Reviews

1. 

   Monica Green – September 28, 2024

   Smelled like cherry syrup out of the vial , on the skin it first smelled like cherry incense, a couple of minutes it was smelling like soft but warm and spicy patchouli and steamed rice with the tiniest bit of cherry in the background. Love it but tbh I wish the syrupy cherry facet lasted longer! I’m still very happy with this scent. Super unique.

2. 

   eristille – July 27, 2024

   To me, it has a strong candy-cherry scent with its artificiality smoothed out by the musk at the end, giving it this sort of red-light sensuality, appropriate for its name. On my skin, the musk sort of “gave up” and the cherry picked up steam, smelling very sweet and feminine–teetering towards girly– on me, which is not what I’m looking for.
   I offered it to my mom and the musk stuck around on her, overall creating a deeper, cherry fruit-and-incense smell which was lovely.

3. 

   twopeople007 – January 16, 2021

   The anise is front and centre when this first goes on my skin, until it dries and the cherry starts to come through, bringing a hint of sweetness with it. The musk makes for a subtle yet solid base. All up a good scent! Makes me think of fancy hardwood floors, all polished.

4. 

   JuniperGaze – January 30, 2018

   At first sniff it is cherry starburst sweet with which the musk transforms into a tuberose redolence that is stunning and moreish.

   After settling, it is cherry incense .. not smoky as such, but delightfully headshop-esque with a touch of that anise darkness to the composition anchored and fro becoming too loud, too animalic.

   I really like this one and is probably one of my top five BPAL’s.. I’ll definitely be buying a FB.

   It is fine for daytime but would make a great date night/night out scent, too!

5. 

   Yekupa – October 1, 2017

   Among my favorite scents from BPAL, I had to buy the full size after my imp ran out. I was attracted by its blood red color when I got it as a frimp years ago and didn’t really start using it until recently and my partner adores it.

   It’s complex, soft and sensual and makes me feel beautiful.

6. 

   Elizabeth – June 27, 2017

   I did not care for this at first, but the cherry and anise really grew on me, in fact I like this better than Hideous Heart! It is sophisticated, sexy, and spicy-sweet.

7. 

   Gloame – January 28, 2017

   Smells like cherry coke in the imp. Dries down to an incense-y licorice with a touch of cherry. If you like anise or licorice, give this one a shot.

8. 

   mopsylemon – June 24, 2016

   Wet (on tester strip): musk, cherry, anise
   Dry (on tester strip): musk, vanilla? …and rice?!

   Wet (on skin): cherry, musk, anise
   Dry (on skin): musk, rice, vanilla, cherry

   What a strange, intoxicating scent! I am definitely smelling something almost…treacle-y, or like steamed rice with sugar on top. The cherry mellows out pretty quickly on my skin and the vanilla and musk become very prominent in the mix.

   This is really nice and I wish I could enjoy the evolution of it because it smells like something very special, but it is giving me a terrible headache. So sad, but I’m very sensitive to certain smells, like vanilla.

   On the plus side, it lingered even after a scrubbing so probably has great longevity!

9. 

   jessecake – September 17, 2014

   Kabuki is a deep cherry scent with something kinda sickly-sweet in the background.
   On dry down the cherry scent seems to fade and the musk/star anise step forward.

   It isn’t a bad scent, just not right for me. I could see this smelling amazing on someone else.

10. 

    Sara – June 11, 2014

    Cherries and anise, an unusual combination. Spicy, yet cool. Strong and long-lasting – the anise’s licorice scent lingers for hours.