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ooooooooh, mmmmmm! got this as a freebie in a swap! i have added some everclear & made it into a *lovely* spray perfume. i wasn't expecting much, and wasn't in a hurry to try this one, but so pleasantly surprised! smells to me like amber with a very soft flower (and i dislike flowers) and possibly a hint o' vanilla or a fruit that sweetens it up nicely. what a nice surprise! kinda like O without the sweet factor? and i looove my O!

ok, here's what i got: plastic dollheads swirled with chocolate chip mint ice cream. an icky, plasticy-mint smell. i only wish i was kidding. i was dying for this when i read the reviews! where's the rum? the cocoa?? *ugh*

why is it i bring out the flower in a blend, even if it's the most miniscule drop?? i was *panting* for this-- fig, candied fig, tonka, patchouli.....whatever. i am so utterly disappointed. to wait for 2 months & get yet another imp of flowers, *UGH* WHY CAN'T I FIND A NICE FIG?? CAN ANYONE TELL ME???

mmmm...PEACHES! this is some of the best & only stuff from BPAL the boyfriend likes. and i agree whole-heartedly that it is simply gorgeous. a perfect summer scent (a little light for winter & not enough warmth). it reminds me a bit of ebba's miss marisa, only without a minty aspect. very nice & peachy in a lovely, not syrupy sweet way. possibly a slight bit of floral-- and i don't like florals, but this is an amazing scent. i thought i smelled an errant bit of anise? it gets a 10 from me!

hmmm... this was a freebie from the lab & i tried it without doing any research. i smelled juicy fruit gum. and then maybe some soft grapefruit without too much tart. it seemed to get away from me at some point within the hour, so i will try it again & edit. wet on my arm it was lovely. i am a massage therapist & work with lavender oil on a daily basis & wouldn't have guessed this had *any* lavender in it!

three words-- eau. de. headshop. i didn't get any fig, currant or anything else that wasn't incense, patchouli...whatever. again, smelled like a headshop. great for some, not for me.

nothing that hasn't already been said about HECATE, but PURE ALMOND EXTRACT. nice in theory....uh, not so nice on my arm? smelling a little clove as it dries down. where's the butter? i was really excited about this. not bad, though nothing i will be purchasing a bigger bottle of.

well, i have to say this was a *HUGE* disappointment. it wasn't horrible; not even bad...yet, just not what i was hoping. i'm assuming that was the cubeb, cuz i sure didn't smell any of the components that i recognized (chocolate, fig, walnut...) or it could've been the juniper berry...it was a tad forest-y. nice, but not great. *sigh* i was soooo let down

floral, flowers & more flowers. this has almost nothing else to it. if i inhale reaaally deeply, i can barely detect suntan lotion. beware, if you don't like florals, as i don't, it is a screaming floral nightmare. i actually ordered this, thinking it was, as most stated, hazelnut & coconut. <<<<now, to me, that sounds like a little slice o' heaven. sure stinks to wait 2 months for something that doesn't work out.

though i have not been, to me this smells like a morrocan outdoor market might. somewhat peppery, spicy, sweet (vanilla?)& really lovely, but alas, after 2 very liberal applications (almost the entire imp) i could NOT get it to stick around, much less *waft* which is a necessary element for me in a scent.

whoa-- hoping for "chocolate, red wine, honey".....got: flowers, floral, flowery....

the total & complete opposite of what i was hoping for & expecting. must. wash. off. now.....

just read the reviews....do i have the right vial?????????

though certainly not offensive, i didn't find H'WOOD BABYLON to be anything exciting. definitely a fruity, clovey scent. then i read that it was cherry & incense. that's about right. doesn't morph much, or hold my interest. not one of the best, surely not one of the worst.

i tested this without looking at the reviews. i realized i had ordered an imp of this from the lab, but recieved it in swap before recieving my lab order. so i knew i wanted this, but couldn't recall why/what was in it.

ok, in the vial & first on me while wet: CHOCOLATE MELON FIG? there was something i was VERY familiiar with but yet couldn't place. then as it dried, CANDY APPLES?! i broke down & reviewed the hesperides: APPLES, indeed!!!

this is sooo damn delicious i don't ever want it to go away! (yet as i write this, it is quickly going away, after only 5 minutes...) so weird, in a million years, if you told me i'd like an apple perfume, i'd say go flush yer head, but this isn't your B&BW artificial-candy-sweet apple, it's smells the way a very ripe pie-making apple tastes (i got no crisp or tart). and it makes my mouth water, without being overly foodie.

this is the BOMB. like a magic potion & I LOVE IT!! :wub

i would call zephyr a pale yellow scent. it was quite lemony at first whiff, but on the drydown, just lemony soap. i wasn't impressed, but i got this as an extra in a swap & didn't think i would like this earlier from reviews, to be fair. i thought it was actually very uni-sex.

without having read the reviews: in the bottle, THE QUEEN smells plummy; wet on my forearm it smells plummy, but with some musky feel, or something that darkens & keeps it from being "plum lite." it's really lovely, and now that i have read the description, i can detect blackberries. as for cyclamen, pear blossoms, etc....mmmm...if you say so, but whatever it is, it is no less than DIVINE. a perfect compliment, and very similar i might say, to his majesty THE KING. so happy i took a stab & got a 5ml!

this is a very pretty, warm vanilla spiced scent. similar to O (without the powder) and snake oil. all very pretty, but no need for 3 of nearly the same thing!

ADDED Feb. 23:

mmmm...butter! weirdly enough, it is one of my favorite things to smell like! i found this to be very rummy, buttery & pretty-- womanly, not pretty-girly. a very grown-up scent, yet with a sweet kick to it. like buttered obsession, which was my thing back in 9th grade! love this-- but O & snake oil are so similar, i can't justify running off & ordering one immediately, as there are so many other BPALs i simply enjoy more.

hmmm, this smells like the color brown, amber brown. am i the only one that thinks this is a dead ringer for O without the powdery dry down? i tried without reading the reviews first. funny, i smelled things that were *not* in the scent description (cumin, butter), and never would have guessed at what *was* actually in it. i do like it, but since i find it so similar to snake oil & O, which i have 5 mls of, i won't be getting a bottle o' this. it is warm, comforting & unusual (i have never smelled poison, that i know of). it's good stuff. definitely not for the "clean, green" crowd, in my opinion.

i am clearly in the minority here, and i have to say, i am a foodie/gourmand type, but this was like headshop central. very incense-y, only the die-hard could possibly wear this. i found it very strong & disconcerting. like old lady perfume mixed with incense. horrible. CANNOT wash this off fast enough.

um, i may have gotten a "funny" batch, but i got full-on butter while wet, then a slight spice a minute later, now just woods. spicy woods. a bit like old spice after shave. no boozy, no almonds, no buttercream. shame, as i love all three!

well, i tried without reviewing first, as i tend to do with extras from swapping, and this smelled like lemons when wet-- very much like the prescriptives fragrance "calyx." and maybe something balsam-y (not sure if i'm using the right word there). after just a few minutes, it turned very piney/christmas wreath-y. i don't like it, but i am more a foody/gourmand girl.

this is the mother of all florals-- a really bad, bad thing for me. i agree with jazziecazzie (descention, party of two...) except i smell no plum. i tried it having read no reviews, as it was an extra in the swaps. this was floral from the get-go. now 10 minutes into it, i'm smelling a slight (ever so slight) trace of something fruity, but it is a dead ringer for those cheap body splashes from victoria's secret/ bath & body works. just far to floral. unless, of course, that's your thing, but it sure ain't mine!

i hadn't read the reviews & tried to guess, as it was an extra in a swap. EEEW. eucalyptus...vicks vapor rub....black licorice?? ICK-- repellent!! certainly not my thing as i am a big foodie/gourmand girl, but so super masculine, i could not imagine even the most *don't-mess-with-me* biatch getting away with it! even on a man, i would find this repellent, but to each his own....

ETA: ok, maybe not so bad on a man, perhaps a really hot one??

in the vial, this has a lovely straightforward fruity smell. however, on me bastet smelled like fruit & opium/obsession. after a while, this was aaaaalllllll obsession, all the time. like haunted without the baby powder finish. ok, a tad old-lady-ish...maybe just toooo sophisticated for my taste, as i am not into "perfumey" at all.

i have to say up front that i am not usually a fan of this type (angel is the only heavy oriental i like), but got this as an extra in a swap. in the vial it smelled lovely, fruity or yellow? but wet on my forearm it almost instantly turned cinnamon-y...then like an opium/obsession clone and after about 10 minutes or so, was the "grown-up baby powder" that so many BPAL oils morph into. if the idea of big red chewing gum mixed with baby powder does it for you, you have indeed found your holy grail.

boy, do i feel gyped! it says dragon's milk on the BPAL label, but it is a VERY floral-florally floral. there isn't a drop of anything anyone has mentioned in the vial i recieved. no cherry(or fruit) no vanilla, and definitely no spicey/resin/incensey/smokey AT ALL. i am really bummed. i musy have gotten one of those *fuck-ups* there is NO WAY this is DB from the reviews.