Event Exclusive Oils Latest Topicshttps://www.bpal.org/forum/142-event-exclusive-oils/Event Exclusive Oils Latest TopicsenBastard-Amber Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102155-bastard-amber-dragon/ Rarely glimpsed except in reflections or the flicker of fading film, the Bastard-Amber Dragon drifts through time like a fever dream of Old Hollywood. Born of illusion and artifice, it casts everything in its path in a honeyed glow. Its scales shimmer like tawny celluloid: aldehyde klieg lights illuminate golden resins, husky with toasted brown sugar.

]]>102155Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:15:01 +0000Peach Ihttps://www.bpal.org/topic/81460-peach-i/

Golden peach, tobacco absolute, tonka bean, and honey with a squirt of red musk.


Fresh in the bottle: peach and tobacco and red musk. There's a heady nose to it, like 80 proof liquor.

Wet on the skin: at first it's intensely peach and red musk. And then tonka and tobacco roar up like a slow-motion fireball, obliterating all other scents in their path. For a few minutes peach is completely subsumed. Then it bobs back up, and there's this sinuous wrestling-in-a-sack thing where Peach is intensely juicy and female and Tonka/Tobacco are very masculine and between them they make a scent as androgynous as Tiresias, which is to say not gender-neutral at all, but rather a fierce yin/yang whirl of woodsy and juicey. Somewhere in here things start to heat up and become *really* good, if you know what I mean, like a gorgeous low warm haze on the skin.

...and then my nemesis, honey, arrives in a rain of fulminated cat pee.

*sigh*

Twelve hours later, there is still a noticeable whiff of peach-tinged tobacco on the skin. Drydown never smells *dry* per se; it's peach-soaked to the bone.

There is the *perfect* amount of peach in this one. And tobacco makes peach's butt look amazing.

Peach and/or Tobacco fans without my peculiar chemistry may wish to beg, borrow or steal decants. Red musk fans may be sad, as it's never prominent in the blend for me.]]>81460Mon, 02 Sep 2013 02:36:53 +0000Draconic Bedtime Storieshttps://www.bpal.org/topic/101282-draconic-bedtime-stories/ Protip: make sure they all live happily ever after. Dragon's blood resin, lavender bud, hops, fir needle, and incense smoke.

]]>101282Sat, 31 Aug 2024 15:54:59 +0000Filthy Peach Pulphttps://www.bpal.org/topic/101287-filthy-peach-pulp/ Boo, you whore. Our trampiest peach to-date: overripe peach pulp infused with red musk,
sultry black velvet musk, sweet honeyed fig, frilly vanilla, balsamic amber, and raw dark patchouli.

]]>101287Sat, 31 Aug 2024 16:02:57 +0000Little Egypthttps://www.bpal.org/topic/80673-little-egypt/Honeyed myrrh and sweet flag.

Wow, not a lot of notes here but very unusual and hard to put your finger on. I get a resiny (almost balsamy) sweet scent with hits of inscence and a very clear sweetness? Spicy-sweet, slightly floral honey more like clover honey, resin-woody but overall a feminine scent. Balanced but more resinous out of the bottle and more of the floral sweetness comes out on drydown. I have the feeling this will smell very different depending on who wears it.]]>80673Sun, 28 Apr 2013 13:00:42 +0000The Turkish Villagehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/80675-the-turkish-village/

Thick Turkish coffee, cardamom pods, Damascene roses, and buhur.

Out of the bottle all I smelled was strong, sweet and slightly spicy coffee and that impression carried very much through the wet stage. After a few minutes you get some of the rose but it is not a fresh floral rose to me - it is more like Turkish Delight or arabic rose paste. In the background you get a tiny bit if inscense (is that what buhur is?) and you get more of that on drydown. In the end the coffee mellows out a lot and you get more of that sweet rose paste and inscense ... it is powerful when wet but the throw becomes more moderate on drydown. I know musk wasn't listed as a note but the inscense has a slight muskyness to it i think. Lasts a good long while on me.]]>80675Sun, 28 Apr 2013 16:42:15 +0000Puce Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102160-puce-dragon/ A fussy, irritable, irascible dragon with a taste for drama, velvet throw pillows, cryptic social media posts, ink-smeared burn books, biting commentary, and vintage clothing with a past. Its scales are the color of dried blood, old bruises, clove-spiked pomegranate, aged patchouli, and vermouth.

]]>102160Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:28:19 +0000Caput Mortuum Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102156-caput-mortuum-dragon/ Also known as the Dead Head Dragon, this is a guardian of rot, rust, and revelation, feeding on spiritual decay and quietly hoarding the sordid secrets of the powerful. Scales of deep purplish rust-red: black fig, patchouli-steeped purple clove, black tea, blackcurrant, red musk, and oud.

]]>102156Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:17:22 +0000Greige Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102158-greige-dragon/ Often found napping in office cubicles and unrented studio apartments, this dragon is too apathetic to be evil and too bored to bother with goodness. She doesn’t hoard gold; she collects neutral-toned throw pillows, unread magazines, and Live Laugh Love-branded décor. Their scales are a rainbow of oatmeal, sandalwood, almond milk, tea-stained vanilla, and undyed wool in a muted eggshell finish.

]]>102158Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:25:10 +0000Agnes Nutter v2https://www.bpal.org/topic/81154-agnes-nutter-v2/Okay, so I got this on a whim because Beth's description said witch-spicy, and who doesn't want to smell witch spices? Plus I've been on a spicy kick lately (Mopsfeldermaus swoon!) and I had to try it.

 

It is prefect.

 

It is warm and smoky, but not too charred. Vaguely sweet, but not foody. Crisp hint of metallic underlying it all that just serves as a counterpoint to the other aspects of the oil. The metallic edge here is really what is making this so perfect.

 

It sort of reminds me of Maison En Pain d’Épices, but that might just be the spiciness of it.

]]>81154Sun, 28 Jul 2013 06:28:22 +0000Obligatory Peach Perfume Oilhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/94021-obligatory-peach-perfume-oil/Sheer peach musk with white peach pulp, tiare, white tea, and gossamer vanilla.
A giant throw of peach (from the pulp and musk), vanilla, and a tinge of white tea. Peach lovers rejoice. If you wanted a "peach" blend, this one is it. It's pretty much a sweet peach perfume. Very wearable, juicy, and well, peachy. Good throw and wear length.]]>94021Mon, 27 Aug 2018 01:18:22 +0000Imperious Three-Headed Dragon in a Jaunty Blue Coathttps://www.bpal.org/topic/95996-imperious-three-headed-dragon-in-a-jaunty-blue-coat/ Dried blackberries and blueberries with licorice root, jasmine sambac, black amber, and black musk.

]]>95996Thu, 22 Aug 2019 02:33:52 +0000Pteropus Leucopterushttps://www.bpal.org/topic/77221-pteropus-leucopterus/

White sandalwood, white sage, East Indian patchouli, muguet, golden frankincense, and Balsam of Mecca.


Some of the notes in here can be a little iffy on me, but I'm hoping that the Mecca, Sandalwood and Patchouli can balance it out for me. Let's have a sniff! :D

In The Bottle: A bit of patchouli, but not the dirty variety we saw in Occupy Wall St.. There's a nice subtlety here. It's also got some sweet balance with the sandalwood, which is a similar type to the one found in Tombstone. Sweet and desert-y. so far so good.

Wet On Skin: Mmmm. This is warming up now, and becoming something rather personal, and sexy. Not overt sexy, like with Smut. That subtlety is continuing, holding the frankincense in check and making this rich and commanding- a scent to draw someone in- and keep them close ;)

Dry Down: This is total win. Soft enough for daytime, but personable enough for an evening affair, this is literally hitting all the right notes.

In All: Low to medium throw, Pteropus is a scent that crosses all gender boundaries. I predict this to be the sleeper hit of the bats- when the luster has faded from the others, this may very well prove to be the most sought-after of this year's Bat's Day scents.

Keeper! :heart: ]]>77221Tue, 22 May 2012 04:35:47 +0000Golden Peach and Butterscotch Sodahttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102141-golden-peach-and-butterscotch-soda/ Golden Peach and Butterscotch Soda.

]]>102141Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:50:31 +0000Sang-de-Boeuf Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102161-sang-de-boeuf-dragon/ A rare, complex, and challenging serpent, the Sang-de-Boeuf is born from fire, pressure, and chance and treasures masterpieces of beauty that reveal themselves under heat and duress. Its scales are a deep, passionate red draped in lacquered shadows: glazed black cherries, Kyphi smoke, plum wine, and red sandalwood.

]]>102161Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:30:52 +0000First of the Three Spirits v5https://www.bpal.org/topic/72919-first-of-the-three-spirits-v5/Straight on it is very floral. Tagetes I am guessing. Very Flor de Muerto to me, only there is an underlying grayness. Instead of fresh and shining as in Flor, this is very dusky. Still very fresh and clean smelling but definitely floral.

]]>72919Wed, 30 Mar 2011 02:41:22 +0000Honeyed Peach Incensehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102142-honeyed-peach-incense/ Honeyed Peach Incense.

]]>102142Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:51:21 +0000Shark Toothhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/84039-shark-tooth/Pale, stony ambergris with oudh, patchouli, white cedar, and ambrette seed.

This one is a little weird. Good, but weird. Once dry on the skin, it's a combination of slight cinnamon, sandalwood, and florals (my sense of smell is odd). Weird, because I'm usually allergic to cinnamon type scents, but this is nice and sweet. Also, I don't know why I'm getting cinnamon.
]]>84039Tue, 02 Sep 2014 22:02:59 +0000Unclenchhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/100466-unclench/ For a helping hand in headache relief, particularly tension headaches: eucalyptus, peppermint, and lemon. 

]]>100466Thu, 07 Sep 2023 23:38:34 +0000Chartreuse Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102157-chartreuse-dragon/ Rare, reclusive, and devoted to contemplation, Chartreuse Dragons make their home in high, wooded monasteries carved into moss-draped cliff faces. Its scales shimmer in shifting tones of yellow-green, laced with the scent of lime rind, crushed apothecary herbs, and translucent vegetal musks.

]]>102157Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:23:05 +0000Melichrous Dragonhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102159-melichrous-dragon/ Sweet-tempered and kind, this emotionally generous dragon has a hoard made not of gold, but of handwritten letters, warm socks, library check out cards, and old mixtapes. Famed throughout the realms for offering a listening ear and a warm hug in lieu of unsolicited advice, it roosts in sun-warmed meadows, secondhand bookstores, and antique shops, and its scales glow softly in shades of sun tea, wildflower honey, and sweet apricot.

]]>102159Thu, 21 Aug 2025 16:27:00 +0000The Great Basinhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/80672-the-great-basin/The White City by Night: white musk, a drop of violet leaf, and sheer, luminescent vanilla that has been gently illuminated by a spark of electricity.

Label says "The Grand Basin" (which is actually the right basin, in this case :) ).

In the bottle: White musk and ozone. Can't detect any violet leaf or vanilla.

Wet: Soap. Like straight, unscented, Ivory soap. Which reminds me so much of my grandmother that I'm a little teary.

Drydown: Yep, still soap.

Dry: There's the violet. It's not distinctly floral, per se, but there's a slightly-sharp sweetness that I associate with violets. The musk is clear and crystalline. No distinguishable vanilla in it, except maybe an overall feeling of warmth that wasn't there until it dried, and the great, nostalgic soap smell is still lingering underneath, but it's not a bad thing at all. It's not an "ugh, this goes to soap on me" soap. It's fresh, clean, wearable soap. And when I get close enough to my skin, there's something almost sugar-sweet - doesn't feel like vanilla, more candyish. Maybe another shade of the violet leaf? This is a tough one to describe, and a morpher, but it's so, so pretty.

Edit: Soap's gone. Now it's floating vanilla violets, slightly perfumey and lightly sugared. If you're a fan of Faith, or violets in general, this one may be a must-have.]]>80672Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:12:12 +0000Mrs. Emma Marshhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/84568-mrs-emma-marsh/Vanilla-infused jasmine with honey, Bulgarian rose, white frankincense, and a cascade of lush gardenia blossoms.
I get more gardenia blossoms in this than jasmine. There is a hint of rose. The honey is not there for me. This is a light, white floral that sticks around. It is not something to be missed or ignored like some other white florals that are too fragile to enjoy for long. I personally love gardenia, so that vanilla-jasmine makes it a little sweet. I was surprised at how much I liked this considering I do not generally like rose.]]>84568Fri, 10 Oct 2014 19:32:20 +0000Sugared Peach Milkhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/102144-sugared-peach-milk/ Sugared Peach Milk.

]]>102144Tue, 19 Aug 2025 17:52:57 +0000Victoriana.Gothhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/67431-victorianagoth/VICTORIANA.GOTH
English rose, lilac, frankincense, violet leaf, French lavender, and wisteria encased in amber and splashed lightly with a ghastly garden herb tincture.

This is surprisingly pretty for a blend made from three of my dealbreaker notes. :lol: Rose usually turns dusty and decidedly old-ladyish on me, but this time it stays fresh and slightly sweet. Maybe that's because of the lilac and amber notes? No, what makes this a no-go for me is the lavender which is very nice here (even though I cannot stand lavender) but it adds a dryness that I always, always amp. I am *this* close to being able to wear this, because the lilac and amber balance out the dryness but I can still pick out the dreaded lavender. Bah. Floral fans really ought to try this one!]]>67431Sun, 02 May 2010 23:43:08 +0000