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On me, The Governess is a mix of clean, fresh green tea, slightly powdery vanilla orchid, and candied, creamy violet. It goes slightly sharper/perfumey as it dries down, but I like the delicate sweetness to it. My husband really likes this on me, but he is a fan of florals. I find myself wishing that it were a bit sweeter, and might try layering it with something more vanilla-y. Still, I will probably keep my decant. The smell of it reminds me of spring, which I am missing right now.

This sounded awesome. Unfortunately, like most of bpal's aquatics and ozones, it just smells like laundry soap to me

I don't really like bpal's oak or teak notes (which tend to smell dark and slightly bitter on my skin with a powdery finish), and I think that's the main thing I'm getting here, along with a smoky tobacco and masculine spiciness from the bay rum. I might try out my decant on my husband, but I don't think that this is going to be a favorite for me. I'm not a huge fan of tobacco or oak scents, though.

I like every note listed for this except for the apple blossom, but I can't really pick out any of the notes that are supposed to be in this one. Miss Addie is a sharp, almost smoky-musky-perfumey sort of floral. I get a hint of a sickly sweet, vaguely fruity note at first, but the drydown is all perfumey smelling white floral with a dry, almost green edge that reminds me of oakmoss and ferns. This is a really flat scent on me. Not very complex. Mostly a perfumey white floral that fades quickly.

I was hoping that the mango in this would be similar to the mango in bpal's White Chocolate Mango Buttercream, but Luna Azul isn't really fruity to my nose. I pretty much only get the lavender from this scent, and it reminds me of lavender scented fabric softener sheets, sort of perfumey and clean. After about an hour, it dries down to a faint baby powdery smell on my skin.

I love mandarin oranges, but I always have my husband peel them for me, because I hate the slightly sour, slightly bitter orange smell that they leave on my hands. When I first tried my decant of King Mandarin, it smelled exactly like that, and I was regretting buying a bottle (yes, I caved and placed a full bottle order before getting my decants, lol). It starts off a bit sour, a bit bitter, and a bit fizzy smelling. It reminds me of the orange in Polynesian Pop, but sharper. Thankfully, though, the drydown after about 5-10 minutes is better, softer, and sweeter on my skin. It smells more like the sweet juice of a mandarin orange than the bitter peel part. That bitterness is still there and probably needs to be layered with something sweeter for me, but it's the sort of thing that I'll like layered. King Mandarin is very simple and very realistic. Some of the new single notes feel more complex and not really single notes to me, but this one is simple, and I like that about it. I don't know that I'd wear this on its own, but I will love layering this with vanillas, florals, and pretty much anything. I'm glad that I ordered a bottle.

Blue Snowballs starts off as sweet blueberry and lime with the slushy, cool snow note. It makes me think of snocones. As it dries down, the fruity notes fade quickly on me and I'm left with the snow. I actually really like the lab's cold, clean, slightly sweet, melty snow note, so it still works for me. I do wish that the blueberry would stick around, but I'll probably still keep my decant of this.

I was expecting this to be strong red and black musk (as both of those are usually overpowering on my skin), but I'm getting a lot of the herbal, green notes (the spicy green of tomato leaf and gingergrass and something more herbal/dry that I'm guessing is the thistle). I get a bit of the black musk, which always reminds me of smoky men's cologne, and then a bit of sweetness from the red musk as it dries down and starts to fade.

First on, this smells like dirt, mushrooms and a sharp, cool (almost a menthol/eucalyptus smell to my nose), damp sort of herbal tone. Dries down to earth, warm, sharp ginger and dry wood/hay on my skin. It fades quickly on me, and there are other dirt scents that I find more wearable than this one (Death Cap, Badger, Premature Burial).

This scent reminds me of baking with extracts - boozy almond extract, sweet orange extract, and a sort of brown sugary sweetness and gingerbread spiciness. It's like baking holiday cookies with some sweet orange thrown in. It dries down to a faint, creamy/cakey sweet orange scent on me. Only lasts about an hour and a half total on my skin. I think that this is one of those foodie scents that I prefer as a room fragrance, so I'll probably use up the rest of my decant in the oil warmer. I like this one, but probably won't need more after I use up my decant.

Does anyone know what the label artwork looks like for Lil' Menes' Feline Entertainments?

I've avoided reviewing this one, because it's way too spicy to my nose. Heavy spice scents give me a headache. As other reviewers have mentioned, this almost has a red hots candy feel, but sharper and sort of dusty/powdery. It's sort of like a cassia and hot pepper smell on me. I didn't think that I disliked red ginger, but this is too much strong spice for me, and lasted after several scrubbings when I tested it.

Mrs. Grose isn't working on me at all. I can't stand rose mixed with cinnamon for some reason, and that's mainly what I'm getting here. It's sort of like a sour rosehip tea smell mixed with sweet cinnamon. I prefer Peacock Queen and Pink Snowballs from the Yule roses.

I was hoping for dark rose with sweet myrrh, but the rose here is more sour and chemical/perfumey smelling. I agree with the reviewer who said it smells similar to Elizabeth of Bohemia, which didn't work on me either. I like roses to either smell fresh or very sweet, and this sharper, perfumey variety doesn't smell good to me. I also don't get much of an incense or resin feel from this. As it dries down, it's sour rose perfume and dry wood on my skin. Not a fan of this one.

I agree that this is reminiscent of Jabberwocky and PineSol. I'm not getting any chocolate/cocoa, but lots of sharp, sour pine and bracing mint. The drydown after a half hour turns slightly baby powdery. I prefer smoother pine blends with a darker or sweeter element to them (like Golden Priapus and Yule Cat), so this isn't working for me.

This is a soapy, slightly tart smelling, spring floral. I don't get any of the vanilla/cream aspect. I agree that it's reminiscent of a floral bar soap. Not sweet enough for me, unfortunately, as I love vanilla & floral blends.

Usually I spritz the BPTP sprays on to a throw pillow and they manage to scent the room that they're in, but I can't smell this unless I'm practically hugging the pillow that it's been spritzed on. It doesn't seem to have as much throw for some reason. It also comes off as a really warm, smoky scent to me. I kept thinking that it smelled like cherry pipe tobacco and cigar smoke more than anything patchouli or leathery... not a keeper for me.

Sweet Lavinia's Dread Puddings is both too sweet and too spicy for me. There's a cinnamon note here that amps up like mad on me, with undertones of something like brown sugar and maple syrup. It's sort of like sugar-drenched pancakes and cinnamon potpourri on my skin. This one is really strong on me and starts to give me a headache after a while (and the cinnamon persists even after I tried to scrub it off several times, lol). I might try out the rest of my decant in an oil warmer, as it seems like it might work better as a room fragrance.

Most of bpal's cherry blends turn into all cherry on me, but I'm not really smelling any fruitiness from this one. It's a milky (slightly sour milk), very buttery smell with a bit of a burnt edge to it. My husband really hated this one and said it smells like butter and spoiled milk :/ I sort of like buttery smells, so this is okay for me, but I don't need more than my partial decant. Milky, buttery, warm scent...

This is a sweet, fruity candy smell (kinda reminds me of sweet tarts or the lab's pomegranate note) with a sharp, soapy undertone. I'm not really into this type of tart, heavy fruit scent or soapy scents, so this isn't working for me. It's reminding me of aged Lovers in a Carp Streamer, so maybe it has some cranberry or red currant to it as well.

I was hoping that this would be a roasted, nutty, vanilla-y, foodie type nougat scent with a bit of creamy lavender. Unfortunately, I get a blast of cloying, cheap cherry almond and then this dries down to mostly herbs. It's really heavy on the thyme, as others have already noted, with a bit of a sharp lavender to it. I don't really find it foodie or sweet at all

For some reason, this goes on smelling like perfumey red rose and lime popsicles to me. Maybe the sweet cherry and lemon verbena are giving me that impression. As it dries down, it smells less limeade to me and more like a mix of fruit flavored hard candies + perfumey rose. Over time, it's more and more of a perfumey rose on my skin, with the sweeter notes fading away. I kind've like Venusian Phoenix, but there's a bit of a sharp, musky, perfumey edge to the rose that I'm not loving. There are a lot of other rose blends that I like more than this one.

I like Solar Phoenix for about the first half hour that it's on. Pineapple notes usually turn sour on my skin, but the pineapple here smells soft, yellowy, and sweetly fruity, with a bit of fuzzy, herbal chamomile rounding it out. I get that nice herby-fruity combo over the dusty, incensey frankincense and powdery heliotrope. It's a pleasant, unusual mix of fruity, herbal and resinous. Unfortunately, it fades a lot after the first half hour on my skin, and I'm left with a faint, powdery incense that disappears rather quickly. I wish it had better staying power on me.

On me, this is really soapy white floral and hints of watery lettuce. Definitely a crisp & clean scent, but way too soapy for me.

Jupiterian Phoenix smells just like a freshly cut Christmas tree, in the bottle and on my skin. It's all pine, and I can't smell any of the other listed notes. This smells a lot like Golden Priapus, actually, if you took the vanilla & amber out of GP. It's nice, but I do prefer GP for a slightly more complex, sweeter pine scent. This one is also very light on me, only lasting about an hour and not giving off much throw.