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Veronica

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  1. Veronica

    Dana O'Shee

    This smells like almond jello, Lush Snowflake, and BPAL Snow White. White, sweet, creamy almond.
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    Bess

    Floral fruity--very pretty and totally a "me" scent, but one of the fruit notes goes powdery on me.
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    Brisingamen

    The amber necklace of Freyja, Norse Goddess of Love, Sex, Attraction and Fruitfulness. Her magnificent necklace was bought from four Dwarves [Alfrik, Berling, Dvalin and Grer] at the price of four nights of her passion. When Brisingamen graces your throat, no man can resist your charms. A glittering mantle of rich golden notes: five ambers, soft myrtle and apple blossom, myrtle, and carnation. Not sure which note it is--myrtle is the one I'm least familiar with though--but it smells almost patchouli like and drowns out even the ambers.
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    Bastet

    The mixture of amber and almond in this goes off on me--it smells similar to powdery honey or wine.
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    51

    This smells like clean laundry and detergent. Very soft, white and soapy in a good way.
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    Leather

    Throwing out some love for Olisbos before the Lupers go down--fruity, olive-y leather! Also just tried Le Pere Fouettard (Yule 2013), which is one of the more interesting leathers I've encountered...foody leather?
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    Le Père Fouettard

    This is totally bizarre--a foody men's cologne. Also smells like fruit leather + cologne. Not bad on a guy at all, I would dig it, but not for me.
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    Wanton

    Wet, this is all rose and red sandalwood, very floral with a slightly dry base. As it dries the rose subsides and this ends up smelling...kind of like nothing. It's not patchouli, it's just an odd, slightly off scent. Nothing.
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    Florence

    Really surprised by how lovely this is! A similar golden amber to Lyonnesse, sweetened by the berry and iris floral notes, just a hint of spice. Very sweet--a mixture of Belle Epoque and Lyonnesse in my mind. Will need to revisit!
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    Snap-Dragon-Fly

    This smells like Fig Newtons on me.
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    Thanatopsis

    Mmm, pine trees and a skin musk. Surprisingly gender neutral, but I would want this on a guy.
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    Tisiphone

    Sticky, sappy sweetness from oleander and neroli. Surprisingly, the patchouli in this is not coming out at all, but there is a slight smoky element, almost sandalwood-esque. Sweet, powdery, orange, sandalwood.
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    Rumpelstilzchen

    Mostly patchouli, smoky and slightly burnt. Surprisingly gentle for the note list. Like ash or coal from a fire, just smoking. I get a kind of dry hay as well.
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    Faustus

    Mostly frankincense, herbal green and spiced over a light base of soapy violet.
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    The Witch's Garden

    Starts off very dark green and herbal. Dry down is a little lighter, still distinctly green and herbal, with an almost dandelion floral note in the background. I actually love it as a soothing, nature-y scent, but not something I would reach for.
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    Redoul Honey

    Sweet powdered honey, with almost a wine note--like Anubis without the incense.
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    Shoggoth

    I get COCONUT and a few other notes but mostly COCONUT. the other notes are lime, some kind of salty breeze--a very sunny, tropical, beach-y scent on me.
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    Zombi

    I get a straight, full-bodied but wearable rose. Very pretty and floral, no wet or aquatic quality and no dirt.
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    The Lotus Tree

    Exactly as described. Sweet, powdered honey--sleep inducing!
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    Morocco

    I get the spice and musk, but the cassis make this smell a little like cola on me. Cola and cream. Not bad, actually really yummy...but also not what I want to smell like.
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    Cathode

    Sharp and clean and mint, slightly aquatic. Very bright and pretty. A greener, earthier version of Riding in the Palanquin.
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    El Dorado

    Something sharp and metallic to this initially that subsides when wet. Dry, it's a clean cologne smell, would be great on a guy, but not particularly interesting. Clean and manly spices.
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    Fairy Thorn

    Not sure how I feel about this, I'm getting a lot of sweetness from the benzoin, a mishmash of light floral notes and just a hint of apple--all over a base of dry sandalwood. I like it, but its completely disappeared on me minutes after applying.
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    Night's Pavilion

    Really? No reviews at all for the 2015 version? I guess I'll give it my best shot! I adore Night's Pavilion, on me it is the perfect delicate floral. None of these notes typically work for me (lily, I'm looking at you!), but here I get a soft, delicate, close to skin floral musk. Lily tends to shriek on me, but is very well behaved here, not getting too cloying or heady, just lovely and fresh. I predominantly get white musk (very light and similar to skin musk) and the gentle floral of the lily, absolutely no frankincense. For floral lovers--I would definitely give this one a shot!
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    Riding in the Palanquin

    So glad I managed to snag a partial of this off the forums--it was one of the scents that most intrigued me at Will Call. On me, this is fresh, light green floral with a slightly aquatic note, but its soft, spring water, not ozone-y saltwater. The jasmine in this is delicate and beautiful, which is rare for me when it comes to BPAL. As the other reviews mention, there is a pearl/silk/cream quality to this as well, blending the notes together beautifully.
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