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Reviewing based on a decant. Tested several days after receipt to allow the scents to "sit" for a bit. In the decant: sweet cream. Wet on my skin: I'm getting a sweet, pleasantly buttery cream. If there is amber it's very light. I don't get any peach, much to my chagrin. Dry: The lightest hint of cream. As I said, it's not a heavy cream, it's light and milky. Throw-wear length: It lasted about an hour on me and faded quickly. Hardly any throw. Upgrade to a bottle? I'm not sure. On one hand, I really enjoy this type of cream scent without honey backing it like Hymn of St Brigid; on the other hand, I'm not sure if I really want to smell lightly buttery. I was hoping for a creamy peachy scent with amber for depth and instead, it's all cream all the time. Perhaps with aging, it would be different but who knows? I will have to think about it.

I just got Final Girl a few days ago and let it rest before trying it. On my skin, it's almost like....natural bug spray?!? I guess it is the clove. It's super strong and almost cold/menthol-like, as another commenter suggested. No blackcurrant or any fruitiness that I can smell. I've had a small bit on for about 3 minutes, and there isn't much throw either, which considering, might be a good thing. 😂 I was really hoping to have a similar experience to almost everyone else, with the vanilla, marshmallow, and honey stealing the show. But right now, it's a clove party. I guess I will wait a bit and see if aging brings out the other components. UPDATE: After about ten minutes, the clove tamped down enough to allow the deep vanilla, musky honey, and a bit of currant (?) to emerge. It feels like the dark lovechild of "O" and "Hollywood Babylon". I feel like this is the perfume Wednesday Addams would wear. It's not my favorite, but I'm intrigued to see how it changes with time.

This is the best way to describe the mix of Amber and Myrrh. I really wanted to love this one. I expected the cardamom and honey to be sweeter, but on me at least it's a really strong pseudo-floral. I can see why people love it, but it is so strong and sharp (on me) that it almost veers into cologne territory. And it's aged for a few years, so I'm not sure if the sweetness will improve. Oh well.

I have had my eye on this one for months and finally added to my most recent order. In the bottle: ALMONDS. HELLO, ALMONDS. On my skin: Hello almonds again. As I wore it, it settled into a whispery almond/honey scent but VERY faint. Mind you, I did try it out the evening of the day I got it so maybe it needs to settle....either way I will still wear it! It's a nice bedtime scent because it's not overpowering but as some comments have noted, it also doesn't stick around for long - after about half an hour just a faint hint of the scent remained. I've been on an almond kick lately so I still like it!

I tested this from one of three Alice imps I've collected over the years..... In the imp: A clean floral - is that the bergamot?? Applied (wet): HELLO carnation. That's what I get right off the bat - a spicy warm carnation that has an almost resin-like sweetness behind it. Maybe that's the other notes supporting? Dried: After about 10 minutes, it softens to a powdery sweet milky bergamot with the spice of the carnations still keeping it from fading away entirely. Side note - my skin eats this up. By the 20 minute mark, it's almost completely faded away. I don't hate this and I don't love it. Not worth an upgrade for me, but for those that love carnation, you should love this.

I just found this imp and decided to try it out! Oh wow. I really like this one. I always considered myself purely a gourmand scent person when it came to chocolate, but this is dry, sophisticated cocoa backed up with sandalwood. I can smell the edge of the sandalwood a bit but the cocoa is the strongest; on me, it's a dry scent that is saved from pencil shavings territory by the cocoa. I'm glad I have two imps of this, I might actually use them! As for throw, it stays very skin-close - I have to press my wrist to my nose to smell it - but perhaps that's for the best. Update: About an hour after applying, I'm still huffing my wrist. I didn't expect to link this one, but I do!

In the bottle: sweet licorice! Authentic root beer! Wet: Licorice explosion! It's sharp and herbal and medicinal, in a good way. Dry: The licorice is sweet and as it settles, becomes less medicinal/herbal and much brighter. The vanilla, coconut milk, and nutmeg keep it balanced, and the vanilla and nutmeg come out more, although licorice still dominates. I personally love the smell of licorice, so it was a win for me. I know some noted that it was too medicinal when first applied, but I found it comforting, like a sweet, creamy licorice root tea. I feel like this will be one of my favorite "comfort scents".

In the bottle: Hard cherry candy On wet: The hard cherry (not a syrupy cherry, more like that hard cherry candy) hits me first. Dry: It's still cherry, but I smell a graham cracker crust is there too, in the background. No sign of the cheesecake (on me at least). It stays pretty close to my skin and very little throw; as far as longevity, I've had it on for over an hour and it's faded very quickly. Do I like it? Yes, it's quite nice, and perhaps if I layered it with another scent it would be more prominent, but it's ok the way it is too. Maybe I'll let it age for a bit..... This is my first Beaver Moon scent so it's a nice start to the collection!

In bottle: Oh my goodness, it smells like REAL STRAWBERRIES! 🍓 On wet: I get STRAWBERRY EXPLOSION (in a good way) backed up by the faintest hint of REAL coconut (not fake perfumy coconut). 🥥 Drying: Still strawberry, although it gets faint, fast. I don't really smell the coconut anymore, although I sense it's there, making the strawberry a little blurry/fuzzy (now I get what the "fluff" component of this was)... Dry: Hello coconut! While the strawberry is still on top, the coconut is peeking out gently (is that a thing?) and I can smell it much more now. Throw/wear: At first, I could smell this from my wrists as I type this, but after about five minutes, I can no longer smell it. If my wrist is inches away, I CAN smell it though, so....I guess low throw? Overall thoughts: I'm a gourmand-fruity scent fan, so I expected to like this one. I'm a bit disappointed that there isn't much throw, but then again, maybe I don't want to smell like a walking strawberry lol. I love BPAL's "juicy peach" note, so I expected this to be similar, but with strawberry, and it met my expectations. The only thing I wish was more prominent was the "coconut-fluff fur" note, which I interpreted as similar to the fuzzy note of This is a Perfume about my Dog Eating Peaches (but with coconut, obviously), maybe that was my misinterpretation... but it's still quite nice. My mother worked at a convent as an activities director (basically, throwing parties for elderly nuns) and one summer she organized a strawberry shortcake social outside, overlooking the Hudson River. This scent is my first strawberry scent, and when I was thinking about it, Wayward Ghouls reminds me of that event, the sweetness of the strawberries floating on the breeze. This feels like a summer scent to me, but I will probably wear it all year round.

In the bottle: It smells like a coffee shop - coffee, pumpkin espresso drinks, warmth. On wet: There's a sharpness that I guess is the tobacco? Drying: The sharpness fades to allow the cinnamon and coffee to shine through. Dry (30 minutes -1 hour later): This is when I like it the most. It takes on a deeper, smoother, yet sweeter scent - maybe it's a bit of pumpkin and the cinnamon hanging on? Now is when it starts to smell like a pumpkin coffee drink, but I guess the woods note keeps it from getting too syrupy-sweet. It stays close to my skin and doesn't have much throw. It is definitely a cozy, comforting scent that is pretty close to gourmand in my opinion. If you like Miskatonic University, Pumpkin Spice Latte, Coffee Bean, Cardamom, and Vanilla Pod, and Famous Kabuki Actors in Imagined Scenes of Lovemaking, I think you will like this one. 😀

I LOVE THIS. It's rich caramel/toffee with a hint of spice (?) and calms down to a smoky scent. I hope BPAL makes this again someday because I would buy several bottles!

I've been going through my collection while I'm moving, and I came across this one. When I first smelled it last year, I didn't think it would suit me. Then I put some on today, and WOW, it's one of my favorites. BIG balsam energy (is that a valid word choice?) followed by something sweetly citrus. Almost like orange slices that would be in a punch? Is that a thing? I didn't get any amber but I have a feeling it's there somewhere.....anyway, it's such a festive scent. The other day I was hiking in the woods and got a whiff of that lovely balsam. I just moved to a house on Balsam street (balsam firs are a big deal up here in upstate NY) and when I moved here nearly 20 years ago, the cozy shop we used to visit to buy housewares always smelled like spruce and balsam. So there are good memories associated with the scent. It feels like it would be a scent for someone who wants to smell like a winter forest, but prettier. I'm gonna be wearing this a lot over the coming months!

This sums up my experience with a slight departure. I thought it would be a gentle, milky coconut experience but on me, the coconut smelled almost astringent (maybe that's the white tea in the background)? After about 10 minutes the coconut fades and it's a very faint coconut with a tiny bit of milky-ness. It's very light and delicate and does stay close to the skin, fading quickly. I would say after about 20 minutes I don't smell it at all. I'll still keep it even with the edgy coconut beginnings!

Freshly applied, this smells like Flintstones vitamins, the orange ones. But it does deepen and I start to smell the yuzu and grapefruit after a few minutes. It's such a bright, happy, innocently uplifting scent. I will wear this all summer!

I am not normally an "apple scent" person (well, at least not since like 8th grade where I got the Bath and Body Works body mist) but I really like this one. The green apple hits me first, with an undercurrent of what smells like sweet pea even though that's not a part of it...maybe another floral is mimicking that? I guess I amp the green apple because that's primarily what I get...maybe a little bit of the jasmine tea. Sadly it doesn't last long enough but I still enjoy it. "Youthful" is a great descriptor, it reminds me of my pre-teen self.