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Very medicinal upon application - Vick's vape-o-rub or tiger's balm and the like. I really like the fig in this (fingers crossed for a fig SN one day) and the lavender as well but the hyssop and cypress stomp all over everything else.

Off to the frimp pile.

Ooohhh. I love orange but my skin eats it. Here its sticks around, like the faded remnants of citrus you can smell on your hands hours after you've peeled an orange.

The tobacco is rich and sweet and chewy. As it dries I don't really get a hay smell. More the dusty afterthought.

It's very nice and I'll keep my decant but I don't think I'll need a bottle.

I love me some frank but rose is powdered soap usually so in don't have high hopes for this one.

Yup, it's powdery soapy rose. Glad to have tried and will place this one in my frimp pile.

Absolutely stunning when wet - all three notes are perfectly balanced. Dry loses me a little as I think the honeysuckle goes a touch sour.

This would be amazing as a hair gloss though. This is so bright and fresh and simple.

I do enjoy this but I will pass on the imp as I'm unlikely to reach for it. Would buy this in a heartbeat in HG form though.

Fizzy pop of wine that feels darker then honey, rather tart actually. Reminds me of this sparkling baco noir that Sandbanks winery makes.

Definitely has the same vibe as the Hamptons as mentioned above, but doesn't give me the headache that effervescent BPAL can do sometimes.

The myrrh and sweet resins are amazing in this and just get a touch powdery. I've got a bunch of fresh cut lilacs sitting in a vase on my kitchen table and this smells nothing like that - the lilac is so soft it's hard to make out.

I feel this is what Jeff Buckley meant by Lilac Wine. I think I need a bottle.

Bet this stuff ages GLORIOUSLY.

Warm and clean and soft milk with a punch of sparkling ginger. Milk is super iffy on me but it kinda works here - still, there's a touch of plastic undertone.

I thought I wanted a bottle but after a retest I think it's a no go.

This is an odd one. Super duper vetiver and patch with this almost jarring sweet orange undertone. Orange always fades quickly on me but the vetiver seems to amplify it.

Not my thing when wet at all, but as it dries the orange blooms so nicely. It's a glorious citrus note but the BBQ vetiver is too much for me.

While wet, War smells like spciy ginger cookies and some mild patch. So far, there is no red musk but I amp that note like whoa so it's bound to appear shortly.

Dry down - still ginger cookies but now we got some honeysuckle mingling with the patch. The red musk is still being shy.

After 30 min the red musk shows and it becomes a mostly sweet musk with faint honey suckle and ginger. The patch fades away but it's alright. I like it but it's not wowza on me. I'll keep the decant though.

I LOVE every note but the ozone.

Here's hoping it works, cause it sounds amazing.

This is goooodd. Mainly currant and sweet resins with herbal lavender in the background. The barest hint of ozone, thankfully. No white musk, which is surprising.

I think this is a bottle upgrade. I'll try it one more time to make sure, but dry down is lovely so far.

I don't like Eat Me, but took a chance. This lovely in the decant

Gorgeous, tart currant sweetened by the honey.

Sadly, the honey goes to powder so I'll keep my decant for my locket.

Beautiful herbal lavender.

I think I need a bottle. I'd love this for bed for sure, or just for a day when I need to relax.

Jasmine is a death note and rose is among my least favourites, but on my quest to explore the GC blends I leave no stone unturned and no oil untested.

Wet on skin: whooooa jasmine. Lush, heady and slightly cat pee. The tangerine is helping, sweetening things up. But the the rose comes out and wars with the amber.

In the end it's a super strong soapy floral mix. Not for me, but I'll pass it on.

EDITED: Holy balls, this got amazing after an hour. Balmy, tropical flowers sweetened by tangerine. I don't think I can make it through the the bad stage but I've found a new note I love. Must find all the tangerine oils.

The mrryh, cognac and red patch are amazing but the honey is kinda messing this up. The beautiful, get your freak on vibe is turning into sour baby powder.

Final dry down is stanky powdered honey.

For those this works for, buy it buy the gallon. It's gorgeous in the imp.

Plastic raincoat, lightly touched with a faint sweet cream. But mainly, plastic raincoat.

Charred campfire remains. Thick, chewy and blackened vetiver. Smoke hatrshness and (huge sad), zero opoponax. Much too heavy for me, invokes head pain.

Very demon like and fitting, but produces the same headache that new car smell does. Almost swear there was leather in here based on my reaction.

This is so nice. Fruity lavender, light ale and sweetened by the cake. Very comforting and even with the beer note, it's fine for every day wear.

It feels similar on me to Round Dance which is the only reason why I'm waffling on buying a bottle. It's so nice, I'll likely track down at least a partial.

Super minty with a cakey undertone. Like most vanilla on my skin it turns plastic. Not for me, but for those that can wear these notes it will be awesome (smells pretty darn good in the decant).

I loathe violet (insta-brain melt) but this year's version of La Befana is really nice. A sweet, candy floral with a bit of dust. I won't use more than this decant, but it's nice to have a violet perfume that doesn't cause a migraine.

I like neroli a lot so when this one went up on eBay from the Lab I thought I'd go for it.

It's a very different combination and on whole a very unique blend.

Very neroli dominant with orange blossom next and a tiny hint of clove to sweeten the whole deal. No bergamot but since I amp the other 3 notes so well I'd be hard pressed to find it anyway.

I like it, even when it borders on soap territory. It's a little sharp and a little sweet and very sexy.

Happy I took a chance on it!

very soft to the skin, mainly green musk and faintly ozone lavender. The plum comes through after a while but I don't detect any agarwood or bergamot.

clean, simple, and good for everyday wear.

Devil's Night 2009 is one of my most favourite BPALs ever. It's the best weenie I've ever tried - perfectly evokes the season and works great with my chemistry. A little goes a long way - I've not even used 1/4 of the bottle and I've owned it for 6 years. Every year I've debated buying another version, but eventually decided in favour of another LE instead.

This year, reviews were really promising and the slight difference in notes had me intrigued.

It's definitely in the same family as it's 2009 brethren, but it stands on it's own. Less throw, this one is very close to skin.

The bonfire is the strongest on me, followed by sweet booze and a hint of powdery musk on a brisk autumn night.

I'm going to retest this one, and tuck it away. Needs to age up just a little bit.

In the bottle it's a strong vetiver, but one that's sweetened and almost syrupy.

On my skin, it's starts as a clovely vetiver but the gingerbread starts to come out after about 5 min of wear. Vetiver is a note I amp above all else, but gingerbread and clove can also stand out so it feels like all three notes are warring for dominance.

Eventually it smooths out and it's a spicy, smoky gingerbread - but not like any gingerbread I've tried before.

I like it, but I think it needs some aging to even out a bit. It's different from any vetiver blend I own. I wouldn't recommend this to a traditional foodie fan, but if you like perfume that skirts the edge of being foodie and you enjoy vetiver, this is for you.

This is nice and it will be highly sought after for many, but it's a mess on my skin. The vanilla is sweet, but not foodie and I like it paired with the cognac. However I'm amping the tobacco so much it tickles the back of my throat and ends up reminding me of carpet deodorizer.

It becomes an almost sickly sweet tobacco with a vanilla undertone that's also super strong. I think on the right person this would be lovely, however on me it's causing a headache.

Perfumed honeyed almonds. Almost cookie status but not quite. It's not unpleasant but it's much too nutty on my skin.

I think it would make a killer hair gloss though.

Initial hit when first applied to skin is a very warm honeyed food (maybe bread but I feel more baked good) vibe. Then the sage and the slightest hint of aquatic (very slight because aquatics typically mean headache on me). The salt mingles a bit with a cologne vibe but then the most stunning, and I mean STUNNING frankincense emerges Now, I'm biased because I adore me some frank but this is the good stuff - it doesn't go to powder on my skin.

After a good hour of sweet frankincense the white musk comes out. It mixes with the faintest tinge of honey and what I'm assuming is saffron.

I have a full dry down on one hand and on the other I'm about 15 min after application. If you were to sniff each one you'd swear they were different perfumes.

I am very happy I found a bottle. After my success with Europa and now Callisto, I'm going to start paying better attention to the lunacies.