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ALICE |
Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot.
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This is one of the first 5mLs I ever bought, yet it's taken
me over a year to review. Heh.
This doesn't change at all on me, from wet to drydown. The throw is average;
you can notice a scent, but it doesn't waft away in clouds of aroma. It
does last a fairly long time as well. I put it on at noon and could still
detect it when I went to bed at 2am.
It's sweet; the milk & honey are soft, creamy & comforting, but
not cavity-inducing. The carnation & milk are really the stars in
this blend. I actual dislike carnations as flowers, but as a perfume ingredient,
it's quite lovely and almost savory & spicy.
The rose is barely detectable and adds a nice bump to the floral notes.
If you are not a fan of roses, I promise, you may not even know it's there.
I amp up roses a lot, and I didn't realize there were roses in there for
the first 3 months I owned this!
The bergamot is also a barely-there component, adding a very soft citrus
note to the blend. Even if you don't like citruses, you may not realize
it is in there, much like the rose. Bergamot isn't quite as sharp as lemon
or lime, so it's not very jarring at all.
This is what I call a BPAL classic.
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THE CATERPILLAR |
Heavy incense notes waft
lazily through a mix of carnation, jasmine, bergamot, and neroli over a
lush bed of dark mosses, iris blossom, deep patchouli and indolent vetiver. |
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CHESHIRE CAT |
Grapefruit, red currant,
dark musk, Roman chamomile, delphinium, and lavender. (can
really pick up on lavender and grapefruit) |
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DRINK ME |
However, this bottle was
not marked `poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very
nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard,
pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon
finished it off.
BPAL’s Drink Me is not for drinking. Please use common sense, and
remember: perfume oils are for external use only.
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EAT ME |
Three white cakes, vanilla,
and red and black currants.
BPAL’s Eat Me is not for eating. Please use common sense, and remember:
perfume oils are for external use only.
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THE DORMOUSE |
A dizzying eddy of four
teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony. |
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FRUMIOUS BANDERSNATCH |
Bandersnatch musk, redolent
of spicy carnations, wild plums and chrysanthemum. |
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JABBERWOCKY |
An earthy yet buoyant scent:
pine, eucalyptus and orange. (highly pungent eycalyptus) |
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KING OF HEARTS
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Rosewood and black cherry
with white musk, red rose, red musk and a spark of lavender. |
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THE LION |
The dry, glorious warmth
of the Savannah. A golden, spiced amber, proud, regal and ferocious. (cinnamony,
a bit too dry) review |
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MAD HATTER |
A gentlemen's lavender-citron
cologne unhinged by the feral pungence of black musk and a paroxysm of pennyroyal.
(v. pungent; reminds me a bit of gemini) review
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MARCH HARE |
A twisted teatime tart:
apricot and sweet clove. (sharp & sweet! traded
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THE MOCK TURTLE'S
LESSONS |
'Reeling and Writhing, of
course, to begin with,' the Mock Turtle replied; 'and then the different
branches of Arithmetic-- Ambition, Distraction, Uglification, and Derision.' |
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MOUSE'S LONG AND
SAD TALE |
Vanilla, two ambers, sweet
pea and white sandalwood. |
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THE POOL OF TEARS
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A sea of salty tears drowning
out Alice's light floral perfume. |
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THE QUEEN OF
HEARTS |
Lily of the Valley, Calla
Lily, stephanotis and a drop of cherry.
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THE RED QUEEN |
Deep mahogany and rich,
velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant. (cedar/wood
note didn't work on me; want to retry) review
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TIGER LILY |
A feisty bouquet of golden,
warm, gently honeyed lilies. (lilies smell like funerals
or something) |
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TWEEDLEDEE |
Ridiculous! Kumquat, white
pepper, white tea and orange blossom. |
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TWEEDLEDUM |
Absurd! Green mango, fig,
patchouli and green tea. |
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TWO, FIVE &
SEVEN |
A huge bouquet of squished
rose petals: Bulgarian rose, Somalian rose, Turkish rose, Damascus rose,
red and white rose, tea rose, wine rose, shrub roses, rose, rose, rose…
…and just an itty bitty bit of green grass. (very
juicy rose; similar to blood rose... grass note not very evident at all,
sadly) |
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THE UNICORN |
A misty, almost luminous
perfume: wispy linden blossoms, white flowers, and a touch of sweet herbs.
(sweet, not very floral) |
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WHITE RABBIT |
Strong black tea and milk
with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent
of clean linen. (very light in the vial) |
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