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Yep, me too: Heavy caramel--like you poured Agrat Bat Mahlat into a pan of burnt sugar--and no "red jelly." Bummer.

Wet in the bottle: This smells strongly of watermelon, and reminds me of the watermelon-flavored Halls Vitamin C and Zinc drops I suck down during cold season. Wet on the skin: Still watermelon-y, but there are definite floral undertones. Dry on the skin and as it ages: Oh this blooms into a lovely floral! This is mostly stargazer lily and chrysanthemum on me at first, and the sandalwood starts to peek out from behind them, to beautiful effect. Ever so slightly soapy, but not in a scary Irish Spring kind of way, just fresh and nice. The juicy note is still there, though less like watermelon (and not at all identifiable as blood orange to my nose; weird!), but it lurks under the other three notes I've mentioned. I worried about the mint and eucalyptus, and I do not smell either *at all* in this blend. (So far, at least.) I am so glad I took a chance on this one!

My skin seriously amps and HATES plumeria. All I smell with this on my skin is Yankee Candle Plumeria.

I want to love Regan, I really do, but on me it's a take-it-or-leave-it scent. To me it smells like a generic wedding bouquet: Floral and pretty, but unremarkable. Which is sad, because the notes *should* be beautiful on me!

Yep! The discussion starts a few pages back in this thread. Here's a pic of the new Alice label. eta: More here.

I have my own spreadsheet, and my favorite thing in the world is to add new scents to it every month. I color-code my scents: Blue if I have tried it and like it, pink if I want to try it, brown if I tried it and disliked it. Also, I denote which is an LE by putting "Limited Edition" in red when "GC" is in black, with the exception of the GC scents that are not available in imp form, which are in green. Nerd alert!

Waaaaah, why does my skin hate that "spices" note? The rose here is gorgeous, and I was hoping the spice would make this blend a sophisticated one, but what I really smell like is my local Indian restaurant: They have fresh roses on the table and curry lingering at all times in the background. Okay for eating but I don't want to smell that way!

Euchh, bad! The lemon goes to Pledge, the spices go to dirty curry, the jasmine gave me a headache, and I can't even tell there's honeysuckle in there. Fail.

I was hoping this would have the cherry-almond smell of Jergen's lotion. (Don't laugh; it's a classic and it's delicious. ) But that darned anise gives this a slightly medicinal smell to me, sort of sharp and plasticky. Bummer.

Sadly, this is a BPAL scent that goes "perfumey" on my skin. It's that generic commercial smell most mass-produced, alcohol-based perfumes have; and I buy BPAL to avoid that. It's a shame, too, because in the bottle this is a lovely and sophisticated rose-based blend.

I bought MCCXXXIII from a fellow forumite who described this as "watermelon pepper," and man, she was right on. This is juicy fresh watermelon plus the snap of pink pepper, and it is absolutely fantastic!

To me, Velvet Bandito is identical to Lush's Skinny Dip... which would be most excellent if I didn't find SD a tad old lady-ish for my tastes.

Still not sure if I like this one. Sometimes I smell it and I gag on a thick, oily smell; other times it smells like orange schnapps and I want to drink it. VERY bad on my skin and too unpredictable in a scent locket to be a keeper.

Oh this is not good. NOT. GOOD. I swear, on my first whiff I thought "unwashed girly bits dabbed with taxicab air freshener." And I can't bring myself to sniff it again to see if I was right.

This is a straight-up foody blend to me: Mostly caramel, with a small touch of bitter coffee in the background. Weird.

Ooh this is nice. Pinwheel really pops in the way the gin note in Blue Fire or Velvet Pink Kitty makes your nose tingle. It truly is like fizzy fruit punch, SO delicious on my skin in the heat. Throw and staying power are average for me.

I'd heard such wonderful things about Earth Rat, and I wanted it to smell like gummy worms or some other fruit candy. Instead, I got fruit that is not yet rotten but definitely past its prime, on top of fresh garden dirt. Dammit my nose is weird.

I've coveted this scent for so long, I was disappointed to find that to my nose, Pink Moon '07 is identical to Alice.

Atrocious Attic is one of my most favorite blends and most coveted LEs. I love everything about it: The sadness and Miss Havisham-esque lab description, the awesome artwork on the label, and the scent itself. Though the notes are overwhelmingly floral, this is not a "Hey, you're wearing flowers!" kind of scent. This is subtle yet heady, a little old lady-ish when too much is worn but very young and seductive at its core. The sandalwood base with the beautiful blend of flowers is so perfect, it actually smells just like a sad old bridal bouquet that has been stored away for years. Man, how does Beth do it?

I wanted this to smell a little more like really old books. As it is, I get a sort of hot, papery smell on top of lots of incense. As other reviewers have mentioned, a little goes a LONG way.

Oooooh. *shudders in delight* This is sweet, smoky lemonade on my skin. Not a Pledge-y lemon, but so real and super-tart it makes me pucker. And how does the lab get its opium smoke note to smell so real? The florals dance in the background and I don't get *any* vanilla, but oh baby, this works for me. Just lovely.

Got this as a frimp, and bluh. All I get is salt and rusty iron.

This reminds me a lot of the Villainess scent Decadence, a bit sweet, a bit foody, and a bit boozy all at once. The wine-y scent burns off my skin quickly, which is a good thing because it turns sort of metallic for a moment; and then a creamy, nutty scent is left. Nice, but not bottle-worthy.

Titania is one of my biggest BPAL heartbreaks. Each and every note in it is lovely on my skin (okay, except for snapdragon; I don't know what that smells like ), and yet this combination is just awful on my skin. Why does it smell resinous? Why does it smell like stinky church incense? Such a loss!

The tangy cranberry note in Lampades is very, very good; but on my skin it is drowned out by the spice and the smoke so that ultimately, I get something unpleasantly bitter and sharp. Shame.