Lit Chick

What? This has fruit and jasmine? Then how can I love it? I should know by now not to judge a note by a few evil experiences... but really? Two of my nemesis have joined together in a fantastic blend. Wheeee! I had forgotten about this little imp - distracted by some strong smelling others for a few months... and in cleaning out the impage, I tried this on again. It was exactly what I was in the mood for. Love it! Let's see - it reminds me at first of J'adore, which I love. It was my honeymoon perfume. This has that same light, sweet, happy floral. Kitsune-Tsuki, like all BPAL, develops. I really didn't analyze this one too much, but it's lovely! Romantic, oddly enough.

Regarding the musks - do not judge any by the performance of another. Sometimes the BPAL musks are the best thing ever, sometimes ick. Don't be afraid to try a varitey of them! Dorian might be a good start, as it's musky cookies and tea. Which sounds nasty, but it's not. Re foody: Port Au Prince is wonderfully clovey and delicious. Intrigue is foody-but-not, and is probably my all-time favorite cool weather blend. Starts off very chocolatey, but mmmm not sweet. Perfection. The best bet - hit the swap/sales hard. Try a lot of random things.

I never would have tried this - never. So I'm very pleased that the lab decided I should. I love it! As people have noted, it's very citrusy at first, then matures into something a bit darker. It has a slightly commercial smell, but in a very good way. My DH has been wearing BPAL, and I'm going to make him try this - I want it to be his everyday smell. The others are for particular moods (Grr and swoon). This would just be my great-smelling man. Unexpectedly wonderful!

WOW! I think it's the jasmine... but this turned into very bad old-lady perfume on me. Very intense, lots of throw, and something very very wrong behind it. It had the strange tang that homemade soaps sometimes have. Ugh. Ah well, off to swaps!

Frimp! In the bottle, I thought I had a big winner. It was nutty and a little spicy, and a little creamy. Warm. On, it very quickly morphed into a wild, wet floral. Too overwhelming. It went so cloyingly sweet that after a while I had to wash it off. Tons of throw and endurance. It's lovely, but a bit too juicy for me.

Well, they can't all work.... This starts of very promising on me. It is sexy, alluring, very adult. But something goes a little crazy on my skin, and it overpowered me. This is the first BPAL that gave me a headache. This is a heavy perfume, and it has a high-end commerical quality to it (not in a bad way). It also goes and goes and goes. It took many scrubbings with various soaps to get it off me. So, if it works on you, yay - it will last!

Oh dear. I was so confused. I knew this would be a fab scent on me, but I mistook it for The Hanging Gardens at first. Upon first sniff, it's very fruity - hence me thinking about the Gardens. and I was all excited that a fruit blend worked... then I pop in and read the description - ooooh, duhhhhh! So, fig adores me. And at first this is all juicy wonderful figgy green. It's even a little crisp. As it dries, it gets creamy and lucious - such a change! Coconut does pop up, but not in a tanning lotion way at all. It's hardly there, just adds to the cream. Honey has gone rancid on me many times before, but this stays lovely. Amazing scent, I'm totally in love. This will be a bottle purchase. God, it soooooo good.

Gimp from the lab, THANK YOU THANK YOU! I kept meaning to get another Somnium blend after trying Somnus - but of course, I was always seduced by new smellies and put it off. I am so glad this was a little gift in my 13 order. Wet - very herbal, very lavendar. Fresh, though, not the masculine cologne lavendar smell. When it dries, I get very gentle incense of some sort. Vey subtle, comforting, and warm. I first used this a few nights ago. We just moved, and I was tossing and turing a lot. Also, I was waking at 6 am because the sun is so freaking bright. Restless light plus early waking, not a very happy me. I swiped this on, and started playing with some of those chimey meditation balls (hehe, found those when I unpacked - they'd been boxed for years!). In about 15 min, I could barely keep my eyes open. I had the most vivid dreams, yet woke completly refreshed. I've used it a few more nights since then, and always have crazy dreams, and always sleep deeply and well. I'm thrilled. I much prefer this to Somnus. I'll use my imp, and likely a bottle will be on the way.

Got this one with the faint hope that somehow and ultra-rose scent might work. Rose and I, not really the best buddies. Sniff - sweet roses. So pretty. Swipe - acrid, nasty soap. Horrible, lye detergent, awful. BUT - that only lasts for the first few seconds of wetness, thank goodness. Initial dry - slightly soapy rose, with bright grass. YAY! Full dry, roses and grass. ROSES!!!!! Not soap, not old-lady perfume, just roses! SQUEE! I finally have a rose that works! And DH thought it was lovely on me. On sad thing is it fades pretty fast. It's future performance will determine if I get a bottle or not. So happy - yay! ETA - Got a bottle. It's incredible. I made a spray with it, with eliminates the (short) soap phase, and increases it's staying power. 8 hours later and I still smell like sweet roses. Faintly, to be sure - but it's there. This might just be my favorite floral. It is at the moment!

Gimp from the lab. YAY! I put this on my husband the other day. While it is unlikely to replace Antony as the favorite, this one is gorgeous. It's very masculine, but there is none of the tang that I associate with most cologne. The citrus is fantastic, and the incense is soft and warm. Certainly not what I expected Titus to smell like (especially after the Julie Taymor interpretation) - but a keeper.

Chaste Moon always makes me feel warm and happy. It's my snuggle smell. If I'm feeling really bitchy for no good reason, Szepasszony usually makes me chill.

Ordered soley because it's "13", and YAY! It works! I seem to be one of the few people who does not get chocolate, in the Bliss-y sense. I smell white choco, but to me that smells nothing like real choco - and to my astonishment I really like it. It's creamy and citrus at first, but in a very light, very wearable way. As it dries, it gets deeper, a little sultry. I agree with the comparison to Dorian, just without the sex and cookies. Fabulous, utlra-wearable oil - perfect for all sorts of moods and weather. ETA: Interesting. When it hits chlorinated pool water, it turns into Dr. Pepper for a moment before giving up and dying. Hehe!

I wanted to try this based on Andrabell's infamous review - but I saw "sweet" and decided to hold off. And hold off. But in a swap, a decant of this was available, so I figured why not.... Oh. My. God. This is the most amazing thing! It's musky creamy sweet (but not too) perfection. It's sexy in alluring, seductive way. Very, very confident. I feel like looking sideways at every man and giving them a sly wink. This is masculine - I think DH could wear this (but he'll never get it from me. NEVER!). But it's not manly-man. Which is why I can wear it without being bitchy. Most male blends make me...aggressive. But this - I'm far to invloved with sniffing myself and thinking how incredible I am to be mean. GUYS - In a cologne rut? Want to get a little closer to the girl you've been flirting with? Wear this! It will make you stand out from all the Axe wearing boys. And she'll like it!

Sigh. I think this might work. I was very cranky this am - much futile errand running. So, when I got home I put this on. Did not like it at first - there was a weird sharpness and a sort of random "ick" that I got. Reading reviews, I realize that it's the violets. I hate that. BUT, I can wear this. It goes powdery and watery all at the same time, and it is incedibly soothing. I want to nap, I'm relaxed, I have been told I'm very helpful and nice today (over the phone). It's a keeper - it makes me feel like I'm floating on a calm, cool pond. Seriously, I could really nap right now. This might be a good oil for drifting off to sleep.

Can't recommend an oil (though I find Maiden very soothing) - but treatment, yay! I went the self-help route by reading various book & taking a self-paced class. Worked wonders. PM me if you'd like any recs in that vein. Hug, hon. You're not alone, and you can overcome it!

Perhaps Snow White (which smelled of jasmine and cream, among other things) or Chaste Moon (a delicious cream and floral blend) would work for you? They both have a subtle fruity note to them though, and you might not want that. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I have Chaste Moon, and that is lovely - but too sweet for the Alkmaar-ness that I'm hunting for. Snow White, perhaps I can snag an imp. And now I'm dying for more Alkmaar soap. I'm out.

My vote for indecent - Red Devil. It smells like you're a woman in heat. It has an animal quality to it that my DH finds extremely arousing. Extremely. I rarely wear it in public without DH around (unless it's a barely there dab) because it's so blatantly sexy. Antony is excellent if you want to smell like you've just had a toussle with a sexy-smelling man.

This is so blissfully wonderful on my husband. It's sexy, but not in a jump-your-bones sort of way. It's more swoony and romantic. This made me go all snuggly with DH, and get little thrills of joy that I landed such a man. (Heh, and the night before, I was so exasperated with him). Men, take note - if you have been getting on your SO's nerves and have no idea why, open a bottle of wine, dab on some Oisin, and be rather quiet.

I was worried about this one. Sounded yummy, but clove... hmmm. Would it behave like cinnamon? Cinnamon amps way up on my skin, and ick. Always goes candy-sweet. So, I swiped this on with hope, but little expectation. And yep, clove loves my skin too. Clovey-clove-clove-clove. BUT - It's freaking gorgeous! It's a little sweet and foody, but not overly so. I cannot stop sniffing myself. As it dries, the clove starts to let the other notes pop out. It's been a few hours, and now I smell buttery and spicy and so ridiculously good. This has very little throw on me - very second skin. Thanks so much to the lovely Macha, who sent this over to me!

I am still on a hunt for an Alkmaar like scent. So far, what I've tried has been too jasmine-y and not enough cream. What I'm looking for is a non-foody rich cream scent (Dana O'Shee was too sweet) , with florals second. Is it out there? Off to stalk the reviews....

SEXY. But - Cinnamon loves my skin. And thus, as this ridiculously good smelling oil started to dry, the cinnamon had it's way with me. At first, it was very attentive, a sensitive cinnamon. It promised that this time, it would be different. Didn't it smell gooooood? And the roses, which can go soapy - see? They's so luxurious... yes... oh... that's right... uhhh the pulse points OH!OH!OH! And then I smelled like cinnamon imperials again.

Powerful, lovely floral. It's very beautiful, but there is something metallic and earthy lurking underneath. I find it unsettling. This is a gorgeous, but a little too dark for my tastes.

Sexy and deep. It's mysterious, and almost a little meanacing. You know she's no good, that you'll be lucky to escape... but you can't help but follow her.... Wearing, I feel quietly wicked and very sexual... a keeper!

Agreed! And unfortunately, I had the same reaction as Andrabell to this. The lotus simply amped itself up into cloying sweetness, and no other note couls come through. Ah well, of to swaps!

I rec'd this as a gift from the lab, and thus had no idea what the notes were when I tried it. Unfortunately, most of the notes in Ingenue do not play nice with my chemistry. Violet is perticularly tempermental on my skin. Oddly enough - while this was not something I'd wear, it was very fun. It was an extremely active scent on me, with all the notes vying for dominance. It did not resolve into something lovely, bu never went off into horridness, either - unexpected.