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In the bottle: Yep, a crisp apple.... seems to be a green apple to my nose. It is very sharp, but in a FRESH apple way...not cloying that some apple scents have done to me before. On Skin: It immediately warms up and softens, a bit....can detect a hint of the clove....a hint of vanilla. Not getting any blackcurrant as of yet. Dry down: To me, it almost smells like Pure Applesauce, but without that tar or tobacco note. It has a low throw on me and stays close to the skin. Seems to be disappearing pretty fast... might let this one sit a while. It ends up being real soft, barely there kind of apple and warm vanilla. Perfect for those who want an apple scent that isn't strong. It is nice.

Can't really add anything different than what was said! In bottle: very creamy milk chocolate!! Can smell the butter-creaminess of it. Like frosting as someone mentioned. On skin: Stays true....gets a little "dry" smelling, but in a good way. Seems some chocolate notes do that to me. Dry down: Low throw on me, but never changes. Pretty much as it says it is. Creamy buttercream chocolate!! Edit to add that I think this would make a great layering note as well, as it is simple and lovely.

In decant: I smell resin and a slight touch of the honey. Could be the dragon blood too...that always smells a bit incense-y to me. In hair: WOW!!! This is so gorgeous... it is a very soft amber/resin that I am getting. I don't get honey or anything nutty, which is good. I was nervous about the honey note. After a few: This has low/medium throw and I love this! It is the perfect incense/amber! It isn't heavy and it isn't just gone that some incense blends can do on me. So glad I got a decant of this!!

This is just a guess, but I am sure you will be fine. Especially if you are driving. I think crossing the border into the states, they just worry about how much alcohol yo would be bringing or cheap meds. I think the perfume will be fine. BUT that is just me.... Just make sure you have your passports up to date, but thinking it won't be an issue.

In bottle: Oooh...lovely apple!! And yes, I agree, it is more of a green apple. So crisp and fresh!! On skin: YUM!! I instantly get the mashed honey apple scent. It is great... the honey note worried me since that note always turns to a dust smell. But not here!! This is such a great apple scent... it is so very Autumn! Dry down: Medium throw and it is a nice, spicy dry apple... in a good way! I don't get tar or tobacco out of it, but maybe that keeps it smelling warm and cozy! If you love apple scents or trying to find that ONE apple scent to make you go WOW.... this is it!! So glad I got a bottle!!! Edit for update: Been a little while and I can't stop sniffing my wrist! It dawned on me, this reminds me of Beaver Moon 2012... but without the "gooey" note! Loving this!!!

In imp: Yep...definitely a "weed" or strong hemp smell. On skin: Oh wow... this warms up immediately on me... I get the smoky vanilla with the hemp and it is gorgeous! Creamy and sexy too! Dry down: Ok.. I need a bottle of this!! If you like the Revenant Rhythm items, you will love this. It is a perfect balance of the hemp and vanilla. This is coming from a person that despises anything hemp/patchouli smelling, and if I love this, just think how it will be for you patch lovers!!! Mmmmm..... perfect! Medium throw and not overbearing.

In the bottle: I can see where some people say "spice" to it. I think that is just the nature of how bittersweet chocolate can smell. I love bittersweet/dark chocolate better than milk chocolate (to eat that is) and this smells just like a good, higher priced chocolate/cocoa to me. On skin: I almost get a peppermint smell to this right away, even though it isn't...but has that something sharp, but just for a second. I get a hint of the cream note and can smell the amazing chocolate in this. Like was said above, this is a sexy kind of chocolate! Dry: It has a medium throw to me and yes, I get a creamy chocolate with something else in the background. I don't know what it is. Maybe a hair of something cologn-y, but it isn't at the same time. It is very amazing and I think this will age nicely! Update: So, after a few hours, I could still smell the cologne-yness about it. Sad because it smelled so good in the bottle and on my skin for a few minutes. Might have to swap away.

Also, the BPAL Halloween scents (or as we lovingly call them, Weenies) will be out sometime soon, so there might be some dirt/leaves scents there as well. Also, check out Black Phoenix Trading Post.....they release Weenie scents too!!!!!

Well, out of the few I got to test, I LOVE Western Diamondback and Boomslang the best!! W.D.. to me, is a beautiful, soft suede scent with a hint of Snake Oil. Very unisex! Boomslang is more of a thick and yummy chocolate scent, and that too, I only get a hint of S.O. I have never gotten any bold S.O. scents out of the snake pits....it's there, but not prominent. I would go to the review section here and read the reviews on the Snake Pits. Might be more helpful.

It can be overwhelming and some great recs here already. You can also go to the BPAL website and search a note and it will pull up all the scents that have said note in it....that way, you can see which might interest you. Then I would look at reviews on here....they are always very helpful!!

I got a tiny tester amount in a bottle. What a surprise! I never thought to try this because I am very afraid of patchouli! In the bottle: Yep, cinnamon and clove, but very balanced. They both seem to be evenly matched. One doesn't dominate the other. On skin: Ok, NOW the clove is beating up the cinnamon, but both still there. I think I get a little pumpkin in there, but not much. This is still crazy good! Dry down: As someone mentioned above, this is very sexy....a teeny foody, but not so much. I don't get tobacco and I can get a little hint of moss, but it is so wonderfully blended. Don't be afraid to try this if you are afraid of the patchouli like me. I don't get any, but I think all the notes are perfectly balanced and this is a perfect Halloween scent! A lovely surprise!!!!!

In the bottle - Yep, I also get that cologne-y scent everyone else is smelling, but there is something "dry" about it. On skin - Still has that cologne smell....not much else. Not getting wax, parchment, or incense. Dry down - Hmm, this isn't for me. Was hoping for more of a book/wax kind of scent. But just smells like a man's cologne. So, this would be good for a guy, not me.

2013 version In bottle - a sharp herbal to my nose. Maybe that is wood? Olive oil? On skin - Stays pretty sharp and kind of "green". Green like vines, not like any plant that could smell aquatic, if that makes sense. Didn't expect it to be this way. Dry down - I also start to get a little bit of leather out of this, but I get more olive oil, and it is soft. But still, not really for me, sadly.

Like most others, in the bottle, I do see the comparison to Snow White.... it is lovely and soft, with a hint more mint to my nose. Sadly, when applied, it too, went to plastic on me in about 10 minutes! It smelled so good at first. Oh well... what can ya do?

So, I got this as a frimp.....hard to tell what it smells like in the imp because another traveling imp leaked and got all over this, but still able to read the label to see it is this scent! On... I get a little cinnamon, but it isn't overpowering. I don't get licorice/anise like others are detecting. Smells just like a handful of stale jelly beans. Like the kind leftover from Easter that no one ate! I like this!! I am a foody fan so this fits to me. Not as sweet as you think it would be either. Very fun!

Yeah....this is awesome! In the bottle....I get a rich, thick vanilla! I think it is the rum, but I don't get "boozy" out of this. On damp hair: Wow....this goes crazy for a quick second....thought I caught a quick whiff of licorice, but that quickly left (good thing!) but then I get the bourbon and the musk and vanilla ALL at once! Then the amber comes out and it morphs wonderfully! Stays vanilla with a hint of the rum and bourbon.... I don't get honey or gunsmoke, but SO glad I was able to get some of this!

LAUDANUM BONBON Nicely narcotic: bittersweet chocolate with nutmeg, sassafras, black poppy and myrrh. So, I am sure I probably smelled the GC of this, but don't remember if I liked it. But here goes with this one.... In imp: I don't smell any chocolate....just a harsh blast of sassafras and a hint of myrrh. On Skin: Pretty much stays the same. Sadly, I get zero chocolate from this. I think the other notes are just too powerful and drowns it out. Dry down: Gets a bit sharp....maybe that is the poppy?? Not sure, but to me, since I get no choco out of this, it is just the GC bottle scent.

Swapped a friend for her gourmand bottle....#77 In the bottle: Yep, I get orange gingerbread smell! Could smell it before even opening it to sniff! Smells great! On skin: Yeah, it morphed on me as well.... I got spiced orange cake, a vanilla cake, then it toned down to a nice, soft spiced cookie! Dry down: Softens and stays to that lovely lightly gingerbread spiced cookie to me. She got maple syrup, but I don't! I am glad, since I had tried Pancake Breakfast and it didn't work for me, but that one smelled more grainy. This one is just right. Low throw, but stays close. Very happy with this one.

Can't believe I was able to get a bottle of this in a swap!! Been wanting this for a long time and almost gave up! In bottle: I get a berry pastry. Yep, smells like a delicious crumpet. On skin: stays close to the skin, but I get the berry note, but it is berry jam....a little less pastry and more baking spice to it, but they are soft. Dry down: Stays the same and I really love this!! Medium throw to me, and it is foody to me. Anything berry-ish can either work for me or go completely plastic, but glad this one doesn't!! So happy!!!

Got my bottle today, and yes...mine is also WAY full! Here goes...also see there are no numbers on these. In the bottle: I really don't know what I am smelling...but it is like a floral (?) even though this is a gourmand bottle. On skin: Ok....now this changes. Good thing, I was so not wanting a floral. Still hard to describe this. It is a bit sugary, bot not overly. It is like a cotton candy popcorn, but plain, no butter. That's the best way I can describe this. Dry down: stays the same but now that odd floral thing is emerging. It isn't strong, and I really have to huff this in order to smell it....but I guess this is a gourmand scent. Very fun, but not sure if it is for me, but will wait and see! Going to update this by saying the bottle number I got from the Lab is #9!

Got my bottle today.... Ok, if you are like me and have been wanting to find a beeswax/candle wax scent that works for you and does NOT smell like a cheap candle, go get this, and get it now! Came in a pitch black velvet pouch! In the bottle: I get the beeswax, a little vanilla, and some spice....but not tickle-your-nose kind from a kitchen cupboard. I know it says "cinnamon bark", but it seems softer. On skin: I immediately get the clove.....it is prominent, but not overbearing and strong that clove can be on me. It is surprisingly soft. I detect the vanilla. Dry down: OOOH this gets lovely! It warms up to an almost "cozy" kind of vanilla beeswax and a gentle clove. Reading other reviews, I was afraid of the honey everyone was detecting (I can't do honey!) but I don't get that at all. Light throw but it is, I think, going to age beautifully. It already is a winner as is...... don't hesitate to get this!! Total love!!

OK!!! This is good! In the bottle, I get the scent of vanilla and very soft leather. In damp hair: Not sure what I am smelling, but I get a little vanilla, a hint of leather and mostly ambergris.... I think. Not sure what that exactly smells like on it's own, but I don't get bourbon out of this. The musk is very pale, which is good because musk isn't my friend! I have to say this is a great HG! I think this would smell amazing on guys too! I wish it smelled more like it does in the bottle as in my hair, but this is still a keeper! More for maybe Fall or Winter wear, but surprisingly a medium throw! If I had to rate it, I would give it 4 out of 5 stars!

Like others, I don't remember actually trying the Snake Charmer perfume oil, at least on....sniffed some, but never wore. BUT THIS.....is....so...GOOD!! In the bottle: Smells just like straight up Snake Oil, which is a good thing! On damp hair: It immediately turns into an exotic, lovely, scent!! I get the Snake Oil, but I also get the spices and plum! It is surprisingly light, but it is so amazing! After a few minutes, I get the coconut, but those of you who can't do coconut in some form (I am that person) this is so perfect. It isn't the suntan lotion coconut, but I think the blackened part of it makes it more alluring than beachy! If that makes sense! Hope you didn't miss out on this.....a great keeper and if it ages like the oils do, it will be even more breathtaking!!

Myrrh and black roses. Usually floral notes are just SO NOT for me, but I was very curious about black rose...so here goes! In decant: sniffing this, I certainly get a dark, heavy rose note. The myrrh is sort of there....kind of detect it, but I get mostly that heavy rose. This isn't a soft rose either....hence the blackness of it! On: The myrrh comes out a bit more on the skin. The rose is still very much there, but I tend to amp florals, so at the moment, it is all rose, but it isn't too bad. This coming from someone who can't do rose notes!! Drydown: This just seems a nice balance of both notes. This smells like something you would wear to an old gorgeous stone cathedral.....for mass possibly! If you like rose notes, get this.....if you are afraid of the incense part, don't be.....it isn't overpowering, but has a nice throw as well!

Got frimped a decant of this...been wanting to try it, since I like leather and the only scent that I liked out of some leather ones I have tried has been Western Diamondback, which I LOOVE! In decant: Creamy musk. Kind of afraid of musk since we sometimes don't get along. There is a bit of vanilla there. On skin: OH MY!! This warms up to such a wonderful vanilla/creamy leather! I don't get "pie" out of this, but something sweet keeps it balanced. But it is in no way foody to me. Dry down: This just gets amazing!! Had to buy a bottle from a seller. In my opinion, if you are a fan of Western Diamondback, you will love this! It is like a deeper, richer version of that. Heavenly!!