RoseThornAndOak

Okay heck yeah. This is a scent that is light and unassuming, the notes are there, I can pick up a light honey and sugar, but nothing cloying! Holy smokes, how does this happen? And would you know, there's no sneezy powder, yet it is soft like powder. No soap, but it is clean. No animalistic musk, yet a light musk. It's sweet, light, and pretty. Oh, and not sour. How does this happen? It can play through the game on its own, yet would make the best of friends with other blends. Yep, I'ma bottle. Also holy sh*t Good Elf.

Oh my gosh you guys, this. Okay short story, I wanted to try vintage Joy for years, researched batches, what to look for in a vintage, followed all the rules, then pulled the trigger on a factory sealed bottle for a decent price. I was disheartened when it smelled like plastic, indolic tuberose-like jasmine, and just cloying grossness. Totally unbearable, but I could tell what it could've been or used to be: heady, waxy white florals, vintage, yet timeless. Well everyone, this right here, this is all of the good parts of that vintage Joy bottle. Absolutely gorgeous, expensive, 1940s type floral, no grandma smell, no old turned brown perfume. I can see why ladies lost their sh*t over a scent like this. If you were looking for something similar to Joy, w/o the plastic, alcohol, or crazy cloying bits, hunt yourself down a bottle of this. I was expecting something similar to Pele, and got Joy, Redeemed, lol. ❤️

Picked this up over at Ajevie's Paws for a Cause Black Phoenix Charity Sale. Go help them paws. 🐶🐯 The reviews really sold me on this one, so thank you all! This is like Gobo's sophisticated mom, the same sweet citrus notes with a gorgeous, waxy, white floral, reminiscent of tuberose to me a bit more than jasmine. I've smelled this note somewhere in the Land of BPAL, but can't for the life of me remember which one. Not indolic, cloying, or powdery, but deep, sweet, and lush. The citrus sticks around for the entirety of the wear with the floral, one never overtaking the other, just perfectly balanced. Gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous. It's a fun scent, great for any age, but perfect for a sexy mamma who wears pretty dresses and knows she still got it. ❤️ For fans of Gobo, Lemon Scented Sticky Bat, if you could imagine a floral version of those.

Well @myrrhmyrrh, your review is perfectly sophisticated compared to mine. All I got was powder and metallic must from Dragon's Musk. If you love the Lab's dragons blood note, I say give this a shot. It just doesn't suit my skin as much usually although there are always exceptions to the rule.

Yeah Whip. Maybe Spellbound, Dark Lace, Flesh of My Flesh. Ohh yes Liz is a great choice @feyofthefellwood ! I get badass moto chick with that, too but with a soft side. I've heard good things about Diana, Gingerbread and Leather, and Gingerbread, Patchouli, Leather, and Dark Musk. You know yes @VetchVesper, London is actually pretty dark, sexy, and badass on it's own and would layer well with leather. @artisjok I didn't think of Le Lethe but come to think of it it's perfect! Maybe Lust, too. Loving this thread. <3

OOF! Sweet snow (no pine) and florals ala Pink Snowballs but with gorgeous gardenia and bright neroli orange blossom prettiness. Like a snow faerie. Since Pink Snowballs is a favorite, I love this. It's also up there with The Last Unicorn and Snow White. I'm not sure why it's not more popular, I really didn't get much soap (possibly the aging process helped in that regard). Hope to see it come around again, maybe on rotation like other snow scents. For fans of Snow White, Pink Snowballs, The Last Unicorn, Snow-Flakes, and Glaucous Snow. ❤️

I held off on reviewing it to give it a chance to age. Unfortunately this strong powdery sweet. It has potential on the right skin but just too much on me sadly.

Well this had fruits and sugar notes, both of which are iffy (although some scents seem to be okay) and this went sour and cloying sweet on my skin sadly. This would have been a nice scent otherwise. If you like sugar blends and fruits play nicely on your skin you give this a shot!

2016 version: I got the honey sweetness lady_pandora mentioned. Unfortunately, something is souring this on my skin, like a sour smokey honey musk. It's sad, but that is life sometimes. I'm a sucker for red musk blends and this just didn't quite do it for me. Ah well! This will be beautiful on the right folk. Much more incense + red musk in the bottle.

Starbrow and Juushika nailed it! This is BPAL, dark, brooding, sexy, resinous patch. Unfortunately, this has that patchouli that turns to stale cigarettes on my skin, which stuck around. My skin's weird, so don't let this be indicative of how beautiful this blend is. This was *gorgeous* wet. Also, the next morning that patch note receded considerably leaving a mostly gorgeous, sweet yet unisex resinous blend, similar to Inez (which I'll stick with ;)) I would say if you are new to BPAL, Sin will give you a great idea of what BPAL is like . This would be the perfect goth night, romantic date night scent for the many that this works on. For fans of Inez and BPAL in general.

Dude this works! Spicy cinnamon, slightly sweetened earthy rose, or rosey earth. It has killer thow. Goff AF, it really makes me miss the goth clubs. I smell spoopy and no one except me is here to enjoy how glorious this scent is, so I'll just be here behind my computer, lol.

Older imp I think. It's alright, kinda nondescript powdery floral, powder softening after a bit.

Belle Epoque smells like floral champagne. High end and ritzy. I'll keep the imp.

Honey! I get honey at first, but a nice honey, not cloying. The grass comes out a little bit but it's not too sharp. Generally clean but not super soapy, with a light berry smell, not like grape, but dark youthful berries. It's okay, doesn't grab me, but then again most skin musk or berry scents aren't my speed. Still I'm shocked the fruits in this don't go sour, so it's got that going for it. I think if you are into these notes you will love this! Youthful and sweet.

Morgause in the imp and wet on skin immediately makes me think of a box of imps and The Witch Queen, musky, incensey, floral, dark fruits in shades of purple and burgandy. If that is your jam totally try this one! It's quintessential BPAL. After a few minutes the florals take over and ruh roh, going sharp soapy floral in a cleaner kind of way. Not my favorite stage. Okay the stage mop has been put away, the stage cleaned and we are back to dress rehearsal. Morgause is rehearsing her lines, with more of the fruits taking over the cleaner, thank goodness. A slight play-doh plasticine note, maybe violet is causing it. Overall nice.

This retail exclusive blend seems to have been forgotten and it took a few years for me to realize it even existed. In bottle and fresh on skin this is immediately reminiscent of Sonnet d'Automne, sharp floral and autumn leaves. Also somewhat similar to Singing Moon's sharp green bite the grass note has sometimes when mixed with certain florals. The tulip might be lending the green notes.

Dude I thought for sure I made a review about how this is the perfect scent for a King Diamond concert, what the Hell? Ahh well, Lucille must have burned it! A beautiful creamy lavender wet on skin, reminiscent of Yvaine, probably the closest I have come. Where Yvaine is bright and sparkly, this is creamy and bright, with moonflower lending a white nocturnal floral element, but doesn't damper the soft vanilla. I agree it's somewhat dusty, too. One of my favorites, and yes, I wore it to the King Diamond show. tldr ghostly soft vanilla lavender white floral

This one is interesting, smells like ancient wood and almost fruity chewy resins, charred and moldering, forgotten in time. It's okay on me.

Another win! Earthy soil then stone + cool cold water on me mostly. I think this Dwarf would like people to know that they are not unkempt dirty dudes. This Dwarf likes to be well kempt and clean before a high adventure but he still can't take the Middle Earth out of his gear, no matter how well kept. I really like this one and look forward to trying more RPG blends!

Well unfortunately I'm gonna have to be the odd one out on this one (2010 aged decant). Blends with foodie notes can go one of three ways on my skin 1. delicious and realistic (Caramel Apple Cookie, Lyonesse) 2. Nice at first then sour and gross (Eden) 3. smells like the inside of a plastic bag that a peanut butter and jelly sammich was in . Gingerbread Poppet goes into category 3. I don't know what it is, but a promising blend in the bottle, spicy sweet gingerbread hit my skin and turned plastic bag + vanilla extract + spices. Thanks skin chemistry, thanks. I'll have to try some other blends with the gingerbread note and see if I can isolate it out, but this will have to be a scent locket blend for me.

Well Halfling didn't quite work out on me, but that's to be expected with most foody blends on my skin. Just kinda weird, cloying sweet. In scent locket I think it will be a nice nutty oatmeal blend. Glad I got to try it!

Well hello! Here is another great RPG frimp from the Lab, awesome. I have Bard's Song stuck in my head since last night, so let's do this! Wow, slightly fruity warm honeylike sweetness, but what's this? It's not cloying and powdery Eau de 'DOOM? -looks again at notes- A ridiculously charismatic blend of bay rum, honey, and white musk mingling with the scent of harp wood and lute strings and the twang of horn brass. Uhhhh, I guess all that makes sense? Bay rum doesn't come across as boozy to me, it is more of a creamy allllmost cognac like vibe. So think smooth, warmth, slightly sweet, with warm wood grounding it slightly. If I fetch for it there might be a slightly metallic note in there. Ohh! You know what this reminds me of wafting next to Vial of Holy Water? LIZ! A warmer, cuddlier Liz. Slightly traditional perfume/cologne, yet sweet and slightly metallic. Sherlock Holmes would probably enjoy this, or maybe The Woman? It's similar to Light of Mens Lives, also, but not smoky in any way, Dang I wasn't expecting to like this, but it's gorgeous.

I get kind of a rosy vibe, too. I agree there is a sweetness to it, hard to pin down, but it does have a sparkly (not champagne-like, more like clear water) floral thing going on. Another winner frimp from the Lab! I get that traditional cologne vibe too, maybe kind of more like Florida Water than a traditional masculine aquatic. *You know what, this is like Liz without the leather! Dark cold floral. Try layering with Bard!

I never reviewed this, what the heck. I didn't like it at first, it was a blast of pine then way too much cloying honey, then weird. Retrying to today, the scent itself is not only a gorgeous, sweet, slightly forest berry evergreen soft light elven thing, but it's...still. You know that feeling when you walk into That Part of The Woods, Where The Evergreens Are, and no matter how windy, hot, cold, clammy or whatever is going on with the weather, there is that stillness, that constant feeling that evergreens give off. It's just quiet, calm, restful. This totally has that feeling to me, like the stillness and inner calm an elf emanates. Beautiful, I like this so much better now. Give it some time to rest if you are unsure, this one does well with aging. Highly recommend Es Lacht der Mai if you like this one!

Dude another RPG frimp! I will have the whole collection by the end of 2021 at this rate, woo! I didn't expect to like this line as much as I do. Druid was very similar to Zombi to my nose initially, without the rose. More the loamy loam bits. Drydown I get pale grasses and loam and this absolutely will layer well with other players. Yeah I could see Fangorn smelling like this, but maybe less stuffy. Another win!