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This one is just perfect for when you want just that extra touch of sweetness in a scent. I find it a true cherry - nothing artificial or plasticky. And Dolly is right - it goes great with OCCO white.

I don't get banana at all! But what I do get is movie theater butter popcorn. I love the smell - just not sure if I love smelling LIKE THIS. I'm wondering about what to layer w/this. ETA: (I was posting on the older thread!) I am completely amazed again how Mara manages to NAIL a scent. This one is indeed "warm & toasty".... I smell like buttered popcorn when it's first applied. I don't get the banana until it's completely dried down. Movie theaters should buy this stuff & have employees wear it... They could make a killing on selling popcorn. It literally makes you salivate. I'm not sure I want to walk around smelling like popcorn, buttered toast or banana pancakes, though. Any suggestions on what to layer with W&T - either another scent or some Sugareds - in order to help sweeten/feminize it up a bit would be welcome! OMG wouldn't this make a killer Wax Melt too...

I would love to see rebrews of Halo's Angelique, Whisker Wishes, Fuzzy Wuzzy, Honeyed LP, Glamour Puss, Stealing Heaven & Open Sesame. NEW is/was aweome too but I think I remember Luna saying there was something in it that was a limited (and now gone) ingredient... I supposed that does factor in to some of the finer alchemy!!! Given more time to think about it, I'm sure I could add to this list. There are many I've never smelled but am very curious about (Gimme Money being one of them!) But you never know what magick lies just around the corner... case in point: one night while battling insomnia I stumbled across the review thread for the original Mara's Warm & Toasty. I immediately started salivating and "wishing" I would have found LP earlier so I could have tried it (and yes I complained on the review thread about my misfortune of missing out on it!). I was going to do an ISO for it (already tried searching the trades for it, to no avail). And you know the rest of the story... not long after that the Weenies magically appeared.... never EVER give up wishing!

OK I thought I was losin' it when I saw Stacy mention Black Cat Mojo... I was like, "I don't remember seeing THAT one!?!" Mara you need to post the label photo with that little "notation" at the bottom of your post... I've wanted J'sBCM since I started LP, due in part to that "little ebony familiar with the talons" that is SO hard to look away from! That will ensure the other 5 bottles disappear quickly (only 5 because I DEFINITELY want one). Please reserve one for me (unless the word got out before I posted this).

I think I'm on reserve for Sleep Tight Might and I do want it if available. And a bottle of Jennifer's Sunset Kiss too please!

Stay-Puft Marshmallow baby is precious and what a perfect label! This totally brought back memories of the Ghostbusters scene....

Thanks Mara - sounds great!

You've settled on awesome ones to start... LFM & LFN are both HUGELY popular here. I started out using the blends to test out the pheros, then added UNs as I found out what scents I loved so I could wear them in a variety of ways. Cougar is really popular - I always got hits off it, but none too blatantly inappropriate as far as age diff is concerned. My problem with Cougar was the grapefruit (I think) the scent just kinda burns my nose hairs if I apply a lot! I just ordered UNCougar last month so problem solved! LFN has to be close to the top of my list of favs - it's just a confident, sexy, driven Phero without the aggression of Dom or Leather. Let us know what you test first!

So... Where are we on the smoke discussion? Are there different kinds of smoke or would this be a bonfire/allumette smoke with little sugar... Or paired differently?

HGS I agree with Mara - great review! Detailed, funny and no spin or mincing words. You are in the minority (men) here so I hope you post more not only about your impressions but about your experiences 'in the field' so to speak. And you were very PC with the early disclaimer and the "final warning" ear muff notation! I thoroughly enjoyed it. I can't get my husband to wear DOM & allow it the dry down time to really blend (imagine - a man with no patience - oh wait, that's fairly common!) Your review makes me want to give it another go!

Great review JudyO! And if you ever decide you don't love it you know where to find me, LOL.

Really? I stumble upon this at 2am (CST) by accident? So THIS is undoubtedly one of those legendary Black Market LP scents that only serves to leave most of us drooling and dreaming of finding one in a trade thread (I.e. Snowball in Hell, Needle in Haystack). With winter around the corner how perfect would something like Warm & Toasty be...

thanks for this Tyvey! I always love the straight, impromptu reviews that are so real and not carbon copies of scent notes, etc. And we can always count on Uz 2B realz so that's why when I see the sugared pine needles I know I get that sudden shot of cold ski run air reality that I love in winter & in a review.

I did order Bonfire unsniffed, and I love Allumette, so now I'm quite sure I'll be happy with it. So with regards to this discussion, are you talking about a different kind of smoke altogether or just different/less sugar in an new Sugared Smoke variant? Sorry if I'm missing the obvious, Mara. How you manage to keep them all straight is beyond me!

LOL good point QG. I've always just thought of the play on words (and to me a 'tush' is a cute butt!) I never thought of it literally though, until now. DUDE. You are such a GUY. Come to think of it, this is exactly how any of my three would react as well. (*rolls eyes, shakes head and shamefully puts head in hands) OK well I'll happily take KUSH Resin and the gorgeous photo (I keep waiting for Mara to chime in here and say it's a "stock" photo because it's SO perfect.)

Kush Resin - darling & gorgeous photo! I always want to say "Tush Resin..."

Well then you'll just have to come up with another PDP (panty dropping potion) mister...You certainly earn your keep around here! Seriously though, I aspire one day to get my HB off into more experimental territory than "Polo Green"... Only a sniffie of "Thunder' (long gone) and LP Homme have given him (scent) pause so far. Of course he has yet to realize the extent of MY phero arsenal & that he is quite ill-equipped (LOL QG u KNOW I'm holding myself back from a judgmental man comment here - only bcuz I respect you!) Admittedly I DO like lots of Mara's Unisex/boysmell blends so my Sandy Bottom comment was for ME.

Yes he is. And so is Sugared Daisy for that matter!

QG don't you dare clean us out of Sandy Bottom like you did the Garage....

EllieBk that is awesome... (although I hate the fact you lost your brother - I'm so sorry- but I'm glad Charlie is still with family!) Thank you for solving (one of) the Sugared Mysteries. And OMG does he sound like a woman, critiquing his photo??? That is so funny. My husband does the same thing. I just look at him and tell him to get over himself. Tell him we're all drooling over the cute dog anyways so he need not worry (even though we all know this to be a falsehood)... that'll teach him to complain, lol.

The hot DOG of course.... c'mon spill it Katz!!!

OK who's the hottie on Linen???

Thanks Memorare I'm so glad you got the sampler - I wasn't smart enough to do that in the beginning, but I wish I had! And you are right - it does morph throughout the day! I love how it lasts though, yet it's not overbearing at all even from the first few minutes. I love this statement of yours: Anyone scared off by the mention of "that one note I don't like" is not really understanding the charms of LP Original. It surpasses the sum of its parts. That is SO well said and true - it gave me chills to read it. I've been guilty of being "scared off" by a note and later finding out that I love a scent (usually from a generous sample freebie I get in a trade - and then at THAT point the scent is usually long gone!) The flipside holds true as well... I've gone for a FB of a scent with notes I absolutely LOVE, assuming I would of course automatically love it - only to find that for me it was only OK. That's why I am so attached to this wonderful forum... it's been a genuine learning process for me. I don't think I'm supposed to be commenting this much as it is a review thread (I don't care to scan through pages of conversations either to get to the meat of a review - and I appreciate that Halo and Luna try to keep things cleaned up and on topic around here) I've just gotten a bit carried away today reading the replies.

Thanks Eggers and Hearts! As Dolly inferred, I must've been lusting after my bad self last night because I re-read my post and I say N O T H I N G about Apricot or Amber or Patch or Vanilla, etc. nor do I make any other 'scent' references, LOL. I guess reviews are supposed to include those things (and I usually do) but after wearing it all day, then taking my final "goodnight" whiff, I guess I was just trippin' on a buttload of EFX from the Magick Potion part If I have to (technically) whiff and think about it, I do smell all those wonderful notes in Love Potion Original at different times - and the irony is that I'm not usually crazy about a few of these notes on their own. BUT (for me anyways...) the EFX LPO has on my chemistry (and the resulting mindset) is so much more than just the olfactory experience. Like a fusion of the scent with who I am. GAWD I sound like a nut job don't I?! *feeling embarrassed here* Suffice to say, that's what I meant when I said LPO is a fragrance that "brings it all home" for me - meaning the whole love of the LPMP ride... Speaking of "home", that's why I posted LPO in the Wax Melts Wanted thread, lol. I just can't bring myself to even waste a DROP of my LPO in my oil diffuser, no matter how badly I may want my house to emanate LP Original! Beach Goddess, you seem to be following in my newbie steps and have fallen for many of the same things I have recently... follow my advice and DON'T wait months to try LPO like I did! And if for SOME reason it doesn't work for you - I will be in the wings waiting to take it off your hands (not that I wouldn't have plenty of competition - you can tell by this thread that this is one helluva scent - there's a reason it is the flagship LP) If I had a sample I would gladly send it to you - but I had to dump my sample vial into my LPO bottle because (as I admitted) I'm nearly out already! ETA: I'd like to know from you seasoned forum members if and what you've boosted LP Original with before (for instance, I know Beccah said she had it with OW and Blackcat mentioned pairing it with H&S) and how you liked it. I love phero/fragrance blends, but now that I'm more comfortable with their use I actually like having the UNs so that I can layer them with my favorite LPs. The next UN I've been considering is Lace... and I wondered how it might work with LP Original. Maybe I can get my girly romantic Jane Seymour ("Somewhere in Time") on. Input always welcomed and appreciated from youz guyz

Thank you, NuTrix... I'll never forget how it was your posts that helped me navigate the LP site during my first 72 hours on the forum! All that reading got me firmly entrenched as a new Love Potion groupie Wow Dolly. This means a lot coming from you, thank you. I think you may be right, actually. That was the last thing I did last night! I was completely spent, but as I got ready for bed I noticed that last, faint whiff of the LPO I'd put on earlier. I grabbed my tablet and definitely wrote from my heart (my head was ready to hit the pillow). The mere fact that Love Potion Original could evoke inspiration amid exhaustion really IS magic.