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This was a puzzler for me in the bottle - a strong scent with lots of notes that I can't place. But, on me, over time it became the most incredible spiced apple. All harvest-y and autumn. I love it! I have a feeling this one will morph as it ages and I look forward to seeing what it becomes. Thank you Beth for such a lovely scent.

OMG Beans! BEANS!

 

My husband is laughing at me.

 

But he never had a garden. I grew up in the full midwestern garden experience. This like standing amid the bean poles and breathing in deep. I can smell the tomatoes off to the side and other greenery here and there. Also fresh dirt. (The dirt comes out stronger on me than it has some of the others who have posted.)

 

All thats missing is the soft bzzz of a fat bumblebee.

 

Oh my. I love this. Love, love love. This is a perfect scent for in the depth of winter, when everything is dead and cold. Open it up and smell magic.

 

BEANS!

This is a problem I seem to have with a number of scents. The ones I really like I now use in a scent locket and I have been deliriously happy with it.

I must nominate my favorite - Schwarzer Mond! I'm told this is more a male scent, but I really love it.

Thank you! Wow - is that the only cucumber one now?

Bumping this to see if anyone has any new recs. Surely since 2005...

 

I'm not likely to find Tulzscha, so I hope there's something.

I would second Czernoborg. Which was weird, but kept drawing me like a bad boyfriend. Also if you come across the ability to swap for the LE Shill, you might like that. It's smells like buttered popcorn.

I was very nervous about this after I ordered it - and then started reading reviews. I'm really not a florals girl.

 

Golden and warm indeed. The notes are very well integrated and hard to pick out. But the amber is definately there. The florals are too, but not in a way I don't like - if that makes any sense at all.

 

I'll be really interested in seeing what this does after it settles down from aging a bit. It doesn't have quite as much throw as I like.

I'm looking for a citrus aquatic.

 

Lightning is the zing of orange zest backed up by water for me.

 

Thank you, I'll have to check that out.

I'm looking for a citrus aquatic. I had this combo in a hotel shampoo (Wet at the TI in Las Vegas) and really liked it. Suggestions?

I don't really see Batman wearing perfume - too easy to get caught. But what would he smell like? Rubber, leather, dirt, and stone. With maybe a teeny bit of left over high end cologne that maybe Bruce didn't get entirely washed off.

Opium was my favorite scent in high school. I have to vote for Chrysanthemum Moon. Debauchery did not do it for me. Looking at things that don't smell precisely like Opium, but might appeal to an Opium fan I'd like to add Crowley and Stimulating Sassafrass Strenghener.

Remember that BPTP has a different Paypal address than BPAL, too. It's not just making two separate orders to BPAL's address.

 

 

Thank you for pointing that out. That would have been a problem.

I'm just getting into ordering via Paypal. Do I still make separate orders for BPAL and BPTP? How do I figure out shipping?

I like the pine blends like Old Moon and Knecht Ruprecht. They seem cooling to me. I'm also enjoying Gibbous Moon.

I was hoping for the pineapple scent of my dreams. Looks like I'm still searching.

In the bottle this had a kind of caramel spice smell.

On me it reminded me of Chimera - very cinnamon bun. I get a hint of fruit, but not quite what I wanted. I was walking back to the the bedroom thinking I would let this age a month and try again before before swapping when I noticed my wrist was itching. Then my husband said, "What happened to your neck?" Suddenly, I had huge, red, stinging welts where I had applied Upa Upa. Even after trying to wash it off with alcohol and a shower they are still there.

This stuff will have to go.

Tweedledee is close for me - but not quite. YMMV. It would be worth testing.

I decided to let this age a bit before reviewing.

 

In the bottle: herbal and green

 

On me: this is very blended. It's hard to pick out notes. Green, sweet, spicy. There's a fleeting hint of orange candy. (Okay - I know that makes no sense, but I smell it.) More like a bright, moss covered bridge than a nasty dank tunnel. Salty. I'd call this masculine, although I wear those scents too.

I didn't get cocoa. In the bottle it was straight up spiced coffee - which I liked. But on me the coffee turned plastic and the cinnamon ran roughshod over everthing. I was very disappointed. I have as yet to find a coffee that works for me.

Hello! I'm wondering if any of you have found a good BPAL approximation to Jo Malone's Orange Blossom or Nectarine Blossom & Honey colognes -- they're my two favorite fragrances but holy COW they're spendy.

 

Orange Blossom: orange blossom, neroli, water lily, honeysuckle, jasmine. The drydown is mostly a sort of heady jasmine. On the whole the scent is more floral than fruity.

 

Nectarine Blossom & Honey: clementine, peach, plum, honey, hint of blackcurrant. Mostly peachy but not cloyingly so on me; there's a vague almost soil-like note that keeps it grounded.

 

What I like about both of these is that they're neither too citrusy or sweet, nor are they incense-y or musky. I don't do well with incense-y or musky.

 

I've been poring over the forums and thus far am intrigued by Tweedledee, Hunger, Carnal, Cobra Lily, Akuma and Satan & Death with Sin Intervening. (That latter one I think I have to get just for the name!) Any suggestions or recommendations?

 

Thanks in advance!

 

Sorry - I don't know the perfumes you're looking for similarities to - but I very much recommend Tweedledee! Love it, love it, love it. Smelt the imp - HAD to have a bottle right away.

I'm wearing my Slytherin Hogwarts robes - and Green Tree Viper.

In the US you might have problems with BPAL, especially imps, particularly imps with homemade labels in carry on. US airport security is fussy about liquids. They should be okay in checked luggage, but I personally wouldn't take anything in carry on you can't stand to have taken away. The rule are unevenly enforced from airport to airport and you would not be guarenteed for it to go through in carry on. There have also been periods of time in response to increased security where ALL liquids in carry on were thrown out. I missed this situation by days last year and would have lost my case with all my favorite imps.

I'm not sure what I'm smelling, but it smells sort of like ginger, but not quite. And that's all I'm getting. Hmmmm.

This doesn't seem to be morphing much. Creamy lemon, with undernotes of lemon verbena. I know the previous reviewer thought of hip hot and happinin, but all I can think of is PIE. I love citrus and this is definately a keeper.

Salty. It always amazing me when I can smell salt in a perfume. Very oceany, but there's a hint of floral underneath. If it's jasmine it's very well behaved.

 

This is not a warm, tropical beach. This is more of the coast here in the Pacific Northwest. To me, Southern Oregon.