Minh Scent

Hmmm. I keep trying this one, because it sounded like a win-win, but like Milo, not sure what the fuss is about. I would say it is "pretty" and the chypre plays nicely with the vanilla. Probably my lack of enthusiasm is because I already have a vanilla  HG I am ultra-gaga about- Antique Lace - and everything pales in comparison.

That being said, if you need a lovely, versitile vanilla, go for it! It is like Antique Lace Lite. Nothing to kick out of bed!

How did I not review this? With the wax and the neroli/tuberose, it was love at first sniff in 2015 and a year later, I had to search for a second bottle replacement and then a third partial! BPAL wax note is one of my favorite and it this perfume, it is the centerfold amongst seductive white florals with hints of honey and orange.

I got this based on the majority of reviews that this is soft grasses and a nonfoody vanilla. That is exactly what I am getting and love it!

Starts out very creamy with a salty note. (I tried it three times, and yep, there is a salty note in the beginning which quickly disappears.) The flowers soon come out.  They are neither lotus not cherry to me, but something nondescript, yet still very pretty.  (I know what  real lotus smell like and that is not this; also, I have been around many flowering cherry trees and I do not get a scent from the.  Maybe the American variety?  But I accept-happily- any note interpretation.) Dry down is a creamy and gently floral, with a gorgeous honey note. I am not picking up the teak.  Late dry down, I get almost a waxy quality, which pushes the scent up a few notches for me.  It is indeed rightly named, as it is an elegant scent. Beautiful!

This starts off as a beautiful wave of honey, very similar to the one in GC Honey Hair Gloss. (I am on my second bottle of that,  so a fan!) I cannot pick out the hay absolute, but suspect it might be what is keeping the honey from being too sweet. There is a soft grassy shadow,  but definitely not hay to my nose. Drydown is a gorgeous honeyed amber with very light nuances of green. I am delighted!

I adore Meditation Buddies, and since this has similar notes (and I bravely resisted a backup of MB), I had to try this.  The two scents are in the same scent family, but where MB is more ethereal,  Ubi Beni, Ibi Patria has a bit more substance form the sweet vanilla vibe of the cookies.  It is not overly sweet .Funnily enough,  although MB seems more "delicate"  as I death matched the two twice this wee, MB actually lasts longer. The Florida Water and light rose  notes are so lovely!

This is mostly lovely, powdery orris and violet on me, with just a trace of frank.  Since I love all three of those notes, this is a win-win for me.  Delicate and classy. 

This might be my favorite of the collection.  This is one of those "whoa!" perfumes for me in that it smells so atmospheric...having been in the Cathedral, this is what it smells like- incense, candles and stone.  The lavender confuses me a bit at first.  On my skin, this is the first note that comes forward, but then, yes, it does become a more incense, smokey lavender, and then the other notes come out as well.  Beautiful!

This is a beautiful and realistic coffee on me, with a strong vanilla background.  Certainly one of the more lip-smacking coffee perfumes I have met. It only lasts about 30 minutes on my skin, but reapplying is never an issue!

On application to my hair, the scent starts with a lovely blast of tobacco, cinnamon and a bit of ginger. which transforms into a beautiful red musk.  The first day I wore this, I got ALL musk- classic beautiful BPAL red musk.  Two days later, the tobacco has really come out, although it is still predominantly a musk scent..  This is gorgeous and long lasting!   If these notes are your jam, I highly recommend it!

The peppermint helps this from being too sweet. Like others said, there is an initial blast of mint and then it settles. I get too much baked goods at first, but it calms down to a more enjoyable vanilla. Interestingly, the mint peeks in again, making it altogether very pleasant.

This is one if the more unusual scents I have enjoyed from BPAL. (Unusual wearable, not unusual Gore Shockesque!) I am not used to so many things going on at once. The only thing that bars complete enjoyment for me is that the toffee is a little too sweet. This is something you want to wear home when you can keep your nose to your wrist and enjoy the morphing.

Blood Kiss with Snow White  is a brilliant idea! The sexiness of cheeries, vanilla and vetiver with the prettiness of a snowy dusting. Actually it is almost a blizzard, the Snow White quite strong. 

If you are a fan of evergreen forest and incense, here's your HG! The pine and resins are a harmonious combination and pleasantly on the stronger side. I don't pick up any smokey vibe. Lovely!

Interesting, this one. I was expecting an incense-heavy perfume, but it is quite light in the resins, with more focus on waxy candles to my nose. Very pretty scent.

I was expecting a more "in your face" rose, but it is not at all. However, this makes it, as Doomsday mentioned, very work appropriate. Pretty, elegant rose I am happy to have in my "arsenal". 

This is beautiful!!!  As the previous reviewers stated, it is so Christmas like without being fake-candle-esque.  The bayberry is just a beautiful combination with the figs and resins.  Perhaps my favorite of the collection.

This is such a fresh, ginger note...smells just like you are grating it in your kitchen.  But it is not sweet-foody at all, just lovely fresh ginger, spiked with cardamom.  The cardamom is the first note to dissipate and the ginger stays around for a bit more, but not as long as I would like. Very natural.

Hmmm, my experience is a bit different than those above, although perhaps a bit closer to Donkehpoo's description of "dark floral with a touch of tobacco and wood".  I get nothing weird, vegetable or soggy wet wool. My impression: It starts out as a very earthy wet magnolia, but as it dries the oude (very light) and tobacco start stepping up.  The floral has a tad of sweetness in it as it dries down.  The further it goes into drydown, the more the tobacco comes through.  Final drydown is a very sexy, deep, perfumey floral.

This is beautiful! The standout note is the rich plum. The other notes all there, but making a complex background for the plum. It is dark, perfumey and has a complex drydown. 

Opens with chocolate,  but this is mostly a green cardamom perfume, with barely a hint of pepper. Simple, but very pretty and easy to wear. 

This is a gorgeous, rich tobacco.  The gingerbread says hello at the beginning and exits. If you love tobacco and missed some of the other BPAL tobacco classics, this is for you! (And me!)

Lovely, ethereal soft lavender musk, but way too light for me. 

Oh, my goodness...the S'more part of this is so true to life!! There is really a note for graham cracker?! I guess so, as it can be clearly identified, along with marshmallow and chocolate. I barely get pumpkin after the first whiff. A fun scent, great for foodies.

Absolutely LOVE all the scents in here....sage, pine, fir.  It would be my ideal hair gloss except it does not last very long. (Hopefully this is not a metaphor for the Rocky Mountain Goat which I believe is a threatened species.)