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Spiced Cherry Bourbon swirled with a cinnamon stick

In the bottle: Nothing distinct. no cherry, no cinnamon, perhaps a boozy scent. 

First applied:  Sweet plastic?

Later in the day, I kept smelling something good, spicy sweet.  It was me!  Overall, the scent on me is a warm, fruit liquor.  I'd say a beautiful winter scent.  

 

Even later in the day:  Oh my, it is now a smoky, smooth bourbon

 

Hmm, love all of these scents.

 

On me BB is HEMP, sweetened with vanilla and made earthy with patchouli.

 

Not the vanilla I am used to. It is more like the vanilla scent sniffed from a bottle of the cooking additive. Nice and not perfumy at all.

 

I usually amp patchouli, but this is very much underneath, just adding its touch gently.

 

I like, not love, this scent. I am going to hope that aging blends it to perfection.

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Initial impression: Citrus orange and spice.

 

After a few minutes dry: Soft metallic citrus. Definite copper tang as wear continues, what a brilliant scent!!

 

The wear time is very short for me and the throw minimal.

CXXXV

 

I find that this is very O, but with a soft herbal mixed in. the result is the amber, honey, vanilla soften the scent to a creamy herbal.

 

A wonderful scent, but too soft for me. I like to be able to smell myself!!

CXLV

(145)

The numbers rubbed off when I first opened the bottle.

 

At first I couldn't determine what this smelled like. I just knew that I wasn't getting any honey. Maybe musk, maybe spices..no honey.

 

The second time I tried it, I thought, it is leather. A soft leather, like the doeskin in Coyote. Maybe the honey is softening the leather. A soft leather.

 

If I were to see leather and honey as a description, I would jump at that scent in a second. They are two of my favorite notes. However, this scent does not stand out as well as I would want it to.

 

I really wanted more honey. I am layering it with O to see what that is like. On the verge of swapping.

I get rose, a cloying floral. It's true that rose does amp on me, but I was hoping for a nice blend of the other scents. Especially cedar and sandalwood!

Well, I don't have any combos to add, but I just placed my first order with Villianess and I can't wait to try some!

Ecstasy of True Love

 

Peach, peach, peach!! My skin just amps up peach. And not a nice, juicy peach either. No, a plastic, artificial peach. Too bad, because I love carnation and patchouli.

Mantis

 

In the vial: rubbing alcohol

 

On me: Powdery amber, warm soft and musky sweet. Actually very nice! After a bit, the green herbs emerge and make this fresh and light. Patchouli must be keeping it from being too sweet, making it earthy. A complex yet not overpowering scent.

Krampus

 

I tried this yesterday before reading the reviews and then again today as I was reading them. Intrigued by the references to leather, Spanked and Count Dracula because I adore these!!!

 

In the vial: dusty leather

 

First impression: Strongly leather with a lightly dusty scent. Its true that this could be strictly masculine, but leather is excellent on me. At least in my opinion!

This is definitely sweeter than Count Dracula and lacks the spice of Spanked. I almost get an apple scent.

When I wore it yesterday I was craving an apple scent, so I lightly layered DKNY Be Delicious over this. Yum! Even though I have almost exclusively turned to BPAL, I still have a few favorite other scents.

 

Overall: Leather, apple and wood. Sexy! Love this and would love to try it on my Sweetie!

Chaos Theory III: DCCLXXIV (774)

 

In the bottle: sweet, almost caramel

 

On me: Very herbal, some sweet. Some musk in here too. But, the scent does not stay nice on me.

Blood Rose

note: I dislike rose. But, the rose scents that I have taken a dislike to, are the cheap scents I used to get as a girl. However, some rose, even BPAL, still remind me of this. I just wanted to get a good feel for all the BPAL rose scents.

 

In the vial: No rose, rich and deep, sweet.

 

On me: OMG, its a lot like F-54! The rose is there, but covered in wine. I get a black cherry hint too. Sometimes Dragon's Blood is overwhelming. But, this is blended so smoothly that it is one luscious sexy scent. I could love this.

 

After a bit, it softens, but still like F54. Not quite as strong. Less staying power.

 

A wonderful surprising rose scent!!

 

Ok, the F54 resemblance fades to a softer powdery sweeter scent.

Miskatonic University

 

I have an imp of the first and now of '06.

 

Here is what I found:

In the imp:

Original-dusty with a bit of Irish cream.

06'-lighter dust with more cream.

 

On me:

Original: Faintly coffee and Irish cream, but so light I might have to slather.

 

06'-lightly dusty with a faint background of coffee. It fades quickly and I am left with the polish used on the oakwood halls. I really wanted this to be great. I love coffee scents!

 

I am determined to try this again..and again until it works!

 

After 2 hours, the scent wavers inbetween coffee and the polish.

Sugar Skull '06

 

I remember trying another Sugar Skull but I have no idea what year it was, except I know that it wasn't this year! I swapped it.

 

Now I remember why! First impression is pure dish soap, eew.

 

But then then a bit of spice in the soap. So I am hopeful. This is very strong and I can't quit sniffing my wrist.

 

Eventually the soap fades and I am left with Spice and I love it. If it would only stay this way!

 

But, then a sweetness emerges and I can see how someone would refer to this a a french toast/maple syrup scent. I am still liking it, but is gives me a bit of a headache. For some weird reason my teeth begin to ache, like the extra sweetness is sending a signal to my brain. I know that sounds crazy, but my teeth really hurt like when you eat something too sweet.

 

Wow! I am totally knocked out by this one. Not sure, I bet I will try it again, though.

 

The next morning I still catch faint whiffs of french toast/maple syrup and spice.

Umbra

 

In the vial: Patchoulli and wood

 

On me: This starts out wonderful! Deep patchoulli with a touch of cinnamon and a background of cedar. But it turns awful. Leaves me with a body odor scent. Perhaps this will work on my Sweetie.

Chaos Theory III: CCLXXIV (274)

 

Purchased from phedra

Described as Cherry Vanilla

 

I could smell this as soon as I opened the package. It was powdery and reminded me of a baby scent.

 

I get the cherry vanilla resemblance. The cherry is sharp, like a liqueur. The vanilla is soft and powdery. Very strong. It starts to give me a headache, but not from wearing it, just the scent coming from the vial. Not sure about this one.

 

Last reviewed by shadith.

Nahemoth

 

In the vial: Musky fruit

 

On me: Definitely plum, which is dry and powdery on me. Far in the background, sandalwood. Much nicer than plum usually smells on me.

13 (2006)

 

In the bottle: Chocolate orange, reminiscent of my loved Vice.

 

On me: Predominately cocoa, orange and sandalwood. Love!! I was afraid of this one for the lavender, which I don't like. I wouldn't mind more vanilla, but I am not missing it. More complex than Vice, but still similar. Love how the sandalwood blends with the sweeter scents. I am sooo glad I purchased this!

Thanks! I can't believe that I missed that! It was the first place I looked.

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White Rabbit

 

In the vial: Fresh, light

 

On me: Sweet tea scent with linen in the background. I want to smell the pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla!!!! These are some of my favorites! But, the scent is so light on me I can barely review it.

 

edit: the honey emerged, making this sweeter, but I am missing the spice!

Black Opal

 

In the vial: Barely there, sweet but fresh

 

On me: I wanted to try this for the vanilla. I don't get vanilla at all. Just a soft powdery fresh scent. Medium throw.

In the imp: Sweet, sharp cherry?

On me: Oh how I want that cherry/almond scent to emerge. Or even the dark and mysterious plums and smoke. On me plum is isopropyl alcohol-ish. Just not able to love it like I want to.