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Has anyone noticed any similarities to any oils and the First Love Fades Too atmo? I may have a slight obession.

The most ethereal scent to me is Luna Azul. It's sweet, watery, lavender. Dreamy.

I love this one. When I got TKO, I loved it but it wasn't what I was hoping for in a sleepy time lavender blend. The First Love Fades Too is my dream lavender scent. Soft and dreamy and not too sweet (sweet makes me hungry!) It smells....deep.

Soap and almost a blood like iron

Finally scored some Scrappy Damsel, also a lovely neroli blend.

 

 

I have been wanting to post in this thread for a while but needed to sit down and try to narrow down my faves. There are so many!

The Gaoler's Daughter: The Vine, A Thought From Propertius, Gods of Intercourse

Creepy: Lambs-Wool, Elegba, Mitzvah, Red Lantern, Sugar-Slathered Candied Apple

Josie: Aglaea, Mare Nectaris, Peach I, Peach V

Agrat Bat Mahlat: The Golden Apple of the Sun, Heroine, Eve's Big Apple (HG), Venus Obsequens

Lemon Scented Sticky Bat: Delight and Consternation, New Orleans, Pleasant Embrace, Yellow Snowballs

Ae. Aegypti: Honey (HG), Dragon's Milk, Honey Moon, Pepper, Beautiful and Adored

 

*edit* Just remembered Sphaeromachia Gaumeri for another one like Sticky Bat.

Thank you!!

I have been wanting to post in this thread for a while but needed to sit down and try to narrow down my faves. There are so many!

The Gaoler's Daughter

Creepy (I adore the 06 vintage)

Josie

Agrat Bat Mahlat

Lemon Scented Sticky Bat

Honorable mention: Ae. Aegypti

Oh yes, Oceans of Love and Millions of Kisses is neroli heaven.

I'm always so happy to see this thread get bumped. I love neroli and always want to see what new recs people are coming up with. Has anyone mentioned The Gaoler's Daughter lately? It's gardenia, neroli, white peach, vanilla amber, cream, and honey. It's divine.

Fresh crisp pear. Juicy almost. But much brighter than the pear in The Vine, where's its heavy syrupy pear. This is lighter and has a tartness (maybe the lemon?) in the dry down.

Green tea blends tend to be very one dimensional on me. Its lovely and a bit sweeter than Shanghai or Enbalming Fluid but green tea is definitely the main player here, with honey and vanilla leading a general sweetness. I get no plum whatsoever.

Hey Ishtar!

If you are looking for a sweet bold scent with a forest thing going on you should try Third Charm.

For Red Lantern I think that Khajuraho has a similar vibe.

For Golden Priapus, maybe Tombstone or Stimulating Sassafrass Strengthener

I haven't tried the other two but looking at some notes it seems you like complex scents with sweet woodiness. Maybe try Ruddy Daggerwing?

Dried figs dipped in chocolate with just a touch of a fruity tartness. Slurpable.

Puddin should have named this spray Gothic Pomegranate. It's dark and sexy and fruity and tart.

I love this bath oil. It is so nicely balanced between a sweet crispness with the apple and caramel and a earthy but dry wood note. Sweet but mature. I get no florals.

Most of what I would suggest has already been mentioned but I did not see Delirium. It's very simple: apples, rose, and lemon.

Thanks so much everyone!! I actually have and love Desire! It was actually my first ever big bottle purchase. Boomslang was also delish but the teak was not very present on me in that blend. But how could I have overlooked The Antikythera Mechanism? You guys are awesome!

My husband loves Agrat-Bat-Mahlaht on me and I think it is the teak that he gets because it is the strongest note I can discern when I wear it. Anyone have any teak blends that they love? And no, you can't say Glowing Vulva.

ETA: spelling derp

I think annemathematics wrote above my exact experience as well. I can't put it any better so I will just agree with the above posting.

I'm new to BPAL, but can I have a shot?

 

So far, these are my favorites:

 

1. Le Serpent Qui Danse/Snake Oil (the best vanilla scents ever)
2. Queen of Sheba
3. El Dorado
4. Brisingamen
5. Pele

Honorable mentions for Poisoned Apple, Belladonna, and Mary Shelley

 

Any recommendations for me?

Looks like you like amber in your scents and aren't afraid of vanilla, if you can do honey you should try "O" which is amber and honey with vanilla. Also, maybe Tamora and The Lion which are lovely amber based scents. Also, check out the notes/reviews for Verdandi, The Fox sisters, Desire, and Beauty the Aggrieved.

This is a lovely deep red apple. The honey is light but present. Yummy.

If people are still looking for a masculine honey, try the tobacco honey.

Totally agree.

My bottle is XLII. So let me just start by saying that my bottle of Chaos Theory HG is unlike any other HG I have. Not just because of the scent but the gloss itself it so heavily scented the perfume oil separates out from the gloss oil. So there is this thick layer of scented goodness that settles at the bottom of the bottle. It needs a swirl before spraying. Also, usually HG kinda weighs your hair down as it shines and scents it, this gloss does not do that at all. It has a volume-pumping effect, it kinda grabs onto itself like a surf-spray or texturizing balm. Oh, and the scent? First off, it's a floral. I am not the best at picking out individual notes by the floral is a white one, gardenia or magnolia. For sure not jasmine or neroli. Also there is an amber element and something that is lending a incense vibe, maybe frankincense. Way off I think there is something sweet, but not sure. The most prominent note is the floral for sure.

ETA: So I am re-visiting the review because I just got my Luper decants and this gloss smells just like Venus Cloacina. Gardenia, frankincense and a touch of vanilla.

Oooh, this looks like fun, I'd love any recs, since I am not so great at blind imp purchases. My top five are:

 

Adam (OLLA)

Madame Moriarty, Misfortune Teller

Le Pere Fouttard

Bonfire Night

Casanova

 

Honorable Mention: Red Lantern

Have you tried Khajuraho, Wanda, Smut, or Spanked?

Great Jehoshaphat, this stuff is effing amazing. It's coconut rum cupcakes with vanilla cream. Buttery and delicious.