dangerbunnygirl

In the bottle: Fruity tea, very yummy and fresh.

On my skin: starts off smelling nice but ends up smelling like dryer sheets on me, and lasts for ages! I have made a solemn vow to my loved ones to never wear it again.

Wet: mmmm... creamy, sweet, nutty and warm. Makes me hungry.

Dry on skin: Went kinda powdery (maybe the Amber?) still nutty but with a little popcorn mixed in.

Overall yummy but I'm going to try it a couple more times before I decide on it.

2014 version

wet: this smells slightly floral and cold

Dry: very cold coconut with a touch of almond and light flowers. Like a very feminine Pina Colada. Pretty but not something I think I would reach for a lot.

This one is different than I expected, I thought it would be more candy cane like.

In the bottle: Minty!

on skin: Very minty but a strong, fresh mint smell, like herby and green. Small whiffs of sweet vanilla.

later: Still very green minty, a sweet vanilla note comes out later reminding me a little of Dorian.

I like it!

Dark, woodsy and sexy. I loved it. Unfortunately, my husband came home and immediately started complaining about the weird smell in the bedroom. Good staying power with this one , as I sprayed it twice and he complained for two days.

2014 decant

In the imp: CHOCOLATE!

Wet: still chocolatey but with a sharp, almost pine note.

As it dries down it still is very chocolatey but it is a dry kind of chocolate, makes me think of cocoa rather then chocolate, still a sharp middle note and finishing with a warm amber.

The amber smells sharper on me, different from the amber in The Lion.

Dry: still a cocoa scent with a strong amber note, very unique.

It definitely smelled like rootbeer at first, yum yum. Then as it dried went slightly like Dorian(?) Now is slightly medicinal and sweet. Wish it would have stayed more in the rootbeer stage.

Morning in New Orleans didn't work at all on me. neither did Misk U.

My suggestion for you is to try as many as you can, there have been a couple I thought would work great and didn't at all and some that were wonderful even though the notes listed didn't seem like they would work. Have you tried any from the beloved favorites category? Which ones have worked for you and which ones haven't?

First snow today, brrrrr.... what are your favorite cold weather BPALs?

In the imp: warm, woody rose

On skin: ROSE ROSE ROSE!!!!!!! I think I amp rose, it is however, an awesome rose.

In the imp: sweet, sharp and resiny

On my skin: not bad when wet but quickly turns to artificial cherry smells like red food dye #40 tastes.

I'm going to try aging this one.

I really wanted to love this one. It didn't love me back.

In the imp: kinda like wood and sweet popcorn, not what I was expecting.

On skin: Almost smelled woody good and then dried down to a weird chemically vanilla. It made me remember this toy I got when I was 6, it was a little plastic doll that turned in a cupcake if you bent her skirt over and was "vanilla scented".

Bummer.

My new fav! and my husband said it "doesn't smell to bad" which is amazing praise.

In the Imp: like sweet cake with a touch of berries, yummy!

On skin: It smells like sexy cake! After it dries the vanilla comes out more and the currant keeps it from being too edible. This one lasts ages on me and makes me smell like cake you want to do dirty things to.

Thanks Balame, those sound lovely!

I'm a bit of a newbie and would love some suggestions on what to try next. I haven't sampled a ton but My favs so far are:

1. Mouse's long and sad tale

2. The lion

3. Dana O'Shee

4. Mata Hari

5. Fae

Mouse is absolutely my favorite perfume ever, I've been wearing for a couple years and is my favorite, also bears the distinction of being the only perfume I've tried that my husband has liked.

Some floral (especially rose) tend to be overpowering*sad*

I tend to like amber, vanilla and coffee notes.

Any suggestions on what to try next?