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Very creamy coconut patchouli. I not at all a harsh/bitter patchouli - more of a loamy, fresh earth and woods scent. Goblin is so smooth. It's really good. There is a spicy incense note in the background and I think some vanilla as well. This would be a good intro blend for the Patchouli-curious. It also wears really well through out the day.

Haunted House Labels -

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Halloweeniee labels (minus sugar skull - sorry!)

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I am convinced there is amber in here somewhere. I get a soft powdery tinge to it every now and then. The top notes are dry aged oak wine barrels. If you have ever been on a winery tour and remember the smell of the big, cold room where they have stacks and stacks of wine filled oak barrels you know what I am talking about. There is also a subtle earthyness. I really like it. If you are worried about the sour wine note it is barely there.

 

This is one of those scents that reminds me how much I love Beth and Bpal. It IS a chilling cellar, I just don't know how Beth does it - amazing.

So many things going on with this - and it is one of those super well blended releases that makes it hard to pin notes down. Ivy, wet ivy. A whiff of burning/charred wood, green moss, and the perfume of the forest at night. Another amazing creation.

Incense, dusky red fruits, dry ceder. Deliciousness in a bottle. It reminds me of the love child of Mme Moriarty and Monster Bait: Ventriloquist Dummy. Thankfully on me the rose is expressed as duskyness and not pure evil. It blends well with the other florals for more of a antique floral feeling instead of a crazy cat ladies front parlor with dried roses and hairballs. I don't get as much of a fruit feel as some others are reporting and am amping a distinct ceder note - which is probably why the florals are working so well on me.

 

Love it!

I'm anxiously waiting photos of the new Halloween scents!!

 

I can't wait to see what the Haunted House bottles look like!

 

I'm such a sucker for great designs.

 

 

You and me both! I wanna see Crypt Queen and her coffin

 

the bottle in the crypt on the trading post site says Crypt Queen. Wouldn't it just be the same bottle?

Just curious - how big are the bottles (inches, in relation to imps, etc)? I've got 3 on their way to me but none of them have made it yet, and curiousity's getting to me.

 

 

Well here is a pic of the old King Cobra Label next to an imp of Anaconda

 

They've all changed.

 

Gee, I guess I will have to reorder LOL - clearly I have to have a set with new labels.

 

 

 

Wow, I love Julie Dillon's work. It's luminous. I hope we get to see more of her work in conjunction with BPAL.

 

Are the images listed under the Good Omens category the ones that were used for the bottle art?

 

 

Seconded! I hope we get to see more of her work on future releases. Or that all the work she has done ends up as a blend. Want. More. Good. Omens.

Wet - creamy chocolate and an almost boozy fruit note

 

On - easily my favorite of the 13 releases. The chocolate gives way to a spicyness that I am guessing is the ginger, or maybe ginger and clove working together, and a sweet, honeyed fruit note. What I get is an almost weet incense blend that smells wonderful on me.

 

The only downside is that after about an hour and a half it is mostly faded. Will have to try slathering it on and see if that helps it last longer.

When wet it is very much about the wood - rose more than red - but as it dries it gets smoother and creamier in what I imagine is the sandalwood and tonka working together. It creates an almost nutty caramel that is very warm and soothing. The woods are still there, like an old, well oiled desk. At times I think I get a hit of mint but the next sniff it isn't there. Very complex and well blended.

Sweet innocence. A simple, gentle blend of roses and lilies. A very light rose, not the heavy cloying rose of an old ladies parlor. This rose is much more of a early summer garden rose - well blended with the lily - to create a very wearable perfume (and I am an avowed rose hater). I can't detect the vanilla musk at all, it may be that it is the vanilla that is mellowing the rose out. This isn't overpowering in the least, instead it is a polite floral that wafts up as you move about.

Wet it smells like plums and gunpowder. That metallic tang that smells like it could explode at any minute. But that is only when wet. As it dries down the spicyiness of the carnations come out so that it is a delicious combo of plums and spice. yummy

First off - big thanks to the generosity of Beth and Evon for giving me a chance to try this one. Thanks ladies!

 

This is fun - a floral cinnamon. heehee. Oops! There is also something almost smokey - like bbq smokey - in there. For whatever reason it reminds me of being at a baseball game.

Does anyone happen to have any pics of Sugar Skull 04, 05, and 06? I have a bottle of it sans year, and I'm puzzling over whether it is indeed an 05 bottle.

 

I don't havea pic handy but am pretty sure that th 05 sugar skull is the one with a pic of a brown haired girl who has her arm raised.

asp viper, coral snake, australian copperhead

 

green tree viper, banded sea snake, saw scaled viper

 

king cobra, anaconda

 

cottonmouth, death adder, bomslang

 

Western diamondback, temple viper, habu

 

Sorry for the crappy resolution on some of these - I think my hands were shaking in excitement - lol

 

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Snake pit labels can be seen here in my post from page 25.

 

ETA: edited post for clarity

 

ETA2: edited photo name links for clarity - hope it helps!

We're in communication now. =)

 

Is it bad that I am actually excited by the idea of having to buy the entire snake pit again just for the new label art?

A very dark, sexy, scent with an almost Victorian feel to it. I'm picturing a library with a roaring fire, shelves of dark wood lined with books, smoking jackets and brandy snifters. It's that kind of scent. The resins here are gorgeous, and there is a sort of nutty/sarsaparilla thing going on.

Caramel covered pencil shavings - yes it does smell as odd as that sounds. I guess I am a total moron for thinking that a blend named after a creepy wooden puppet would smell like anything other than - oh - wood. Dur. For the record ventriloquists dummy's freak me out - and so does this monsterbait. Oh well, can't win them all.

 

It goes on as slightly sweetend wood shavings and pretty much stays there, not a lot of morphing going on. Though there is something to be said for the caramel factor - if it was just a tad sweeter on me I think it would work.

This is hard for me to wrap my head around as it reminds me of *something* I just can't remember what! Tart, deep red cherries with a hint of liquor drizzled over a perfectly delicious fluffy vanilla cake. It has that hint of cream cheese tang that I got from Underpants but this one isn't making me sneeze (thank goodness). The longer it is on the more the red fruit mellows and the vanilla cake goodness comes forward. There is just a hint of something spicy in there too.

This is beautiful - and I don't normally even like florals. It is light and sweet - nothing cloying about this. I think Beth's description of it being "innocent" is a perfect way to describe this. It is dew kissed springtime blooms. There is a green twist to the florals - like fresh cut stems. Just the right amount of throw too - this would definatly draw me in if I smelled it on someone else. Sure they would probably wonder why I was sniffing them, but it would only be because they smelled so good.

 

Am so glad I took a chance on this one.

 

ETA: Just wanted to mention that this has pretty amazing staying power. After 7 hours the little bugger is still going strong - if anything the throw has actually improved.

Hello Minty McMintington! Mint squared. Vanilla mintacular. Mint-o-rama.

 

I'm not sure if Beth has a new source for mint lately or what but whatever the case the mint here is perfect. It is like a mintier version of Snowblind - and Snowblind is pretty darn good on it's own. This is both soothing and refreshing. The vanilla isn't so heavy like in the afore mentioned Snowblind - it just sort of wraps around you and snuggles down.

 

I need like 14 more bottles of this.

On me this is pure fig drenched in sweetened honey. Just a hint of something like juicy pomegranet in the background. It has really nice throw and the only hint of milk of any kind that I get is when I glue my nose to my wrist and huff. It is lovely and I am sort of surprised by just how richly sweet it is. A little goes a long way with this. In the bottle is is extreamly powerful. I almost shudder to think of the range this puppy would have in a scent locket

Honestly, I've never had a mystery imp...that would be kinda fun!

 

But, what this does seem like as good a place as any - what does it smell like? What do you think it is? Inquiring (work avoidant) minds want to know!

 

Totally off topic but this would be a fun game/contest to do if a BPAL convention does happen. A Sniff Off! You have to identify as many scents as you an b smell alone. That would be so awesome I don't know what the winner would get as they no doubt would have everything already -lol- maybe just the title of Master Sniffer, BPAL addict first class.

Ok - this is just sexy as hell. Spicy, warm, sensual, intimate. I smell really damn good right now. The floral is more of a background binder than an - in your face - sort of thing. Something about the floral almost makes me think carnation. It is really hard to tease out any one scent - it is so well blended.

So very confused - were is the cherry? The caramel? The vanilla? The anything other than cinnamon. Is there even cinnamon in here or is it just cardamom I'm smelling? After about 10 minutes the burning started - and I normally don't react to cinnamon. I'd say this groundhog is definatly enraged. I actually had to go and wash this off it burned/itched so much. Very weird for me.

 

But you don't care about the itching It has a lovely dry, cinnamon bark smell, not particurally sweet/foody at all but lovely all the same. To bad I can't wear it!