Missanneshirleyofgg

This is really lovely. The cocoa in this is giving me Tezcatlipoca vibes. Its so dry and warm. Also, the vetiver is a deep rich one. My only experience with good vetiver blends that didnt go BOOM on me is the Gingerbread, vetiver and black currant trio and Two Sheep. Both of those have such nice vetivers and this one is similar. I amp the heck out of honey and am not having this issue. Do feel like there is some wood here, as there is an edge (this could also be the toasted note) to this bland that on me keeps it from being overtly gourmand. Really loving it. Again, this is not overtly foodie on me, but I hoard foodies. Thinking if you are a big fan of gourmands this will not be overpoweringly sweet, but if you primarily like resinous blends, you may indeed find this gourmand. I would love to have this in my collection with Tezcatlipoca.

compared to Rainbow Swirl (Lavender-infused vanilla cream with crystalline flowers and a hint of red velvet cake.), Round Dance’s lavender note is prominent on skin and the strawberry note less present (which is comical since Rainbow Swirl doesnt list strawberry in its profile!). on application there is an initial carnation burst that is very peppery. I really love carnation in this aspect- I enjoy the spiciness of it. Overtime the pepperiness of the carnation recedes slightly and the lavender which is initially herbal begins to blend with the amber note And the vanilla cream. This makes for a pillow soft lavender, not unlike Capax Infiniti however that is the only resemblance to that worthy blend. While the candy floss note is it easily identifiable here giving the overall blend a sugary floral aspect, the strawberry it’s self is slight. Maybe lending a teensy bit of tartness to the overall Perfumes palette. On dry this is a flourmand lavender with a touch of berry that is not plastic on my skin. The carnation begins to feel minty, similar to how the mint and Berry notes combined in Battle Fairy in Training. I think fans of the latter would enjoy this one.

This was gifted to me by a friend and I never reviewed it. That friend was wanting to test Circus Bear (Damn everything but the circus! A scent for Tom and for Lilith, the Empress and the Hierophant at the carnival: rose, gardenia, styrax, and frankincense splattered with cotton candy and the white glop in the middle of Oreos.) against Hierophant and the Empress (Red and white roses, everblooming gardenia, violet leaf, Oman frankincense, styrax, honey myrtle, mallow flower.) and reading her review for Circus Bear made me want to retest Rainbow Swirl. I do not get lavender from this in any capacity, but, the red velvet cake note combined with ice cream on me reminds me so much of the oreo in Circus Bear. The crystalline flowers are beautiful and crystalline is a perfect description as they seemed etched it to the red velvet cakes frosting. This combination is flourmand and delightful. Over time however it becomes more of a strawberry flourmand and that is what keeps this scent being a favorite and delegates it to the “Interesting scents I revisit” category.

Was wondering what my nose was interpreting as camphor, and looked up Terebrinth (The whole plant emits a strong smell: bitter, resinous, or medicinal). I am trying to make a scent memory of this note, so moving forward I can recognize it, as I often have issues with black currant going barnyard on me and at first suspected the currant. After ten minutes this becomes a pine like resin and dark fruits on me. It is still a little herb/medicinal, but I find it cleansing. I normally wouldnt think of dark fruits like pomegranate as being capable of cleansing properties, but it works here. It has a yule vibe, too. I think this would be a wonderful scent to wear while taking down Christmas decor, It both has a wintery feeling, and the herb cleansing vibe feels like a way to move out of the yule season and into the new years, Wish I had waited to take my tree down!!! Really lovely, but suspect for me the decant is enough. ❤️ Thank you friend for sharing!

Lord help me, this smells like White Larry and weak Patchouli. Totally disappointed RR fan here.

Where is the coffee? Where is the dirt? Where is the woody thyme? This is a super bright green scent with a tinges of grapes. The grapes make the green “ bright” and “juicy”. Its girlish and playful. The thyme in this blend isnt lemony, but mint like. I prefer a dry earthier thyme, but, I think the fresher minty one enriches the playfulness of the vines, grass, leaves and grape. Smells like spring. I wanted Autumn. Dry thyme, dead grass and dirt…. with a side of grape. Yup. I will keep my partial though, its super pretty to huff and throws strong. Plus, the dry down is so so so pretty. The green dissipates and you are left with a bright fruity grape and the minty thyme. Super gorgeous and what makes this scent for me a keeper even though it defied my expectations. .

Will come back to this one, but it smells like someone started with Kit as a base, and added sugary amber. Its the dry start of Kit, like, the foremost part of the nasal palette on inhalation is this dry brittle scent but at close of inhalation the sweetness winds the scent up for closure, Kit for me represents the best of sandalwood and this is as pretty and fragile as Kit, but something loving and tender warms the whole blend up. I agree with above reviewer that its a comforting blend. I also compared Kit to The Gray Columns in which they felt like halves of the same whole somehow. Well, here they merged and for me its the very best of both perfumes.

This is so purple that everything previously thought to be purple is just a dirty shade of mauve. This is a royal shade of purple that queens wear to proclaim proximity to divinity. Its what kids smell like when left alone with a pack of grape nerds and chugging them with Fanta grape soda. They belch purple. Its bold and juicy. Its playful. Its not very grownup so the wine note might be less boozy than you were looking for, but every once in awhile adults should belch purple to proclaim their own proximity to the divine. Do Eeet.

I am not fond of spices and generally amp them. I only purchased a decant of this scent out of curiosity as I was prepared for an epic spice fail. Spice sensitive people, rejoice! This remains a very softly spiced buttercream it doesnt have the usually cinnamon bite that chai can present as, nor does it smell like a pumpkin spice blend. It is also truly foofy with marshmallow. It is cozy and warm and not so foodie that it couldnt be worn in an office setting. A win! But alas, it lacks something for me… something which would give it depth…. and I played around in my mind considering what would fix it for me and now spoiler for depth:

Supportive review of everyone above. I smelled lavender in decant vial and it was so pleasing and comforting with the soft hazelnut, but, upon application the lavender behaves like a summer vacation crush. There and gone before summer camps over- what was their name again? Just a flirt. On the skin the combo of coconut and hazelnut is unfortunately suntan on me and if you are a person who also struggles with coconut, I would have diminished expectations of success with this scent.. My investment in trying was on the belief that strong herbal lavender would knock the edges off the coconut and render a snuggley, soft blend, but alas, for me its playful summer scent, not a tranquil nighttime blend.

A very pretty blend, but not at all a flourmand is you had anticipation of such because of the red currant note (Those pining for Knave of Hearts, this isnt your fix while its OOS). SMIDGE of patchouli is accurate and its buried pretty deep under the rose. Both the red currant and patchouli soften the bouquet, but only as background supporting players. This is a rose scent first snd foremost. But. beautiful one.

This might be a skin scent, its fresh from the mail. However, its the prettiest amber. So cozy and on me very feminine. Its like how you feel on a cold blustery day and theres a plush warm robe to wrap yourself up in. It just feels so cozy to be surrounded by something feminine, soft and comforting. One of the ambers reminds me a bit of the amber in Kit thats sweet. But, overall just a light, pretty amber. Not getting smoke just yet, not sure i need to appreciate this. Very different from richness of the amber in black amber and sugar cane, for reference. This has a definite nuance thats similar to sandalwood. The dry down is becoming more of a feminine cousin to Kit, to my nose. Lovely.

Keep in mind I have not tried Psionicist. I bought this oil directly from the lab because I have been interested in mint notes of late. I prefer foodie blends and gourmands, but have been branching out to try notes I enjoyed in gourmands in other aspects. In bottle, Psnake is definitely electric mint. Bracing. Invigorating. Maybe spearamint? Has a bite. On application, greeted by the mint, but then the eucalyptus is right there. This is almost menthol to me, but not… my gauge for this is when a scent veers into sports creme scent. The bite I smelled in bottle doesnt present on wrist, This doesnt go into sports cream territory. Just an herbal tinge behind the mint. And like, right off the bat I get the snake oil. I am wondering when Beth said there had been snake oil in the bottle, how *much* had been in it? Because I am getting a good deal of snake right now and I wouldn’t have expected it to contend with the mint right at opening. My preconceived notions were that the snake oil would surface in dry down. I only appreciate snake oil in blends, but then I *really * appreciate it in blends so I am happy to find it already presenting. Twenty minutes in the mint is now soft, and referencing reviews on Psionicist, seems more on point with how others experienced the mint. Its so soft I have to root around in the crook my arm to find, At this point it is a blue musk and snake oil and this is my favorite stage and I landed here so quick! I love the snake oil mixed with the musk, what a happy accident. I reapplied to experience the first twenty minutes again. ❤️ Two hours later. Soft snake oil and musk. The musk does feel blue, not sure if its the type of musk or the residual left over mint snd eucalyptus. This feels like such a pleasant summer blend, what perfect timing for the release of something that sat in Beths desk for two years! I am glad I splurged. ❤️

Oh. Like everyone else, I was surprised, It smells like the Christmas tree was a smidgeon too close to the hearth. Something underneath it is vaguely cologne. I recently picked up this same pine afterthought cologne sniff in the atmo “Rise Up and Walk”. Its intriguing, but not sure that I like it. But, in the SN there is also something very pretty and sweet, maybe a vanilla snow type nite? Not powdery, just pretty. But zero ash. Maybe St. Nick’s fireplace cinders always smell like happy Christmas? If so, this is it. I collect the single notes and this is a fun addition.

Oh this is just like a candy cane, the hard ones that are so prevalent at Christmas. Huffing it chills the nasal passages, just like the first bite of a candy cane when you are done with licking on it and want to finish it off (!). Its so cozy, makes me happily imagine a snowy winter and maybe a return to normal holiday gatherings. *On a side note, I was testing Baby’s First Krampuslauf up arm and can slide my nose between the two to get layering thoughts and its actually kinda weirdly yummy. The acrid warm smoke from Baby’s First Krampuslauf has an interesting juxtaposition with the cold peppermint. Hmmmmm!

This is almost flourmand, however the lilac is so light it would maybe be more appropriate to just say it is a honey scent. The honey is pretty, not dank or thick. More lightly floral honey. I do pick up lime and the fougere, but so very soft. Its as if someone took Go To Sleep Darlings and bathed it in Honey. I have been huffing my wrist for thirty minutes trying to decide if I like it. Its somehow comforting, somehow light, but, not what I had imagined so mainly readjusting my expectations.

Oh this is yummy. Reminds me of Arcana “Chocolate craves Terror” but without the incense notes. No BBQ type smoke, more that acrid smell of lingering smoke in the air when in the autumn people begin lighting off the chills with hearth fires. As far as the chocolate, not sure it is dark chocolate as its not bitter at all, more smooth. Maybe semi sweet. 🥰 I am going to have alot of fun layering this and will probably first try it with some bookish blends that I want to be more gourmand and contrast the layering effect with jolabokflodid,

I thought I had written a review on this and it looks like instead I just shared my thoughts to a small group of friends. I agree with Starbrow In that the first few minutes of the scent is glorious. I get more cranberry than pomegranate and what I get over all is a tartness that is almost sour even on the tongue to smell. It is amazing, it is authentic. So while I am thinking of how amazing this is and how incredible that the lab so perfectly captured cranberry suddenly it is fleeting and gone. It is a good read current. Soft and foodie. But for me, the pomegranate it’s self which stays around for the longest of the where time is very candle like. Like an expensive potpourri. My favorites of the sufganyiots before trying this one, are strawberry, raspberry, and black currant. These are so glorious and foodie heaven. I like cranberry and fig somewhat liked but not enough to have a full bottle. Blueberry is too grape bubble gum on my skin but was super fun to test. I’d prefer all of those to this one at this time. I have a partial in bottle and I’m going to age it to see if maybe some of that chemical note in the final dry down dissipates with time. If you can find a Decant of the scent definitely try it just so you get the chance to experience that top note that is so tart, so ripe, so festive and puts you such in mind the of Christmas. It is worth it to hang onto my partial even if it doesn’t age to get that experience any time I’m longing for Christmas.

This reminds me very much of Shadwell (Roll-ups, mildewed raincoat, sweet tea, and condensed milk.) minus the mildew note. If the cardamom moves forward upon wear, it might differentiate them more for my nose, but I am getting the same sweet milk and tobacco combo that I love in Shadwell, with the addition of the cedar. This blend is bolder than Shadwell, however, due to the amplifying of the notes with the addition of honey and vanilla but still much more wearable as the mildew note in Shadwell (which I adore) is an amazing atmospheric but could prove a deal breaker for wearing in office settings. I think the condensed milk in Shadwell *is* sweet, and again, where these blends are similar on my skin, but something is thicker, bolder, more *everything* here. If Shadwell’s mildew note is what put you off that blend, definitely try this. And if you find this blend a bit too thick and rich, consider testing Shadwell if you happen upon an imp.

Loved the lighter cinnamon yam on application and actually felt it was a better Sweet Potato Musk but dries down to a super loud clingy sweet (I wanted to say fruity, its fruit type sweet, not caramel or honey type sweet) amber where as Sweet Potato Musk is linear on me. If you want it for a unique amber the dry down is for YOU as I have not smelled an amber like this one, but if you were interested in the cinnamon and vanilla yam and excited for a Luper with an autumn flair, everything leaves around the forty five min mark except this very unique and extremely bright amber. Super longevity, I also applied twelve hours ago and still finding the scent in my clothes and crook of elbow. It *is* pretty. I might come back round to it when I modify my expectation and embrace this as an amber dominant fragrance. If there are other ambers in the bpal library which are similar I would love to try those!

I love this so much! The green moss smells fresh on me, not earthy, or as some found sharp. Its just bright and happy, like spring. its a fluffy lavender/dorian. Like, on me, fluffier than slime queen which I actually bought hoping for cotton candy. Not sure how much carnation I m smelling, but I do get the pepper that I associate with carnation. The vanilla in this is more cool than the snake oil vanilla. I do not consider Slime Queen a flourmand, but, I totally think this is. The raiz de moras, is gorgeous, is that what makes this special? Blackberry root? Something cozy and gentle and for me this is an excellent sleep scent.

So after a year long exploration of book and library scents, I finally found this on the labs etsy. I am not sure I would have appreciated it early on in my pursuit of library blends as I was drawn to scents that were more straight up leather bound book. This smells upon opening like its going to be a gardenia and beeswax duet, but after about five minutes, the porcelain note moves to the front and this is my favorite part of this scent. Its so brittle and cold! A gorgeous and pretty scent, it reminds me of a young girl in a victorian home, with a porcelain bowl of with floating gardenia. Book adjacent more than a library scent. As the scent settles on the skin, the softest leather bound book emerges, so worn and so favorited. What book is this for you? I think for me it is The Secret Garden.

I went to chase down the notes for Mr. Morses Seances to see what note this was in common between it and Wellerman. Their is a familiarity between them. And I think it is the rum! So, for me this smells like the the boozy sweetness of Mr. Morses Seances with a side of the sugar note from the March 13 2020. So, sweet and boozy, and I agree that it can seem a little brown sugar cookie as the reviewer suggested above. This is not a scent I will wear year round. For me, the rum note is overpowering the other notes. To my nose it is a dark deep rum, something rich and gourmand. I will definitely revisit this in the autumn when I prefer sweeter, heavier scents.

I love how the snake oil just adds the nicest vanilla edge to the Dorian and Slime Queen. Its almost creamy? Very smooth. The slime queen just asserts itself as a sweet edge in the background. Where as straight Dorian is a more forward, I feel Snake Oil is the most prominent scent, with a softening of Dorian. I really love this scent and am glad to have it in my collection.

This is so lovely. I wore this for bedtime last night and my husband said “Cookies? Is that cookies?”. The cookie note is prominent on my skin, a lovely buttery crisp. The white chocolate envelops the lavender so its soft and creamy. I agree similar to Carry Me as @doomsday_disco says above, but I do get MORE cookie here. Backup worthy! Good throw, but one that I can slather. I think from BPal this is my favorite gourmand lavender blend. I love that the lavender never overwhelms the blend, and that it stays a gourmand atmospheric throughout wear.