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Compared to some of the other evergreen-based scents from BPAL, this was not pine-sol on me, probably due to the berries which do in fact "pierce" through the evergreen and lend a sweetness to this scent that is quite pleasant.

Oh, lusty, heady florals right off in this one. Ah, yes, that would be jasmine and lily with myrtle. Considering that this has a lot of my death notes, overall it's not too bad. The clove is barely noticeable on me and it softens a bit into a mostly sophisticated floral scent.

In the bottle and right when wet, this smelled like a rather generic cologne, but after a few minutes it started to smell like a lovely cologne inspired by the briny seas. The salt air comes out, and this is actually less aquatic to me than it is sea salt air. While I like these sorts of scents, I don't often wear them on my skin, so I think I am going to save this for summer and see how I like it on my skin.

Yep, that's some vetiver. (Places in swap box.)

Why hello peach! The peach does calm down a bit after some dry time, but it is still very peachy on me with a touch of florals, but it seems in general I tend to amp stone fruits, so who knows!

I didn't think the lemon would come out so quickly in this, but it does. Immediately on my skin it is all foodie, cocoa, vanilla, and custard with a hint of rose, but the lemon blossom enters the picture rather quickly. After some dry down, the lemon blossom isn't really much there anymore, but the oudh and skin musk are there to ground the scent, but very subtle overall. The lupers just always delight me with their way of being foodie, not foodie.

This one immediately reminds me of the dry, dusty note in a lot of the BPAL book scents, but the spicy touch from the woods makes Coyote distinct. I thought this might be too dry at first because of said note and the woods, but there's a something I can't quite place that keeps it from being too dry. Maybe it is the musk? Not really for me as these spicier scents usually aren't, but still very pretty.

Wow, my first honeysuckle that doesn't instantly become a death note! I think that is due to the fact that this scent is largely dominated by the citrus and green tea. When you first apply it, it is all citrus, but the tea comes in very quickly. Unsurprisingly, it fades quite dramatically, but this where the honeysuckle comes in and holds it in - making this a citrus tea scent with a bit more strength and throw than a lot of others I have tried. This scent screams summer!

A really beautiful floral on me, but despite the "dusting" of lily, the lily is very prominent at first, in fact, it is all lily, but after several minutes, it calms down a bit and the jessamine and orris come out to play. Eventually, the sandalwood and musks come out, but this was overall largely a lily scent for me.

The labdanum is heldback on this - this is a scent that floats on me as weird as that sounds, like the misty lavender is literal. I tried this as a bedtime scent, and I do like it, but it's not the perfect lavender or bedtime I am looking for. I think it will go to the swapbox, and I will continue my quest for the perfect lavender.

I received these both with an imp lot I bought on Ebay, but they are definitely different years as the mint is much stronger in one. I like mint already, but I am finding I quite like it as a note in a perfume, but the mint overwhelms a bit when wet while the florals are in the back. On the drydown the sandalwood comes through, this is really a nice summer floral, but it gets a bit powdery on me.

In the bottle, it just smells perfumey. I am starting to notice this trend on these imps that appear to be fairly older, but I don't know how old they are. Lavender comes through a bit more on the drydown, and the general dryness of parchment. Overall, I would call this a perfume-y lavender.

Grape is making me a little twitchy, but the florals are really nice in this, oh there is the smoke. I like the smoke and florals, but grape is still a no for me.

Hi! Just wanted to let you know (if you didn't know already) that Tea Olive = Osmanthus. You may come across many more bpals searching that note. I didn't know that because in Louisiana we always refer to it as "sweet olive" and I've also learned its other name is "tea olive". It's pretty much my favorite scent in the universe! I did not know this, thank you ziggystardust13!

The acai berry is overwhelming when wet, but lesser so on the drydown when the honey comes through. I have better honeys so I am not that impressed with this.

Considering how much I like eating cherries, I really can't stand the smell, even with a place like BPAL, the scent always seems chemically to me. Admittedly, the strong cherry of this scent doesn't last long and the wood notes come in in a really lovely way and the cherries take a back note, and it is more like woods with a touch of dark fruits, but I can't get paste the initial cherry.

I was worried this might be too powdery chocolate at first, but the florals started coming out more as it dried, and eventually the vegetal part kicks in. After about an hour, it is my favorite kind of BPAL, where there are definitely distinct different notes, but it all balances out to this delicate floral gourmand. Hard to categorize as either/or because it neither overwhelming one or the other. The amber and musks ground it and give it a certain powderyness, but again, it is not so much I don't like it. It's just a fascinating scent, one of those you get to experience, and it does stay close to the skin on me.

The vetiver isn't going medicinal on me, I think due to the florals, but it is still too vetiver for me, but those cactus flowers intrigue me.

A faint floral on me. That's really about it. I am surprised the white rose and gardenia aren't coming through stronger, but this is just a general faint floral for me.

Yuck. I usually like herbal and green scents, but this was less witch's garden on me, and more the cellar where she keeps her potion ingredients: dank, stale, and pungent. No, thanks.

In the bottle, smells very sharp like grapefruit, but the other notes come out when wet, and I end up liking it less actually, and then a sort of anisey note comes in which I generally abhor, but it is subtle fortunately. This makes a more floral, spicy summer scent, but not a keeper for me.

This should be the kind of scent that works for me, but on me it smelled mainly citrusy (despite no citrus note being listed) and was just "pretty," but I have plenty of pretty, citrus scents. ETA: When wet, this is a white floral perfume, but it doesn't take long before it becomes a clean, cottony scent - like a perfect laundry on the line scent. As it dries more the pear comes out, but it still largely remains a clean, linen-y scent which surprised me, but reading the other reviews, it seems I am not the only one.

Well, this one has taught me that the dragon's blood note really isn't for me. It tends to go soapy on me, and while this one goes a little soapy, it is still a very pretty scent with the pear blossom and foodie elements coming out as it dries down, but the dragon's blood overwhelms those notes on me for the most part. I wanted something a little more foodie.

While, I loved the idea of smelling like books, I tried some of the book scents like Quintessence of Dust, and while I liked them, I didn't necessarily enjoy wearing them. Howevah, the Book is the book scent I want to wear. I actually get beeswax and rose at first, but as it dries down, the leather becomes more prominent while the the tonka and vanilla bourbon tar come out to play. The rose on me is not thin at all, it is definitely there, and lends a light floral touch to this otherwise bookish scent.

A sweet and fruity scent with a touch of flora. Usually I like the champagne note a lot, but this smelled more like grape on me than fermented grapes.