BPAL - Black Phoenix
Our signature oil. A dark, languid scent. Promotes hedonistic tendencies and extreme self-love. You won't stop kissing mirrors for a month.GC Diabolus scent, imp of indeterminate age (Old style label)Initial thoughts: Normally, no listed notes = I don't go for it. However, this one was on the list when I was making a big purchase, and I thought well, why not? It'll be a good test of my IDing skills! Not to mention the fact that it's one of those you probably just have to try at least once.In the imp: Whoah momma. Almond. Bakewell tart. Almond. ALMOND.On the wrist, wet: For science! Almond, still, but... more complex. Much more complex. It's not bitter or sharp anymore, it's... almost green... hard to say what I'm picking up on other than almond, but still, there's something there.Twenty minutes later: Well, the almond's gone... this is dark and musky and a bit... sticky. And - a heads up to those with sensitive skin - it itches a little, and this is the first one to do so. This is on the back of my hand (where I have very thin skin) so it might do better elsewhere, but still. I'm really not sure about this - I can't decide what it smells like - and unfortunately my initial reaction is that I don't like it. Oh well.Verdict: Swap pile.Tl;Dr: A powerful almond that fades into something musky and dark. Beware those with sensitive skin.ETA: After about fifteen minutes or so, I didn't care what this smelt like because my skin itched like crazy and the veins on the back of my hand (Where I'd tested it) were bulging. I washed it off with no further ill effects, but I'm gonna have to find out what it was in that that I'm allergic to because, to paraphrase, itching is at one end of a scale that includes 'death' and there's a history of allergy-related deaths in my family. Ouch.