Little Bird

I love that dress <3. Maybe a dark vanilla and/or tobacco scent would match it well? I thought of Black Opal, Detestable Putrescence, Perversion, and The Antikythera Mechanism when I saw the dress colors. I think that Black Opal and Perversion might have more of the sophisticated party dress feel...

If you haven't tried them yet, I'd recommend checking out The Dormouse, Ochosi, and Squirting Cucumber for brighter green type scents.

This is like a clean, smooth, masculine cologne with hints of zesty, sweet citrus (kinda lemon-y on me and more orange on my guy) and what smells like the lab's juniper-y gin note giving the blend a cooler, slightly green edge. I wish that I had more of this one, because my husband really likes the scent and I enjoy it on him. It's really light and fades away within an hour, though, so it's the sort of blend that needs to be reapplied frequently...

I don't really get the woods or eucalyptus from this, which makes me wonder if I'm even reviewing the right scent :/. Something in this goes pretty soapy on my skin. It smells like a bar of creamy soap scented with a sharp, expensive floral perfume. Maybe a touch of something green. The drydown goes a little baby powdery, so there might be amber here as well. Definitely not my sort o' scent...

I think that this has dragon's blood in it. I get a lot of that sickly sweet, warm, rotten flowers smell that bpal's dragon's blood often turns to on my skin. This has an odd, dry, perfumey, sharp sort of feel to it as well. Not so good on me.

I *love* the coconut in this, especially in the bottle. It really does smell like a frothy, sweet, frozen coconut drink, and it does smell a lot like Snow White, but with the coconut amped up. While Snow White smells a little like frozen vanilla-coconut, this is frozen COCONUT(!), if that makes sense. It's all coconut in the bottle and then the floral comes out more on my skin. It's a pleasant floral, though, and not perfumey or sharp on me at all. Tons of sweet coconut cream and hints of warm, breezy, tropical floral. It does smell warmer and not quite as awesome on my skin, but it's still really nice, and I might need a backup bottle of this . I'll prefer this as a fragrance for my scent locket, since the florals amp up on my skin, but it'll still be a scent that I reach for a lot, I think.

Aw, I am so disappointed with this scent . I ordered two bottles and the labels are so dark that I can barely make out the bird design on them, and the scent is lackluster on me as well. I really hope that this improves with age. Clove, patchouli, vanilla, carnation, and bay are all some of my very favorite notes, but this is a thin, powdery, weak sort of scent on my skin. It's like a mix of baby powder, dust, dry wood chips, and something faintly sweet and oddly waxy, like chapstick :/. I'm crushed...

Smelling this in the bottle, it's like a sweet, more fruit punchy version of The Hamptons. On my skin... Red Tide is like a teen version of The Hamptons (which isn't a bad thing at all). While The Hamptons is more posh and grownup, this is the spiked punch version at the local high school. Sweeter, with less juniper-y gin, and with more of a red hawaiian punch thing going for it. It's not quite as sweet, silly, tart, or punch-like as Spiked Punch is on me, though. Tart cranberry, sweet, juicy raspberry, and a frosty, refreshing, slightly fizzy edge from the gin and mint. I actually like this quite a lot, and I find it more wearable than The Hamptons and Spiked Punch. This might be my favorite of the new Luau scents, with Polynesian Pop as a close second, or maybe tied for favorite (as Polynesian Pop is more unique of the two).

This is mostly pineapple in the vial (reminded me of Upa Upa), mostly super-sweet cherry (almond) on my skin at first, and then mostly peach in the drydown. Something in here also smells slightly green on me, like a hint of dandelion at first and then like a hint of fuzzy peach leaves in the drydown. Mahana is just kind of boring on me. It's a slightly plastic-y, clean peach note and not much else

Splatter Comedy is one of my favorite scents, but this blend makes me feel kinda sick. The banana smells similar to Splatter Comedy in the vial, but the other notes don't seem to soften it in this blend. It's slightly powdery, artificial, banana hard candies with a slightly spicy, plastic-y, boozy undertone and a really perfumey, almost smoky sharpness. Much like Aremata-Popoa, this just smells so strongly chemical-y to me and it gives me a headache. Artificial banana flavoring and markers with a splash of really bad booze and melted plastic? Blech.

I think that this is my favorite of the new Luau scents. It smells so sparkly, fizzy, and sweet, and reminds me of Sprite. It's like Sprite mixed with sweet orange juice and awesomeness <3. Something in the drydown reminds me of the cool vanilla-ish note in Black Opal as well (which makes this like fizzy orange creamsicles on my skin, but better and less foodie than that sounds). The blend is sweet, but not cloying at all, and I just love the fresh fizziness. This doesn't really smell boozy on me either. Bubbly, sweet, refreshing, and playful . I'm going to be getting a full bottle of this in my next order.

I was excited to try this, because I'm a sucker for any scent that mentions tea. I'm not really liking this scent, though. I don't smell any tea, but I definitely smell the berry and rum. The rum is warm and smooth, and the berry is tart and a bit dry (not a juicy berry, but a bit on the sweeter side of things). I can't really pick out the anise that other people have mentioned. It's a tart, sweet, strong, chemical sort of berry (maybe like berry scented markers on me) with a silky, warm, boozy note that's almost a bit caramelized smelling on my skin. It doesn't really remind of the other blackberry scents I've tried from bpal. It's so artifical and chemical-y that it starts to give me a vicious headache after a while. I almost got a full bottle of this one, but I'm glad that I just went with an imp, because this version of blackberry and rum isn't working for me, and the tea is nowhere to be found. A bit too tart and a bit chemical-sweet in a way that turns my stomach

I agree with White Rose and/or Antique Lace for the lovely wedding dress. Something about the dress and playful quality of it also makes me think of Eat Me. And wedding dresses always seem like they could smell like Dorian or Alice to me for some reason (maybe because they both strike me as being kinda clean, innocent, elegant, and sweet)...

I agree with Stardust for an 80s scent. When I read "dust bowl," I thought of Scarecrow. And my mom always complains that Depraved reminds her of the 60s whenever I wear it, lol.

Cloister Graveyard in the Snow is minty, fresh, and a bit sweet...

Thanks for the photos . I want that Cat perfume and the book so badly... I love the book cover.

There's a review thread for Boot Hill in the Black Phoenix Trading Post / The Kitchen Sink reviews section. I get a lot of leather from Boot Hill, and it seems that all of the other reviewers find it to be mainly a leather scent as well. I think that it's most similar to bpal's Quincey Morris and Brom Bones perfume oils (almost like a mix of the two with some added oomph), which were both limited editions... There are a lot of great leather scents available in the general catalogue right now that you might want to try, though (Dee, The Black Tower, The Bow & Crown of Conquest, The Buggre Alle This Bible, The Black Rider, The Red Rider, and The White Rider)... If you're looking for a masculine aquatic, though, you might want to try something like A Fit of Artistic Enthusiasm or Caliban.

I love this scent. It reminds me of apple cider, but apple cider mixed with green and white tea for summer. The tea makes it a smoother, cooler, more watery sort of blend. It has a clean edge, but it's not soapy at all. Refreshing and lovely. I had my husband smell this on me and he said, "Mmm. Pretty spices." I don't get anything like tobacco or resins from this scent at all. It starts off like apple cider with hints of tea and then dries down to sweet tea with hints of apple cider. I kinda want to drink it. Apple cider all cleaned up with a refreshing twist for summer. I don't know why I get that impression, but that's what it is on my skin. I love this and can see myself wearing it a lot over the summer and fall

This has an odd, sharp, chemical-boozy harshness to it when first applied, but it dries down to something like cherry & grape cough syrup and tons of sweet pineapple syrup on my skin. I like a lot of the lab's boozy scents, but the sweetness here is cloying and it's just a bit too fruity and sweet for me.

I agree with the almond and amber mentions, because this goes on smelling like sickly sweet, red, maraschino cherry syrup (which almond notes often translate to for some reason) and baby powder (which is what bpal's amber note usually turn to on my skin). I was hating it, but after about 10 minutes, the sweetness calms down and the scent softens a lot. It's still a little too powdery for my tastes, but there's a warm, gentle, foodie sort of spiciness and something sweet and creamy-vanilla smelling underneath the powder that I'm enjoying. I didn't have too much of this to test, but it only lasted about an hour on my skin and was pretty subtle after about a half hour...

I think that there's ozone or aquatic in this, because it goes pretty soapy on my skin. It has a fresh, green, plant-y sort of quality to it that I kinda like, but the soapiness bothers me. PX72 is like garden fresh scented dryer sheets on me...

I really like the released version of Soothing System (which smells like grape juice and grape flavored bubble gum on me). The prototype goes on smelling like grape cough syrup on me with an extra spoonful of sugar, and dries down to something slightly less medicinal and even sweeter. It's sweeter than the released version, to the point of being cloying on my skin.

This is a warm, heavy, musky, dark scent on me. I can agree with the red musk that other reviewers have mentioned, but this is a bit sharper and darker than red musk usually is on my skin. The drydown is like damp, bitter woods, red musk, and a spritz of heavy men's cologne that reminds me of black musk. I wish that I got the resins and vanillas, but this is mostly perfumey and heavy on my skin...

I'd recommend Mary Read, Port Royal, and Jolly Roger for similar wood-and-aquatic type scents. Toad Hall is like salty aquatic and dark, dry, slightly smoky wood on my skin.

This smells like holiday spice potpourri on my skin. It makes me think of cinnamon sticks and cider, but more just the cider spices and not really any fruitiness to speak of. It's too spicy for me and made my wrists red and itchy where I applied the oil. I'd use this as a room scent, but not as a personal perfume, though my skin chemistry does amp up spice notes...