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You could maybe try Gluttony from Sin & Salvation? Thick, sugared and bloated with sweetness. Dark chocolate, vanilla, buttercream, and hops with pralines, hazelnut, toffee and caramel. Might not be an exact match, but with vanilla, buttercream and caramel notes it should have a similar yummyness! Anyone know of good matches for either Guerlain's Jardins de Bagatelle or Dior's Dolce Vita? I'm trying to enable my mother and those are her two favourite commercial fragrances. Jardins de Bagatelle is described as "a bouquet of white flowers", I'm assuming with a rose influence as that is what the actual Jardins de Bagatelle is famous for. Dolce Vita is described as having top notes of Rose, Magnolia and Muguet, middle notes of apricot, peach and cinnamon, and base notes of sandalwood, vanilla and heliotrope. She likes slightly oriental fragrances, and tends not to go for sweet florals.

I'm only a newbie, but this is my favourite BPAL so far. I'm not great a picking out particular notes, but to me this scent is all sparkle and zing. It has a very fresh, 'awake' sort of feel to it and for me, it brings teh happy! I only get the lavender quite faintly, which pleases me as lavender scents give me a granny vibe! The mint is quite subtle as well, just enough for a little sparkle around the edges. The only downside to this little kitty is a bit of a lack of staying power - it fades off quite quickly, but it's so lovely that I don't mind having to reapply. I have a bottle on the way.

On me, Port-au-Prince is heady cloves with faint almondyness - I personally didn't get much butter, rum, or bay. I didn't like it much for the first hour or so, but once it settled down a bit it became a sort of gentle, warmly spicy scent and I liked it better. I think it's the sort of thing that could smell quite different from one person to another though. It is going to a good cause, so maybe it's worth taking your chances!

On me, Port-au-Prince is heady cloves with faint almondyness - I personally didn't get much butter, rum, or bay. I didn't like it much for the first hour or so, but once it settled down a bit it became a sort of gentle, warmly spicy scent and I liked it better. I think it's the sort of thing that could smell quite different from one person to another though. It is going to a good cause, so maybe it's worth taking your chances!

Sorry if this is a silly question... are the tarot blends still available or discontinued? I can find them on the BPAL website via a google search, but I couldn't find them linked in the menu anywhere (so I didn't know if the page was maybe just hanging around in the background when it is not supposed to still be there). Also, when I searched for individual tarot oils by name using the search function, nothing came up. I'd be really grateful if anyone can clear this up, as there are a couple I'm interested to try. Thanks!

Not sure about the leather, but Port-Au-Prince had quite a strong clove scent on me. And no better time to buy it than right now, with wonderful BPAL donating the proceeds to disaster relief in Haiti. It's quite a rich, masculine scent - didn't suit me personally, but it would be lovely on the right person.