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~First impression~ (Worn around the neck during an active morning) This started out like a sticky sweet almondy cherry, reminded me alot of Jailbait in the beginning. Definitely cherry, not papaya or mango. Cherry. And I swear there's a bit of orange peel in there, therefore Jailbait. But then, the leather and other masculine notes rose. The throw is alright, I always slather alot anyway. Drying, it's giving me a Hollywood Babylon vibe, like a younger cousin(not a sibling). A little more sophisticated, more male. Not as gourmand, not as syrupy. But still got that sweet cherry with a bunch of really nice heavy, cuddly base notes. There's like a orange peel/almond tartness, but it does not come from the cherry component, they are separate. Two hours after application, its pretty much unchanged. A sweet fruity cherry on top of a soft masculine bed. Has maybe gotten a little bit warmer, the kind of warmth you get from soft baking spices. You notice that there are alot of layers. This is a complex blend made with perfection. Very gender neutral. It's both playful, sexy AND sophisticated and elegant. Brings me joy and a smile in my heart. Feels young and confident. Despite being a cherry-scent for me, it's not giving me the color "red", it's more like a "warm orange" colored scent. Very summery! I also need to add: This smells expensive, and modern. There's something about the scent profile that I recognise from the style of today's more high-end commercial perfume, like in the $200-500 spectrum. I'm very, very happy with this one. Even if I missed out on the mango/papaya c':

A very warm, but dry and powdery scent of fragile woods, yellow grass and dried flowers and herbs. I get some white pepper in it as well? It is very "sepia" in a melancholy and beautiful way, like an old photograph. I'm surprised that I enjoy it so much, because this is not close to my usual taste at all. I compared it with Ask the Nearest Hippie in search of the "kush"-note, but Cytherea is so dry that it made Ask the Nearest Hippie smell like Nutella :I I'm going to buy a bottle of this one.

I'm so very disappointed about this one. I really love the dusty, cologney scent in Dead Leaves, Bourbon Vanilla and Myrrh from last year, but this one toootally lacks that. Dead Leaves and Sugared Cardamom has nothing leafy or dead at all according to my nose and skin. While wet, it's a sugary sweet cardamom. And after 30 minutes, it went pure watermelon-candy?? It's not disgusting or bad in any way, but it's very, very far from what I wanted when I bought the bottle.

On my skin, this is the sweetest red apple imaginable. I thought it would be a more heavy floral, but it's actually very fresh, and at the same time it's sticky sweet.

Very dark tobacco, it's absolutely the main note in Isaac. But it's sweetened and all sexied-up with everything else. I'ts maskuline in a elegant "bad boy" way and totally gorgeous.

This one is fantastic. I've tried a little over one hundred BPAL blends right now and Fulvous Snow is my biggest favorite so far. I don't get any snow at all, it's more of an autumn-scent for me. Warm, golden creaminess in a gender neutral/manly way. It's calm and comforting, yet elegant and a bit sexy.

This one is fantastic! I was afraid that it was going to be too dry and sour without anything more sweet in it, but it's wonderful. Dark, heavy and dry, a bit smokey. Just a tiny bit sweetness from the flowers, but it's enough. It contains a lot of my favorite notes and I'm so glad that they work so well together.

Innocence defiled. Sticky pink bubblegum and the thick, sweet scent of orange and cherry lollipops smeared over a breath of heady womanly perfume. OMG IT IS SASSAFRAS IN THIS ONE!! I've tried every BPAL with sassafras available on the homepage, and I totally adore Tombstone and SSS. I thought sassafras-bubblegum only were a Swedish thing, but it seems that I was wrong! Of course it's alot of other stuff in this one, it's very CANDY, but I'm so happy for the sassafras ;__;

I swapped myself a decant of this, and argh... It's beautiful! Sugared wood in a soft, almost vanilla-creamy, way.

I'ts fantastic! I don't have any big experience of key lime pie, so for me this is the most wonderful lime-custard-foodie. It's a low-throw and it might need some aging, however.

Okay, it's horrible. It smells like shoe cream, rose hip soup and gingerbread dough. Remembers me of an old man...

This is NOT what I suspected, so fruity! But, I don't get any plum at all. I get quince, lot of quince. wat. It gets darker and incensy drying, but the quince is still there. And then, alot of flowers, according to my nose. wtf. There is no quince, there is no flowers. Skin and nose, get your shit together...

It's a disturbing scent, it wakes feelings deep within me in a fascinating way. It's clinging and almost a bit scary. But most of all it's so, so, so beautiful. I could never imagine a scent like this before, I'm quite lost at notes since I'm new into BPAL, but the clove in this is fantastic, it's so much better than the one I've tried in GC blends. It's not "kitchen spicey" at all, it's smooth and pretty. I need a bottle, it cursed me.

Realistic lemon peel and green tea. Very green and boring.

This is a really nice perfume, it's like a little warmer and a tiny bit foodier friend to my loved Tombstone. I mostly get cedar and chocolate-powder(like the mix for hot chocolate, but almost unsweetened). I wished for more vanilla or more peppermint, but it's fine. I'ts calm, subtile and nice. It really holds on hard to my skin, I can still smell it now, after a whole day. I will keep the imp and might buy another one when I've used it up.

I took a chance and bought this to my SO for Christmas while I still were very new into BPAL. "This sounds both yummy, sexy, gender-neutral, and it's named after a devil-themed painting, what can go wrong?" Well, actually, nothing went wrong. It's perfect. I don't know a lot about notes yet, but it's a smooth, sexy blend with a little fruit. The cacao stands out. I can clearly find the tobacco(which I know from Elegba) and the red currants(same as in Eat Me). A part of it reminds me about my loved Hollywood Babylon, I think it's the red musk+vanilla+amber-thingie. I'ts not as strong as I thought, more cozy soft in a dark brown way. And yes, very gender-neutral, it doesn't scream "sexy LADY" for me at all. It really suits my SO very well, takes movie-snuggles to another level, if you know what I mean...

Hi, I'm going to buy my very first bottle without very much experience of BPAL, so I need some help. I'm a sucker for sweet scents, the sweeter the better. Vanilla, sugar, honey, cream... Also sweet flowers like honeysuckle, lilac and violet(but I'm not into fresh flowery things). Mysks, amber and spices is wonderful. Wood notes are okay. I can't stand leather, citrus fruits and roses. Dragon blood smells like my ex, so no thank you. I've no idea what patchouli and pumpkin smells like, but I'm not afraid to try them. This is some of the BPAL blends that I've tried and my thoughts about them: O - Love it, but it fades very quickly and I find it a bit boring, I will buy a bottle of this one day, but right now I'm interested in something stronger with more character. Eat Me - Like it a lot, the sweetness is on point but my skin amps the butter to a annoying level. I like butter, but not this much. Spellbound - Bought the imp because of the name, Siouxie <3 I don't like it at all while it's wet, but I love it when the top notes have faded. If it only were sweeter... Manila - It doesn't fit me at all, it smells like a social, sexy, happy person. So, I've searched for blends with vanilla, and I've found a few that sounded perfect, BUT when I research them in Reviews they are described as "low throw", "skin close" etc. And that's like the opposite of what I'm looking for. So, does any of this ring a bell?

Hellcat have been in my wishlist for a while I have no problems with snake oil, but I find it a slightly bit boring, so snake oil + other notes might be a hit!

I actually got an imp of The Antikytheria Mechanism last week, and it's sooo beautiful! I had a hard time finding the vanilla, but it's such a wonderful wood-blend <3 Also got imps of Muddy Puddles(which I do like, but I also find it a bit boring), Drink Me(loove the cherry tart <3) and Morocco(sweet, soft, but a bit to much chemical for me). Brown Jenkin and Mouse's Sad and Long Tale is added to my wishlist I will hunt for Lilith decants when my economy has stabilized itself from Christmas^^ Thank you so very much!

Oh yes, Tombstone is gorgeous! The first time I used it I was constantly sniffing myself and sighed, it's really something special. Wood and vanilla seems to be a good combination for me. Well, there is only one way to find out about that

Okay, I've received my imps and tested them for a couple of weeks, these were my favorites: Golden Priapus Stimulating Sassafras Strengthener Tombstone Sin Bordello Elegba Cockaigne But I also bought a "blind" bottle without smelling it first: Hollywood Babylon, and I looove it! Bottles really are a whole new experience *slathering is good for you* Defututa and Sudha Segara were _not_ my thing. D reeks of jasmine and SS doesn't smell much at all. I've ordered a bottle of Golden Priapus together with some more imps and ALOT of decants(most Yules, but also Pies, CP and one Phoenix). Thank you alot for all the help! I'm going to look after Sugar Skull, absolutely! And the 13 with thirteen sugars(and chocolate).

JASMINE, it's the only note I can find. Where is my wood and cinnamon?! I actually like jasmine, but it is so effing overpowering in this blend, it's like toilet scent spray strong I really hope it will calm down by the time and let other notes rise, because it's totally unwearable in this fresh state.

Deep, dark bubblegum in a sexy way. Very sweet, but still tempting and flirty. To me, it's not very playful and fun, but more drowzy.

I got my very first imp of Snake Oil today, and I have to tell I'm not a very seasoned BPAL user and this is my very first review. I don't know much about notes and the way to find them in different blends, but I will try to describe what my nose found in this little SO. In the imp: The first thing I get is MINT, not green, but a sweet, soft candy sort of peppermint. What. Wet: Warm wood, like the insides of a antique wooden cabinet that you store linens in or a sun-warm veranda with some crumbs of peppermint candy(my "BPAL mother" thinks it's the patchouli that goes "mint" for me, she might be right). Fresh and bright with a calm and "round" background. If there is any vanilla, I can't find it. Drying: The "mint" has calmed down(but i'ts still there), and now my nose finds saffron. SAFFRON? It's not the typical saffron scent, but exactly the same way a Swedish saffron bun tastes, soft and warm saffron baked in a wheat dough. On top of that, it reminds me of a cool wooden sauna, the way it smells before you turn on the heater. Dry: Finally a bit of a vanilla peeks out and makes a little difference. Now, this is a super cozy scent. It is nice, calm and does not make a lot of attention, but it's perfect for cuddling with tea and animated movies or such things. Overall, I think it's a quite boring scent right now, but I know that Snake Oil gets better by time, so I'm going to "forget" it for a year and two and come back for it again.

Okay, omg, I WANT to get more imps, but the question is if I CAN. This is my list right now: Kali Stimulating Sassafras Strengthener Sudha Segara Alice's Evidence Defututa Golden Priapus Tombstone Sin Snake Oil Bordello Elegba Dragon's Milk Chimera Cockaigne Thank you for all of your help <3