76%
would repurchase
3.4/5
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3.0
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13 years ago

Meh. BPAL, whatever they might claim, is not using only essential oils and esoteric exotica. They're using the occaasional dash of inexpensive essential oil, odd middle-eastern mixes (Madini and...

About reviewer (542 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinCombination

HairBrown

EyesBrown



3.0
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17 years ago

This is nice, if a bit simplistic and linear. It smells like sweet, sticky cinnamon on me. A very reddish-brown colored scent, with swirls of gold. It's too foody for me, so I'll finish off my imp...

About reviewer (75 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium

HairBlack

EyesBrown


5.0
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17 years ago

Chimera is described as "the fiery, volatile scent of cinnamon, thickened by myrrh, honeysuckle, and copal." It has become my new favorite fragrance! On me, it's warm and rich, definitely...

About reviewer (33 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinSensitive, Fair, Neutral

HairRed, Straight, Fine

EyesGreen


4.0
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17 years ago

A very nice winter scent. Too much cinnamen at first but it gets lovely and creamy afterwards thus it sweet and a little spicy. This could be great in hot weather too if you are somewhere very...

About reviewer (7 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinNormal, Fair

HairBlack

EyesGreen


2.0
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18 years ago

I just got my imps ears and was disappointed with this one - the cinnamon is too sharp - smells more like a room freshener to me!! not creamy enough.

About reviewer (6 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesGreen


5.0
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18 years ago

I love it. Very sweet cookie smell. The cinnamon and myrrh blend nicely to create a warm, spicy scent that leaves me feeling magical.

About reviewer (232 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrunette, Wavy, Medium

EyesBrown


5.0
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18 years ago

This is one of my BPAL top 10. It is delicious! A scent that gets me weird looks because I walk around sniffing my arm. French pastry shop! Very Foody but not sickening sweet like some. A...

About reviewer (26 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinVery Dry

HairRed

EyesBlue


5.0
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19 years ago

Why did I wait so long to try this?! I think "cinnamon" scared me away. I was thinking of a woody, dry cassia cinnamon scent. But this?--- Took me right back to the doughnut shop where I used to...

About reviewer (11 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinOther

HairBrunette

EyesHazel


3.0
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19 years ago

Wet, Chimera is spicy-sweet cinnamon buttercream. Yum. As it dries down, it becomes more of a spicy, cinnamon-honey scent. Also lovely. After a few hours, it turns to cinnamon play-doh. Not so...

About reviewer (166 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinAcne-prone, Fair

HairBlack

EyesBrown


2.0
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19 years ago

Cinnamon Play-Doh. Ick. And it burns my skin. Will try it on my hair and see if it retains the lovely scent from the vial, but on my skin, it's terrible!

About reviewer (375 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinVery Oily, Fair, Not Sure

HairBrown, Other, Other

EyesBlue


5.0
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19 years ago

I'm a huge fan of BPAL and this is one of my favorite blends! Smells like cinnamon and sweets, maybe cookies or cake. BUT it isn't too sweet or cutesy, it's also spicy. It has this energizing...

About reviewer (12 reviews)

Age19-24

SkinNormal

HairBlond

EyesGreen


5.0
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19 years ago

I swear, this is exactly Dragon's Milk Lite. The same gorgeous sweet resinousness (I guess Myrhh + copal = dragon's blood to my nose) mixed with Sugar Cookie, only not as rich and pervasive. This...

About reviewer (36 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinCombination

HairBrunette

EyesHazel


5.0
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19 years ago

This is delicious, and I want to bathe in it. That is all.

About reviewer (56 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinNormal

HairRed

EyesBlue


4.0
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19 years ago

I thought I hated incense in fragrance (think nag champa) but I'm loving the myrrh in this as well as in Velvet. Myrhh isn't heavy or headshoppy at all, which is what I would tend to expect from...

About reviewer (197 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinSensitive, Fair-Medium, Neutral

HairBrown, Straight, Coarse

EyesBrown


4.0
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19 years ago

Chimera is my first cinnamon based scent and it's also one of my favorite BPAL scents. It's wonderfully foody but not too sticky sweet or unwearable like some foody scents can be. The very...

About reviewer (239 reviews)

Age25-29

SkinOily

HairBrown

EyesHazel


4.0
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19 years ago

An excellent fragrance for anyone who likes cinnamon. It smells very much like cinnamon, but isn't overly foody. I'm not sure how BPAL achieves that feat. One caution, this oil can cause skin...

About reviewer (145 reviews)

Age36-43

SkinCombination, Fair, Not Sure

HairBlond, Other, Other

EyesBrown


4.0
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20 years ago

<i>Bewitching Brews ~ The fiery, volatile scent of cinnamon, thickened by myrrh, honeysuckle, and copal.</i><p>Creamy, creamy, smooth, sweet cinnamon...how delicious! Chimera is so beautifully...

About reviewer (557 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinCombination, Other

HairBrunette

EyesBrown


4.0
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20 years ago

I bought a bunch of imp's ears from BPAL, and they sent me even more samples than I purchased. So I've got a ton of imp's ears, and have been pulling them out randomly. Chimera is the fifth, and...

About reviewer (35 reviews)

Age44-55

SkinSensitive, Fair

HairSilver

EyesBlue


4.0
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20 years ago

In the vial, soft amaretto overlies rank something-or-other, a very faint something-or-other but nonetheless, old sweet milk and dried herb ? (odd) Thankfully on skin the notes converge to mild...

About reviewer (161 reviews)

Age30-35

SkinDry

HairBrown

EyesBlue


4.0
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20 years ago

I was worried this might smell too similar to my other BPAL cinnamon scents but Chimera has a rich honeyed sweetness that sets it apart. Wet I could smell mostly cinnamon sugar; then as this dried...

About reviewer (819 reviews)

Age

SkinCombination

HairOther

EyesGreen