Jenjin

I've been looking for a HG BPAL cherry for many years. This is what I wanted from Gothabilly. The opening is a mouth watering cherry punch! I am loving the intensity of this, its the same one from Cherry Bourbon which I also enjoy. After a few minutes, the cherry is completely overtaken by smoky, sultry incense, and this is a general term because it is difficult to pull out individual notes, it's so well blended. Very much like walking into a house that regularly burns sticky sticks of the best incense. 

This vagina smells like Cleopatra. I can imagine Egyptian perfumers obsessed with creating the perfect scent for their queen. Burning resins, sticky amber, milk and honey all swirled together to dress her, to cover that unwashed wind. There are watery grasses here too, the queen is floating on a reed grass basket boat in the blinding sunlight, browning her skin and airing it all out.
Perhaps I am going astray dear reader by taking this in a direction not mentioned in the notes, but clearly these are ancient materials.
They say Cleopatra used fragrance to seduce Mark Antony, with even the floor of her room strewn ankle deep with roses, leading a passageway to her bed. 
'The barge she sat in, like a brunish'd throne, 

Burn'd on the water, the poop was beaten gold,

Purple the sails, and so perfumed that

The winds were lovesick with them...." Shakespeare. 
 

Lots of champagne here, people reading these probably don't need yet another review mentioning SURPRISE! it's got aldehydes yep. I really enjoy a few champagne fragrances including Champagne Lace, even Mummies of the DF has the same rattle. White Silk Crysanthemum are the flowers covering these mummy tombs. The flower crown surrounding that mummy brown. Unfortunately, this falls flat on me, maybe I need more incense or resins instead of flowers. 

This reminds me of  that Paul Mitchell coconut shampoo, seriously. It even has something that smells like cosmetics in the background. Not getting any of the vetiver I was hoping for but the description does say "watching in the background" so its very slight. 

The Bushman's Candle beckoned me here. This is a non-gourmand soft and creamy scent, the vanilla is sugary sweet and flows into the other notes beautifully. I am predominantly getting a rich and thick waxy scent, topped off with a dollop of whipped honey. It's like getting lost in a beehive where the bees are so fat with thichoney they lounge around all day instead of working. Makes me think of "O" and I need to try these side-by-side because it seems very similar. 

As much as I adore these at the Panifica, the ginger pig in perfume form doesn't work on me. I'm getting a yummy ginger spice and cinnamon note, but also something greasy. I was liking it okay, talking myself into it, but then I had my dude take a whiff and he absolutely hated it. Mostly I think it's a personality clash...

So mysterious, like the glowing moon  rising over a midnight sea. I might call this silver goth. They never wear black, only white,  and allergic to the sun, with sharp teeth.
I have a stellium in Cancer, Sun Moon Mars Venus. This scent is so much like this cluster all mashed up and magnetizing everything else. It has a sort of magnetic pull to it, like you're hovering over a chunk of the moon stuffed into a jar. I had to transport a piece of the NASA moonrock for a job several years ago. It was encased in the weirdest, obtuse box I had to hold away from my body through the airport. The night before my flight, my husband and my daughter all huddled in the darkest room we have and pointed a flashlight on the moon. It was like nothing else i've ever seen before. Bajillions of tiny black crystals all squeezing themselves together. We cried it was so marvelous. This is what I think of when I smell Black Silk Orchid. It is literal mojo moon magic. 

What a contemplative, elegant experience. Top notes of patchouli, red rose and metallic gold rise to the top. This actually has more light than I was expecting, like sunlight glinting off the snake's eyes at dusk. I'm also getting damp grassy earth notes. This snake is in the meadow, twisting through stems with thorns in an attempt to reach and kiss velvety rose tops. I love its gentle, moody presence. This is a calming, meditative scent for me, combining qualities of earth and spirit becoming one. 

What a stunner! A sweet honeyed rose on a soft base of cream. Very smooth and seductive, all the notes come together to become something almost seaside, like a sugared white cotton candy taffy rose. Yep, it's the same white rose note from KVT and White Rose, but Lallie is MUCH more delicious to me. Maybe it's the addition of the gorgeous coconut milk, benzoin and ambergris giving it more glowing depth. I wasn't wowed by KVT but I love this. 
 

Oooooh! This is the perfect girl freshie fragrance i've been apparently looking for all this time. I'm getting lots of juicy citrus, with a whiff of pom, topped with a just picked strawberry.  It has a super fun strong blast at the front, which can sometimes be headache inducing, but here it's a wild mouth watering ride. For me, this is  dreamy scent for Springtime, airy, fresh bottled happiness. 

Yep, this is so much like Luper '17 Die Begierde with tangy peony instead of carnation. I am enjoying this peony version more, but it's still not the cottoncandy dream hit I was hoping for. Die Begierde didn't work on me, but this one is promising, but at this point I doubt it will be a big bottle upgrade. Will try it again in a few weeks to see if something shifts. 

Why does this remind me of Dragon's Milk? I swear that honeyed vanilla is the SAME but of course its not as resinous. The red and black current also blend into something a tiny bit like Dragon's Blood, but this dragon is noshing on sugar coated Marshmallows. Yah, this is really yummy and is giving me GC vibes. The only thing the clove is doing on my skin is give it all some underlying spice, and in the drydown it's a beautiful,  candied tangy fruited vanilla. I'm so glad I was able to score a bottle! 

This is another one I was gifted a sample of and afterward had to find a bottle one way or another. There's a local designer i've purchased beautiful caftans from, and the first time she brought one over, it smelled exactly like this. When I asked what the fragrance was, she told me "Vetiver"? Yes, it even gives me Two Sheep and Two Goats vibes. I know there's no vetiver in this, but maybe its the balsam? Not sure, but my reaction is the same. I love this so much! It's rich and tangy, the earthy notes mix with with the creamy beeswax while the amber gives a golden glow. I am so happy to have found a bottle of this addictive stuff. 

i can't remember what made me decide to buy this? Not sure if any of you get your orders and can't remember why you chose something? It must have been the cashmere musk, amber and balsam that called my name. Alas, i'm getting none of these notes,  the iris and heliotrope are the main players here. The resins and musk keep the florals creamy and grounded. Yes, the iris truly shines here, I can only describe it as "candied" and "purple". I'd love to smell this on a husky man, all sexy and sleek forest fae. 

I'm getting timeless, classic perfume vibes like everyone else. So pretty, fresh and easygoing with just a hint of spice from the herby chamomile. It smells exactly like the poem @MonBon posted above. Beautiful. It's special and ultra femme without being sweet. I want to cover my clothes with this, my scarves. It definitely reminds me so much of one of my beloved linen sprays I wish I could more of, "A Joyful Scene of Merriment and Pleasure". The sillage stays pretty close to the skin, but still noticeable as I move creating a cool and casual ambience. 
 

Smooth creamy spices, this is mezmerizing.  I'm calling this Tonka Chai! with its deep wooded notes, like sitting in a warm, wooded occult shop with nose over chai ahhhhh.  It's marvelous how these notes come together into a symphony of musk and spice. Even though it's not a listed note, I am getting carnation. A deep, dark red ruffled one like the sorceresses skirt.  This is a shadowy jewel in the witches crown and I love it. 
 

Well my quest for the PERFECT sandalwood fragrance has ended here, so incredibly lovely in its simplistic bliss.

Just a warm, woody aroma dressed in rich vanilla very much like Antique Lace to me. 
Its a little like an ice cream shop with big scoops of vanilla served in freshly carved sandalwood cones. I know that's a bit weird but if i've ever wanted sandalwood ice cream, its NOW. 

Yep, its that classic happy-hempy headshop BPAL patchouli from Banshee Beat and Revenant Rhythm. I love it so much. I daydream about glowing jars of this patch oil tucked into dark corners of the lab. It's magical for certain. Spoopy Kid isn't complete love for me like BB & RR even though it is beautifully blended. I'm regrettably getting the coppertone sunscreen thing mentioned above, but hopefully after a bit of aging, the patchouli will deepen some of the amber and floral notes. I can see this being beloved if the "sunbeam" behaves on your skin. Going to give this one some time...

Addictive, delicious, fluffy pink vanilla cream, it's dreamy and slightly musky. All cozy for the winter months yet fresh enough for summer, this beauty is just perfect to me, my favorite weenie of the year. Seems a bit strange to call it a weenie, except its like a glowing crystalline sweet in a candy jar.

The dead leaves are very dry, I can barely detect any besides a toasty, crunchy background. I just get big whiffs of airy vanilla and sugared fruits. Reminds me of a fancy candy store I went to in Mexico City where they roll whole green figs on the stem in different kinds of granular sugar until they turn to sparkling candies.

Not a note, but i'm also getting some coconut here, the very young and green kind, almost like a flower.

This is absolutely lovely, I have already picked up a second bottle so I can happily slather and exist in this elegant cloud. 

LICORICE!!! Oh gosh, my mom's favorite candy were black jelly beans. While I was growing up she had several jars scattered about our house in the deep woods. Her teeth often matched these beans  mine too because I would nibble the black candy part away and toss the middle. My fingers and lips would be a fascinating black shade to match my heart ?  Anyway, this is more like Scandinavian licorice to me, with a slight briny saltiness. It's gorgeous, the skin picks up the salty notes and blends right in with the velvety patchouli. This is intoxicating, give it time. It's winter on the darkest night,  you've made yourself a mug of Jäger and settled down next to the fire. It's slightly strange here, and definitely unforgettable. 

TootieFruity blast at first. Herbal almost medicinal lavender mixed with candied pink fruit.
I could see a young child enjoying this, but t's way too fruity for me. Fruit lovers NEED this!!! 
Santa wants to be on his own because he's passed out pants down in the lavender field after hard hitting the sugared bonbon plums. 
Damn, I am taking a nibble out of all the bonbons here looking for that marshmallow, but the fruit note is jamjam jamming. 

Putting this one away also to see if time settles some of plum-mash edges and makes Santa-yummy poof magic. 

Interesting! Whew, loud, proud perfumey mess at first, i'm getting alot of powdered sugar flomp also. 
Thou'st slathering Snake Oil all over whilst binging on an enormous funnel cake at the rodeo. 
It's finishing by smelling a bit like a high-school perm sex romp? huh? 
Something about this reminds me of Halloween Las Vegas which is an afterparty mess on me. 
Absolutely no fruit or jam....nothing like SOJD to me. 
Okay, so i'm wishing it was gooier, and darker with more spice, but perhaps that will come in time.
So many of my oldest bpals are thick and rich like syrup. 
Damn, I just rehomed my snake milk, it might be really good layered here. 
Laissez-vous faire. Into the cavern it goest for a few ages. 

I was lucky enough to be gifted a decant of this masterpiece, and immediately began my hunt for a full size bottle. Warm, woody chocolate incense notes all wrapped in sticky sweet vanilla patch. I typically cannot wear brown sugar perfumes, but its a background player here, and the way it blends with everything else is enchanting.  This is a scent that gives me classic perfume vibes, nods toward Shalimar with its sensual, and luminous aura of magic. I could say this is gourmand, but not in an foodie way but more in the way you want to nuzzle skin. I love this so much, even the label suits it, sensual, mysterious and yes and big dose of metaphysical Kate Bush vibes. The benzoin in the finish amps this glowing aroma I could huff for hours, and maybe I just did nose-to-arm all afternoon. It goes all sultry rich on me at the end and I am delighted beyond words hmmmmm YESssssss. 

***Editing YAY to add that when I reviewed this I was on the tail-end of recovering from a moderate case of Kraken (covid). I thought my sense of smell hadn't been affected, but I wore this again yesterday and it was STRONG delightful and bright red musk. Juicy, tart and wow this morning i'm still getting little whiffs from yesterday. I'm still not wild about how cloudy it looks, but really, how often to I hold my bottles up to the light and squint? almost never. Who cares lol. Anyhoo, this is so good and the sugar is the cotton candy kind and super yum. If you love the idea of floofy red musk sugar, grab this before its pulled forever. 

(My head was stuffed with evil below) 
What I was hoping for here didn't happen. I am obsessed with Sugar, Poppy Tar and Red Current, and was hoping this might be similar. 
This is an extremely close to the skin scent, I can barely make anything out besides a very faint musk. Along with this, my bottle is also very murky as mentioned above. The oil is separating and doesn't look like ANY other BPAL I have owned. It appears to have been possibly tainted with something that oil doesn't mix well with, like water? Not sure what to do with this one besides tucking it into the dark to see what grows from the murk. 

Fresh application brings a pile of freshly raked leaves that quickly dissipate. If you've never been able to wear a DL scent, this one is for you! It becomes a sweet, herbal scent afterward,  ooooh, this is a floaty, elegant warm embrace. The smoky amber is luscious like the glowing resin of an ancient tree along earthen fire pits. If you're looking for the Snake Oil/Dorian, they are very subtle, becoming something completely different here. I could describe it as Snake Oil dancing in a rich, amber glow. This is beautiful, and i'm wishing for more than a decant.