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The sweat pea is way to sweet for me and it's the only note I detect.

This starts out way too sweet and sharp. When it dries down its a sweet, mossy smell. It reminds me of The Apothecary now. Its subtle and green. Too sweet for me initially.

Sweet, floral and girly. I'm hoping to find something that fits this description that doesn't underwhelm me but perhaps its the genre itself that underwhelms me. Sweet and powdery, nothing special.

I think it's the narcissus in this that smells almondy to me because I recognize it from Hunger. Hunger is great on my boyfriend but is just a flat almondy smell and not interesting at all on me. I detect that smell in this but I don't think it's overpowering it yet. It definitely has a smokey, snuffed out candle smell to it, and a sweeter almost boozey floral smell, is that opium?
It's good because some of the notes are working but as a whole I'm not that into it. I think the narcissus is kind of bleh-ing it up.

Sweet lemon drop. The tea and lemon makes this very similar to Shanghai. I think I slightly prefer Shanghai because the green tea is stronger in that.

This smells like Kabuki after a few hours when the cherry and the anise has completely vanished and all that's left is the red musk. Plus something a little dustier- rosewood? Nothing else comes through but I really love red musk so I would probably get a bottle of this.

On me this smells like an apple-scented candle. Mostly candle. That hot, burning candle wax smell. Noxiously artificial.

I'm disappointed, I had high hopes for this one.

Yeah, this really smells like candy corn but also cinnamon and vanilla. Smells very edible.

Smells like a nice soap. Clean, fresh and uncomplicated. The tea is there but light and not dominating. I thought there was fig in this before I read the description. It gives me the images and impressions of being outside on a clear day. I like this but I'm not sure it's right for me.

This starts out as dirt with a little bit of a sour tinge. Dry down smells exactly like dusty dirt with maybe a tiny bit of rose. I'm pleased that this is almost pure dirt but it has no throw on me, it's very weak. I will try it in a scent locket, I hope it works out.

First impression: woodsy and floral but masculine.

Then a clean, fresh smell. There's lots going on and I cannot pick out what note is what, very interesting and layered and constantly morphing early on.

Something slightly aquatic in there too, I can just barely make out the citrus. Then I smell wood.

Dries down to a clean, vaguely citrusy, barely floral wood smell.

Nice, but not sure if I'm moved to get a bottle.

 

Edit: I tried this again and changed my mind. It's so different from any other BPAL I've tried, I think I would probably get a bottle.

Very fruity, tart dried apricots, with something medicinal that does not smell good. I guess thats the brandy. After a few minutes it smells like there's fig in there.

 

Later it smells like baby's poopy diaper. Gross.

I liked the initial woodsy smell but it does end up smelling too much like an old lady for me.

At first I think this is way too fruity for me, almost smells like berries, but the tart fruit calms down after just a few minutes, then it's a nice soft pear smell and rose. I love this stage. But soon after it gets really weak and just powdery and I can barely smell the pear anymore.

Tried this on fabric to see if it would work in a scent locket but it's way too fruity. It smells like sweet tarts taste.

All I get from this is citrus and sugary grapefruit, none of the other notes. It fades very fast and is a little too reminiscent of dish soap.

It smells like tangerine and mango and sweet milk. There's two stages. The initial stage is fruity. The second stage is almost milky. I don't know if it's the white sandalwood or the white musk but it is wonderful. A very foody scent. I would buy a bottle.

This smells like a commercial perfume but also mushroomy and like dirt. I liked it but my boyfriend said it smelled like mom perfume.

There is rum and coconut but basically this smells like an ashtray full of cigarettes that's been left outside and rained on. Yuckkkk.

This is super super weak and has no throw. What I can make out is watery, mildly orange and clean. I can barely smell it though, so there's no point. I would think a siren's song would have more throw and power.

On me this smells like a generic perfume you could get at the mall. Floral, powdery, strong. Something my mom would wear. Not bad but nothing special.

The lemon, green tea, and honeysuckle all morph together into one sweet lemony tea smell. No note overpowers the others. Doesn't smell like cleaner but smells clean. Floral but not powdery. Sweet but not too sweet. I love this.

At first I love this. It's green and white, smells like spring. I get images of a beautiful stream. It's definitely calming and beautiful. A little generic, but in a good way, an every day scent. After only about 15 minutes it smells like laundry detergent. Very sad. I'm going to try this in a scent locket because I really loved it before my skin messed it up.

Edit: tried this on a piece of cotton and it was sweeter and even more like laundry detergent. Argh.

This doesn't smell at all like the description to me. At first I smell something generically floral, wet cigarettes and... ham. Seriously. It's gross. The floral fades and the salty ham smell becomes more clearly almond. A very salty, hammy almond, not sweet at all. I don't get rum at all. This is probably the worst one yet. I'm not sure what a rancid almond smells like but it might be this.

 

Edit: A little while later it morphed into mostly vetiver, not nearly as offensive as the initial phase, but no where near saved it for me.

I have no idea what the listed notes in this should smell like. It starts something sweet and fruity, almost pineapple or mango like others have suggested, then a little bit of pine comes in and something medicinal but the fruit is still very strong. After about ten minutes I can just smell the olive. It doesn't change much from there, I expected the fruit to fade but it didn't. I like this but not sure how much I like it, keeping the imp for further testing.

 

Very dry and clean smelling over the almost sweet dragon's blood, and then a powdery floral comes in. It smells like a sweet, dry flower (orris?). Not bad but a little too generic for me.