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WTF?!?!? how can I not have done a review for this! INCONCIEVABLE! This was my birthday moon so that made me have to get it even more than the fact that it is strawberry! Originally when I first got my bottle it was the truest strawberry I have ever smelled in a product. Wild and fresh strawberry with the green grass and a little bit of the sap.....OMG so good! I really slathered this about during the summer and I still have almost a whole bottle left. Now when I open it to smell its the reverse! all green grass and sap with a hint of the strawberry. I'm not sure what its like on now as I havent worn it in awhile (I like to preserve this for summertime) but I'm sure its still delicious.

I've had this since it came out last year and now when I open the bottle it smells kind of like sour chocolate. When I do wear it (which is rare) its all white chocolate marshmallow, there is no coconut to speak of. It does make me feel warm and fuzzy though when I use it. I don't tend to use it much because the throw is SUPER STRONG and can be a little much for my co-workers. But it's the only one of my chocolates from last valentines day that I can't bear to part with so I'll keep it.

This is freakin' fabulous. A seaweed smell I can wear besides anything with the word Cthulu in it makes me happy. The mint is subtle but the honey, DAMN! for some reason anything with honey sticks to me for hours upon hours. I am going to have this bottle forever because one drop lasts all day on me. Definately something you have to commit to. However, even if it didn't smell good on me I would keep it anyway just for the label

I wanted to love Crimson Christmas on my skin but all I get is gas station bathroom air freshner smell!!! nooooo!!!! Oh well you can't win 'em all. I do however love this for the concept of it and eventually will get around to diffusing it to see what happens to it then. Hopefully NOT gas station bathroom air freshner smell!

I actually tried really hard to not like this purely because everyone around me has it and wears it constantly but I eventually caved and got my own bottle because its just that damn good. I get TONS of compliments when I wear this and often put it in my scent locket, that way the ginger and the apricot have a chance to make their presence known. When its on my skin its all tonka creaminess. Its an all around warm, rich and inviting scent. There is nothing sinister about this at all.

Hands down on the sexiest smells I have worn. Bottle worthy, swoon worthy, everything worthy! smoky and sweet like the scent of creme brule being burnt, you know when they hold the flame thingy over it and stuff? ok that's a bad description but its so good I can't think straight.

I love Snow, Glass, Apples so much..... Originally I was given a decant of this by Ravenfeathers and I treasured that tiny thing like it was a million dollars in a vial. But now I was lucky enough to swap with aother awsome forumite for a whole bottle and now I treasure that like its The One Ring. In the bottle, its cool melon and tangy apple. I love that this totally smells like granny smith apples and you can tell thats what it is. Those are the only kind of apples I like to eat so only fitting that I should wear them On my skin it's cold, yes actually cold! green apple slices! white musk! yumyumyumyum sooooooo fricken good. Other words kind of fail me to desrcibe this. Amazing label and the blue bottle makes it seem so much more precious than others (don't worry little amber bottles I still adore you!). I am going to rock this in the summer alot. Probably while watching True Blood

This was one of the first bottles I ever bought once we got Bpal at the store. I wore it a couple of times, but I have been ignoring it for a while since I have started building my collection. Yesterday I pulled it out of the box and put some on just to see if it still smelled awsome and OMG Dorian aged is strong, sweet, sexy musk with vanilla and some lavender underneath. Throw like woah ( hahaha) and it stays on for a while, even though I keep slathering just so I can bury my head in my arms. This is the second day in a row I have worn it and I think I am going to be a Dorian kick for awhile. I made a list of black phoenix smells for my friend who makes the coffee drinks at the cafe in our store and when he was reading it he was like "I really like how this paper smells" LOL! Dorian FTW.

I thought I had already done a review for this, but apparently not! I was not obsessively into BPAL the first time this came around so I am doing this review for the 2009 version. In bottle: smells like clean linens/freshly washed laundry. Wet: clean laundry mixed with slightly musky vanilla. Dry: This is very pretty. The vanilla is primarily what I smell although the cognac makes an appearance here and there which isnt bad. I reapply this often as the throw is not as strong as what I usually like but in any event, I am very glad I got some of the precious Black Lace!

Look at us east coasters go with the first reviews! Immediately opening the bottle I get salty chocolate, like the kind you can buy in bars now. It's got a touch of musky-smokey incense going on as well. When slathered all over my arms, it's that same sea smell that Jolly Roger has mixed in with all the other stuff described above. Damn this is good!!! It can even smell a little lemony after a bit but all in all I am so glad I jumped on this. Totally gonna age my other bottle to see what happens. Also this would smell AMAZING on a guy

And I second this!

Damn, these Burlesque chicks don't fuck around Honestly, I was unsure when I smelled this in the bottle if I would like it or not. The oil is super thick, almost like motor oil. This kind of freaked me out and I abstained from putting it on for a couple weeks. Then one day as I was getting ready for work and putting on my Resurrection tshirt, I felt it necessary to bust out the Troupe. This stuff is amazing. It is the muskiest of muskiest musks. With chocolate. Dark ass chocolate. I felt like I could rule the work with this on. And no customers gave me a hard time all day, which never happens. This is one to be treasured thats for sure. Initiate yourself into the Black Temple, you will not regret it!

Hmmmm...musky apple peaches at first. I do catch whiffs of the tuberose as it dried down. Smells sweet and light on my wrists but heady on the inside of my arms. This has the potential to smell like shampoo but it doesn't go that route on me. Flora is a very mixed bag. It reminds me of visiting my aunts and uncles in south Carolina. It's a warm summer wind with traces of fruits and flowers in the air...I like it the way it is now and I'm sure I will like it even more when it ages.

Definately smells dusty...and the leaves are bone dry and crackely (not sure if this is a real word or not). I can barely smell this after it dries down. My decant will be loved but not progressing to a bottle.

"Its the Pancake Breakfast Ron. We do it every Sunday". In my treasured decant, it smells like pure maple syrup and fresh Denny's pancakes. I have yet to really slather this about but the tiny drop on put on my hand now smells like pancake vapors wafting off the plate and syrup with a slight tinge of berry. This is not overly foody on me (I wouldnt care if it was cause I love ultra foody) but it still smells like the hangover cure breakfast of my past, present and future And it makes me think of Anchorman. Hence the quote above.

I swapped for this and I love it! this is very different from stuff that I normally wear but I am trying to branch onto other areas of smellies. In the bottle its spicy and herbaly. Kind of medicinal herbal without that ACK! factor. Smells a little minty too. On I get mint, some greenery and a hint of sweetness. Where GC Cthulu is like cool clean Irish Spring soap on me, this is soft and fresh. Velvety indeed! I never get the wasabi. I was kinda of hoping I would just to see what it would smell like on my skin. Velvet Cthulu and I are friends.

Wow. Instant . All musky and sweet sugar plums all the time. There is no flowers that I can detect. Only nommy plums.

Nooooo!! I wanted this to be yummy on me and instead it smells like funky, stale peppermint candy bleh. Gonna have to swap this. I'm so sad! I so rarely get BPALS that don't work on me that this makes it that much more dissapointing. Oh well, you can't win them all.

I was surprised how much I ended up liking Hand of Glory! who knew saltpeter could smell so scrumptious....ok really all joking aside.... I get no leather at all. It's sweet and spicy beeswax that stays on for hours and hours. I think the nutmeg and sandalwood mixed together give it a semi-mustiness as well. It's a beautiful scent.

Having recieved my bottle of Gingerbread Poppet '07 in the mail today, I slathered this on because I have been highly anticipating this one! Yeaaah, this is HELLA good!!!! It's like Butter Rum Cookie (sans the rum) and Pickled Imp smashed into each other, which of course is impossible since GP came before those two, but still.... After awhile it becomes a soft spice that stays close to the skin. I'm going to use this in my scent locket constantly this winter. If you like spicy and a twinge of foody, seek this out!

I had to google what Cubeb is and its a kind of pepper. Which would explain the spicyness that mixes in with the lemony-est lemon I have yet to smell in any bpal. It was almost too much for me to wear but then after 15 minutes or so it turned it straight up sweet honey. Intense honey. I even put Black Temple Burlesque Troop over it and can still only smell the honey. That was hours ago too. Crib Girls is interesting. I wonder what it will smell like in a couple months after it's mellowed a bit...

This is soft and lovely. It's comparable to The Rose in the Marchen series, but without the greenery of the leaves and stems. The word velvety definately applies to Peacock Queen. I love the label art too!

Mmmmmm! Milk chocolate! Cinnamon! Sugar! I don't get any coffee but that's ok, it still smells like I could eat pieces of my wrists.

So stoked to finally have a bottle if this. In the bottle: warm, wafting magnolia peach waves... Wet: the magnolia of my dreams! Damn! These are magnolias with a purpose. This puts any other crap perfume that tries to emulate magnolia (yeah I'm talking about you bath and body works) to utter shame. The throw is so strong but it's awsome. Dry (about an hour later) just a faint touch of magnolia with musky peach being prominent. This is really a masterpiece in my opinion. Definately a smell worthy of New Orleans

Oh wow. Warm, milky egg nogg in the bottle. Creamy, sweet and faintly spiced on my wrists. This makes me want to snuggle under many blankets. I sigh with delicious goodness filling my brain.