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I don't know why, but I think I like it. Cairo was too sweet for me, and Bastet was too yellow; yet I am an Egyptophile through to the core, and I need at least a couple of Egyptian scents. The first one was Khephra, and this is the second, I think. It smells dry, very dry, and certainly carries that "old-fashioned perfume" scent with it. Oddly enough, I think the reason I love Dorian and Antique Lace so much is that I can smell the antique perfume, powdery, slightly acrid, and that might be why I like this one, too. This is Victorian Egyptomania in the best possible way.

Sloth is wonderfully dark. The Black Tower, my favorite scent, is dark and quite cold as well.

This one, the first BPAL I ever tried, has really grown on me. I *love* the magnolia when I'm feeling feminine. Some reviewers have called this masculine, but it's more feminine than what I usually wear! I grew up in Houston (nickname "the Bayou City") and have visited New Orleans, so I know this smell. It's very much a sultry southern summer. The good part about that, rather than the part I hated. A screened-in porch with flowers. Also, my skin generally eats florals but this one lasts a bit better.

Hmm. I really needed to like this scent - I'm Kemetic. However... let me just say that I've smelled Kapet (Kyphi) burning and it was AMAZING. It was a cold, winter day and the warm smell was perfect. Unfortunately, that's not what Cairo smells like on me. It smells like candy. The smell is pleasant but it's just TOO sweet. I can't really distinguish individual scents, because all I'm getting is candy. On the drydown I start getting what might be incense notes, but I don't know if it's enough for me to really like the scent. Too bad - this is almost one of those heart-breaking scents.

You know the smell of old cellars? Dungeons? Medieval basements? Old stone, wet earth, and mold? I love, love that smell, and that is the base smell for this scent. When I smelled it in the imp, I exclaimed, "they bottled old places!!!" When I put it on, the rpses come out to play - dry, desolate roses. I wore this to a concert on Sunday and some guy next to me said, "wow, it smells good in here." First compliment about BPAL I'd gotten.

This is my most favorite scent and I thought it was about darn time I reviewed it! On me, the most prevalent scents are the ozone and the wine, making it smell like a bit of a drunken tryst in the rain. The sandalwood and the smokiness hang out in the background and keep things mysterious; I get the memory of being at Duntulm Castle on the Isle of Skye from this, primarily because of the "rainy" feel. (Only, instead of my camera, I've got a bottle of wine ) Anyway, this scent changes every time I put it on - sometimes the smoke or the leather come out more. But it's always amazing.

Masculine? Sure. But it smells good on me, like I've just had a tumble with someone incredibly sexy. Vetiver is a good friend of mine - it smells like chocolate dirt, and you can't go wrong there. This scent smells like I would imagine the sadistic, somewhat frightening but still verray, verray sexy gentleman to smell like. I know - it smells like Heathcliff from Wuthering Heights! My favorite. I'm going to marry this scent and we'll have horribly messed up children together.