Lorna Brigid

Ha ha, when I first saw this thread, that's what I immediately thought of! "Didn't I do a ginger recs thread a long time ago??" LOL And someone here mentioned my favorite, too, which is Origins Ginger Essence. The closest I found is honestly Mother Ginger.

On Wet: Smells just like the wet stage of Knave of Hearts with all the tart crust + berry cake smell. Drydown: vanilla cake and berries. YUM!! A little while after drydown this takes a turn where it smells a bit like... Mme. Moriarty?! Weird! Has this happened to anyone else??

Chiming in on the Black Opal discussion>>>> I am finding Moonshine & Mist to be incredibly similar to Black Opal. I would say it is almost an exact dupe on me, except that there is a cold vanillic edge missing, but other than that it's pretty much the same scent on me.

I'm thirding Leanan Sidhe. Definitely get Irish Spring from it. I love it though, Leanan Sidhe is one of my favorites. It's lovely springtime freshness!

Yep, looks like they are only doing like 2 or 3 scented oils now. But they still have everything else in the line Satsuma

For comfort I reach for Morocco, Haloes, Smut or WILF. For uplifting, I reach for Joyful Moon, Pink Snowballs, Nymphia or Metal Rabbit.

I swear I just saw the Satsuma line on the Body Shop's website a few weeks ago.... I love Satsuma as well!!! The closest BPAL I've found to it is Seraglio. It's like Satsuma with a side of sandalwood.

BPALs I love: Snake Oil Morocco Red Lace Joyful Moon Lillith Victoria The Shadowy & the Sublime Madame Moriarty Voodoo The Mysterious Warning Black Heart Hecate Black Opal Smut Endymion Bordello Nymphia Fae Titania The Velvets Metal Rabbit Midnight Kiss Hollywood Babylon Ville Marie Ode On Melancholy Leanan Sidhe Zorya Haloes Mother Ginger Peach Moon Lunar Eclipse 08 Black Butterfly Moon Mouse's Long Sad Tale Faunalia WILF Valentine of Rome Womb Furie Boo 2011 Pink Snowballs 2011 Cleric Lust Others I have and don't wear much: Zephyr Suck It Seraglio Spellbound Blood Countess Anne Bonny Belle Vinu The Ta Ta Evil Good French Love All Night Long Blot Upon the Earth Gelt Shadow Witch Orchid Samhain 2010 Lambs Wool 2010 Phantom Queen Queen Mab Come To Me

I really haven't reviewed this one? Wow. I got this a little less that a year ago, and I'm gonna have to look for a Vermontian to snag me another bottle soon! On me, the apricot, oak and vanilla meld so nicely, and though it is a light one with modest throw, there is something so golden warm without being suffocating... I absolutely adore Haloes!!! I was sitting at work today, listening to some fool blather on, and thinking "Omg, I'm having one of those 'I'm so in love with the scent I'm wearing' days!" And normally woody scents worry me, but this oak is so smooth compared to other woods, and the whole lot just goes to Yum! on my skin.

This smelled almost exactly like Knave of Hearts on me. The hazelnut seriously smelled just like the tart crusts in Knave. That was all I got. After dry down, a little bit of cherry berry was a hint. No pine, no furriness. Oh well. *shrug*

Does anyone remember the Snoopy Snow Cone Machine? (Stay with me, I'm going somewhere with this) I had this as a little kid, and you ground your own ice in it, and then poured the flavored juice over it to make your own snow cone. This smells exactly like that. This blend, and also Frost at Midnight, just turn out to be icy fruit punch on me. I guess I'll do well to remember that snow+fruits = snow cones on me. ETA: 2011 version

This is wonderful!! The vetiver gives it a cool clean kick when first on, the opium gives it a smoky resinous feel, and the plum rounds it out to be a little sweeter. I love it!!

This is a perfect balance of vanilla, rose and snow on me!!! It's everything I hoped it would be, absolutely feminine and lovely!!!!

I get fruit juice out of this. You know, like Hawaiian Punch. Odd. Needs more testing, I guess.

Evil, who knew you smelled so clean?!? Srsly, it must be the ambergris and the tea making it cool and astringent. I don't get any plum or ambrette, and just a hint of the opium. Huffing and huffing, and I know I like you, I just cannot decide how much! After awhile past the drydown, I realize, you know what this reminds me of? It smells a lot like Black Butterfly Moon! I wonder how this would smell on me if mixed with another RPG like Mage or something...

Lots of people here have impressive spreadsheets and ways of keeping track of their BPAL. But for me, I find that the "design it however you want/need" way of Excel is the way for me. I use all three worksheets for one book: The first sheet is My Stash on the left side, with the name, description, category and my review. On the right side is my wishlist, which consists of the name, description and category. When I make a purchase I cut and paste it from my wishlist to the stash side. Sheet 2 is what I use for "Tried and Don't Have" and this is where I put the scents that I have sold, swapped or given away. This way I still have documentation of what I've tried, the category it is from, and my review of it, and where it went. Sheet 3 is where I list what I have for sale or swap, so that I can keep those listed separate from sheet 1. I'm really trying to work my way through the GC and scents as they come, and keep my stash to only my absolute loves, so using the 3rd sheet to cut and paste the ones I don't love so much to really helps. All my columns are labeled and color coded, which also makes it easier for me, because black and white format makes my eyes go I don't know how to post it to Google docs but if anyone would like to see my sheet I can email you a copy.

2011 version: I was afraid when I first opened my imp, that it would be overwhelmingly rancid buttery cream. But yay, upon drydown, it's all SUGARSUGARSUGAR!!! Love it!!!! Uncomplicatedly sweet and sugary!

I was really looking forward to this blend, because all the notes in other blends work splendidly on me. Sadly, mostly what comes through is the sandalwood, rose and frankincense. I don't get any lilac musk or pomegranate. It may need a little more time, but it really comes off as a generic old lady's perfume. Slightly sophisticated, but still kinda generic.

What's weird, is with mine, I ordered on the 14th, and it said "Shipped" the next day, the 15th. Usually it says "Awaiting Shipment" for a week or two before it says "Shipped." Of course I still don't expect a CnS for like, 3 or 4 weeks, but I just find this...weird. I don't mind it, it's just...different! Anyone else have this?

Oddly enough, I'm not a fan of lilac when it is fresh and in real life. Don't care for it then. But it seems to really work in scents on my skin!!! Ville Marie is my favorite of the three scents here. And funny enough, on me, with that buttery vanilla note going on, I actually smell like lilacs and cake when wearing this. Very nice!

I was looking so forawrd to this scent. Sadly, it has wound up turning to a cheap bathroom soap or cleaner for public restrooms on me. It's the strong citrus/floral blast doing it.

I would actually suggest Faunalia for either one of them. FAUNALIA--The scent of a thick, starlit, unspoiled forest, with a burst of wild musk, opobalsamum, black bryony, mandragora, and hemlock.

Ya know, I like this. I just don't like it enough. It is like Black Butterfly Moon, but it's missing the chewy center; the sweet and spicy heart that BBM, one of my top ten, has. I get mostly the oppoponax, berries and amber. There's that little kick of balsam and lime, and it's cool... but just not like I had hoped it would be. *shrug*

Wow, not a lot of blue musk in the GC! A search of reviews turned up Night Raven and Old Demons (both from the Marchen series) as possibilities, though. I should have qualified my question, or perhaps posted it in a different thread, since I'd like to try scents that are evocative of Sugar Moon. I find that I tend to select the same notes over and over again, and finding one that I like (Sugar Moon) that includes notes that are outside of my comfort zone was a welcome change. Thanks again, to all, for the suggestions. Now ... I think I may have an imp of Sugar Skull around here somewhere ....! I just wanted to add that although it does not list blue musk as a note, I find Morgause to be a very blue musk style scent. It is like a tamer "Clock Strikes Midnight", which is a 2010 Yule that does list blue musk.

My favorite summer scents are the fruity and cooling or light floral kinds.... The last couple weeks in particular, I've worn: -Zephyr -The Mysterious Warning -Seraglio -Queen Mab -Fae -Peach Moon -Black Butterfly Moon -Faunalia -Titania -Belle Vinu -Zorya -Haloes -Kumiho