Biocarbons

2009 Version 

This smells to me like a horse stable in need of a clean, and some gunpowder.

Spicy, woody pink florals with a bit of neroli over the top. There's a smoky quality to it that I don't like.

This is one of those scents where the combination of the smoke and citrus translates to me as air freshener sprayed to cover the stale cigarette smell in a room.

As it sits on my skin, the smoke calms down and the clove comes forward then settles and the pink florals bloom.

Ok, now it reminds me a bit of gun moll. The mid-2000s version of gun moll.

Ultimately this dried down to a clove spiced pink floral with a hint of neroli.

Wet: MOSSY, grassy, vetiver with iron railing poking out haphazardly over oud.

This is mostly green oud now. I'm not mad at it, but I want to compare it to ruins of castle Karnstein.

Karnstein is sharper and slightly more 'masc' than cemetery.

Wet: wow, I was not expecting this to open with hella koolaid fruity, but here we are.

The leather and switches are very light, while this scent is dominated by the musky rice milk, orris, vanilla combo.

Ok, now I'm getting more leather.

Ultimately this settled into a slightly fruity (currant?), musky porcelain over the traditional Krampus notes of leather and wood.

This scent is heavy, leaden roses over soft black velvet with a few berries strewn about for ambiance.

If you like heavy, dark rose scents with a hint of fruit this is for you.

Velvety, white blossoms with an earthy greenness. Reminds me of lilies in a vaguely vintage way.

This is more what I was expecting from the Tomie perfume.

Woody, mossy, green, bitter. The vetiver is dark green, bitter and a little stanky. 

There's a stone note in the background, and as the oil sits on my skin the vetiver gets smoky.

Vetiver forward, masc leaning.

Wet, this is fruity, waxy floral with golden amber. It reminds me a bit of crypt queen without the moss and dirt.

The patch slowly emerges but remains a background supporting note.

Instantly, a sweet, jammy clove with a hint of orange. Very holiday pudding.

I don't typically like holiday food smells as perfume, but this one is growing on me.

Usually blends like this go sour or too sweet on my skin, but so far this is a refreshing combo of lime and bergamot over dreamy, powdery violet with a sandalwood base.

Like a violet pastille with a squeeze of lime/bergamot. This is less sweet than some of BPALs other powdery violets.

This is exactly what it says it is. A waxy, old school black lipstick with a hint of clove to give it dimension. I sort of like it?

This reminds me a lot of Amorphous's Goth Club 1989, but less complex.

BPALs incense blend (the same one in dead leaves, incense smoke, and oudh) with a bit more frankincense over sweet, earthy black moss and cotton cloth note. The cloth note is stronger here than in Milarca.

This is a little bit foody, with something in this reading as almond paste to my nose. 

This opened with a strong punch from the pine needles that read like lime to my nose. They mix quickly into the dead leaves and all settle gently on a bed of mild oakmoss.

As this sits on me, the pine settles and leans a touch perfumy. Low throw.

On me this is incense forward with a soft sprinkle of dead leaves and just a little of BPALs sweet oud. It's not fecal or sweaty.

The incense reminds me of the incense in Crimson Peak: Ghosts, though this is softer.

This is LIME LIME LIME LIME with slightly sweet white musk, and the sharpness of bay rum and black pepper in the background.

You just zested and juiced 6 limes and ground fresh black pepper for a recipe, and on the stove you are reducing a simple syrup with a bit of orange.  

I swear this smelled like tobacco upon first spray, but as it settled I get BPALs industrial smog note from Chernobog and Smokestack, with the smell of a car interior (wood, hint of leather? cloth), clove? and dead leaves. Freshly sprayed it was overwhelming, but after letting it settle I sort of like it.

Leans masculine: like wearing a well worn jacket that belongs to a mechanic on an autumn walk.

This is powdery pear blossom over a mix of sandalwood, neroli and a hint of white musk. I get a touch of what smells like cumin to my nose.

Floral forward with an earthy base.

Oh, I quite like this. It reminds me of 90s aquatic potpourri, but lighter and better blended with blonde woods and a hint of cucumber. There's a lightly smoky note that adds depth.

How Sail Away by Enya smells at dusk with a driftwood bonfire nearby.

I bought this specifically so I could understand what amberette seed smells like.

The HG is lightly citrusy (a touch of lime?) and greenness and powdery on top of the musk.

I like it, but this is another I'm not sure how much I'd wear it.

Wet: the aquatic element in this is cool, and little bit '90s Ocean potpourri'.

The grass is sweet, fresh with a slight element of citrus and a touch perfumey. It reminds me of the grass note in Tennis Match.

This leans more aquatic than it does grass on me which is the opposite of what I wanted.

Overall, a nice simple fresh perfume but not the slam dunk grass fume I was hoping for.

Wet: hello tobacco. Vanilla linen, with a healthy dollop of tobacco with caramel drizzle.

It's not as sweet as I was expecting and I don't mind it.... however. I tend to amp tobacco into headache territory, so we'll see how it develops.

It's a very warm tobacco vanilla now with a hint of sassafras or anise. The leather is warm and blended in and doesn't really stand out.

It's been dry for a while now, and I have a dusty vanilla tobacco with sassafras caramel and a hint of flowers. The leather still doesn't stand out to me.

My major complaint about antique lace resurrected is how the vanilla turns into thin, unpleasant powder. While there is a powdery quality to the vanilla in a Batty Lace, it's tempered by the tobacco and caramel. 

I think this would pair really well with other sassafras perfumes.

I prefer this to Antique Lace Resurrected, but I'm not sure if I'd actually wear it.

Wet: a metallic champagne and fancy tropical soap.

On the right person, I think this could be a fun, effervescent tropical scent.

On me it's a candle.

I took painting classes in college, so I was curious about how accurate this smell would be to a painting studio.

Wet: there is a whiskey like note that approximates turpentine. mint or menthol, a touch of warm amber, sweet pipe smoke and woods. I'm also picking up a touch of something that reads as moss. I don't really get any oil paint.

It reminds me a bit of the opening of DS Durga bowmakers, but smoother.

Overall, this is an unusual amber perfume. I don't really have anything else like it in my oils collection.

yes, this is a similar sugar note to faith and hope with a good dash of iris.

The overall effect is of a powdery and sweet iris scented/ flavored pastille candy.

I'd definitely eat this, but I'm on the fence if I'd wear it. When I get more of the iris, I like it, but when I get a waft of pure sugar I don't.

BPAL just needs to release an Iris single note.

The Picture of Dorian Sufganiyot vs Dorian 2012.

Dorian Suf is definitely creamier, sweeter and more vanillic than 2012 Dorian. 2012 Dorian is more herbal.

If you wish Dorian was sweeter, Dorian Suf is for you.