Little Bird

I wish that I got the fizz, gin, or sweetness that other reviews have mentioned. On me, this pretty much smells just like lemon scented dish soap. It's a bit sweet and makes me think of soap bubbles, but still... dish soap. In the drydown, it takes on a fruity shampoo sort of edge that reminds me of bpal's apple blossom note. Too soapy for me.

This smells interesting and fall-like, but probably isn't something that I'd actually wear. It's like a bonfire, maple syrup, and cider-cinnamon... sweet, spicy, and smoky. I get a little bit of that mesquite bbq wood planks smell that I sometimes pick up on from a certain type of bpal's vetiver notes. Fall bbq.

This is mostly a clean, generic men's cologne sort of smell on me. It's slightly soapy, but not awful, and has that sweet, frosty lemon citrus smell that I get from a lot of men's fragrances. As it dries down, there's a hint of something like earthy, dark, dry woods underneath the men's cologne, and it doesn't smell quite right paired with the clean aspects for me. There are definitely masculine/clean blends that I like more than this'n.

The released version of Eat Me is one of my favorite perfumes (at least in my bpal top three - and maybe my favorite bpal ever). I think that it's brilliant and unique. I love the bold, fruity, sweet black currant and the rich, heavy, creamy cakiness of it. I find it to be darker, sweeter, heavier, and more cakey than this prototype version. Released Eat Me is like dark black currant jam and the most delicious, rich, white cake and frosting with an edge of something like dark incense. Eat Me v6 is like a croisant/breakfast pastry with bright cherry jam. It actually smells like a less buttery and less rosy The Knave of Hearts on me, or a bit like a less spicy Crumpet Rebellion with cherry jam. The foodie/pastry side doesn't smell like cake at all to me. It's not sweet enough to be cake and has a sort of golden, toasted quality to it. And the scent dries down to almost all fruity jam smell that's a bit too fruity-sweet for me. I love the released version and think that it's more unique and interesting than this blend is. The released version is more complex and wearable for me, where the cherry/fruity jam of this one is almost cloying and too simple for me as it dries down.

I get the sweet lime and watery cucumber at first, but the drydown of this is like soapy, chemical white floral or some sort of perfumey musk on me . It's very light and fades quickly on my skin, but the drydown is too clean and too perfumey for me. I wish that I got more of the woods and fruity notes that others have mentioned, but something in this goes all sharp and soapy with my skin chemistry, almost like aquatic or ozone + white floral.

This smells like sickly sweet cherry cough syrup. Bleh. And the drydown takes on a weird, powdery-dirty scent on my skin, like someone put baby powder through oily, greasy hair. Not good at all on me...

I wish that I got the dirt note that others have mentioned. I also can't really pick out the dragon's blood, and that's usually a strong note on my skin. I find this scent very medicinal (a little menthol, a little minty, and a little honeyed cough drop-esque). In the drydown, there's something a bit sour and something spicy underneath the medicinal qualities, but I can't place what they remind me of. All in all, this isn't something that I'd wear, and I wound up scrubbing the oil off after about a half hour...

I think that I agree with the comments about vetiver in this scent, but this is smelling worse on me than vetiver usually does. I get a bit of that smoky, mesquite bbq smell that I get from some of bpal's vetiver notes, but this is smokier and grittier smelling, and not as sweet. It's like someone dumped out an ash tray on to the bbq and then kicked it over into the dusty dirt :/. It’s very dry, smoky, and gritty smelling on my skin...

I like the released version of this a lot more than the prototype. The released version is more complex on my skin and I get a definite cake & cocoa smell from it. The prototype is pretty much all spices on my skin, like cinnamon, sugar, and more cinnamon. It makes me smell like red hots candies, which I don't really enjoy.

I love gardenia, but I don't get a strong gardenia feel from this. It's definitely floral, but gardenia is usually creamy, sweet floral on me, and this is very sharp, perfumey, chemical white floral. It smells cheap and heavy, and reminds me of the lab's iris note...

A lot of bpal's limited edition leather blends tend to smell a bit softer and sweeter to me than the GC leather blends. The Traveller was a more recent LE that smelled like soft, well worn leather. Dee is a softer, sweeter leather that's in the GC. Iago and De Sade are both pretty dark, intense, and masculine, I think, so you might want to try some of the more complex and feminine leather blends, like Liz or Tezcatlipoca.

Underworld Cup Bottles. There's the four o' them. The labels are the same as the mini images on the Post site. I love the Frostberry Pie Filling and its "black ribbon award" label <3.

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This scent is spa-like and kinda medicinal smelling on me (probably thanks to the menthol/eucalyptus smell that I'm getting). I get lavender, minty menthol, and some sort of greenery that smells very fresh and clean on my skin. The drydown is rather sweet lavender. It has a soothing, calming sort of feel to it. I like this and might keep my partial decant, but I'm not sure if it's a scent that I'd wear as a perfume. I might want to smell a drop of this every once in a while though.

I get a dark, slightly smoky leather from this and what smells like a very dry, dusty, slightly sour amber on my skin. Maybe a little bit of creamy/powdery sandalwood in the drydown as well. It's okay, but I have leather scents that I like a lot more than this one.

154. This smells a lot like a stronger floral version of The Harp of Cnoc Ichosgair. Creamy, tropical, gardenia-monoi-tiare goodness and warm, dry, dusty amber.

42. I kinda love this one. At times it reminds me of the clean vanilla tea in Dorian, and then of the warm vanilla floral in Liz that's slightly powdery. But it also has a bit of a buttery, cake-y sort of vanilla tone to it and a hint of vanilla muskiness as well. It's like all of my favorite vanillas tucked into one perfume. It is really light and subtle on me, though. It doesn't have much throw and only lasts about a half hour on my skin. Still, very lovely, and it makes me wish that I'd gotten a couple bottles of vanilla chaos theory (and more than a partial decant of this one in particular, lol).

#21. In the decant vial, this smells fizzy and slightly like champagne, but sweeter and not as sour as bpal's champagne blends tend to be. On my skin, it smells so fizzy and bubbly, like a mix of sprite and spiced cola (almost smells a bit like cinnamon on me, but I know there isn't supposed to be cinnamon in any of these blends). The boozy champagne smell fades in and out. Oddly, I don't smell any frankincense, just a fun mix of sodas and alcohol. I probably won't ever wear this, but it's interesting.

In the bottle, this is an intense, perfumey, fruity-floral with a dark, smoky feel to it. On my skin, something about this smells really familiar, and I can't place it and it's driving me crazy :/. This version doesn't smell anything like the 2006 version. I really like this one. Opium is usually awful on me, but there's a very well-behaved, dark smokiness to this and none of opium's usual hairspray-esque sharpness. Mostly this is darkly resinous on me, with a dry, sweet, rich floral smell and a touch of dark smokiness. Every once in a while I can smell a hint of fruity pomegranate, but the fruitiness isn't very strong on me at all. Lotus Moon 2010 is a dark, dry, sexy, exotic, resinous floral on my skin . Gorgeous and unique. It smells like an expensive perfume without being unoriginal or sharply musky. I've been craving dark floral scents lately and have trouble finding any that appeal to me, and this is definitely something that I'll wear. I hope that I can track down more than my one decant of this'n.

I recognize the huckleberry from Jester (which kinda smells like sugarplum or watery blueberry on my skin) as the main note here, backed up by clean, breezy floral notes. As it dries down, the floral is stronger and more perfumey. I was hoping for more vanilla, acai, and candy floss, but right now all I smell is huckleberry and floral. It's pretty and kinda reminds me of The Little Bird's springy floral & berry mix, but more perfumey. I can't really pick out the rose, and rose is usually super-strong on me. This is okay, but I'm hoping that it gets better and more complex with age...

I used to see Luna moths all over when I lived in Missouri, and they're one of my favorite things ever <3. I wanted to love this scent, but it's not really Me. It's a very clean and citrussy scent that goes too sharp for my tastes. I get mostly zesty lime and clean tea, with a bit of smooth, green musk. The overall feel smells a little like lime scented dryer sheets on me in the drydown, as the citrus gets a little too sharp on my skin. It's the sort of scent that gives me a headache, so I had to scrub this one off after about an hour. I'll keep my empty bottle (love the label <3), but I think that I'll have to find a new home for my decant.

Spicebush Swallowtail is my least favorite of the Moths and Butterflies scents. It smells like someone ruined a glass of root beer by dumping cloying brown sugar and spicy clove powder into it, lol. It's cloying at first, but thankfully not as sickly sweet in the drydown. Unfortunately, the dry, sharp spiciness here makes me think of potpourri and gives me a headache after a while. I usually like clove, but the spiciness here smells like a mix of clove and sharp cinnamon potpourri on my skin, with root beer. Not good. This scent is overwhelming and headache-inducing for me

Monarch smells similar to Pumpkin V 07 on me at first. I'm happy that the pumpkin here isn't buttery at all, and that the spices aren't sharp or overwhelming. I get mostly a soft, sugared cinnamon, foodie ginger, and a dry, resinous warmth from the amber. I can smell the orange at first, but it disappears in the drydown, and then I can only smell the tiniest hint of tropical, fruity mango underneath the sugar, spice and amber. Monarch makes me wish that fall were here... for me, it's a pretty, warm, spicy, foodie/sweet fall blend with the amber grounding it and keeping it more wearable and perfume-like.

I would have guessed that there was lemongrass or verbena in this scent, because it's mostly an herbal lemon smell in the bottle and on my skin. I can't pick out any of the listed notes, except for maybe the white sugar. The drydown is all sweet, creamy, lemon candy. Lemon candy wasn't what I was expecting from this scent at all, but it's nice, simple, and pleasant. After a couple hours, it's like creamy lemon candy + the cool, vanilla-violet powder of Staged Moon Landing.

On me, this is like a summer version of Goblin, and it really does make me think of a garden full of butterflies <3. Common Jezebel is mostly warm, fuzzy, sunny apricot, with the coconut giving it a creamy edge, and the vetiver adding just a hint of earthiness. I was worried about the lemon and red currant going too sharp or sour on me, but I can't pick out either of those notes. There's a hint of something in here that smells slightly green to me (like green leaves <3), though I'm not sure what it is. The vetiver is actually very subtle on me in this scent, and it's the good, non-smoky sort of vetiver. It's just enough to keep the blend from being too fruity for me. This isn't my favorite butterfly, but I do really like it, and I'm happy to have a partial bottle.