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I'm not a good one with notes (usually need the scent description to remind me), but the main notes are immediately identifiable as cinnamon and dragon's blood There's definately something smokey in here too..

 

This is a red scent, very warm and sensual I'm SO glad I got this as a frimp!

The sandalwood--definately cedary but also soft and sanded and almost unassuming--is the most obvious of the notes. Thankfully, though, it's not at all overpowering, not like the sandalwood in Velvet smelled to me The soft citruses--bergamot and manderin--are the second most dominant notes, and blend well with the sandalwood, forming a bright and surprising harmony. The saffron is very light indeed and sort of "wafts over" the blend (I catch the occasional whiff when my nose is a few inches from my wrist, but not when my nose is pressed to my wrist). The rose note, which is pretty subtle, acts as the "bottom" in the rose-citrus marriage that's going on. From what I can detect it's a pretty astringent rose, which is a bit dissapointing, although it's so subtle that it doesn't impact the blend much. The amber is the underlying base in this blend and only acts to keep the sandalwood under control and to add a hint of warmth.

 

This is a gorgeous blend--it conveys the impression of what the furniture and walls of a Middle Eastern palace must smell like

Well, word is that Beth herself has said that sweet Chai was what she was going for with Bengal...

 

...so what are you waiting for?? order it now!!

I swear by rollerbottles

The notes in Baba Yaga are difficult for me to identify I definately get the pinapple but it's more like dried pinapple than fresh--no juicy smell. I also get something resiny...and maybe a tiny touch of pine? There's definately a woodsiness here...

CXXXVII - 137

 

Lightly green and herbal in the bottle. Dries down to a vanillic scent with a soft herbal touch.

I would swap this one for a CT2 that's similar to Snake Oil or POTL.

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Straight out of the bottle...

 

 

Fruit of somesort! A yummy, slightly tart fruit!

 

Omg...something sorta vanilla is coming out...and coconut...and pinapple...:icon_eek:....

 

Drydown it's pure milky coconut with a touch of pinapple

 

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TROPICAL SMOOTHIE!!!

 

Thanks scarlet!!!

Fae is a gorgeous peach-and-light-musk scent

The same slightly sweet, dried grass/hay as in Coyote blended with dark (black?) musk...pretty masculine, definately animalistic, and nothing I could ever wear =/

I think it's time that I finally review this =P

 

Pumpkin (like in Jack) and dark, smokey spices...nutmeg, maybe a touch of clove, proly ginger...a touch of smokiness too, like a piece of jack-o-lanturn that's being served as desert after sitting outside with a candle in its inerds all Halloween evening. I find the smell of spiced pumpkin yummy but rather banal. This, however, is a dark and very unique spin on that classic scent, and it's beautiful

Deep cool wintergreen mint and bubblegummy lotus greet my nose as I dabbed Frost Moon on my arm. Definate icy and aquatic without seeming sinister or frenetic, like Tempest or Hurricane. It has a crystalline sparkle to it...I'm reminded of ice levels in action/adventure/rpg videogames Not something I'd wear, but it would be great in an oilburner!

I would rec Red Moon it's something I'd wear to a fertility ritual, for sure

The first thing I get from Ides of March is a something that smells like amber and cinnamon-sugar (cardamon?). I smell nothing green at all, just an incredibly unique and not at all masculine blend that smells resiny and foody the rosemary and lemon peek out a minute late, though both are very gentle and add just a little herbal touch to the blend. I think I detect bergamot (which is the main top note I get from Alice), but if so then it's weaving in and out of the other notes and I can't really put my finger on it

As the blend dries down, the resins subside a bit and the greens and florals poke out a bit more. The blend smells herby, but not medicinal--in other words, not at ALL like Belladona/Water of Notre Dame/The Apothecary. It's fresh and bright but sunwarmed, like the sun kissing the gold-eared wheat as it sinks slowly below the horizon.

This is an incredibly unique scent and not at all what I expected. It's for warm summer days when the sun is hidden and everything around you is in a dreamy shade. Marvelous!

Y'all aren't gonna believe me but I just tried Yuletide on one hand and Three Witches on the other, and they're REALLY similar on me...TW has a teeny bit more bite, and Yuletide is a bit sweeter, but otherwise they're identical. (I don't really get berries from Yuletide, btw).

 

Yeah, I know

Holy cow Formula 54 dries down to Perversion on me F54 is a bit "redder", but it's close enough as makes little difference

I'm guessing that the candle wax-like opening is opium+narcissus, because those are the notes that this has in common with Darkness, which smells similar. The lillies, tinged with poppy, show up early, and their perfume is heavy and narcotic.

 

I usually don't like florals, but this doesn't go soapy on me and it fits the concept perfectly bravo!

This is Villain in 10 years time if he continues his life of scum and villainy

 

The scent starts out as bright, sharp lime--sligh and high-pitched and "hollow" smelling against the background of lilac and musk.

 

That lilac and musk...

 

I'm not sure whether or not this is the lilac of Blue Lilac SN fame, but it's gorgeous...it has this heady, intoxicating quality characteristic of florals like ylang ylang; combined with the white musk (which adds a hazy texture to the lilac), Whitechapel smells strangely comforting...no--soporific. The lime is still hanging around the edges--it smells almost metallic.

 

Whitechapel is comforting, intoxicating, and seductive (yet elegant)...the lime is the perfect "corrupting" note. It's like biting into a perfect, dewy piece of fruit only to find that it's been devoured from within by maggots brilliant!

This blend opens as an almost pure cypress, which actually smells like a green cedar It's almost immediately joined by the red patchouli and ginger (both of which are pretty sedate). Rose shows up as an undercurrent in this scent, floating above, below, around, like a billowing gauze...ahhh there's the fig! not too juicy...the cypress and patchouli have taken a back seat at this point, but they still exert their calming influence on the blend.

 

This is an incredible blend--beautifully complex, womanly, and strong. I need a bottle of this. Now.

Tulzcha smells a LOT like Blue Moon. In the bottle, it's a slightly watery candy mint...like the mint you find in Junior Mints and Andes on my skin the cucumber shows up--fresh and watery and bright in that mellow cucumbery way I think I can smell the white pepper hear...it adds a slightly spicy "texture," like the blend is tweaking you on the nose and laughing merrily. It's beautiful and PERFECT for summer

CXLI (141) also a thorne decant!

 

This one is gonna be very different too

 

Fresh lemony zest softened by something in the background...milk maybe? a bit of honey. Smells like Lemon Zinger with milk and honey in it The notes blend as the scent dries down--the lemon zest is still the dominant note, but it never "bites."

 

I never get any chocolate, but this is still a lovely, lovely blend, which I'd also enjoy a bottle of brilliant!

 

Previously reviewed by Thorne.

CXXXII (132) courtesy of thorne!

 

My review will be *very* different from hers, just to warn ya

 

First off, I can definately smell the cinnamon, but it's mixed with something else...as it dries down, I can definately smell white sandalwood and white musk (as it has the same base as both Zephyr and Kuang Shi have), and I think the cinnamon is blending with something light and peppery. There's a soft sweetness...vanilla? The whole blend has a very clean feel, with a touch of the kind of powderiness that Antique Lace had.

 

This is a beautiful blend, one I'd be happy to have a full bottle of

 

Previously reviewed by Thorne.

If the forest has a bonfire in it, with naked, sweaty (yet clean) people dancing around it, it's Hexennacht.  It might be hard to track down, but it's worth it. 

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I totally 2nd this! Hexennacht is a warm, summer night in the dark forests

Nope. She's stressed out and overworked, and coming in after all the lab folk have gone home so she can work until 3am in the morning or so mixing up the blends.

 

That said, I'm hoping that things will be calming down for Beth Real. Soon. Now.

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Makes me wish I lived in Cali and could go over and volunteer my help!!

I'm hoping Beth can do something to streamline operations so that her brain doesn't go *pop* from all the stress of tons of new customers+mucho orders+only a few labbies to help

 

I don't mind waiting a while, because I get most of my BPAL satisfaction from swapping, but I'm worried about explody Beth brains going everywhere so any mods who've talked to her lately...is she doing ok?? (besides the working long hours, and stress...any good news on her end?)

MOXIE!!!

 

Works like a charm take two and call me in the morning.

Not so much for pregnancy sake, but my mom chided me yesterday for wearing Aeval because of the sage in it, as i'm still nursing my almost 20 month old daughter. Sage dries up your milk. I'd be worried, but for the fact wee bit is a boob leech and I haven't had any problems yet, but www.mothering.com lets you know what EOs are safe and I'd think if you had any fears you could email Beth and ask her personally 

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"Boob leech" That's beautiful!!!