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Very sweet dry, almost cough-syrup sweet! Most pleasant when wet with an herbal tinge that moderates the sweetness. Very dark smelling. Glad I have an imp!!

This was a wonderful frimp from a forumite! I get a very wet ozone smell straight from the imp and on my arm. When it dries the perfume of flower and grass and a dusty layer of sandalwood come through as well. Fabulous!!

This is fantastic! On wet it almost had a Doc Constantine edge to it. Later a dry, leathery spiced scent filled my twitching nostrils with strongly thrown deliciousness. Seriously. This has one of the best throws I've had with the Carnaval so far other than Gennivre. ....yep, gonna need a bottle...

 

 

edited because you don't need to see the notes listed again. I need to quit sniffing my wrist and start watching my computer screen

How does BPAL do it? I usually loathe commercial rose scents as completely anti-sex This is great though! Sexy, feminine and not too sweet with those lovely Victorian spices.

CMLXXX - I was recently frimped my first Chaos Theory. I didn't get a bit of gin off this as another reviewer described and I loves me the booze Instead I got cloying jasmine and other light flowers with a hint of slightly nauseating...bubblegum? Not for me at all!

 

 

(edited after I saw CT review format)

 

Previously reviewed by Champagne.

This is fantastic! Perfectly represents the straight-laced (most of the time) Aziraphale. I get pretty much what the lab scent describes - a light musk with a background like a grove of birch trees. Made me think of wandering through a yellow leaved forest while reading an old incense covered tome. Perfect!

I can't believe I never reviewed this! This was one of my very first imps (a frimp from the lab, I think). It is a warm, sexy, slightly fruity blend on me. Nice!

hehehehehehe I love cucumber! That being said, I overdosed on cucumber scents a few years ago due to a disaster of a bridal shower thrown by my mother-in-law where every single one of her friends brought me cucumber-melon Bath and Bodyworks crap. I had loads of the stuff and managed to get pretty sick of one of my favorite scent flavors.

 

BUT! This is completely different! fresh and invigorating and not overly sweet. Amazing!! I regain my love of the cucumber! Huzzah BPAL

This was a drier, lighter rose scent than the usual BPAL blends. I liked it! Pretty subtle.

This is quite a morpher on me! It started out as nose wrinkling herby, dirty snow. Now that it's been dry for about an hour there is an absolutely lovely blend of orchid and pastry in a Golden-purple glow. Wow! I'm torn now, because I was originally thinking "get ye to the swaps pile!" and now I'm not so sure...

 

Quck edit to add husband's reaction: "You smell BAD!" Such a philistine when it comes to the BPAL

What a great fall scent! I wore this all yesterday and it lasted a good long time with decent throw. The apple cider is prominent, but a bitter orange peel scent predominates when dry. I really enjoyed this one! Not too sweet, pretty bitter but very fall-ish

I'm not getting much vetiver either, but I still love Stormhold I agree with the "Seattle" description. Ozone, damp, stone, and a sweetness that could be the moss. Very nice!

I do indeed get freshly shaven pencil once it's dried. Hm...graphite! I hope some of the delightful dirty root-ness of the wet stage comes back. I'm wearing this to bed so I wonder what kind of dreams I'll have - seems like a good oil to inspire some kooky ones

This is another great one - I need to try more of these Grindhouse ladies! Lots of vanilla and some coconut, but not overpoweringly sweet. Very well tempered by the musk and tobacco. Gorgeous!

I love this one as much as I do the picture! I expected to love the patchouli and bergamot notes, but what made it really sparkle was the currant. I need a bottle of this!

Hellooooo Grapefruit!! Wow! This knocked my socks off when I applied it this morning. I hadn't read the description and was expecting incense for some reason. Not so! Citrus, citrus, citrus. I like it very much and it did settle down after several minutes. Refreshing and clean smelling.

I really wanted to like this one And I DID like it wet. A tangy scent of herbs and something almost like juniper. It's just that it faded so very quickly...one moment there, then *poof* !

 

I think I'll hold onto it and see if it gets better.

This is sharp and green just like the dandelion and clover listed. Also sweet and very invigorating. Strangely it turns into something almost aquatic after a few hours. Might be the soapiness I've seen in a few reviews. I think I need a bottle

This one came as a frimp from a kind swapper. It is MUCH appreciated because I loves me the grass scents!! This is sweet, fresh, and springy. Grassy with a really nice floral I don't think I've run across before - must be the tulip. This is definitely a keeper, I love wearing flowery scents to sleep in

I'm not sure why some aquatics work great on me (Captain Jack, Cthulhu, The Phoenix) and some just don't. This one is leaning towards the Not Work category It turns powdery and a little sneeze inducing. Although I do like the hints of greenery underneath that round this out a bit. I'll just have to hope that as it dries down those elements mix a little more.

This is the hit of the Sleepy Hollow Halloweenies so far! I love this one I get just about every note loud and clear except for the "distant" church incense. It's thick and dark, but far more wearable than Shattered Pumpkin on me. Reminds me a bit of Ligur which I also love! Lasts a decent amount of time too.

Woah! This scent is like thick, black sap covering a pumpkin rolled around in some dirt in the dead of night. So pretty accurate to the story! I don't get as much leather as I would like, but it's one I'll keep for its fun as an interesting scent picture. Not a foody pumpkin at all, by the way!

I'm not sure how to describe this one. I get light incense and spice as well as light wafts of florals and tobacco. There's something else that is very strange smelling when wet (copal?) that disappears when dry. Overall I like this scent a lot! It's a a dusty sweet, light brown scent. Ooh! the rose is appearing, but just peeking out not rearing its dominant head like it usually does. Glad I have a partial bottle!

Mmm this is so delicious smelling! Not overly foody, but very "apples picked in an orchard and crushed for their juice" smelling. I'm very glad I was frimped a sniffie of this one! It lasts a long time too

I couldn't decide if I liked this one or not It's very spicy on me but somehow sort of milky(?) at the same time. Didn't last very long, unfortunately. I love most of the Gaimans so I think I'll hold onto this and try again at a later date.

 

 

Edit: Long after application the creaminess of this one came out even more. Very strange - but I like it! I think.