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Wet: dusty apples
On skin: apples and dusty hay, very outdoorsy
Half-hour later: oats sweetened with apples
In conclusion: I liked the apples & hay, it smelled like a walk outside a stable. Later it smelled like I fell in the feed trough, which I didn't enjoy as much. I can't argue with the description though, it was spot-on!
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Wet: phoo, acetone! Nail polish remover is a bad start
On skin: blast of stinky chemical, then what a change! There's the tang of booze and dirt of barley, but everything's melting together into a sweet fizziness, like a lemon cola
Half-hour later: it's fading fast, but I still get lemon and powder (?)
In conclusion: this was a weird one, it's so lemon-citrussy on me. I've been ordering bourbon sours lately and it smells like those taste. Nothing at all like I expected, much sweeter and lighter.
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Wet: fairly strong rose essence
On skin: beautiful light rose
Half-hour later: the rose has sweetened up a bit; no cream standing out
In conclusion: I have an imp of the White Rose SN so of course I was looking forward to trying a "honeyed cream" version. Cream notes sometimes go "off" on me, but the pure loveliness of the soft rose and honey keeps the cream in check. This is a beautiful blend!
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Wet: spicy orange
On skin: apple cider, warm and delicious
Half-hour later: cider that's gone slightly bitter (from the smoke or leather, I'm not sure)
In conclusion: this is a yummy cider scent, but fairly generic. I liked To Autumn as the "cider with a twist of weird" much more.
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Wet: sweetened roses
On skin: dusty light roses, sweetened with a bit of cactus juice
Half-hour later: the distinctive tobacco of Hellfire has appeared, but it's lightened and diffused with the dusty roses
In conclusion: this is a delicious and unique blend, and I already have a bottle winging its way to me. I really like this one
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Wet: sweet smoke (?)
On skin: cidery apples, yum!
Half-hour later: the cider apples are rolling through the woods
In conclusion: this is like Punkie Night and Hex '05 rolled into one. The delicious apples mixing with the dark woods is wonderful.
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Wet: Storm Moony ozone
On skin: blast of ozone with a bloop of resin
Half-hour later: not much morph, soapy light ozone floating above resiney incense
In conclusion: I liked this a lot more than I thought I would; reminds me of the Cracked Bell. The incense and "chilly night air" is a good combo. Probably not bottle-worthy but I'm definitely keeping the decant.
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Wet: strawberry syrup
On skin: sugar jolt, with a teeny hint of the "burnt sugar" of Sugar Skull
Half-hour later: almost gone! A bit of the blue sugar and strawberry remains
In conclusion: others have mentioned Sugar Moon and I agree, especially the wispy ending. Cute description too!
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Wet: water with a bit of chlorine
On skin: watery pumpkin
Half-hour later: the soft dusty leather that I love is there, but that and the sweet cakey pumpkin are being smooshed by a giant glob of pine tar
In conclusion: while most of the pumpkin blends are too foody for me, this one was an interesting morpher. If it had another element other than the pine pitch, this would be bottle-worthy.
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Wet: faint cologne
On skin: spice!
Half-hour later: this smells "rooty" with the tobacco and High John, more like a voodoo blend
In conclusion: this wasn't as masculine as I feared from the bay rum and tobacco. While I could wear this occasionally, this would smell AMAZING on a guy, so I'll keep an eye out for some for my husband. Love the backstory and fun to try!
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Among these the most formidable was a burly, roaring, roystering blade, of the name of Abraham, or, according to the Dutch abbreviation, Brom Van Brunt, the hero of the country round, which rang with his feats of strength and hardihood. He was broad-shouldered and double-jointed, with short curly black hair, and a bluff, but not unpleasant countenance, having a mingled air of fun and arrogance. From his Herculean frame and great powers of limb, he had received the nickname of BROM BONES, by which he was universally known. He was famed for great knowledge and skill in horsemanship, being as dexterous on horseback as a Tartar.
He was foremost at all races and cock-fights; and, with the ascendancy which bodily strength acquires in rustic life, was the umpire in all disputes, setting his hat on one side, and giving his decisions with an air and tone admitting of no gainsay or appeal. He was always ready for either a fight or a frolic; but had more mischief than ill-will in his composition; and, with all his overbearing roughness, there was a strong dash of waggish good humor at bottom. He had three or four boon companions, who regarded him as their model, and at the head of whom he scoured the country, attending every scene of feud or merriment for miles round. In cold weather he was distinguished by a fur cap, surmounted with a flaunting fox's tail; and when the folks at a country gathering descried this well-known crest at a distance, whisking about among a squad of hard riders, they always stood by for a squall. Sometimes his crew would be heard dashing along past the farmhouses at midnight, with whoop and halloo, like a troop of Don Cossacks; and the old dames, startled out of their sleep, would listen for a moment till the hurry-scurry had clattered by, and then exclaim, "Ay, there goes Brom Bones and his gang!" The neighbors looked upon him with a mixture of awe, admiration, and good will; and when any madcap prank, or rustic brawl, occurred in the vicinity, always shook their heads, and warranted Brom Bones was at the bottom of it.
The butchest, manliest of musks covered in well-worn leather.In bottle: sweet dusky leather
On skin: woo, there's a blast of swarthy musk, but it's tempered by the dry slightly-sweet leather
Half-hour later: pretty much the same, the smutty musk anchoring the dry leather
In conclusion: the simple ingredients of dark musk and sweet dusty leather make an awesome combination. The musk isn't too masculine on me either; it's deep and dreamy. This ends up as an acceptable dupe of Dead Man's Hand, one of my favorite uniquely-BPAL blends. I knew I'd love this one!
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In bottle: sweet dust
On skin: lots of resins and dust (myrrh is quite dusty on me)
Half-hour later: a bit softer and sweeter with rose, but this isn't the all-encompassing BPAL Rose that I'm used to in other blends; this is subtle and deferential to the resins
In conclusion: I love me a good resin blend, especially without any accompanying wood notes (which end up too sharp). This is like the opposite of Parlement of Foules, which is lots of soft rose with barely any resin. Serene and lovely.
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In bottle: fruit tartlet
On skin: blueberry and tangy ginger, not too sugary sweet
Half-hour later: the fruit has mellowed with the creamy vanilla. The green tea is strong too, bright and vivacious
In conclusion: blueberry is a new ingredient for me to try, and it fits well with my love for the "dark fruit" blends. This isn't all candy-sweet, but a more grown-up blend with the tea and vanilla. Kooky concept with a delicious result.
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In bottle: sweet green pine
On skin: lots of outdoor greenery with bits of bark. I like the fresh green fir, as opposed to pine which end up as masculine dark cologne
Half-hour later: the greenery sure likes hanging around, but there's a creamy incense warming nearby
In conclusion: I didn't buy this when it was initially released, as I have a bottle of Hexennacht 2005 which is awesome and how could this new version compete? Hex '05 is all sweet smoky goodness, and Hex '08 is very green in comparison. This is enjoyable in its own right however, especially the ending, and I'm glad I finally tried it.
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In bottle: barely-there red wine
On skin: mmm, the red wine blooms, sweet and viscous
Half-hour later: the wine has turned bitter from the orange peel, with patchouli adding a bit of black dirt
In conclusion: I received a decant of Fortunato when this series was initially released way back when, thinking I'd love it. I didn't like how it ended, however, and gave the decant to my husband. He liked this one the most out of the imps/decants I've asked him to try over the years, so I recently bought him a bottle. It really does smell great on him!
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In bottle: barely-there pink perfume
On skin: blast of musky sweet incense
Half-hour later: pink and red and pink and red! The waft is dusty pink florals, but up close is smutty musk, sweetened by the black currant
In conclusion: red musk almost always works on me, so I had to try this one. I love the sweet incensey feel, with the flowers giving a feminine edge.
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In bottle: sweet wine
On skin: the wine has soured a bit, but has a sweet cocoa-like edge
Half-hour later: dustier wine with the oak and soft leather
In conclusion: this definitely has a "classic BPAL" feel to it, probably because it reminds me a lot of Wanda -- one of the first bottles I purchased and a favorite GC blend. I appreciate that this leather isn't the shiny black stuff, but duskier and milder. A beautiful sweet wine blend.
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In bottle: light floral
On skin: sweet and almost foody florals like one of the Asian blends, especially Tamamo-no-Mae
Half-hour later: the dark fruit has appeared, shyly peeking around the corner, and there's a slightly dusty woody base
In conclusion: I thought from the first few ingredients this would be a very fruity blend, and I'll take the dark fruit blends any day of the week. In this one the sugary flowers are the strongest on me, but I have hope that this will darken as it ages. Very pretty!
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You come to a building that seems to have been hastily erected from splintered wood, stone, and plaster. Flickering light from within sparkles out through blood-tinged chunks of glass that have been wedged into the arch entrance. You push open the thick velvet curtain that covers the mouth of the building and look inside. The chapel is small and cramped, and the air is thick with heavy incense, bitter wine, sulphur, and the coppery scent of blood. A massive stained glass window is set against the back wall, glowing brightly.
In the center of the room, a groveling figure is crouched before a woman draped in purple-black clerical robes. The woman's eyes are filled with righteous hellfire, and she extends a hand in benediction to the man who has fallen prostrate at her feet. He murmurs, "Libera Te Ex Caelum", and she gestures for him to rise. As he gets to his knees he winces in pain and moans in a strange expression of ecstasy, and you see small horns growing from his skull.
Black incense, bitter wine, brimstone, and blood.In bottle: gritty dirt
On skin: wowee, this is a dark blend. The incense is as black as charcoal, smoldering on a stone altar
Half-hour later: sweetens up a bit with the wine, but this is the scariest, spookiest wine blend I've ever tried
In conclusion: this blend sounded almost too dark for me, but I'm hypnotically lured by any wine blend. This one is a great combination of the sweeter wine with the pitch-black eeeevil. -
In bottle: fizzy cherry
On skin: watery cola
Half-hour later: drunken almonds! Almonds soaking in rum
In conclusion: this blend was like a boozier Port-au-Prince, almost medicinal with the extra alcohol. Port-au-Prince lasts forever on me, however, and Te Po disappears pretty quickly.
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In bottle: sharp lemon
On skin: coconutty citrus, like Tarot: The Star
Half-hour later: the coconut has gone from juicy meat to dry husk. Wood will amp on me like nobody's business, but any sharpness is tempered by the sweet sugary lemon
In conclusion: this is quite a morpher; I picture a tropical drink arriving in a hollowed-out coconut, and after the drink is gone you have the empty shell that's sticky from the booze and juice. I wish it would hang around more, but I'm glad I have a bottle to drunkenly slosh around.
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In bottle: creamy pineapple
On skin: sweet, creamy pineapple and coconut. Since we were just in Vegas I'm reminded of ambrosia, the omnipresent dessert in any decent buffet: pineapple and other fruit in mounds of whipped cream
Half-hour later: spicy boozy rum with coconut sweetness
In conclusion: this reminded me of Elegba, but the spice at the end gives an extra kick. Elegba went a bit plasticky at times, and Upa Upa seems to stay sweet & boozy enough to avoid that. Delicious without being too foody, a really fun blend!
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Do not smirk as a hearse goes by,
For you may be the next to die.
They wrap you up in a big white sheet
And throw you down six feet deep.
They put you in a big black box,
And cover you up with dirt and rocks.
All goes well for a week or two,
Then things start changing; all is new.
The worms crawl in, the worms crawl out,
The worms play pinochle on your snout.
A big green worm with rolling eyes,
Crawls in your stomach and out your eyes.
Til your blood turns mossy green
And oozes out like Devonshire cream.
Worm Moon marks the season of rains, when the worms scuttle forth, aerating the earth with their movements and enriching the soil by digesting waste in organic material, which creates organic fertilizer.
Since April is Black Phoenix's Month of Absurdity, we present a melding of Victorian Grotesquery and springtime fecundity: mold-crusted dirt, decomposing organic matter, coffin wood, drooping funeral flowers, congealed blood, gloomy lunar oils, cuckoo flower, and a gruesome burst of overripe red fruits.
Love the jaunty skeleton on the label!
In bottle: clean chlorinated dust
On skin: dusty white florals with a clear chlorine tang
Half-hour later: some watery fruit (like cranberries floating in a bog) has become stronger, but that and the flowers are just hanging out under that great "clean" dirt note
In conclusion: this is amazingly clean-smelling when the description is all rotting and decomposing. This blend ranks up there with Dead Man's Hand as something to experience, not just something to grab before work or going out. Amazing and unique! I really like this one. -
In bottle: sticky hard candy
On skin: sweet pomegranate with a dash of woody almost-cinnamon spice
Half-hour later: candy-red sweetness with a bit of dusty earth
In conclusion: pomegranate is one of my favorite notes; it's sweet without being over-the-top fruity. The additional "dirt" appearing from the reeds and barley is a really nice match for the sweet pomegranate and lotus. Another great pomegranate blend.
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Wet: woods & grass
On skin: green green fields, amazing!
Half-hour later: the fir is trying to bully its way in, but the field-greenery ain't havin' it
In conclusion: this blend is just so fresh and perky. I want my house to smell like this all the time!