Little Bird

I actually like lotus when it smells like powdery bubblegum, so I was happy when Black Lotus had that smell. It's very sweet and pleasant to me. I didn't think that I would like the combination of bubblegum, spicy woods, and goldeny myrrh, but I do. The lotus just adds an edible sweetness to the spiciness of the blend. After three hours or so, this is very powdery and faint. I rather like it though, and I am pondering the purchase of a full bottle.

I really expected to hate this one, being that white florals pretty much always give me a migraine. But it's such a light and soft floral that it doesn't really bother me. The drydown is powdery and reminds me of the carnation scented dusting powder that my grandmother used to wear. That floral powder note is mixing with a lovely creamy musk too. Musk usually doesn't work on me, but this is a wonderful creamy scent that is clinging to my skin. I don't think that I'll need a full bottle of this one, but I definitely will be keeping my decant. This is a very classic girlie sort of perfume on me. Very light and pretty

I'm glad that I just got a decant of this one. It's way too much floral for me to handle. It starts out smelling a bit sour and herbal, which I'm guessing is the rosemary. The drydown is one of the most horrible headache-inducing perfumes that I've ever worn. This is hyper musky smoky jasmine and soapy lily. It turns on me and smells a bit like floral hairspray I washed this off after about a half hour, and I could still smell it on my skin throughout the day and many repeated handwashings. Strong musky jasmine-floral.

This is very floral on me, definitely the rose that everyone else has mentioned. Unfortunately, this is a very bitter and acrid rose. In the drydown I can smell some other floral, but it's all going a bit soapy. Not one of the winning rose perfumes on my skin

There isn't much to add about this one that hasn't already been said. It does smell like lavender. I find lavender rather boring as a fragrance... I just never have managed to love it. This is a pleasant scent though. Kind of sweet and powdery. I'll probably be giving away my decant, as I won't wear it much.

First impression: Oh This reminds me a bit of Sloth, only sweeter and more golden. When I smell Aureus, I get a very specific imagine in my mind. There's an open window allowing a glowing ray of sunshine into the room. I'm leaning against an old oak cabinet and watching specks of dust glitter in the sunbeam. And it's all so warm, calm, and comforting. Aureus is a bit woodsy, a bit dusty, a bit sweet, and a bit magical. I'm definitely getting a bottle of this one

I wanted to love this one... I love the green colour of the actual oil. Sadly, the fragrance doesn't work on me. First on this smelled like lime zest and menthol. The drydown is very green and slightly dirty. It is reminiscent of how one's hands smell after weeding a garden. Earthy and smeared with wet, green plant pulp. It's definitely more weeds than flowers on me. Not my kind of perfume. ETA for 2016 frimps from the lab. The oil color of this is no longer green. I still get a menthol/crisp eucalyptus from it, but no lime. It smells like running through a bunch of eucalyptus trees and juniper bushes and getting that green, piney sap and cool menthol scent all over yourself and your clothes. In the drydown, it's suddenly smoky, like pine pitch. It's like you grabbed a bunch of green pine and eucalyptus leaves and are roasting them over a fire, and now you smell like the black smoke that's wafting off of the greenery. Dark, haunting, and I feel like I'd enjoy this more on a man. He would seem very mysterious and outdoorsy.

First on, Blood Lotus smells like a cross between Satyr and Urd on me, but with a few bad things thrown in to make it turn. I'm getting a sort of sickly metallic twang that reminds me of dragon's blood... and a sharp perfumey floral underneath it all. Several hours later, this has dried down to a light scent that smells like spicy floral grapejuice. It's odd and not really working on me.

Wow, I am beyond impressed with the Halloween labels. I am in label heaven . Trick or Treat was my first pick of the Halloween blends, but it's a bit disappointing on my skin. I was horrified when I first smelled this in the bottle. It smells like creamed corn, and it was enough to make me feel ill. Thankfully, it transforms into something less repulsive on my skin On me, this smells like a bowl of candy corns that have been lightly dusted with cinnamon. Light and sugary. There is also a sort of freshly baked bread scent in the background. Very warm and pleasant. It makes me think of bread pudding, but it's very light and not something that I'd really want to smell like. This doesn't have much throw or staying power on me either. ETA: Got a later version of this scent and it smells light like, creamy, candle-ish vanilla (a bit cheap and waxy smelling), a hint of dry leaves, and a hint of spices. Dries down to sort of a creamy brown sugar candle type scent. It does remind me of Sugar Skull. Has pretty much no staying power or throw on me and quickly fades to a vague, waxy sweetness on my skin.

I'm always the odd one out on these things... but this pumpkin blend was very bland on me. It was the last one that I picked out to try. And it was the one that I was least impressed with on my skin. I loved the woods/ivy pumpkin, the apple cider pumpkin, and the cocoa pumpkin (in that order), I didn't like the pomegranate pumpkin, and this one is just boring on me. When trying to describe it, all I can think is that this really smells dry. Like dry woods and dry nuts. I'm actually not smelling any pumpkin or spice. It's rather light and sinks into my skin too. While the other blends in the patch have a lot of throw and last for hours on me, this one disappears within an hour. Oh well. Overall, I am in love with the patch and think it was worth every penny.

I was worried that this one would be nauseatingly sweet on me, but it's so good. I've been so pleasantly surprised with The Pumpkin Patch. I figured that they would be mostly novelty scents, but they are so wearable and wonderful. This one smells like pumpkin pie thoroughly dusted with rich dark cocoa powder. It's more of a bitter dark chocolate than a too sweet chocolate, and it mixes with the sweet pumpkin perfectly. I don't smell the walnut or hazelnut really, but the cocoa gets a bit stronger in the drydown. This is another love for me.

This and the woods/ivy pumpkin were my favorite blends in the pumpkin patch. This is apple cider in a BPAL bottle. I am very tempted to drink it. For everyone who was looking for an apple cider scent, this one is lovely. It's like having a mug of apple cider and a slice of pumpkin pie while sitting outside in the chilly autumn air. This reminds me of The Hesperides and the Pumpkin King, only better.

I figured that this one would be my least favorite of the patch, since I'm not fond of BPAL's pomegranate note. It's not awful, but it actually is my least favorite. Oddly, this smells exactly like the bubblegum flavored medicine that I was given as a child. I actually didn't mind taking the medicine, but it was strange. If I make a conscious effort to smell the pomegranate, I can pick it out... but the overall impression is bubblegum medicine. I'm not sure that I can actually wear this one. I sort of like it when I first put it on, but after a few minutes it begins to make me feel nauseous.

My pumpkin patch set was the most wonderful thing that I've ever gotten in the mail. Ever. I loved sniffing them and trying them all on, and I had so much fun trying to guess which one was which (I guessed right on all of them too, so I feel special, haha). Sniffing all of them from the bottles, this one was instantly my favorite. On my skin, I love it even more. Spicy woods and pumpkin This is the one that screams of being in a real pumpkin patch to me. It's what I would imagine a haunted Halloween forest to smell like, as the leaves are changing and bare tree trunks are standing out. This is the scent of being outdoors in the fall. I don't smell the ivy exactly, but there is a dark green scent underneath the dry woods that I love. In the drydown this gets sweeter and creamier, but the woods keep everything grounded. This is my absolute favorite of the patch. I'm not wearing a costume for Halloween this year, but this is the fragrance that I'll be wearing when I take the little ones trick or treating

I've been trying to find a good lime scent for quite a while now. Detox is delicious, like a fresh cut lime dusted with sugar. It reminds me a bit of limeade (one of my favorite drinks). It stays strong and true to the first impression too. I find this one to be very refreshing and invigorating. It's one of the only Panacea blends that I think I'll get a full bottle of.

I am not fond of orange citrus or grapefruit. Unfortunately, Moxie is very sharp citrus on me. It's like grinding up an orange rind and a grapefruit rind into powder and then snorting it up my nose. Not that I've ever done this, really. I just imagine that it would be the same sort of feeling. Moxie is very sharp and dry on me. I don't get any ginger, just citrus. I'll be swapping my decant.

First on, this smells like almond and cinnamon on me. I'm getting that boozy, syrupy cherry scent that I sometimes get from almond. With the hint of cinnamon, this is rather sharp and unpleasant on me. It's reminding me a bit of cough syrup. 15 minutes later, the drydown is heavenly . I'm getting more of a juicy ripe blackberry and clove scent. It smells just like blackberry pie. It's a lovely warm foodie scent. I'll definitely be hoarding my decant.

Dead Man's Hand smells to me exactly like the store where I buy my brother's work boots. All of the leather and suede. It's somehow warmer and softer on me than De Sade. I envision this as brown and soft rather than black and hard.

Devil's Night was surprisingly good on me. Musk, booze, and smoke... sounded incredibly scary to me. It was the Halloween blend that I hesitated most on... and I think it might be my favorite. This is like trick or treating in a bottle. The dry autumn leaves, chilled air, and sugary snacks. First on it's mostly the dry leaves and a hint of incensey smoke. In the drydown, there's a creamy musk, sugary vanilla, gingerbread, and lemon cookie scent coming into play. I'm not getting any of the booziness, thankfully. Even in this rather foodie stage, the autumn leaves are strong enough that it's not overly sweet. It's foodie without really being foodie, if that makes sense. Hours later there's just a hint of creamy musk and smoke left on my skin. It's just beautiful all the way through. This one is a keeper

First on, Tiphareth is resinous. Sort of like Cathedral, but I like Cathedral more. After a few minutes it starts to smell a bit more woodsy. I'm not getting the pine or cinnamon that many others have smelled. Half hour later. Wow, this is nothing like Cathedral now. It smells more green and herbal with a background of dry woods. Every once in a while over the hours that I wore this, I would smell a spicy resin note. It shifts between that herbal woodsy scent and the resins. I like this. I'll definitely be keeping my decant.

I've been having a horrible time with my insomnia lately... so I decided to give this one a try last night. It smells like lavender and a sort of creamy lemon. It's pretty strong lavender. Sadly, this didn't help me sleep or make me feel any calmer. Maybe my issues are just a bit too much for aromatherapy to conquer This might make a nice room scent, but I don't really like lavender as a personal scent.

I didn't really need a jasmine singlenote to smell this... jasmine amps up something crazy on my skin and pretty much takes over any blend that it's in for me. Basically, almost anything with jasmine in it becomes jasmine singlenote on me, lol. Jasmine singlenote is... jasmine. It makes me think of a bright yellow colour. Unfortunately, this is insanely smoky, sickly sweet, and nauseating on me, as always.

Geburah makes me feel a bit queasy. To be fair though, I do not really like leather scents. It just smells cold and... bad on me. If you like leather, definitely try this one. Strong, smoky leather. That's it. It stayed true to that first impression too. It was still going strong, but I washed it off after about an hour. My decant is going to be a gift for a male friend that I don't see often.

Chesed is not my favorite Sephiroth blend. It smells like light cedar that is sort of dusty. In the drydown it also gets a bit of a lemony smell that reminds me of furniture polish. It's not a green smell or a fresh cedar smell on me, it's very dry and dusty. Overall this one only lasts about an hour on my skin. Very light and faded quickly. I can't see myself wearing this one.

I'm another person who got a rootbeer float sort of smell from this. Sweet vanilla and root beer. In the drydown it does get a bit reminiscent of Snake Oil (not in a bad way, I actually don't care for Snake Oil... but it has a sort of similar powdery/resinous quality). Like a root beer float that I dumped an imp of Snake Oil into. Interesting, I'll be keeping my decant... probably won't be a full bottle purchase though.