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What a fantastic apple scent! Perfectly crisp like your first bite while apple picking
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Hungry Ghost Moon: Wildflower Honey and Sweet Amber Lotion
Jenjin replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lotion
Thank you so much! you are such an enabler Now i'm intrigued by Epically Epic whipped stuff, but maybe not since it no longer exists. I LIVE for thick lotions if at all. Haus of Gloi Cocoa Pink!!! just re-released their shower butter and i'm on that. I also have reptile skin that feels really soft velvety, but is fragile and cracks on the edges, so I must slather with oils and such to get by. Will toss a bottle of the lab's lotion in my order this time. Maybe its better that its a squeeze so it stays cleaner. Sphere and Sundry started a whole new website for the their perfumes. I guess its a sister site. I need to go to their clubhouse forum and see what's up. I can tell you a regular bottle is over $300!!!! so not running to try a sample yet. I would HATE to fall head over heels over something that costly, but I do have a few $$$ perfumes i've gotten as gifts. Would never spend that much on myself unless I was hypnotized. How's it been going at the VA? I hope better or at least some things have settled. Hugs -
Minty grapes boiled in simple syrup, big white tropical flowers, and a single rose on the cusp of wilting is what I sniff from the frimp. On skin, I still get all of these, plus what seems like a moderate dose of grapefruit, or some other pink citrus. Very big in the open but quickly settles into slightly floral Bath and Body Works style Juicy Fruit gum scent when mixing with my personal chemistry for the dry down. Wear is about 5 hours on a hot day where I spent a lot of the time sweating my way through house chores. While lovely in composition and blending, this is the signature scent of the swaying lei'ed extras in South Pacific, and I am just not that girl.
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A generous frimp of this made it's way into my (metaphorically) grubby little hands a few months ago and I am finally getting around to testing it. In the imp, the lavender is most prominent, followed by rosewood, and a little bit of amber. I sniffed the wand several times trying to find something to be excited about, but it just wasn't jiving with my scent receptors. Giving it the benefit of the doubt, I did a light dab on my arm and waited for the magic to happen. As expected, the lavender pushed hard as a top note. It was a bit bracing and harsh for the first 15 minutes, fighting with the rosewood for dominance while the tonka and amber sat quietly in the corner. As it began to relent, the rosewood clamored to the forefront and did it's own song and dance for the next 30 minutes or so. I am really not enjoying this, but I ride it out, and by the two hour mark I finally get the amber and the tonka. Moderate throw and pretty long lasting at about 8 hours. I am torn on this one. I like each of the individual notes on their own and in other things, but here they don't really work in concert for me until long dried down. With so many other great scents in the GC and in LE, I don't feel the need to find a place for this in my collection and will be passing it on.
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Beauty!!! Was so excited to see this, as it's winter and I am becoming a small, dry lizard. The lotion formulation itself is gorgeous! It sinks right in and isn't greasy at all. I love the bottle/pump, too. Its fragrance is very true to the SO perfume oil; it doesn't seem adulterated by anything going on in the lotion. The scent itself not terrifically strong -- I really have to huff to catch a whiff of it. I personally don't mind that, as that means I can slather myself in it and not knock myself out, which I can't do with a lot of other lotions. I'm a fan! Now I just have to decide if I want a backup of this or a Bastet lotion, ehehe...
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2025 Version First sniff: sweet! That is a very sweet fruity honey (not orange honey, but something closer to wildflower honey) that just smacks me in the face. Obviously, that's the plum honey. Touch down: As usual, what I get in the bottle is what I get while wet on skin. My skin chemistry doesn't seem to morph things as strongly or as quickly as my partner. For the first five minutes, it was an almost nauseatingly sweet honey scent with a great throw. So much throw. Too much throw, a little bit. Dry down: Oh, thank goodness. Other scents are peeking out now. The sweet throw is still there, but there is now an added mixture of herbs that make my tongue tingle if I sniff too close. I'm fairly certain that is a blend of velvet myrrh -- black champa, as the latter is known as a sweet floral with an earthy warmth -- opoponax, a spicy resinous scent. I think it's recreating the same blend that myrrh and cassia creates in Practical Occultism for me. Hour later: the blend has really settled into a subtle combination of spicy and sweet with a woodsy undertone. I get why others in the thread called it 'deep' as even once blended it feels very layered, like there's a lot going on. So far my favorite Halloweenie of the year.
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This is a cherry party on me throughout wear, and I'm here for it. The cherry is a deep, dark black cherry mixed with a candy-like cherry that smells like a cherry Tootsie Pop. I don't get any cola from this, although I do get a caramel-y, syrup-y aspect to the scent after a while, which I attributed to a sweet, syrup-y brown leather note (I should do a side by side with Outlaw, with its brown leather and sassafras), but mayhaps it was also a part of the soda. It reminds me more of a Black Cherry Boylan Soda than a Cherry Coke, but with way less fizziness than actual soda. Unless that syrup-y quality is due to the leather, the leather and motor oil are really subtle on me. And I say this having slathered it all over, including down the length of my forearm, on Saturday. So on me, this is more Cherry Soda/Candy Hearse than Cherry Cola Hearse, emphasis on the cherry. This means there are no complaints from me! I'm curious to see if this remains cherry-centric or gets more industrial as it ages.
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Yes my last order (dragon con) was in that status for like 3 weeks. As soon as it entered the EU, all the tracking was added. It was delivered couple days after entering the EU. I think it was cargo shipped. That could be the reason for the radio silence for weeks. Don't worry too much, it will arrive!
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Has anyone's shipment been stuck in pre shipment status for longer than a week and eventually received it?
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In a desperate bid to mend the fractures of this cursed timeline, we are stretching Halloween beyond all reason, until time itself buckles and snaps back into place. It’s thirsty work, so here’s a snuggly blanket of creamy pumpkin cold foam quivering atop a pint of butterscotch ale.
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A tribute to Epidendrum nutans, the nocturnal seductress of the forest canopy. Sweet, indolic jasmine curls around a breath of citrus and moonlit air, a perfume that blooms when the world sleeps.
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A sun-warmed bloom, its fragrance unfurls in lush waves: rich and creamy, like chocolate and nectar mingling in the sultry air. A scent both decadent and wild, glistening with heady sweetness.
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Well hello there angelica! A dry lemon tea with softly herbal chamomile and a fuzzy, almost...oily(?) fur musk. I've been hoping for one of these adorable freaking RPG scents to work for me but this was not even on my radar. I kinda love it though. Hooray for frimps ♡
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We can't wait to return to Odd Mart this Saturday, November 8th. Come see us between 3p-6pm! As a special bonus, we’ll have tester bottles of *three new perfume oils* that will soon be joining TOMIE in the Lab's collab with the Junji Ito Collection: ✤ FASHION MODEL ✤ SOICHI ✤ TOMIE’S LAUGHTER Please note that the store itself closes at 6pm, so those final 15 minutes of our event will be devoted to final purchases and preliminary packing up of our stuff. The staff have been amazingly welcoming, but I hate keeping anyone there even slightly longer than necessary on a Saturday to lock up after us. See you soon!
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Warm, uncomplicated rose. I don't really get cinnamon at all, except from perhaps the warm feeling, making it a nice autumn scent, while still being floral enough for spring, I think. It lasted on me for 12 hours or so. Really nice. Will definitely try out more rose scents after this!
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For me the floral elements come out a lot. I was told this one smells like cool night air, which it kind of does. I love the cocoa, tobacco and inky musk! I just wish I didn't amp the floral aspect so much.
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With the exception of the spikenard that I am not sure I could pick out of a lineup, every single note in this scent description was appealing to me. Opening the bottle, the predominant notes are bourbon and a perfume-y lilac. Applied to skin, the lilac and sugar cane hit first, providing complimentary fresh and sweet contrast. Then comes the peru balsam and some oakmoss to ground it. Lovely!!! At this point, my phone rings and I get distracted. My smell timer languishes. Talk, talk, type, talk, sniff. Mmmm, I smell good. Type more, wander around for a snack, catch a whiff of myself. I smell great! The patchouli has arrived, the vanilla is along for the ride, and I'm happy. This is a little more of a boozy bourbon than I've been sniffing recently in other blends, and it's terrific. Moderate throw that softens a bit after 4 hours but meaningfully stays for about 6ish. This strikes me as very Serpent in the Lilacs adjacent, with a bit more woodiness than brightness in the drydown and overall aura of the scent. Really gorgeous and definitely suitable across the gender spectrum, as it is not too floral and there is a little something for everyone here. Immediate backup bottle worthy; I can see people being upset when this comes down with the rest of the Halloween 2025 collection because it's that good.
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Up until now I was only familiar with the '06 and '08 versions. This 2025 version is quite different to my nose, but I like it a lot. The older ones are dark and murky, but this year's Schwarzer Mond is much more light and playful. There seems to be an anise or absinthe note going on but I don't know where that's coming from. I am not really picking up on the patchouli. What I mostly smell is musk, anise, and maybe some myrrh that comes off a little papery somehow. I like this because it's versatile, I can wear it just about anywhere. It's really light and just feels "comfy" on me. I think it will smell good in the spring time, too. It does fade pretty quickly on my skin.
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Brace yourselves, Sacramento! We're crashing Carla Wyzgala's booth at the Oddities & Curiosities Expo this weekend. https://odditiesandcuriositiesexpo.com Chrissy will be there selling a limited range of BPAL enticements alongside Carla's Skull Maskerade series and other artworks. Who will be there? Booth #47, baby!
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I was hoping for more cake, but this smells mostly like strawberry swirled with cream flavored hard candy. Will revisit later. A Few Moments Later: Ok, that's a plausible cake. I'm seeing the kind that's pink all the way through rather than red velvet. Layering this with Guttering Candle.
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Dead Leaves, Green Tea, and Tahitian Ginger
bheansidhe replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Halloweenie
A gentle offering; a grassy-sweet, realistic green tea beautifully wedded to a dewy white ginger blossom. Here, the role of dead leaves is played by fermented black jasmine tea, merely added to the fresher notes to give them depth and cradle them like a cup. A lovely autumn Shunga offering a breath, a pause, and a palate cleanser to balance the heady excesses of the season. -
There is a LOT going on here that isn't teased in the title. I didn't even peg it as a dead leaves blend at first, second, or fourth sniff. Fresh from the drawer, this is a highly perfumed wool and cashmere jumper -- who knew wool could smell so rich and sweet? In fact, it strongly evoked the vanilla and undyed wool components of Greige Dragon. I skin-tested them side by side as I type this, and they're unmistakable perfume cousins on my skin at first swipe (YMMV!). The drydowns veer in opposite directions, though. DL & WJ is fuzzier, more muted, more overcast autumn sky tones than eggshell. You'll be tromping along for quite a while in cuddly warmth before you notice the leaves piling up on your path. After a long and meandering walk, you'll find yourself on that familiar path through the woods, where oakmoss grows on damp twigs and the stream pushes the fallen leaves into wet ropes. By the end of your stroll you'll be wearing a sweater that's half wool, half wet leaves, half lonely man in an Irish tweed jumper gazing over the mist-shrouded cliffs, and half warm café that serves almond biscotti on sandalwood trays. This is a RIDE.
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Opening my frimp, I feel compelled to politely and respectfully push back on the categorization of the eucalyptus here as the "barest touch". There is a deep, mentholated, evergreen astringency that climbs my nose hairs like those Tough Mudder people haul themselves up moated rope walls. A small dab on skin is anything but shy. WOW! The juniper doesn't have much of a chance because the cypress just Hulks out and starts swinging. That spicy galangal isn't running away, and brings a warmth to a scent that could have been just a little too cool without it. HUGE sillage in the open that keeps coming hard for the first half hour, and then the cypress relents a bit and lets the juniper start to peek from behind the curtain. Where did that eucalyptus go? It's a quiet hum now instead of a shout. The lovely, lemony sweet sapiness remains moderately strong overall for about 3 more hours, and then much softer-but-detectable for 4 more thereafter. This scent taught me that I like galangal as a scent note, and I was glad to experience it in a blend that didn't have a lot of other Asian food note smells alongside it to take away it's time in the spotlight. This is the signature scent of an Australian guy who did a gap year in Thailand, then moved to California for work where he met his future wife, before ultimately settling down in her hometown in eastern Washington State. She secretly steals this and wears it when he goes away for work to remind her of his rugged, adventurous spirit.
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Each order placed on Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, Filler Whatever Sunday, or Cyber Monday will receive two 1/32 oz. imps of INCOLUMITAS, one to keep and one to share. It’s been a very challenging year for so many, and this little imp is our gesture of bottled kindness. INCOLUMITAS is a scent of safety and security, of peace of mind and freedom from harm: warm honeyed patchouli, bourbon vanilla, sweet sage, and lavender. 2024 Version Potent, sinus and psyche clearing lavender and sage intermingling in the imp. On skin, more of the same as I patiently waited for the rest of the notes to emerge. At exactly 4 minutes and 20 seconds post application (yeah, I've started using a timer 👀), the bourbon vanilla starts to creep in. The conversion from astringency to sweetness continues and something honey-like emerges at minute 9. This honey is sweet, clear, and pure, with no dustiness or polleny sneeziness. By minute 15 the lavender is 50% gone, but the sweet sage remains, while the vanilla keeps getting a little more bit boozy. Minute 32 has just a pale reflection of it's former lavender glory, and by the end of the first hour it has retired for the evening. I'm sniffing every 5 minutes or so for the next couple of hours, trying to get that patchouli note sussed out, almost willing it to reveal itself. I know it's in there, but it's so restrained that I could never quite make it out. Sillage is low to moderate, and I was able to catch whiffs of this for 7 hours before I passed out so it has good staying power. This being a very short availability window frimp, albeit a recurring one, you may have to find it secondhand. If you see it, and are a lavender person, GRAB IT. Despite being spoiled by other lavender forward scents in the catalog (heeeeey Gaueko 😘) I am adding my voice to the chorus to ask for it to be promoted to a Limited Edition scent in the future. I will not be greedy and ask for a mega upgrade to the GC, because let's be fair: if it even just shows up on Black Friday as a frimp again this year I will be very excited. This scent is truly a love letter from BPAL to us.
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If anyone was wondering how this scent has aged after several years, it's unbelievably good! Bottle sniffs find me a smooth, non-tannic black tea, copal, and that beautiful patchouli. On warm skin, the tea (with just the smallest drop of bergamot to brighten it) and frankincense go hand in hand for the open. The champaca is not far behind with a bit of a spicy bite, followed by the vanilla, creating a sweet blend that has me wrist huffing with pleasure every few minutes. The patchouli, so dominant when wet, takes an intermission until about two hours in when the tea and incense have mellowed. The agarwood isn't specifically discernible to me, but I am not missing it. This is so expertly blended that you cannot tell from one moment to the next whether this scent is truly light or dark, which fits perfectly with the poem about marriage that shares its name. Two hands in the air for this to return in the Lupers collection in 2026, as it has a little bit of something for everyone in it. Firmly in my top 20 favorite BPAL scents and very much threatening to break into the top 10 the more I wear it.
