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I sampled this instead of springing for the full size bottle straight away, because sometimes lemon verbena can get a little overwhelming for me. applying this today I got that trademark TAL scent, a hit of lemon verbena, but then a scant few minutes later POOF! it's a floofy lavender pillow! perfection.

INTERESTING to read the previous review as I come here to say Les Pleurs is like the full blown *Fragrance* version of the Terrible Moon scent note palette. almost seems "perfumey" or "mainstream" in terms of a BPAL scent, but not in a bad way. cannot put my finger on what is being used for the ochre note, and I suspect some alchemy went into antiquing the myrrh. the smoke/ash/stone aspects of the blend are super mild for me. 

I dig this root! and it does indeed smell like freshly dug up roots while the oil is wet. at first the orchid is overshadowed by the earthy roots, but then it begins to bloom and the scent really balances out. 

compared to Terrible Moon itself, this is quite a stark scent. much closer to poking your nose in the cardamom jar on the spice rack. the amber is giving it a bit of a posh silhouette but there is nothing sweet or cozy happening here. good to layer with the moon if you want to boost the spice factor for sure. 

well at least for once in 2026 I can say: this is not at all terrible! tremendously comforting, as advertised. surprisingly not super beeswaxy, but unsurprisingly the wool is not going to let you forget it's there. it does play exceedingly nicely with the other notes - the sandalwood in particular! - it's just not a note you can hide. also, I don't find it truly milky, it's like the idea of milk is present. everything comes together rather gorgeously! gets a bit sweeter as it dries. a very soft, well-blended scent that feels like a hug. 

This is such a delightfully uplifting blend. Must love roses, of course, but this coffee is wonderfully different as well. At first this smells like putting your face right into a pile of coffee beans, except there are a million luscious red rose petals on top. The roses are rosiest through the earlier part of the weartime, 1-2 hours. Through the later part of wear, however, the coffee scent becomes that magical lived in scent - like when you go into someone's kitchen and they are the kind of person who grinds their coffee fresh every morning, the kitchen smell becomes a coffee smell becomes a warm hug. I smell like that kitchen right now and it kindof makes me want to cry (in a good way), especially because I have been hunting ceaselessly for my BPAL coffee scent. I am very happy to have this one! Please do it again with lavender!

I see fossilized amber resin and I covet!! This gorgeous note is the beating heart of Hearthglow. The beautiful warm bouquet of resin and spice and sustenance sings out while the oil is wet, but as it dries the lavender-orange-honey comes to the foreground of the warm amber glow. Lean in close to get a breath of clove and allspice. Would absolutely love to smell this around the house as well as on my person. 

Mureera is a like, not a love, for me. I really wanted to try this and Aurum and I thought I would like Mureera better, but - as is frequently the case - I was wrong! Of course there's nothing wrong with this fragrance, it's quite lovely and wearable, but I probably wouldn't go all the way to the country of the Troglodytæ to get some. I find that myrrh frequently has a fuzzy aspect to it, and I like to associate that fuzz to dark velvet, but this is more of a fuzzy bunny. Very soft and approachable, honestly likely to pair well with many of your other resinous frags. Just not my preferred fuzz. I am glad to have a decant and I hope folks try this one!

On Death is absolutely gorgeous. I will say I enjoy terebinth, but I do not find it overbalanced in this blend. If you think you want to smell like ecstatic unbecoming, yes you do. Return to the soil but make it glam. A subtly stunning blend of earthy notes and elevated resins, it is simultaneously of this world and beyond. The star stuff on the forest floor.

I know key lime isn't the limiest lime to ever lime, it's a sweet little guy, and I think that comes through in this year's Beaver Moon. it's wrapped up nicely in the usual superb tangy cheesecake that we know and love with a nice big dose of gourmand vanilla, and I am getting a good bit of graham cracker crust in there as well. 

interestingly the lime blossom and amber sugar duet seems to feature a citrusy lime note more prominently, and it almost contrasts with the "parent" blend rather than accentuating or complementing it.

fresh on this is all bracing fir and damp soil, like a megaphone in your face saying "yep you are really IN the woods!" but of course the wet phase gives way to more nuance. there's a pleasant chill to the composition, a gorgeous boreal chorus of greeny blue black tones with silver accents.

the amber and grey musk duet smells positively soft and sweet by comparison, and serves to round off the spiky edges of evergreen boughs very nicely.

I am bad at nails and nail care (and nail polish pics!) but I love goofing around with polish. Pink and Green Lovebat are like a sweet easter basket pair of colors even tho they were dressed up for weenie season. This green feels very spring to me, fun for various holiday color schemes. Or maybe a playful poison ivy mood.

The numbers indicate number of coats over the base coat, and all of them have a clear quick dry topper over them.

I am bad at nails and nail care (and nail polish pics!) but I love goofing around with polish. Pink and Green Lovebat are like a sweet easter basket pair of colors even tho they were dressed up for weenie season. I like putting an iridescent flakie topper on this pretty pink but I did not include that in the photo to avoid confusion. The numbers indicate number of coats over the base coat, and all of them have a clear quick dry topper over them.

mainly got a sample of this one for giggles, because BPAL cookie scents have not traditionally worked well on my skin, but holy cream-soaked shortbread, batman! this cookie is the JAM! smoked vanilla not super smoky and pairs beautifully with the cardamom, while cocoa and pink pepper seem to be mostly light accent notes.

the sillage is all cookie for me and it's really great. 

oh this is so delicate and lovely! on my skin it's more of a gorgeously balanced atmospheric sort of scent than anything especially foodie. bit of frost, bit of berry, bit of spice, etc. my first wild thought was "oh this ikea has been taken over by nordic spirits for the holidays" lol. you know that ikea smell, right? this is definitely better but still reminiscent. 

oh Justin is so endearing. a whoosh of minty candy cane on application quickly gives way to a weirdly comforting inky anise. and it does smell a bit more like anise to me than licorice candy or licorice root, but it's so lovely with the trace of mint. and none of this is sharp or herbal, it really does bring to mind the experience of getting a whiff of someone's hoodie, although I would not say it smells like cotton or fabric on me. 

don't panic, this ray-finned royal just needs a moment on the skin to evolve. at first it went on weirdly clean smelling, and then promptly settled into the expected foodie patch. on the subtler end of this style of scent. 

this starts out lightly floral, fizzy, and flirty, then the musk comes through, putting a soft filter on the sparkle.

I love me some cocoa scents, and I am an absolute goblin for cacao nibs, so I was hype to get into this. I'm getting very much the same experience as the other reviewers, really nicely blended cocoa leading gourmand, extremely wearable and ever so sweetly sinister. I could do with a bit more slap from the leather but I suppose I should have filtered for the appropriate tags!

this is a stunner. if you are a fan of the mysore sandalwood note you know already, but with the amber?! ugh! so great. I am not a beard-haver, but as with the DILF beard oil I am wearing this in my hair and on my person. I almost wish I had some sturdy whiskers under my nose to smell this more directly!

there is a brightness to the scent suggesting something lemony sans sugar and acidity, and the amber reminds me of the Laurel Wreath perfume oil from the Kotinos release. I don't get anything especially floral from this tobacco flower, it brings a slight vegetal aspect, a subtle sepia harmony in this golden chord. 

just a perfect everyday personal scent, a sophisticated ambery sandalwood for anyone and everyone, suitable for layering with other blends. 

20 hours ago, Numanoid said:

I got a sample in this from a decant circle. This smells so good! Reading the notes, it would have been something I wouldn't have bought

In the same spot as Numanoid, got to try this when I would not have otherwise picked it out: I rarely want to smell like an apple.

Fortunately, this is a really pleasant light atmospheric that could just as easily be worn in spring as in fall, and the apple itself is not super prominent to my nose. A lovely concoction for perfume layering enthusiasts since it has an agreeable, subtle scent and wonderful skin moisturizing properties, because as many have noted, the quality of the lotion is excellent. 

I got a sample of the perfume oil and then decided to try a bottle of the beard oil. The scent is just delightfully versatile (truly enhancing whatever you wear, whoever you are) and so is the beard oil formulation - perfect for multiple uses. I like it better in my hair than the hair gloss, it works tremendously well as a body oil you can layer with other perfume oils, and the dropper makes it super easy to add to the bath. If you already enjoy the hair gloss and bath oil formulas, you should know this one is different, but I want to reassure folks who don't have a beard that you can still get a lot of mileage out of a beard oil!

this is SO wonderfully cozy!

the in vitro/freshly applied scent is mildly alarming if you also studiously avoid the laundry product aisle at the store, but thankfully this subsides quickly as the scent settles on my skin. I don't want to say "laundry" too many times here, but Gloomily, Gloomily perfectly captures the soft/clean/slightly fuzzy vibe of a favorite fabric item, with just-right contributions from musk/iris/moss to keep everything in balance. I had a concern this would go to soap on me with the gentle floral/aquatic notes but so far so good! I think the musk and the tea leaves are helping anchor the scent in a "lived-in" space. and honestly not much of the lavender comes through for me, which is fine considering it's been reduced to ash and blended with other pale pinks and purples, and is also good news if you don't go in for strong herbal lavender.

if you do want to punch up the lavender, you've got your Donkey's Tail to help, assuming you haven't mislaid it. layered together, I get something a bit sweeter and more complex, but still soft and well-loved. I think Gloomily would layer well with other scents too. 

tysm Geminirubyshoes for comparing this to Sunbird, I'm so glad to find a replacement for that one. it's not exactly the same but it's very close and very much in the same vein: warm, dry, spicy, resinous. perhaps a bit darker, like the chord of scent notes is stacked a bit lower into the bass range. and it does feel a bit more posh as well, extremely well balanced even though the cinnamon is a very persistent top note. no skin irritation btw, but I've never had that trouble with cinnamon, only some clove notes. I love it so much!

my brain refuses to parse this as pancakes, but I love it so much. I keep wanting to check the notes for marshmallow fluff or powdered sugar, it has just the right amount of sweetness to it. I assume the blob on top of the stack depicted in the label art is meant to be butter, but what if it is marshmallow? what then!? there is definitely a warmth to it that suggests browned/baked batter, tho, and altogether with the sugar and the spices, it is delightfully comforting. so sure: it's absinthe pancakes. exactly what I didn't know I needed. order up!