golden almond with buttery amber and a flutter of autumn leaves. This sounded great and I took a chance on a bottle. Halloween Cat Perfume Oil Cacao and coconut husk dusted on shining black fur, illuminated by electric green mandarin and raw amber. The combination didn't sound like something I would like. Headless Perfume Oil Black leather and brimstone alight with red peppercorn and blood amber. Kind of tempting but pass mostly because of the peppercorn, it can misbehave sometimes. It Jittered Out of the Woods Perfume Oil Corn husks and freshly uprooted gourds in a rustle of twigs, dead oak leaves, and a faint whiff of myrrh. Passed, not calling me for some reason, although it doesn't sound too bad now.. Make a Face Perfume Oil A surrealist swirl of ethereal yellow bergamot, white pomegranate rind, lemon peel, and white musk. Thought about it but ended up passing altogether. I think I already have something with lemon peel and white musk, and I think it was too loud and perfumey. Man With a Haunted House for a Head Perfume Oil Creaking oak floorboards coated in dust. A trembling sandalwood spiderweb writhes with long-buried memories. I passed but now I'm more curious... What could this smell like? Slumber Ghoul Perfume Oil Sleepy lavender bud, the memory of warm milk, a splinter of bone dust, and a clawful of upturned grave loam. Decant - I love lavender plus earth/soil notes. The Harvest Haunt Perfume Oil A thick, viscous blackened pumpkin incense. Ordered a bottle! Was too intrigued to pass it up, but it's a risk. Could be really strong and go off the rails on my skin. Wayfaring Stranger Perfume Oil An offering of footstep dust and rusted keys, raw tobacco and whiskey, coconut shells and candle wax. Pass for now, kind of hit-and-miss notes for me. Witch in the Woods Perfume Oil A tangle of blackthorn, mandrake root, and myrrh scratching through cypress boughs, blackberry resin, and incense smoke. I think I'most excited to try this, it just sounds so very Halloweenie! Pumpkin Patch Happy Hour Pumpkin Spice Absinthe Perfume Oil A recurring fave at the BPAL cantina. No, you’re not hallucinating: this pairing smells divine! Pass Pumpkin Spice Champagne Perfume Oil The bubbles from this calabaza go straight to your cabeza. Decant Pumpkin Spice Cranberry Vodka Perfume Oil Fun fact: they call this time of year “Fall” because of the difficulty of staying on your barstool after a few of these. Pass Pumpkin Spice Dark ‘N’ Stormy Perfume Oil In a mood? Pour one of these over it: extra spicy rum fizzed up with ginger beer and garnished with a lime wedge. Pass Pumpkin Spice Espresso Martini Perfume Oil A triple shot with extra drizzle to keep you vamping till the sun comes up. Pass Pumpkin Spice Hot Buttered Rum Perfume Oil Time to get cozy next to a crackling fire and let the season enfold you in its spicy, buttery arms. Pass Pumpkin Spice Margarita Perfume Oil You might regret this in the morning, but tonight is all about living in the moment! Served in a salt-rimmed gourd. Pass Pumpkin Spice Piña Colada Perfume Oil You’ll just have to trust the bartender on this one! An extra loco coco to encourage beach goths to attempt some moonlight skinny-dipping. Decant, this actually sounds really fun. Looking forward to trying it!

This might be my favorite "version" of Samhain, of the ones I've tried. It's very familiar, definitely recognizable as Samhain, but this one has something lighter and airy going on, makes me think of a light myrrh note in the background. Later I get some of the fuzziness someone else mentioned except for me it's a little more fizzy like cola, makes me think again there might be some kind of resin note like myrrh or opoponax. I don't think I get as much apple as the other folks mentioned. Maybe more of a baked apple or pumpkin note. And I don't get as much patchouli as I am used to from the later versions. Overall this is lovely, looking forward to wearing it again when fall truly starts coming in.

On me this is a very barbershop lavender, kind of poofy and a little soapy (not a bad thing). I can detect champaca orchid but it doesn't take over the scent like champaca sometimes does on me. I think after a while the rose starts to come out but it's polite. I think the cypress comes out some more too, a softer woody note. But overall the scent doesn't change a whole lot over time. I think this is a gentle and cozy lavender scent, like samanare said above. It's not too similar to other bpal lavender scents I've tried. Also it reminds me of a non-bpal scent called Antiheros, which makes me happy because I always wanted more of that but never got around to it (I have a little bit of a sample left). And this is actually better.

On me this is almost all champaca, a note I love but I was actually hoping some of the other notes would come out more (another note that I get along pretty well with). I think the ashes come through a little. I don't smell vetiver at all which is kind of amazing. Either there is very little of it, or this is the smoothest vetiver ever and it's just blending with the other notes. There is a hint of something tart, maybe the petitgrain. Can't say I'm disappointed, I'm not, since I do love the lab's champaca note. I think maybe I should compare this directly with Champa Resin, Charcoal and Tobacco Absolute, because in my mind they're very similar, but I bet side-by-side the differences would stand out more.

I couldn't resist trying this simply because of the artwork, I had to know what it smelled like (same with Angelvs Domini). I wasn't buying decants for a while but started again because of these Paintings scents. *Edit because this did some kind of fruit-adjacent wine thing for the first few days I had it, but it's not really doing that now. Now it's more white musk with some greenery and a hint of woods. After about an hour I start to get the white musk note coming in more (or maybe the pale amber, or both) and overall it becomes a little more "papery" to me. It's overall a lighter scent through all stages but at this stage, it becomes closer to what I expected based on the notes. It's basically the colors of the painting in scent form. It's a lovely scent and I particularly like how, if I stop trying to smell it and just go about my day, it kind of teases the air and makes itself known in a very subtle way. I can't really say that I ever smelled wood or anything like rose. There's a subtle green element but it's not like the dead leaves Halloween scents at all in my opinion. It's nice and refreshing in the summer but I think if I wore this outside I would sweat it off before I even got to wherever I was going. In a/c it lasted about 4 or 5 hours before it was mostly gone and I put on something else. (That's about normal for me) Edit: I compared this to Meadow Elves and AoM is more woody than I originally thought. I have to decide if I want a 5ml bottle of this, it's so great for late summer...

The older version of Drag Is For Everyone smelled just like CK1 to me, but I haven't smelled the newer current one. : )

I would describe this as a soft scent, about half blackberry and half perfumey haze. I started loving the lab's blackberry note recently and this is like a soft, pillowy blackberry scent. I can't really pick apart the iris root and amber, except I do get a hint of something kind of rubbery that I think must be the iris root. It adds a little interesting edge to the scent. Overall it's on the lighter side and lasts about 3 hours on me before it becomes just a skin scent. I love it, so I'm happy to reapply. It doesn't really change much, if at all, over time (except for fading). I'm calling this a chic, elegant, blackberry scent.

I'm having a similar experience to LavenderCoffee above. When I first got this there was a sour chemical aspect that I couldn't get past, I really thought I didn't like this scent, and I put it aside for a while. Now it's like the sour aspect is still there, but it's not bad. I'm actually liking it today. Somber is the right word. I think I'll enjoy this on rainy chilly days in the fall. Right now I have an Animalic Chaos Theory on too, a sweeter scent that I think has some cardamom, and it's helping to balance out the austere sour aspect of Death Moon. As far as notes, I think I mostly smell resins with a hint of rose. The rose isn't very strong but the presence is there. It's a little herby too. I'm glad I took a chance, this could be one of those scents that started out badly but grows on me more and more.

Angelvs Domini reminds me of Sultana of Soap - not exactly like it but the vibe is there for sure, every time I've worn it I thought of SoS.

I love this lots! I can't really pick out any notes except for the suggestion of frankincense. Right at the beginning I got a hint of spruce or something, but I think that could be from the frankincense. The lavender doesn't stand out to me, like it did for bygraveyardlight in the review above. I don't really smell lilac either tbh, but I believe everything is here blending into this one scent, and it's not really like anything else I have. (I'm kind of new to lilac notes, so maybe my nose just isn't detecting it..) Clean and resinous, maybe just a touch fruity. Almost like soap or a bath product but very comfortable for me and I think I'll be wearing this a lot. (Edit..). Actually every time I wear it, I think of Lush's Sultana of Soap, they're not exactly alike but the vibe is very similar IMO.

In moonarcana's review, I was the friend who said he didn't want to try this because it had a grape note. That was waaaay back when I was a little more picky about bpal scents and my tastes were a little different back then anyway. Now I've learned to stop worrying and just love the Urd, and I can't believe I've never reviewed it in here before! It is a little on the sweet side but that's not really a problem, it just means there might be certain days occasionally when I'm not in the mood for it. It does smell like a deep grapey incense scent to me, I really don't detect a lot of patchouli standing out, but that isn't uncommon for me, patchouli tends to just drift into the background and acts as more of a deep backdrop for the other notes. This is very different from Midnight On the Midway, another fabulous incense scent. I think Urd is...darker, more subdued, even though it's not a quiet scent really. I hadn't thought about this for a while, happened upon an imp and put it on right away, and immediately put a 5ml bottle in the cart to include in my next order. Love it!

I've worn this a few times, and it's a weird scent, but a good scent. It starts out smelling kind of funky. I blame the ambergris, it can be iffy on me, but I'm learning it can sometimes do nice things. At first this seems like too much ambergris and I'm kind of repelled but interested at the same time. After a short time it does smooth out a lot and I'm weirdly reminded of....birch beer? Birch beer on the beach? Herbal, a little earthy, and still kind of beachy. It's not single note ambergris, but the other notes are doing weird things, not in a bad way though. There's something I really like about it. I don't get much lily or sandalwood either but sometimes I can't pick out white sandalwood, so that's not surprising. This smells clean, herbal, maybe a little woody like driftwood or something. I'm glad I took a chance on it! Edit.. Perhaps what I'm smelling is mostly ambergris, but the other notes are making making it more likeable to me than it sometimes can be.

I have mixed feelings about this. At first, and for a long time, it is mostly cherry, but it's kind of a fake-smelling cherry that reminds me of a powdered cherry drink mix. It was a little too strong and the cherry was just too much. I really thought I liked bpal's cherry scents, I do love some of them, so this was surprising and disappointing. But then after 2 or 3 hours the balance shifts just a little bit, the cherry fades somewhat, and I really like it at this stage. I think I can pick out all the other notes, even the blackcurrant is kind of distinct, and I'm loving the musk (makes me really excited to try the new Menage scent that has cherry and black musk). I'm definitely holding on to this and I just have to remember to ride out the first strong cherry phase for a while. I think it's worth it. And maybe aging will improve it to my nose.

I guess I never reviewed this...might as well since I'm wearing it. Heavily applied from a very aged decant, I'm smelling mostly a warm sweet vanilla scent, with some of the ginger candy coming through. I remember it used to be more complex and this decant has faded a lot over time, but the scent is still there, more than I would have expected. After a while I think the leaf and wood notes are coming out a bit more. Still very vanilla forward. I think I'm getting more of the complexity that I remember when it was newer. I think I can pick out the rice wine, too. Wear your decants while they're young and fresh, if you can! But having said that, this isn't bad at all.

I put on some Velvet Bandito from my very aged decant just now and thought of this thread, I'm not surprised someone else mentioned it here, there's no clove in the description but I am getting a warm dusty clovey kind of scent. Clove can be tricky on me, sometimes it likes to take over the whole scent. So I have to be careful.

This is very well blended and nothing stands out strongly, the lavender is soft in my opinion (not harsh like it can sometimes be), there's a sense of powder but it's not like a huge powder puff of scent. It's not soapy, either. Later on I do get a hint of plum. It doesn't smell strongly floral and I cannot pick out the incense note but there is a bit of perfumey haze, maybe that is from the incense. I think there's a delicate balance that keeps it from being "too much" of anything. Overall it's a lighter scent but not too light - just about the right level for me. I liked it so much I did reapply a little more, after a couple hours. It's really lovely and captures the feeling of the art, beautifully! Edit: a few hours later this has morphed, something keeps going, kind of tangy and resinous? Maybe the pink labdanum, it smells really good whatever it is.

This is a pretty strange scent. Basically I'm getting a kind of dirtied up leather but there's a perfumey haze about it, for a while. Then later on more of the stone note comes out and it becomes smoother, some of the haze recedes a bit. I agree with the review above on a lot of things, for example I also detect a sort of "bleached" thing going on. It's weird how elegant this is, given everything I said before, and I'm not quite sure I can pull it off, but it's definitely unique and interesting.

This was not really a win for me. I love sassafras and/or root-beer scents, so I really thought this was a no-brainer for me. When I first got it, there was a bit of warm herbal sweetness with something funky underneath that smelled like burnt plastic or rubber to me. Something chemical that clashed with my skin unfortunately, I have no idea where that came from. I let it age a few months and the weird burnt chemical note is faintly still there but not nearly as strong now. I can mostly ignore it now, but somehow this still just isn't working very well for me. I may let it age a little more but I might have to just take the L with this one.

For me, this is just about perfect! The tea notes and lilies are perfectly balanced and if I try, I can smell both the green and black tea. I can't really pick out anything like black crepe, nothing oceanic like VioletChaos mentions above, that doesn't happen on me (although I probably would like that). For me it's clean, but not soapy. It's not powdery (I thought the crepe note might be powdery, but so far it's not). And it's a light scent but not too light. It's one of those scents that is just the right level of throw. I've worn it twice and it seems to last a pretty long while, but it does get weaker over time as you would expect. This is lovely for spring time, and in fact might be my new favorite spring scent. I think of it as bright and lively, in contrast to the name. I love this one!

I love this! I tried it with Rice Milk & Mango on the other wrist to compare, and I do think they are similar. The amber is light but definitely there, and I think it's giving GH more lasting power than the trio. On me the amber gradually takes over and the mango note fades to the background. This is a very simple and pleasant scent, especially good for early spring. Edit: darn. Something in this isn't agreeing with me. I noticed it before but it wasn't enough to turn me off. It's something high pitched and screechy like white musk. Apple Butter Rum had it too but it's a lot stronger in that. In Gentle Hands it's just barely there but I'm afraid this isn't going to work for me. It's just on the edge of headache territory. I really thought I loved this. I think I'll try it a couple more times over the next few months and see if some aging will help. I wish I knew what note does this, but these 2 scents seem to have nothing in common. I had thought it was rum but maybe not. OH......maybe it's cream?? That would make me sad, I really thought I liked the Lab's cream note. Maybe there's more than one cream accord, and one of them disagrees with me. : (

This smells like clove plus some atmospheric hazy smoke and a hint of hairspray. I wasn't impressed when I first got it, I thought it was heavy, too much clove, and borderline sour on my skin. Now when I smell it up close I get the eerie, uncanny sense of a person, like this perfume conjured up a real person and I'm leaning in and smelling them up close. I'm picturing someone with long hair and I just put my face right by their neck and in their hair. It's wild and a little scary. After a while it dies down a bit and it's clove, leaves, light smoke. Maybe some hairspray. The person left the room. I don't know how often I'll wear this but I'm startled by it, and keeping it if only because it's so evocative and weird. Also it goes really well with Dead Leaves & Ginger Spice. Guess I'm having a Halloween kind of day today.

This is heavy on resins, very frankincense & myrrh, but the other notes do make themselves known, especially the mosses and a touch of rose. Overall it's close to soapy and if you can't do mosses or rose, this might not work out for you. I believe the ambrette seed and ambergris are making this smell "perfumey" and chic, but not standing out a whole lot. It reminds me of a classic, old-school chypre. I had to check the notes because later in the dry-down, I thought I smelled patchouli as well. Not sure where that came from, maybe the mosses? I haven't tried them side-by-side, but I can say with some confidence, this reminds me of OLLA Eve. This one is smokier and a little darker, but they do share a similar vibe with the resins, mosses, and rose. When I first got this I thought it was almost ALL frank & myrrh, and I would like that, but I am glad the other notes came out more after a few days of resting. : )

I can't really pick out individual notes, except I do get a sense of ambergris and cream linen (I'd love to see cream linen turn up again in a Menage scent..). The notes are just completely blended. I personally don't smell any rose or anything floral. On me this is a dead ringer for CK One Summer. I tried them side-by-side and CK One Summer has a little bit more mineral or salt note (I forget which year this one is, they change every year, this one might be 2019). But the biggest difference is A Summer Night lasts and lasts, when CKOS fades really quickly. I have found I don't reach for this a lot, bit there are times I'm in the mood for it, so I'll keep it around for now. It's definitely a warmer weather perfume, but might also be a good mood lightener in the winter.

I have a history of not liking honey, but I do like Snake's Kiss with its honeycomb, and the reviews for this made me want to try it. I took a chance. The honeycomb here smells closer to just honey to me, and it's almost too much honey. I don't hate it but it's like... "Yep that's honey". I can smell the lemon, and I wish it was more lemony and less honey on me. I can't really pick out sugar cane as a separate note. I'm undecided. Like I said, I don't hate it and I even think it smells good, somewhat, but this is the MOST honey I can get away with wearing (IF I keep it). I shall keep trying before I make a decision.

Sheer musk, cedar smoke, fir needle, chaparral, black amber and leather. First I noticed more fir needle than I get from the older version, and less cedar. After a while, the amber and leather come out a little more. And that's what this is on me - kind of an herbal piney leathery amber scent, on the lighter side. I think the musk is more of a background note to everything else. I like this. I've worn the older version and finally got to try this newer one. It's a different scent (compared to the original), mainly with less cedar, allowing more if the other notes to come forward. I don't know chaparral and I can't tell if I'm smelling it here. But, I'm really glad to have this, it seems pretty versatile and I think I can wear it just about any time of year.