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i get mostly cherry and frothed cream at first...it's a little toasty/cakey, which i can only handle in small amounts. after a bit i get the rose and marshmallow, the cake/crumb note has died down thankfully. i find it to be pretty sweet...reminds me of a strawberry shortcake doll, but with cherry (i can't recall if there was a cherry themed doll?) anyway, on me it's a plasticky doll-head sweet cherry marshmallow. i sense a bit of tea in the background but it's pretty subtle.

this opens with lemon blossom and a ton of sharp frankincense which smells like pencil shavings...this is one of BPAL's notes that sometimes goes wonky on me. after a few seconds i get some neroli and honey, then later the ylang ylang. it ends up being mostly lemon and honey, and this is not one of my favorite honeys i've smelled...it's a little weird on me-has a bit of a pee thing going on. between that and the frankincense, this one just isn't working for me, unfortunately.

i get a lot of sandalwood incense with some violet, frankincense, ti leaf and a hint of jasmine which grows stronger over time. on me this is primarily a dry, unsweet incense with a hint of unsweet florals. it's nice but i wish i got more of the other notes. the sandalwood incense is definitely the strongest note on me. the jasmine never overpowers and then deep into the drydown i get a bit more violet-it's a this point that i like it the best.

I usually have a bottle vs. decant wishlist as seen below but I might be flexible on that. i also have a huge wishlist of OCYL and mainstream, etc brands but didn't feel like putting it all here. I can share that if need be. Bottles Divinities Implacable, Doom-Laden Inside the Golden Amber of Her Eyeballs (partial or empty) Love Me Luceat Porcelain Krampus (partial) The Top (partial or empty) Vaginal Tales of the Nocturnal Palace LE decants/unimpables (possibly bottles or partials too, depending-try me) the avenging vase awake (lupercalia 2020) The Bath of Venus (may '24) Bringer of Evil champagne and roses Concert (may '24) dawn: mother Die Wunderblume Douglas Iris Easter Egging (Lilith 22) epistrophia Exclamations of Delight and Surprise faster kittycat First Class Upgrade (Lilith 22) The First Veil (Lupercalia 25) formula 54 (i know, i know ) Fortuna Redux The Fox Spirit’s Jest (Lupercalia 25) Golden Tobacco and Beeswax Honey, Black Lilies & Gardenia Petals The Hound and the White Milk Doe Imayo Irokumi No It Inspecting the Lantern Kiss of the Sphinx (Oct 24 lunacy) La Femme de Satan Lemon Peel, Jasmine Tea, and Honeycomb Lesbian Maidservants Cavorting with a Tortoiseshell Dildo (Lupercalia 25) liz (just a tester would be fine. i need to re-try this.) Lorrainna lucille's room Marble Wreath Mars and Venus (Lupercalia 25) Mallow Flower, Honeysuckle, & Vanilla Bean noir (discontinued GC) Nymph in a Goldfish Pond (may '24) nyx, night goddess (apr 24) A Pause in One’s Studies (Lupercalia 25) Plume of Incense (Lupercalia 25) Rapturous Couple With Harigata reflected vulva The Second Veil (Lupercalia 25) telling the bees treasure (apr 24) une folle enterprise victoriana goth White Chocolate Rabbit Wisteria Blossoms (Lupercalia 22) White Chocolate Rabbit (Lupercalia 25) GC Imps Aasimar (RPG) The Chariot (disc. Tarot, not Neil Gaiman) The Magician (disc. Tarot, not Neil Gaiman) Atmosphere Sprays candlelight edith awakes the golden hour halloween in new orleans lucille's room lucy's room phallus festival the tigress Hair Gloss Chorion (nts: tried this but i think it had gone off) Fleur de Citronnier three couples With Stars Surrounded (Haute Macabre) Twilight Alchemy Lab (prefer decants unless noted) catalyst FOWYB (any amount) hymn to pan

i get a lot of cypress at first, along with bergamot. it's bright and green. this iris seems to be more of the cool kind of vegetal type rather than powdery. i definitely get a white musk as well. i think the cistus adds a sort of resiny quality which smells at odds with the rest of the notes on my skin. overall a green iris for me. i do not get mimosa but there is a little hint of lily and then the jasmine grows stronger over time. at this point it becomes jasmine and cypress with an iris/white musk backdrop.

this one sounded really intriguing to me. it opens with oakmoss, ylang ylang and ambergris. sheer, green and a little floral. then i get a lot more patchouli/ambergris and the oakmoss amps up. it's quite green but also the sheer vanilla rounds it out nicely. i am not sure about this one, it is pretty but it needs another try for me, in warmer weather i think. nonetheless, interesting perfume! trying in warmer spring weather: yeah, it definitely works better for me when the weather is 10-15 degrees warmer. i get more orris and vanilla and it's a bit sweeter, which i like, the greenness is a bit more balanced now, as well.

got a frimp of this one, which i have been really wanting to try it for so long! to me it's a heavy dose of leather with fresh notes, so i guess i am getting mostly leather, patchouli and oakmoss. i do not sense much sweetness from vanilla/tobacco. it's nice and an interesting leather.

from my previous review it seems i did like the perfume, but i think if memory serves, this lavender is stronger like roseus mentioned. (i will have to find my decant to compare.) anyway, it's an herbal lavender with white oud and ambergis mostly. the tobacco is subtle at first, but grows stronger over time. i find this scent to be calming and soothing.

damn, i knew i would absolutely love this, and i do. it's a sweeter/parma violet, not the rainy violet leaf type. it's blended with a gorgeous vanilla that is not super sweet/cakey and therefore is totally dreamy. i love this one and i think i need a bottle.

this opens with something almost floral and rice powder. i guess the floral could be a sweeter iris note and/or the orris+vanilla is giving this impression. anyway, it does smell very white and a bit chalky. it's delicate. the leather is quite subtle at first. it gets prettier and sweeter over time. i don't really sense much musk or ambrette here. for me it's mostly orris, rice powder and vanilla. i think i might need a bottle of this.

wow this is so pretty. it starts off with rose and the lace note which smells kind of vanillic. the rose definitely smells dried and not fresh, but recently dried, not like it's been sitting in a box for years, if that makes sense. i get something else here but it doesn't read as leather or wood per se. maybe it's a subtle hint of a suedey leather (?) a warm, somewhat vanillic tea rose. it's very romantic and nostalgic.

i recently received a frimp of this one. it starts out floral, almost like champaca? not sure what's going on with that, but there it is. then i get the woods/orris in the background. the dragon's blood is slightly smoky and this perfume smells very vintage. after awhile, i get that feeling of bones, it's almost somewhere between a leather note and a paper note. this is slightly unsettling for me, but really intriguing too. not sure i would wear it much but i keep wanting to smell it because it's so interesting.

somehow i'd never tried this one in my near 20 years of BPALing...then i got a frimp, yay! it opens with a lot of the opium and something a bit sweet, almost like cherry/dragon's blood, but less sweet. i sense the civet but it's pretty tame at first. egyptian musk is sort of the background that everything else is swimming in, i think. the civet is definitely animalic on me but it's also pretty subtle, and i can really only smell it close up as opposed to wafting from afar...wafting i mostly get musk and incense. the civet is still there close up but not super strong, but it is quite animalic.

i got a frimp of this...i tend to dislike fruity notes, including apple so take my review with a grain of salt. it opens with fresh golden apples and that's all i can really sense, except for maybe a tiny hint of honey in the background. i get a slightly sharp cream in the background. primarily this is a crisp apple. if you like apple-y scents this might do it for you, because it's pretty realistic.

hmm this opens with the honey cream and sandalwood i think. it's creamy and warm with a touch of red silk i think. for some reason some honey notes from BPAL are kind of maple-y like immortelle and it's definitely happening here. after a minute or two i get the lotus which adds a pretty floral element. for me, that maple note is just too strong and overwhelms everything. i think i had it happen with a 'honey dust' note in another scent. totally different from just a basic honey note. anyway, i get no leather here and it was not really what i was expecting.