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Earth Phoenix has really aged and become more dirt-laden than when it was fresh.

Graveyard Dirt Resurrected too, and yeah Death of the Grave Digger - oh my, that is just amazing. Snow and soil like the notes say!

Maybe Pollution? It smells very confident and very...well, trendy, of a fashion. I tested it recently and that is what I got from it.

Ooh! And what about something like Swank? What could be cooler and as confident as a pomegranate martini! Ooh-er!

I adore the BPAL dry/dead leaves scent so anything in that group - the top of which is my beloved The Death of Autumn - is just fabbo in autumn! Though where I am I'm coming into spring.

I get beeswax from Ichabod Crane, and Tristran. I do get honeycomb from Et Lux Fuit, as someone else has mentioned.

Svadinopathika is a lovely Indian incense sandalwood type of sandalwood.

Definitely recommend Casanova. It's fantastic. I wish I had a bloke to test it on!

I'd say Pumpkin II & IV, and also Pumpkin Patch #4 if you can find it. Good luck!

Jezebel has an orange blossom note along with rose and honey...

 

Also, the Lovers and Santa Eularia Des Riu have strong orange blossom notes, though they are mixed with lots of other notes...

The younger Jezebel is very strong on orange blossom, but as it gets older it gets more powdery.

When I first tried Catherine, the orange blossom wasn't so strong but I tried another imp (newer one?) and it was definitely strong on it. Interesting.

My favourite grown-up, elegant, sophisticated scent is Bon Vivant. It smells very similar to YSL Yvresse (used to be called Champagne).

Parliament of Monsters is heavenly. Get it while Carnaval Diobolique is still in town, you won't be disappointed. I bought a bottle for my boyfriend and now he flaunts his neck at me all day, it's fantastic!

 

It works on women, too, but the initial throw is a little masculine. Once it fades, though...

PoM is opium by death - heavenly!

I sent them an e-mail about an incorrect bottle received and haven't heard back from them - it's been a couple of days. How long does it take them to respond usually?

Khandita is a nice strong saffron, though sadly LE.

Alice is mega on the milk. Didn't initially like this but wow, we are good friends now!

Like another poster I too get cream in The Candy Butcher.

Katrina Von Tassel is also quite creamy. It didn't like me, alas!

The Spell of Amorous Love = Kitsune Tsuki GC, I swear!

Ooh, love the wine in this! It’s sweet and syrupy. Definitely very tangy too but not sure if it’s the blood or wine gone sweet. Doesn’t have much throw sadly, which is a shame as it’s a lovely scent. It fades to become quite floral.

Reminds me of Fairy Market, minus the sweetness. I’ve tried a few BPAL florals that have been quite similar. The flowers are more potent in this blend than in Fairy Market. I think I’ll be holding onto my decant.

Smells of a mild male cologne. I don’t really get the incense or the musk that is mentioned in the notes – I don’t really like it all that much to be honest. As it dries it does start to take on the mustiness of books and becomes a bit more old-world refined.

Instant amalgam of pear and vanilla, deliciously foody and fruity, the pear is just so juicy, succulent and ripe, and the vanilla is a soft white cake kind of vanilla which reminds me a lot of Eat Me’s vanilla. Average throw and could probably be more heavily applied than what I did initially.

I’m hard pressed to identify what I smell here, it smells very green and oaky, not at all of rotting wood. I think the greenness I get is probably the moss? Nice to have tried it but not one for me at all.

Beautiful, clean florals. I think I mainly smell the magnolia first up which is a bit of a surprise as usually my skin amps things like frangipani. Really gorgeous scent, might even be worth getting a bottle of it. I do wish the frangipani and magnolia were more dominant, as the white sandalwood comes into play, giving the floral nature of the fragrance an interesting edge.

I love blends with sage and this is no exception – I’m quite surprise by this, did not expect to like it very much but love it. It’s very uplifting. I can pick up hints of the mint and lime rind which are lovely and very refreshing as one would expect.

I don’t think dragon’s blood really likes my body chemistry which is a shame. The almond at first wasn’t pleasant but it gets nicer in the blend. There are too many notes in this blend for my liking, it’s a bit of sensory overload but as it dries down all I can pick out is the dragon’s blood. A bit later it gets all berryish and winy.

Fresh pine/evergreen scent with a hint of winter chilliness which I’ve detected in some of the more wintry blends. Very strong and has excellent throw. Better suited as a room fragrance than a personal one, I feel. It is nice but I don’t think it’s something I’d wear again. Reminds me a little of Snow Bunny.

My first reaction is oh no, the rose is too strong! It’s definitely the dominant note here though if I sniff my wrist up close I can smell the black cherry and another floral which I assume is the carnation? I’d like more of the fig and honey as well as the blackcurrant to be present – it was actually the blackcurrant that made me leap out and buy a bottle. The rose is nice and fresh but up close it’s just too strong.

The wisteria is dreamy in this, tempered by something else I cannot put my finger on. It could be the amberish quality of the galbanum? Gorgeous scent, much better that I thought it would be. I smell something uplifting like coriander of all things. Minutes later it turns fruity with the pomegranate which adds a crisp, tart sweetness to the blend, it stops being less floral. It reminds me of a BPAL blend I’ve tried but cannot put my finger on.