maudlinrose

Death Cap is similar to Graveyard Dirt but warmer, and more ...earthy. Graveyard Dirt is cold and unsettling, and that's why I swapped it. I like the earthy dirt notes, and I like that this one has a little warmth and sweetness to it.

Wet: chocolate with depth...cocoa, not a sweet chocolate.

Drying down: sandalwood, which has turned into pencil shavings on me. The vanilla is too loud ...

Dry: sweetened sandalwood. The vanilla has finally come out and developed, the sandalwood is less sharp. My imp is quite fresh and some aging could make this even better.

Definitely worth keeping a big bottle tucked away for a couple of years.

Wet: sweet and a touch soapy..l

Drying down: its taking on a distinct lemon pledge scent. I love the sweetness of lilies, but there's somethiny green and sharp here that's overwhelming it...yup, it smells like straight lemon citrus single note, barely a touch of floral.

Dry: so the floral does come out more, but its still soapy and powdery. Unless something really unexpected happens over the next hour, its safe to say this one didn't work for me. The lily note I love is there, but so is a bright in your fresh lemon note. If you like fresh citrus scents, and want the sweetness of the lily to be balanced by a fresh, green citrus-y note, then you definitely want to try this.

Simple rose with depth and a definite green...grass note seems to amp as it dries. I haven't decided if this a good thing. Ther's something powdery and something sharp - rose cacophany, but maybe will mellow with age. The drydown stage is a little awkward but it turns into something sweet and a little green, maybe similar to white rose.

It's very nice, but not for me.

The notes are similar to Dorian, but the balance is more citrus heavy.

It doesn't have the same rich sweetness as Dorian. When Dorian is aged, the lemon citrus note comes out once dry, and complements the sweetness of the scent. I could never really pick out the tea in Dorian, probably because its so well balanced with the other notes.

White Rabbit is too much citrus from the start through to the dry stage. Wet its citrus tea, and dry its citrus honey, and no matter how many different samples I've tried I have never gotten the vanilla creamyness other reviewers have described

This is amazing, and aged it is more amazing. When it was fresh, the almond was too overpowering, the sweetness was cloying and there was too much going on, but with a few years Bilquis settled into something warm and richly sweet and kissed by subtle complexity - absolute love.

Honey warmed by amber blended with a clean light lily floral, nothing powdery or soapy - pretty skin scent.

Sweet tea, and yes still bread peeking out, balancing out the sugaryness of the wet stage, well balanced, light and pleasant.

Arabian Dance - just that good.

The quintessential Tea blend for me is BRAII - its a proto, so it may be hard to find - but it is pure, true, sweet black tea. As it dries down, hints of cherry start blossoming - maybe its the aging, but the cherry splash has faded into the background and the tea note is bright and true and refreshing ... If you like tea scents and you can find a bottle of this, I think you will be quite happy with its development.

If you can find it the PP42005 prototype, which is very similiar to Pumpkin Queen, amber, vanilla, spices - but with a more foodie vanilla caramely-ness to it ...

Pink Champagne is everything I wanted Bon Vivant To be...

Loligoth feels pink too - despite being a goth.

And Jailbait of course...

I think Black Pearl is the standard BPAL coconut scent for me - also Tiki King, if you can find it...

Its orange and chocolate and very good - if you like that sort of thing.

Its a cute, unique scent but as an adult, Im not entirely comfortable smelling like pink bubblegum.

If it suits your style, then go for it. Its probably a perfect signature scent for someone - but its not for me.

With these notes, I would have expected it to be a powedery, headache-y mess.

But its a beautiful, light floral. Understated. Definitely a come closer kind of perfume. Barely there, and so pretty

I didnt really pick up any coffee on my skin - maybe it had already dried down a little, but all I remember is a classic well-blended, rose dominated floral. Just a good, simple rose perfume.

Dark, heavy floral - which I usually don't like.

But I have never seen it done as well as this scent. It really is a beautiful, complex scent - the floral notes are so well blended, it is jut the right amount of heady, but not too overpowering. Even if you dont usually like heavy florals, this one may work out.