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I'm surprised this kitty isn't getting more attention yet! This is lovely simple fruit scent with zingy biting spice, spicy mango heaven as mentioned above. I agree the mango is more like dried or candied mango, but it's lovely fruit note here. At first there's certain spiciness that reminds me of ginger and the clove isn't too much recognizable, but whatever the biting tang is it softens remarkably as the perfume dries. Without the clove this would be nice scent for spring and summer, but clove makes this perfect for colder months too. I get amber only after couple of hours and the scent has mellowed to a beautiful, resiny cloud.

I got a bit scared reading reviews above that there's dirt, mud or soil note that isn't listed, as I just can't cope with them. I got my decant few days ago and had to test this one immediately and yup, there's definitely that earthy, musty note. Lovely, sweetish vanilla with dry tobacco and dirt, and sadly the dirt is keeping this from being wearable. But behold! I paired this with Black Butterfly Moon that I wasn't too fond of and suddenly it all changed. Dark tenderness of the BBM blended so beautifully with Vanilla and Tobacco Flower that the dirt note was buried completely, and these two scents are definitely more than sum of its parts. The combination is rich, dark and seductive.

This is beautiful dark but delicate floral perfume but not quite my thing. Violet rarely works on my skin but I do find it quite wearable in this one. I get mostly violet, tea roses and blackberry, not so much orchid, vanilla or black musk. Later I tested this with BBM duet Vanilla and Tobacco Flower when neither of them worked on me on their own, and it felt like pure magic: the combination was so much more than sum of its parts! The extra vanilla from the duet as well as kinda musty tobacco was just the right thing I needed with the BBM to tame its edges.

Ah, happy scents ❤️ I think my happy scents are most often sweet, a bit tropical or candy like and usually "summer scents" - light, fruity and airy. For example just naming few, Pink Moon 2024 (sugar-swirled strawberry milk with frothed marshmallow cream), Machu Picchu (sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber), Stoned Bunny Blow Mold (a sun-faded, plasticky shell of rice milk and marshmallow illuminated from within by 420 watts of weed-wafted glowing green amber) and The Serpent in the Berries (strawberry-infused Snake Oil with a froth of marshmallow fluff and a hint of vanilla sugar). ETA: Oh, how could I forgot about Kobold Barista (freshly brewed coffee with ginger, nutmeg, cardamom, black pepper, cloves, cinnamon, and cream)! It's definitely for the cold season, but it's a true mood booster for chilly autumn or winter days when all you need is a hot cup of coffee and a snuggly, spicy coffee perfume.

I did not expect to like this one but I grabbed a decant anyway, and now I'm considering a full size. Still I struggle to describe the notes I get, it's definitely well blended. Surely I can say I recognize the oolong tea, smoked tonka and quiet sweetness of the vanilla husk and amber but this is so much more. This is quite spicy, dry-ish and sweetish smoky scent, surprisingly cozy and warming.

Thank you Assimbya, I'm relieved. I've been aware that they are two different things, but I've heard that some people find them similarish. I've been avoiding nag champa note because of that, but now I think I have to give it a chance.

This might be a foolish question, forgive me, I'll explain! I really like nag champa incense and burn it a lot. I'm not familiar with BPAL's nag champa note, but I've found out that champaca note doesn't act well with my skin chemistry, and it becomes something I almost loathe. How similar or different are those two notes, nag champa and champaca? How would you describe those two in perfume oils?

It made me surprisingly happy when I noticed that Assimbya reviewed The Night Priestess above, because it is the first ever BPAL perfume I got to try years back, I fell madly in love with it and it always has a special place in my heart. I've never reviewed it myself but I've been mentioning it many, many times in other threads. I've also found out that The Night Priestess never got a massive amount of attention. I've been loving it so much that I managed to find a backup bottle so I never have to live without my dear, dark Priestess. Before finding the backup bottle I was hunting for alternatives that might resemble to TNP but nothing really attracted me. One I tried was New Orleans but I did not like it. Alkemia's Seduction Vanille (Mexican vanilla pods, luscious Tahitian vanilla orchids, jasmine flowers, and crystalline sugar cane, enhanced by a blend of delicate white and vanilla musks) is the closest I could get, but it's softer and lacks the feeling of night. On me The Night Priestess is mostly about jasmine, clove and vanilla orchid. White floral and spices, scent that somehow captures the feeling of a chilly night when the moon is full and lightens your path. Jasmine and clove are a bit sharp in this, but orchid rounds it a bit as I usually find some kind of waxiness in orchid notes. I do get a hint of cardamom. TNP is a rare floral perfume I find so delightful and wearable. Nowadays, sadly, something in this doesn't work any more with my skin chemistry and after couple of hours the scent turns a bit iffy, sharp. I bought my first ever scent locket (The Triple Dagger 💘) so I could keep on wearing TNP without skin chemistry issues.

Thank you! ❤️

Can anyone tell if there's much similarities/ differences between Snake Skin and Western Diamondback? They both share Snake Oil and leather but are they alike? I've never tried the WD, I have a decant of Snake Skin and now I regret that I didn't buy a full bottle.

I must confess, I bought this only because of it's name and description. I'm not psychodynamically oriented but as a professional of psychology I had to respect the roots of my field, and I could not pass this, even I had no idea what it would be like. Freud's ghost was whispering on my ear and I could not resist. When I got this I sniffed it and rapidly buried it hiding in chamber, it felt too intensive and uncontrollable, and I thought it must wait for the colder months (it was the last minutes of the Yules when I bought this and spring sun was beginning to feel warm). Now I got it out and let's see what's coming there. Wet on skin this is heavy with red musk and black leather, the red musk is really screaming for attention. Or maybe the repressed anger just got released and seen. But yes, it's fierce burst at first. About ten minutes after the red musk and leather softens a bit and I can find the pepper, vetiver and ginger, and I do like the way this is turning. This isn't yelling patchouli but it's definitely grounding that all. I don't know if there's any rose? Maybe there is but it's not flagrant at all. I was already worried I couldn't get any coconut but it seems it only needed some time to show up! And the coconut was just what this needed, bringing some softness beneath. I like this one more and more as minutes pass by. I was very hesitant when this was still wet but now completely dry this is more rich, spicy and dark. Unique. I guess this is still developing with aging.

It was purchased about four months ago so it's been resting a while.

I copy and paste my recent review of Mme. Moriarty, Misfortune Teller here, just because if someone is experiencing something similar. I've never tried The Original Mme. Moriarty, only re-releases. Okay, here I am again astonishing batch variations. I ordered a backup bottle of Mme. Moriarty lately (...). The first time I tested my new Mme. Moriarty, the backup one, I could not recognize it as the same perfume. Instead I was thinking it reminded me A LOT of my Snake Oil and at first I was pretty sure it must be mislabeled. The older one is dark, juicy and musky, I truly can smell pomegranate, currant and plum, but vanilla softens it all beautifully. The new one is mostly about the same vanilla that's familiar from Snake Oil, sweet, soft and a bit like dusty or spiced and patchoulied, slightly gourmand. I can't get the fruits or the berries, which is confusing. I asked my partner if he could recognize them as the same perfume and he couldn't. If I think of colors (not the actual colors of the oil but the idea of the color it reminds me), the older Madame is dark, wine red. The new one is burnt sienna or orange (just like Snake Oil). I had to test them all side by side - older Mme. Moriarty, new Mme. Moriarty and Snake Oil. I could get a tiniest hint of plum and currant from the new Madame only when comparing it to Snake Oil side by side. This is the only way I could actually tell they're not the same perfume and maybe the new Madame isn't mislabeled at all! But still it's very different from the older Madame. I do like the new Mme. Moriarty, and I like it a lot, but I'm gonna miss the juiciness and tartness of the older one when the bottle is being emptied.

Okay, here I am again astonishing batch variations. I ordered a backup bottle of Mme. Moriarty lately, I fell for it so badly that I had to. You can read above my review of my original Madame, the one I love so dearly. The first time I tested my new Mme. Moriarty, the backup one, I could not recognize it as the same perfume. Instead I was thinking it reminded me A LOT of my Snake Oil and at first I was pretty sure it must be mislabeled. The older one is dark, juicy and musky, I truly can smell pomegranate, currant and plum, but vanilla softens it all beautifully. The new one is mostly about the same vanilla that's familiar from Snake Oil, sweet, soft and a bit like dusty or spiced and patchoulied, slightly gourmand. I can't get the fruits or the berries, which is confusing. I asked my partner if he could recognize them as the same perfume and he couldn't. If I think of colors (not the actual colors of the oil but the idea of the color it reminds me), the older Madame is dark, wine red. The new one is burnt sienna or orange (just like Snake Oil). I had to test them all side by side - older Mme. Moriarty, new Mme. Moriarty and Snake Oil. I could get a tiniest hint of plum and currant from the new Madame only when comparing it to Snake Oil side by side. This is the only way I could actually tell they're not the same perfume and maybe the new Madame isn't mislabeled at all! But still it's very different from the older Madame. I do like the new Mme. Moriarty, and I like it a lot, but I'm gonna miss the juiciness and tartness of the older one when the bottle is being emptied.

Assimbya nailed it beautifully and I can nothing but agree. This one's a morpher, and the wet phase is truly intense neroli and nothing more. But wait a minute or even less, it softens remarkably and it softens fast. Amber and myrrh balances the sharpness of the neroli, but in the end the winner of the notes is mallow. Beautiful, soft mallow that's familiar from the White Cat. Nowadays I usually can't wear anything with honey but it seems that "honey-tinged" is fine. I can get the sweetness of the honey but it doesn't turn iffy at all and pairs lovely with sandalwood. I really can't get any heliotrope. Dry there's only a whisper of neroli.