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Marzipan!!! Sweet almond oil, maybe a dash of vanilla. It's like some kind of buttery, fluffy cookie batter. Can cookie batter be sexy? I think it can!

In the bottle: Strong, dark rum and sweet brandy! Wet: Rum, then brandy, then nutmeg... The dry down, a generously spiced vanilla, is quite delicious. Mmmm! I love me some nog!

I carry imps in my bra when I fly.

Molasses, sweetened further by the apple wine and girly flowers turns into a kind of 'maple syrup drenched pancake' sticky scent on me. Dang.

Ok, this smells just like Blood Kiss (which I got in the same order) to me, with patchouli. *checks description* I agree with the soda comments, and then there's a whole lotta incense (sandalwood, patchouli.) I smell like a hippie who got hosed with grape soda and Dr. Pepper!

I like all of these notes, but this combination is overwhelmingly sweet. Honey has its own musky smell, amplified by more musk in here. The cherry-clove swirled in like some kind of cough remedy (with a booze note, to boot.) It's that head shop like "generic BPAL" scent of the box/shelf where you keep all your oils together.

Love Potions had a twin to Midwinter's Eve called Winter Snow Blossom. What is it in these that smells a little like a Strawberry Shortcake doll? A little plastic, a little fruity? Whatever it is, I love it.

Vice rules. Chocolate candy heaven.

51 is salty tropical fruit- a very femme balance of bite and kiss. To my nose, there's the teeniest resemblance to Escada Sunset Heat but of course, much more pretty and natural. Love, love, love it!

Venus in Furs is a favorite novella of mine. I read a first edition print in the sensory dep room of a dungeon so this was a happily received frimp! I gave it to the bf because he has a black leather wardrobe and drinks lots of loose leaf Earl Grey. Like Severin, this scent is honest; bitterness mixed with happiness. A bright smile and a sensual embrace from a beautiful redhead in ermine; the brushed leather of the inside of her coat. Perfect for fall

Ahhh... this is very much like the blown out candle smell of Darkness, but improved. There are sweet, velvety orchid petals under the opium/smoke, and heated-metal tang of benzoin grounding it all. My favorite from this last order, hands down.

I agree, this smells like evergreen in Talvikuu when freshly applied. Then... in 10 minutes it smells like "an Irish Spring." You know, I was the Irishman on the mountain top that slices into the green bar and feels refreshed at the aroma. Nothing dark, frosty or decaying about it, no incense or stones or florals. And it fades incredibly fast. But still, it is refreshing and I will keep my imp for aromatherapy. EDIT: A few days of experimenting later, I found that if you apply this heavily it lasts much longer and morphs more completely into a clean, slightly powdery, floral aquatic.

From the imp and on: hazelnut. Too syrupy to be vanilla-musk, and it stays the same during the drydown. I'm guessing that's what amber, musk and vanilla do when they get together. No sea moss on me, though, and that's what intrigued me about the description. Boo.

Obatala! Eden had too much fig for me, Black Pearl had too much hazelnut for me. Obatala is just right. Mellow coconut- not mounds or tanning oil- just smooth coconut milk & shea (which just melts right into your skin.) My boyfriend pounces on me when I wear this.

Tiger lily petals. Honey scares me, but this is nice honey. Kama Sutra's edible Honey Body Dust, actually, which has a touch of spice (Snake Oil-esque spice.) This is perfectly balanced. Very refined. I'm reminded of Lolita's honeysuckle note on the drydown, but this is less girlish. Still highly alluring. Like everyone else, I love it!

Not looking at the notes, I guessed cherry-almond (like Hiram Walker's creme de noyaux liqueur) and lily of the valley. (And was kinda right... I don't know the smell of the calla lily by heart, but I always love blends that have stephanotis, such as Eternal.) Wait- now the cherry almond is gone, dangit. No matter. This is still a potent, white bouquet. Very much like Eternal, if memory serves. If I didn't know better, I'd guess this had rose in it, too. (White painted red, of course.)

Does anyone remember Bath & Body Works Juniper Berry body splash? It was blue green. Well, the Deep Ones smells like that and grapefruit. I detect a marine mid note that makes it somewhat salty. (In fact if I sniff too hard, I actually taste salty grapefruit!) This is citrus-sweet, but organic. Playful and pleasant like an ocean breeze. I'm liking it alot!

Oh, this smells just like the lilacs I used to pick for my mother every spring, only balanced with juicy rose. (Real rose, not that musky, pungent hippie rose oil.) The fern must be helping to give it green outdoorsiness. Lavender is the mid note, rounded out by absinthe herbs (no anise or wormwood, if you're scared.) I smell melissa and coriander. (EDIT: what I though may have been anise as time passed must be currant.) To be honest, I've had no luck with any of the Wanderlust (I've tried Machu Pichu, The Hanging Gardens, Kyoto, Manila, Whitechapel, Yerevan, Tenochtitlan, Moscow, Eden and Athens) but this has renewed my faith in the line.

I got this as a freebie in my last order, but I've chosen it before. It's a sexy and unusual fragrance befitting its title. Orange blossom and strawberry blossom are the first apparent notes, and they are lively Fresh white carnation and black poppy are probably the greatest floral combination I've smelled, and I don't take to florals easily. They are like day and night- contrasting yet complementary. I'm not sure what hibiscus smells like, but maybe that is what's unified them so well. The throw is good, and it lasts. So I guess it's not too far from the mark to think of modern day maenads as high school girls slutting out on prom night: a corsage, some strawberry wine, and some sexy perfume sweat off from getting busy with your date.

Pine makes me happy. Unfortunately, my guy doesn't think it makes a flattering personal fragrance. I say whatever. Jabberwocky is a breath of pine so fresh and sappy you can taste it at first. Mint and citrus step up quickly, and then they all blend together into happy, breezy, crisp morning-in-the-woods goodness. I'm going to use every drop of this because dammit it makes me smile.

I gave an enthusiastic "Mm!" when I opened the imp. Something that smells like the inside of an old, well taken care of bureau and what I thought was lavender, but must be violet and musk. On, it remained woody and slightly floral. Fresh, like the aromatherapy soap in a luxury hotel. The sandalwood hovers, but politely, and the chamomile is subtle enough to put me in mind of a roaring fireplace. It's fading to a pleasant, soapy violet/sandalwood. I'm going to try it on my man, too. Definitely getting a big bottle.

Wow. A mint (wintergreen) was all I could smell at first. Where I applied it my arm is actually cold! Almost painfully so. Even when the juniper peeped its head out in the drydown, Undertow stayed minty fresh. It is staying close to my skin, thankfully. The lotus is extremely subtle- its as if I bit into a candy cane and walked my a lotus garden. I don't know how often I'll wear this. Maybe I'll save it for the winter holidays... EDIT: 10 minutes later the mint kindly stepped out of the way to make room for big, lovely bubblegum-y lotus blossoms, spiked with juniper. What a morph... incredible.

Last night, I was first sniffing this alongside others, so my confused nose thought it was cinnamon and nutmeg. This morning after my shower, I smelled straight chocolate (like expensive hot cocoa) with whipped cream drizzled in chocolate. This made my boyfriend very happy, he says it smells like chocolate oranges. Would love to come across a big bottle of this someday...

When I was 14, I bought my mother some high end Christmas Tree potpourri- this is Talvikuu, my parents house at night during the holidays. No fire, maybe the faintest odor of recently burned candles. I'm getting lost in it.

I spilled hazelnut baristella syrup on myself last night at work and immediately thought of Hellcat. Only Hellcat made me feel stickier. Foodiest BPAL fragrance I've tried that doesn't have a food/candy related title.