Jarek

I had been trying my imp of Snake Oil lauered with my imp of Fighter, which has plenty of leather, and loved that mix, so when I saw this was available for Luper 2025 I just had to buy a bottle. In the bottle I mostly only smell the spices of Snake Oil. A bit of the musks. It took me a bit to come to love Snake Oil, some multiple tries before I really liked it, but this one is quite beautiful even though it's barely aged. The leather blooms on my skin and I think it's black leather, so it smells quite different from the Snake Oil + Fighter combo I was layering. But still good. It tones down the sweetness of the vanilla, whih I do like in the original but I also quite enjoy this take on it. It has a fairly long throw and the patchouli and vanilla and spices are so, so good, supported by the musks and leather. The musks and leather are revealed more as I wear it longer and other notes start to fade on my skin. There's still some spices too. It has a long wear time of many hours, the musks linger especially long, I've still smelled them on my skin the moening after I've been wearing it. Very nice. So glad I got a bottle. I need a bottle of regular Snake Oil too, and I would like to age them both but this is so lovely as it is I want to keep wearing it over and over again!

In the imp, very woody and herbal, with a bit of green. On my skin, all of that but even moreso. I can't quite pick out individual notes. I don't get mint, maybe some eucalyptus, the wood is cool and dry and the leaves and herbs are very green and a bit wet. It provides a nice contrast. It's a bit sweet almost but not sugary at all. As it dries, the green leaves and herbs fade more and the woods fade too but more slowly, so they stand out. It gets more dry and warms up ever so slightly but is still largely cool. The throe started out maybe mesium to long and after a couple/few hours becomes a lot closer to the skin but I can still smell it without putting my wrist directly to my nose. I really, really love this blend and hope one day to get a bottle.

In the bottle I smell wormwood and maybe a bit of orris or cardamom. On my skin the wormwood really blooms and takes over everything. It's quite nearly overpowering in a way I find similar to mint, but it's not mint, it's wormwood. And so while I don't quite love it I do still really like it. I can smell the lavender and orris with it more as I wear it longer, the wormwood is just very present. A bit of cardamom? Maybe? That one comes out even more as I wear it longer. It has a decently long throw and it lasts a pretty long time, the wormwood slowly backing off and still noticeable as the perfume finally starts to fade like five or six hours later, but not overtaking everything like it was. Not quite what I was expecting but I hadn't experienced wormwood outside of actual absinthe before, but still very ethereal and pretty. Spooky.

In the imp I smell citrus, grapefruit, and some kind of florals. On my skin the citrus really blooms and is quite forward, though the florals are also present. The citrus fruits are fruit and rind, and not only grapefruit although I'm less familiar with the other ones so I can't quite tell how they're contributing. I don't smell any of what I know as the lab's snow note? The citrus fades mostly but the florals remain, which I wasn't expecting but it's pretty nice. There's a touch of something that's a bit like clean laundry but not soapy. This one doesn't have any aquatic notes listed but it reminds me of R'Lyeh a bit, it's quite pleasant. I like it a lot. I might get a bottle but I haven't decided yet.

I have a decant of this thanks to it being a free bonus inclusion with a purchase I made from a wonderful forumite. I was still a bit wary of too much floral in a scent at the time but it's really quite lovely and I love it very much! I only know peony as a scent from actual peonies and this is pretty spot-on, with the pink amber balanced pretty well with it, neither really overtaking the other. I've come to quite enjoy amber as a note too and pink amber is an interesting variation. This whole blend does smell very pink and yeah it's fairly feminine, and I'm quite happy to wear out my decant though I will keep an eye out for any bottles in the future. :3

Love this. In the imp and fresh on my skin, most of what I can make out is merlot. Maybe with a light breath of florals. After some time to warm up on my skin and be exposed to the air, I get a hint of leather, and the florals are a bit more foreward. The leather is indeed subtle and supple and probably a nice brown suede. Not light or dark. I think I can make out roses and violets but I'm less familiar with myrtle. As it wears for a bit longer I can pick out the musk. It's some sort of... red or rose but also skin musk? It blends in well with everything else, especially the merlot, and doesn't entirely take over like I'm used to a musk doing. I really love this one, and would like to get a bottle someday. This was a frimp and so many frimps I get are lovely, so lovely. I don't find it has a huge throw, maybe medium throw out so, and lasts a few hours at least.

Salty, watery, lavender and lilac. The salt and lilac reminds me of Lavender, Sea Salt, and Rain, though the water is different from that one. Definitely more of an ocean water smell here. I really love BPAL's aquatics so I was super excited about this one. The florals are more herbal than flowery, the salt isn't overpowering, and everything is pretty well balanced by the water. This one also doesn't morph much. It stays for a while with good throw. I want a bottle of this one. Very much.

Honey, sandalwood, orris butter: very much what I notice at first when I apply it. Quite the pleasing combination. I'm in love already. Then after a little bit the vanilla cedar starts to peak through, and I love it even more! Getting some of that musk too but it's pretty gentle and more of a supporting role than a lead like the musk has been in some other Luper blends. Everything is balanced so well and I'm very much enamored with this perfume. I know I often like masculine and unisex scents but I greatly enjoy more feminine ones as well! The honey and floral fade as I wear it longer and the musk sticks around but is less... fuzzy, gets more soft. The woods and vanilla remain. I have already bought a bottle of this. xD

Honey and teak and a red brocade or silk. Those are the notes that really stand out to me at first upon application. After maybe fifteen minutes or so the amber and mosses become more noticeable to me, and yeah I think they're is maybe a hint of citrus that could be the polish perhaps. This is a fascinating scent and my third experience of BPAL's silk note, and I really like the silk note. The red aspect reminds me a bit of red musk, but it's definitely the silk note and not musk. I love this one very much and want a bottle.

WhenI first apply it, I get creamy vanilla, sandalwood, and a bit of tobacco. Exactly what it says it should be. And I really love it, loved it at first sniff. It really is a hint of tobacco because I've smelled BPAL perfumes where it's more prominent and this really isn't that. I do enjoy how tobacco plays with sweeter notes like vanilla and cream. The sandalwood is that kind of creamy sandalwood you can sometimes get too, rather than very dry. I love that variation of sandalwood very much. It's in Veil too, from the GC collection. As it dries the tobacco comes out a bit more and the vanilla cream backs off a little. I don't get a floral I don't think but it could just be well blended in the mix. I knew I wanted a bottle of this upon first sniff and that hasn't changed. So glad I got a decant. I wonder too what this one will be like with a bit of aging.

2025 version. I have a decant. The musk and patchouli really stand out on me upon first application. There's a bit of honey, and what I'm presuming is the balsam, but mostly it's the dirty patchouli and East African musk. As it starts to dry the honey and balsam come out a bit more, and a touch of juniper and oakmoss. The musk started out so strong it nearly tingled my nose but now it's a bit softer, though still very forward. This feels a very masculine blend, yes, and not in my usually loved "gentleman's perfume" sort of way, but still very enjoyable to me. Once again I am liking my decant a lot more upon second application, and I may have to try for a bottle of this one too, though it is reoccurring and I could get it instead another year.

This one starts out almost sugary sweet. Then I smell the green plant and the floral. It's a pretty light scent but has maybe a medium throw. I'm not familiar with hibiscus so I couldn't tell you if that's the floral I'm smelling and I can't quite place the green either, but it's very pretty. Not sure if it's me but I do like it more than when I first tried it out. I like it, but not enough to get a bottle. Very nice though. I'll keep the decant.

I've tried one other Luper with a silk now, and though they both take different approaches to it (this one green, the other one charred) I think I have an idea of what it smells like now. And I really like it. This evokes the idea of sage with its "green silk" concept, smooth and shimmering. The whole thing manages to smell green without being quite like any green notes I've smelled from BPAL before, since that's mossy *velvet*, velvet carpet of wildflowers and ivy. There's a bit of a texture to the scent so it's not all smooth, with some elements almost bitter and a bit darker green. I wasn't too sure what I thought of this one during my first test, but I really love it now. I am gradually accumulating a massive amount of bottles that I want but this is hopefully going to be one of them.

This is quite amazing. I had a feeling this decant would grow on me with multiple tests, and now that it's been resting a week it's really appealing to me, and I liked it before! In the vial I really smell the fruits and vanilla bean. Wet on my skin it's sweet berries, sweet but dry red musk, and bitter tobacco absolute contrasting everything else. I'm not really picking out the vanilla bean anymore, and I'm not sure I smell much else but it's a pretty rich and layered scent with plenty of depth. I'm not often one for food scents but the berries in this one are making me reconsider that. :3 As it starts to dry I think I can pick out the florals, the labdanum and a bit of rose petals. Also I've read a bit on opoponax and it might be lensing itself to the burgundy musk & tobacco elements as a supporting character but not really standing out on its own. The vanilla bean might be that too. Wearing it for longer the bitter tobacco mellows out some though it's still around, the berries and florals tone down but it's still sweet, the red musk is still there but it's slightly less dry, it just becomes more blended. I love it at both stages. It has quite a bit of throw even still like this. I know this is reoccurring but I may have to get myself a bottle before this year's Lupers go away.

Upon first application on my skin I smell apple, red musk, maybe some vanilla peeking through although that could be the benzoin. A couple hours later that's still largely what I smell, there's maybe a bit more vanilla, and I think some of the amber is now discernable. I'm not getting any fig, which is a shame because I love BPAL's fig note, but it could be blending in with the apple. This is very nice and I think I love it, which is smore than I liked it during my first test. But seeing as it's a reoccurring scent and how I'm not quite super enamored with it I think I will pass on a bottle for now though I may pick one up another Luper.