Diana

In the bottle, it is kind of ozoney and wierd. I can't really smell it too well.

 

On the skin, it is bright and zesty, but there's almost something bitter in the background. I wonder if this is the Oude? I don't even know what it is. I saw it in the description and thought "oude? huh? whatever. *click*." It's almost like the pithy part of a lemon rind.

 

Initial drydown: wow. OZONE. I tend to shy away from ozone notes because they often smell like airfreshners to me. The scent overall is a greenish yellow cacophony.

 

More dry: The ozone is actually nice at this stage. It's like fresh air rather than artificial room spray. The citrus notes have died down significantly. I wonder if the green note I'm getting now is the bamboo or green tea. It doesn't smell like TEA tea like Severin. This is very clean & fresh & spring-like.

 

Not my typical choice of scent, but I like it. =)

I didn't want to dive into a full bottle of this, since I have Alone for spicydirt, Zombi for flowerdirt, and Graveyard Dirt for dirtydirt. Perfumey dirt? I am not so sure, so imp for me.

 

In the vial, it's a weak earthy scent.

 

Wet: soapy dirt. Kind of an oxymoronic combination, but yes. Soapy & dirty.

 

Initial drydown: The soapy note kives way to a gingery kind of scent, but there's still a bit of of sharpness to it that I'm not too fond of. Also, dirt.

 

Drydown: The dirt note morphs a little, into a musky patchouli of sorts. Sort of like a milder Urd. The ginger becomes a bit more cinnamony, but very faint. In fact, the perfume as a whole is fading quite a bit now, though I've only had it on for about 4 hours. There is still a very slight tiny sharpness to it; possibly the ginger.

 

I love the drydown, but it did take a while to get there. I would like this more without the soapy note, which I'm guessing was the ginger all along. It's nice, but for me, I think Alone fits the bill of spicydirt with much more enthusiasm.

I got an imp of this, thinking that I'd like it, but I was worried it would be too similar to Catherine, of which I already have a 10mL bottle.

 

My fears have been assuaged. They are only very remotely similar.

 

Going on, this is very strong rosemary. Not terribly medicinal, but very green and herbal. There is a beautiful rush of fresh, sweet lemon. There's a bit of a hint of grape, but it's mostly lemon & rosemary for the first 20 minutes or so.

 

Sadly, lemon is a very transitive top note, so that is gone after 15-20 minutes. The rosemary seems a bit woodsy and earthy, which made me wonder if it was thyme instead of rosemary. But this stage only lasts a few minutes as well. The orange flower is appearing, but not very strongly.

 

After the lemon departs, the rose comes out. But rose-fearing folk rest assured, it isn't very strong or overpowering. There is a bit of grape, but not juicy, purple, or candy-smelling. I'm not able to detect any mint, but it just might be lurking in the mixture of rose & orange flower.

 

The final drydown seems to be a sweet, soft, barely-there rose, a slight grape note, and just a hint of rosemary. I've had this on all day, and I'm still getting pretty good throw from it.

 

I am in love with this. I want to slather it all over everything and swim in it. It's not overly floral, not overly fruity. It's clean and fresh and amazing, like being outside on a warm spring day where the breeze brings in wafts of various aromas of plants & flowers.

I am in total love. I ordered an imp of this because I was insanely curious, but didn't want to dive into a 5mL. Ozone notes tend to go really bad air-freshener on me.

 

In the vial: It's sharp. Almost minty.

 

Wet: This must be the Bulgarian lavender. I must say that judging from this, it is greener and more herbal than traditional French of English lavender. It smells almost like an evergreen with a slightly menthol note to it. There's a quick spike of something sweet in the background.

 

Dry: The lavender softens, and the black currant becomes a sweet, almost candy-like base note. There is a soft musk to it that blends perfectly with the lavender. If there is any ozone or resin note here, it is really faint and well-blended. Hooray!

 

I really like it. It's like Antique Lace having an orgy with Lolita or Jailbait. Candy sweet, but not overpoweringly so, layered under a soft, skin-like musk. This is definitely going to warrant a 5mL.

In the bottle, I could easily tell this was the blend MIT CHOCOLATE. I have a special chocolate sense, much like a spidey sense, except MORE DELICIOUS.

 

This stayed true all day and had pretty decent throw. Bonus.

 

Imagine you are holding a less buttery version of Jack, walking down the street. Coming toward you is someone carrying a vial of Bliss and a jar of Nutella.

 

WHAM. You smack right into each other!

 

"you got jack in my bliss & nutella!"

 

"you got nutella & bliss in my jack!"

 

it really is two great tastessmells that tastesmell great together. i am very tempted to bake a nutella pumpkin pie.

 

PP#2 doesn't smell quite *that* sweet or foody, but it's really rich and a nice, comforting smell, especially if you have PMS and you want to knock over little kids and steal their chocolate. not that i'd know anything about that.

Bottle: Fir/pine

Wet: Fir/pine

Drydown: Fir/pine.

 

Well then.

 

To be a bit more loquacious, it smells a lot like Skadi or Snow Bunny, but without any of the berry/fruity/citrus notes. I don't ever get any of the floral notes, nor can I pick out any birch. It's just a chilly wintery fir tree smell.

 

It's nice enough, but I rather like this with the added notes in other bottles I already have.

This is the 2005 formulation.

 

I didn't like last year's (2004) version at all. It had a cinnamon note, which was fine, on top of a vanilla base that turned into total play-doh on me.

 

This is completely different. It smells almost boozy going on, sort of a buttery rum scent. Throughout the day, it becomes less boozy, but remains kind of a buttery caramel.

 

It's nice, but to me, it's like Gluttony Lite.

 

Much better than last year, but if you want sugary, buttery, sticky sweet, stick with Gluttony. It's cheaper & available all year.

I'm not sure what to make of this one. I wore it all day, and I can still smell it on my wrists after doing makeup all day today, & washing my hands repeatedly.

 

Putting it on, and really, all day, it was mostly sweet pipe tobacco and just the barest, tiniest hint of leather. But for some reason, my brain vacillated between interpreting it as tobacco and saliva. Yeah, I know. There is clearly something wrong with me.

 

I think this is yet another Yule blend I am going to have to revisit in a few months. If it stays like it is, I really think I'll have to swap it. If the wood & leather & linen develop properly, I'll keep it.

I was a bit leary of this one, because most of the reviews likened it to cat pee + grape koolaid. Nevertheless, I really wanted to try it, so I took the plunge and ordered a 5mL bottle.

 

Going on, it does have very strong grape notes. Sweet. There's almost a lemony burst, followed by a strong eucalyptus type of scent, which is most likely the juniper. It sometimes goes lemony on me for some reason.

 

After the juniper dies down a bit, there is a bit of the oakmoss smell, and I think a bit of the sage. It's still a bit fruity, but a touch of earthiness. After a few hours, it gets a sort of floral tinge to it. It smells almost like fresh jasmine (not the usual BPAL jasmine). It is reminding me strongly of something else that I can't put my finger on. Something like modeling clay that I used to play with? I don't know.

 

I really didn't get any civet at all, strangely enough! Maybe it's just an issue of aging, since this is a fresh batch of Puck, but only time will tell.

 

Suprisingly, I really like this a lot!

This is one of the first 5mLs I ever bought, yet it's taken me over a year to review. Heh.

This doesn't change at all on me, from wet to drydown. The throw is average; you can notice a scent, but it doesn't waft away in clouds of aroma. It does last a fairly long time as well. I put it on at noon and could still detect it when I went to bed at 2am.

It's sweet; the milk & honey are soft, creamy & comforting, but not cavity-inducing. The carnation & milk are really the stars in this blend. I actual dislike carnations as flowers, but as a perfume ingredient, it's quite lovely and almost savory & spicy.

The rose is barely detectable and adds a nice bump to the floral notes. If you are not a fan of roses, I promise, you may not even know it's there. I amp up roses a lot, and I didn't realize there were roses in there for the first 3 months I owned this!

The bergamot is also a barely-there component, adding a very soft citrus note to the blend. Even if you don't like citruses, you may not realize it is in there, much like the rose. Bergamot isn't quite as sharp as lemon or lime, so it's not very jarring at all.

This is what I call a BPAL classic.

This smells like hot chocolate. Nothing funky or weird or morphing with this one. It's yum.

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this yet.

 

Wet, it's veeeerrrrry sweet, but as it dries it is tempered by the vanilla. It's pretty strong & has an excellent throw. Sweet, but not tooth-achingly so. It's pretty and everyone seems to love it when I wear it. =)

 

A great oil to have on hand in standard rotation.

This reminds me a lot of Cerberus, but not as heavy. Not so much 13. I get more of an almost artificial, saccharin kind of orange from that. This is much zestier citrus. The mandarin (maybe in conjunction with the tea notes) is brighter and sharper than I'd expect; it smells more like lemon. The tea/tobacco combine as well, so it's brown-smelling. Not quite dry, but a bit acidic maybe? The cocoa kind of lurks and peeks out slightly, but I am not lucky to get a full blown chocolate aroma.

 

It's unusual, but I like it.

I was very excited about this one, and yay, it is here!

 

I slathered it on this morning and it was instant super cologne! Eieeee. The leather note morphed into something really weird & funky, just like Les Infortunes did on me. Like the smell of vinyl furniture in a heavy smoker's house. A few minutes later it started to smell like pizza sauce.

 

I swear I'm not making this up!

 

I went & reread the notes for this, then went & put more on. Suddenly & magically, it fixed itself. The second application didn't go all funky & it started to smell more like the notes. It became very woodsy & slightly spicy. The cedar & lavender & carnation were the most obvious at the wet stage. As this began to dry, the vanilla & musk notes took over for the flowers. NOW I am totally in love.

 

This is like the bastard child of an orgy between Golden Priapus, Dee and Les Infortunes de la Vertu. Sexy and warm and woodsy and UNGH. Liquid sex in a bottle.

 

I'll give you my crown of conquest, baby.

Disclaimer: you should check out the FAQ section for the lab and on this site; this may well already be covered.

 

 

Alas, the 21-45 refers to business days, which means 4-9 weeks. This is always the case, not because of the holiday. In actuality, the Yule orders that were placed before 11/15 were all shipped out already, resulting (in most cases) a turnaround of only 4 weeks, which is rather fast for the lab.

 

Hand-blended speciality oils + high volume = long waits. For most of us, it's worth it.

 

Your 12/5 order most likely has not shipped yet. It has not even been 4 weeks yet. You will receive a "click & ship" notice when your order has been taken to the post office. You can also view the "click & ship" and the "I got my order" threads in this forum to see from which time frame people are receiving their orders.

 

Hope that clarifies things for you.

 

 

ETA: You are generally charged after you pay. If you ordered through CCNow, just ignore the status updates. They are misleading and don't actually reflect when/if your items has shipped.

I swear I must have either a mutant nose or mutant chemistry.

 

Putting it on & in the bottle, it reminds me of "new" Samhain. Like watered down cinnamon. After a few minutes, it starts to get a weird, wet, funky fruit note to it. It smells a lot like the pear note that BPAL uses a lot, and which I dislike. It smells tart and a little overly sweet, and in combination with the cassia, it's a bit plasticky and sour. I'm guessing the culprit is the plum, which is odd because it usually agrees with my skin a lot more than this.

 

After 2 or so hours, the sour-tart-sweet smell dissipates greatly, to my pleasure. I'm still not getting patchouli or tonka or tobacco (WHY NOT???). It seems to have gone a bit more perfumey, but not overly so. It's the red musk finally warming up and getting into the action. I like this stage a lot more. Still, there's a lingering sourness in the background, but it's not as bad as the wet & initial drydown stages.

 

The jury is out on this one. I really want to love it, but the weird sourness is quite off-putting. I think I need to try it a few more times, and perhaps let it sit for a few weeks to see my opinion of it changes with some time.

In the bottle, it smells of orange blossom rather than oranges. There's a medicinal greenish note, which smells almost of rosemary, but it's the lavender.

 

Putting it on, the orange starts to smell like real citrusy, juicy, orange. The lavender is more evidently lavender, but it still smells like the green part of the plant rather than the flowers.

 

As this dries, it smells like gilded oranges and parchment. I love the initial drydown; I can't keep my nose off of my wrists. It's dry from the amber, but there's a hint of wetness.

 

However, this doesn't have much throw, and it doesn't seem to be particuarly long-lasting, which is makes this rate less than it would have, had it produced a cloud of Clio-aroma around me. I'm a slatherer too, and it's very faint on me. I will definitely keep the bottle, and cross my fingers that the ingredients develop further with a bit of age.

Heh. Seems like the last 3 oils I've reviewed have been strawberry!

 

In the bottle, I get glorious honey notes with sweet fruits. Slightly floral, but they seem to be all sweet top note florals.

 

On the skin, it's mostly sugar + strawberry. It's stayed this way all day without much perceptable change. The honey seems to have disappeared. It's mostly strawberry candy/gum. There may be a slight vanilla-ish tinge to it, but honestly, my skin amps up sweet fruits like WHOA, so it's hard to really pick anything else out.

 

Sweet and cute and very fun. =)

CDLXXXVI

 

This reminds me a lot of something between Strawberry Moon & Bordello. It is very juicy, wet, bright fruits at first... strawberry, pomegranite, or possibly plum. Something red, I think. They are sweet sweet sweet with just a touch of tartness to them.

 

After a while, the intensity fades a little and becomes a bit more creamy (which is why it reminds me a lot of Strawberry Moon). It's a little more rounded out now and while it is still sweet, it is now kind of sultry. This is a Bordello-ish scent.

 

I think this is my favorite out of my Chaos Theory oils!

 

(Last reviewed by Nachtwulf.)

This is one I keep meaning to try propery, and I have nothing to do today except wrap gifts and play video games, so if I stink, who cares?

 

In the vial, it's earthy. Dirty. I'd think there was patchouli in here if I didn't already look at the notes.

 

Putting it on: Whoa momma! Opium. Ow. Opium doesn't do anything bad on me per se, but it's STRONG. It is almost headache-inducing; very sharp & perfumey. (FWIW, I can't stand CK Obsession or YSL Opium, which both smells similar to this, IMHO).

 

Drying: Still strong opium notes. The civet & musk peek out timidly every once in a while. I wish the musk note were more prominent, because it's sweeter and less heady & sharp. The civet? Actually I don't mind it. I was always afraid of it, but it is neither cat pee or poop or B.O. on me. It adds some depth to the musk & opium.

 

A bit later... the opium is finally starting to settle down. The civet & red musk are pretty ok. Probably not something I'd wear often, especially considering the overpowering, perfumey opium, though.

 

Hah. I'm a mutant. Everyone else hates it because of the civet, I am not super fond of it because of the perfume associations.

This smells like liquid candy strawberries.

 

After a few hours wear, I can detect the cream note, but it's mostly on my wrists. In my shirt it smells very sweet strawberry with a touch of a tang to it, maybe the herbs that are in the mix.

 

This is very cute & girly and slightly silly. I enjoy the youthful happy quality of it, and smelling edible is just a bonus.

In the bottle, the oil smells clean. Like freshly washed skin.

 

Putting it on, the florals emerge, and turn into a soft white bouquet, mixed with a little vanilla, a little musk, turning into a sweet powdery smell. This actually reminds me a LOT of Morocco; they must share quite a few ingredients.

 

This wears on for hours without fading or changing much. It's a soft vanilla musk, sweet without being foody or cloying. It's very lovely and soft and pretty. It actually has some qualities that remind me of Vanilla Fantasy/Vanilla Lace (my friend's staple perfume)... vanilla with just a hint of something else.

 

I'm glad this came back so I could get a big bottle. =)

I love the "masculine" scents. I almost prefer them at times. The only one that hasn't worked on me was Casanova, but everything else has been fantastic. =)

In the bottle: super peppermint.

 

wet, on the skin: super peppermint. nose tingling peppermint. it smells just like candy canes.

 

after about 20 minutes, the peppermint fades, quite a lot, but it is still detectable. there is a sugary-almost vanilla like note that comes out, and this takes over as the main component as the mint fades. i don't think it's vanilla, maybe a light musk or a sugar musk or something else that i'll just make up, but it's sweet and cool and yummy. it really keeps this from being a super kiddie type scent.

 

i really like this a lot!!

 

 

 

ETA: I let my aromatherapy friend sniff at this one (she loved the name of it, and had to give it a whiff). She thought the thing I thought was not-quite-vanilla was possibly tonka. FWIW.

Wet, this is reminiscent of Kunstkammer. It has luscious, bright, juicy orange notes.

 

As this dries, and wears throughout the day, the orange is still there, but just lending a juicy fruity note to the cacophany of floral notes. Floral notes that I actually like! This reminds me quite a lot of Blood Rose, because of the wet, lush rose notes, and a bit like Bearded Lady because of the vanilla note. The vanilla doesn't really stand out, but it just lends something to the mix. It's sweet and pretty and yummy.

 

Another win from the Demon in my View series!