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I've worn Eau Duelle, it's not too much of a stretch to recommend Snake Oil. Eau Duelle is a little woodier maybe.

All Souls An incense blend that invokes the higher qualities of mercy and compassion, mingled with the soft, sugared currant scent of offertory soul cakes. I like All Souls, a lot. But I think I need to make a rule: no Weenies that I've already tried or already own. This update is overwhelming and I need to narrow down a lot (this breakdown will help). Anyway, I have a bottle + a decant of All Souls, so I don't need more. Dia de los Muertos This is a Mexican paean to La Huesuda: dry, crackling leaves, the incense smoke of altars honoring Death and the Dead, funeral bouquets, the candies, chocolates, foods and tobacco of the ofrenda, amaranth, sweet cactus blossom and desert cereus. I don't think I've ever tried this, but now is not the time. Need to focus on the new stuff and I think this will be easy to find some if I ever feel the need. Feeding the Dead A barrel of beer, a pyramid of cakes, and three sticks of incense. I tried this before, and I have a decant, but.....see All Souls. Pass for now. Frosted Pumpkin Spice Cookie With cinnamon, nutmeg, browned butter, and cream cheese icing. No foodie or cookie scents this time, not in the mood. Le Revenant A shroud of gardenia, narcissus, and sandalwood with ambrette seed, white cognac, muguet, davana, and white musk. Now we're getting closer....but not quite. I will pass on this one. The list of notes just doesn't call out to me for some reason. Magnificent Autumn A scent that wanders through the Ages of Autumn, from the last green leaf to the first breath of winter. Already have a bottle from last year, I like it, but don't need more now. October Dry, cold autumn wind. A rustle of red leaves, a touch of smoke and sap in the air. Not this time - I still have my bottle from '07, and I do love it, but it's enough for me. Pumpkin Cheesecake Cupcake No, I don't need this one at all, I have Pumpkin Cheesecake from the inquisition a few years back. That's all the pumpkin cheesecake I need! Pumpkin Lager A peculiar point of contention: you either love it or hate it, and however you feel, it’s passionate. Lol - No! I am tired of reading about everyone's pumpkin beer! I don't drink these days and I don't feel any desire for this one. Samhain Truly the scent of autumn itself — damp woods, fir needle, and black patchouli with the gentlest touches of warm pumpkin, clove, nutmeg, allspice, sweet red apple and mullein. I love Samhain, but see All Souls.....have to narrow these down. Second Spring An accolade: drifting leaves tinted in the bold reds of pomegranate and current, the golds of amber and honey, russet myrrh, a touch of cypress-green, and crisp patchouli-brown. This sounds nice, I would probably like it. But it sounds very similar to Magnificent Autumn, which I already have. I'll watch reviews but will probably skip this one. Sonnet d’Automne 2015 Tenebrous Love: a shivering white musk with vanilla-infused white cocoa, amber incense, and dead, dry leaves. No - still have my bottle from a couple years ago, and don't wear it very much. Not a favorite. Sugar Skull 2015 Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. *sigh* I love Sugar Skull, even though I just said no foodie scents. But - I already have 1 bottle plus 3 or 4 decants, and I can't justify buying a bottle this year, although I would like to. I'll watch reviews, though. It's possible this might sneak into my cart anyway! (if people rave about this year's being special or different) Sweet William’s Ghost A scent of unendurable grief and longing: pale orris root and honeyed white lily chilled by wild carrot and cognac, pulled into a winding sheet of white jasmine, tobacco flower, tuberose, and patchouli. Ok - this one sort of called out to me instantly. Which is crazy since it's so unlike what I thought I liked up until now. I mean, white lily? Honeyed white lily? I would have steered clear of this before this year. But I had an experience with doezens of lilies that sort of opened my eyes and my nostrils, and ever since then, I've had a complete turnaround about lily in perfumes. I said elsewhere that I wanted an elegant fall floral this year. Maybe this is it! So far, this is the first bottle I'm thinking of buying. The Unquiet Grave One kiss of clay-cold lips: frozen white roses, frankincense, white gardenia, white sandalwood, and vanilla orchid. I don't really like white rose, and the rest of the description isn't calling to me. Sometimes that's all it comes down to, just a gut feeling. The Vampire Bride Icy skin touched by a perfume of violet leaf, white tea, olibanum, elemi, myrrh, wormwood, crypt dust, and saffron with a dribble of blood red musk. Is this a repeat? I think I have a decant. Anyway - I usually don't like violet, and this isn't really calling to me. I may try my decant again. The artwork is beautiful. The White Witch 2015 Love pain-ecstatic, cruel-sweet: gold-flecked honey amber pulsating with red musk, patchouli coeur, bourbon vanilla, inky vetiver, pomegranate rind, myrrh, blackened violet leaf, and blood red rose petals. Just not feeling it, which is good since I need to narrow these down. Dead Leaves and Tobacco Ok, I want to try all the Dead Leaves, but I just can't. I can't believe this but I'm going to agree with the people who say, these might turn into men's cologne. At this point I am pretty much satisfied with more masculine scents, and I'm more interested in light, elegant, chic, willowy scents. Leaf scents can be a little prickly and I think that I actually have enough at this point. I even have the Pile of Fallen Leaves single note from last year. So - I'm going to pass on these for now. [Dead Leaves, Black Pepper, and Sandalwood Dead Leaves, Bourbon Vanilla, and Myrrh Dead Leaves, Frankincense, and Copal Dead Leaves, Honey, and Oudh Dead Leaves, Red Musk, and Neroli] Apple I Apple with hay absolute, oats, honey, cream vanilla, and goat’s milk accord. Thank goodness, I don't need ANY of the apple scents. Just not my thing. If I was going to try one, it would be Apple III, but I will pass on all these. [Apple II Green apple with pink pepper, Himalayan cedar, juniper berries, and lemon rind. Apple III Appalachian black apple with sweet tobacco and patchouli, orange blossom, vanilla champaca, lavender, and white honey. Apple IV Red apple with blackcurrant bud, black clove, and vanilla bourbon. Apple V Apple with white coconut, fig, and tiare.] Apple Cider Pretty sure I can skip the single notes. I got dead leaves last year, pretty hard to top that. Oh and the Pile of Leaves from last year? After 3 hours it smells exactly like Rive Gauche on me. I will skip these for now, because there are 2 sections of Salon scents I need to narrow down still (the Pickman Galleries)...... [bonfire Candied Apple Clown White Disappointing Pencil Graveyard Dirt Redux Polyester Spiderweb Pumpkin Spice Everything Stage Blood] A Phantasmagoria: Scene – Conjuring Up an Armed Skeleton Wig powder, amber-perfumed leather gloves, and rose petals with a sliver of oak bark and cauldron smoke. Ok, here we go. I will have to be ruthless with these. I have always loved the Lab's Salon scents, even the ones I don't end up wearing, I love smelling them. I think I can skip this one, sounds a little too powdery and the rose petals may turn soapy on me. A Witch Riding on a Dragon Blackened tonka, patchouli, dragon’s blood resin, and scorched oak. Pass....too incense-y and scorched, which is not what I'm interested in these days. A Young Woman Appealing to a Witch Honey, cream and white rose petals buffeted by toadstools, creeping moss, bog cypress, and myrrh. Hmmm....no to honey, cream, and white rose. Départ Pour Le Sabbat (Aufbruch Zum Hexensabbat) Bourbon vanilla, sweet red patchouli, oudh, goat’s milk accord, and white honey. I love the art. I could see myself looking for a decant at some point. Liebeszauber Honey, rose petals, and carnations – a drop of blood – red clover, cubeb berries, and vanilla cream. Well.....again, I love the art, but I'll say no to honey, rose, and carnation. I bet this smells pretty, though. The Magic Circle Vanilla-infused frankincense and clary sage with 7-year aged patchouli, jasmine sambac, honey myrtle, and oudh. Ok - on my first quick read-through, I thought I'd pass on this. But, I just took a closer look at the art. Wow, that is beautiful. This just became a bottle candidate. Hope and Fear de-luxe? Sounds good to me. The Sorceress An evocation incense of frankincense, styrax, lavender buds, mastic, and white sandalwood mingled with moonflower, violet absolute, tuberose, and dark musk. I'm about 50/50 on this one. It's a possibility, but probably won't make the cut in the end. The Witch and the Mandrake Mandrake root, apple blossom, dusty brown sandalwood, coconut milk, woodmusk, and soft leather. I like leather sometimes, but this combination sounds a little odd to me, and I'm worried about that apple blossom. I don't know - I'd like to give it a sniff but probably pass for now. The Witches Pumpkin cream, honey, vanilla sugar, and smoked vanilla bean. Again, the art is lovely, but I generally steer away from honey. The Witches’ Rout (the Carcass) White sandalwood, opoponax, shriveled black plum, and vetiver. Interesting, but sounds a little bitter to me. The list of notes reminds me of something I've smelled before - maybe Lunar Eclipse? I don't know, pass for now. The Witches’ Sabbath Burgundy and champaca resin with immortelle, leather accord, wine-soaked red fruits, rose geranium petals, red patchouli, guttering candles, and smoke. This sounds a lot like one of the older Salons, I'm blanking on which one. The one thing that worries me is burgundy, I haven't had much luck with wine notes in the past. Pass for now. Witchcraft Scene Black lily and black pepper with narcissus, white musk, and white sandalwood. This sounds interesting. I know I don't like black pepper in perfume a whole lot. But the combination does spark my interest a little bit. I'll have to think about it. Witches’ Kitchen Belladonna accord, sprigs of rue, crushed hyssop, white sage, beeswax, mandrake leaf, bay rum, black honey, hemp, and myrrh. I think I'll pass on this one. The list of notes sounds a little strange. It might work, but it's not high on my list. A Holy Man Advises a Woman to Invoke Mary Against a Devil White musk, tobacco flower, white tea, Tunisian neroli, and blonde leather. This could be good. But - again, not high on my list. And the art isn't standing out to me that much either. La Femme de Satan Red musk and cacao with clove, caramelized tobacco, aged patchouli, red currant, black leather, and vanilla-infused amber. Hmmm.....sounds very sensual and sexy. I may have to keep an eye on reviews. I could be seeking a partial bottle of this. La Ronde du Sabbat Oman frankincense, black clove, and tobacco tar. Clove can be tricky for me, but I do like frankincense. I'll watch reviews. This might work if it's smooth and light. It could lean to the gritty or earthy side, though. Might have to find a decant. Pan Twardowski and the Devil Brown leather, bay leaf, tobacco leaf, lavender, and oudh. Wow....that's one sexy list of notes. I'll watch reviews, but I am not hopeful about this working for me. Now that I think about it, leather scents are about 50/50 on me, and the last few that I tried haven't worked for me at all. Possible decant. Portrain of an Unidentified Man as Mephistopheles A debonair lavender fougere cloaked in smoky red musk, red mandarin, and oakmoss. Now this sounds sexy. And I love the art. This is a bottle possibility. Very much. Satan Starting from the Touch of Ithuriel’s Spear Golden amber, carnation, blackcurrant, aged black patchouli, red musk, and vetiver. I will pass on this. I am not crazy about carnation and otherwise, this sounds just very much like other scents I've already tried. Satan Summoning His Legions White leather and cypress-tinged white musk with cardamom, smouldering incense, Ceylon cinnamon and white sandalwood. This sounds promising. I will watch reviews, possible decant. Despite the leather and incense, it could work, because I tend to love the lab's cinnamon notes. That could bring it all together into something great.

Someone gave me a sniffie of this somewhere along the way. Dry, dusty leather. It's somewhere between Geek and Brom Bones and Velvet Bandito. Leather, dry, dusty, woodsy, and a hint of soapy-ness. I like it, but since I have decants of the other three I compared it to, I don't need to go nuts trying to find more Sacrifice.

I sweat so much that 'clean and light' is GONE on me within 1 hour, especially if I'm at some kind of outdoor gathering or event. I went with Snake Oil, just because I haven't worn it in a while, and I wanted the full Snake Oil experience! : )

Reading back through this thread a little bit - I see I'm not the only one who likes musky scents in the summer heat I love red musk in the summer, something about it just works so well for me in our humid weather. I'm going to a potluck tonight and it's going to be hot and sticky. I'm thinking one of these: Snake Oil (I don't know if it specifically has red musk but it's great in the summer) Snake Charmer Cottonmouth Infernal Lover (I have a decant of the red-musk-heavy version) Midnight On The Midway Fenris Wolf Kabuki ......or maybe: Hungry Ghost Moon (I have a decant of the older one from 2006) Ulalume (I just discovered that I love this) Carnival Diabolique Mad Hatter Voodoo Lily Black Lotus Red Moon I don't know.....I probably won't decide until the last minute : )

Animalic number 86 Okay....I can't identify exactly what's in this. But I have some guesses. (and I like it) The top note for about 5-10 minutes is almost pure cardamom. But that doesn't last long - the cardamom fades into the background pretty quickly. After it dries, there is almost certainly either white or black musk, or maybe both. There is something else in here - some kind of sweetness but beyond that I can't tell what it is. This scent is mostly musk and something a little sweet. It's a cool sweetness, almost like an herbal musky scent. Cool and grey, I think. I also thought I smelled a bit of leather, something grassy, maybe a little citrus? My boyfriend smelled leather and triaminic (cough syrup). After he said that, I thought maybe I could smell some grape or wine. Power of suggestion? Maybe. It smells like it's related to some other bpals. I am reminded of Hunter Moon (the newer one), Nyarlathotep (without the strong citrus), and possibly Dorian, as strange as that sounds. It's the musk, this is very musky which is good news for me. Just what I was hoping for!

I don't know which variation I have, but this is Steam Iron Single Note.....which isn't a bad thing! I smell the lavender somewhat, but that's the only thing I can pick out from the description. It goes on without changing for a long time - very linear.

Hi! I've been reading the reviews and it seems they are all over the place. Some of them seem to fall outside their category. So - if your taste is across the board, you are in luck because you can't really be sure of what you're going to get. There's no way to pick exactly what your Chaos Theory is going to smell like. For me, that's the whole point and that's the fun of it! But not everyone wants to gamble. I went with Animalic and Floral. If these had come out a year or two ago, I definitely would have gone for Woods and Oriental first. But I feel like over time, my tastes have changed and I also have a little bit of a better understanding of what works for me. Both of mine are great, really interesting and unusual. I want to get a Gourmand one because so many of my favorite scents have some kind of gourmand element. And I think I want another Animalic, that category just intrigues me. Floral is more of a gamble for me but there's the possibility that it could be something I really like (and I do like the one I got). I don't know - I guess it's more of a gut feeling, reading the descriptions and thinking about the scents I already have that I love, and going with my instinct on the categories. Then the rest is up to chance. It's a fun experience. edit to add: Also, there's a whole discussion in Bpal Chatter about the recent Chaos Theory update, where people talk all about the different categories and give mini-reviews of the ones they got - follow this link: http://www.bpal.org/topic/86879-the-golden-apple-has-been-thrown-lacus-bonitatis-chaos-theory-vii-are-live/

CLVI Another cool, herbal scent, a little earthy, smells 'grey' to me. I can't guess what herbs or what on earth is in this. It reminds me somewhat of Iris Silver Mist, and someone else mentioned a 'rooty' aspect, which I agree with. So maybe it has orris root. There are a couple other reviews of this but I am not sure how to link to them. But.....I didn't like this very much at first. I've had it for quite a while. But now, I can sort of see myself wearing it on a cool rainy day. It's kind of meditative. Like another Chaos Theory that I have, this smells more like an aromatherapy blend than a perfume. That other one is more stoney but this is more rooty. Maybe they would smell good together?

184 Papery white amber, just a hint of saltiness. This has to have the same white amber that's in Court of Honor, and maybe white sandalwood too. It's very light, so it's hard to tell what's in it. For all I know, it could be white amber single note. White amber, maybe some very light wood, and who knows what else. Thumbs up. It's a low-level partial, so that means I got it from another forum member, but I can't remember anything about buying it (like if there was a description).

146 Cool grey herbs. Not mentholated, not minty, but still somehow cool, like damp stone or something. It's almost like sassafras but that's not it. There might be a little grey amber in this. And there might be a little iris or orris. It smells more like an aromatherapy blend than a perfume.

142 Cedar and crayons. It's very woody with some incense, but I always think 'cedar and crayons' when I put it on, so that's what it is to me. It's in the same family as Aureus and Cathedral, there might be some patchouli but it's hard to tell behind all the cedar. I like it.

136 I bought this from another forum member, but I don't remember the description they gave, or if they gave one. I just found this bottle and had forgotten about it. Anyway....in the very beginning there's an almond note that comes and flies off in a flash. What's left is very soft spice and frankincense. I am thinking cassia and clove, but very light and airy. Maybe there's white myrrh or some really light resin (other than the frankincense), because I keep thinking of Egg Moon and Midnight Mass......but it's also like Eclipse or Eve. This smells sooooo good, and I'm glad the bottle is really full because I honestly forgot all about this and I want to wear it a lot! Egg Moon has always been hard for me to wear, and this is more like what I wanted from Egg Moon, so I love it. It's going to be really nice and snuggly in cold weather.

Interesting how there can be so many leafy scents that smell so different......this one shifts around quite a bit and seems hard to pin down. I agree with what I've read, from the other reviewers. Leaves, fruit, sweetness. For the first few minutes it's kind of sharp and green. Then it softens a lot. The first couple times I wore this, I kept thinking of amber. But I could be wrong about that. I agree there is a nonspecific fruit thing going on. It's hard to say apple or berry or anything like that, it's just a general "fruit" aspect that is mixed in with the other notes. I also smell honey, a little bit. When I wore it today, I kept thinking, if there was a 'honey musk' it would smell something like this. So....I get the musk part other people mentioned, a little powdery, and a little honey but I could be wrong about the honey. I don't know......it's leafy and sweet, kind of like Oak Moon but different. I like it but October is still the leafy scent for me!

Hello ladies and gents - went fragrance shopping with my boyfriend and he fell for Wit by Parfums DelRae. It is supposedly centered around the flower daphne: "Daphne is one of the first flowers to bloom in early spring. Its delicious lemony, neroli scent is such a surprise and delight in the chill and gray of winter. Such a bright and spirited presence" List of notes: "Meyer lemon, Green mandarin, Angelica, Laurel nobile, Daphne, Jasmine, Narcissus, Mimosa, Ylang ylang, Amber crystals, Madagascar vanilla, Velvet musk" It's a very springy floral with dewy green notes, and reviews mention mimosa, jasmine, vanilla, and white florals. I don't think the citrus is strong in this one, or at least it doesn't stand out. I don't know what daphne smells like on its own but to me, this scent isn't overly powdery or soapy. I don't even know where to start with this one, I'm not all that familiar with the bpal floral category, so I thought I'd throw it out here and see what comes up. Bpal would certainly be more affordable and probably nicer if we can find the right one! : )

I finally gave in to Smut! And I like it a lot. Very comfortable and wearable. It's musky and I guess a little boozy, as expected. I would guess red musk is in it, but I have no idea what other musks.....I don't smell black musk. And I really don't know what booze notes are used here. The sugary part is really nice and smooth. I was expecting something like Infernal Lover, but it's reminding me more of The Soldier. Kind of root-beery to me. My old decant is very similar. Edit: it's the 2015 version that I'm reviewing here

Well...I thought I would like this....and I gave it a shot. It reminded of one or a couple of the Butterfly scents that I tried from a couple years ago (I haven't tried the more recent ones). I can't say which one specifically but it's the same feeling. Gypsy or the Witch one maybe?? I can't remember. It wasn't unpleasant but not something that I would wear. I can't even think of how to describe it. Sorry. : ( It's maybe a little sweet and dry at the same time, and I really don't smell anything floral. It smells clean, I can say that. I wouldn't guess there is Egyptian musk in this. The vanilla goes kind of flat like it does sometimes. I dunno.....just not my thing.

This was my second-favorite of the Anniversary oils that I tried today (after Living). A close second. This smells very 'natural' to me, like it was made of essential oils. That's the impression I got. It was not as floral as I expected and I really couldn't even pick out the rose. I definitely smelled clove - actually forgot it was in there, but when I smelled it I said 'smells like clove'. And myrrh. It's almost powdery but not quite. I'm not sure I would really wear this but I liked trying it. I can't smell any patchouli at all but I hardly ever can pick out that note (probably because I like patchouli so I don't notice it). Sweet, resinous, spicy, 'natural', whatever that means. : )

Thanks to moonarcana, I got to sniff a few of these today, and actually tried 3 on my skin. This was my favorite! The other 2 people there thought it was too soapy. I actually thought it was not quite as soapy as I expected. It's very clean and somewhat like a bath product, but the lemon is rather juicy and I think the 'clear water' part is very much to my liking. To be honest I was afraid of the rose and lily, but I needn't have worried - everything is nicely balanced and I really couldn't pick out the florals. It did turn rather powdery but I pretty much expected that. I would actually wear this on days I wanted to feel clean and fresh. Wow - a lily scent I can wear! You just never know!

I want to share this somewhere but I'm not sure of the best topic. Maybe this one is appropriate. Single Note: Pile of Fallen Leaves....put it on and wait a couple hours......and it smells just like Rive Gauche pour Homme. It's a really close match (in my opinion). This is based on the older formula of Rive Gauche in the metal container, I haven't tried any more recent bottles, and there has been talk of reformulation.

Try Blood....often dragon's blood is too floral and not in a good way, but Blood is the perfect balance of spice and incense IMO.

I'm a tiny bit worried about how much amber shows up on this list, and a few of the more unisex blends have rose notes (roses tend to do The Rose Thing on me, which is actually the same as The Amber Thing -- overtake everything and make it all smell like stale, cheap crayons. I have no idea why rose of all notes tends to do this, but I have a 50% success rate with BPAL roses [black Rose and Whip work well]), so I'll just have to hope that the cheap crayons don't strike again. A lot of these are leather based or wood based, and pretty much the rest of the masculine ones are described as being traditional men's cologne. I also remembered that I'm allergic to something in Viola, and I hope it isn't the moss. I guess I'll find out soon enough whether it's the moss or something else! I'll post my results on exactly how manly I smell once I receive all these. Bram Stoker is a great choice, I was going to suggest it.

Djinn is not exactly like woodsmoke, but I think it would be worth a try for you. There's a sweetness that I notice comes out over time.

Ok, I'm putting it out there...... I really love Nightscape by Ulrich Lang: http://www.luckyscent.com/product/16904/nightscape-by-ulrich-lang-new-york "Bergamot, Sappy Green Accord, Jasmine, Geranium, Cedarwood, Soft Leather, Musk, Amber, Tonka Bean, Patchouli" It is a patchouli-centered fragrance but it's so not typically patchouli, it is modern and clean, and I would say on the masculine side. Not that I have anything against patchouli at all.....in fact I love it.....but this is almost like the anti-patchouli patchouli scent IMO. So I have a renewed interest in bpal patchouli scents now, I'm wearing Goblin today and this isn't quite it. Honestly from what I remember, Manhattan is more like the mood I'm looking for, even though it doesn't actually have patchouli, it does have the leather, amber, and wood and floral aspects, so I think I'm going to try it again (I had an imp when it first came out but haven't tried it since then). Any other ideas? Clean and masculine, with maybe patchouli? I know the lab's website makes it super easy to narrow down by note, and I tried that with patchouli, but I thought I'd ask here as well. Thanks!

I tried on Eau Lente by Diptyque today (Opopanax, Indian Spices, Cinnamon)......after it dries down for a while, it smells a lot like Golgothan Myrrh single note. And that makes sense since opoponax is sweet myrrh, and a lot of Eau Lente reviews say that it's like a myrrh single note.