moonstonemama

violet candies and some sort of musk. I think there might be a citrus note in this also. sadly when this dries it goes to baby powder on me.

hmm, I get tart not-quite-ripe peaches and ocean. It's interestingly tangy and salty. this doesn't change much on my skin except to get greener and soapy. neither of which are qualities I enjoy in my BPAL.

Hello Jasmine, you really like domination don't you?

This is mostly jasmine, I can smell a bit of honeysuckle and maybe magnolia?

yeah, the jasmine overpowers everything else almost completely.

this is sweet and creamy and has the vanilla note that doesn't work for me. there is definitely a floral undertone and the vanilla gets stronger and more sugary upon application. I'm not getting any cake. it's like a tub of betty crocker frosting started eating some flower petals.

this is definitely a white floral. I can see where others are getting both the lotus and gardenia in this. it's got the sweetness of lotus and also something powdery and soapy, which may or may not be gardenia. soapy-sweet floral scents really don't work for me.

Disclaimer: I love the spices that accompany pumpkin in baking, but I'm not a fan of the smell of pumpkin itself.

This blend is gorgeous aged! I just picked up an old 10ml, and it's truly amazing.

The spices are lovely and strong, the pumpkin is there, but only just barely.

The peach is surprising, but it adds a bit of sweetness to keep this blend from being too dark and dirty.

Although, if it was darker and dirtier I'd probably love it just that much more

this does smell a lot like TKO. If TKO is a magical sleepytime blend for you, you'll probably like this.

however, this is really not for me. Lavender gives me a headache, and this vanilla note makes it worse.

This smells like a soft new great quality leather.

There is something sort of green/herbal in it also.

I'm definitely picking up some dirt.

and, yeah, there's a soft sandalwood note in there too.

It's quite fantastic. I really love the smell of good leather and it's blended perfectly with notes that are complimentary to the leather but still let it have center stage where it belongs.

I have a lot of Sunbird. I have 2 bottles directly from the lab, 2 bottles I acquired from reputable forum members on livejournal, and 3 decants from 2 different people.

ONE of the bottles I got from a livejournal transaction is much much lighter than all the other Sunbirds. It's a light amber colour instead of the deep red/brown of the others. It smells slightly less fiery and a little less resiny. But it still smells like Sunbird.

Anyone else have any really light bottles of Sunbird? or is this weird?

This is fantastic!

in the bottle: very dark and smoky, there's a tang of something almost citrus

wet: smoky clove and the black musk is just barely there

dry: mmm. the bitter labdanum is definitely making it's presence known, and it's keeping the clove from being too overpowering. it is very, very dark. the black musk is subtle. there's a note that smells almost like dirt, but not quite. I don't know what copper-colored feathers are supposed to smell like, but whatever it is isn't very strong.

It's got a lot of throw and isn't fading.

There's something about the clove note BPAL uses that my skin chemistry just adores.

This is a hoard-worthy winner!

I'm getting a lot of roses and violets and a little something citrus from my squirt.

it's lovely, if I could handle smelling rose I'd buy a bottle of this.

I got a goblin squirt of this and the first thing I did was Google the name.

Wiki: Villa Diodati

It's and spicy and cold at the same time, but not like mint cold. There seems to be cinnamon and something like damp earth. Also maybe a little floral?

it's hard to tell. it's very well blended.

I guess cold and spicy are the best I can describe it as.

Dear Gingerbread Poppet 2005,

Why must you smell so gloriously delicious? Warm and spicy, with just the slightest hint of a perfect bourbon vanilla. I'm afraid to wear you because of how much you'll increase my chances of being eaten alive. I can't not wear you because because this heavenly aroma strongly emanating from my body parts is cutting right through all the tension stored in my muscles and I feel almost high. Gingerbread Poppet, you're a gateway drug cunningly disguised as a perfume.

Love,

MoonstoneMama

in the bottle: citrus (lemon) and a bit of mint

wet: very citrus and a bit herbal

dry: this is a lovely clean sunny citrus, not a lot of throw. but it's nice and bright, the herbalness (lavender and mint?) has faded almost completely out.

in the bottle: soap

wet: soap

dry: yeah, all I've got is soap. weird sort of citrus soap. it's not good on me, not at all.

Sol Niger - Black Sun

in the bottle: dry, resinous, dark

wet: much the same

dry: this morphs a lot. it's still hot and dark, but very, very sweet. it's sweet but not at all cloying or sugary.

this is fantastic.

in the imp: mmm, doesn't smell that great to me

wet: smells better, woods and cinnamon

dry: this is really remarkable. it smells so freaking good. I think I would bathe in this blend if it weren't so prohibitively costly.

I absolutely understand what all the fuss is about with this blend.

(fortunately for me, Velvet Dogs Playing Poker actually smells better on me or to me.)

in the bottle: mmm, piney and spicy

wet: it's mostly balsam, patchouli, and clove

dry layered with the bath oil: it's a lovely spicy resinous blend.

the first time I wore this set my newly enabled friend asked me if I was wearing Scattered Gloom again.

in the bottle: um, this smells like a dumpster to me. I don't know why. It just smells like the residue of old rotted things.

as an in shower moisturizer mixed with warm water and my skin chemistry it starts to smell lovely.

on skin after shower: it's mostly amber and resin on me. but it's not a powdery amber. it's faintly sexy and seductive. very little throw, it stays really close to the skin.

in the bottle: it's spicy, slightly floral, and earthy at the same time

wet: pink musk, ginger, and leather. smells slightly soapy?

dry, layered with bath oil: it's nice mildly spicy musky blend. the tea note is fairly prominent, the others sort of blend into the background.

overall: I think I like the bath oil more, but this is nice.

in the bottle: wow tea! but there is definitely ginger and jasmine in there too.

on skin after showering: it's very subtle and fades fast. it's not overtly floral and I don't get any of the rose.

again, I used this as an in shower moisturizer. for some reason in while I was applying this in the shower there was a definite leather note to it. in fact, my bathroom still has a slight leather smell and I got out of the shower almost 3 hours ago.

I like this one, I'm glad I have it, but I don't think I'll need more than one set of this Warrior Queen.

in the bottle: orange citrus almost floral

wet: very very mandarin

dry, layered with Jingu Bath Oil: mmm, this really is yummy. the mandarin is still there, but it has calmed down some. There's a little spicyness that is probably the white orchid? The cherry blossoms are there too. The red sandalwood is doing an amazing job with keeping them all from running rampant on my skin. I'm not getting any lilac at all, but that's okay with me.

overall: I think the perfume would be okay on it's own, but I'll probably just always layer it with the bath oil. It's a fantastically pretty and delicious combination.

in the bottle: sugary sweet plums and cherry blossoms

after shower: almost all the sweetness has gone away, it's just a very gentle, sweet, feminine cherry blossom scent with a hint of the plum wine.

I used this as an in shower moisturizer this time, and it has just enough throw when used all over to make it pleasant and noticeable, but it's not overpowering.

I love this one!

in the bottle: strawberry, cream, marshmallows, clean sugar

on skin: this smells really delicious. it's like a good vanilla ice cream topped with fresh strawberries, rainbow candy sprinkles, and whipped cream. I wish I could eat this.

I get a lot of compliments from my coworkers when I wear this blend. I'm going to cherish and hoard my Velvet Unicorn!

in the decant: very green and herbal smelling, with a hint of incense or spice.

after applied to skin: still very green, sagey, the wasabi is starting to come out. the coriander is definitely there. there's also a sharpness to it that I can't identify.

15 minutes later: the sage is starting to over power just about everything else.