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Bottle from a forum purchase. BPAL's blends featuring vanilla & sandalwood are usually fantastic on me. Sinus Amoris is near fantastic, but has to dry down fully to get there. The interaction between red sandalwood, oude & myrrh come across as "sweaty" on my skin for about the first half hour after application. This means I don't reach for this bottle often. One it's dry, it's a light vanilla sandalwood with spice undertones from the pepper & champaca blossom. At 2+ hours, I love it.

Sugary jasmine is the main note on my skin, with a little bit of vanilla. The rose cream, mallow and amber never really showed up on me. If you love the jasmine sugar in La Prostitution et la Folie Dominent le Monde, this will definitely float your boat. Glad I tried it.

Gorgeous! This blend is the perfect balance between incense & honey. It's my new favorite BPAL amber. I do not get cake from this blend. Like @zankoku_zen, on me the honey evokes the Lab's beeswax note. A golden treasure.

Russet musk is red musk-adjacent, but not exactly the same, right? I got a decant, hoping that my red musk-amping chemistry would allow Fiery Clinch to work in my hair. On me, it was a sweet, musky amber patchouli. Loads of throw, long-lasting. It was a good risk, & I enjoyed the decant.

The "inky" oudh dominates this blend at the start. This oudh is indolic (edging over into almost-fecal,) both wet, in my locket, and on my skin. After about a half hour, the rose & blackcurrant notes make an appearance on my skin. No birch tar, though . It's quiet, and a good representation of dusk. I think it would be good for fans of delicate, atmospheric blends like Disastrous Twilight, who like a little indolic umph in their fruits & flowers. Glad I got to try it, don't need a bottle.

Sweet, spicy musk. On me, the musk is less like black musk, & more like the perfumey, "classic" musk of Miss Forcible + The Other Miss Forcible. The cinnamon is dry & subtle. I'll definitely wear my decant, but I don't need a full bottle.

I have a partial of the 2014 release. In the bottle & wet on my skin, the wine note is very sharp, almost a vinegar. That dissipates quickly, thank heavens. On drydown, this is a sweet, resiny beeswax scent with a faint hint of wine and frankincense. I don't get much rose. An excellent alternative to The Lights of Men's Lives when I want some beeswax. If this comes around again for Lupers, I plan to pick up a bottle.

On me, this is a sunshiney citrus party. The mandarin, litsea cubeba, & bergamot take center stage, with lavender & company in the background. It's full of positive energy, for sure. I like it a lot, but I'm not sure how much I'll wear it. When I do, I'll plan to wear it in a locket to avoid getting photosensitized because bergamot does that to me.

Mod Note: There is a review topic for Day of the Skulls release years 2008 and 2013 located here. Per our Review sub-forum topic policy, a new review topic has been created for the 2017 release due to slightly different name: Day of Skulls versus Day of the Skulls. The scent description is the same for both review topics/releases. In Bolivia, many people hold to the tradition of keeping the skulls of their ancestors with them in their homes, caring for their remains. It is believed that each person has seven souls, and one of those souls stays with the skull after death, enabling a spirit to grant protection and prophetic dreams to their descendants, and to bless their families with good health and prosperity. The Bolivian Fiesta de las Natitas, or Dia de los Natitas, is a day of honor for these ancestors. Their skulls are dressed with fragrant blossoms, and offerings of cocoa leaves, alcohol, and cigarettes are made. White sandalwood, beeswax, and frankincense crowned by hydrangea, rose, and kantuta blossoms, dressed with tobacco, cocoa leaves and flowers from the sacred Cactus of the Four Winds. Day of Skulls! Beeswax sandalwood tobacco floral incense cocoa magic! I didn't know about this blend. It wasn't on my radar & I got a decant on a whim. Now I am totally obsessed. The interplay between the different notes is intoxicating. The kantuta flowers are a revelation, so lush & enticing. Wet, the flowers & beeswax take center stage, mostly the kantuta, which is new to me. The rose & hydrangea didn't really register for me at this point. The cocoa & tobacco are present, but not emphatic. The frankincense & sandalwood come & go. As it dries down, the tobacco & woods are more noticeable, the beeswax also gets more rounded as the flowers move out of the spotlight. I love this blend!

2019 version: This may be a full bottle for me. It's less foodie than Lambs-Wool, but in that family of sweet booze + apple-that-is-not-sharp. I didn't notice the cream. Kind of like if you shook apple butter & bay rum together, without the bay leaf. Low throw, charming. I want to try it on Teapapa.

I'm surprised I never reviewed Poor Monkey--time to fix that omission! This is a skin scent, suitable for almost anywhere scent can be worn. On me, the fig milk & vanilla predominate, with the fir providing a cooling, understated ground. My notion of a wet monkey in a tree would be a lot muskier than this gentle, sweet blend. It pairs beautifully with Fig & White Sandalwood HG. Bottles are currently available on the Lab's Etsy--if you love the Lab's fig note, don't miss out!

Oops, forgot to review this lovely stuff! Rose with a hint of green leaves, with light, dry patchouli. Only a hint of amber for me. I love it!

From a forum purchase. Starts out as strong peppermint with a vanilla back up. Dries down to a surprisingly musky vanilla with a hint of mint & something faintly patchouli-like. I love it. 2022 update: I've bought 3 bottles of Lick It blends, & this one's my favorite (and the only one I haven't let my son steal.)

Vanilla & sandalwood, with coconut to ground it. Soft, delicate, warm, very comfortable. When the notes contain vanilla & sandalwood, & there's a picture of the Littlest Lab Rat TM on the label, it's pretty much a must -buy for me. 2022 edit: Is there fig in here? I swear there's fig. I love this blend.

2013 version. Soft, dry, resins. Very low throw. This version is so dry on me that it cries out for layering. I was frimped a sniffy decant of the 2018 version, which is a lot fuller & more balanced on me. I'll re-review if I get my hands on some.

A latte-like taupe with so much shimmer! Great wear length: 5 days looking great. I was complimented on the color, but that happens with pretty much all of my BPTP polishes .

@absinthetics is right, this is a one-coat coverage metallic, right in between silver & gold. Bright & shiny, in no way subdued. It reminds me of gold lamé, or gold leaf. This will be versatile for me. Happy I got it.

I bought a partial bottle, but never reviewed it. 2+ years later, Hoiru is a suede scent for the ages . On me, Hoiru is suede leather & mysterious wood. Somehow, all the notes (bourbon vanilla, tonka, patchouli, pale amber, blackened tea leaf, coconut husk & cashmere,) combine to produce a scent that seems like the most smooth & expensive Mysore sandalwood, plus oudh. A keeper, for sure!

Seconding @VioletChaos on the greatness of both the images and the shirts used for the current Lunacy collaborations with Dan Santat. Gotta catch 'em all! The Pink Moon & Strawberry Moon images are my faves so far. (Pink Moon looks like the artist used Teadaughter as the model, squee!) Also very chuffed about the return of the Goblin Grab Barrels.

Yes!  This is amazing! Sandalwood is front & center. So good! It's wood & amber & nuts on me...I need a bottle.

Delicious! Started out extremely foody, but relaxed into a quiet, spicy molasses that seems musky. I didn't get any orange, which surprised me. I agree this is a cozy blend. I like it a lot. Possible bottle. 

Unhelpful review: my skin completely wrecked Gynotize!. I tested it twice to be sure. It went on as bold cherry, with skin musk & a hint of rose. Over the next 10 minutes, the cherry blast dissipated. What emerged was...extra-virgin olive oil accord. I kid you not.

I got my Harlow's Lace yesterday, & let it rest til today. It's sweet musk tobacco lace. The first couple minutes it's boozy butterscotch musk, almost like The Other Miss Forcible meets Grog. Then the tobacco comes out, followed by labdanum & the vanilla lace note. I foresee heavy rotation for this blend come autumn, because it's so cuddly. Edited to add: Still cuddly! My skin eats Harlow's Lace in about 4 hours, which is a lot shorter wear time than is usual for me with BPAL musk blends. It lasts & lasts in a scent locket, though.

TKO has a special place in my heart. I endorse it 100%. 1) It absolutely does work as a relaxation and/or sleep blend. 2) It made a huge difference for my daughter's sleep routine at a time she really needed help. 3) It smells fabulous. When my daughter first encountered TKO, she described it as "Like being hit by a marshmallow pillow stuffed with lavender."

I love Brown Jenkin, despite how much its namesake creeps me out. I don't typically enjoy wearing the Lab's "dusty" notes, so if the description of the white sandalwood as dusty puts you off, take a risk. It is dry, as the Lab's white sandalwood generally is. The coconut husk & musk are the stars of this blend for me. It's the coconut that I love from Goblin, that goes so beautifully with woody scents. The musk sweetens the dry wood & coconut delightfully. The orris root & ceremonial incense notes are pretty subdued on my skin. Brown Jenkin is consistent--in the bottle, freshly applied, & dry, it's an unexpected musky coconut wood. Medium throw, medium wear length.