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That does sound like it would be amazing, thanks for sharing the recipe . And I have all of those scents upstairs... *runs off to do some mixing*

Ah, I love odd little sayings like that. And I'd never heard that one before... ahem, anyhow... Sadly, I haven't yet found another scent that really smells like Fée. Fruit Moon was melony on me in the drydown, but with a lot of other fruits thrown in. Mi-Go Brain Canister also had melon in it and is up for sale on the swap forums and ebay pretty frequently... but it doesn't match up to Fée's melon at all. I get more floral/kiwi/tea/spice than I do melon from Mi-Go. I wish that there was a regular catalogue scent that smelled more like Fée

You might want to look at... Kurukulla (rose and lotus) London (tea rose) Delirium (rose, lemon, and apple) Zombi (rose, moss, and soil) Rose Cross (rose and frankincense) Spellbound (rose, amber, and red musk) Lucy's Kiss (rose and spice) Harlot (rose and cinnamon) Persephone (rose and pomegranate) Blood Rose (rose, wine, and dragon's blood) Moon Rose (rose and moonflower) Versailles (rose, citrus, amber, jasmine, and orris) I'd especially recommend Kurukulla and Versailles

Just wanted to add, for anyone who is shying away from Alice because of the honey, it is still definitely worth trying. Honey pretty much never works on me, it goes strangely metallic or perfumey and just 'off' on me... and I love the Alice. I get more of a slightly honeyed sweetness than I do a full-on honey scent from it. Try it try it try it...

Maiden is my carnation staple . It smells like pure carnation singlenote on me, though the description also lists it as having tea and rose along with the carnation. Alice is heavenly, but I only get spicy carnation from it for the first few minutes after application, then it turns into a lovely sweet cakes, milk, and honey scent on me.

You might also want to try The Body Perfumery's "Mad for Marshmallows" scent. It's a dupe off of Philosophy's marshmallow fragrance, but it's something that is similar and would work well with Marshmallow Cocoa. It's a very buttery, slightly chocolatey, marshmallow. It's one of my favorites. I love Jaqua's products, but there aren't really any BPAL scents that I think dead-on match any of the ones that you're looking for. Bliss is a great chocolate, and Beaver Moon would layer well with Buttercream Frosting. I'd also second the recommendation for Gluttony (though it turned sickeningly sweet on me). Also, for some reason, I thought of Snowblind when I thought of the way Buttercream frosting smells. Snowblind has a buttery vanilla that is a bit similar, I think, with the addition of a light mint. For Peach Parfait, Aglaea smells very similar to me. If you'd like, you can PM me and I'll be happy to send you imps of Mad for Marshmallows, Bliss, Beaver Moon, and Aglaea to try out

I didn't think that I would really need another rose fragrance, but the mention of resins in Parlement of Foules had me sold instantly. I'm glad that I purchased two bottles of this one, it's a very unique and wearable rose. Wet on my skin, this was very sharp/perfumey and I was ready to wash it off. Then it completely morphed after a couple of minutes into a soft, slightly sweet rose with the spice of frankincense in the background. It reminds me a bit of the sweetness that I got from the rose in The Peacock Queen, only softer and with the resinous bite. I love Kittyflop's description of this as a "pale rose" because that is the phrase that kept coming up in my mind as I sniffed this one. After an hour this smells like golden syrupy sweet myrrh with a hint of fresh cut rose. It fades quickly after the one hour mark. Parlement of Foules is romantic and soft on me, very good for a Valentine's Day sort of rose. It would be fitting to wear on a romantic dinner date. I wish that this lasted longer, but it's one that I don't mind reapplying.

In the bottle... this manages to smell spicy, sweet, and aquatic. A strangely delicious combination. I was intrigued at first sniff, though I put off trying this blend originally. It didn't sound that exciting out of all of the Lupercalia blends, but I am really happy with Night's Pavilion. It is a definite winner for me, and I'm so glad that I purchased two bottles. Wearing this is like being in the house on a hot summer's night and feeling overheated and restless... then you walk outside and a cool breeze refreshes you as you look up at a starry sky and feel rejuvenated. Something about the floral mixed with frankincense and creamy musk is just perfect. It is as refreshing and enchanting as a cool breeze on a stifling summer night. I wouldn't really smell this and think that it is floral, though it's what I expected after reading the notes. Night's Pavilion smells very exotic and musky (musk usually gives me a headache, but I'm loving this), with the frankincense and sweet floral dancing around in the background, and an almost black peppery spiciness to it. Love it. ETA: I have the 2006 and 2011 versions of this. The 2006 bottles I own haven't changed much at all with age, and the 2011 smells *nothing* like the original. The 2011 version smells like pink, creamy roses and lemonade on me (wth?) and lasts about a half hour before it disappears.

At first, the main thing that I smell in this blend is the sandalwood. It is a spicy wooden scent. After a few minutes, the sharp tuberose comes out and starts making my head ache. Sandalwood, perfumery tuberose, and a golden powdery amber. It stays pretty true to that as well. The tuberose calms down a bit after 15 minutes or so (thankfully) but this still has a very perfumey floral scent going on. The sandalwood stays in the background, and the amber rounds out the blend. Khajuraho has a lot of throw and is really overpowering on me. I don't like florals or amber. This one gives me a headache.

The Perfumed Garden is more crisp and herbal than I expected it to be. Jasmine is usually overpowering and sharp on my skin, but the jasmine here is light and sweet. I can definitely smell the thyme and apple peel as well. The soft musk comes out after about an hour. This is not the overpowering headache-inducing floral blend that I was expecting at all. It really does smell like a garden. I imagine lots of greenery, little flowers, and a stream running through. Herbal and slightly earthy, with a dash of sweet flowers and crisp fruitiness. This smells rather sophisticated. It's not something that I would wear, but I think that my mother would really like this one.

I agree that Budding Moon does smell rather similar to Dirty, especially for the first half hour that it is on. It's almost a softer, sweeter version of Dirty on me. Less soapy, but still a clean floral scent. Sweet, delicate, and pretty. It gets sweeter in the drydown. I don't know if Budding Moon is really me, it's not the sort of fragrance that I usually wear. It's a lovely subtle floral though.

I don't like Snake Oil or Snake Charmer, so I was kind of afraid to try this one after reading some of the reviews. This isn't anything like I had expected. It's actually rather fruity on me, and I'm not getting any sort of boozy notes. It doesn't even smell that sugary. I keep thinking of raisins, actually. I am also getting the strange fragrance the turned me off in Snake Oil. Smut on me smells like Snake Oil eating raisins. After about 15 minutes, this smells very cold on me. Cold and slinky, with a sort of wooden fruitiness. After a half hour. This smells pretty much the same, but it also has a strangely burnt quality to it. It makes me feel nauseous. I should know better. Anytime that someone compares a scent to Snake Oil, it tends to make my stomach turn. Smut, sadly, isn't one that I'll be wearing (I so wanted to tell someone that I was wearing Smut too, lol). Maybe I'll try to age the oil and try it again in a few months.

Red Lantern was one of those blends that could go either way for me. Amber and tobacco usually smell awful on my skin... but the coconut, caramel, and black currant sounded like an absolute dream to me. Thankfully, it is as good as I had dared to hope. In the bottle, this smells like gooey caramel and sticky fruits. My mouth literally started watering at first sniff. First on my skin, this is exactly what I had hoped it would be. The sweet caramel is dominant, with a swirl of exotic spice and dark fruitiness underneath it. The coconut also comes out after a few minutes. It is a sensual, intoxicating sort of sweetness. Throughout the next half hour I kept catching whiffs of this one and thinking of caramel apples. I am in foodie heaven. Surprisingly, I also don't ever really smell the amber or tobacco (which, for me, is a GREAT thing). I also am not getting the coffee comparison that others have mentioned. The coconut ends up being strongest for me after an hour, like coconut drizzled with caramel. The sweet fruitiness fades in and out on my skin. Two hours later, this has faded away to nothing. But it's such a unique and wonderfully foodie scent on my skin, I will happily slather and reapply. I especially adore the first 15 minutes or so on my skin. I'm glad that I bought two bottles.

Luperci 2006: I was so looking forward to trying Luperci (first one that I tore out of my package), and I have not been disappointed. First on, it is shockingly similar to LUSH's Tramp showergel (which I love), though it does get sweeter and loses the close similarity in the drydown. I love patchouli, but I think that this one would appeal to people who aren't so fond of it as well. It's a sweet and golden smelling patchouli that grounds the entire blend. Luperci has a good deal of subtle throw, but it clings to my skin in a very sensual way. It's earthy, but has a unique and edible sweetness to it. I usually hate honey, but I think the honey-ish note that I smell here is the beeswax, and I love it. Sweet patchouli, honeyish musk, and other sweet, exotic wafts of delightful, sensual things. I think this might be my favorite perfume *ever*. I can't even describe it well because I'm so in love with it. It's making me swoon. This would smell AMAZING on my boy, but he can't have any. It's all mine. ETA: I loved Luperci 06 (seriously thought that it was my ultimate signature scent and bought a dozen bottles of it), but it has aged terribly, much to my disappointment. After about 6 months, it turned into this weak, dry, powdery wood chip smell with hints of honey. Very bland and sad. I bought the later versions in the hope that it would smell good again, but I don't even recognize the scent. The most recent one, 2010, smells nothing like the original to me. It smells a little bit like a soapy, sharper version of Black Lace. It smells like sharp musk, intense soap, and gritty tobacco.

Wow. I love the Lupercalia labels especially the colours on Night's Pavilion. And I can't wait to see what sort of labels my two bottles of Smut have. I wonder how many different labels there are in total...

I was so excited when I read the description for Holiday Moon, because BPAL really does glorious things with tea scents. I loved the green tea fragrance of Spirits of the Dead, Shanghai, and Embalming Fluid, so I had high hopes for Holiday Moon. Sadly, this one isn't so great with my skin chemistry. First on it reminded me quite a bit of Whippoorwill (which I love), green and wet and slightly mossy. This differs from Whippoorwill though, because it is going soapy on me . There is also something sharply citrus in the background. 5 minutes later. This is... floral? It smells like floral fabric softener sheets on me, and it's making me sneeze. After a half hour this one has given me a headache. I was expecting something smooth, cool, green, and slightly sweet (like Spirits of the Dead, I suppose)... but this has just gone horribly awry on me. It really does smell like floral dryer sheets. It is sharp, soapy, and perfumey. I usually do well with tea blends, so I'm shocked that this one went so badly on my skin. Oh well, I'm glad that I have a bottle of this one anyhow, just because the label art is so beautiful.

La Fée Verte isn't anything like what I had been expecting, perhaps because I wasn't sure what most of the notes in this were even supposed to smell like, so I made up my own little interpretation in my fantasy world, lol. I was expecting something very smooth and sweet (more green tea-ish), so this was more musky, powdery, and 'jagged' than I had anticipated. I was also expecting anise, and I don't find any of that here. In the bottle and on my skin this does smell very green. It smells rather herbal in the bottle, but with a definite edge of sugary sweetness. I like it more in the bottle than I do on my skin at first. I was surprised when I first put this on because it was much more musky than I thought it would be, and it goes rather powdery on me as well. It's all powdery musk at first, and I was feeling pretty disappointed. After a few minutes, this then gets very lemony. I don't care for lemon either. This stage is the 'jagged' stage that I mentioned. Lemon usually smells rather harsh to me, and powdery lemon is about as bad as it gets, in my opinion. There was also a strangely burnt, spicy smell lingering in the background. Thankfully, after fifteen minutes, this completely settles and morphs on my skin (though I still don't love it). The powdery edge and the citrus completely disappear, leaving behind a silky musk and sweetness. It makes me think of sugar cubes, creamy vanilla, and creamy white musk. A sort of metallic honey scent comes out after about an hour. It's light and edible. I love it in this stage right before it disappears, but it's hardly noticeable at this point. La Fée Verte fades pretty fast on me and doesn't have a lot of throw (Hellion is stronger on me)... I wore it to a doctor's appointment and, 2 hours later, could barely smell a slight sweetness clinging to my wrists. I like it, especially after the first hour of wear, but I don't really *love* it. I'll probably end up decanting away most of my bottle.

I tried to take a picture, but I came to the conclusion that my digi-cam is a piece of garbage. UltraViolet has a really good picture of the entire set and label in her Hellion review though.

I also have a label question... if I were to buy a 10 ml of Black Phoenix, would it have a large phoenix label? Or do just the 5 mls have the new labels? I'd love to have a bottle with a supersized phoenix label, or supersized Come and See labels

It has been difficult for me to describe the naughty/nice blends because they are just all so wonderful. They are some of the best fragrances that I have ever had the pleasure of wearing. I want to hoard bottles of Lump of Coal and Fee, and now I’m also in love with Snow Angel. I really wanted a bottle of Snow Angel because I imagined that it would smell a lot like Fresh’s Lemon Sugar fragrance (fizzy sweet lemons, which I love). It smells exactly like Lemon Sugar in the bottle, and is also rather similar on my skin. Similar, but a lot better. It is sweeter and stronger, and slightly boozy, but not in a chemical/sickening way. A sweet, fizzy sort of boozy lemon. This is definitely a very effervescent blend, bright and bubbly. I normally don’t like citrus because it is too sharp on me, but this is very smooth and sweet lemon. I think that the peach and floral tea in the background help to keep this one grounded. I'm so glad to have a bottle of this one.

I thought that the leather in this would be really strong, but I am getting mostly a cassia sort of fragrance at first. Cinnamony with a bit of spicy, dark leather in the background. A half hour later the leather has really come through, but it hasn't completely drowned out the nother notes as it usually does on my skin. It's a warm sort of leather and I am really enjoying it. Spicy and hot. There is a sweet spiciness that is lingering nicely behind the leather as well. I would probably like this one a lot more on a man, but I can see myself wearing it from time to time as well. Spanked is pretty strong and has a good deal of throw, 6 hours on my skin and it is still going.

I am so unbelievably happy that I managed to swap for a bottle of this one (much thanks to Laurel ). I am also happy that Fee is every bit as beautiful as I had hoped that it would be. In the bottle it is sweet honeydew melon, and that is all I smell when I first apply it as well. It smells fresh, sweet and juicy. After a few minutes I can smell sweet, unique florals, smooth white tea, and sweet vanilla. They are very well blended and I have never smelled anything quite like this before, but it is gorgeous. The vanilla gets much stronger in the drydown, but the juicy honeydew remains the dominant part of the blend. Sugary vanilla and juicy melon makes a mouthwatering combination. Something about this scent really grabs me. When I was little my father and I had a garden where we grew honeydew melons and huge sunflower plants... and that memory is what I think of whenever I smell this or read the listed notes. It has a magical and enchanting feel for me. My mother and my cat really liked this one as well. My cat sniffed my wrist, fell on the floor, and started purring when I first put this on, while my mother exclaimed that this is the best perfume that I own. It might very well be in my top ten favorites, and it is definitely my favorite of the naughty/nice blends, next to Lump of Coal. This is really strong on me and has a lot of throw. I could still smell it lingering around me even 8 hours after I had applied it. I love Fee. ETA: I wish I'd worn this more when it was 'fresh.' With age this has a very baby powdery edge on me. It has lost the juicy melon and now just goes to baby powder with a hint of sickly sweet vanilla

I agree with sarada on the comparison to The Rat King at first. Clio has the same sort of dried grasses, dust and sour something that I smelled in The Rat King, but with a sweeter orange citrus edge to it. Also, this is softer and lighter than The Rat King was on me. On my skin for a few minutes it is as if the sweet orange is battling the patchouli for dominance... and the sweet orange eventually wins. In the drydown this smells like someone dropped orange hard candies into a dusty attic and the smell of the sugar is mingling with the dust earthy scent. I am also getting the comforting scent of old paper after about a half hour, reminding me of a warm library. I'm not smelling anything that reminds me of The Rat King anymore either. Clio morphs from The Rat King plus orange citrus into a warm old library with a pleasant sweetness lingering in the background. I haven't really enjoyed any of the muses, but this one is definitely my favorite. It is very lovely and unique in the drydown.

First on this is sweet neroli... but it quickly dries down to perfumey florals and something sharp and herbal. After about a half hour, there is just a trace of something strange and sour on my skin. I had high hopes for Terpsichore, being a dancer... but this is another muse scent that doesn't work on me

First on this is sweet, citrusy blood orange and a hint of apricot. Over the first few minutes on my skin, the blood orange disappears and the apricot takes over. It's a sweet, fruity scent. I can smell the tangy, slightly perfumey honey and ylang ylang underneath the apricot after about an hour, but I never smell any tonka. This is definitely mostly an apricot scent on me. Thaleia is a cheery fruity blend... not really my type of fragrance, but lovely.