BPAL description: Pallid skin musk, white roses, and a languorous vapor of Oriental perfume.

Sniffed: Soft, slightly sour, lots of skin musk and definitely some roses, and something a little cologney. Also maybe a hint of smoke, like candles blown out?

Wet: Much more floral, soapier, with a minty note of some sort (?). Turning quickly powdery, ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Tangerine cream, benzoin, white sandalwood, white pear, tonka, and ambergris accord.

Sniffed: This reminds me a lot of Lovers' Parodies of Sumo holds - the tangerine note is the same, very lovely. I also get a little pear and a little richness (but not so much creaminess) from the cream, and definitely the lightly sweet tonka ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Pumpkin, fir needle, pitch, rosemary, and tomato.

Sniffed: Pale yellow oil. Green and herbal and fresh! I don't get any of the buttery note that pumpkin usually registers as, but I get everything else, and some mint that adds a bit of sweetness. Shockingly lovely.

Wet: A little more rosemary and a bit more pitch (now it has a ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Hay, gunpowder, patchouli, autumn herbs, and sun-baked wood.

Sniffed: Golden oil. Sharp, herbal, biting. I get gunpowder, metallic and harsh, first.Then a bit of sour hay and dry warm wood and general herbal greenery. Definitely masculine.

Wet: Still very harsh and almost - chemical, or like leather - I presume that's the ( Read more... )

BPAL description: The father of all dandy aristocrat vampires: Aqua Admirabilis with polished boot leather and blood.

Sniffed: Light golden oil. Strongly herbal (lavender and basil?) cologne with some chemically slick leather and the rusty-iron sort of blood note. Potent and a little disturbing. Absolutely masculine but with a hint of sweetness ( Read more... )

Air
"Spike lavender, sage, lemon, gingergrass, cedarwood."

Air is very spring-like. There's sage and cedar with a fresh grass note. The grass quality dies down quickly and the peppery lavender comes out. Unfortunately, Air disappears in under three hours.

Mephitic Vapors"Black oak, peat moss, graveyard loam, headstones, and damp air ( Read more... )

Bite Me

BPAL description: Croquembouche with almond silk and a drizzle of caramel.

Sniffed: Golden oil. A little bit of cake, a distinct burnt sugar, dark caramel note that is unlike other caramel notes in BPAL - much less sweet, much more aromatic, and really delicious. Then the almond is the strongest note, and it's almost perfumey, like an ( Read more... )

Bread Pudding
"Warm bread soaked in milk and eggs and spices. Baked golden bubbly and served drenched in an ooey-gooey vanilla rum sauce."

Bread Pudding is eggy like french toast and creamy with golden, boozy vanilla. Utterly delicious. It stays that way for three hours and then dies down to almost nothing but a faint, buttery vanilla.

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Turn Me Out"Delicate French lavender, citron, sweet almond, honeyed jasmine, chamomile ( Read more... )

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