Minh Scent

Yes!  This is a great Snake!  Beautiful SO and and Snow White (no mint).  If you love those two scents, here's your hybrid.  

BPAL's pomegranate  has never worked well for me- too sweet.  I do enjoy it if there is enough musk over it, like in Madam Moriety, but it totally ruined a tobacco scent for me, as well as the chypre in the 2017 Weenies September Midnight. (Oh, goodness, I am holding a grudge!😀)  Reviews got me, though, and true to the accolades- this is a little stunner!  Yes it is on the sweet side..but THAT ink vibe has just stolen my heart!  There is also something powdery here and a few times I thought I almost got a sandalwood vibe.  Whatever, I feel there is more going on here than just pomegranate and ink.  Lowish throw, long lasting. 

I barely get lavender on first application, but the plum and sugared opium tar are indeed beautiful.  Sadly, it is very light on my skin and disappears quickly. It barely lasted an hour on my wrists and I have to put nose to skin to smell it.  (I check another perfume to make sure it was not my nose with the problem.)

Yes, yes, I put this on and smiled big time because it is so...BPAL! I agree with the Banshee Beat/Revenant Rhythm vibes and the honey adds some extra sweetness to that perfect patch-vanilla combo. The amber reminds me of the one in The Sun's Treasure.  Unfortunately I am not  enjoying the longevity others are reporting, so I may need a rare backup bottle.

This is my second go with Snootier Bat. First try a few months ago, the black leather was too much for me.  It is still a bit ACK on first application, but it now quickly morphs into amazing black musk and incense. It lasts forever and has a sweet edge to it. Gorgeous!

I am in an "oh my dear goodness I adore BPAL" mode.  I was hesitant to put this on, because Snooty Bat was TOO MUCH LEATHER for me.  This is a different leather. It is soft, warm worn...and, wow!  The vanilla!  It is very prominent and in fact, when first applied, I almost felt I had a mislabeled bottle because I got a very sweet with caramel tinged vanilla, hinging on bakery vanilla. In the dry down it is a souped up vanilla snake oil snuggled into a worn brown leather saddlebag. The spice is light and I cannot distinguish what kind of spice. One of my favorite sneks ever!!  

Put on this little imp without checking notes. Loved the woodsy opening and then it was a Snake Oil flanker wrapped in vetiver! Very Black Phoenix "type". Looking` at the notes, I guess it is the mullein responsible for the earthy/woody/green scent. Good back up if (god forbid) we run out of snake oil.

The notes look promising, but the lemongrass is too powerful and takes over the scent on my skin. In late drydown, the rose makes an appearance.  Nothing objectionable, just more of an oil burner fragrance.  Agree with comments that it smells like a spa.

This is a sexy feminine floral on me.  It is much more than just jasmine (although jasmine certainly is never just "just"!!)  and agree there may be some magnolia in here as well.  There is some leather, but I cannot discern the metal. Very, very pretty!

What a gorgeous perfume!  The dominant note on me is wax, supported by vanilla and honey.  It gets prettier and prettier the longer I wear it and develops a delightful powderiness. I cannot smell the pink pepper, but my nose actually gets a bit of a buzz from it- the same sensation as when you smell mentholated medicine, but without  the actual medicinal smell. One of the favorites of this year's lupers.

It would be hard for more to deny that this is a pretty scent.  What is not to love about those notes? Unfortunately, this is way too delicate of a perfume for me.  If anyone is looking for an office perfume that can't annoy co-workers, but will make you smile, this is it!

(Disclaimer alert- I am so in love with White Chocolate, Sandalwood  and Lemon Peel, that I am now hard to please with more gentle sandalwood notes!)

Beautifully blended.  The tuberose and black musk are light, so if anyone was cautious about those notes, probably no need.  Black truffle?  Does that mean the mushroom or chocolate?  No matter, I can't pick out either. The ambergris is perfect, also soft.  I get an intoxicating powdery smell into drydown.  I can't stop sniffing, because it changes and to my nose/skin chemistry, the ambergris is the featured note.

Like with the Blue Silk Rose, this actually smells like silk.  Of the three flowers I smelled (Peony, Rose and Orchid), this is my favorite.

Hmm.  The jury is out on this one.  It is not as pretty as Tea Rose Lace, but it is indeed pretty and the sweetness (not foodie) is appreciated.  It is more rose than peony on me.  The rose strengthens as it goes longer into drydown.  

It's very girly, pleasant,  Nothing to complain about.

Nondescript in the bottle. On the skin it blossoms into a soft floral and berry. (I cannot pick out orchid, violets or rose at this point) The thing is, I get the weirdest sensation of blue silk flowers. Is this the power of suggestion? In further drydown, I get the musk. The opium tar is light.  Yes, there is some sweetness. This is more of an experience than a perfume for me. 

I will test it again, but it may not be violet-y enough for what I was after.

Oh, this is lovely!  It starts out with a soft floral (I am guessing the lavender buds) and then the tonka and resins appear. As someone who is not a fan of aquatics, the driftwood adds just the perfect pinch of salt.  As it dries down, the scent becomes more beautiful and complex, with the beeswax making a gentle appearance. I cannot pick out the honey or honey dust, but perhaps that is the overall sweetness (but not too sweet!) in late dry down, I am also getting that fir tree note a few have mentioned. This is one of those scents where it is hard to drag the nose away from the wrist, as it is a beautiful and changing composition.

This is...perfect.  White chocolate is very "non-chocolate" compared to the dark and milk chocolate. In "real" life, it has a high percentage of cocoa butter, but none of the cocoa  bits we traditionally think of as "chocolate".  Thus here it is not so much chocolate, as cacao buttery, adding  a luscious creaminess to the already stellar sandalwood.  The lemon peel is very light and adds just a touch of..joy.  

By far the standout in the Lupers for me. (Disclaimer- sandalwood is my most beloved note)

This is a little stunner, with the entrance note an almost floral dead leaves (agree with Poenar who said it smelled like the dead leaves in Dead Leaves, Red Musk

and Neroli).  I cannot pick out the Snake OIl, but I am getting vanilla and Dorian, as well lavender. It's so gorgeous, I can barely pull my nose away from the keyboard 

to write this review!

OK, perhaps I have a broken nose.  I get red musk and a hint of rose, with zero snake oil.  I can't say it is not pretty, just much lighter than expected.  It also disappears rather quickly.

Edited 9 months later

Wow.  The rose has stepped forward.  This is a very sexy deep red rose.  The sexiness comes from the musk.  Indeed there is just a "dribble" of snake oil, but the star of the show is the rose.  I would not really classify this as a Snake Oil variant, but it lovely and goes perfectly over Snake OIl Body Oil.

This is a pretty creamy floral.  I cannot distinguish the osmanthus and peony, but it does have a soft floral vibe.  Although much lighter than my usual in-your-face scents, I appreciate the delicacy of this perfume.  

Absolutely gorgeous scent.  It is mostly womanly opium on me with a veil of violets.  One of the prettiest perfumes of the year for me.

I wish I had the other reviewers' luck with longevity, as it fades very quickly on my skin in spite of slathering.

This almost is richer than the original Velvet. The snow element is not so evident to me after initial application, but the sandal and choclate seem creamier, with a vanilla twinge. It is a gorgeous, cozy scent. I like it even more than the original.

I bought this for the notes.  It smells nothing like I expected which was a much more powerful scent.  This is delicate and requires some concentration to pick out the notes.  The opening is raspberry, more fruity than jammy. The oud is smooth and the tobacco is gently present, getting more evident as it dries down.  The slight spice might well be the carnation.  This is a very well blended perfume.  The raspberry makes a few sneak appearances (perhaps the elf uprising!), and I actually thought it was plum before reviewing the description.  It is a subtle beauty and anyone concerned about the oud need not be,  I was hoping for skanky wood and a deep tobacco, but have to admit this is pretty!

Disclaimer: Fresh out of a transpacific delivery and will update if there are any evident changes.

February 18 

The carnation and tobacco notes are more apparent after a month.  However, it remains a rather light blend.  The note composition is quite intriguing and I am more able to pick them out in the early morning as my first perfume of the day. 

Funny how those unexpected imps can knock your pants off.  Not sure why I wasn't the one to put the moves on this imp first. The only excuse must be I didn't know the notes.

It is all opium on me with delicate wisps of floral floating in and out.  I cannot pick out the myrrh, but it adds to the overall richness of the scent.  Gorgeous, sexy and  heady.

I haven't reviewed this?  I remember loving the sandalwood element, but today the main note for the first 30 minutes was the beautiful ink note that has almost a waxy quality to it. Perhaps that waxiness is the benzoin, which supposedly smells like vanilla.  I don't get oregano or dust.  The sandalwood gets stronger with drydown.  A winner for me! 

This was a "no reviews needed" buy, with the listed notes. Like Threemoons, I love the woody rich Mysore sandalwood and figured with four of them in there, there was a good chance of that kind of vibe.  Not at all.  However, after I release those expectations, I do love what I smell and that is an exquisite oriental perfume.  I am fascinated that people have been noticing the tobacco and can even identify it is the French one.  I can barely discern it in this blend and I think it may be a note holding the sandals together.  This perfume smells very familiar and comforting.  It is definitely a winner in this collection and I would recommend it for those who appreciate a more traditional perfume. In fact, it actually reminds me of a non-Indie perfume and I have been scouring my mind to remember which one. 

ETA This is extremely long lasting and could still smell it 10 hours in.