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In bottle: butterscotch schnapps. I know that smell all too well

On skin: blast of sweet vanilla. Other reviews have mentioned Antique Lace, which is a favorite and it does remind me of a less-floral version.

Half-hour later: I barely get the sandalwood, but it's not too dark or woody. It's like a "fresh" wood, which may be the additional saffron? Whatever it is, it's gorgeous.

In conclusion: this is quite long-lasting and not as "foody" as the description implies. It's dreamy and an instant favorite

I love all the rose blends. This SN is clean and bright. Not unlike Rose Red, except that LE had extra greenery to it. Not very long-lasting, but it's forgiven. So pretty!

In bottle: astringent with a tiny bit of fruit

On skin: dark fruit and wood. This wood isn't overpowering though, like Cathedral where the wood overtook everything. I wish the fruit was stronger, but I love the fruity-foody blends, which must make me a froody

Half-hour later: slight spicy cinnamony with the wood in the background

In conclusion: a nicely blended scent, which reminds me of other dark favorites like Morocco and Perversion. Those blends last all day for me, and this one is not as long-lasting which makes me sad. Oh, and Seamus is adorable

Right out of the imp, it's a blast of garden greenery. It morphs slightly from general "garden" into what I remember from the tomato plant in our backyard growing up. Lots of greeny green green. Beautiful!

This is a strong bright floral, with a tinge of lemon juice -- not fake Lemon Pledge-smelling, but tart juice. Or could it be lime, or grapefruit? Some elusive citrus juice that floats above the skin and makes me a bit sneezy.

This SN was a big player in Titania for me, peppy and girly.

I was appreciative to try Single Notes as I don't feel I have a very sophisticated nose at all, and to be able to sniff "pure" scents that are part of these great blends is a treat.

I expected darker incense and got a very sunny dusty woodsy scent. After doing a search, this was in so many blends that I liked for the "dusty woodsy" aspect -- Masabakes, Glasya, Athens, Hecate, Hymn, and Lex Talionis are the several I tried that listed myrrh and which I noted variances of "dusty woods."

This is a stellar SN that is so evocative of the overall BPAL experience -- mysterious and surprising.

This was on my "maybe" list until I got a frimp at a Meet-n-Sniff.

In bottle: spicy fruity and nice.

On skin: weird astringent, like cherry Nyquil. I like Nyquil personally when I'm sick, I just don't know if I want to smell like it.

Half-hour later: oh dears, this is the nicest wine scent ever! It's like Wanda without the rose, Madrid without the clove, Perversion without the leather. I can't stop sniffing my wrist, and can't believe the change from the Nyquil stage. What a morph.

In conclusion: This has hopped into my all-time favorites, just by the drydown alone. Fruity winey YUM! An instant favorite.

I wasn't sure what to expect; as jj_j said above, I knew Freesia from Bath & Body Works. The shower gel was a favorite for a time, because it smelled very fresh and clean.

This Freesia is 100x better! It's a fresh fruity floral -- I thought melon at first, then a couple reviews above mentioned apple and that's more accurate. Really beautiful all by itself.

At first, very spicy and almost foody like hard cinnamon candy. It eventually softens a bit, but lots of spice remains. It even feels a little burny on my skin.

Carnivale and Kunstkammer were plasticky versions of this single note to me. Not a favorite, but I'm glad I got to try it.

In imp: yep, coffee. But this is the smell of expensive beans, not ground Folgers.

On skin: still coffee, but there's an underlying sweetness. It's not just taking coffee grounds and rubbing on your skin, it's like the smell of a Starbucks fancy coffee drink as you're sipping it.

Coffee Bean SN is the perfect example of why these single notes are better than the real thing. It's a "normal" scent made ideal.

This was a strong, pretty floral at first, then it quickly dried to a powder. BUT! Not just any powder, it's like the most decadent luxurious powder you could buy. Like $50 for a little poof. It's strikingly beautiful

In bottle: sweet rich foody droolworthy YUM

On skin: a quick blast of boozy sugar, like cake drenched in sugared rum. The blackberries quickly pop in though and keep the sweetness without being too foody or candy-coated.

My biggest beef with Elegba, Midway and Beaver Moon was while in the bottle it was rich, decadent wonderfulness, at first app it was a bit chemical and "off." Eventually they become creamy yumminess, and I have kept my bottles because of it, but it's that initial "huh?" that needs to be tolerated. MB:Closet doesn't have that weirdness.

Half-hour later: still very fruity with underlying decadence. Oh, this is nice.

In conclusion: while cakey and foody, it's the blackberry that makes this wonderful. I'm loving this one

Madrid! Not dead-on clove cigarettes, more like sitting outside at a cafe drinking wine while smoking a clove cigarette.

The label says "BPAL.org Forum" on it! Cool!

In bottle: smoky musk, but not as animalistic scary as others get.

On skin: clean and fresh, like "dark, aggressive, furious" detergent. It feels stick on the wrist. I get woodsy (without pine or juniper) which must be the rainforest plants.

Half-hour later: almost gone! Where'd it go?

Two hours later: it's back and smells like men's cologne. A little too masculine for me.

In conclusion: I'm trying this on DH, and glad I got to try it myself!

Ccnow will only allow me to put one item in the cart. After that, it overwrites the first item, so that there is always only one item in the cart.

Any idea how to "fix" it. I'd like to place my lunacy order & got to bed.

 

I had the same problem on my laptop. DH fixed it by going through the firewall and unchecking the box, "Block 3rd Party Cookies." I guess if CCNow is considered a third party, it needs to place cookies to remember if you've carted something previously.

In my security program it's under Privacy Controls, Custom and you uncheck the box, but every program is different. Hope that helps!

Out of all the Poe scents, this one was jumping up and down and screaming, "Buy me!"

In bottle: Lots of juicy orange. I'm leery of the citrus scents, not because they're not great but because they disappear on me.

On skin: Blast of orange, but almost immediately followed by a soft creamy YUM. I'm leery of the "creamy" scents too, because they sometimes go sour (Milk Moon, grr), but the citrus keeps it from doing so.

Half-hour later: Dead ringer for Alice, creamy roses, with an added teeny bit of orange. Alice is one of my all-time favorites, it's a great comfort scent that I'll put on at any time. I can't say enough nice things about this; it's a creamy soft floral, it lasts forever, it's calming and peaceful.

In conclusion: Lovely and wonderful

I love these new graphics on all the bottles! I liked the labels before, gothic and austere, but these are wackier and have more of a sense of humor.

In bottle: creamy butterscotch, yum!

On skin: instead of white wedding cake or pink cupcakes, I get more of a darker spiced cake.

Half-hour later: there's more cinnamon, but just a touch. It's not toothache sweet, and it's not too waxy or fake.

In conclusion: I didn't necessarily want to walk around smelling like a giant cupcake, but this acts like a variation on a foody scent -- not dead-on food, but reminds me of food (if that makes any sense ). I'm glad to have a bottle!

In bottle: more Jack-like bread. I know, I'm weird.

On skin: wow, another serious morpher. Like PP#1 and 3, it smells nothing like in the bottle. Greeny green green, but not "forest" with pine or juniper (which end up as men's cologne on me). Clean, but no detergent/soapy smell. I really like what must be the English ivy, it's a nice change over the more common grass or leaves or moss scents.

Half-hour later: this has barely changed. This is the least "foody" of the 5 on me, as I get no "baking bread," just more greenery.

In conclusion: I was really surprised by this one, it doesn't seem to fit in with the other 4.

In bottle: more Jack-type buttered bread, but a little more smoky.

On skin: lots of woods, but not incensey like I hoped.

Half-hour later: the "bread" note is peeking out more, but not overpowering.

In conclusion: As you can see from the bare-bones review, this was the hardest for me to pin down. I just couldn't put my finger (nose?) down on anything specific. It wasn't a standout for me; more of a generic "woody" scent with a little bit of baking bread in the background. I wish I got what other people were getting with this one; this would be #5 favorite out of the 5.

In bottle: more foody Jack-like bread. I must be crazy, but when I got an imp of Jack, I wrote down "buttered rum bread." I know that doesn't exist, but that's all I think of with these pumpkin scents. Why does it come out like bread on me?

On skin: Yum! Totally different, really tart fruity fruit fruit. The "buttered rum bread" is lurking in the background, but only to keep it from veering into Froot Loops territory.

Half-hour later: not much morph, still tart fruit over bread, like jelly on toast.

Of the 5, this one is my favorite.

PP#2 was the one I was most looking forward to.

In bottle: yep, there's the cocoa. PP#1 was very buttery and Jack-like in the bottle, and this is nothing like it.

On skin: hey! Where'd the cocoa go? It's a weird chemical smell. I am a huge fan of Centzon Totochtin and Dia de los Muertos, both of which have a nice dry unprocessed chocolate/cocoa tinge. This isn't here, and neither is the hazelnut and walnut.

Half-hour later: oh goody, there's the cocoa I like. No nuts though, that I can tell. This definitely mellowed out to a very nice blend; not so much "chocolate" or "foody" but very sweet and pretty. This one is the longest-lasting of the 5 too; hours later it's still close to the skin and nice.

In conclusion: PP#2 is #2 of the five, especially the way it ends up.

I was looking forward to PP#1, as I luuuuv appley cider.

In bottle: strong butter. This is kinda what Jack smells like on me, which I'm not a huge fan of.

Wet on skin: WOW! Totally different from the bottle -- strong apple cider.

Half-hour later: it's matured to less-sweet mulling spices. The foody bread-like undertone from the bottle has reappeared, but is a step away from Jack.

In conclusion: very interesting and complicated. A great autumn blend!

I discovered the BPAL site in September '04, placed an order, and right after that Carnivale and a bunch of other scents were discontinued. So upon re-release, I ordered a bottle for the novelty and I liked the name, description, and now-ex-HBO show (RIP, weird show! I'll miss you!).

In bottle: sweet Bubble Yum gum.

On skin: sweet and spicy! I'm such a foodie. The spiciness might be the carnation, as other more attuned reviewers have pointed out.

Half-hour later: more cinnamon, like a fruitier Yuletide (which was Big Red gum on me). Like my feelings for Yuletide, I don't know if I want to smell like gum. It's not very strong, though, and disappears quickly so I end up missing it anyway.

In conclusion: not a bottle I'm grabbing every day, but more of a "jolt" of carnie weirdness in combination with whatever else I'm wearing. Plus it'll be very nice in a linen spray or the oil burner.

Numb arrived at the perfect time, as we are having one last blast of hairdryer-in-your-face heat here; it's been 100 every day this week. Why won't autumn come?

In bottle: very sharp tingly astringent. No florals or mint, or anything resembling icy coolness; it's more like a toner to wash your face. Phoo!

On skin: WOW! This smells nothing like in the bottle. It's a sugary floral, sweet and sparkly. I do not consider myself a florals gal (Marie's rosey violets gave me a splitting headache) but this is very pretty.

Half-hour later: this has stayed true, barely morphing into a non-soapy, slightly fluffy powder. I like the powdery drydown in general though, so fine with me!

In conclusion: yet another fun surprise! I won't be grabbing this to wear every day, but hopefully it'll turn into a nice linen spray too.

I was realizing, after many Lunacy blends, I still don't have any idea what "lunar oils" are. I have several favorites (Wolf, Chaste, Honey) and they all smell different from each other and I can't catch any similarities. Anyway...

In bottle: sparkly, like Storm Moon. Storm went all laundry detergent on me, so we'll see about this.

Wet on skin: still sparkly and tingly, but instead of detergent there's a complexity, like Wolf Moon. It must be the "forest herbs." I don't think this is the musk, which I picture as very masculine and heavy. This is light, clean and refreshing.

Half-hour later: no morphing into anything else, which is more unusual for my skin. Sometimes the blends are morphing all over the place, annoying the cats. But this is still very crisp and clean with no accompanying soap.

In conclusion: I took a chance on ordering this, which I feared would be too masculine, but butter my butt and call me a biscuit! I'm glad for the bottle.