Sniffed: Colourless oil. Smells like cedar, very dry and very woody, and very simplistic.

Wet: I don't find this dirty at all, but maybe a tad dusty. Maybe a little rooty, but this is still CEDAR.

Dry: Extremely viscous, and never really dries. Cedar pencil shaving single note, to me.

BPAL description: Sensual, robust, and silken: voluptuous red rose bursting with lascivious red wine and sultry dragon's blood resin.

Sniffed: Medium-darkish amber-brown-beigey oil. Fruity! Lots of grapey wine with only a hint of booziness, fresh red rose (a la Rose Red scent), and the slightly soapy cherry-lilac of dragon's blood.

Wet: A ( Read more... )

BPAL description: A dreamlike, listless scent, misty and hazed, with wisps of white sandalwood, eddying musks the colors of eventide, shimmering pale resins, davana, lemon blossom, orange blossom, and white peach.

In the bottle: Very pale yellow oil. Clean, fresh and bright. Lightly sweet and floral, with beautiful citrus. Sandalwood provides a ( Read more... )

BPAL description: A deceptively tranquil scent: heady fruits, dry bark, and deep green leaves, enveloped by a dark and sinister murk.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil. Sharply green and woody, with an underlying hint of sweetness. Masculine. A bit mentholic, verging on masculine. Some dark resins, too, almost smoky, that add depth.

Wet: Gentler and ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Whiffs of cinnamon bark, almond, and spikenard surround a perfect fruit, whose scent is akin to a tamarind, with the grace of a fine grape, as warm and rich as a fresh fig, glistening red like pomegranate seeds, and as crisp as an apple.

In the bottle: Pale yellow oil. Sweet, warm, spicy, creamy. A bit foody. Much less fruity ( Read more... )

These two were so similar, and I tested them in such close succession, that I thought I might as well stack them in one post.

DIAN'S BUD [no description]
IN THE IMP: Cucumber, melon, possibly citrus. Fresh, clean, soft, sweet. Not soapy, but not really remarkable, either.
ON SKIN: As in the imp. A green, clear kind of scent, verging on aquatic - ( Read more... )

BPAL description: --

In the bottle: Light mint green oil. Sweet and piney; cool, green, fresh. Woodsy and makes me think of christmas trees.

Wet: Rather thick oil. Amazingly sweet (almost fruity), also quite mentholic. It's still very pine tree. Also makes me think of firs, with the sweetness. Sappy, sticky, and foresty in feel.

Dry: Very slow ( Read more... )

BPAL description: --

In the bottle: Light bright yellow oil. Fresh, white flowers and wet planty greenery. Lily of the valley and lilac like; a bit heady, a bit clean-soapy.

Wet: More floral, a bit less on the crushed green leaves. Immensely feminine, rather classic, traditional perfumey white floral. Delicately sweet.

Dry: A bit sharper; a ( Read more... )

BPAL description: A poisonous fruit-bearing member of the buttercup family. The scent, like the plant, is dark green, herbal, and plump with bulging black fruit.

In the bottle: Almost piney-green plants (balsam? green tea?) and juicy purple berries. Wild and fresh and sweet, and strangely, rather soapy.

Wet: Much sweeter and heavier on the fruit ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Breathtaking darkness, a vision of grace in shadow.

In the bottle: Flowers and greenery. Definitely a lily note, but a very pure one. This is surprisingly fresh and clean light. Heavily floral, but not in dark manner.

Wet: There's a weird plasticky note, leather maybe? Otherwise it's quite true to the bottle, perhaps a tad ( Read more... )