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Scherezade is pretty but I have to admit that it isn't for me. The mustiness might be from the red musk. Different people work better with different musks.

Red tends to be closer to "skin musk"

White is fairly light.

Black musk has been described as "feral".

I think there's a musk discussion under either BPAL Chatter or Recommendations.

Awww sad. I think most aquatics do end up having a floral component and I suspect that it's usually some kind of lily. The only one that might not be that way is Tears. But I haven't ever tried it and it's extremely rare to get.

I do recall Bluebeard being salty sea air and violets. If you could handle the violets, that might be another aquatic scent.

That happened with me and Tempest. I couldn't smell it anymore and then I re-dabbed on the same spots.

Tempest explosion! I got the lily note in it to come out.... and I mean come out and like envelop me in a two foot radius!

It wasn't bad... but it was definitely smelly!

Oh that's sad. For me, it's mainly red musk, with a little patchouli (one where it behaves) and some floral top note which isn't overwhelming.

You might want to try Mania. Granted, that starts as grapefruit and ends up being red musk and light florals on me.

The best thing about BPAL is that it does change a little as the oil "settles" and "dries" on your skin.

O is just my favorite honey&spicy sexy. There's just something so warm and sensuous about it. For some people it's about the aged Snake Oil. That ended up being too vanilla for me. O was just perfect once the amber started to peek out more.

It sounds like it was a hit with you too!

Yeah!!! Imps arrived.

I'm fond of O, Blood Kiss (so sexy), Scherezade, Lust, Sea of Glass and Neo-Tokyo.

You'll have to let me know how Sin is like. It's on my list and I haven't tried it yet.

BTW, if you like Lust... try Mania. I found them to be very similar, except that Mania was softer than Lust (slightly more floral, less powdery because of the myrrh but just as sexy).

If you ever get a decant of House of Mirrors, I found that to be very much like Sea of Glass. Same with the discontinued Ingenue. I couldn't get the comparisons from Sea of Glass out of my head... probably because of the strong lily components in both.

Lemme know when you get them!

And when did you order them?

Okey, the breakdown for me was:

Pretty/Floral: Alice, Baobhan Sith, Hell's Belle, Juliet, Lolita, Succubus and Veil

Food: Bengal, Fae (peach/floral), Hellcat, Jack, Heiterae (honey/floral)

Sexy: Blood Kiss, Hollywood Babylon, Lust, O and Scherezade, Voodoo (although this was a combination root beer/incensey/slightly masculine).

I really suggest Blood Kiss and O. I'd also really recommend Hollywood Babylon but that can get plasticky on some people's skin depending on their skin chemistry.

I haven't had much luck with any of the Voodoo Blends so far.

Have you figured out what works and what doesn't in your skin?

For me, House of Mirrors smelt very much like Sea of Glass. In fact, I couldn't distinguish between both of them.

Ingenue was a slightly more floral version of Sea of Glass.

When it comes to aquatics: Sea of Glass, Tempest, or Szepasszony.

I have heard good things about Water of Notre Dame, which I have coming in my next order.

Hope this helps!

ETA: Definitely try Neo-Tokyo. Aquatic with a slight sakura scent. Feminine without being overtly girly. If you like the steampunk idea, I think you will dig the metallic tints to it.