Cali

Oh Seth. How delighted I am I decided on a bottle of this handsome scaly dude! There's leather that BPAL does best, which is sexy as hell but there's also something oddly nostalgic in here, something reminding me of summer. Warm, spicy, something sliiightly herbal in there, which is a little sunscreen-y but nothing to worry about. This would work fantastisc for both fall and summer. All the notes are blended perfectly and there's not one that really stands out on me. I'm in love.

Oh my god. This is absolutely delicious when wet. Deliiicious realistic vanilla mint, something grounding it that reminds me of cocoa, delicious spun sugar, the frankincense as in Midnight over the midway and a soft rose. I'm afraid however that at the moment of drydown I'm stuck with the same problem as Lizziesluck. My skin isn't having it. There's still that wonderful mint but my skin is just turning the rest of the notes into burnt plastic and it's just... not good. A damn shame, hope this'll adorn someone else's skin much better because it'd be so worth it!! Gahh

In the imp, green, juicy, medicinal. Wet, this is very in your face, green!!! Cold rose water, sharp boozy note, slightly sugary. Indeed slightly liquorice-y/vanilla-y, it seems jarring, almost but it's not in a bad way. Doesn't change much from here besides that it amps and amps. I ...like it, I truly do... But I can't get myself to love this.

Ahh, patchouli is the first thing that greets you here, with a lovely undercurrent of tobacco. The pine in this amps on me though along with the indian resins, barely any honey or vanilla detected on drydown. But then! Luck strikes. There's the vanilla. The sharper notes are still overpowering but the vanilla has now come up along with the skin musk and it's quite lovely! The pine is mostly gone at this point too. This is exquisite but not something I'd want to smell like in daily wear. I totally get what this is going for though.

There's another BPAL scent that's exactly like this in the imp/when wet but I forgot which one it is gah! It's pretty close to Mme. Moriarty though but I'm betting that's the red musk. This is sexy, soft and the Clove and Iris gives it this earthy and cold edge, while still smelling as comfortable as a pillow. Red musk and florals are the more dominant notes on me here.

Soft squishy cake, topped with chocolate sauce, grated apple pieces, something almost champagne-y and a cherry on top. Delicious!!!!!!! Ahh I want to eat my hand. However my skin (un?)ironically eats this in minutes and I'm only left with the cake and cherry-ish type note in there. Still lovely, but I surprisingly loved the boozyness in there!

The same snow note used in Winter-time but also the pine used in Woods in winter mixed with sweet, red berries and something that resembles honey. Chilly, but the really cold note gets eaten by my skin and I'm left with the drizzly sweet note. Wet. Nice, but not for me.

Musky, I think this one reminds me a bit of Oberon though I think that one was more woodsy; this is a more wavery (or rather every-sniff-you-take-is-of-a-different-throw-level) blend, slightly soapy and the glitter could be mint or champange? A springtime scent. Sweet, warm, comfy but mysterious. Very interesting!

From the imp it's just delicious, sweetened tea. Very green but not too leaf-y if that makes any sense. A nice touch of citrus notes in there but nothing too strong. The mint and champagne in this are deliiicious! However, on me as well, the sweet tea note dies down in an instant and the slightly herbal/medicinal notes take over (I'm guessing that's the mullein and toadflax)? It's still sweet, still green but smells more like a garden now. I certainly don't hate it (more like reallyreally like it) but it was better at the start. Glad I got to give this a try!

Wow!!! Thick, heady, tarty and sweet are words that come to mind sniffing the imp. It's lovely at first, exactly what you'd hope reading the words dark pumpkin mead but alas, just as with Jack, this pumkin fades and fades away and there's only the boozy/honey notes left. Not bad, but the pumpkin was what made this awesome. Aw. :c

Cherry!!! and is there coconut in here or is that just the freakin' cherry? Anyway, the coconut-element fades almost directly (but slowly) on my skin, but the sweetness of the cherry is ever there. Maybe a sniff of something that resembles a grain note, but no milk. Too bad I hate the cherry note hm.

This one's so fun how could I not give this a try. A soft opoponax lost in a thick fog. Gravel indeed. Gravel on a dark road in a forest? Sure smells like it. It surprisingly goes from dark and gravely to something like a dark fairytale.. messed up but it's got it's soft, tender moments and aesthetically pleasing but creepy elves. Or... Something like that. The more it dries down the more I like it, though I'll admit I'm actually missing the gravel now that it's fading. It's still there, but the violet seems to amp on me here. I don't think I need a bottle but man this is nice!

Blue lollipops from the imp indeed! So happy, bubbly and nostalgic. Wet, it's all of the mentioned notes. It's a chilly blue lollipop on my skin on drydown, and it's making me hungry and I'm not mad about it but it is a problem.

Ugh! Oh! This is so lush! Wonderfully spicy, foody but without being too tarty! A could-be-weenie. A feast on a golden afternoon on an autumn day. The apple, like in Samhain amps on me but other than that this is a lovely cornucopia.

2010 Version; The tobacco and coconut kinda scared me from the bottle, as I'm not a huge fan of either however on application it directly changes and it's sweet delicious caramel with a whaft of golden(!!!) amber and the spices. Dark, sexy, and this smells like freaking ambient noise; close your eyes and you're in a different place. What place? I can't yet make up my mind. But it's not uncomfortable. This is like an evil version of Edith Cushing! Oooh...

I just had to try this once I read the notes- I love BPAL's plum note, and this reminds me a lot of winter-time. From the imp it screams a sweet mint in your face, slowly fading and making way for the lavender to envelop the plum. Lovely. A liiiiittle soapy. Sweet, soft and definately wintery.

2010 Version; On application it reminds me a loooot of the old version of Mme Moriarty. Lovely red notes, heady and sexy. On drydown, this goes more boozy with a bitter undertone. Root beer comes to mind. It's still similar to Moriarty to me at this point, but now it's less heady and the sugar is sexy!! Maybe I should go for a bottle in the future.

This was a huge risk, as I seriously hate snake oil, but was determined to try all the piratey/nautical blends. I was able to buy a bottle off a lovely forum user and I'm incredibly charmed by the art on it as well, so I took the chance; good thing it all works out for the best!! This is a divinely sexy buccaneer. Or maybe a divinely sexy buccaneer strolling around on the deck of the majestic three-master. On application it's very salty at first, with a blast (no pun intended) of gunpowder, but that calms down a couple of minutes later. Then, the lime is there, soft and fizzy, with that lovely snake oil (these are the actual words my brain is making me type wow) coming through. The wood and ozone-sky in here ties it all together. Great throw; I get wafts of sea, wood, and the vanilla of the snake oil. Crazy long wear too! Dabbed a bit on before noon, and I could still smell it 12 hrs later. Oh this works so well on me!!

I really like the cinnamon in here, there's something sweet (besides that almond-like note) in there that transports me to a christmas market in Germany... Not very explicitly sexual. Romantic, perhaps lol. The cinnamon is very very very strong though, now that it's dry all the other notes have fallen completely into the background.... I still like it.. but love it? I feel like this might just annoy me if I wear it for longer than an hour.

Sweet, fuzzy, gentle playfullness. There's a certain headyness to it, a darkness, but in the background. Pretty sure that's the musk and amber. If only this had a stronger throw cause this is waaay to soft for me.

Caramel-y pear. Dreamy indeed! However cream hasn't worked on me before (always ends up smelling like trash on drydown, damn you skin!!) and while it could be worse here, it reminds me alltogether of laundry detergent. It started out lovely though!!

From the bottle this is nausiatingly sweet; crunchy marshmallow/strawberry sugar. The same sort of sugar similar in Fleurette's purple snails. But this is sweeter, more juicy. I'm not a fan, and I was hoping this would change to something delicious once applied, but on my skin it fades away leaving a trace of only to a wood note and the smallest touch of strawberry. Too bad. :c

I wanted to try this so bad; so many interesting notes! There's that lovely rose note, the same rose as in The waltz and The peacock queen. The dark, syrupy notes quickly fade a bit, and turn more dusty. I can't decide whether it's more like a floral old lady's perfume or a bold, modern women's perfume. It's strangely sexy and, while there's a darkness to it, so softly sweet. Nostalgic perhaps. And it genuinely takes me back to when I was in Crete, in the hotel room, sitting on the balcony as the sky suddenly turned very dark indeed. Really like this and I'll be holding on to this for now!

Finally got my claws on a decant! Been so intrigued by these notes; I wish I could pinpoint exactly what this smells like when wet, but I can't remember what it is. However, this is sharp and very soapy from the start. Citrus-y sharp for sure, which is that hyper pink grapefruit and that saffron. The tobacco makes this almost cologne-y (actually it's very comparable to 4711) but the other sweeter notes keep it from going in the too-much-sharpness or yellow direction, and give it even more hyperness but also a buttery softness. The saffron is very very faint in this but it's still making me feel unwell unfortunately, so if you're sensitive to that you might wanna watch out for this... unless ya just gots to try like me.

Oooh on first application this is lovely!! Didn't really know what to think of it in the imp but I love the mintyness of it. I usually dislike eucalyptus very much but this is very well balanced (and in the background). The white florals are almost similar to the ones in Lady Lucille Sharpe but they're dustier, and go a bit more stuffy on drydown. Melancholic and beautiful. There's something ozone-y in there which, when completely dry, swirls around the rest of the notes like a mist. From A to Z this is almost like a scare to acceptance of actually having seen that ghost! Very happy I got to try this!