Honey

Imp: Light, aquatic, sour, spicy.

 

Wet: Very green and turquoise blue. Water blossoms, clean and clear.

 

Dry: Bit sour and green. Light and fresh, very cologne-like. Bit too sour and not sweet/spicy enough for my taste, though.

Imp: Very dark, all vetiver. Maybe the faintest hint of something medicinal, like sour cherry or patchouli.

Wet: Still all vetiver on me. The slightest hint of clove perhaps. And a musky sour red wine and cherries.

Dry: A tiny bit creamy, yes, but mostly dark and spicy with lots of vetiver and clove. A cherry that is not too sweet but rather fruity and sour. Also very dusty and musky. So mainly clover after a while, no honey or vanilla to my nose.

Wow, unexpected!

 

 

Imp: Lemon, sage, honey and resins. This is very fruity and fragrant.

 

Wet: Honey, lemon and sage. Reminds me of a mixture I drink in winter when I have a cold, when I mix hot lemon with sage tea and add some honey for my throat.

 

Dry: Heavy on the honey and beeswax. Lovely with the balms and resins, very spicy. Best honey note from BPAL so far!

Imp: Dark, dry, murky and woodsy. Oak wood comes to my mind.

 

Wet: Like.. black coconut, very dry, with oak wood and a hint of dusty cocoa powder.

 

Dry: This is dry sandalwood and dried coconut meat on me. Not much cocoa or fig. This reminds me of Kathmandu and Shroud, but this scent is more.. greasy, likr actual greasepaint. Guess it's the palm oil. If I had to compare it to a scent it's macadamia butter from Body Shop. Or simply any cocoa and shea butter with a nutty undertone.

Testing from an empty bottle..

 

 

Bottle: Clean, crisp apples wrapped in smoke and earth. Light and fresh and dark and smokey at the same time.

 

On skin: Like tobacco swirls that hit clean crisp green apples. Could be less heavy on the tobacco for my taste, though. Only slightly sweet but have a faint burned sugar sensation.. that's why I have to think of roasted apples or something. Hmm, how odd. Not unpleasant, but not what I expected. There is also a menthol undertone.. I guess that this with the apple note was used to create that clean linen scent. It's something else but it still reminds me of Samhain.

Only able to "test" this from an empty bottle, but I will try.

 

Bottle: This is just.. what pink marshmallows smell like! Very fruity like a berry mix, but overly sweet and creamy. Think vanilla cream with pink sugar hearts in it.

 

On skin: Given I can only rub the leftovers from the mouth of the bottle on my wrist, this smells utterly delicious! Very.. fruity but bordering on sunny-flowery. Creamy, light.. something between pink and yellow orange I guess (think dandelion and the flamingo). I know this is way too girly for me, but I just love it. And it does not go bad on me like the Lab's sugar notes do.. so maybe I am safe with their marshmallow blends? Yay if that were true!

Imp: Fresh and slightly sour coconut milk.

 

Wet: Fresh, unsweet coconut and water that.. smells like distilled pine sap.

 

Dry: A bit.. wooden, sweet, spicy but mostly fresh, sour and light. Definitely creamy shea butter.. but.. not for me really.

Imp: White and ethereal. White flowers, sandalwood and rose. Plus a delicious frankincense.

 

Wet: Mainly rose and lily. Very white and a bit green and.. like a sweet, fresh, delicious flower shop.

 

Dry: Sweet, a bit sharp and sour. I guess this is an amazing scent for those who love calla lily and rose. Not for me, but it blends well I think.

Imp: Fruit, tea, ginger and coriander.

 

Wet: Oh, yum! Sweet and fruity but mellowed down by the tea. A bit spicy due to the ginger and very soft and lovely due to the benzoin and vanilla. This is delicious and tropical!

 

Dry: This is mainly ginger, fruity tea and soft vanilla on me. Lovely!

Imp: Heavy sweet resins and roses. Myrrh, musk, civet, patchouli, all there!

 

Wet: Very sweet, sticky and musty. You can smell all of the notes: myrrh, musk, civet, patchouli, dragon's blood. The roses, however, give it a very soapy appeal.

 

Dry: Smells like a very heavy patchouli and roses soap. Not my thing, but might be just right for lovers of heavy scents.

Imp: Ohh! Unexpected! Sweet pine, chilly mint and ozone.

 

Wet: Smells like a very nice men's shaving gel (that I happen to use sometimes). Very masculine due to the pine, fresh and a bit sweet due to the verbena and juniper, but also revitalizing and uplifting due to the mint and the ozone.

 

Dry: Still no musk. Pine, mint, ozone and citrus notes are dominant in this scent. Very nice on a man I think. Will keep this for mine.

Imp: Nutty note with tart berries.

 

Wet: Hazelnuts alright. Reminds me very much of the nutty pumpkin note of the Lab. Cannot detect any hay or carrots. Mostly nuts with a berry undertone.

 

Dry: Nuts with sour berries. Reminds me of Pumpkin Queen due to the sharp citrus fruits mixed with nutty pumpkin and Pumpkin Patch 3 because of the pomegranate that are similar to the fruity tart berries in this scent. Smells sort of.. soapy, waxy and like a scented candle on the dry-down. I am a bit sad because I had hoped there would be more hay and carrot in Sleipnir. I have to agree this is all sweet grains on me - boo! I had expected something similar to Hellcat.

Imp: Chocolate, maraschino cherries and amaretto. Very sweet and boozy.

 

Wet: Boozy cherry and amaretto pralines with the faintest hint of coconut (but I guess you only smell it when you know it has to be there).

 

Dry: Dries down to a boozy sweet chocolate smell. Very much like marzipan chocolate now. Fades rather quickly though. Alas, for this is a cherry scent I actually liked.

Imp: Sour, stale, dusty and minty.

 

Wet: Delicious! Soft, feminine, powdery, sweet. I detect ambergris and soft florals.

 

Dry: Smells like a rosy perfumed facial cream or body lotion. Very faint and nice. The first rose scent that actually works on me! Maybe I should give white rose notes a try. I like the powderiness of this scent but it's still not quite my thing.

Imp: Minty and a bit spicy.

 

Wet: Minty, murky and clean. Very faint.

 

Dry: Can barely detect it. All I get is mint and.. something else. Meh.

Imp: Wow, strong cinnamon and/or cassia and amber. Strong!

 

Wet: Cassia, amber, maybe some musk, frankincense and other spices and resins. Could also be some sweetgrass or hay in there. Nice.

 

Dry: Sweet and soapy. Very heavy on the amber. Lovely!

Imp: Sharp red musk and smokey honey.

 

Wet: Very much like O with a sharp, smokey and slightly acrid twist.

 

Dry: This is a sharp, sour and somewhat floral red musk that dominates the scent. The honey note is subdued in this one. Still, very sensual. I will use up the imp.

Thank you tesseljoan for that wonderful unexpected frimpage!

 

 

Imp: Smells like many foody BPAL scents that turn horrible on my skin. I detect a nutty scents of baked goods, cream, caramel and burned sugar. There is also that evil celery note.

 

Wet: Chocolate and jasmine rice. Very nutty and rich. I get the smoked chili peppers. very smokey, tart, not too sweet and.. nutty (nut more like actual rice and no almond or hazelnut).

 

Dry: Smells like my kitchen after I have cooked something delicious with chilis, curcuma, coconut milk and rice. A very savory scent, so non-sweet foody. A note of anis/fennel/celery plus chili remains.

Interesting..

 

Imp: I get a waft of whiskey and cream (like Bailey's liqueur) and only a tad bit of coffee.

 

Wet: Wow. I get the same as from the imp, but much stronger is a scent that I could only describe as grains-cream-toasted bread-butter. It reminds me of Bread-and-Butterfly and ICD 37 (which, ironically, I swapped for a bottle that was accompanied by Miskatonic University as a frimp). Very.. yeah, like bread or cake without sugar with something milky, creamy, buttery. I was waiting for that anise/fennel/celery note to turn up but it didn't. Neither anything going bad on my skin, like fish oil. The more I huff, the more I get a "dusty tomes" note as well. Sadly, no real coffee note. This is rather.. nutty-caramel-toffee-cream with whiskey and something like the faintest sandalwood hint to give it this dusty "pencil shavings" note.

 

Dry: It does not go bad on my skin! Yay! It is more creamy and milky than before, and I actually get the smell of dust (which smells like anise, mushrooms and sandalwood to me). It's much more pleasant in the dry-down than in the wet stage. I will probably not get a bottle of this (since it seems on the verge of turning into a bad scent on me), but I will probably use up this imp and not swap it away.

I have had that dill-pickle scent pop up, and it was not a nice experience! I think it happens to me when scents go sour on my skin that are not meant to go sour!

I also know it does not smell like dill, but since I also love the smell of dill (scent sister!), I could/would recommend Van Van.. it has a similar sweet-herbal smell that I find very compelling!

Well, yes, it is smokey on me too at first. But try to give it some time and keep sniffing. On me at least it morphs after 30 min.

Have you ever tested anything with vetiver in it?

Vetiver turns into dill on me, I don't know why.

Imp: Different than I would have expected. I smell a balmy sweetness. I think it is the coumarin in the burnt grasses and the rick red wine. The balmy element could be the galbanum. This smells like a generic yet pleasant body lotion somehow.

 

Wet: I mostly get sweet heavy wine with a dash of herbal undertones.

 

Dry: The tart ivy comes through after all together with the dry sandalwood. There is also some leather and teak in the background, but they are not too dominant. It gets sharper on the dry-down, heavier on the leather. Rather masculine than gender neutral. Alas no more fruity sweetness and wine.

I have been at the Loreley rock many times - beautiful place, beautiful landscape!

 

 

Imp: Ylang ylang (which always smells floral AND fruity to me) and juicy orange.

 

Wet: A nice mix of floral and fruity notes. Very bright and sunny but with an aquatic hint.

 

Dry: It is a nice semi-sweet blend that doesn't really develop as I had hoped it would. My skin eats it all up. I guess maybe the sandalwood will show up after a while.