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This smells rather like Lemon PineSol to me. Not something that I'd wear as a perfume, but I actually don't mind the fragrance (I, uh, enjoy the smell of most household cleansers). It would be way too strong and all to wear as a perfume, but I don't mind it as a room scent. Which is what I've been using it for. The few times that I have used this as a room scent while trying to work out some serious issues in my life... it really energized me and made me want to clean my entire house. It's not the result that I was going for, but my house is sparkly clean now, lol.

Temple of the Maiden smells like sweet wildflowers and sugary lemonade on me. It's light, warm, and not at all a sharp citrus (thankfully). Rather nice. I have not used this for any specific purpose, but it is a pleasant scent to me. I don't know that I'd wear this as a perfume, just because I don't care for light florals so much, but it's nice

Bat's Blood is very strange on me. I'm definitely getting something dragon's blood-esque, as this has a funky rotten florals sort of smell on me. Sickly sweet and unpleasantly spicy. I'm not really smelling anything that reminds me of lilac . Dragon's blood so often takes on this smell that makes me think of sickly, decaying things.

Voodoo blends do not often work well on my skin. This one starts out smelling strongly herbal and green, with some sort of sharp floral (very sharp rose?) lingering in the background. It's also a bit soapy to me. Then, after a half hour, Crucible of Courage starts to smell like sweet floral powder. Within an hour, this is pure baby powder on me. A lot of the discontinued blends don't work on me, and voodoo blends almost never do. Crucible of Courage just isn't something that I would ever wear for the fragrance.

I really like Ingenue for the first few minutes on my skin, it has a wonderfully green sweetness to it that I am guessing is the clover. It's very refreshing and summery. However, after about 10 minutes, this morphs into a bland aquatic floral on me . It does not smell like violet or rose on me specifically, just has that nondescript powdery floral scent with what smells like a base of powdery light sandalwood. I wish that I could find a blend that has the same green notes that this one does in the beginning.

First on, Anthelion smells like sweet lavender and menthol-eucalyptus. It's chilly and airy. In the drydown, a pleasant sweet clove scent begins to dominate the blend. Within an hour, this has morphed into Sweet Clove singlenote on me. Delicious I'm still feeling ill and I'm still grieving, but this *is* a very happy sort of scent. Warm and mood-lifting. I'm definitely going to get a full bottle of this one.

First on... Gha'agsheblah reminds me a lot of Numb, it has that same soapy men's shaving cream scent. And then the drydown is almost pure rose on me. Strong, full-bodied, blood red rose. Rich, a tad spicy, a bit sweet, and just a hint powdery. I still catch whiffs of the chilly Numb-like scent behind the rose every once in a while, and the overall result is lovely. I really like a lot of BPAL's roses, and this one is quite beautiful

Thaumiel does not go soapy on me as it did for a lot of people, but this is intensely powdery on me. First on, I'm getting a very balmy lemon fragrance... a soft, subdued sort of lemon, not at all sharp or overbearing. Also, perhaps a bit of sweet, herbal, powdery lavender. I lose the ability to distinguish any one note in the drydown, it just smells like a soft powder with a hint of sweetness on me. Nothing about this really wows me, but it's not a bad smell either.

I actually don't get much clove out of Jack. Mostly it smells like buttery pumpkin bread and spice cake on me . It's very warm and foodie. A lot of clove scents smell 'off' on me, so I have a hard time describing what clove should smell like. Thankfully, I didn't get that weird clove smell from Jack, lol. Some people get a slight oaken note from it... on me it's like crisp caramel apples, apple cider, and the smell of autumn air and leaves. Mostly I get apple cider in the drydown. If you just don't like cedar blends, you shouldn't let that scare you away from all woodsy blends though. Cedar tends to smell foul on me, and I love a lot of other wood-type blends. I definitely agree with that last statement, lol. I really strongly dislike quite a few of the BPAL incense blends, but Midnight Mass is one of my absolute favorites (most velvety-gorgeous scent ever) and I've fallen in love with so many blends containing frankincense and myrrh. There are different types of resins and incense notes, so one can smell awful and another completely amazing... or they might be paired with other notes that completely change them. One of my favorite things about BPAL is how often I'm surprised by loving a perfume that I thought I would despise. Oh, and just to throw out one more scent that you might want to consider: Eclipse (bitter almond, vanilla, frankincense and heliotrope, with a drop of cinnamon), it smelled like lovely vanilla and cinnamon on me. Dragon's Milk is also sweet, warm, milky and comforting. Okay. I'll shutup now, lol.

You might want to try Jack (Halloween pumpkin, spiced with nutmeg, glowing peach and murky clove), Florence (Elegant iris, bright berries, gilded amber and velvety spices), and The Hesperides (oak bark, dew-kissed leaves, twilight mist and crisp apple). Jack and The Hesperides are very 'fall' smelling to me, and Florence has the amber, fruit, and spice that you seem to be having luck with. You also might want to try something like March Hare, which is just apricot and warm clove. Tamora also sounds like something that you might like. When I think of fall, that's the sort of perfume that I think of... warm spices. But, really, I'll wear anything no matter what time of year it is, lol. The Lion and O always strike me as nice, warm fall fragrances as well

I expected this to be strongly musky and resinous, as civet and frankincense are both usually pretty strong notes on me (and I actually love both notes). In reality, I did not get any frankincense at all, and the civet only lingered awkwardly in the background behind the scent of orange tang Chalky, powdery, sweet orange citrus with a hint of civet. Surprisingly light with poor staying power on me... it went to pure orange powder within 15 minutes and had disappeared around a half hour of wear. Strange, this one. I think that I actually would have liked a civet and frankincense blend but this does not work on me at all.

We used to have ivy growing all up the shady side of our house in Missouri, and Black Tower does really remind me of the way that it smelled. Of course, Black Tower is a bit more complex than that, but it's pretty awesome anyhow. I'm wearing it now and really enjoying it

Where Clarity smelled like mint with hints of lemongrass and dish soap on me, Concentration smells like lemongrass with hints of mint and dish soap. They are pretty similar to me. I don't like mint, citrus, or most soapy scents, so I'm not crazy about the smell... thankfully, this is a lot lighter on me and has less throw than Clarity did. It softens to a barely there hint of lemon after about fifteen minutes.

I'm fond of incense and sandalwood, and I adore frankincense... unfortunately, cedar and vetiver often smell funky when they hit my skin, and they're dominating this one on me. The cedar has that off smoldering BBQ scent that it often does with my skin chemistry, and the vetiver here smells strangely rotten. It reminds me of the awful black vetiver that went so horribly awry in Lenore. Dark, smoky, decaying... and not something that I'd really want to wear.

I have actually put off reviewing these just because I didn’t have the patience to go back and find everyone else’s reviews, lol. But, I am bored and avoiding writing some final essays, so here we go: CXX: I was surprised that some people mentioned fruity/wine notes with this one. On me, this starts out smelling very peppery, but also very clean. Like pepper mixed with some ozone and salty aquatics. In the drydown, crisp ozones and aquatics, still a hint of pepper, and some sweetly herbal or floral notes in the background. After an hour, I catch wafts of something like smoky-sweet incense coming up around the other notes. Previously reviewed by laochodia, OriginalWacky, sarada, and roesmoker. LXXVIII: It’s warm, soft, slightly spicy, and comforting on me. I think that it smells a bit like powdery sandalwood with hints of warm ginger and/or cinnamon. A great combination of something that smells like warm woods and spice on me. After an hour or so, I also get a hint of something darkly fruity that makes me think of plum. Previously reviewed by laochodia, shelldoo, sarada, sihaya09, yeahbutnobut, and olympia301. There. Now I feel accomplished

I love to wear any fragrance that was originally intended for a man, so I was excited at the chance to try Haitian Lover. Unfortunately... this is the almond fragrance of my nightmares. Almond, at its worst on me, smells like insanely boozy/medicinal cherries that have been hanging out in a urinal. This is very strong and bad on me. I would say that it was a bad imp, but it happens to smell like dark fruit, a hint of something like clove, and smoky-sweet incense on my friend (another girl). On me... not so much. If there isn't almond in here, it's some other sinister note that also hates me with a passion. I didn't get anything like licorice or cinnamon, but I did end up washing this off after about 40 minutes, so I didn't really explore the drydown. Haitian Lover goes very funky with my skin chemistry.

I was leery of trying this one after reading the other reviews... but I'm bored today and am picking through my imp box. Some people have mentioned ylang ylang in this one, but that note usually smells strongly metallic and overwhelming on me, and I'm not getting that familiar scent here. I'm also not getting any bubblegummy lotus. This smells like a very sweet, yellow floral to me at first. I can imagine it having hyper-sweet jasmine or honeysuckle in it, but it doesn't exactly smell like either of those on me either. There are also hints of something like sharp lemon in here. And it dries down to something like powdery dryer sheets on me, which I'm guessing is some sort of aquatic something. Aquatic florals and I do not get along... and Circe is just such a strange and hard to pin down blend.

Add me to the list of people who were excited to try this one based on the description and then ended up madly disappointed when it hit my skin I don't have much to add that hasn't already been touched upon in most of the other reviews. This is a strange mixture of intensely soapy lemon, black licorice, and a bad smoky smell on me. It doesn't smell like incense smoke on me at all, but is a strange smoky fragrance that reminds me a bit of cigarettes (which equals a major headache for me). I'm not getting the shadowy incense or cloaked strangers... perhaps a chainsmoking stranger with a handwashing compulsion

Cancer is a very juicy, fruity rose on me, and a bit too sharp for my tastes. First on I get some serious lemon, sharp and sweet. After a few minutes, a wet rose smell begins to bloom behind the lemon. After a half hour, the lemon is fading away and the rose plus another sweet floral scent are dominating. Still, this has a wet and fruity quality to it. It's almost like a rose that one could drink, if that makes any sense to anyone. After a few hours, hints of an herbal and slightly powdery rose. It's a nice rose fragrance... but not nice enough to warrant a full bottle (plus, I am already spoken for by Whip & The Peacock Queen ).

I've been loving Snowblind & Lick It lately, but those obviously were LEs. Tulzcha was a great cucumber and mint scent, very watery and cool. You might want to try Pain (pennyroyal & lavender), Mad Hatter (lavender citron, black musk, and pennyroyal) or some of the more masculine blends. I get a cool feeling from a lot of the masculine scents (Villain, Wilde, Vicomte de Valmont). I'd definitely recommend The Mock Turtle from the general catalogue as well (blurry aquatic notes, with a confusing, contrary splort of iris, ambrette, green apple, vodka, white mint and a squish of lime). My friend loves R'lyeh for the summer, as it goes to a chilly aquatic grapefruit on her, though it smells awful on me, personally. A lot of the tea scents like Embalming Fluid or Shanghai can be really refreshing as well. And you might want to try some of the fruity blends like Shango (crisp apple on me) or Yemaya (lovely, summery melon).

Virgo, from Celestials - Astrological Oils: apple / white musk / rose narcissus / oakmoss patchouli I am so happy to have finally gotten my hands on a wee half imp of Virgo... I am not a Virgo myself, but I love patchouli something fierce. First on... this is all earthy, slightly spicy patchouli and dark green, woodsy oakmoss. I'm getting something that almost smells like cedarwood here as well, but it's not overpowering or off as cedarwood often smells on me. After 15 minutes, this is a lighter earthy scent with subtle throw. It's clinging close to my skin. I'm not really getting any rose or apple, but I am getting a clean and slightly perfumey scent that I think is the white musk, underneath the woods and patchouli. Earthy patchouli and oakmoss, a hint of something wood-like, and a smattering of clean, creamy white musk. I could barely smell this after an hour, but I did enjoy it while it lasted. I might get a full bottle if the opportunity ever arose.

I'd second (third) the recommendations for Glasgow, Rosalind, and Phantom Queen. Rosalind especially reminded me of grassy meadows and streams. You might also want to try Roadhouse for something a bit different... it smelled very strongly of dandelions on me, but with a rather authentic boozy note that kind of turned me off. Still, worth trying, lol. Strangler Fig smells like woody branches and green leaves. A very authentic tree smell. And, of course, I must recommend Ochosi. My review of that one: "Ochosi is much warmer than I had expected. It smells like wandering through a dew-covered meadow on a balmy summer night. Wet air, grasses, and a honey-shea softness in the background. It's just as lovely as I had hoped that it would be." I love the grassy tree scents...

I was a bit afraid to try Juju after so many reviews mentioned it having jasmine in it (my skin amps up jasmine to fierce and overwhelming proportions). Oddly enough, I'm not getting jasmine at all though. First on... definitely floral, though I couldn't say what sort of flower it reminds me of. Something dark, bruised, and with a smoky, slightly powdery edge. I'm also getting a hint of something that smells like dusty wood. It makes me think of my grandmother's old wooden dressing table with her ancient floral perfumes and powders. After a few minutes, this is intensely powdery. Baby powder with a hint of smoky floral. It's pretty strong on me too. It's interesting and has an intriguing way of smelling somehow old, but it's not something that I could wear as a perfume.

This will be a purely scent-based review, as I haven't been using the temple blends for any real purpose. Temple of the Horned God is mainly pine and dark musky notes on me. Perhaps also some very dark, earthy patchouli in the mix as well. As a scent, it's a little too dark and too musky for me to actually wear it. It's a nicely evocative forest blend though. Definitely geared as a more masculine scent, though not something I'd really want my boy to smell like either.

I am on a quest to review all of the imps that are still left untouched in my imp box. I haven't tried Banshee yet, because I don't really like citrus, mint, or eucalyptus. Forging onward... The citrus here is definitely lemony on me. I don't really pick out the usual menthol-eucalyptus scent, but there is something cold and minty here. Perhaps a spearmint, because it isn't intensely strong or piercing like peppermint. Drydown after 15 minutes... sharp, lemon-scented soap. And it stayed soapy until I washed it off after an hour. Banshee is definitely not a scent for me.