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  1. Argentwolf

    Brimstone

    By Argentwolf,

    Category: Bewitching Brews
     
    Oh, wow! It took me a while to figure out just *what* this smelled like, but once I did I was in love. It smells *exactly* like those little round pieces of charcoal that you buy in rolls of six, wrapped up in white paper like Ho-Hos. (LOL) One can practically hear the gunpowdery crackle of it as it lights and gets red-hot. It's just the charcoal -- right before you drop the incense in. Absolutely fantastic
  2. Argentwolf
    Category: Sin and Salvation
     
    Well-worn leather is predominant, though I can also smell cedar and some sage in there. After a while it went all Generic Boy Cologne on me, but it was sure nice for a while. It stays and throws very decently.
  3. Argentwolf

    Bordello

    By Argentwolf,

    Category: Ars Amatoria
     
    I had a hard time envisioning plum as an appropriate scent, but this fits the bill entirely. It really does seem like the sort of perfume that a five-dollar whore would wear (in 1880 dollars). It's sweet and feminine but definitely not innocent; it's one of those ladies that makes a point of putting a roll in her hips to make sure you keep following her up the stairs. Lasts all day, like a working girl should. Another winner!
  4. Argentwolf

    Bon Vivant

    By Argentwolf,

    Category: Bewitching Brews
     
    Slightly-sour champagne, with candy-like strawberry. It's not bad, but it never really steps up and asserts itself much, and drifts away.
  5. Argentwolf

    Bluebeard

    By Argentwolf,

    Category: Diabolus
     
    At first it smelled like funky vase water after you've just dumped out a rotting bouquet. But it gets better. It works its way upward from ugly rottenness to a twisted, vetivery musk tinged with violets, and eventually becomes a clean scent, floral but not quite unmanly...as if the murderer has washed his hands after his crimes and is ready to lay on the charm with a new victim. Conceptually this makes it *very* interesting, and as a scent it's a winner. Lasts most of the day with enough wafts throughout its transformation to mind you of how interesting it is.
  6. Argentwolf

    Jezirat Al Tannyn

    By Argentwolf,

    Category: Wanderlust -- The Phantom Isles
     
    Hmm, this is interesting. It smells like hot, smooth, black stones, with a hint of smokey charcoal (like that found in Brimstone)...and yet there's also an aquatic side to it as well, as if those stones make up the beach on a lonely island, or perhaps they're part of some natural jungle hot-springs spa. Some nice imagery there, if not as vivid as many others enjoy through this scent. This scent sticks close to the skin, and wears off after a few hours.
  7. Argentwolf

    Blood Rose

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Rappacini's Garden
     
    A rather innocuous rose. The dragon's blood gives it a sweetness that threatens to send it into the same icky rose territory that I amped like crazy in Rose Cross, but it stays okay for the most part. It actually ends up smelling soapy more than anything. Decent throw and staying power, just not for me.
  8. Argentwolf

    The Lion

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- The Mad Tea Party
     
    Predominantly a glorious, warm amber. The grassy scents are dry ones, and smell a little like patchouli and cinnamon, or some other very dry, powdery spice. I agree with other reviewers about this lasting a short time; it's really nice for the hour or so that it's there, but then the Lion is padding off to parts unknown.
  9. Argentwolf

    Bah!

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Limited Editions -- Yule 2008 -- BPTP Yule Inquisition
     
    Sirensea sent me a sniffie of this (phew, say that five times fast), and I'm very glad to have been able to smell this! It's a very rich coffee that to me has tones of hazelnut, or amaretto. I don't really get a boozy vibe from it. There wasn't enough to test on my skin, so I'm not sure how my chemistry would have interacted with it. I almost get the impression that it might have turned sort of sour after a while, like coffee breath. But as a little sniffie every now and then, it's very fun.
  10. Argentwolf
    Category -- Bewitching Brews
     
    A sweet, almost cloying mix if rose and other florals. Not really my thing. It has decent longevity and some moderate throw, especially if, like me, you tend to amp this certain kind of rose. (Now if only I knew just what *kind* of rose it is...)
  12. Argentwolf

    Jersey Devil

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Bewitching Brews
     
    There's a strong whiff of pine, and then it quickly becomes tempered by the smell of cranberries, which helps make it sweet and tart as well as robust. Not me, but it was a fun experience nonetheless.
  13. Argentwolf
    Category -- Wanderlust
     
    I don't get any darkness from this at all -- nope, this is a bright, sunny, lush jungle scent. It's extremely evocative of someone sitting by a waterfall, sipping a rum-based drink, and inhaling the rain-kissed scent of jungle blooms. And, later on, I really do get the scent of stone -- as if our intrepid hero sauntered into the limestone cave behind the waterfall to check on his chest of treasure and sleep the afternoon away.
     
    Alas, it dissipates pretty quickly on me, but it's a very fun little mind-trip while it's there!
     
    It's a really great scent for summertime!
  14. Argentwolf
    Category -- Bewitching Brews -- The Conjure Bag
     
    This is a bright, intriguing blend that, yes, is full of courage and hope. Like many of my favorite plant scents, this one seems to come from the roots and stems and leaves of plants, rather than all the pretty frou-frou petaled parts. It's like sunlight and glowing sap. Really nice.
  15. Argentwolf

    Harlot

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Ars Amatoria
     
    As a rose scent, it's very nice and pretty. It actually reminds me of what a little girl's room would smell like -- very light and floral and feminine. Not very harloty AT ALL.
     
    It faded very quickly on me, and didn't have much throw while it was there. Pretty, but fleeting.
  16. Argentwolf
    At first Grandmother and I didn't get along; she smelled like baby powder with a very unpleasant biological crotch-sweat edge to it. Eww! Over time, however, she mellowed out, did a 180, and smelled like a bouquet of dried flowers that had been saved over the years in a wooden drawer, age and dust giving them a peppery sort of aura.
     
    Not really my thing, but I'm relieve that it had a happy ending, at least.
  17. Argentwolf

    Golden Priapus

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Ars Amatoria
     
    Mmmmm. Up close and personal, it's pine. Big, manly, rugged pine. And then, as my wrist whisks away, it leave behind a tantalizing blend of spicy vanilla -- the pine's still there, but now it feels more like a blend of juniper and herbs, the same sort of sexiness that I love about Himerus.
     
    To me, this is the male companion to Flowering Chrysanthemums. FC is all wet, dusky petals, and GP is a thick branch brimming with sap, and both of them are bathed in fragrant vanilla. That's hot.
     
    Delicious.
  18. Argentwolf

    Dragon's Heart

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Ars Draconis
     
    For the first few minutes of wearing it, I'm treated to a smokey, resinous scent that is my holy grail of incense-like smells. And yet, like any good holy grail, it is quickly carried away by mysterious figures wearing samite, leaving me with the sweet and slightly fruity scent that I have now come to associate with BPAL's dragon's blood.
     
    Every now and then, there is a pleasant, smoky sort of whuff to it...like a dragon breathing fragrant smoke out of its huge, powerful lungs as it slumbers, its heart beating but once per hour.
     
    Definitely an interesting blend.
  19. Argentwolf

    Blood Pearl

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Bewitching Brews
     
    I do smell coconut and orris. It's nice, but even with the musk, it's just so darned meek that I really can't put it on my list of keepers. Light throw, average longevity.
  20. Argentwolf

    Bloodlust

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Diabolus
     
    *gack cough* This is aggressive, all right. Vetiver whispers unkind things into the ear of patchouli, who otherwise is my friend, and together they are stalking across the way to rearrange my face. I think I shall be leaving by the back door, now...
     
    And you know what's ironic? Besides being so angry, it smells like the Queen Of All Hippies. Talk about a paradox.
     
    It actually reminds me a lot of my experiences with Crossroads and Lust...and those weren't very pleasant, either.
  21. Argentwolf

    Blood Lotus

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Rappaccini's Garden
     
    I wasn't hoping for much from this one, but was pleasantly surprised. This really does smell like rich, juicy red berries, with maybe a teensy splash of wine. Unfortunately, it doesn't have all that much throw or longevity on me; otherwise it'd be a keeper.
     
    Go ahead and try this if you normally don't like lotus. I think you'll enjoy it for a change.
  22. Argentwolf

    Blood Kiss

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Bewitching Brews
     
    The sad part is that I can smell the clove, vetiver, and cherry all working together, but their resultant team effort is just not a harmonious one to my nose. It just kinda smells like burnt, bitter cherry with a side of ass. I blame you, vetiver. Thankfully, it doesn't broadcast very much to the world.
     
    If you already know that the components work on you, then feel free to give this a try, and enjoy.
  23. Argentwolf

    Blood Countess

    By Argentwolf,

    Category -- Diabolus
     
    The first time I wore this, I knew that I was smelling the plum pretty predominantly; it had a sort of rich, dark fruity tone to it without being too terribly juicy.
     
    Now, as I retest it, I'm given the impression of a rich lady sampling plums in between sips of champagne; it's fruity, yes, but there's also a very rich, perfumey smell that is almost alcoholic in its headiness.
     
    A co-worker of mine recently received a rose that smelled a lot like this -- a sweetness so fruity that it was hard to believe it was coming from a rose! So I can believe that there is rose in here...though in this case the sweetness is surely from the fruits mixing with all the various florals.
     
    It tends to hug close to the skin; this is a scent that's pretty much reserved for your own pleasure, and that of anyone you invite into very close company.
     
    Recommended for fans of plum and fruit scents, and even for those who normally hate rose (of which I am one). This is a sexy one.
  24. Argentwolf

    Alice's Evidence

    By Argentwolf,

    Category: Mad Tea Party
     
    This smells like sweet, sticky, golden fruit preserves, seasoned with lots of ginger and perhaps a bit of cinnamon as well. Quite lovely! I think it lasted quite a while, as well.
  25. Argentwolf

    Pumpkin I 2009

    By Argentwolf,

    Limited Edition -- Halloween 2009
     
    A very yummy Pumpkin, indeed! This is the first time I really came up against the 'buttery' note that a lot of people talk about. But as soon as the cap is off and it's being applied, I get a hearty blast of freshly-melted butter. It quickly ebbs a bit so that it just smells like lightly-salted buttered popcorn...and then the other notes come out to play. I like honey, but often it can smell just a little too musky or tart; here, the pumpkin mellows it out enough so that it gives a nice, mellow body to the pumpkin and takes away a light sweetness from its fellow component. I liked it so much, I made sure to buy a bottle.
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