Little Bird

I can slather this on and it's still an incredibly light scent and fades away after about fifteen minutes on my skin. I get a light, dry, dusty incense feel from it. Some of bpal's amber notes smell like dust on my skin, and I think that's what I'm smelling here. There might be some sandalwood in here as well. It's a touch smoky at first and then smells like dusty wood in the drydown before it disappears.

Opium/poppy scents always go all sharp on my skin and give me a vicious headache, but I was hoping that it would be more bearable in a room spray. Unfortunately, this still gives me a headache . I get a lot of opium poppy from this. It's not as sharp as opium tends to be on my skin, but it's still sharp to my nose. It smells sort of like white, sweet smoke and chemicals/metallic hair spray. I don't smell any blood notes or anything garlicy,; it's all sharp, hazy opium with a little bit of extra, resinous sweetness underneath it. If you love opium, you'll probably love this spray. It gives me a headache and isn't a keeper for me, though.

I thought that this spray would be way too perfumey, sharp and floral for me, but my husband wanted this one, so I bought it. And I like it even more than he does . I don't know why, but this smells a bit herbal and earthy to me (maybe the lavender?). It's like meadow grass, a hint of earth, and wildflowers; it reminds me of wandering through a field full of tall grass and daisies. The honey adds a lovely touch of sweetness. I was worried about the rose and iris here, but this doesn't smell really rosy to me and I can't pick out any sharp iris either. Lucy's Boudoir smells like sweet wildflowers, herbal lavender, and a touch of grassiness and honey to me. It doesn't smell at all like any of the other floral room scents I have. It isn't perfumey and really works as a room scent. This is a super-pretty room fragrance, and I love it .

I actually don't think that this smells exactly like TKO, but Erebos would still be a good buy for someone who wants a lavender & vanilla spray. This is more along the lines of Bath & Body Works' lavender vanilla than TKO's sugary vanilla & cool nighttime feel for me (but my skin amps up sweetness). Erebos smells like clean, herbal lavender and slightly powdery vanilla with a touch of sweetness to me, though it does get sweeter over time. For all of the floral notes in this, it doesn't smell floral at all to me. Clean lavender and vanilla. This is really pretty and relaxing, and one little spritz is super-strong and lasts all day & night. I used four squirts of this on my bedspread and it was overwhelmingly strong. When I came to visit my family, I used just one spritz in my room and the scent was strong, but not suffocating. One spray is definitely enough. And this is yet another room spray that I want a full bottle of.

I don't usually enjoy nutty scents or florals paired with food notes, so it's no surprise that I'm not crazy about Cristina. The chestnut smells slightly dry and wooden on me, but also odd and cloying-sweet (brown sugary smelling on me). I get chestnut and perfumey, soapy floral from this at first. As this dries down, this is a chestnut and musky, slightly smoky violet-floral mess on me. It just smells really odd and mismatched on my skin :/

This is all sweet, smooth resins to my nose, and smells dark brown/golden and exotic. I can smell lots of benzoin's sweet, vanilla-y warmth. The scent reminds me of Midnight Mass perfume oil. After a while, this takes on an airy, fresher sort of quality. It's not soapy at all, but it's like filling the room with cool air and sweet resins. I love resins, so I love Alchemical Laboratory. I'll have to buy a full bottle of this at some point

In the bottle, this is smooth red musk (almost a dark, grapey smell to me) with hints of earthy patchouli and a cool, foresty smell that must be the juniper or yew. On my skin, this gets warmer and sharper. The red musk amps up, smelling red, slightly grapey, warm, and smoky-musky. There are hints of powdery amber underneath the red musk, but I can't pick out any of the other notes. I don't smell any rose here at all, and my skin usually amps up rose notes so that they overpower everything else. As it dries down, I get more and more baby powdery amber. Lucy, Kissed smells better in the bottle than it does on my skin. The red musk and amber amp up and drown out the other notes that I'd enjoy more. The amped up red musk makes this smell like a lot of other blends that I already own, and I don't love the powdery drydown. I'm hoping that this gets better with age...

In the imp, this smells like sharp cinnamon and something dark, herbal, and slightly minty. On my skin, this is red hots cinnamon candies beating a stick of spearmint gum to death. My skin amps up cinnamon and I don't like it when it smells like sharp red hots candies. After a while, this smells exactly like Big Red cinnamon gum. When I was in grade school, everyone chewed that gum and the smell of it made me sick. Sharp cinnamon candy. I can't wear this one without getting a headache and feeling like I'm trapped back in school :/ ETA: And this one has so much cinnamon in it that it left a huge, itchy red welt on my wrist. Lots o' cinnamon here...

Barmbrack smells like a mix of candied cherries, tart lemon, and lightly spiced bread dough with maybe a bit of caramel sauce to me. It's not really sweet or very spicy, though, it's mostly fruity. My husband didn't like this one and said it smelled too tart and lemony to him. After several hours on some pillows, I think that it smells really nice and wish that it weren't so light. It leaves a soft, spiced bread & hint of fruit smell on the pillows. ETA: After giving this some time to settle, it smells more like spiced bread and caramel sauce with hints of candied cherries. It's much nicer and even my husband likes it now that it's lost its weird lemony tones. It's also a lot stronger now too. It's still the most subtle of the bptp room sprays that I own, but a couple spritzes is certainly enough to scent the entire livingroom rather strongly for the entire day (in fact, I oversprayed this the other day and it was really overwhelming). I'm glad to have a bottle of this .

I wound up swapping Knock-A-Dolly. I don't think that it smelled like Samhain at all, because it had more of a damp green smell than a dry or leafy one. It was like wet green leaves and a sharp cinnamon potpourri, which was a bit odd and disjointed for me. My husband always said it smelled like green grass and cinnamon wafers, which was 'weird.'

Mouse's Long & Sad Tale is one of my favorite GC blends, so I was excited to try the prototype version. Plus, the lemon & cake reviews made it sound like something that I would love. Unfortunately, this scent is really pale and barely there at all on my skin, and what I can smell of it isn't that good on me. In the decant and on my skin, this is like a pale sugared tea with a hint of sweet fruit (maybe lemon, maybe citrus, but not strong enough for me to really tell). After a while, it takes on a chemical sharpness that reminds me of harsh lemon cleaning fluid. Sharp lemon and lightly sugared white tea. I have to press my nose against the skin where I applied this to smell anything at all, though. It's not really cakey or foodie on my skin. More like clean tea, sharp chemical lemon, and a hint of sugar. It goes powdery after about five minutes and disappears entirely before it's been on for even fifteen minutes... This doesn't smell anything like the current Mouse's Long and Sad Tale to me (which is rich, sweet vanilla, candied pink floral, and smooth sandalwood-amber on me). I'm glad that this prototype version didn't get released, because the current GC version is gorgeous and perfect. This version is a major letdown for me.

This used to smell like minty toothpaste and perfumey white floral on me, but now it smells sort of harsh and like lemon floor cleanser. I never did get the violet that others have mentioned, and this one has gotten sharper with age. It is headed to my swaps pile.

I bought four bottles of this and I am not disappointed. I don't get along well with Snake Oil or Doc Constantine, but I can't smell them at all here. I do smell the Dorian quite strongly, which is one of my favorite perfumes ever. Cake Smash is like Dorian + foodie awesomeness. My first thought when I put this on was that it smelled like Dorian and Beaver Moon, but Beaver Moon goes all wonky, sour, and oddly spicy-pie-crust on my skin. This is like what I wanted Beaver Moon to be. I don't smell anything like red velvet cake, but this does smell like sweet, delicious cream cheese frosting and maybe a hint of white cake to me. Also, of course, it smells like Dorian's clean vanilla tea. It's sweet, but it's definitely not too sweet or cloying. Vanilla tea and a slice of white cake absolutely smothered in cream cheese frosting. Yeah. This is wonderful.

First on, I get the soft mint that others have mentioned. It smells a bit green and herbal. It also smells like it's drowning in a bag of damp potting soil. As it dries down, the dreaded apple blossom amps up on my skin. Apple blossom smells like sweet, fruity shampoo on me, so it adds a hint of that soapiness here. Sweet mint, green herbal, dirt, and a hint of shampoo. It's not awful, but I don't really find myself wanting to wear this either. My husband's only comment on this was that it smells "weird."

I never think that bpal's dry leaf blends really smell like dry leaves, but this one really does. Falling Leaf Moon has that spicy, slightly sweet, dry, true autumn leaves smell. Amazing. It makes me smell like I've rolled through a pile of colorful fallen leaves and have them stuck in my hair. I can practically hear them crunching underneath my feet. As it dries down, this blend starts to remind me of Samhainophobia, but with lots of fall leaves added in. This is just gorgeous, and the label is so beautiful. I think that this is my favorite lunacy blend ever, and is going to be one of my top ten bpal scents. I wish that I could get this same scent in a room spray too, because I'd love for my whole house to smell like this. :love!:

Wow. I really love this scent. On me, Mlle Lilith smells like someone mixed Mme Moriarty with Candy Phoenix. I get the red, incensey, slightly fruity feel that reminds me of Moriarty, and the sugared pom and musky candy dust of Candy Phoenix. It's sultry, but also playful. The fragrance starts off more incensey and musky and then dries down to more of a sugary, candied musk with incense in the background. So pretty. I have two bottles of this, but I might purchase a few more backup bottles. I think it's going to age really wonderfully too.

Tangerine cream, benzoin, white sandalwood, white pear, tonka, and ambergris accord. In the bottle, this smells like a musky, sweet orange citrus and something like warm salt water. On my skin, Giant Crab does have a bit of an orange creamsicle smell, but it's very pale and not really sweet or foodie as a whole. It's like someone threw an orange creamsicle into a tub of warm salt water. It makes me fantasize about laying in a warm salt water pool on a sandy beach. Then as it dries down, something in this starts to smell oddly of suntan lotion to me. The warm water feel is very soothing, though I'm not sure that I can see myself wearing this scent. This is clean, slightly sweet, and beachy smelling on my skin. I don't know if it's a keeper or not. I like it, but I don't really love it...

Ozone (and most aquatics) smell like soapy dryer sheets on me. This seems to have a ton of ozone in it, because I get a ton of dryer sheet freshness. It smells a bit chilly and slushy to me as well, so there might be some snow note in here somewhere. After an hour, it's less chilly and smells like dryer sheets and a hint of wood. This is just too soapy for me, but I expected that with my skin chemistry...

I don't remember much about the original Tiger Lily, just that it smelled like honeyed lilies to me and was rather pretty. Imperious Tiger Lily is heavier, sharper, and cheaper smelling on me. In the imp, it smells like a really heavy floral perfume and a hint of sharp spiciness. On my skin, this is sharp sharp sharp and perfumey. It's like a sharp classical perfume that smells aggressive and poisonous. It makes me think of a bad 80s perfume and a woman with her hair teased a mile high, shoulder pads, and way too much hairspray. The scent reminds me more of iris than lily, with its chemical-y sharpness. Nothing about it smells like real flowers to me. After a while, this kinda reminds me of Goneril, if Goneril had sharp white florals added to it... I don't think that this is something I'll ever want to wear. Perfumey, sharp, fake/cheap smelling chemical-floral... my least favorite type of scent.

In the bottle, this smells like the usual men's cologne. Over this past weekend I was treated to a lot of guys on our baseball team abusing Axe body spray, and this reminds me of their taste in fragrances. It's kinda clean, kinda spicy, and very masculine. There's also a really smoky black leather fighting with the cologne. On my skin, this becomes intensely smoky. My throat feels tight and it makes me want to cough or throw up :/. It's like someone took the black leather jacket off of a guy wearing axe body spray and set it on fire. Over time it's less and less cologne and more on-fire leather. This is probably the smokiest bpal scent that I've ever worn. It's so sharp and bad, it makes my head ache like crazy. I definitely hate this blend.

Pumpkin V 07 might be a little easier to find, and a lot of people find it very similar to Pumpkin Queen. It smells like a spicier Pumpkin Queen to me.

In the bottle, this smells like intensely dry, sour roses. These roses are long dead, dusty, and left in an attic to rot. On my skin, the rose sweetens and loses its sour edge. It smells like men's shaving cream (reminds me of the blend Numb), sweet, pale roses, and a creamy, smooth musk. The second that I put this on, the scent seems to sink into my skin so that it's barely there. I can't smell this at all unless I press my nose directly against where it's been applied. It winds up smelling clean and a bit masculine on me. As the scent dries down, it turns rather powdery/dusty, which makes me think there's amber in here somewhere. It's pale rose with dusty powder and a hint of soap. Nothing about this scent is really bad, but I find myself not really caring for it or wanting to smell like this. I think the drydown is just too powdery for me, and it's a little soapy on my skin. It just doesn't smell like anything special or unique to me.

In the bottle, this smells like aquatics and something dark, dank, and earthy, like a damp vetiver smell. On my skin, this is soapy ozone and a dark, earthy something. It doesn't smell appealing at all on me. As it dries down, it gets kind of smoky, like a hint of charred wood fell into the mix. It reminds of Erik, which I also hate. Sarah is just too soapy and too dark/dirty smelling for me.

In the bottle, this smells clean, sweet, watery, kinda fruity and kinda green. On my skin, this morphs into a perfumey white floral smell with hints of green and sweetness at first (like cucumber and a peel of some sort of fruit that I cannot place). It doesn't smell moldy or dirty at all. As Julia Stone dries down, this is an intensely perfumey, sharp, cheap white floral smell with a background of soapy dryer sheet freshness. It makes me feel like my throat is closing up when I smell it :/. It's better in the bottle and goes all sharp and dry on my skin. It's also very heavy and has lots of throw on me. Not good. This is definitely not a favorite for me. I had to scrub it off after an hour.

In the bottle, this smells like heliotrope (which smells like creamy vanilla powder to me). On my skin, this is sweet, innocent, soft, creamy, and slightly powdery. I don't smell any of the grave soil and blood to darken things up. I imagine an expensive vanity with pots of expensive face cream and dusting powders set out over its surface. The woman who owns it prefers to smell clean, cool and collected, but with a soft side (she's firm and expects you to follow her orders, but she's also approachable and kind of motherly). I don't know if that fits the Perle von Mauren character, but that's the impression that I get. Perle von Mauren is a soft and uncomplicated scent. It smells like moisturizing cream with a touch of vanilla and a hint of clean powder. I'm a little disappointed, because I wanted to see how the innocent, sweet heliotrope played with the darker soil and blood notes, and all I can really smell is the heliotrope. Then again, I'm delighted to have this and the result is lovely. I'm surprised that the heliotrope note managed to drown out the other notes (go heliotrope!). I love how soft and comforting/approachable this smells. I'll probably pick up another bottle of this before the LEs go down. It's very wearable and lovely