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As far as I remember (my BPAL spreadsheet went down with my laptop - weep!), the only blends containing ginger are more feminine. Devil's Night sounded as if it would be more male friendly but it ended up very sweet to my nose. Your best bet could be Shub Niggarath, which as a LE might be quite hard to find, but that was the least sweet gingery scent I've tried.

If you can find Honey Moon, that would be your closest match. I had an Auntie Pamela bath last night and I had a clear realisation that it was two BPALs mixed together. I've now forgotton which they were... ETA: OOh I think I've remembered. It was Tushnamatay with Beatrice!

People say Scarecrow smells like dry grass. Rosalind smells like growing grass and berries to me. The Unicorn smells like a spring meadow in the sun. Phantom Queen smells like a spring meadow at dawn, wet with dew.

Mmm - delicious delicious delicious. Snow Angel starts off lightly lemony, and quickly becomes sweet peach tea (the lovely iced stuff in cartons). Later the florals flutter through just a little. It's nicest once it's dry, since the wet stage is a little bit pow!-sharp!-sweet!. This would be a great, refreshing day scent in the summer - it's fizzy and girly but not in any way over the top. For those wanting comparisons, I would say, in order of closest match: Severin, Bathed & Infused Sake, Titania, and Dorian.

The Cheshire Cat was witty. It started off all citrus marmalade, which would gradually fade to fresh garden smells and musk.

Hmm - I've just got a bottle of the limited edition Three Witches, and it's not comparing very favourably to the original for me, I'm afraid. The original was a pure blend of the three notes, it felt very clear, and, well, pure. This bottle has a wierd 'off' note which I guess could just be a variation in one of the spice oils. It isn't so nice, which I'm sorry about since I've almost finished my original imp.

Snow Moon starts off very evergreen, and I was slightly put off since I seem to have a lot of piney scents already, and I tend to only use them for the bath or room. However, as others have said, once the piney top note burns off, the flowers shimmer through, and they are delicate and bright. Snow Moon is the winter couterpart to Flower Moon. The floral notes are similar, but icier and not nearly so blatant. It's pretty after the sharp pine note burns off and the label is lovely also.

I'm happy because on me, the sweet pea is the strongest note, and other sweet pea scents havn't worked on me. It is very much like Pink Moon, but bolder and more up-front. It is very sweet and very lush, and I love it. I'm more likely to wear Pink Phoenix in the summer though; I'm thinking pink shorts and white vest and lemonade in the park!

If it helps, I've searched my spreadsheet for sassafras. I have tried all of them apart from Dissipation. But the description for Dissipation mentions 'a sliver' of sassafras. This is pure, if not almost pure, sassafras... If sassafras is that root beer scent. Yuck! yuck yuck yuck! and ow! I was just comparing imps of Tombstone and mystery Hamadryad, when I flicked loads of the sassafras oil over my face and hand! Ruining my carefully constructed White Chai Creme B&I fluff and Sugar Skull combo! Urrghh! Whatever it is, it's not nice...

It's pale golden yellow, and not particularly viscous.

Cor blimey! I just recieved an imp labelled 'Hamadryad' from the lab, and it is most definately /not/ the same as my last imp, which was soft dry cinnamon with faint flowers. This is strong, medicinal root-beer! I've never smelt a BPAL oil like this before. Does anyone recognise this as a blend, or could it be an accidental single note sassafras or something? Thanks for any info!

I've only tried the Bathed and Infused version, but it's a dead ringer for the Red Queen: Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant. They smell almost exactly the same.

Never smelt Ambra, but from the notes and your description I'm thinking Snake Charmer and Snake Oil. Other blends have floral notes that you havn't mentioned.

Update: Spiced Apple Cider 3 in 1 still going strong from last year and Harvest Moon 2005 is a dead ringer.

The only other one with coffee in is Mata Hari, as far as I know, and that's a totally different beast to MU. Velvet (sandalwood, cocoa vanille and myrrh) has a similar feel to MU to my nose.

I agree with ChupaChup - although they appear to share notes, they don't smell the same to me. Freak Show is much darker, while 13's iris note became the most predominant on the drydown making it really floral for me.

Not much a review, because I didn't wear it for long, but I'm almost certain that this is mostly hyacinth. Either that, or lily of the valley, but I think hyacinth. It's a fresh, almost soapy greenish bulby floral.

A *very* rough equivalent for Medicine Show could be The Apothecary. Although they don't share many notes they both have a sweetish, clean, herbal quality imo.

Bearded Lady - it's got all the elements for me: heavy sweet flowers, vanilla, amber.

Is Midnight a bit like Chiroptera? Or is that Twilight? Gah, I'm at work and not able to check my spreadsheet for notes!

Does anyone agree that Coyote and Fire Eater smell very very similar indeed? Coyote is more grassy, Fire Eater more burnt and harsh, but still very close.

I second Kuang Shi.

I'd definately second Vinland.

Lady Macbeth, perhaps? "Sweet Bordeaux wine, blood red currant, thyme and wild berries."

You could also do a search for different colour names in the review section for other people's impressions.