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For my wedding here in prvence, instead of a wedding cake we had a pièce montée (also known as croquembouche) with a bunch of cream puffs assembled to form a castle. The walls were flat pepieces of nougat. I saved a piece of nougat that had our names on it in the freezer for a year. On our first anniversary, i took it out, and it had gone bad, rancid. A sticky sweet slightly off smell ( and taste). We had to throw it away.

This, unfortunately, is what this scent reminds me of - rancid nougat. Sorry.

Strong smell of roses in the imp. I couldn't wait to try, so i layered it over red lantern, which i profusely applied for the day. Anyway, this reminds me of mourning lace for some reason. Warm, spicy, roses. Not picking up much tea yet, but will have to try again on fresh skin. Very nice so far.

eta: someone said this smelled very musky & sensual.

I don't think it smells at all musky but whatever.
On fresh skin it is very much spicy roses. Freshly applied, it reminded me of something, which i finally pinned down as gingerbread. Strange

 

I would say 85% rose, 10% spice, 5% tea.

I'm surprised at myself for not jumping on this when it was released, as i love beeswax/ candle scents like Lights of mens' lives and candles moon. Anyway, i really like it, but it isn't as strong of a beeswax smell as those, more of a smokier scent.

Yum. I like this. Not too cherry, nor too boozy on me.

 

I wasn't a big fan of this when it first came out, but my love for honey and snake oil has since expanded, and now I wish this was re-released every year.

oh god, jasmine blast!! It is pretty much all I smell. I was hoping for a lot more fig, but no.

 

This reminds me of something else, I think Melisande the puppet mistress with jasmine sambac?

 

Don't buy unless you are a big jasmine fan.

This smells to me like Gladdener of all Hearts, strawberries, and maybe a bit of Beaver Moon 2011 (lavendar cheesecake). Strange but sweet and comforting.

This smells exactly like Butterfly Nectar Bath Oil to me. A sweet, honey, light fruity scent. Delish!

Peanut brittle/popcorn!!! Ahh!!! Not at all what I was expecting. Guess I'll wait awhile and see if it settles down, but there was no morphing of the scent once applied.

Hmm, I get mostly rose musk and honey. Very feminine, subtle, pretty. Not really a winter scent though;

This is very sweet when first applied, almost cloying. It settles down to occasional whiffs of apple, but no brown sugar, helas. Very good for early fall.

 

Forgot to say- I think there must be some apple-scented ACID in this because applied to neck or inside of elbow it BURNS. Had to wash it off due to pure agony, and had red skin afterwards. Use with caution.

This is much less dandelion sap of the 2009 version, and much juicier, sugary. Wish I got more honey from it, but it is still very nice. Perfect for early summer.

Mmm, this is very much of a honey nut pastry scent. A bit overpowering and I'm afraid can turn into sickly-sweet on some people.

Too much snow and not enough yellow. Too bad, I was hoping this would be the perfect counterpart to pink snowballs, which in my opinion has a much lighter snow scent.

This causes my husband to wrinkle his french nose and proclaim "sumting smelz beezar"

I bought this a long time ago and I found it too cloying, so it languished in my swaps. I got a mini of the bath oil from a lovely switch witch. I like the bath oil and the perfume oil is growing on me. It is light and sweet. Perhaps it just needed to age a few years.

Anyone remember the commercial from the 90's I think it was, for the cereal Nut N' Honey? This is what this scent reminds me of. Very strong nut and honey.

Get almost no cherries nor berries, and no pine needles thank god. Just a warm fuzzy scent. Perfect for when it is raining out.

Strong snow note, almost exclusively at the beginning.Then get a bit of cherry blossom, but almost no musk or tuberose.

It's like cherry blossoms peeking out through the snow at the very end of winter.

very white floral, mainly rose. would be a nice wedding scent I think.

Wow, spicebomb! Spice-tastic!

I thought I would like this less than Pink Lace, but it is not the case.

Get mainly clove and tobacco.

Could maybe be a man's scent.

 

Hmm, makes me think of Vitriol d'Ouillet from Serge Lutens a bit.

Red Lace for Valentine's Day!

Oh, am I first?
Wooh!

To me, this opens with a strong nut note, I wouldn't say chestnuts so much as walnuts maybe.
Afterwards, fig, but not candied fig.

Very nice, very Christmasy.

This is an amazing winter scent. Slightly masculine. Very long lasting, very original. Fabulous aged a few years. Mostly a smoky leather with maybe a hint of vanilla and wood?

very much lavendar at first, reminds me a bit of Lilith Victoria. Fades a bit, then get a bit of honey and not too much cheesecake. Very nice though.

Alas and alack! This just is stale cake on me with some overly-sweet frosting. These birthday scents do not work on me.

I have used this off and on ever since I started BPAL in 2007. It was one of my first bottle purchases in fact, along with Pumpkin 3 2007 and Gingerbread Poppet 2007.

 

Not much to say about this that hasn't already been said.

Fresh, it is way too medicinal for me, but aged a few years is amazing.

 

Oh, and I have to be careful where I apply it because otherwise it burns and irritates, like on my neck for example.

 

Reading about Snake Oil Bath Oil, I dumped a 2010 Snake Oil bottle in a body oil mist that I have, and richly covered myself this morning when I got out of the shower. It smells great, like Snake Oil coming from my pores. I wish I had bought 12 bottles or so per year and stockpiled them away so that I would have properly aged bottles now (preferably at least 2 years before using).