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  • Al-Shairan (Excolo) ★★★★
    • smells like cinnamon and fruit in the bottle; wet, it smells strongly & purely of cloves, but the orange and peach come out once it starts to dry, although they are blended so well it's hard to pick them apart; overall it's very dark but with a tinge of fruit.
  • Frumious Bandersnatch (Mad Tea Party) ★★
    • smells okay in the bottle, embarrassingly spicy/cinnamony when first put on skin, then turns rather soapy.
  • The Hesperides (Bewitching Brews) ★
    • very sharp and cool in the bottle, gets cooler but less sharp on the skin; becomes a good deal sweeter after a while, but loses its coolness and becomes a little buttery.
  • Hurricane (Bewitching Brews) ★★
    • disappointing; smells musty and dull in the bottle, too sharp and minty wet; however, gets a slightly sweet aquatic feel when dry.
  • Jazz Funeral (Ars Moriendi) ★★★★★
    • gorgeous in the bottle, gorgeous on the skin.
  • Mania (Excolo) ★★
    • I liked it better in the bottle than on my skin; it turned pretty fruity.
  • Siren (Ars Amatoria) ★★★★★
    • love it! Smells like jasmine with a tiny bit of vanilla; I could smell the ginger in the imp, but on me it didn't come out until much later, and I do not smell any apricot as of yet. doesn't last that long.
  • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Bat (Mad Tea Party) ★★★★
    • got this as a frimp. was originally unsure, as it smelled extremely, cloyingly sweet and melony in the vial, but after I put it on, a lot of the green tea and lime rind came out, as well as a bit of mint. It's still sweet, but in a nice amount.
  • Black Dahlia (Sin and Salvation) ★★★★
    • in the imp: lovely floral; not overpowering.
    • wet: very, very strong flowers (I think mostly rose, with some jasmine) and some amber.
    • dry: the amber has gone away, and now it's mostly rose; after a while there's a lemony smell too, which I guess is magnolia.
  • Hellcat (Diabolus) ★★★★
    • in the imp: very strong scent of buttery honey with a touch of rum.
    • wet: first, it's so buttery and rich that it makes my throat start to close up. Then something spicy like cinnamon comes out.
    • dry: loses most of the butteriness, thank god. It's lovely, gorgeous, sweet honey, with rum and a tiny bit of almond. It's quite foody, which I usually don't go for, but I like this.
  • Kitsune-Tsuki (Diabolus) ★★★★★
    • in the imp: absolutely gorgeous blend of florals (mostly jasmine, I think) and plum!
    • wet: turns extremely flowery.
    • dry: the scent of plum wafts up over the flowers. Gorgeous!
  • Mag Mell (Wanderlust) ★★★
    • in the imp: I smelled the sage first, but then the verbena overtook it; it's summery, yet somehow pleasantly cool.
    • wet: verbena is still dominating, but I can also smell ginger; light and summery.
    • dry: unfortunately, it just smells like vanilla when dry; I'm not a big fan of vanilla, and although this one doesn't bother me much, it's not what I would have wanted it to be.
  • Moon Rose (Rappaccini's Garden) ★★★★
    • in the imp: it does smell like rose, but less sweet due to something else layered over it, which I can't identify.
    • wet: really rosy but not too sweet; I love it.
    • dry: it's rose, but it's so, so, so faint. It's not really a smell anymore, but more of a feel.
  • Szepasszony (Diabolus) ★★★
    • in the imp: it's the scent I associate with cold water (love this scent), but with a touch of something warm & slightly sour hidden underneath.
    • wet: smells lemony; actually I would say the watery scent is almost completely hidden by lemon. There's also a touch of something slightly bitter.
    • dry: I'm so disappointed with this. It was one of the scents I most wanted to try ever since I first heard of bpal, but I can barely call it an aquatic. Mostly it smells of overripe lemons, and it's a much warmer, fruitier scent than I'd expected. Not unpleasant, but not what I wanted when I ordered this. Also doesn't last long at all.
  • Gluttony (Sin & Salvation) ★
    • in the (fr)imp: ew, buttercream, lots and lots of buttercream, with a bit of vanilla, neither of which I care for.
    • wet: I was a little afraid to try this on because it smelled so buttery in the imp, but it's not as bad now. There's a really spicy scent, and vanilla beneath that.
    • dry: Spiciness faded into the background, and now it's mostly sweet - vanilla and caramel, I think. Not as bad as it was in the imp, but I'm still not a fan.
  • Prurience (Ars Amatoria) ★★★
    • in the (fr)imp: the scent that I'm learning must be amber jumped out at me, then a bit of vetiver, which I haven't had good experiences with so far. To be honest I have never smelled most of the other things in this, so I don't know what I am smelling.
    • wet: smelled purely of amber.
    • dry: really burnt smell, with a sweet and powdery smell underneath. Surprisingly, I kind of like it.

want to try:

  • Aureus (Bewitching Brews)
  • Belle Époque (Bewitching Brews)
  • Bewitched (Bewitching Brews)
  • Black Opal (Bewitching Brews)
  • Dee (Bewitching Brews)
  • Ephemera (Bewitching Brews)
  • I died for beauty (Bewitching Brews)
  • Jack (Bewitching Brews)
  • Kill Devil (Bewitching Brews)
  • Phantasm (Bewitching Brews)
  • The Poisoned Apple (Bewitching Brews)
  • Saint-Germain (Bewitching Brews)
  • Schrodinger's Cat (Bewitching Brews)
  • Seance (Bewitching Brews)
  • Swank (Bewitching Brews)
  • Tempest (Bewitching Brews)
  • Zephyr (Bewitching Brews)
  • Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo (Bewitching Brews - The Conjure Bag)
  • Chuparosa (Bewitching Brews - The Conjure Bag)
  • Has No Hanna (Bewitching Brews - The Conjure Bag)
  • Embalming Fluid (Ars Moriendi)
  • Eternal (Ars Moriendi)
  • The Phantom Wooer (Ars Moriendi)
  • The Great Sword of War (Sin and Salvation)
  • Akuma (Diabolus)
  • Blood Countess (Diabolus)
  • Hell's Belle (Diabolus)
  • Imp (Diabolus)
  • Kuang Shi (Diabolus)
  • Wicked (Diabolus)
  • Carnal (Ars Amatoria)
  • Defututa (Ars Amatoria)
  • Depraved (Ars Amatoria)
  • Kabuki (Ars Amatoria)
  • Les Bijoux (Ars Amatoria)
  • Queen of Sheba (Ars Amatoria)
  • The Temptation (Ars Amatoria)
  • Alice (Mad Tea Party)
  • Alice's Evidence (Mad Tea Party)
  • Cheshire Cat (Mad Tea Party)
  • Croquet (Mad Tea Party)
  • The Lion (Mad Tea Party)
  • March Hare (Mad Tea Party)
  • The Mock Turtle's Lessons (Mad Tea Party)
  • Tweedledee (Mad Tea Party)
  • Tweedledum (Mad Tea Party)
  • 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster (Mad Tea Party)
  • Katharina (Illyria)
  • Amsterdam (Wanderlust)
  • Bayou (Wanderlust)
  • Danube (Wanderlust)
  • The Hanging Gardens (Wanderlust)
  • Shanghai (Wanderlust)
  • Sybaris (Wanderlust)
  • Lyonesse (Wanderlust)
  • Dragon's Eye (Ars Draconis)
  • Dragon's Reverie (Ars Draconis)
  • Hairy Toad Lily (Rappaccini's Garden)
  • Sundew (Rappaccini's Garden)
  • Azathoth (A Picnic in Arkham)
  • Hi'iaka (Excolo)
  • Oya (Excolo)
  • Aglaea (Excolo)
  • Egle (Marchen)
  • Bensiabel (Marchen)
  • The Witch's Repast (Marchen)
  • Violet Ray (Steamworks)
  • Bruised Violet Compound (Pharmacopoeia)
  • Nostrum Remedium (Pharmacopoeia)

unimpable:

  • Abe Sapien (Hellboy)
  • Aziraphale (Good Omens)
  • Crib Girls (The District)
  • The Death of Sardanapal (The Salon)
  • Fairy Wine (Stardust)
  • Famine (Good Omens)
  • Fox Fires on New Year's Eve at the Garment Nettle Tree at Oji (The Salon)
  • The Isle of the Dead (The Salon)
  • Josie (The District)
  • Kiyohime Changes From a Serpent (The Salon)
  • Lot and his Daughters (The Salon)
  • Lucretia (The Salon)
  • Pepper (Good Omens)
  • Silence (The Salon)
  • Spider (Anansi Boys)

bottle wishlist:

  • Kitsune-Tsuki
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