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This smells lovely, but not at all like what I was expecting.  I don't smell anything that I would thing of as "stone."  It smells almost floral to me, sweet, and I get hints of a light vanilla.  Someone else mentioned plum, and I do indeed recognize that note now.  I was expecting "russet" musk to be some form of red musk, but it's not.  I don't get any teakwood or oudh unless it's a faint warmth in the background.  Overall, there is a coolness to the blend, and, in some ways, it reminds me of a girlier "Night's Bridge," so maybe BPAL's stone note just smells sweet and floral to me.  Either way, this is very pretty and different, and I could see buying a bottle.  It's perfumey, but in a very pleasant way.  I just need to death match all the Lilliths and Lupers I like and decide which one's I can't live without.   

Malkuth smells like amber, cinnamon, and honey on my skin. I thought I detected labdanum at first, but that might have just been the smoky honey. Ther's also something on the tip of my brain, but I justcan't figure the note out.   This smells like baklava to me!  Which is pretty awesome. 

Smoke and Lace!

What?! Only one page of reviews for this one?  That surprises me since it's been around a while through several iterations.  Well this is a review of the 2017 version, so it's had a year to settle.  Very green, but not in the typical conifer forest way.  There's a lovely astringency along the lines of rosemary or lavender, though it's different.  I definately get thyme, which I adore.  Don't let the florals scare you off.  Nothing in here says "flowers" to me.  This smells like rolling around in an herb garden.  Something here also smells faintly lived in - like.... smelling your pet after rolling around in your herb garden.   Why is everyone rolling around in my herb garden?!

Anywho, not a scent I would wear often, but one it's nice to have an imp of.  If you enjoy rosemary, mugwort, thyme.... any of those very green smells - I'd check this one out.  

This is one of the first BPAL scents I was introduced too, and at the time, I thought it smelled like a syrupy, strawberry milkshake.  Entirely too sweet, trendy, and juvenile for my tastes.  Now, years later, it smells... well, pretty much the same.     BUT, I can discern more of what's going on.  Lot's of red musk mixes with the strawberry and  powdery-vanilla heliotrope to make a creamy, tooth achingly sweet red musk, with a touch of cherry on top.  This is maraschino cherry.  Not quite cherry candy, but nowhere near the fresh picked fruit. It's all tamed by the gentle powderiness of the amber and heliotrope so that there's more creaminess than sugar syrup.

In the dry down, I begin to see why people are comparing it to Snake Oil.  It's not incensey or resinous, and I'm not getting the depth or darkness of SO,  but I think the vanilla and amber are similar.  I start to get a bit of the play-doh vibe SO almost does on me, then it settles down and I get a heliotrope and a soft, feminine amber.  This smells very teen coquette to me, and would fit in well with Jailbait and Lolita, but it ends up smelling a little more grown up in the dry down.  Still not my thing, but I can appreciate. 

Check this one out if you enjoy smelling like a sexy, strawberry milkshake, enjoy "pink" scents, like your red musk sweeeeeet, or want a lighter, more feminine Snake Oil.  

Thought this was a fun read and quite apropos for this thread.

https://www.popsci.com/old-book-smell

On 12/7/2018 at 4:05 PM, daddy420 said:

51 is by far the most sexy masculine scent I've tried. And Back in 2012/14 i got a imp of Lilith and hated it. It smelled like like Cigarettes and alcohol, i was like 13 then. Something that's feel demoic and or evil. I now today love the smell of a sexy demon lady that kicks ass!, To me Lilith makes me think of Evelen for L.o.l. Ironically Succubus didn't smell like Lilith nor Eve in my mind.Oh and i have and love Belladonna. ~Daddy

 

Hey, was reading reviews of Luminous Phantasmis from the Yules, and there were several comparisons to 51, which I can kind of see. They just took the Yules down, but it's a returning scent, and there's probably decants floating around in swaps. I myself, have a partial bottle up on my sales page. 

Also, I'm doing a Givaway for Guys in the Acts of Kindness section. Check it out if you're interested.

Oh, and you might look into Ogun -heavy and dark cigar tobacco, gin and juniper, melon, chili pepper and a touch of honey.

Mmmm... Kind of a boozy, dirty sugar scent along the lines of Glogg, but not buttery and not so in your face.  It's actually fairly light on me.  I actually wish this was a bit richer and darker. I want more molasses.  This is almost a skin scent on me.  Or maybe my skin is just devouring it, b/c I'm a sugar fiend.  Hmmm....   

Vega's  review sums up my experience well.  I can smell the florals, but there is still a masculine darkness to this fragrance that makes it workable for either sex.  Wisteria often becomes screechy and harsh on my skin, but it behaves itself here, adding an elegance to the more prominent earthy, cool stone, and moss notes that are very reminiscent of an old cemetery.

I write, and being a perfume lover, I have certain fragrances I associate with my characters.  I associate Silenti with one of my favorite male characters.  He is undead, mysterious, refined b/masculine, melancholy, and aloof.  I'd say, if you enjoy moss, cemetery notes, or fougere's, this one's worth looking into.  

So I was really digging this at first, very nice fresh, chilly pine, with something bright, but not sweet shining through.  Very refreshing and gender neutral.  But now something dark and heavy is mucking it up and smelling uncomfortably like an undercurrent of poo.  😕  I do'nt think it's oud, so I'm not sure what's going on here, but this one's a no go.  Alas.  

Eta - This is like .... coming down Christmas morning to your lovely, sparkly Christmas tree, only to find the cat's have laid a turd among the presents.  Christougenniatiko Dentrophobia indeed.   

I've been experimenting a bit with cedars, which usually go terrible on me, to see if certain varieties work better.  Himalayan cedar shows some promise.  The Lemniscate is well blended and gentle, leaning slightly towards masculine.  The cedar, tobacco, and frankincense are all present, and all working together as one cohesive scent.  I like black pepper and cognac, but I'm not really getting any here.  ... Ok.... maybe a touch of cognac when I really slather.  

This is a nice, unobtrusive wood/tobacco scent.  Pleasant, but not ringing my bells.  

This smells very chilly in the bottle.  The apple is the most prominent note I get, though I'm getting it blended with a lot of other stuff.  I get a bit of menthol nose tingle, and ozoney musk sweetness.  It does evoke a crisp, chilly, clear day.  I love yuzu, but this isn't obviously citrus to me.  

On, its getting less sweet, more herbal, but still very chilly.  I'm not real familiar with snowdrop, but there is a hint of green floral sweetness in here.  It's ozoney but not aquatic on me, and it's not turning to soap.  It's also not what I generally think of as BPAL's snow note.  I'm not getting any mint.

When I smelled this strait out of the mail, it reminded me of hairspray b/c of the ozoney, sweet apple thing.  My friend said, "Yes!  But the BEST hairspray."    Anywho, now it smells less hair product and more interesting to me.  Now it's almost reminding me of a brighter, sweeter, less medicinal Brooms of Steel.  I'm not sure if I want to keep it or not. 

If you're looking for a snowy scent that isn't the typical lab snow, chilly apples, or you like cool, ozone scents, check this out.  

Just got this and decided to take it to the tub fresh from the mail.  I have very dry skin, and I really love the feel of the lab's bath oils, so I'm a little more forgiving with the scent than I would be for a strait perfume.  If this were a perfume, I probably wouldn't keep it, but as an oil, I'm pretty happy.

Overall, this is a musky/musty floral on me.  I'm getting very little gardenia, maybe just a bit of lushness in the opening, but this doesn't smell "white floral" to me.  I don't get a lot of honey either.  I am not super familiar with the lab's wildflower note, and I know nothing about broom flower, but I suspect that's what I'm getting the most.  It's almost a warm, brown herbal smell.  The iris is a bit dusty, and I can smell it blending with a softer gardenia in the background, but they aren't the prominent notes to me.  This isn't overly sweet, and it's not a standard or grandiose floral.  It does have sort of a vaguely musty, sweet skin smell that I haven't smelled in anything else.  I'm almost getting a chamomile vibe.  Anywho, I'm curious to see how this smells once it's had time to settle in, and I'm curious to see other's reviews.   

ETA:  I read up on broom flower, and the fragrance is described as reminiscent of orange blossoms and grape.  Now that the oil has has time to sit, I AM getting a less musty, more fruity smelling concoction that I am quite happy with.  It actually reminds me a bit of a gentler, less sweet Fairy Wine.  Quite lovely for spring.

I get sugary violet at first, then something dusty and sharp which I, at first, thought was maybe lavender.  There's also a hint of light, white floral in the background.  Seeing lilac as a listed note, I realize that's what I'm getting as "maybe lavender," but it's going a little sharp/chemical on me.  This one is a well balanced violet/ lilac floral that would probably be extremely pretty with the right chemistry, but doesn't quite work well enough on me to win against other violet blends.  It does indeed evoke twilight and cool nights.  

Mossy Mylanta!  Which sounds like a bad review, but it really isn't.    I'm quite fond of this one and am sad it's in Memoriam.  

The mint starts out soft and powdery and mixes with the mosses.  The abergris adds a touch of aquatic incense.  If you took out the vanilla sweetness from Lyonesse, and replaced it with chilly mint, you might get something similar to this.  After it's been on a while, the mint dies down and I get almost a woodiness to the scent.  It always stays soft, cool, and gender neutral, and I find it a very soothing blend.  

We've been having tons of fog today where I live, and the weather is juuuuuust starting to turn into early spring warmth.  Cathode feels very appropriate. 

58 minutes ago, Mister Azure said:

Mat Night - “The joy of wanton mischief: caramelized tobacco and slowly falling snow muffling the scent of a distant fire.“

 

I found myself really liking the Mat Night scent but that is obviously no longer available. Any suggestions on something that might match that one that is readily available?

I have not smelled Mat Night, so I'm just going off the notes and the reviews.

Le Lethe and Santa Domingo are CG scents and both have tobacco with a sort of buttery warmth I associate with caramel, although they don't have that specific note listed, and they'd be missing the bonfire and snow note, but maybe you could layer it?  I know Le Lethe in particular makes me think of caramel.

Tiresias, The Androgyne has both caramel and tobacco as listed notes, and I seem to remember it being gender neutralish?  Appropriately. 

And you might possibly try finding The Second Morning After Christmas.  It was one of the Baker Street blends.  It didn't have caramel, but it had a tobacco note similar to Hearth's, along with a bit of chilly snow and smoke.  

Dem rabbits know how to partay.     

I really like this one.  It opens with a blast of dark, fruity wine, like a deep, spicy merlot.  Something smells a bit smoky, and there's definitely a chocolate note.  I'd call it bittersweet.  It's not the almost earthy/coffee chocolate I sometimes get, but it's not sweet milk chocolate either.  It smells thick, wet, and red.  Usually wine comes off as grapey or even bubblegummy on me, but this stuff is dark and delish.  

I don't get rum from this specifically, though it's a note I enjoy, but it might be adding the sweet richness.  There's no dragon's blood or blood musk that I can tell in here, just the general feel of blood... if you were a rabbit, and really liked to drink it.   

Clean, old house is exactly what I got from The Harlot's House.  Old 1950's house wooden floor boards and a clean mustininess with an overlay of herbs and florals.  Don't know if we share the same nose though. 

The Rat Speakers is a really nice dirt scent.  And I'd second Robin Goodfellow as a dusy, herbal, wood blend, and Aelopile, which reminds me of a wood paneled room, oiled with lemon and Old English.  The Red Queen smells like antique furniture to me b/c of the mahogany, but lot's of people just get CHERRY.  You might also try Yorick which has an earth and burlap note.  It went kinda floral on me though. 😕

Like Brooms of Steel is a Yule that I don't think would be too hard to find.  It's description is - Sharp, metallic slices of snow and freezing wind with a faint hint of cellar dust, burlap, and apple.  

Also, the Trading Post had a bunch of "haunted location" atmos up a Halloween or two ago, and those might be worth looking into.  Desolate Farmhouse might be right up your alley.  They might be floating around in the swaps/sales pages.  They might also pop up on BPTP's Etsy site.  On occasion, the unsold atmos will make their way there, probably more towards Halloween.   

Good hunting.

Wow.  I never realized how close "In the Wild North" was to this until now.  They both share a sweet,berry vibe, along with chilly evergreen/juniper.  The cedar is lurking in the background of this and going wonky on my skin, but that's typical.  😕

Not for me, but it's a sweet, cheery forest blend, if that's you're thing, and I'm guessing it would be very nice on someone who wears cedar well. 

Just now, daddy420 said:

I don't smoke cigarettes. But idk about lilith but that what it smells like on me. Cigarettes wine and licorice and a musk. Love it. Also about 51. When I put it on my skin the green notes come out and like a normal mens cologne undertone. Skin chemistry is so cool.

Skin chemistry is super cool!    But I meant maybe the "black musk" was creating that cigarette smell for you.  Black Rider and Haunted both have it and are in the general catalog.  Or if you like the wine smell, Nosferatu, Centzon Totochtin, and The Black Tower smell more masculine on me.  (I actually kinda dig wearing masculine blends)  They might be different on you though.  

Also, if it helps any, 51 and Lillith will probably be back eventually.  Sometimes they just run out of stock.  

P.S.  Sorry I can't be more helpful with 51.  It didn't really work for me, and I can't think of anything else it smells like.  

12 minutes ago, daddy420 said:

I need to reinstate what I said. I still haven't found more things like Lilith hover I thought of something that works perfectly. I ordered Licorice oil on Amazon it just gives evil to any smell. I will add a drop of that to any scent and it perfectly makes it evil. Also me saying 51 is the most masculine scent I have was true at the time. However I already have new ones :3. Also really want to try Snaky Hair'd  Moirai nowX3. Im my most recent order I got a shit load of masculine scents. Knuckles bones, Sherlock Holmes, Protoplasmic Ooze, Anthony, I Die of Love, Song of the underworld. I have only tried Antony out of that. Which I love:3.

The eucalyptus is a death note for me. But anything green always sounds nice.

I'm curious what part of 51 smelled masculine on you, b/c that one goes all freesia and melon with my chemistry.  Was it the wood?  Something aquatic maybe?

If you like black licorice, you might try to get your hands on Pottaskefill, really nice masculine cologne vibe with a backing of licorice, or "A Kneeling Child Watching a Ghost, Devil, and Puppet Making Mayhem in a Room" which is black licorice with a warm backing of wood.  

Sometimes its hard to tell what's really a masculine or feminine scent because of people's individual chemistry.  La Pierre Fouettard ( Whip leather, coal dust, gaufrette, and black licorice.) was all coal dust and leather on me and smelled awesome but really manly, so I slathered it on my husband.  It made him smell like cookies (gaufrette).  😕     If you can figure out what's in Lilith and 51 that works well on you, you can look for that note in other perfumes.  "Black Musk" is in Lilith, and smells dark and powdery/dusty/dirty to me.  Maybe that was your cigarettes?

This is the kind of tobacco I don't care for.  It's similar to the one in Hearth, and i think it might be the lab's "pipe" tobacco note, though that's not how it ends up on me.  It's got a weird, fruity cologne thing going on.  Maybe it's tobacco mixed with incense?  I don't know, but sadly, this one doesn't work for me.  If you liked Hearth though, this smells to me like a lighter, sweeter version of it.

Thank you to the fabulous torikitty for frimping me this.  It's to die for and I just ordered a bottle.  When I first smelled it, the combo was intriguing but odd.  Since then, it's really grown on me, and the strangeness of it has become a plus.  It's like that bar of notes in a weird key that just makes the song get stuck in your head all the more.  

This is very much about the champaca for me.  It's very incensey, like an incense stick.  The chocolate is more prominent than the gingerbread; both add an earthiness and subtle complexity to the champaca but stay solidly in the background.  This is not foody on me in any way.  

I have and love a bottle of Gingerbread, Red Patchouli, Orange Peel, and Champaca Flower, so I held off on this one, thinking I didn't need another champaca/gingerbread blend in my life... but I was wrong.  Completely different vibe here.  Yum. 

My experiences are very similar to both of follis's.  The first time I wore it, I got cardamom and a soft, nutty chocolate equally balanced.  The second time, I got a blast of cardamom and black pepper up front, no nuts, and a backing of bitter chocolate.  I agree that this is gender neutral, and sadly, I agree that it's short lived.  Otherwise, I'd be tempted to snag a bottle.  Perhaps with age the wear will increase?  Either way, Schiachperchten is an unusual spice blend that I shall enjoy wearing.