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So, in the interest of having this somewhere that I can access, I am going to review my BPAL here.
First, the good stuff. All of these are things I desperately want bottles of before I run out of the imp. Nuclear Winter is going to be the hardest, dammit and it's the one I want most of all.
Monsterbait: Tokyo Stomp: A sweet and crisp vanilla mint!
So, in the imp this smells like a nice, sugary vanilla mint. On me, when it's wet it smells like sugary vanilla. The sugar proceeds to knock on te vanilla's door, call it out and throughly trounce the vanilla as it dries to make it smell like OMG! minty sugar cookie. Only, not the good homemade sugar cookie. That nasty way-to-sweet artificially sweetened sugar cookie of your youth. Luckily this smells quickly fades to the final scent - a minty creamy smell that smells like chocolate mint chip ice cream. Only without the chocolate. I am still pondering this, because there is no chocolate smell, and yet my nose keeps saying "mmmmm chocolate mint ice cream". So just has to get past the sugar cookie of doom smell to get to the good stuff.
Discontinued - Yule: Nuclear Winter: Annihilation. The ice, desolation and barrenness of nuclear devastation shot through by a beam of radioactive mints.
In the imp, this smells minty good. But wet, it smells like generically floral mint. As it drys, it picks up a faint vanilla scent, the mint overpowers the floral and becomes an herbal, not sweet scent. The final scent is that of a nice green mint with a whiff of vanilla - no flowers or sugar to dilute the minty growing smell. It's not toothpaste or mouthwash, it is the scent of a freshly picked mint on a summer's day.
General Catalog - Sin and Salvation - Dorian: A Victorian fougere with three pale musks and dark, sugared vanilla tea.
In the imp this smells just like vanilla tea. Wet, it smells like a nice musky vanilla, which fades to a nice sugared vanilla. When it is fully dry - it is a nice sugared vanilla tea - with just enough musk to remind you that it is a perfume. I love this smell, it makes me think of Sunday afternoons with my friends when we go out to tea.
General Catalog - Wanderlust - Tombstone: A rugged, warm blend of vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar.
When I first got this one, I was desperate for a good rootbeer. The old fashioned kind made with real herbs and real sugar, dark as sin and sweet as a popiscle on a summer's day. When I sniffed the imp, I thought this was going to be a woodsy scent, because all I smelled was cedar. Wet, it smells like a nice vanilla/fir/sassafras smell - but it dries, oh how it dries, down to nice root beer smell. The kind that has real vanilla, real sugar, and real sassafras. Mmmmm..... root beer. Yep, we are discovering that Tikiera's like to smell like food.
General Catalog - Love Potions - Severin : Dry black teas, Earl Gray, and leather.
In the imp, this smells like earl grey. A nice tea and bergamont scent. But wet, the leather whips itself out and dominates. As it drys, the leather smell and tea smell compete - each trying to take advantage of the other. But the final smell is that of all three notes - tea and bergamont and leather - in wierd trio that works very well.
General Catalog - Love Potions - O: Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla.
In the imp this is just honey and amber. Wet, it is the stench of honey, but if you wait, and the wait is worth it, it becomes a nice vanilla amber with just a hint of something sweet. Well, well, worth the wait. Amber and vanilla used to be my signature scent, and this is yards above anything else I can find.
But heart is with the Nuclear Winter. MMMmmmmmm herbal mint. MMMmmmmmm.
First, the good stuff. All of these are things I desperately want bottles of before I run out of the imp. Nuclear Winter is going to be the hardest, dammit and it's the one I want most of all.
Monsterbait: Tokyo Stomp: A sweet and crisp vanilla mint!
So, in the imp this smells like a nice, sugary vanilla mint. On me, when it's wet it smells like sugary vanilla. The sugar proceeds to knock on te vanilla's door, call it out and throughly trounce the vanilla as it dries to make it smell like OMG! minty sugar cookie. Only, not the good homemade sugar cookie. That nasty way-to-sweet artificially sweetened sugar cookie of your youth. Luckily this smells quickly fades to the final scent - a minty creamy smell that smells like chocolate mint chip ice cream. Only without the chocolate. I am still pondering this, because there is no chocolate smell, and yet my nose keeps saying "mmmmm chocolate mint ice cream". So just has to get past the sugar cookie of doom smell to get to the good stuff.
Discontinued - Yule: Nuclear Winter: Annihilation. The ice, desolation and barrenness of nuclear devastation shot through by a beam of radioactive mints.
In the imp, this smells minty good. But wet, it smells like generically floral mint. As it drys, it picks up a faint vanilla scent, the mint overpowers the floral and becomes an herbal, not sweet scent. The final scent is that of a nice green mint with a whiff of vanilla - no flowers or sugar to dilute the minty growing smell. It's not toothpaste or mouthwash, it is the scent of a freshly picked mint on a summer's day.
General Catalog - Sin and Salvation - Dorian: A Victorian fougere with three pale musks and dark, sugared vanilla tea.
In the imp this smells just like vanilla tea. Wet, it smells like a nice musky vanilla, which fades to a nice sugared vanilla. When it is fully dry - it is a nice sugared vanilla tea - with just enough musk to remind you that it is a perfume. I love this smell, it makes me think of Sunday afternoons with my friends when we go out to tea.
General Catalog - Wanderlust - Tombstone: A rugged, warm blend of vanilla, balsam and sassafras layered over Virginia cedar.
When I first got this one, I was desperate for a good rootbeer. The old fashioned kind made with real herbs and real sugar, dark as sin and sweet as a popiscle on a summer's day. When I sniffed the imp, I thought this was going to be a woodsy scent, because all I smelled was cedar. Wet, it smells like a nice vanilla/fir/sassafras smell - but it dries, oh how it dries, down to nice root beer smell. The kind that has real vanilla, real sugar, and real sassafras. Mmmmm..... root beer. Yep, we are discovering that Tikiera's like to smell like food.
General Catalog - Love Potions - Severin : Dry black teas, Earl Gray, and leather.
In the imp, this smells like earl grey. A nice tea and bergamont scent. But wet, the leather whips itself out and dominates. As it drys, the leather smell and tea smell compete - each trying to take advantage of the other. But the final smell is that of all three notes - tea and bergamont and leather - in wierd trio that works very well.
General Catalog - Love Potions - O: Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla.
In the imp this is just honey and amber. Wet, it is the stench of honey, but if you wait, and the wait is worth it, it becomes a nice vanilla amber with just a hint of something sweet. Well, well, worth the wait. Amber and vanilla used to be my signature scent, and this is yards above anything else I can find.
But heart is with the Nuclear Winter. MMMmmmmmm herbal mint. MMMmmmmmm.
