RoseThornAndOak

Pretty good, pretty good. This is the pumpkin that has that popcorn, carnival edge plus some dark incense behind it. 

Yeah, pumpkin carnival incense.

Ooo this is nice!! Without remembering the exact notes and fresh out the mailbox, my impression was this is very Clean Girl vanilla floral, white, soft with musk, light light rose and some other dewy floral. I agree with the Ava association. 

Now that I see the notes, I can pick up white sandalwood, white amber, a bit of almond blossom for sure.

It's dreamy, floaty, clean, and sexy and up there with the other vanilla floral greats from the Lab. 

This reminded me of October out the gate, the dead leaf note mostly, followed quickly by evergreen. Hmm, a little bit of earthiness on the palette, you know when you sniff something and you can almost taste it? That part is like nice fresh loam + DL. Nice and atmospheric, woulf make a good room blend.

Woof woof

Oh my gosh yall, in the bottle this is a gorgeous cacao cardamom, dark, deep, almost syrupy, with the hay absolute giving it a bit of an Autumn vibe. It dries down soft and spicy sweet, less syrupy. Absolutely gorgeous! I'd say the cardamom is the prominent in the beginning. The scent becomes drier as it goes. 

This is a great Autumn gourmand more on the spicy side, with no cake, sugar, milk, or bready notesI do agree with doomsday_disco and wish the cacao stuck around longer but overall this is nice! Might layer with maor cacao.

Okay, I see why this is popular now and I'm not sure why I slept on it.

On the opening, a little powdery in the way resins or Morocco can be, but holy hell does this deepen and sexy up. Basically Morocco spices, darkened with cocoa, no bandaid or plastic. Honey doesn't really stick out to me. I see the Coyote similarity rhonorv mentioned, that warm soft dry desert incense description is very apt. theredkilt basically nails this too, a browner, slightly more gourmand version of Morocco.

I maybe really possibly perhaps like this like a lot. It's a cousin to Inez as well which has been a long time favorite, so they'll be buddies and sit next to each other. 

This is pretty nice. The terebinth pine dominates the opening, but this mellows out into something dark and I agree with Little Bird, sensual is a great term. There's a softness to it that is unexpected. I don't get a lot of oudy-ness at all! And it's not reading like your usual myrrh, either.

I don't really know how else to describe this other than you're with your cute metalhead friend in a dark, moonlit forest, you maybe just had a group ritual or sumbel around a fire with some friends, but the fire has been put out now, and he is seeing you back to your car, and he finally drums up the courage to kiss you after seven years, so kinda exactly what you were hoping for? 

This was a very generous frottle from the Lab! Thank you! Without reading the notes, I guessed maybe a light patchouli and lemon verbena, but not too stronk, actually relaxing and calming. 

It basically dries down to a soft version of this, slightly earthy, grounding lemon verbena. This is totally not something I would've reached for, but I like it somehow. Feels more like a witch's oil or charm than a perfume. I might keep it for calming purposes.

Glad I got this one. It's a nice grassy green aquatic with sweet, creamy coconut and jasmine. The jasmine reminds me of the tropical floral sun cream from our local renaissance faire which reads more gardenia. So this will be my Kinda Sorta Swans on The River/grassy aquatic medieval floral alternative. 

Dark, balsamic woods! I can't really pick out most of the notes. It's a tad fresher in the bottle but stays pretty linear. A tad savory, a little sweet, but overall, this is all about those deep, dark woods. No evergreens, I wouldn't have guessed florals either but there is a bit of fresh wildflower floating around. If you love the oak note, you will love this. I think the skin musk is here, smoothing out everything, keeping it reasonably clean but not soapy in anyway. This comes across very natural. There's leather in this? Huh. I guess that makes sense?

I dig it, I dig it. I kind of see a man in a highwayman's coat at night and there's a spooky forest with boney tree limbs.

In the bottle and fresh on, very evergreen, reads more pine than cypress and oakmoss, but that cypress freshness is there behind the pine. These notes recede for the most part and what I am reading as the amber and cream floating up together is not sour on me either, however...

Unfortunately, ever since Covid, this blend like many others, goes sharp on me. Not all the time, however, I can pick up that this is the type that I get from many commercial perfume blends. So, I would suspect that on the right skin, this would coalesce into a very wearable, beautiful creamy amber with evergreens draping around the edges. I do get some similarities to The Queen and The Page, which works better for me.

So think high end evergreen amber cream. Very regal and elegant, and totally fits the painting, although I could see this on a Viking woman too, very Freyja. MAN I wish this worked on me! I might keep it for a scent locket or atmosphere blend.

100% agree. This is beautiful and green! The same fresh, green leaves note in The Little Ghost Who Died For Love and Allegory of Spring. This is all about that green leaf note and green grass. I'm not getting the soil note, and I'm glad (no Zombi vibes here at all). Thee Clean and Green Fairie Queen. 

I love this. The scent, bottle, everything gives Elven/Middle Earth vibes, maybe the daytime version of Little Ghost. Glad to have alternatives to Elf and this year has been awesome.

No reviews? Dang ok here goes.

This is pretty strong leather. When I first got the bottle, the pine was pretty strong ta-boot (heh). The piney slush died off considerably after a bit of aging and I'm kinda glad as pine can be hit or miss. reminds me a bit of Silver Phoenix too, there's a bit of that bright accord over the leather, so this had good throw. There are some florals that add to the cold yet bright atmosphere (nothing powdery).

 It's unique but fits well with BPAL's other leather snow offerings. I do prefer Snow White Rider, but this is nice. Fans of, was it Eleventh Lash, the piney snow leather? Might dig this too, although that is more fruity.

Overall a little much on me so I'll probably destash, but I do feel like it deserves more praise. 

I was so very graciously frottled this, and it came out of stash-hiding recently and has been siting on my desk for about a week or so. Then I saw the weenie update with Pumpkin Spice Champagne so figured it is time. 

Well this is pretty. It doesn't smell exactly like a sparkling apple cider you would find in the store. This is definitely Lab champagne notes, like in Bon Vivant and others, very aldehydic and bubbly. Sweet, definitely, yet crisp. It has an apple edge, I'm not getting anything too tart and green, but I dunno, just apple. It pretties up into more of a perfume/skin-wearable blend and is not hyper realistic or candle/air freshener like at all. Then notes blend to create something even more-so, almost like if there was a facial hydrosol but slightly apple rather than floral.

So refreshing, I like it!

Ooof this is pretty pretty, but also kinda strange and unusual, at least at first. It takes me for quite a ride, so grab some tea and bear with me (tldr below).  

In the bottle and on application, this is briefly astringent and sharp, almost like if witch hazel had dried herbs steeped in it for a spell and I've spilled this magic concoction on Das MotoKoat, so it's time to go to the witch shop and get another bottle.

I pat off the spillage from Das MotoKoat and can reasonably go in public now without too much side eye, smelling pretty darn good. I walk in to the witch shop and there are dried herbs, conjure oils, and incense sticks around, along with early Autumn floofy decorative things, and I leave smelling pretty great, somewhat like Eve (minus the bandaid), leather, and memories of witch shop. Yay an Eve type blend I can wear! 🤩 I'm not Eve and could never be Eve, but dang if this won't make you feel like her for a moment. 

Soft champaca, white pampas, and baby's breath giving this an incense & soft dried Autumn decorations vibe, atmospheric, but very wearable, no cinnamon broom or plastic decor, quite different, the dried flora variety. I dunno dude, those dried white floofy things you see in Michaels, Home Goods, and gift and metaphysical shops during the season. There's not much rose, maybe a ghost of a rose around like how it blends seamlessly in Eve. All this on sexy leather coat. A liiiiittle powdery, but I don't mind it here at all, its more in an elegant, classy way. It does have a 19th century vibe to it and matches the Renoir painting.

Tldr: basically Eve, incense, leather coat, witches' herbs, Pretty conjure oil, and floofy white dried Autumn decorations, all with a 19th century flair?

Well hell to the yes!  I absolutely, freakin, God damn love this!

Well, I didn't want to believe this smelled like diapers, and in the opening there is definitely more nuance: a little lemony, a little piney, mostly clean fabricy. But wearing this and Queen and The Page on my other elbow crux, after a while my boyfriend walked in and said I smelled like diapers (he's been saying that a lot recently after applying perfume).

side by side, this is more diaper than Queen, so I suppose it is the culprit. 

Welp.

Not much to add other than I also get predominantly orris and maybe amber smoothing out the other notes. It's soft and elegant. Not much pine, frank, moss, although there's some evergreen mostly on opening and drying down to a soft green edge among the off-white notes.

It's not wowing me on it's own, but I'm glad the pine isn't stomping on everything and this isn't strictly atmospheric. It does fit the painting beautifully, though. This would layer beautifully with a deep vanilla, amber, marshmallow, dark woods, or chocolate blend to give those more of a soft woodland veil without aggressive oakmoss or pine. Maybe over Chocolate Chypre or Ice Age Baton.

Okay I'm pretty sure this will be popular. Fans of Blood Rose especially will love this. Although very different, Dried Cherry Incense & Spun Sugar fans might like this too for the red fruit + incense vibes.

The amontillado and dragon's blood are fruity, juicy, cherry red. If those notes go sour on you in Blood Rose, they most likely will here too (not in a locket, just on skin). The myrrh, incense, clove, and tabac gives it this vampy intrigue and depth. If I nuzzle in close, I reckon the myrrh shows up the most underneath the red haze but honestly everything is so seamlessly blended, even this fresh from the lab. It doesn't smell super tobaccoey, or smoky really, but there is that atmosphere, chewiness, and haze in the air. No bonfire smoke at all, but like incense, clove cigarettes, rose oil, pipe tobacco, black lipstick, and some good fruit liquors waz here, but people haven't started sweating in the club yet. 

Shoot this might sound weird, but Red Lantern fans might also want to pick this up. In how Red Lantern is hazy and fruity red in places, this palette is similar in color and atmosphere, just with different notes and no coconut, of course.

It's pretty Gothy McGotherson, and the label is fantastic in person and one of my favorite labels this year.  So happy I got this!

Totally agree, muguet is in the lead star here, so if you are a fan of this note you will likely love this one. The almost peppery tea rose does come out a bit, but ylang has it's own depth and intrigue. It reminds me a lot of Wisteria, Muguet, and Lily of The Valley and makes a great alternative to it.

There is something here that adds a darker depth as it wears, it is hard to describe, like how gardenia and tuberose have a depth but without the poo-ey part of the indoles.

The tea rose sticks around a bit and glamours this up too, very 1900-20s era photo of a woman standing in a garden of roses and other flowers and a glass hothouse nearby.

This could also be good for other eras, 30s, 40s, or any time in the 1800s. It's vintage and timeless in a very pretty but not outdated way. 

A winner for Team Muguet! 

It's definitely a unique floral, it's almost orangeish, but not like orange flower. It's softer, with a bit of spice/pollen. I could see apricot blossom sortof, maybe if there was a crossbreed between orange and apricot. It is definitely more floral than fruity. 

It's not a single note osmanthus but almost feels like one, with a slight benzoin anchor. I wish there was more vanilla too but I could see this being a great layering note.

Kinda gives me Interview with The Vampire/ New Orleans vibes, like if you wanted an alternative to jasmine, honeysuckle, or rose, or wanted a southern floral layering note this would be great. I feel like it would be great over graveyard or other atmospheric blends, stony/dirt, etc, something with more oomph because this is pretty light/ephemeral and not very long lasting.

I wanted to like this and was hoping for Last Unicorn vibes, but the jasmine is very breathy and indolic for hours and with the pear made this very cloying, and stomped on most of the other notes.

Hours laters, it does pretty up into something sweet, floral, slightly herbal, and pastel, which I liked ok, it just takes too long to get there. This could do with some aging.

I guess I'll review stuff coming off site soon as it will help the forum better make a decision.

This one is nice, it has that allllmost fruity green leafy opening of The Little Ghost Who Died For Love, which I also love. That must be the same green sun-dappled leaves note (not dead leaf note, not bell pepper, woohoo!).

There is a point where a little bit of almost a green spice comes through, like if there was a spice that was soft, green, and planty. Kinda like oakmosss but just way way better imo. Could be the iris playing with the green notes.

The skin musk/Neutral vibe accommodates this well. It's clean and fresh underneath and suits the painting. 

Green, fresh, pretty, ethereal, almost glittery. I could see Galadriel wearing this.

I'm so glad I picked this up! Been winning in the fairy and elven vibes recently. I'm enjoying this era of BPAL a lot, 2023's been a fantastic year for the Lab. 

Tropical florals + ambergris x black musk (but not too much) + vanilla = definitely agree, Elvira but she's moonbathing on the beach and can't be bothered. 

The vanilla smooths out the black musk just enough where it's not a problem note, and the beachy vibes are smooth, not too sharp or ozone, just fresh and breezy, clean but no laundry, everything is darkened a bit, like if the tropical florals were grey, blue, purple, and black. There is a bit of a gardenia vibe, totally agree.

I love this. it feels like wearing an Enchanted Cloak Of Badass.

What it says on the tin. Fudgy, chocolatey, marshmalloey. Boyfriend said it smelled like vanilla and food. It's not too doughy, bready, or cloying. Always happy to find gourmands that work on me! 

Well this is pretty gold, and pretty divine.

Overall I get mostly the champa thankfully, nothing too heavy or cloying in this blend at all.

In the opening and wet on the skin, I do very much get tea. It's not too astringent. It's pretty and reminds me of some of the other tea favorites from the Lab like Theodosius, in the way that those blends have tea as well as a lot of intrigue going on. 

I forgot honey was in this and I'm not getting much at all.

The frank is light here, thank goodness. It's not deep, dark, and syrupy, it's lighter like benzoin, it is just a touch of an anchor for the top notes, like a glue holding the scent together. Lightning-struck made me think this would be ozonic or aquatic, but it isn't.

The orris isn't lipsticky, either. The light amber, skin musk, and orris blend with the champa to create this soft, ethereal vibe, like a warm angelic hug.

La Pluie ultimately dries down to a soft champa, skin musk, and amber with a smol bit of orris dust.

So this is a win. Soft, pretty, ethereal, and no fussy notes at all. 

This is a nice vintage rose, a little darkened, but I don't read leather or opium, more of a rose fougere. A vampire or vampire goth would smell great in this, yet my mind drifts more towards Evening With The Spirits/19th century ghost.

There are vague similarities to Alkemia's The Lover Tells of The Rose and Green Carnation, both of which contain a light patchouli note (either green or white). Many opium fragrance oils contain patchouli as a component, so I wonder if that is what I am picking up. Gratefully, it is the type of light patchouli that I love, that comes across as ephemeral, vintage, classy, minerally, almost like petrichor, fougere, or old cobblestone at historic sites as opposed to earthy oomph. 

I really like it.

If you missed this or ran out, give the above a try. Not straight dupes, but if you like this you might like those.

Tldr: Vintage green fougey, spooky rose.