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Another great leather! I've had a LOT of trouble with leather going crazy on me in the past but whatever went into these RPGs is working so much better. Once this is dry, I pick up the steel note more--leather and metal! I'd expect there to be a sweet blood quality here, but I'm not getting it...and this isn't particularly musky, either. If you like metallic notes and leather notes this'll be perfect, though. Might try it again.

WOW. I wasn't expecting this to be so beautiful! From wet to dry it's a beautifully worn, soft, sweet leather. I am not very experienced with hemp notes (hmm...maybe I need to try Banshee Beat?) but I'm guessing the sweetness here is from the hemp. This is *really* gorgeous and although it's strong on the leather it doesn't yell MAN MAN MANLY all over the place. VERY nice. I'll give this another testing, most certainly.

I sniffed this in the vial before I read the note list and I thought "Cucumbers??". Now I see it's zucchini I'm smelling--oh well, it's all good. Once on the skin I got a blast of vetiver. The drydown of Orc is almost shockingly wearable and mild considering the odd assortment of notes--it's mostly a soft, earthy leather. Weird. But in a good way!

Opens up *very* sweet. Spicy raisins. Buttery pastry/pie crust emerges on the drydown. Unfortunately I'm getting the slight plastic edge to this as well. And the wet stage is really tooooooo sweet for me.

My hopes were high for Neutral as I love skin musk; this definitely meets my expectations! It's clean, fresh, simple--skin musk with a powdery edge and maybe a touch of florals like others are saying. I was worried this would be too faint but it's actually got decent throw, too. WONDERFUL! I'll need a bottle for sure.

Stone and iron. I'm impressed with how Beth is able to create those notes! There's a light leather note; no hops on me. A great representation of a character in perfume form, although not something I would wear.

Oddly herbal--ITA with a lot of the reviews above; this is almost piney/cleaner-y. For something with all of those sweet notes listed it's not sweet at all, either. Too sharp for me.

Sandalwood and beeswax and yeah...something almost dirty and unpleasant in here too. Chemically. It's hard to describe but I think whatever musk is in this isn't working well on my skin.

Very pretty--musky vanilla with fresh honey and a bit of fruitiness. This sounds like it could be ridiculously sweet, but it's a subtle, close-to-the-skin scent on me. Nice!

Rose and frankincense--smells a lot like Rose Cross! The lab's frankenincense note continues to go unpleasantly burnt and ashy on me after a couple of minutes. Not picking up any other notes here--that incense is just too powerful!

Starts out as rather harsh oak, almost wet-smelling. Dries down to a softer wood with a LOT of herby-smelling chamomile...kind of like being in a forest on a sunny day, actually--it's nice, although not something I would wear. I bet this would be fantastic on the right person layered with Ranger.

I amp opium. Like CRAZY. This has not changed with Evil. It's very dry opium--is there amber here too? It's faintly sweet from the plum and tobacco but I'll agree with previous reviewers that this goes powdery perfume on me very fast and stays there. I can smell how this WOULD be a great, sophisticated statement perfume on some skin, and I may age this imp a bit to see if the other notes will become more prominent with time. Reminds me a bit of Darkness from the GC.

This went on wet as pure buckskin. VERY strong, clear leathery buckskin! On the drydown, I'm picking up pine, bark, moss--all grounded by earthy patchouli, with hay floating on top and the buckskin faded into the background. It's very outdoorsy/foresty, as is fitting. Men would smell amazing in this! ITA that there's something about it reminding me of Golden Priapus. Nice--not me, but nice!

Every blend I've tried with rooibos so far has ended up amping that note like CRAZY on me. Lots of red tea here, with musk. I get a little spicy kick from the wasabi. No heliotrope, although it would be hard for it to be distinguishable with so much tea and musk!

This does have nice throw, and would probably layer well with the darker RPG blends.

Definitely cherry and honey!! And thick, sweet cherries. This feels very "pink" to me. Will be trying this again for a full day for sure!

I get a tart fruitiness from this and very new, fresh honey. I wouldn't have pegged the fruit as blackberry at first; it was almost...green? Herbal? Something...but as it dries it's definitely fruity! A little too sweet/sour for me though.

This is quite true to the description--pie crust (subtle, but there) with creamy blueberry and lemon. The fruit notes are tart but the cream/marshmallow sweetens them and keeps the lemon from going Pledgey on me. There is a very, very faint trace of hemlock. I'm happy that the marshmallow is NOT turning to plastic here! I like this a lot but will need to skin-test it again post-shower, as I've had a little trouble with blueberry being an irritant in the past. But overall--delicious! I want pie now.

I smell a lot more than a dribble of absinthe in Knockout Drops--on my skin that note dominates this blend. There's a hint of lemon and mint too (I see I'm not the only one thinking this smells a bit like a mojito!) and a creaminess deep down from the vanilla and white chocolate...but thanks to the absinthe and lemon this is more of a herbal blend than a foody one. It's softening more and more the longer I wear it. Nice, but I'm not a huge fan of the Lab's absinthe note on me because it amps so much. If you like that note you will LOVE this!

What a complex blend--wet, it's all tobacco and honey, golden and glowing; as it dries I'm getting an astringent lavender and the hay is really amping! But it's still nice. The sharp lavender gives it a bit of a manly, cologney edge to combat the sweetness of the honey/tobacco/vanilla. I get NO rose here. Overall it's quite pretty and sweet; I'll need a full day's wearing to know for sure if I love this since that lavender note is a little iffy, but this is a really gorgeous scent!

Oh, this is good. I get all of the comparisons to waffle cones and cotton candy--the vanilla in Celeste is just delicious! There's a delicate floral quality to it as well from the orchid and orris. It's sweet but not tooth-achingly so, and very feminine and girly. I'm not getting a lot of saffron from this (and I *did* pick up a lot of saffron from, say, Love's Philosophy--this doesn't really remind me of that blend except for the fact that they've both got vanilla in them). Very pretty and I think this'll be a bottle for sure.

Ah, Spanked! Spanked was the holy grail of LEs back when I first began BPAL-ing almost 5 years ago and I've been curious about it for years, even though from the note list I knew it probably wouldn't be my thing. Still, I'm thrilled that I finally got to try the 2011 version. It is an intense wallop of cardamom. I got a lot of chemically leather at first but it's much more muted in the drydown, when I can pick up more patchouli--but mostly, this is cardamom cardamom cardamom! It doesn't seem particularly boozy to me, either. It's a very strong scent on my skin. I see why this has been so popular and sought-after, but I know the cardamom will eat my skin alive if I ever dared to apply this post-shower, and the leather stage is a bit too strong, so I'll be leaving Spanked for the people who really love it. But I'm SO glad I got to try it!

Lemon is such a tricky note; it's a fine line between citrus deliciousness and something you'd clean windows with. Lemon-Scented Sticky Bat keeps crossing the line, unfortunately. It's very VERY lemony and sweet, sometimes, but every few minutes I'm getting a more herbal, lemongrass-y note that sends it into bathroom cleaner territory. It's veering back and forth between sweet lemon sugar goodness (very much like Fresh Lemon Sugar!) and chemical, herbal sharpness. I'm glad I didn't make a blind bottle purchase of this one. Great for people who have good luck with the lab's lemon notes, but a little iffy on the rest of us!

Mmm, this is lovely. It opens with rose and tart currant and then MYRRH--really gorgeous, dark myrrh which always blends so well with rose! The blood orange floats on top, just barely detectable. I don't find this particularly musky--the rose and myrrh and fruits really are the standouts here. Very pretty and I'll be trying this again for sure; it's wonderfully feminine.

Extremely sweet, candy-like coconut and hazelnut. A light anise note emerges in the drydown but it's not strong enough to keep the coconut and hazelnut from being cloying and a little bit on the fake side. If this were a piece of candy, it would be delicious; as a perfume it's just too sickly-sweet. Good staying power, though!

I get all three notes here, although the apple is more of a floral, perfumey apple blossom than the fruit itself. The mahogany and rosewood are both soft and not overly WOODWOODWOOD, but the apple fades quickly and a light, slightly sweet rosewood is all I get in the final drydown. It's nice but a bit boring.