frizzlechicken
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This is a great example of glowing reviews here swaying me to make a purchase! I had saved this when it first came out as a possibility because I usually like Amber blends, but with so many things vying for my attention I may have missed out. This is a gorgeous scent, full of rich resinous Amber. Like many others have said, there’s a Labdanum-esque undertone as well, which I love. The carmelized oud is the same kind in recent blends like Gingerbread Oud; it’s spicy without being too much. This is a great scent both when freshly applied and having faded after a few hours. Thanks everyone for having posted reviews so that I didn’t miss out!
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The lovely paperflowers included this in a recent decant package and I am so glad…I might not have tried this otherwise, and it is so lovely. The lavender and coconut blend so beautifully with the blue musk; it’s like an elegant coconut perfume and fades beautifully to a soft musky blueberry/musk/coconut. No one note ever overpowers. I love it so much I added a bottle to my final Lupers order.
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I love this - judging by how frequently I've worn it since I got a decant and then upgraded to a bottle, this is my favorite Luper of 2024. I get a lot of grape and red musk, personally, which I love. Agreed that there's no funky Oudh, just a sweet undertone backing the grape and red musk. I can't personally pick out the other notes, but I assume they're part of what makes this seem so well-blended. Every time I catch a whiff when wearing, it's great. Will likely get a backup of this one.
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This is beautiful! It is light and sweet, but not overly sweet; it almost reminds me of Rope Pulley but with a soft lemon instead of a lot of strawberry. There's also a hint of tangy cream cheese upon application. The dry down is soft and sugary. I feel like I get whiffs of all the notes in the description. I love it and wore it two days in a row which I hardly ever do! This is going to be a really lovely warm weather scent.
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I don't use poppers so at first was going to pass this by, but y'all here in the reviews convinced me to try it because things like dusty electrical innards are all words right up my alley. Wet on the skin it's very much like mentioned above: warm electrical innards of a VCR after you've been using it for a while. You pop the tape out and smell the air...yep! There's definitely some nostalgia here for anyone who grew up with a VCR. As it dries, there's a soft, dusty musk note that remains. I also could see calling it slightly sandalwood-y. Hours later and I have a really clean musk note remaining. It's light. It's weird. I'm glad I got a bottle! Hey I’m back 3 months after the initial review to say I really love this weird and magical scent. It’s all electrical air up top and dries/fades to such a beautifully dusty skin musk. It’s fabulous in warm weather. Definitely give this a try if you’re thinking about it. It’s never strong or overpowering.
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I recently got a bottle via the Lab's Etsy and it is sooooooo good. It's sort of like a rich, velvety Chocolate Cherry Tootsie Roll pop. I don't think that's a real Tootsie Roll Pop flavor, but if it were it would be Blood Kiss Bon Bon. I don't always love strong chocolate scents but the musk and vanilla are smoothing things out. There is also the slightest touch of honey, but it is ever so slight. This is a winner and since it was a Luper in 2014, I feel like I'm dipping into another new Luper!
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This one took me on a wild ride, and it's mainly that it needed time to settle. I blind-bottled it and it arrived over a week ago. I tried it the next day and was sure I hated it. All I could smell was dirt (like fresh earth) floating on the air of a mid-spring day, and NEROLI NEROLI NEROLI. I very nearly sold it right off then and there, but because I am a sucker for unusual things and cool label art, I decided to let it rest a bit. Well damn! This morning I sniffed it again and thought, well, let's give it one more shot. I am so glad I did! Now that it's rested, all the notes seem to have blended and smoothed. Totally gone is the earthy smell; I still detect the fresh spring air when wet, but mostly now it's blood musk, ginger and neroli (much quieter). It dries down to mostly blood musk and I have enjoyed the ride. It will be lovely for spring. Heart Beet, shantay you stay.
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Wait how have I not yet reviewed this? It's perfection in a BPAL to me. There's a blast of cherry cola and champagne upon application, and then it dries down to the most divine blood/labdanum/incense (but not too spicy!) note. I cannot stop sniffing wherever I've applied it and on a recent trip to New Orleans this was one of only 4 scents I selected to accompany the journey!
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This really does smell like damp forest air and candy. There's a subtle patchouli that I'm detecting, but it's light and I think part of the "feral"-ness of this. I definitely also notice the caramel and the chocolate, but it's subtle and blended well with everything. This is only a few days fresh from the mail and I suspect will get even better with age!
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mmmmm, yes. So I now know I love the Lab's Ruby Chocolate note. I love Millennial Pink (which has Ruby Chocolate as a main component) and this is like a cousin to it. Where Millennial has the blend of white musk, this has the creamy marshmallow and rose petals. The rose petals are indeed fresh-cut-in-water smelling, but they're never overpowering. It's a gorgeous blend and if you like Millennial Pink (or Ruby Chocolate) this is a must-try.
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I LOVE THIS. It may be my all-time favorite Snake Oil variant. Now, keep in mind that I am a BPAL champagne fiend, so I was primed to love this. It's a simple premise - Snake Oil drenched in champagne - and it works so very well. The two scents combine beautifully on me, fading to a gorgeous vanilla champagne with a little snake oil spice. I adore this and will be picking up backups; if there's such a thing as a signature BPAL for me, it may very well be this!
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This is interesting. The clover is most prominent on me when wet, backed by a little champagne fizz and an unmistakable whiff of mushrooms! These all combine pretty quickly on the skin and fade into a soft green musk. The dry down is giving elegant Irish Spring, like if the soap were instead an expensive perfume. Not too overpowering, soft fade as it dries.
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This is like a fresh apple champagne but not apple cider, if that makes sense. It's fresh and bright and the rose note is very subtle. The lemon is there on application but doesn't stay for long. As it fades, I too get an almost light musk after tone, which I love so it works for me. Agreed that this will be a nice spring/summer scent.
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I also took a chance on this one! I was buying some other bottles from a fellow BPALite's destash and decided to give it a try. I am not a fan of heavy florals and too much jasmine will overpower anything I like. I am delighted to say Tomie does none of those things. The previous reviews mentioning it being light and ethereal are very accurate - Tomie has a light, gentle amber and floral when first applied, and dries down to a soft amber-sandalwood with a hint of vanilla. To call out any one note isn't quite fair, because they are all blended beautifully. It's a lovely scent, appropriate for any time of year, I think. I'm glad I have a bottle!
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I absolutely love this. I don’t even know how to describe it - it’s red musk but deep, the champaca is respectful and not stomping, the amber is a beautiful backbone and there’s a blood note, but it’s not too perfume-y or loud. It’s gorgeously blended and I could not stop taking whiffs of it all day. I love it!!
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mmmmm yeah this is fantastic. The comparison to Lavender and White Chocolate Madeleines is apt, but instead of the white chocolate there's a beautiful sugary coconut. It is not too sweet or overwhelming. Reminds me of a Cadbury Mini Egg with lavender.
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I’m not sure that I quite know how to describe this, but it’s lovely. I definitely smell grasses/rice milk and sandalwood. I would overall describe it as an earthy, green scent. No goat’s milk type undertones. It’s really nice.
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I probably would have bought this based solely on the notes, but the fervor from many around its rerelease made me blind-bottle it right away. I am glad I did - it's wonderful. Previous years' reviews likened it to The Air & the Ether, and I can definitely see the comparison; but To a Wreath of Snow has a beautiful tobacco note that remains even after the lavender and ambergris have faded from the initial application. The blending of all the notes here is fantastic - hours later I can smell a bit of each of them, but none are competing - and I also detect a slight bit of vanilla/sandalwood? That may just be the way my nose registers all the notes. It's just an absolutely lovely scent.
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OK y'all I may be a freak but I read everyone's descriptions and was like "stinky band-aid? GET IT ON ME". I love those kinds of medicinal/band-aid notes, so I grabbed a decant. There used to be a small 100+ year old apothecary upsate from where I live and it smells exactly like this. I felt like I just walked through their doors. If you've ever been to any sort of old pharmacy, that's what it evokes. It is strong - I opened my vial and the whole vicinity smelled like iodine/band-aid. Freshly applied, it's purely that: a band-aid soaked in medicinal tincture. You have to like that to like this. As it dries, a lightly spicy blood note starts to emerge, plus a little bit of a smoky menthol. It is definitely an odd and mysterious scent and not for the faint-of-heart, but if you like anything I've just described then you might like it. It really does make you smell like an old-timey apothecary.
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OMG I'm in love. I hesitated on this one solely because I have a sensory aversion to actual "plastic" smell, but just received a decant and my fears were for naught. This is a sweet, somehow nostalgic candy corn/vanilla that fades to a softly sweet amber. "Glowing" is honestly a perfect description, and I don't know how Beth does it but she really did evoke a softly-glowing halloween decoration. Absolutely love this one and can see it becoming a top-10 favorite - it's that good. ETA: Forget top-10, this scent is a top-3 BPAL ever for me.
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This one surprised me the most - it is pure coconut-rum-candy sweetness on me! Almost piña colada. I’m going to revisit it in another week or so to see if that’s still what I am getting, but I wore it for a full day and that’s what it smells like – and I’m not mad about it. No leather that I can detect.
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When I first received this, the leather note was pretty strong up top, but within 24 hours it had calmed down. Upon application, there is a distinct note of leather, I described it as a sun-warmed leather jacket that you’ve worn in some early autumn air. After the initial burst of leather starts to fade, there is a really stunning sugared vanilla that blends gorgeously with the familiar snake oil. For the rest of the time wearing this, the sugared vanilla was the note I smelled most, and it was glorious. interestingly, when I woke up the next morning the only trace left behind by the scent was leather! I was super surprised since other than application that faded for most of the wear.
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An excellent entry into the Lace family. Upon application this reminded me a lot of Harlow’s Lace, I believe due to a burnt caramel note that I’m detecting. After some time that fades an little and I am left with a lovely Lace variant. I can definitely smell the Antique Lace but throughout where there is still always a slightly sugared caramel undertone; it’s really nice. I did not notice any leather in this one.
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I just got a bottle of this and wow, do I love it. I've long liked how Chanel No.5 smells, so I immediately put this on my wish list when I read about it. It is magical! It really does evoke Chanel No. 5, but not just that; there's a delicious powdery note that takes me back to some old 1990s Revlon velvet lipsticks in red cases. Gosh I loved those, and Closet Raid wet on my skin smells like them! It's wonderfully nostalgic. As it dries I can detect the Snake Oil and a little lavender. It's definitely a "high-end perfume" kinda BPAL. I love it!!
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It’s exactly what you’d expect! The lab’s wonderful champagne note up top, and a beautiful pumpkin spice blended in. It’s not a loud or screechy pumpkin spice at all - definitely evocative of a delicious fall cocktail. I am a fiend for the lab’s champagne, and if you’re wondering how this compares to Victory (pumpkin cheesecake champagne) - on me, it is like its lighter cousin. Victory came to fight and Pumpkin Spice Champagne came to toast your win.
