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Haven't been active in ages, but even when I was I couldn't even really find 10 I liked out of possibly hundreds tested. Returning to some of my faves and I love them even more with age, so any help finding new loves is much appreciated!
Top 5:
The Girl
The First of the Three Spirits
Boo 2010
Door
TKO
As I tend to shy away from “white” scents our paths don’t cross too much, but I do have a few suggestions.
I think Dirty has the same linen note as boo without the sugar.
Nocturne is like tko to me but just with violet added. (I’m not sure if you like violet, but Nocturne is lovely.
The Snow Globe (Coraline) was a white sweetish scent to me. If I remember correctly the sweet disappeared on me & turned into what I can only describe as an ethereal glass scent.
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Im familiar with all but the last one.I'm pretty new here, but my top five so far are:
1. Antikythera Mechanism
2. Yorick
3. O
4. Kumiho
5. The Old Goblin
Graveyard dirt - yummy rich dirt
The Lovers (gaiman) - same dirt note in graveyard dirt but with a sweet floral hint
In time of plague (le) - dirt with some of the leafy muskyness & tobacco
Bakeneko (le) - a personal favorite - sensual and warm with spices & vanilla
Psychodynamic discharge (Yule) - warm spicy elements mixed with a little more of a black scent
Bonus- Arcana Guy Fawkes is a really nice, rich, smokey tobacco scent.
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Based on the first 2 because thats all Im really familiar with:In no particular order, here's some ones I've been reaching for a lot lately...
Dead Leaves, Violet Candy, and Sugar Crystals
Graveyard Dirt SN
Spellbound
The Cracked Bell
Reapers Gonna Reap
White chocolate & sugared violets (luper) - a beautiful sweet violet that has lots of staying power
Nocturne (gc) - sweet violet & lavender
The Lovers (gaiman) - same dirt note in graveyard dirt but with a sweet floral hint
Deep in earth (gc) - a little more sour dirt note
In time of plague (le) - dirt with some of the leafy muskyness & tobacco
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This one keeps changing on me & I love every bit of it. In the bottle it kind of reminds me of hot, wet cement. Right after I put it on I got a dragons bloody red musk & cinnamon. As it’s drying & wearing, I’m getting wafts of all the notes listed at different times. The only things I’m not getting much of is the ginger & rose, but I’m pretty happy about that.
This is a really lovely & complicated blend. The chaos of it makes me happy.
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Hello! I've been buying and collecting BPAL for about 5 years now, on and off, but this is my first time posting. I haven't bought anything for a while now and the new Crimson Peak scents have rekindled my excitement, so I'm in the process of making and updating my lists! So recommendations from you friendly folks would be appreciated :> I have a kind of "wintery" skin chemistry and so I prefer green, cool or watery scents, with the occasional exception for honey or warmer roses. (As you'll probably be able to tell, I adore violets and roses.)
My top 5:
Ultraviolet
The Rose (my everyday for a while!)
Elf (also another everyday)
Marie
Leanan Sidhe
Ranger gets snuck in every now in then when my boyfriend's not wearing it and when I want a more subtle, less "perfume-y" scent or simply miss the woods. Prague, Water of Notre Dame, and Maiden also get some play now and again, and Alice and Deadly Nightshade Honey are my go-to oils for when I want something a little warmer or more sensual. Sometimes when I can tolerate vanilla on myself, I wear Snow White.
I can contribute finally!
All these except for zombie are le, but can be found aftermarket.
Based on your scents, I recommend:
La Befana- violets & herbs
Rose Red- green wet roses
White chocolate & sugared violets - sweet creamy violet
The Fox Sisters - Rose & violet
Zombie - earthy rose
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thinks the lab has more than one amber
red moon and bakeneko both have flowers in them... but bakeneko is amber *musk* so that might be the awesome on you.
Well that would make too much sense.
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You are super amazing. Thank you!If you send me your address I will send you a wee half imp of it from my not used back up bottle that I got from etsy oh within past month. I noticed you said you don't like amber in your notes of post but it is in both red moon and bakeneko. Both also have a citrus in them. Both read as warm snuggly scents to me. I alternated wearing the two all spring this year. I only ship on saturdays so it will be a week but it pops up quite frequently on etsy. Thank the heavens. I have finished a bottle of the kitty and restocked more than once.
I actually have found a new appreciation for amber. I had been wearing it in the wrong combination for my skin apparently. When flowers are present it turns straight to soap.
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Well our tastes are not very similar at all but I wore the heck out of Red Moon 2007 this spring. The other scent I kept reaching for to deal with the monsoon of 2015 was an old favorite Bakeneko. If I didn't have a back up I wouldn't mention it is on the lab's etsy site right now but I do so you might as well pick up a bottle
Warm amber musk, Satsuma tangerine, black tea leaf, cardamom, cherry blossom and cinnamon.
TKO is always good for sleeping
Thanks! I will have to check out Bakeneko. I have an imp of TKO& it is lovely.
I appreciate the suggestions!
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So recently my favorite bottles have been:
1. Red moon 2007 (I had no idea I loved red musk so much)
2. Whip
3. The Lovers (Gaiman)
4. A Commentary
5. Nocturnus (for sleeping)
I have a box full of sweet scents I don't reach for much so I'm looking for new recommendations & my faves are sort of going in several directions. I did purchase Mdme Moriarty & am waiting patiently (kind of ) for it.
I am certainly open to other good sleep scents as well.
Thanks in advance for any recs!
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I get salty aquatic soapy powder once dry.
This one is nice, it's not my favorite but it has its place for sure.
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Nocturnus is a slightly more herbal tko. It's absolout love. I also like go to sleep darlings. It's a sugary marshmallow sleep blend.
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I am in love with this blend. It proved that the labs honeycomb is different than honey. I can't wear honey, but this is a subtle sweet sourness that blends really nicely with the tart fruit & rose.
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This is wonderful on my skin. I love grass scents, & apparently I love green musk.
It threatens to go soapy on me but never does.
I need MOAR.
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Everyone has made such eloquent & accurate descriptions of this scent. In the bottle it's really stunning. If only my chemistry would let it stay that way.
I amp honey like nobody's business & it turns into a sticky sweet sour mess. On me, the honey completely takes over everything & makes it completely unwearable.
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Like the other bonbons this year, this is not really a chocolate perfume, but Haunted bon bon kept the most of the cocoa scent of any of the ones I tried. I haven't tried the original Haunted, but this is indeed a smokey musk with a little cocoa. It vaguely reminds me of the smell of the round hookah coals when you first light them. It's very close to the skin & has little throw on me.
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In the bottle I get mostly chocolate, a little black current & the teensiest bit of lavender. In the wet stage, it reverses & there's almost no chocolate. On the dry down, the chocolate is completely gone & I'm left with a pretty black current.
Whatever chocolate note is used in all of this year's bonbons, my skin eats it up & makes it disappear. I usually don't have that problem with the lab's chocolate notes.
I have the same problem with everyone else. After about 20 minutes, this scent is completely gone on me, but it smelled lovely while it stuck around.
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In the bottle, I small mostly chocolate & a little of the wonderful embalming fluid.
In the wet stage, it reverses & there's almost no chocolate. On the dry down, the chocolate is completely gone.
Whatever chocolate note is used in all of this year's bonbons, my skin eats it up & makes it disappear. I usually don't have that problem with the lab's chocolate notes. I usually amp them to high heaven. Oh well, embalming fluid is gorgeous, so I can't complain too much.
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Is it a warm cinnamon? It might just be a mislabeled imp of Chimera (-The fiery, volatile scent of cinnamon, thickened by myrrh, honeysuckle, and copal.) instead.I have an imp of croquet that smells of cinnamon. I'm wondering if it might be mislabeled since there's no cinnamon in the scent description.
I want more of it whatever it is.
Sorry for replying so late. I just saw this. Thank you for your reply!!!
I never got any myrrh or copal, but my imp has now lost the cinnamon. It now smells just like my bottle. In 2 months I guess the imp caught up with the bottle.
Another example of how aging changes our precious smellies, I suppose.
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I actually quite like this one.
It's green, aquatic & clean. I don't get anything foul smelling. It turns just a touch too soapy on me if anything.
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Privilege!
Polished party-girl sleaze. This is a shameless scent, devoid of caution, regret, or introspection. This perfume reeks of tabloid glamour, and has no substance whatsoever. Armoise, tuberose, white citrus, rose absolute, oakmoss, tiare, tuberose, vanilla, linden, and lemon tree blossom.
Although this scent originated with fine plants and the pure essences, the final result is a grotesque, eerily empty caricature of a debauched, narcissistic would-be debutante.
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Hellcat is "hazelnut, buttercream, honey mead, rum and sweet almond" -- for me (and, glancing at the review thread, it seems like for many people), that almond note reads as cherry. In my case, the cherry fades on my skin, but others have had different results, so you might want to give it a try!
For a less dessert-like option, maybe Kabuki? "cherry, red musk, and star anise."
I second hellcat.
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This is a really beautiful sleep blend. It is pretty heavy on the lavender, but my chemistry amps the vanilla sugar marshmallow, which helps. once everything calms down it's wonderfully complex scent that is neither too heady nor too sweet.
It's become my go to sleep smelly when I can't quite drift off.
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I super second obatala, bordello, & whip!
Also,
faith - sugared violets
rose red - fresh out of the florist's cooler roses
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I’m going to give this a go again, because I’ve been out of the loop for a bit & the last time someone suggested my now favorite bottle.
1. Bakeneko
2. Psychodynamic Discharge
3. The Lovers (gaiman)
4. Black Bar
5. Le Serpent qui Danse
I really love deep scents that aren’t too sharp from the purple, black, red, & green families.