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Funnel of Love is so fantastic. I pulled the trigger on a bottle after the OLLA release, but was a smidge worried about the vetiver...I shouldn't have been. This is one well-blended scent. The patchouli that's almost old enough to vote, champaca, and leather blend into a supernote of smooth, resiny-floral goodness. The cardamom, coriander, and vetiver add a greenness to this blend that smells vital and adds depth. The red vegetal musk (wow), black pepper, and jasmine add darkness, sweetness, and shadow, cresting underneath in way that's difficult to tease out (for me) but is really meaningful in building to a more complex, layered scent. I put this on and I just feel relaxed. The vetiver does come out after a bit, but it's so mellowed by the other notes that I really enjoy it. Another great OLLA perfume!

+1. I love Obatala in the summer, it's so perfect somehow!

I love the Lab's peaches, and Peach IV is such a good one! Ripe, golden peach, plus amber, woods, musk, pitch and a drop of oudh...it's a resiny, woodsy, peachy delight. Aging has condensed and mellowed this scent, and it's even better now. Like a forest peach...the taste of sunlight in shade. It layers beautifully with White Peach & Incense hair gloss, or any of the peachy hair glosses, for that matter.

Lady Una is another great summer perfume oil. On me, this is honey musk with just a hint of all the other notes—green tea, blackberry leaf, vanilla, and spices. It stays close and smells really clean. Sort of like a super fresh take on Blackberry & Vanilla Musk.

The Fairy Market is like a floral candy pastille. Blue flowers, green grass, and sugar is what I get both wet and on drydown. Great for those who love sugared florals, like Hope and Violet. This would also have made a wonderful atmo spray!

Aziraphale smells like sun on the pages of a book—something warm and musky, something woodsy and dusty. This wears very close to the skin on me, and has a fresh tang to it that comes out after a while that I can't really account for in the notes, but it's nice.

I have a bottle of Mama-Ji from when it was first released, and even though I can't recall having worn her in a few years, my bottle is halfway gone, so I must have a good run with her at some point. This oil goes on and smells vague and nondescript, but quickly warms up on my skin to a musky, spicy, exotic skin scent. The florals, at least on me, burn off quickly and I can't even decipher which kinds of flowers they might be. I definitely see a shared 'feel' with Morocco and Eve (OLLA). It's best on me after about 30 minutes—it takes some time to bloom on the skin, but when it does, it's lovely.

I've been loving Terra Vigoris lately—really fruity and fresh. If I want to sex it up a bit, I add a bit of Snake Oil.

I've had Countess Willie for years and wear it happily from time to time. As others have said, this is a lot like chocolate Bordello. My bottle is six years old and well aged, but goes on as red musk, candied fruits, and ginger, with a shot of amaretto. The chocolate plum musk is all around and soaked into those other notes, like some kind of amazing rumtopf. If I get close to finishing my bottle, I will definitely replace it...a clutch part of my permanent collection, just as Bordello is.

Fairy Wine is a pretty pure cross of honey, dandelion, and red currant. On my skin, the honey and dandelion really bloom, and the red currant warms things up with a berry blush of sorts. The dandelion note is so dead on, I always marvel at that. There's an afternote of something that smells a bit like rum here, but it's just a hint. If you like honey and dandelion, this is definitely worth a try!

Miss Ida is a heady, sweet floral that's perfect for a humid, lush summer night. It's really almost a candied floral on me, with the French vanilla and gardenia really producing a wallop of vanilla-ed tropical blooms. This would be right at home with the Tiki scents. I do get both jasmine and lemon verbena, and they're lovely here, but I love BPAL's jasmines and lemon verbena is usually my friend as long as she's not the star of the show. The star of the show here is the gardenia, and it's in full regalia.

Nymphes de Pave would be perfect for those who love white fig or honey—both notes are fairly strong on me, with bourbon vanilla and rose otto trailing. This goes on like a sister scent to Crib Girls, slightly more demure. I also get a slightly astringent, slightly sour note when wet, but it dries down to a figgy honey, very soft and subtle. This isn't one I reach for often, but I'm glad I have it, and it layers beautifully with any hair gloss that has honey in it.

I wish ylang ylang wore well on my skin. The Witch Queen is beautiful, and if ylang ylang bloomed on me, I'd hoard this until the end of time. The plum and red musk and tuberose are gorgeous together, and the lily is well balanced. The beeswax and purple incense smoke give it depth and mystery. This is a deep, plummy, smoldering, sexy scent. I might keep it a bit longer to see if it mellows a little more, because I'm still not ready to quite concede! But if you love ylang ylang and plum, this is your oil.

Badgers is so pretty. Like Porcelina, this also reminds me of Tombstone, but the florals in Badger push it in a gentler direction. Everything feels so soft here: the patchouli and leather and sarsaparilla together smell like worn, sun-weathered leather. The honeysuckle and French vanilla bring sweetness and a shot of something summery. It dries down to something like the love child of Tombstone and Prosperous Flowers of the Elegant Twelve Seasons. It's a few years old, and it's only gotten better with aging—the honeysuckle has come down a bit, and the patch and leather are more buttery and mellow. Perfect for a slow summer Sunday.

Available now, the Lunacy LE Terra Caloris: red musk flickering with hot red amber, red pepper, scorched thyme, frankincense, green cardamom, and Ceylon cinnamon.

L’Essence du Chagrin is a pretty lavendery chypre, a little astringent and even a bit soapy at first, but drying down to a fresh and woodsy soft lavender. I get very little vanilla. The lime adds brightness, but it burns off quickly. It really does have a melancholy feel to it, although the lavender makes it also feel very calming. There's definitely a dapper men's cologne vibe going on, and the lavender in this blend makes it lean toward fougere...so I can also see the comparisons with Old Scratch. Very nice.

Seconding Fairy Thorn! It's beautiful.

Hi Ceetee, I fly quite often for work, both internationally and domestically, and bring BPAL bottles with me all the time in my carry-on. I've also taken them with me in checked luggage. I've never had any problems, but may have just been lucky. To travel with them, I just tighten the cap as much as I can without risking cracking it, then drop it in a sealed plastic bag. I've never applied mid-flight, but imagine that would be fine as long as there's no turbulence.

I'd also recommend Glaucous Snow. It was a LE, but you may be able to find a bottle in swaps/sales. It's really beautiful. Description is: Snowballs of blue lilac, lotus root, Roman chamomile, sandalwood, and cade.

Tiki Queen is the kind of scent that would draw bees. Sweet tuberose and monoi, smooth white coconut and vanilla, and white musk at the bottom. The hibiscus, neroli, and ylang ylang are all very subtle. It's so summery and lovely, another perfect scent for a tropical vacation or just a Monday in June.

Ysabel is another beauty that I'm late in reviewing. On me it's red carnation and red rose, equally balanced, then the cedar. The other notes fall behind like a velvet backdrop: the musk, the clove, the incense, and the lightest bit of pomegranate. It bears a resemblance to Red Rose (rather than Rose Red, in my opinion) but has it's own thing going on...the cedar and clove are really distinctive here. After years of mellowing out in the bottle, it's super smooth, like liquid incense. I should wear this more often.

I bust out Tiki Princess every summer because it smells like being on vacation somewhere warm and beautiful (maybe I should wear it in the winter as well?!). It reminds me of a welcome drink that Hawaiian hotels sometimes give to guests when they first arrive, plus the smell of flowers wafting on the breeze. So summery and fun. Once it dries down, I smell mostly the white coconut which is truly cold and frothy, plus white flowers and an underpinning of something that smells a bit like shea. It does remind me a bit of Obatala, but Tiki Princess is sweeter and floral. It's beautiful and lighthearted in equal measure.

I've had Zenobia since it released but never got around to reviewing it...I should have! It's really wonderful, and time has only made it better. Agree that it smells a little like Bathos. The clove and orris are strong here, and then it's mellow patchouli and frankincense, with the balsam and hysop rounding it out with an herbal sweetness. The saffron gives it character and spunk. Overall, it smells like clovey, dark purple incense and is beautiful, well-blended, and super relaxing. Another point in favor of aging, because I'm sure this smelled good when I first tried it, but has definitely become smoother over time.