Snake Oil

Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab

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3.7

129 reviews
62%
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    5.0
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    oceandreamer001

    18 years ago

    The big secret to Snake Oil: you need to let it age. When I first tried it, it was disgusting. I got B.O. and headshop. Not pretty. After lamenting on the bpal forum that I wanted to love...

    About reviewer (8 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinAcne-prone, Fair-Medium, Warm

    HairBrunette, Other, Fine

    EyesBrown

    4.0
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    Bossanova

    18 years ago

    This is a tricky fragrance. It's not the kind that is easy to wear at any time, on any day. I had to test it several times to "get it" and even now, I still sometimes get the "playdough" reaction....

    About reviewer (34 reviews)

    Age19-24

    SkinSensitive, Fair-Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Wavy, Coarse

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    SuburbanSue

    18 years ago

    I can't believe I've never reviewed this fragrance. Snake Oil is amazing. It's a spicy, incensey vanilla scent. It's very well-blended, so it doesn't seem foody or buttery, as many vanilla scents...

    About reviewer (145 reviews)

    Age36-43

    SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

    HairBlond, Other, Other

    EyesBrown

    3.0
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    Torrilin

    18 years ago

    Snake Oil is an interesting vanilla, musk and patchouli scent. Unfortunately, on my skin, I get a sickly sweet vanilla, an intensely powdery white musk, a sickly version of my own BO, a hint of...

    About reviewer (22 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinDry

    HairBrunette

    EyesOther

    5.0
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    LUVrascal

    18 years ago

    This is my very first try with BPAL. I ordered an imp's ear of this b/c I figured it would be a good starter fragrance for someone who had never purchased from this company. I expected that I might...

    About reviewer (554 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinNormal, Fair, Cool

    HairBlond, Wavy, Fine

    EyesHazel

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    KateB518

    18 years ago

    I am not cool enough for this fragrance!! You know those women who can wear a kids little league shirt and a skirt made out of cutoff camoflauge pants and look totally sexy? I am not one of those...

    About reviewer (72 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinSensitive, Fair

    HairBlond

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    schackjj

    18 years ago

    Didn't even cold-sniff this because that never seems to have any relation to how they smell on the skin. Wet, all I could smell was smokiness, like campfire. An hour or so later, the vanilla...

    About reviewer (10 reviews)

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    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairBrunette, Wavy, Fine

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    atomic_girl

    18 years ago

    I'm currently test driving two BPAL scents. On my left wrist is O, which is absolutely vile (see my review). On my right wrist is Snake Oil, which is heavenly. It's a comforting scent with a...

    About reviewer (572 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Neutral

    HairBrown, Curly, Medium

    EyesHazel

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    elsier

    18 years ago

    I revisit this bottle every 2-3 months hoping to get the miraculous metamorphosis I got with O. Still hasn't happened. I was looking forward to a new take on vanilla, but all I get is amber and a...

    About reviewer (84 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinDry, Other

    HairBrunette

    EyesBrown

    2.0
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    persephone76

    18 years ago

    This is okay but fairly common and head shop smelling. I don't get why this is BPAL's most popular at all....maybe it's a skin chemistry thing.

    About reviewer (58 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination, Medium, Not Sure

    HairBrown, Other, Other

    EyesGreen

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    FrenchPineAppleBird

    19 years ago

    Smells like old socks and mens cologne..with a touch of vanilla. Not sexy, and my boy doesn't like it either. Which is terrible because I really was looking forward to loving it...alas...it doesn't...

    About reviewer (24 reviews)

    Age19-24

    SkinDry

    HairSilver

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    snarkylyn

    19 years ago

    I feel this is BPAL's best offering. These scents are rather hit and miss for me. I found Snake Oil to be a surprise hit. This scent is truly unique, in a most positive and compelling way. On...

    About reviewer (56 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinNormal

    HairRed

    EyesBlue

    2.0
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    Maximina

    19 years ago

    Overrated. Breathe deep, it's majorly POWDERY. Minty on top with prevalent powder notes beneath. Musky, amberish, smokey, playdoughy, old, like entering a shop coated in an inch of dust. At first...

    About reviewer (772 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinCombination

    HairBlond

    EyesBlue

    4.0
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    seacrow

    19 years ago

    This is very nice. I'm not very good yet at detecting every separate not in a fragrance, but I definitely smell vanilla. This has a sort of perfumed smokey smell--very warm smelling. Sweet, but not...

    About reviewer (1 reviews)

    Age25-29

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    HairRed

    EyesGreen

    5.0
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    nemesis41

    19 years ago

    I was not expecting to like this at all (not a big fan of vanilla), but surprise, surprise, I did like it. In fact, I love it. I generally don't like the scent of vanilla but in Snake Oil it's...

    About reviewer (862 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Fair, Cool

    HairBlond, Wavy, Medium

    EyesBlue

    5.0
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    stickgirl

    19 years ago

    Yum... what a perfectly delicious scent! Burning incense while making cookies... a bakery in the back of a Tibetan monestary... like comfort food for the nose! This is a simple blend... it...

    About reviewer (37 reviews)

    Age30-35

    SkinVery Oily

    HairBrunette

    EyesBlue

    2.0
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    perpetuallycute

    19 years ago

    <b>Love Potions: By far, our most popular scent! Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla. </b> <p> I am so sad this didn't...

    About reviewer (247 reviews)

    Age19-24

    SkinDry

    HairOther

    EyesBrown

    5.0
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    nancybridget02091979

    19 years ago

    YUM! This is a delicious vanilla and sugar blend with just a touch of incense to take it from innocent to sexy!

    About reviewer (344 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinNormal, Fair-Medium

    HairBrunette

    EyesGreen

    4.0
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    LittleGhost

    19 years ago

    Mmmmm cinnamon toast. Lol. But seriously, it does smell really good but alot like cinnamon toast. It's my favorite bpal scent so far. I have a 5ml bottle and I doubt I will ever run out but if I...

    About reviewer (29 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinOther

    HairOther

    EyesOther

    3.0
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    haloinrverse

    19 years ago

    i wonder if this is named snake oil (a term for a worthless medicinal cure all) because its an easy to wear scent that appeals to most people. <br><br> notes: A blend of exotic Indonesian oils...

    About reviewer (832 reviews)

    Age25-29

    SkinCombination, Other

    HairBrown

    EyesBrown

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