she's a carnival

This scent is way sweeter than what I imagined too. Sweet grassy and fresh opening. I can smell the ozone too. The gourds are damp, these gourds definitely have been unearthed however, there is no smell of dirt. These gourds are sitting in a beautifully spiced woods which must be the oak and myrrh. I was worried about the dead leaves as I do not like the DL note but I do not smell it here. I was also curious about the corn husk but I couldn't really detect any corn but maybe that's what is helping make this scent so sweet.

I am pretty shocked at how much I like this scent considering I don't normally like fresh or ozonic scents. I think I'm enjoying it because it's mixed with the myrrh and oak leaves which is really nice. Over time the ozone fades slightly into the background and the sweet spicy gourd scent becomes more dominant. It is oddly comforting in a good way.

On 5/21/2023 at 8:22 AM, LavenderCoffee said:

Oh hell yes clove! A few additional newer clove scents that are amazing: 

And I Wede My Corne Well I-Now for a perfect summery clove

Black Pepper, Amber, and Clove for a fancyy clove

Cacao, Sweet Patchouli, Smoked Clove, and Green Cardamom for unfff stop it

Gingerbread and Leather for even more unff 

Gooped Familiar and now also Cinder Paw for clovey cats

Kobold Barista for clovey coffee

Lavender, White Clove, and Ambrette Seed for a calm clove

I am loving all of these recs as a clove fiend myself! 😍 The only ones I don't have are Kobold and the two Ménage à Trois. Black Pepper, Amber and Clove sadly didn't work for me, I think the amber and pepper aren't working on my skin. Also Cinder Paw is on the way and I'm excited to try it!

I would add Constellation as the perfect exotic fancy clove. I thought Thorns' Clove Cigarette was my favorite clove scent but this is right up there with it, I just adore it! 🖤

Bridge Trolls as a smoky pine clovey Dorian is another one I love! 

Witchecraft: Consulting a Book of Spells, Performing Various Rites is a nice candlewax clove

I thought I would love this since I love gingerbread scents but unfortunately something isn't getting along with my skin either. I can smell the delicious ginger and cinnamon but there is a greasy buttered bread smell which I am not personally digging. I'm not a big foodie/gourmand lover so if you are you will probably love it!

Finally reveiwing my bottle from last year (2021)! I think this scent does a good job of what its name claims: being a Halloween scent suitable for every day of the year. It is not too heavy on the pumpkin or or too heavily spiced like most halloween scents tend to be. The beautiful warm Sandalwood predominates and brings it out of foodie teritory making it a very wearable and cozy unisex scent.

At first I wasn't sure if I liked it since I don't normally like pumpkin or skin musk scents but especially after some aging this is probably my current favorite Halloweenie scent going into spooky season this year! 🦇 I love it! I'm also really happy to see this scent return this year!

When I first put this on it reminded me of V'al Hanissim however, Horses dries down to a gorgeous amber finish which is different from V'al. I recognized the amber as the same lovely one from The Grey Columns. I absolutely love this scent, the dry down is magical! V'al had too much beeswax for me personally and The Grey Columns was too light a scent so this is a great option!

I don't do aquatics but the name intrigued me lol and I'm a sucker for Fallout. It's actually a really nice for an aquatic and I'm glad I got to try this one out!

I get the smoke, orris and sandalwood and I do really like the smokiness. I agree it is reading a bit dry and clean to me also and for that reason this scent didn't work for me.

I agree this is a gorgeous duet! The oud adds depth to the cacao and keeps it from being too foody. I feel like this will age really well! This would be a good everyday scent! Love it!

I too really liked the beginning wet phase with plum, rose and musk. It does seem to go through somewhat of a soapy phase but I do find the drydown of swirling florals to be quite intriging and I keep smelling my wrist.

Wet it goes on all chewy goodness but unfortunately, it dries down to a sweet tobacco coffee and the coffee note always goes weird on my skin. Still the best coffee scent I've tried from BPAL, it almost worked for me! Very good throw too!

I get the smokey sweet opening as well and I quite love it! It dries down to sandalwood with a bit of myrrh. I kind of wish it kept it's sweet and smokey phase but regardless this is a really nice go-to scent. Not a large throw but good for days when you just want a skin scent.

This is definitely a warm, buttery, sweet pumpkin and it smells very similar to Adventuresome Encounters to me. I thought I was going to love Moroccan Pumpkin because Morocco is one of my top favorites however, I didn't enjoy the pumpkin note as much and I'd just rather wear Morocco personally. However, if you enjoy pumpkin and Morocco definitely give this one a go, it's a beautiful blend! I love the reference that marared said this is what melange from Dune would smell like!

Wet I get a blast of sweet root beer in the best way possible! It mellows out to a more rounded out spiced honey which I quite like. However, as much as I love root beer and the smell of it I don't think I'd personally be reaching for it as a perfume very often.

The apple goes on very fresh and I kinda loved it at first. It dried down to a very sweet baked apple scent tinged with something metallic and I agree it ends up smelling like a "fake apple". I'm glad I got to try it and I of course love the concept as I remember these candy tampering warnings as a kid during Halloween haha! 

I love the blackened clove note in this. Unfortunately red musk doesn't work on my skin but I just wanted for this to work! 

I agree this is a nice clean laundered cotton scent. I don't get much frankincense or marshmallow either but they are there rounding out the edges. Nice but not for me personally.

I loved this scent at first and still do however, I recently let it go because it got to be too much musk for me after a year of aging as musk usually does not get along with me. But otherwise this scent is amazing, I agree with the above poster that is has an oily almost jammy quality mixed in with the resins. The labdanum isn't overpowering or cola-like and the honey note isn't overly sweet but reads more plummy. A gorgeous deep purple slightly sweet scent and I wish my skin didn't amp the musk so much!

This is a really nice amber/labdanum/incense blend right now but the labdanum is a bit too much for me as well. I have a feeling this will be beautiful once aged!

This one surprised me by how much I liked it! I agree with Threemoons that there is a definite humming of bright alive flowers. The mix of flowers is quite lovely but there is definitely some danger in the background. I was tempted to keep this scent but I just don't reach for florals often enough. A really awesome scent!

Hellfire reminded me immediately of The Black Rider but muskier, sweeter and with less leather. The few times I've tried it the wear length isn't very long. I'm not sure how old my imp is but will try aging it. I quite like it just wish it lasted longer! I'd recommend The Black Rider if you like Hellfire and it has a stronger throw as well.

I'd add It Was Just A Cat to the list of cozy fur scents! Other scents that are cozy to me are You Are Not Alone and Ghost Milk. I haven't tried Wulric yet but it does sound super cozy!

At first sniff I thought it was going to be too masculine smelling as well but re-testing now that it has aged a few months I think that part of it is mellowing out a bit. Either way when it dries down it somehow turns into pure comfort! A must have, definitely a unique lavender blend!