Katlyntje

I would really like to know the answer to this as well. Really hoping they go against tradition and keep the 13 up for a full week, I just don't have the money this week

In the bottle this is sweet, sugary goodness. I definitely get the vanilla and milk but there seems to be a bit of butterscotch as well though I know that's not in the listed notes. Wet on the skin, the ouhd and honey come out strongly but as it dries I get a touch of patchouli and the honey fades back a bit leaving the oudh and vanilla in the spotlight. This is a very snuggly scent, staying pretty close to the skin. I really really like this.

The first, and last, time I tried a BPAL pumpkin blend it was completely overwhelming and I have been a little scared of trying more. For some reason though this really spoke to me and I have blind-bought an entire bottle. Here goes!

In the bottle this is all cinnamon and pumpkin. Mostly cinnamon.On my skin it starts off as spiced honey and as it dries the spicy-dry cinnamon starts to take over with the sweetness taking a backseat. It's still there, complementing the cinnamon, but the cinnamon is definitely the star of this show. And this is the red-hots and fireballs type of cinnamon; dusty, dry, almost-but-not-quite burning the sinuses if I take too deep a breath up close to my skin.

Twenty minutes later and this is still hot cinnamon with a touch of sweet pumpkin. I am ok with this. This is definitely a scent to keep you warm on cold days. A sit by the fire with hot drinks, blankets, and books type of scent. Warming and comforting and totally snuggly.

This is smokey and sweet with emphasis on the smoke when wet. As it dries I can begin to detect a light floral note and the smoke starts settling back revealing a lovely spiciness. Dry, this has morphed into a wood/spice/sweet scent with lurking wisps of smoke and a tantalizing hint of floral. I really really like how this smells. On me anyway, I tried a bit on my husband because I dabbed too much on myself and it went all sour wood on him.

In the bottle this is creamy fig and sweet, sweet tropical florals. Wet on my skin this stays pretty true to the bottle scent but the ylang ylang is more distinct. On drydown the scent clings close to the skin, sweet-creamy fig and florals with very pink candy. Very. Pink.

Sniffing the bottle I'm getting mostly bergamot and vanilla but wet on my skin the tea note emerges . . . briefly . . . before the bergamot takes off like a rocket. What can I say, citrus just loves my skin chemistry Unfortunately that makes most tea notes turn to pure lemon on me since the lab seems to think lemon must be a part of EVERY tea note. Gaaaaaah! I never put lemon in my tea unless it is iced. WHYYYYYYYY LEMON

No patchouli. No balsam. Just lemon and bergamot totally stomping all over my lovely tea. *sigh*

Edit: About half an hour later the citruses have decamped and the patchouli and balsam are lounging in the sunset glow sharing a pot of tea. With NO lemon. Patchouli and balsam know how to drink tea the proper way.

Clemence is definitely chai, but before the milk and sugar get added

In the bottle this smells like rotting chocolate drizzled with over-ripe pomegranate juice. The vetiver really gives it that perfect rotten-ness. On contact with my skin the patchouli comes roaring out and pretty much devours the other notes leaving just a tinge of sweetness from the pomegranate and rose to drip from it's vicious jaws. Sated, the patchouli curls up and transforms into a domicile kitten with a dusting of cacao on it's nose and it's little pink paw pads scenting the air with roses. The drydown is all gentle patchouli and myrrh with rose and a tiny hint of cacao

This is lush, floral, heady, succulent-sweet JASMINE. Yes, the capslock is necessary. This perfume shouts, "I am JASMINE! Love me or perish!" There is nothing subtle here, no hidden motives or secret agendas. This is like walking into a garden full of jasmine plants in full, delicious blossom. Displaying their pure-white blooms in a most lascivious manner whilst wrapping you in their seductive scent. Oh yes, lovely Jasmine. I shall lie with you in the dappled sunlight of your garden and dally away the afternoon lulled by thy sweet, sweet aroma.

My costume is a steampunk mechanic so I decided to go with No 93 Engine

The scent of Planting Moon is that of summer squashes, pole beans, kohlrabi, tomato leaves, peppery arugula, upturned earth, and sun-warmed herbs.

I agonized over buying this in May and eventually ran out of time. Then of course I kicked myself repeatedly over the summer for not getting it. I have it now though thanks to a lovely forumite and am over the moon (lol, pun!)

In the bottle I am definitely getting beans, tomato leaf, and herbs. Wet on my skin the arugula comes out a bit to join the beans and tomato leaf. This smells exactly as my poor drowned garden should have smelled if not for the month's worth of nearly-nothing-but-rain we got this spring/summer. This stays true as it dries and all I want to do right now is go outside and plant something. I wonder where I put all those freesia and tulip bulbs . . . .

My first impression: *snif* Oooooooo! *sniiiiiiiiiiif* MMMMMMMMMMMMMM!

In the bottle I'm getting mostly gentle tea, creamy neroli, and a drop of sweet honey. Wet on my skin it goes a little musty at first, like dry tea leaves. The tea is the strongest note right now with the neroli underlying it. As it dries it stays pretty true to that with just a hint of peach starting to emerge. I can't say as I'm really getting much honey from this but then I also tested Peach I earlier which is just dripping with honey.

This blend has a very fresh, crisp feel to it. It would be great for sunny spring days and late Indian summers.

In the bottle this is all syrupy peaches and heady wine. Wet on the skin the rose starts to peek out its velvety petals. As it dries the peach gets drier, less syrupy and the wine mellows out. All of the notes blend together so beautifully you almost can't tell where one ends and another begins. Now dry, this must be the mimosa that I'm smelling blending seamlessly with the sweet sweet peaches. The rose has gone back into hiding and the wine has faded entirely. No wait, there it is, making a bit of a comeback. Mmmmmm.

Can I eat my arm now?

In the bottle this smells just like Tobacco Honey plus peaches. Wet on my skin I am definitely getting the red musk with the peaches. As it dries the tobacco emerges from the red-peach, the honey laying it's sweet, thick blanket over everything.

This is a very warm, sweet, comforting scent. Perfect for a lazy late summer, or Indian summer, day or for a cold, drizzly autumn day while settled into a cozy pile of blankets with a large mug of tea and an even larger book.

Lots of fruit and gentle florals with a touch of metal in the base layer. The fruit might be nectarine? and currants, while the floral note reminds me of tea rose. It does seem to fade swiftly and has a very light throw. This is a perfect summer scent and I wish I had discovered it earlier in the summer rather than later.

In the bottle this is all sexy black leather jacket, well worn but lovingly cared for, with a touch of vanilla and patchouli cologne that has rubbed off on the collar. On the skin the scent gets warmer, fuller, as if you are snuggling into said leather jacket and the warmth of your body brings out that sexy, delicious smell on the collar.

In the imp this is very tropical with coconut and mango prevailing. On my skin the mango goes a touch sour for just a moment but the sourness is gone as fast as it came. I think I can detect a bit of blackcurrant under the mango and coconut but I'm not getting any carnation or jasmine. This does stay very true to the initial scent as it dries. While it is a very nice scent I think I'll be content with just an imp.

In the imp I am getting lots of pine and cypress sweetened with tea and strawberry. I really like this strawberry note, a lot more than the note from White Chocolate and Strawberry. Wet on my skin the strawberry gets a bit stronger but the rest is mainly sharply green. As it dries the green softens a little and the strawberry steps back as well. Now the red currant and tea leaf make themselves evident as the pine and cypress fade out even more.

While I do enjoy the strawberry note here I wish the pine had stuck around longer. I am such a sucker for a good pine blend.

Whoooooooooie! Mint mint mint and lime! Actually, this reminds me of a lime version of the sour peppermint sippers I used to eat every summer. You would take a lemon, squeeze it a bit to loosen the juices, cut the top off, then insert a soft peppermint stick (NOT a candy cane) and suck the stick to make the acidic lemon juice eat at the peppermint and turn it into a straw. Wet on my skin I'm getting some matcha as well as the mint and lime and it stays pretty true as it dries with just a hint of the other notes drifting in and out.

And then, suddenly, the mint just dies. I'm getting pretty much all matcha about 20 minutes after applying.

In the imp this is spicy, smokey, with a touch of coconut and citrus. Wet on my skin the coconut really jumps to the forefront followed by smokey vetiver and a touch of citrus. Dry this is creamy and smokey and delicious with just a hint of quince and mimosa.

I got a decant of this knowing I probably wouldn't like it at all because aquatics just don't appeal to my nose. But for something called Octopus it was worth a try.

In the imp this is salty, aquatic, soapy, and a little musty. It reminds me of a bathroom in an old summer cottage by the sea. Sun and salt-bleached wooden siding outside the whitewashed window sill, a bar of floral soap that has been used by cottage occupants for three summers running, and perpetually damp shower curtains that could REALLY use a good airing out. Wet on my skin the floral soap gets stronger as well as the musty curtain smell. Luckily the mustiness goes away as the floral soap gets stronger. Like the scent of the ocean and wildflowers are being wafted in through the sun-drenched window on the cool breeze that is ushering the banks of fog in off the bay. The quintessential summer on the Maine coast.

I had my husband sniff this and he completely agrees with my comparison. I'm not really sure if I really would wear this very often but I might have to get a bottle anyway.

In the bottle I am getting mostly honey musk and rice milk with floral undertones. I admit I have never smelled orris before so I'm not sure if I can smell it here or not. Wet on my skin I'm getting LOTS of musky honey and floral and a slight licorice tang. Is that the orris? Then the florals take over the show with the honey lending it's sweetness in support. The entire time the milk note is blending it's creaminess in seamlessly. The gardenia and orris are the actors, the milk is the stage lighting, and the honey is the set and costumes.

Another Jennifer here, I bet you can guess why this scent caught my eye at first Of course then I read the notes and peach? freesia? amber? Yeah, I had to get this one. In the bottle this is mostly peony, woods, and a hint of peach and wet on my skin that's mostly what I'm getting as well. As this dries it smells like peonies and freesia, fresh washed by a spring rain in a garden bed mulched with wood chips. I'm not getting much, if any, peach now but you know what? That is totally ok because this smells absolutely fabulous without it. As it dries down even more I get much more of the woods and the florals take the backseat as the peach inserts its sweet aroma once again. I think one of the woods must be a pale cedar because I'm getting just a tad bit of pencil shavings fading in and out between the peach sweetness as well.

This is a soft scent when dry with a gentle throw that sends out searching tendrils of come-hither sweetness

Straight from the bottle I am getting . . . apples and spices and sweet wine? No really, that's what it smells like to me, like walking into a cider mill. Of course, none of that matches up with the listed notes soooooo . . .

Wet on the skin I'm still getting apple and a bit of spice and lots of tobacco. As it dries the apple mellows and gives in to the deepness of the tobacco, the tea notes start to emerge. I'm detecting just a hint of salt spray, and a floral sweetness that swiftly disappears again into the woody, malty tones of the tonka bean and tobacco.

Dry this has settled into a deep, malty tobacco with overtones of tea and the slight sweetness of apple. I absolutely LOVE it



Edit: Strange story time. So I was perming my mom's hair yesterday and as I was applying the neutralizer I thought to myself, "Hey, that smells strangely familiar. That kind of smells like one of my BPAL's . . . . . Giant Squid! This smells exactly like Giant Squid!" So now you know, Giant Squid smells like perm neutralizer

En Eski Aşk Şiiri (juniper, tamarisk, almond, lavender honey, sesame, myrrh, olive oil, cedar, and rose) and Antique (fossilized amber, juniper berry, wild musk, oudh, vetiver, white cedar, black currant, oakmoss, and leather) from this year's Lupers are two of my favorite woods scents. The Cat (Sleek, black, dark, and clever: benzoin, honey, cedar, and dark musk) from the new Coraline scents is very lovely as well if you like cedar.

For those looking for something in the pine-wood range I highly recommend Thanatopsis, The Jersey Devil, and Brimstone.