Rock Goddess

I've been having problems with the cherry scents, too. Which is a bummer, because I LOVE cherries. Red Queen went all Vicks on me, and Vice was all chocolate covered cherries, which I couldn't stand. That's my own little quirk though, I can't stand chocolate covered cherries, so it was nothing to do with the oil. Oh well, maybe I'll give Hollywood Babylon a whirl.

Alice morphed quite a bit on me. In the imp, it smelled mostly floral to me. On my skin, I definately got a few seconds of something citrus...I'm guessing that was the bergamot. But that was quicky overpowered by the rose and carnation, and the sweetness that must be the honey. I love both, so that was nice. Then after an hour or so, I could still smell the rose and carnation, but it started to go a bit powdery...it wasn't a bad sort, just not really me. Then I went to dinner with my parents, and as were leaving the restaurant, my mom said I smelled like sugar cookies. And sure enough, it was mostly sugar cookie, with a bit of floral lingering in the background. All in all a nice scent, though probably not an every day one for me. I think I'll let my mom give it a whirl, see how it goes with her.

I really like Bewitched. In the bottle I caught a faint trace of the "green" scent, but as soon as I put it on, it was all berries. Big, juicy berries and cream, and maybe a hint of musk deepening it. Even 4 hours later, I'm not picking up any green tea, and maybe just a tiny bit of sage. And it's worn off quite a bit too. Still, definately keeping my imp. Not sure it's an everday scent for me, but a great one for every now and then.

Black Pearl is the first BPAL scent I've tried. It immediately caught my eye with it's name, then with the fact it has coconut in it, I love tropical scents. And it didn't disappoint, I really love it. In the bottle, I mostly smell the coconut. On my skin, it still smells like coconut, but not in a sunscreen kind of way...it's a warm, deep coconut, for lack of better words. Then a light floral-ish type scent comes out, I guess that's the iris. Finally, a floral other than rose that I don't have a bad reaction to! The scent didn't have much throw, but I only put a tiny swipe on my wrist to test it, so I'll have to use more later. I kept sniffing that wrist though! After awhile the coconut died down, and something (the hazelnut, I think - I'm not great at distinguishing the things) comes out. Overall, a warm, sexy, tropical scent...nighttime on a deserted island, snuggled next to a fire. And I can't wait to tell people I'm wearing "Black Pearl". I have other imps to try, but my first BPAL experience may just have me buying a big bottle of this one. ~ RG