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Laurel~

Aromaleigh cosmetics has an entire eyeshadow line based on A Midsummer Night's Dream. You may want to have a peek for the wedding makeup for you and your maidens.

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I think these are on the masculine side but oh so gorgeous on me and would love to smell them on my hubby if only he didn't think it was gay to put on perfume...

Zephyr, Loviatar, Greed, Damnation, Golden Priapus, Satyr and the Sibirian Musk single note.

Only two more days! I'm bursting with excitement!

Paperdoll, that's an amazing and excellent idea!

Beth would intensively interview you and your fiance and could bottle up the essence of the two of you and your wedding theme. You could order them as gifts or favors for your attendants and guests. It may be a little pricey, but after the initial $150, you can get 5ml bottles for $8.50 and decant them into imps and place them in a basket for everyone to take as they enter the ceremony. Everyone can apply this scent and the whole place will have the aura of this special blend.

Oh how I wish I knew about BPAL for my wedding. I would have done just that.

When I need bravery and self confidence, I run straight for my imp of Love Me. It has helped me so many times.

I'll throw my hat into the race and say the cleanest smelling scents I've tried are Hymn, Zephyr, Desdemona, Delirium, Unseelie and Luna.

The roses in the Empress are luxurious and the roses in Delirium are juicy. Both wonderful scents!

Though I went through it with a fine toothed comb, if there are any errors, please let me know.

thanks!

Morrighana is quite correct.

Harlot has a blend of three gorgeous rose notes. The cinnamon is perfect, but very short lived leaving a rose bouquet behind.

First Impression: Green and yellow straight out of the bottle.

Second Impression: Lovely sprintime scent. Soft and light.

Final Analysis: I prefer the heavy, dark resin scents and the heady florals, but this is fresh and lovely like a cool breeze on a sunny day. Would make a pretty scented lotion.

EDIT: The Daffodil single-note isn't on the site yet - I merged this post with the existing thread in Up-and-Coming. --Shollin

First Impression: Out of the bottle it has the same "juiciness" of say Dragon's Heart and Blood Lotus.

Second Impression: Reminds me of Voodoo only richer and juicier.

Final Analysis: To my nose, Bat's Blood is a juicy, slightly sweet floral. I don't get any herbiness from it. Very rich, mature scent. Love the color and love the way it smells on my skin.

edited to add: I don't know if there is some chocolate note in this blend, but I dabbed a bit on my right hand. Several hours later all that lingered was a faint, very sweet scent of milky sweet cocoa. Peculiar but wonderful!

First Impression: Sweet childhood memory. This smells just like Fun Dip candy.

Second Impression: I can't believe this has amber or sandalwood in it. I do get peaches and vanilla bean. It's Fun Dip and I want some!

Final Analysis: I don't usually go for such candy sweet smells, but I like this if only for the sweet, sweet memories of walking with my sister to Vinnie's armed with our allowances for candy treats.

First Impression: There's the wine. Reminds me of Lilith.

Second Impression: A dark and seductive floral with the red wine notes making all the more intoxicating.

Final Analysis: Beautiful, dark, heady. I prefer Lilith, but I could wear this often and be quite happy.

First Impresson: Uh-oh, this one's going to be soapy.

Second Impression: I imagined this scent was going to be warm and red, but it's green and sharp.

Final Analysis: It did turn soapy, as I suspected it would. Got this in a swap and just made arrangements to swap it out.

First Impression: Musk and leather. I never smelled anything like this. Vaguely masculine.

Second Impression: No, not masculine, but Dominatrix. Loviatar calls to mind a Dominatrix, clad in her finest leather, in her dungeon with her whips.

Final Analysis: This smells really good on me, it's very empowering. I think I'll wear this when I go see Catwoman!

First Impression: Thick, sweet, dripping honey. How do I love this? I can't being to count the ways.

Second Impression: I don't get much fruitiness or floral, just barely.

Final Analysis: This is the smell that makes me adore O. I want to bathe in this. Delectable, delicious, divine.

First Impression: There it is, that same sexy juiciness that I love about Blood Lotus.

Second Impression: It's so sexy I can't stop smelling it. It's truly addictive.

Final Analysis: I love all the notes in this and they work so beautifully together. I don't this is as sexual as O, but it is very sexy. Classy sexy, not slutty sexy.

First Impression: Torrid sums it up perfectly. Whoa a strong whiff out of the bottle. It came to me.

Second Impression: The almond and cinnamon notes in this are truly delectable. The neroli keeps it from being foody.

Final Analysis: Feelin' hot-hot-hot. The almonds go away too fast. I adore this cinnamon note. Really nice, saucy.

First Impression: Dead on with the description.

Second Impression: This reminds me of the end of the rose growing season when there are just thorny stems left and dried petals and leaves decaying into the once-rich soil. It really does evoke sadness.

Final Analysis: I really like this one, even with the sad twinges. It's earthy yet very pretty.

First Impression: Like jj-j said, a green, sharp edged floral. It smells watery with just a touch of lily of the valley in the background.

Second Impression: This lady is cold and crisp, nothing warm here.

Final Analysis: I thought that this would turn soapy, but I'm happy I didn't. A lovely scent, nicely potent but not over powering. Not a favorite, but I will enjoy the imp that I have.

I've got the dates and times mapped out on my desk calendar as of now. This has officially passed obssession, straight to, as Beth put it, LUNACY!!!

Must have shattered. I adore champagne and I got excited to see that word in the description. I got married on New Years Eve so it's a thing...champagne, Old Lang Syne as the ring on my mobile...

Absolutely brilliant idea. Turning BPAL into a contact sport.

Leave 'em wanting more!

Tarot The World, perhaps. I love it so much for year round use, but if I had to put a season to it, autumn would be it.

Also Damnation, it reminds me of the burning leaves on a cold day smell.

First Impression: Sharp and herbaly. A tad on the soapy side.

Second Impression: The violet is sharp with the woods egging it on. No ylang ylang here.

Final Analysis: Veil is nice, pretty even, but does not suit my personality. The lovely lady above is quite right. Morella is light years better!

Edited to add: It vanished so quickly. The scent didn't even last 30 minutes.