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In the bottle: It's like sweet vanilla tea roses, but something is too sharp and "fake" floating on top - it's not exactly the cleaning fluid note I got from Mircalla, but is similar.

 

Wet:  I definitely get the comparison to antique lace, but it's softer, less vanilla, and the tea roses are blooming beautifully on top.  The sharp "cleaner" odd note is not showing up at this point. 

 

Dry: OK, now I'm getting a very soft blackcurrant note and it's not at all too sharp/sour or otherwise like cleaning fluid. It's just this light dark fruity note. Tea roses are still the most dominant thing on me, but there's a slightly more rich "vanilla lace" undertone that's grown to support it, too.  It's quite lovely.

I wore this last night because I wanted something really vampy/witchy - and MAN the staying power!  It's rare I put on a BPAL and it lasts almost a full 8 hours where I'm still noticing it at times.

 

In the bottle:  it's a fight between the sharp juicy blackcurrant and the heady roses right off the top.  There is something underneath it all that it a deeper (base note?) that I'm not really a fan of, I'm going to say that's the black musk.

 

Wet: For being so strong in the bottle, first application is not that strong.  There's something that smells like cleaning fluid, lemon pledge on fake roses?  Did not expect this...

 

Dry down:  It changes quite a bit, again.  The roses smell better now.  The blackcurrant is quite sharp, but not cleaning fluid sharp.  I remember from last night that after a few hours, the general feel was plush dark roses with something that just seemed "off" (not in a bad way, just very much not my usual style). The sharp currant/cleaning note disappears entirely.  I think I don't particularly get along well with black musk, though.

So... anybody from the 90s remember B&BW Sun Ripened Raspberries?

 

In the bottle: That sharp raspberry smell that's not "quite right"? More candy-like but not really sugary.  There's something dark and juicy underneath.

 

Wet: This is where it's like a nostalgia trip for B&BW Sun-Ripened Raspberries, which was my favorite.  

 

Dry down:  Softer, darker, still a bit juicy-jam berry-ness. Not B&BW nostalgia anymore (it's for the best).  Still may end up being a bit too sweet for me; even if not sugary, there's something in the jamminess of it that reminds me of lollipops.

In the bottle: I think this smells the most apple cider-y out of all of them this year.  It smells like a fresh hot cup of cider from a holiday vender. 

 

Wet: A bit sharp on the nose, with lots of ginger, spices, and something soft and sweet growing in the background. I think the bourbon hit and ran pretty quickly on me.

 

Dry: The apple has returned in good faith, and the spices have quietened down to a lovely balance. I think the oud is finally making an appearance, and just gives it a nice soft roundness.  Quite lovely and a bit less foodie than Fearful Pleasures or Autumn Cider.

In the bottle it's straight up cookies. Sugar cookies, mostly, I don't get much chocolate or vanilla, just fresh baked cookies.

 

Wet on the skin: an instant hit of almond, some dark cocoa, and something else that seems really out of place.  Hard to identify, but something kind of plastic-y? 

 

Dry down:  there's this kind of odd floral note floating to the top, though I think it's just almond mostly?  There's a bit of dry cocoa in the background as it sets.  It doesn't really smell like a cookie anymore on me.  There's still something "odd" but maybe it's just my nose isn't digging on what I'm identifying as "almond." 

In the bottle: bright apple cider, a little sharp, any booze isn't super obvious.

 

Wet: a soft booze note,.still mostly bright sharp apple on top of sweeter apple. 

 

Dry: I would have liked a bit more booziness in this, but it's a great apple scent that stays bright for a while. 

This was a surprise, as I'm normally not into super foodie/sweet smells. 

 

In the bottle it's a bright fresh apple with a solid sweetness, but not the sugar note I remember from big sugar bomb perfumes I've previously tried. 

 

Wet: there's a warm pastry smell that definitely reminds me of donuts, but apple is still king. I think I expected more cinnamon-sugar in this. 

 

Dry: lovely warm apple bake, but not super sweet and definitely not sugary. Really nice!

I had a small hope this might overlap with my old Gorobble - think it's not going to be quite that.

 

In the bottle: like spicy wet dead leaves

 

Wet on the skin:  there's something sweet coming up, but it's mostly spicy dead leaves, they don't smell like wet leaves anymore, though.

 

Dry down:  the burnt marshmallow never came out for me, not much I would identify as whiskey, either. The clove cream is definitely on top - I think I might amp clove, though? Dead leaves settle down in the background, present, a bit crunchy, but definitely second fiddle to clove cream.

WOOO Fizzy!!

 

In the bottle, it's a bit more light caramel with something that's probably distant ginger-ish in the background.

 

Wet on the skin - immediate BOOM of ginger ale!  It starts tamping down quick, but it smelled instantly fizzy!

 

Dry on skin - It's like a really dry ginger ale with caramel syrup drizzled on top.  I'm not getting a whole lot of apple, and I'm not sure on me how much the ginger ale is playing nicely with the caramel.  There's something roughly "dirt" ish?? (not quite) underneath it all, kinda earthy... like, did you pick this ginger root fresh before you made this?  It's interesting.  Not as super sugary dessert-y as I had been expecting!

 

 

OK, I got to test this one out, and it was not what I had been expecting!

 

In the bottle it smells a bit like clean black rubber, or a latex suit? Fresh, little aquatic, but definitely something like the kind of black plastic people make clothes out of for fetish stuff.

 

Wet on the skin:  like TOMATO VINE. A dark, sinister, tomato vine.  

 

Dry: like being in the garden, it's more balanced, I still smell like a tomato plant, but it's a little dark and soft around the edges.

 

Not really my style, but interesting.  

I was hoping for a perfume oil similar to the old D*Con Con-Cramp massage oil - and this was close!  Maybe a little less sweet because lemon instead of orange.

 

In the bottle and wet both smell strong, sinus-clearing, clean, bright, and lovely!  

 

It took me a few tries to realize that for me, the dry down is nothing.  It's gone in less than an hour.  poo.  It's so lovely and was looking forward to using it as a stress-reliever aromatherapy bottle to keep at my work desk.

I would also love a Spring Cleaning swap! 

Not to bury the lead, but I had high hopes for this that did not work out. 

 

In bottle: definitely get the cozy sweater vibe, don't smell any tea, bergamot, maybe a little vanilla. 

Wet: sweater, all fuzzy, going powdery, not much peach or tea.

Dry down: all baby powder of doom and nothing else. Turned pretty quickly on me. ?

 

I ordered this based on the video review Tom did. I normally don't do foodie, but figured I'd try it.

 

wet: very much Nilla wafers and some fruity creaminess.

Few minutes: the cookie smell doesn't dry particularly foodie on me, and the peach is stepping up a bit.

Hour+ pretty light, wouldn't call it foodie at all, pretty vanilla peach that's light and not too sweet. 

I guess the Spring Cleaning Round Robin could also be a catch for jewelry... 

Also would have the most to contribute to a jewelry one as well, like... crazy amounts of jewelry from just "fun" pieces to sterling silver. 

 

I am definitely interested in any of the round-robin style swap circles described above! bath/body/make-up, spring cleaning/ unloved bpal, etc, all of it!! ❤️ 

10 hours ago, Greenwoodtree said:

 

HA! I'd LOVE to be able to just pack up & ship a box without having to receive anything! ?

THIS!

 

I was also wondering, long ago, there was a swap circle box, and it largely contained bath/body/beauty products, and when the box showed up at you, you could remove anything you wanted (marking it off a list), and then put into it anything (in good condition) that you didn't want, and then mail it to the next person down the circle.  What happened to that?  (I have a bit of unopened and sampled-once make-up stuff! - if we could somehow add in jewelry, that would be AMAZING, because I have tooooooo much jewelry!!)

 

 

Oh good! I was afraid I might have missed switch witch sign up! I currently have all my emergency on-fire ducks put out and neatly in a row, so looks like I'll be down for Switch Witch this fall! YYYAAA!

Arg! I love tiny art swap, but there's too much chaos/crazy in my home life right now to be able to be reliable about it.  Have fun!!!

I'm starting to wonder if my skin soaks up everything blackberry. I generally love blackberry-everything, but between this and The Storm, I'm having a hard time finding it. On the other hand, even though I can't smell any blackberry, this is a lovely lilac scent, a bit like the Lilac Wood from the Last Unicorn series, but with a bit more of a woodsier note (maybe I can smell the "bush" part of the blackberry?) - It's a really nice lilac scent either way!

In the imp: SWEET sweet apple! I'm also pleasantly surprised (dunno why, it's the LAB after-all) that they really nailed Honeycrisp apples specifically.

 

Wet on the skin: sweet apple softened around the edges with a creamy note

 

Dry down: Much more subtle, started out with hella throw but now it's dialed back to giving me the occasional "what's that great smell? Oh that's me!" whiffs when I move around. It's still predominantly apple, and a really juicy faithful one, but the sweet milk scent really keeps it from having any sharp edges or "crispness" I've gotten from other apple scents. It's absolutely lovely!!

This one was a big disappointment for me.

In the imp it was clean, light, fresh scent, but I really couldn't smell blackberry or violet.

 

Wet: It's still mostly a light fresh aquatic scent, no flowers, no fruits :-(

 

Dry: It's like the slightest sweet hint of almost gone light and fresh.

 

I slathered heavily after realizing how light it was, and this is still barely a ghost of a scent on me :-(

In the bottle: tea rose! hello! This is the same strong tea rose from Dawn: Maiden and/or like Marie, and I'm quite happy about that! There's a kind of dusty soft, almost powdery feel around the edges that I think might be the sandalwood, it doesn't smell "dry grassy" like the hay note I've sniffed before. i can't smell any vanilla.

 

Fresh spritzed: Very sharp tea rose, it's really really rosy, and there's still that aura of the something soft, dusty-powdery, still suspecting that's sandalwood. I'm not getting any hay, and the vanilla orchid might be this background secondary kind of light note that I'm having a hard time pinning down.

 

After a few hours: this one has a moderate throw compared to some of the other rose HGs. It isn't hanging around as long as Onze, but it's not fading as fast as the white or golden rose ones did. The overall effect is a really bright fresh rose with softened edges, a little plush-powdery (not baby powder-y) to make if less sharp as it wears. The vanilla orchid never really steps up for me, nor does the hay. For me, I'm getting 75% tea rose, 20% sandalwood, and maybe 5% background tints of vanilla orchid with dubious existence of hay.

In the bottle, this is one of the rosiest of the Rose hgs. There's something else, not exactly citrusy, like the perfume oil, but 'other'

 

Freshly spritzed,warm red roses! The benzoin is there, but I'm not getting as much of the orange as I do when I apply the straight oil to skin. This is a drier version, but a nice rose.

 

After a while - throw is good on this one, this mostly rose with a kind of dry orange peel and slightly resiny finish. Wish it was a bit juicier in the orange department.