BPAL description: Vanilla orchid, Monoi tiare, gardenia, and light incense.

Sniffed: Deep golden oil. Softly sweet, light, delicate, feminine floral. The gardenia is very gentle, and I do definitely get some orchid. A faint wisp of incense.

Wet: Dries almost instantly, and goes more planty-floral, sharper, less sweet. More heavy and cloying, I ( Read more... )

"Golden rum, apricot liquor, pineapple, pomegranate, ginger, brandy, grapefruit, and pink lime ( Read more... )

"Jamaican rum, almond liquor, orange water, sugar syrup, lime peel, black cherry, vodka, and mint ( Read more... )

SCREECHING PARROT - Golden rum, apricot liquor, pineapple, pomegranate, ginger, brandy, grapefruit, and pink lime.Wet on Skin: rum and ginger. Sadly, no citrus is coming through ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Papaya, blueberry, lemongrass, and gin.

In the bottle: Strongly herbal-juniper gin, fruity blueberry, faint lemongrass.

Wet: Blueberry (very natural, not artificial or too sweet) a bit stronger, but still heavy on the gin. Lemongrass still very faint. Papaya if I strain.

Dry: Slow-drying oil. Strong, junipery-herbal gin. ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Ginger blossom and vanilla orchid.

In the bottle: Foody, sweet french vanilla - almost caramel-like - with a hint of underlying, fresh ginger blossom.

Wet: Creamy vanilla ice cream with invigorating, refeshing ginger. Sparkling. Surprisingly fresh and much less sweet than in the the bottle.

Dry: Dries and fades in potency ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Jamaican rum, almond liquor, orange water, sugar syrup, lime peel, black cherry, vodka, and mint.

In the bottle: Rum, almond liquor, cola, cherry. I totally get the cherry coke thing others have mentioned. Sweet and strong and boozy, but oddly sparkling.

Wet: Almond extract and sparkling cherry coke. Totally. Maybe a hint of ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Pineapple, mandarin orange, raspberry, passion fruit, and rum.

In the bottle: Buttery (???) orange, pineapple, and rum.

Wet: Very similar, less buttery though thankfully. Heavier on the pineapple and a bit of raspberry peeks through. Very fruity, and quite sweet and foody.

Dry: Settles into a much more blended and less ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Tangerine, gin, passion fruit, guava, and tonic.

In the bottle: Fresh-herbal gin, tangerine, and guava. Fruity but not very sweet.

Wet: Similar, but tangerine and guava amped, and some sparkling tonic has emerged. The gin note is lighter, thankfully. I'd swear there is some pikaki in here too, providing a warm floral note.

Dry ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Bamboo reed, palm frond, and hibiscus.

In the bottle: Fresh, green-planty, citrusy (in an unripe, zesty way) and aquatic. Bamboo and hibiscus.

Wet: Similar, a little soapy. Actually now this reminds me a bit of Ebisu. It's a very green fresh aquatic but has a tropical, asian feel.

Dry: Very 'clean' feeling; a bit cologney from ( Read more... )