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This particular blend of sandalwood and vanilla reads very similarly to some mainstream perfume I've smelled in the past -- it reminds me of the Chanel (either No5 or Coco) that a classmate used to wear back when I was a wee one; somehow spicy and peppery and rather piquant, contrary to my expectations. The florals are quite well blended together and I have a hard time picking out a specific flower. This is surprisingly strong on me but it disappears almost entirely after 3-4 hours.

In the bottle, this is indistinguishable from a cup of coffee with a healthy dose of hazelnut creamer -- however, on my skin the coffee calms down considerably, settling into an intimate skin scent. I'm having a hard time discerning any chocolate but I'm also unfamiliar with BPAL's chocolate notes. If I press my nose to my arm, I get a wee bit of a bitter note that might be from the dark chocolate, but it seems more like a coffee bitterness. Surprisingly, not as sweet as it sounds!

For some reason I don't pick up a whole lot of evergreen in this one - if it is, it's verrrry soft on me. This is a young, charming cozy amber fragrance that's a bit ubiquitous to my nose -- I get the same type of commercial vibe as RoseThornAndOak.

This is a realistic depiction of mango yogurt and green tea flavored foods. I'm having a hard time picking out the yogurt and mango separately -- to me, they combine to smell just like Melona brand mango ice cream bars! The mango is most prominent when wet, but gracefully fades to let the green tea take over. I'm a newbie when it comes to BPAL's green tea notes, but to me it reads similarly to green tea notes I've seen in certain bath and body products.