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I'm so glad I took a chance on this, I love it! It reminds me so much of Tombeur which is one of my favs! I was expecting a bit more patchouli but love it as is...

I love Habu! I'm so glad I picked up a decant of this! My fav is Snake Oil so of course I love this one, yet I don't love all the ones with Snake Oil. This one though is special. It's Snake Oil, yet I get something else, something lighter almost citrus that gives it a little tweek. I do think I should spring for a bottle since my imp has run dry...

Yes, and definitely try TKO.

Go to the sales pages and you can find alot of imps there for sale very cheap, as little as $1.00. Also if you go to the thread about essential oils, Beth has posted a nice reply as to what they use and why. (in case you hadn't seen it...)

I'm so glad that Beth came on to respond here. Her post made me tear up with pride. I would rather spend my money with bpal and small companies that care about their customers than anywhere else. I love bpal perfume and this forum and everyone on here. The coolest people on the planet!

I hope Jayne has read this and at least gotten a sense of what we're all about. It's family, like a small family business. I'll never buy perfume from a huge company again.

mmmmmm......sweet powdery honey scent with a touch of Brimstone (don't know what that is but I can smell it...)

 

This reminds me of O with a touch of Hellfire, yummy, love it!

Oh dear, I didn't know about putting in your forum name! I have ordered before though, hope that's good enough! (Actually my forum name is the same beginning as my e-mail, sooo...??)

This was also very scone-y for me. More scone than blackberry. The jam does waft in and out making this a very lovely summer morning type of scent. Makes me long for a scone...

In the imp I smell red current, molasses and a teeny touch of patchouli. Once it's on, it's more Red Current and molasses. Once it dries down, however, it's RED CURRENT! I wish I could smell the vanilla more.......

ETA: As time goes on I find myself wearing this more and more. I really love it! It's still red current on me but it may soften with age.

I can't believe I haven't reviewed this one yet! Seriously, this is one of my favorites. In the top 4 I'd have to say. This is unbelieveable. I don't even know for sure what I'm smelling. Must be the ambergris? Smokey, HOT, leather, amber, musk, ... And yet soft and a little sweet when it's dry. I LOVE this scent!

At first I was scared to try Snake Oil. It sounded so perfect! The reviews were great, but what if I hated it? I bought an aged imp off someone to try. Yummy! So glad I tried it aged! It smelled all sweet and cedar-y and incense and vanilla, and tobacco and almond. All the notes I love.

When I bought my first bottle from the lab, I thought "oh no, what if I don't like it fresh?' Well, I happen to LOVE it fresh AND aged! I've almost finished a bottle, and now know how it feels to want to buy and hoard! I want to buy 4 bottles just so I can use daily and have some to age! Wish my bank account agreed....

In the imp, this smells green. Green leaves, and woody. Once I put it on, although it still smells green and woody, now it smells like camphor (?), mediciney. Dries down to more green. Yuck, I don't like green/herbal/leafy smells.

O how I wish this were STRONGER! I love this! O my. This is one of the few scents that actually last on me. Lasts and lasts but my nose needs to be 1 inch from my arm to enjoy. I'll have to find more creative ways to wear this, scent locket perhaps.

 

O goes on at first smelling a little sharp and almondy with a little honey to me, which I like. Much later it has turned into HONEY and incense in the background. Yum yum. Love it. I will be buying big. I like to layer Snake Oil over the top, because when the S.O. fades, O is still there.

In the imp, this smells very foody, like pumpkin bread with ginger and nutmeg. Once I put it on, it brightens up a little and smells more like pumpkin with a tad of peach. Later on it's much softer and smells almost butterscotchy. I like it

I had much higher hopes for this one, but it ended up smelling mostly of pineapple on me. At first I smelled more of the coconut but it dissapeared quick. This ends up a little plastic-y on me. I give it a 3 out of 5.

In the imp I smelled mostly cedar, and some spices. Once on it started smelling of clove. Clove and cedar, which is nice, but dried down into pure strong clove on me. I'll use it up but no bottle for me.

This one has that definite Irish Coffee, boozy, creamy coffee smell, but that is all I smell. I was hoping for more sweet tobacco, less boozy coffee. Oh well, can't win 'em all...

I really like this one alot! It's all cherry almond on me, with some soft spices, very very nice. However, soon the cherry smell goes and it starts to smell a little "perfumey". Then, POOF, it's gone... Oh well, I will still wear it, I will have to keep slathering!

Thanks for the info, didn't know we shouldn't mention other companies. Wish the lab sold a single note, in a super big size!

 

I like Eclipse alot, but all I smell is cherry almond! (Which is fine with me)

Here is the link to the post from the mod.

 

" I've noticed that people are recommending non-BPAL perfumes in their posts here a little more often lately. This really isn't appropriate here, and I'd like to ask you all to keep such discussions of other brands in the subforum designated for them, Retail Therapy, from now on. (This does not apply to posts seeking BPAL scents that are similar to a favorite perfume from another source - those continue to be welcome, of course.)

 

Recs is part of the section of subforums dedicated to Lab discussion, and its intent is for members to be able to seek others' advice about BPAL blends they aren't familiar with themselves. For another member to respond to a request by recommending a scent from a department store line, another e-tailer, or any source other than the Lab is a bit disrespectful of this subforum's purposes, the Lab, and the original poster, who came here looking for BPAL recs.

 

Please feel free to PM me if you have any comments or questions about this or other issues in Recommendations. I don't feel like this is a huge problem yet, and I'm certainly not angry with anyone who may have done this previously. However, since we now have over 6000 members and are adding new members every day, I felt that spelling this guideline out was important.

 

Thanks, everyone, for your enthusiastic participation in Recommendations!"

 

Sorry!!

 

Thanks, Dreamcatcher I was going to go there tomorrow because I know they have several different brands. Maybe I'll luck out!

 

Jarvenpa, I could swear I tried Antique Lace but I don't see it in my notes anywhere. I'm going to have to look into it, there must be a reason I haven't ordered it yet. I LOVE vanilla, but just don't seem to smell it on me at all in anything I've tried.

Thanks for the info, didn't know we shouldn't mention other companies. Wish the lab sold a single note, in a super big size!

 

I like Eclipse alot, but all I smell is cherry almond! (Which is fine with me)

Well, I've tried a bunch of these that have been recommended, but haven't found anything like what I want. So now I'm wondering if anyone knows of a company that makes a great single note vanilla. I want it heavy and creamy and sweet. I'm thinking if I could add vanilla to some of these then I would like them more. Stupid skin chemistry!

I'm loving Coral Snake, and Jester right now! I still wear my heavier scents most of the time, though.

Thanks guys! Anything violet with lemon, or vanilla?

Is there a violet that also has a baby powdery smell, or one that also has a touch of a lemon smell?

I tried this last night and really liked it. I do always like the heavier or spicier scents. At first it was mostly the musk, with a touch of spice, and a little smokey quality. After it dried it was a really nice spicey, musky, opium smell, with a little touch of clove lingering at the end. Very nice!