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It's probably Faeu Boulanger, a Carnival Diabolique scent. Here ya go - http://www.bpal.org/topic/45748-faeu-boulanger/

Asked on LJ quite a while back, but didn't get a helpful answer..... thought I'd try here. I received a partial decant as a frimp and the label is impossible to make out. Problem is, I absolutely love the scent. The girl I swapped with has no idea where it came from or what it could be.

At the bottom of the label, it clearly says BPTP (so I suppose that means that it might even be a bath or message oil). But.... I looked through the BPTP reviews and not one single name looks similar to this label. Perhaps the decanter was mistaken and it isn't a BPTP scent?

It appears to be 3 words. The first one starts with M or N with 3 or 4 letters following. The second word also starts with M or N with 4 letters following. The third word has 4 letters and ends in Y or G

There's also a chance that it might really be 1 or 2 words split into 3 parts or that the name was shortened or abbreviated, because it was squeezed onto a small round label

The scent itself is sweet and foody (I find this especially odd because I could swear I've tried every foody scent that BPAL or BPTP has ever created and I do not remember this one). It's kind of like a cross between Boo and Midway

A big thank you to anyone who has time to take a guess....

Soooo..... Cabaret.Goth is the first BPAL perfume my boyfriend has ever liked. EVER. Are they any scents that are somewhat similar? Not just looking for GC recs here.... looking for ANYTHING (LE, event exclusive, discontinued, etc)

I had heard about this prototype several years ago.... however, it seamed very few people had tried it at the time (it was only sold at the first cobwebs event and I don't think there were very many bottles to go around). The only description I'd seen was 'minty'. However, Puddin was a sweetie and sent out Goblin Squirts in several recent BPTP orders. Not sure whether they're the exact same version as the bottle though

In the Bottle: anise and mint

Sprayed and Given a Few Moments to Settle: mint, anise, sugar, and a faint white floral note

Definitely more of a 'me' scent than it sounded by the other reviews. I like it, but it's still not quite my thing

edited for spelling errors

In the Bottle:

Salty chocolate and butterscotch

Wet on Skin:

Within seconds, the saltiness fades away completely. Now it's just milk chocolate and butterscotch

Dry:

Milk chocolate, butterscotch, and a slight hint of booze. After 15 minutes or so, this scent becomes richer and sweeter, with the butterscotch becoming more of a butterscotch cream and the milk chocolate becoming more of a fudge. After about one hour, the butterscotch cream fades some and the scent becomes mostly fudge

This is yummy , but I'm not yet sure whether it's amazing enough to keep

ETA: A big huge and a giant thank you to my amazingly wonderful pick up angel!!!!

In the Bottle:

Buttery sweetness (in comparison to the released version, this isn't as rich or as sweet) and a note that gives a light airy feeling

Wet on Skin:

Buttery sweetness, fizz, and that same light airy note (would guess it's the 'fluttering white cotton' note mentioned in the released version)

Dry:

Cotton (not warm fresh out of the dryer cotton... this is more like line dried in the wind), fizz, buttery sweetness, and a light vanilla

I think this is lovely It's definitely different enough from the released version to justify keeping, but it doesn't last very long on me, so I haven't decided yet

ETA: A big huge and a giant thank you to my amazingly wonderful pick up angel!!!!

In the Bottle:

Holly, pine, sugared chestnuts, and hint of fruit punch (mostly orange)

Wet on Skin:

Holly, pine, sugared chestnuts, spice, and a hint of orange fruit punch

Dry:

Holly, pine, sugared chestnuts, spice, and hints of orange fruit punch and berry

After about a 1/2 hr - holly, pine, pear (finally), sugared chestnuts (not as strong as before), orange fruit punch (stronger than before), spice, & a hint of berry

After about 1 hr - pear (now the strongest note), holly, and hints of berry, orange fruit punch, and pine (the sugared chestnuts and the spice have disappeared)

This is really not what I had expected or hoped for. I had thought it'd be a fruity/foody scent what with the pears, the plum pudding, the orange punch, and the berries. However, this scent is very green and nutty on me at first and finishes as very green and fruity. I never even smell a hint of plum pudding, which is the note I was hoping for the most

In the Bottle:

Pine Cone!!!!! Lots and lots of pine cone….. also, there's a little amber, honey, and a touch of bayberry

Wet on Skin:

Pine Cone (not quite as strong as it was in the bottle), amber (starting to turn weird on me as usual), honey, cranberry, & bayberry

Dry:

Amber (oh god it's just awful on my skin), honey, pine cone (not nearly as strong as before), cranberry, & spice (no pumpkin pie unfortunately…. just the spice)

Amber almost always does horrid things on my skin… sometimes it turns into powder, sometimes it turns into play-do, sometimes it turns into vinyl, and sometimes it turns into dirty socks. Unfortunately this has gone the dirty sock route. I gotta go wash this off STAT

In the Bottle:

Dark fruit (not specifically fig though) with something sugary and a bit creamy

Wet on Skin:

Very dark fruit still with something sugary in the background, but the note is fainter and much less creamy than it was in the bottle

Dry:

Incredibly dark fruit with hints of sugar and holly

The fruit note just continues to darken even after I think it can't possibly get any darker. After about 1 hr, it becomes an almost resinous note and both the sugar and the holly disappear completely

I describe the fruit note as dark in my review for lack of a better word.... it's not at all sweet and it's not at all green. It's very heavy and devoid of light.... I would actually call it resinous. I can definitely see why Edens Sixth Day described this scent as she did....

I was hoping this would be a sweet foody scent. It's not

In the Bottle:

Very strong tea (or perhaps it's the mate...). I really hate this note because it's overpowering and very bitter. There's also a hint of orange blossom

Wet on Skin:

Soooo much better - orange blossom (sweet, but a little green), vanilla, carnation, & tea (still just as bitter, but it's waaaay less noticeable)

Dry:

Orange Blossom, carnation, & vanilla. The tea (or mate.... whatever it was) is totally gone now!!!

So, I'm a foody all the way. Since this isn't a foody scent, it's not quite my thing. A full bottle is a bit too much for me, but I would like to have a low partial lying around for the rare times when I'm in the mood for something outside of my norm

In the Bottle:

Fruity (mostly orange, but there are definitely a few other fruits in here as well) & alcoholic with a hint of.... I could swear cinnamon

Wet on Skin:

The cinnamon is a lot stronger on than it was in the bottle, firewood (but no smoke), alcohol, & a hint of fruit

Dry:

sugary sweet cinnamon and lots of it, firewood, & hints of alcohol and fruit

The cinnamon was unexpected.... since there's no cinnamon listed in the notes (and it doesn't look like sherry cobbler is meant to contain spice), I have to assume that I'm not really smelling cinnamon, but rather something else that my nose is reading as cinnamon. I was pleasantly surprised at the lack of smoke, but this scent is too spicy for me

For those of you who aren't sure what Sherry Cobbler is, it is NOT a dessert (as I originally thought before reading the whole description ). It's an alcoholic beverage usually made with sherry wine, sugar, and oranges

In the Bottle:

Leather and red musk (very similar to one of the musk notes used in Smut) with hints of black pepper, pastry, and vanilla cream

Wet on Skin:

vanilla cream, leather, red musk, pastry (I'm not getting anything really specific here… just sort of a pie dough type note), & black pepper

Dry:

Pastry (again, nothing really specific… just pie dough), vanilla cream, leather, & red musk

After about 1/2 an hr or so, the leather and red musk become stronger and the vanilla cream & pastry fade into the background

This smelled strongly of leather and red musk in the bottle, but for a short time, this actually smelled the way I wanted it to on my skin - more foodie, less red musk/leather. However, that lovely foodie confection didn't last nearly long enough before the red musk/leather took over again

I see that several other people have mentioned anise, licorice, & sarsaparilla. The blending of these notes does give a slight impression of those (personally I would say it's closest to sarsaparilla), but I don't think there's actually any in here

In the Bottle:

Vanilla (not quite foody, but almost), white musk, and amber with a hint of earthly florals

Wet on Skin:

Earthy florals, white musk, and something sour…. really not sure what it is. Amber almost always does odd things on my skin, but sour would be something new…..

Dry:

Earthy florals (which I am now assuming is zdravetz), lighter florals, white musk, still with something very sour……

After about 1/2 hr the something sour pretty much smothers everything else

It was pretty in the bottle, but really bad on my skin

In the Bottle:

Balsam, sage, & lemon peel with hints of vanilla and pomegranate

Wet on Skin:

Whoa! Something in this is turning incredibly powdery on me! Sweet powder, lemon peel, balsam, sage, & a hint of pomegranate

Dry:

It's mostly sweet powder with hints of lemon peel, balsam, sage, & pomegranate

After about 1/2 hr, the balsam and sage disappear leaving tons of sweet powder with hints of lemon peel and pomegranate

After about 1 hr - pomegranate (stronger than before), red currant (can finally smell this note!), & sweet powder (considerably less prominent); the lemon peel has disappeared

After about 1 1/2 hrs - pomegranate, mandarin (it's about time you showed up....), red currant, & a hint of sweet powder

It was too masculine for me in the bottle, and while it was much sweeter and more feminine on my skin, it was also far too powdery during the first hour or so. Pass

Edited because I can't spell....

In the Bottle: strawberries (I'm very picky with strawberry notes, and this is too fresh for me), cake, and hints of red rose and tea

Wet on Skin: strawberries, red rose, and hints of cake and tea

Dry: FLOWERS!!!!! Which is of course, exactly what I was hoping to avoid. I can't tell you exactly when they are, but I am sure the mixture includes white florals and probably daisies. Oh, and um…. also, there are still hints of strawberries, tea, and cake. Not for long though. After just a few minutes, the flowers overtake the entire scent

When I first read the scent description, I didn't even wanna try it. The 'one-thousand imaginary flowers' scared me off. But then, I read the reviews and a lot of people said they could barely smell the flowers, so I decided to take a chance. Shoulda gone with my first instinct

In the Bottle: Not what I was hoping for. I've never liked the smell of rum (in perfumes anyway) because It reminds me of banana flavored bubble gum. I thought that since the rum in this is meant to be virgin, it might be ok. I was wrong. Sooo..... in the bottle banana flavored bubble gum (aka rum), butterscotch, and ice cream

Wet on Skin: Rum, butterscotch, ice cream, & a hint of cheesecake crust (not the actual cheesecake mind you, just the crust)

Dry: Lots and lots of rum, lots and lots of butterscotch (I like butterscotch, but this is just too much of it at once), cheesecake crust, & just a hint of ice cream. After about 1/2 hr, the cheesecake crust get far stronger and the rum gets considerably weaker. After about 1 hour, I can finally smell just a tiny hint of cheesecake, but it never gets stronger than that

I had wanted an ice cream and cheesecake scent with a little crust and butterscotch and only a touch of rum. What I got was a rum, butterscotch, and crust scent with only touches of ice cream and cheesecake

Side by Side Reviews of Mabon '04 & Mabon 2010 (hope this is allowed in the 2010 thread)

Mabon '04 in the Bottle: Smooth, sweet (but not sugary) blackberry, apple cider, and a hint of apple blossom

Mabon 2010 in the Bottle: Hops, chamomile, and sage are the strongest notes, followed by sweetgrass, nuts, apple, a few other herbs, and a tiny hint of blackberry

Mabon '04 Wet on Skin: Smooth, sweet (but again not sugary) blackberry, apple cider, and hints of myrrh, oak bark, and perhaps a tiiiiny hint of sage

Mabon 2010 Wet on Skin: Sage and lots of it, hops, chamomile, sweetgrass, ivy, nuts, & oak bark.... I'm barely getting any apple now and I really don't get any blackberry at all

Mabon '04 Dry: Apple cider is the strongest note now, followed by blackberry, myrrh, oak bark, and a hint of apple blossom. After about 1 hr on my skin, blackberry is the strongest note again, followed by apple cider, with only hints of myrrh & oak bark

Mabon 2010 Dry: Any hint of apple is definitely gone and the nuts and oak bark have faded too. Now it's just herbal and green. About 1 hr later though, the nuts and oak bark return

I have to say I'm surprised. There is almost no similarity between the two scents. If you're looking for a moderately sweet fruit & woods scent, you want '04; if you're looking for a dry herbal/green woody scent, you want 2010

I just bought a bottle of Hearth 2004. When it arrived it was in a cobalt bottle with a picture of a log blazing in a fireplace. It smells quite sweet and nutty, no cherry pipe tobacco at all. I've got the 2005 version haven't I?

 

It sounds like it; here's the description of 05: Thoroughly revisited. This year's Hearth is warmer, sweeter, and more traditionally comforting. This is the scent of candied chestnuts, buttered, covered in brown sugar and honey, alongside the scent of cedar smoke and soft pine.

 

04' s description: Sweet pipe tobacco, cherry wood, the warm, worn leather of an easy chair and a pleasant, subtle waft of fireplace smoke

I was looking for pics of the labels, but i can't find any, only Hearth V2 proto. And now I can't turn off the italics!

I'm not entirely sure what the '04 label looked like, but as for as I know all of the other '04 yules had a plain (GCish) label. The '05 version does have a fireplace, however it should say 2005 on the top left corner

In the bottle - very boozy (probably rum), a little cake (but it smells more like cake batter than the finished product), and hints of butter, nutmeg, and dried oranges

Wet on skin - pretty much the same, but the dried oranges are stronger

Dry - nutmeg (much stronger than before), cinnamon, cloves, dried oranges (stronger than before), cake/cake batter (a little stronger), the rum has lightened up a bit, there's still a hint of butter, and there's also a little orange rind. Later on (after maybe an hour or so of wear), the rum and dried orange notes lighten up a lot and the cake/cake batter pretty much disappears (which takes away most of this scent's sweetness). A little while later, a smoky note emerges, leaving this scent as a spicey, smokey, slightly boozy scent, with just a touch of sweetness

I do kinda like this, but with all of the spices and the smoky dry-down, it's not quite my thing

I don't really find this to be all that foody.....

In the Bottle - sugared rose incense, butter, and a faint hint of cake.... it actually reminds me a little of 'The Knave of Hearts'

Wet on skin - sugared rose incense, more butter, a little cake, and a faint hint of something sharp

Dry - sugared rose incense (still the most prominent note, but not as strong as before), butter, cake, and the sharp note from before is much stronger..... it's blackberry (the tart kind that smells like cat piss.... just a personal opinion of course)

I'm guessing my 'sugared rose incense' note is really just a dark rose note, but the rose note in Knave of Hearts always reminded me more of incense made from roses than fresh roses too......

Coffee, coffee, and lots of coffee.... a dark, rich coffee. It is sweetened up a bit though as I smell notes of cream and sugar as well. Even though this is lighter and sweeter than Bah, it's still a bit too dark for me

ETA 12/13/10

ok, ok.... so I gave this another try and found that it sweetens and lightens up a lot on my skin. I love it!

In the Bottle: Oh thank God! This doesn't smell like Candy Butcher at all! To me, Candy Butcher has sort of a.... phallic quality to it.... like milk chocolate and cream mixed with you-know-what. Not just on my skin, but in the bottle as well. By contrast, PSX54 smells like dark chocolate and cream with nothing else in sight

Wet on Skin: The chocolate lightens and sweetens instantly.... almost to a milk chocolate. Unfortunately though, I'm getting a plastic note

Dry: Yay! The plastic note disappears just as quickly as it came! The chocolate note has darkened again.... it's not as dark as it was in the bottle, but it's not as light as it was when wet... actually, it does smell like a cup of hot chocolate with extra cream and sugar

This is absolutely delicious, BUT it's incredibly faint and disappears on me within an hour

In the Decant: very spicy, sharp ginger and red musk..... much dryer and more masculine than I had hoped for

Wet on Skin: ginger (again, very spicy and sharp), red musk, a little candied fruit

Dry: wow! This one really morphs! At first it's much sweeter - candied fruit (much stronger), ginger (much quieter), and red musk (much less). After about 20 minutes or so - candied fruit, amaretto, ginger, red musk, plum musk, and just a pinch of dry chocolate. About 1 hr later the sweetness dies down again - plum musk (much stronger), candied fruit (considerably weaker), amaretto (a little stronger), dry chocolate, ginger (very weak), and red musk (very weak)

Interesting and very sexy, but I had hoped for a sweeter scent with more chocolate. I definitely won't be keeping my decant

In the Bottle: maple syrup, pancakes, and coffee (the coffee note used here is similar to the one in Eggnog Latte)

Wet on Skin: maple syrup, pancakes, butterscotch, coffee, and hints of butter and caramel

Dry: pancakes, butter (a lot stronger), maple syrup, coffee, and hints of butterscotch and caramel. After about a half an hour, the butter note backs down quite a bit and the maple syrup and butterscotch get stronger. After about 1 1/2 hrs, the coffee note begins to fade

OK, so I used to think I loved coffee notes, but this blend has just forced me to realize that probably isn't the case. One of the first BPAL blends I fell in love with was Pinched with Four Aces. Before testing Pinched, I'd had previous experience with tobacco and woods, but neither were friends of mine. Coffee was the only unfamilar note (well, as far as use in perfume goes), so I assumed that must be the note I was in love with. However, since then I've tried every coffee blend that BPAL (and pretty much every other e-tailer) has to offer, and I've disliked... even hated every one of them. But then again, the coffee note in Pinched is unlike any other I've ever smelled.... this one included. So the question is..... do I keep this blend for the delicious nearly coffee free dry-down, or do I swap it away???

Just put up all of the Hellboy scents, Falling Leaf Moon, the Lilith forum only scents and a few GC's. And the Last Squished Jellybean.

 

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Plague of Frogs. This is the first time I'm actually tempted to buy a full bottle just for the gorgeous label (this coming from an empty collector too)