Larinessa

Source: 2 year old imp.

Wet: some spicy red musk. Fortunately not the grape wine type.

Dry: almost exactly like my 3 year old Snake Oil. I had to check the imp to make sure. Still spicy, but a slightly vanilla undertone. I like it alright, but I will stick with Snake Oil.

Strong nutmeg and chocolate on me. Not getting a lot of espresso other then an underlying bitterness. Very yummy and decadent smelling though. A winner.

In the jar- slightly 'moist' seeming grey powder. The scent is heavy on the opium, with the black currant in the background.

I have used this 3 times, and used only a light sprinkling in my bath, it doesn't seem to need much to get a strong scent going. In the water the opium and black currant balance out, and it makes the water feel silky smooth.

The scent does linger on my skin for several hours after bathing. Subtle and lovely. I really like this a lot.

I like this a lot. Maybe even a top ten scent.

In the bottle the apple and musk are most apparent. This is a DRY apple. Some incensey notes apparent as well, predominantly cypress.

On me, the dry apple takes on an almost champagne quality, and the cypress becomes more apparent. The mhyrr comes out more along with the black musk. Very lovely, subtle throw considering the notes.

This is very unique addition to my collection and a lovely fall scent. Back-up bottle worthy for sure for me. Thanks Beth, I love it!

In the bottle: Musk. Smells like the same musk in 'Midnight kiss' and that has me worried as that goes straight to grape bubblegum on me.

On the skin wet: The musk still dominates, but the blackberry and current are making themselves known.

Dry on skin: Ahhhhh...! The musk calms down, and fortunately doesn't go to grape. The blackberry and black currant notes balance with it, very well. There is a hint of something floral, but not particularly noticeable to me.

This is a softer scent, it has some throw but more the enticing 'come sniff closer' sort, without being overwhelming. Fruity, and seductive. Good date perfume I think. I don't know if it will ever crack into my favorites list, but with a bit of aging it might. Quite lovely.

I also ordered Luna Negra on the first. Since I still didn't have a click-n-ship I emailed the lab last week and was told it's a little back ordered.

Ok, at least i'm not the only one. I was just wondering because I had ordered the black rider less then a week before, and I got that almost 3 weeks ago. Hopefully I will get a reply from CS soon. Thanks for your replies!

I ordered Luna Negra on July 1st and I see a lot of people have gotten their orders, and orders placed afterwards. I expected a bit of a delay due to the last minute carnival orders, and I have emailed the lab, (no reply as of yet). Just wondering if anyone else who ordered from the black moon lunacies is still waiting.

This is my first go at any sort of Champagne scent.

Wet: this is strong champagne coming at me. Almost ginger ale like. Definately fizzy. Interesting. No chocolate or sex, cheap or otherwise.

Wet on skin: champagne with a very faint hint of chocolate.

2 hours later: the chocolate is more dominate now, almost even with the champagne. No dirty naked freaks showing up, so I guess the sex decided to go celibate.

This is definately interesting. The champagne is very bright and light, and the chocolate is definately milky, but I was really looking forward to some raunche. However, I did get 2 unsolicited compliments today by others who liked how bright and sweet it was. So I guess it stays.

I was looking through my purse, and came across this imp in my bag, probably aged at least 6m. Since I am currently a leather\musk fiend, gotta give this a go.

In the imp, sharp vetiver w/leather lurking underneath. Thank god, none of the 'chemical' tone new leather blends tend to have.

Wet on the skin- the vetiver is dominate, but the musk and leather are making themselves known.

Dry- mostly leather and vetiver, but the musk is apparent on the background. This is dead on sexy, how you would expect a really hot, charismatic man casually wearing a leather jacket would smell. But very wearable for me. This is a bottle purchase for sure for me.

This is a slightly 'warmer' version of Midwinters Eve on me. Same deep Plum, soft florals, but with a slight richness I attribute to the cream. Fortunately for this floral hater the flowers remain in the background, as they do in MWE, and the plum is dominate. I do like this, not enough to buy a bottle, but the 3 imps the lab has given me will stay.

I lusted after this blend for quite a while, and now that I have it, I'm on the fence. In the bottle and wet on the skin there is something sharp and chemical like going on with the leather. Perhaps because its fresh, or maybe because it is, indeed, BLACK leather. On drydown it disappears, leaving a far more subtle note. The amber is the best I have ever smelled. Period. The oppanox adding a bit of depth to it. No tobacco detected in this blend. I'm going to let this bottle sit and age for a bit, and see what happens. I by no means have any desire to get rid of it, but I hope some aging will improve the initial stages of it.

Thanks so much to Malibusunny for letting me have some of this!

In the bottle: heavy, dark plum, incense and something cinnamon like. Me likey!

On me wet: I used a VERY sparing amount to test as I only have an imp, but the incense really blooms, blending well with the rich plum, the cinnamon moving slightly to the background, and a hint of sandalwood bringing a slightly woodsy scent to it.

On me dry: this has amazing throw on me considering the itsy-bitsy amount I tested. I am catching wafts from my wrists more then a foot away. Dry this all comes together on a very sultry spicy way, the spiciness to the fore, the deep plum grounding it. I can also detect the sandalwood along the edges, rounding everything out. Love this.

I am now absolutely kicking myself for not buying the bottle that had been sitting on eBay for a while a few months ago. This is my absolute favorite BPAL to date, even trouncing my beloved Ghoulish for being 'me'. Will need to sell my soul to obtain a bottle, and this imp is going into my super-secret dark hiding spot!

Civet usually scares me, but as I was in a 'heavy' mood today, I decided to give this imp a try for the first time in the year or so since I got it. In the imp: yup, Civet loud and clear, with the opium in the back ground. But what the hell. Wet on the skin: the civet and the opium warring for control, very little musk. Dry on the skin: Now we're talking! Opium taking over, obliterating the civet, and bringing that wonderful musky spicy scent I love to the fore. I quite like this, and I see it being unisex as well. Will have to get a bottle. Moderate throw, but still on me 12 hours after application.

This oil was one of my high priority wish list items, but unfortunately this did not live up to my expectations. In the bottle: Holy Moly red musk! Absolutely wafting from the bottle, and almost put me off from skin testing. Wet on skin: red musk, patchulli, and what might be the nicotania. A bit... Sour. No cocoa at all. Dry on skin: grape wine, pleasant, but not quite what I was wanting. Where's the cocoa? This has moderate length and throw. I am going to sit on this a bit before deciding what to do with it.

This is my second favorite BPAL love just behind Ghoulish. I have 2 bottles but should seriously get several more before this leaves. In the bottle this is cherries jubilee, spicy, thick and slightly smokey. I can definately get the cardamom and cassia, keeping it warm. I believe the Pachoulli gives the smokey aspect to the blend, giving it the mysterious quality I love. Total winner.

I get no cherry in this blend, just cocoa and orange blossom. However, this blend made me realize not all floral notes are doom on me. I quite like this a lot.

I have 2 partial bottles of this won off of eBay, different years, and while there are slight differences, the overall 'tone' is the same. Deep plum is the predominate note, like both Bordello and Sugar Plum Fairy, but while those smell either warm (Bord) or floral (SPF) this is decidedly chill. Frosty. I don't get anything floral, just a cool plum scent. I do like this a lot.

This was just rose on my skin. No mahogany, tonka, vanilla, or coffee. Just rose. I was hoping to try and find a blend that would change my mind about rose, and hoped this would do it as I love the other notes. Sadly no. I had to wash this off

I managed to squeeze in an order of this just before it got pulled, and the post shipped it to me in 4 days! I got this as a birthday present. Boy, glad I chose this! In the bottle its mostly cardamon and bourbon, with a hint of leather. On me.... This is the leather of the strap you bite on when getting a taws applied to your back end. Worn, black and sleek. This is UUNGH...! Good! Bourbon and cardamon backing it up, almost no patchulli. This is awesome. I want to do bad things to myself right now. Or better yet, go find that hottie 10+ years younger then me waiter who sang me happy birthday the other night, slather it on him and do bad things. I should have tried to obtain more!

There is a spot just south of the golden gate bridge, at the top of 19th avenue where the air is saturated with. Eucalyptus, mint and pine, with the salty air of the bay in the background. That is the scent of San Francisco to me. Had this scent been like that, I would have bought gallons, gladly. Sadly, this was damp grass on me, and I had to pass my bottle on.

Some of the reviews have compared this as a cross between Dk chocolate cherry (which I have) and either Midnight kiss or Enraged groundhog musk (neither of which I have tried). To me this smells like Dk chocolate cherry meets Countess Willie. The deep cocoa is there, as is the wonderful blooming red cherry I so love. But this is mustier, spicier, and very sensual. Very me. I don't get much 'Green' in here. But that's fine by me. Great to have to alternate with C W when I want have this 'tone' of scent to wear. Whoever let their bottle go on eBay, thank you so much! It has a loving home with me!

Another purchase from about 3 years ago, been buried in the 50 or so bottles I own *laugh*. This is a sweet creamy scent, like vanilla or soft coconut in the bottle. On me its just an overall creamy scent on me. Soft, and long wearing.

This is my first BPAL purchase from 3 years ago. A sweet mix of blackberry and something green (sage?) underneath. This is a good day scent on me as it is pretty soft on my skin, almost a skin scent. Great for summer weather!

I bought this for my younger sisters birthday, and was a good girl and resisted the temptation to test is on myself. So my review is based on how it smells on her. In the bottle: strong spicy ginger with the chocolate and butterscotch in the background. On her skin: the butterscotch leaps to the forefront with the ginger adding some spiciness to the brew, and the milk chocolate rounding out the edges. Amazing throw on her, she didn't slather, but during our walk through the zoo yesterday I was getting wafts of it off her. My sister is thrilled with her first BPAL scent!

Apricot + clove = win! Love this and I am sad its no longer available. It layers fabulously with Intrigue.