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Perhaps I have come to the conclusion that I must avoid anything with "skin musk" because there hasn't been a blend with it in it that has worked for me (when will I learn?!?!)

Anyways, with so few notes I thought for sure this would smell good on me. Looks like I was wrong. The skin musk (or maybe the flowering sugar cane - GAH!) gave it a floral vibe and it was much too feminine for my tastes.

ETA: Still, I'm 4 for 5 on the Velvet collection, so I'm not going to get too down that 1 hasn't worked for me.

Oh yes - Give me more oh great Velvet Unicorn!!!

I have a sweet tooth of the worst kind, so the minute I read the notes I knew I was going to end up with a bottle of Velvet Unicorn, unsniffed.

I wore this yesterday because it seems like such an Easter scent I hugged my Aunt and she said "Mmmm you smell good enough to eat!" There is definitely a similarity between this and Midway, but Midway is really light on me and this is more of a sugar power punch - right in your face. I could go into a sugar-induced coma with this and be in heaven.

I usually shy away from anything with vetiver, but I took a chance because of my love of black musk. Luckily, I was not dissappointed! The black musk is just like the one in Haunted, one of my favorite GC scents. The Velvet Panther is warm, sweet, sexy, and slightly spicey. I don't get a lot of star anise, and the violet leaf is not !VIOLET! at all.

This was one I was unsure about buying a full bottle, but I'm glad I did and I suspect I'll have to buy a couple more before they vanish. I also think this will only get better with age.

HAHA no - Devil's Night for me today. I forgot.

After reading others' reviews I had to triple check the label on my decant because my skin is doing something FUNKY to this blend.

Seriously... on me... this smells like... a public bathroom I don't know what is in this that's doing it, but it's not a good scent for me.

I'll test it again in a few days to see if it was a one-day chemistry issue, but if it continues to smell like El Baño I cannot be wearing it!

Yup, there is coffee in here. Sniffing from the bottle, that's all I smell. When I apply it, it's definitely not a Coffee SN, much more complex.

To me, this is what a scent of Bah + Humbug in the same bottle would smell like; the coffee from Bah, the vanilla licorice from Humbug. As it dries there is definitely an element of "tropical flowers" in it like the first review says. Plumeria? Very Hawaiian to me... This scent is almost like how the air in Hawaii smells sitting amidst Pumeria trees, sipping Kona Coffee.

It's nice to be reminded of the time I spent in Hawaii

This is my second favorite of the prototypes that were available at the trunk show. It fills a need that is the non-foody lover in me; the side that loves all things dark and sexy like!

I compare this scent to the best Chaos Theory I managed to get my hands on which is a perfect blend of leather and amber. There is no leather in PX23, but the amber is very much there; and it's sensual. I detect a dryness to the blend which I would peg to possibly be Sandalwood.

I wore this yesterday to a wedding, but before I left the house I thought that I really needed a slightly sweeter scent so I added a bit of Lyonesse to the places I already applied PX23 to and it did the trick. So, if you fear sweet amber scents, this one will not let you down.

ETA: probably the reason why I picked Lyonesse to "sweeten" it up is because they are fairly similar in scent families.

Ok, this is crazy. I got PPH07 & PPH08 thinking they'd be Halloween scents. I swear up and down PPH07 is identical to L'Autunno Atmosphere Spray, and this one, PPH08 is identical to the L'Autunno Bath Oil.

The bath oil and PPH08 both have a sickly sweet smell to them, when I first tested PPH08 I was thinking there was something like salty burnt caramel to it, but as I look to the notes of L'Autunno bath oil (Sage, Myrrh, Patchouli, Molasses, Sweetgrass, and Cinnamon Sugar) I think that I was mistaking that scent for molasses.

I can't tell you how much these similarities are driving me crazy - if only I could ask Beth to share with me the secret of PPH07 and PPH08!!

I was so excited to get the chance to buy a St. Lucia scent - my family is Swedish so I know the story well!

The first thing that comes to mind when I open the bottle is SYRUP. It smells like a thick, molassesy, rich syrup. Even when it's first applied I only get that smell. After it dries down I get a faint hint of baked goods and spices which becomes more dominant as the time goes by.

It's foody, unique, and very strong, but just a tad too potent even for me

The Trunk Show was chaos, which I was completely expecting, so I had an [unsniffed] list ready to go when I got up to the table. On this list I had 3 of the crazy coded prototypes because who doesn't love a surprise every now and then?

PPH07 made the list because I speculated it was a Halloween prototype and I Halloween.

When I first opened the bottle on the drive home I was thinking that there was something VERY familiar about this scent, but I couldn't put my *nose* on it heh.

It wasn't until I made it to work next day that I knew what I was smelling - why? Because my whole office smells like it! I frequently use L'Autunno Atmosphere Spray in my office at work just so I can pretend like I'm in a quiet forrest in the midst of Autumn - it's relaxing and makes my day less stressful. This prototype is exactly that scent; I would speculate that this could've been L'Autunno the perfume oil before it was decided the spray/perfume wasn't going to match exactly.

I even took PPH07 to work to test the spray side by side with it and yes, they are identical [to my nose].

I wore Orange Phoenix yesterday - I'm trying to wear each of the prototypes this week so I know which will need to find new homes and which will stay in regular rotation!

In the bottle, Orange Phoenix is straight up crushed orange pez candy to me. It's sugary sweet with an orange tinge to it. Not like real orange, but the artificial "flavoring" of orange.

This had to have been the best crazy-coded prototype that was at the Trunk Show.

I put it on in the car on the drive back home and my husband said "Cake, why do I smell cake?" Out of the bottle, I get a butterscotch/butter rum scent (like those lifesavers? mmmm). When I applied it on my skin the butter part of a sugar cookie came on in full force. It's got that cookie/spice/buttery smell that seems to be lacking in Sugar Cookie 05/08 (maybe it's just me, but I'm probably one of the few that thinks SC does not smell like cookie).

I could easily see this one becoming my favorite foodie scent, it's just THAT good.

I remember at the will call I attended a few months ago that Shelldoo had some BPTP stuff at her salon, like room sprays, nail polishes and the like.

 

Does she carry any of the foot scrubs? I've fallen hard for them, and might be making will call at some point... soon.

LOL she makes the foot scrubs, so I would think she would carry them

Although Egg Nog Latte seems to be a perfect blend of Egg Nog + Misk U, the attempted layering of these 2 failed miserably for me! At first it smelled right, but then as it dried it became.... odd. Not like egg nog or coffee. Hours later it was definitely more pleasant, but not in the ENL way I had hoped for. Boo.

This is the best, strongest BPTP Atmosphere spray ever

For a total foodie fanatic, this is heaven. I keep the bottle I got in a decant circle on my nightstand to spray in my bedroom when it needs a boost. It covered that hideous smell of nail polish remover instantly! It's the rich caramel that BPAL is famous for that I can enjoy since my skin turns the note to yuck. I don't get much pumpkin in it, but it may be there since my husband reacts rather... amorously... to it when I spray it in the bedroom

My only hangup is I wish I ordered more than one bottle because I know this is going to be used throughout the year.

I know this has been discussed before (and I'm late to the party) but I got a chance to try Storyville today and I was shocked both at how good it is and also by how much it smells like another BPAL. The problem is ... what is it? I've browsed the thread and I honestly don't think it smells like Smut (which is all Bounce dryer sheet to me) and Shub is a little too spicy. Then I thought maybe it's Hod or Hellhound ... but those have too much clove! What is it? Its like a nice vanilla musk ... it's driving me crazy!

 

HELP!

I find Inez to be close to Storyville, same vibe anyways.

I must say I love getting a chance to see all those old-style bottles. And yes, color me jealous too

Chaos Theory IV - MCCLXXXIX (1289)

This was quite the surprise, from the bottle it's creamy, candied roses, and on my skin it's pretty true to the scent in the bottle. I'm not a fan of roses, but this scent is like Hope + buttercream or white chocolate... something is keeping it creamy, like one of those pastel colored cream candies - you know what I'm talking about? Imagine if they were rose flavored. The rose does not go soapy at all and instead stays true and creamy. As it dries the scent becomes less potent. I'm really on the fence with this one; it's really great, but I have to wonder how much I'd actually wear it.

Chaos Theory IV - MCCXLVI (1246)

A blast of crushed herbs comes through when I opened this bottle which made me scared to even skin-test it! However, as soon as I put just a dab on my hand, the strong herbal smell completely vanished and turned into crushed orange Pez candies! So so strange...

I think it was removed when Beth started experimenting with aldehydes (the synth note in some unreleased blends like...Toxin, I believe?). Since those blends never made it to the catalogue, the response you got from CS makes sense. I seem to recall Beth saying something about the FAQ needing to be updated.

 

To the best of my knowledge, the full list of prototypes in circulation that may contain aldehydes are Toxin, Nihil, and Zero. They were involved in the forum fundraiser auction last year. Nothing currently on offer from BPAL contains synthetics, or the Lab would be very clear about saying so.

 

 

 

And, like others have said above, I wouldn't be expecting that FAQ update until well after the little one arrives.

There was a forum fundraiser auction last year? I knew there was a raffle in 2006 before I made it to the forum, but I had no idea about a forum auction!

My husband is making a bottle display case that has holes drilled that exactly fit my BPAL bottles. The 10mls are slightly larger in circumference than the 5mls, so he had to make "special" holes for the 10mls I have: Haunted, Dorian, Snake Oil, Antique Lace, Gluttony, Voodoo, Morocco, Vechernyanya & Eat Me. I can't wait til it's done

The 9 10mls I have are definitely my top GC scents. If I had the option, and they were still available for purchase, I would want a 10ml of Lyonesse. Of course, this scent was released after 10mls had been discontinued, so this is for sure an impossibility!

Chaos Theory IV - DLXIV (564)

An earthy fig/vanilla scent, not an overpowering sweet blend.

Previously reviewed by sookster.

Chaos Theory IV - DCCCVI (806)

The first thing that comes to mind in this one is Christmas Dryer Sheets when I sniff the bottle. It's a clean scent but also smells like the typical Christmas/Winter scents (pine, berries, ice). I put this one on my skin and as it drys that "dryer sheet" note mellows and it becomes more characteristic of a winter scent, still with a slightly clean feel to it.

Chaos Theory IV - CDLXXXIV (484)

There's definitely melon in here, but it's more complex... like a dark, evil melon masked in smoke. I also get a hint of citrus that makes it slightly tart.

Previously reviewed by sookster.

Chaos Theory IV - DCLXXXVII (687)

MY DREAM SCENT... oh my.... I purchased this 2nd hand and was sold on the fact the person who reviewed it said it was almost leather SN. Oh yes, this is leather, but mixed with amber. It's just a touch sweet on the dry down. GAH just perfect really, it has me swooning.

DCCXXXV (785): I tried my one bottle today and it is delicious Grapefruit Bubblegum. Heh.. the grapefruit is strongest in the wet stage. Much like fruity bubble gum that loses it's flavor after about 10 minutes, the strong grapefruit smell mellows and the sweet bubblegum scent come through. I really love this blend!! I ordered some more and can't wait to see what's in store for me next

In the Schwarzer Mond review thread, someone mentioned that it smells like what Angel would wear. I have to agree.

Oh Hells Yes.

I also think Dracul would smell mighty good on Angel.

The best part of this scent is when it has been on my skin for 2+ hours - it's sweet amber and musk. All the in-between stages are too dry and floral for me.

In the bottle and wet on my skin there is a sharp sourness to the scent, a little while later it becomes almost like dryer sheets

Not my dream scent, still nice as I am a summer baby and will keep the bottle I have.

This is very much a sophisticated, sexier 'Creepy' in the final dry down stage. This one is dolled up, ready for the show, but I'd rather have the plain old carmel apple from the cart outside of the Grindhouse. I love the unsophisticatedness of Creepy, carmel and apples, that's all I require, sorry Agrat-Bat-Mahlaht!