shelldoo

A friend read the site description and said that one is definitely you. I love wine scents so I agreed, ordered an imp, wish I had ordered a bottle.

 

in the vial: grapey sweet grapey not really wine more like fresh grape

 

wet: still very grapey but the wine smell is starting to show up

 

dry down: the wine is a lovely sweet wine, dark swirling communion wine. there is a floral background but the leather and wine keep it from getting to girly feminine the kind of floral i don't care for, this is a dark, marture (not old) sexy floral. this fragrance could be a passion for me. I almost almost can see wanda fifghting Tintagel for #1

Ths was a very clean, masculine scent, yet i can see me wearing it. I am not familiar w/ the story of Bluebeard so it has no negative impact on my relations w/ this one. I loved it in the bottle loved it on. Want the dh to try it. I can't really separate the notes it is just nice, but then again i have abt 15 different scents on right now so I could be cornfused abt the notes, but i do like it.

Beautiful! I get a slight slight hint of a clean tea smell but mostly a sugary vanilla, but very light super nice, I have had it on a few hours and it still is there which surprised me because it was so light i thought it would disappear I want a big bottle of this.

Is it not funny how Beth's oils are so different for each of us?

 

In the bottle this reminded me of dried herb store. I couldn't distiguish any notes.

 

wet: interesting combination, I get a neroli scent but something selse i just can't place.

 

dry down: ok lavender, neroli and cinnamon peeking out from behind them to say yoohooo and then running away just as I look. This is a very beautiful scent. Nice! And it didn't burn or wely my ultra sensitive skin at all.

I do not get the old dried rose smell form this. I agree that it does remind me of ouija's big sister, it smells of a fresh rose, and rosewood, It is beautiful.

in the vial: dark roses, i know this smell.....from where....

wet: nice, I do not get hippie shop (love hippie shop smells but I don't get it at all),

dry down: I get a deep dark red rose, it is very moist maybe, late at night say the last rose of summer, there is a smokey feel here too, absolutely goegeous scent, I do not get the old lady comparison I feel sexy and powerful w/ this one on.


The funnies thing (I believe I have brought it up before) I always hated rosey type smells, but Beth has a way of blending them w/ something dark and mysterious and it makes me crave the dark rose goodness, I find myself reaching for these time and again and it still shocks me.

Chupa, are we sharing a brain now? I noticed the same thing about Chimera and Sugar Cookie just about 10 days ago, while Jeff was in the hospital. I forgot about it until you posted though.

 

Shelldoo.... how can you NOT STAND KALI?! I have half a mind to come over to your house and hold you down and tickle you until you say you LOVE IT!! Only the fear of being attacked by an iguana or maybe even a whole army of small animals, and children, is keeping me away. 

 

Kali is probably my favorite of all the regular catalog BPAL scents -  can you tell? And I love DDLM too, but I haven't worn it very often. I will have to do a comparison of the two and see if my nose picks up any similarities.

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i bet it smells lovely on you. I didn't get any chocolate, no sweet, it was a very weird smell for me, maybe I will get another imp and try it again (I swapped the other ) maybe it was an off week, and you don't have to worry about the animals they are all tame, the kids tho, they are savidges

reading the reviews for this I start to get a glimpse of this scent, it is different things to different people. And what I mean is teh emotional aspect not the smell part, which often varies.

 

in the vial it had almost no smell, I really really had to sniff, almost snorted up the liquid. I had smelled sacred whore right before this so that could have something to do w/ it.

 

wet: it is very very faint, a clean soft, very comforting smell, how can a smell be comforting like this?

 

dry: I almost always go for dark heavy spicy scents. But this one almost calls me, I keep sniffing it, I do not get any green from it, it is a soft soft flower, I think I smell lily, but there is more then lily if that makes sense, if a white puffy cloud had a scent I think this would be it. It is almost like wearing your boyfriends sweater after he leaves, and you can smell him and it is like he is still hugging you. I am definitely getting a 5ml

In the vial, i didn't get any floral or vanilla or cinnamon, I got something sharp that felt like it singed my nose. Kind of a metalic something.

 

wet: the sharpness is still there but the floral (yup gardenia) is starting to grow.

 

drydown: much much nicer, whatever that sharp note was, it was almost painful, but only lasts 5 min or so. Then it i a nice, musky, smokey,cinnamon, wine, gardenia, all of these notes seemed balanced and none are right there alone, it is very complex, very beautiful, lots of throw, it is very sexy and womanly, a naughty sexy type smell, I love it! It surprised me because wet I was tempted to wash it off, I am going to try it a few more times, before I commit to buying a big bottle because I do not like the first 5 min. But then again dry it might be worth it.....argh decisions.

I am so thankful for ebay, so I could get this one.

 

in the bottle: weird and very masculine, sharp woodsy smell but not juniper something else

 

wet: this was masculine in the bottle?? juniper, roe, beautifl

 

dry: sigh I adore tintagel, which i bring up often , this is very similar in feel to me, it is more floral (the rose i guess) but the juniper, winey smell mixed w/ the roe is just too good. I adore this one. I hope one day it i released again so I can get more. I get hints of all the notes, taking turns tempting me, the dragon's blood, juniper, ect it is just simply devine thank you Beth!

in the bottle: Grape gum

 

wet: wow there are teh spices, smells like a juicy grapey smell w/ spices.

 

dry: the clove is right there, the wine is mingling w/ it. it ha a lush, fruity, rich smell, I adore this one

 

 

(my lunacy order is gonna be so big it will be lunacy )

Yup samhain is pink, Hearth is very cherry in the bottle, very very cherry.

I can't tand kali and love dia to me they weren't similar at all.

I would say samhain for sure I had a mishap w/ my retainer cap and a rather largish drop sprang forth. It was a day I had about 6 imps to mail off for swaps, the lady at the post office kept asking what the smell was, then when it was my turn (yes she was asking when I was quite a ways back in line ) I said I was sending essential oils, and she said ahhhh it must be you I smelled so lost of throw.

does anyone have any reccomendations for something similar to carnivale?

In the imp: herbal greeness.

wet: very very green, herbal

dry: wow this got a bit sweeter, I smell the berries, they are a very ripe juicy smell, the musk is very well hidden, and the herbal scent (very clean smelling) is lingering behind the berries, I go back and forth w/ this one, sometimes it smells very masculine, and I think wow this would smell great on G, and then I sniff again and it is all sweetness and feminine, very nice! A definite keeper maybe we will both wear it

eta i really really like the smell of this one the second time around

ADDED Feb. 21:

this was much nicer then i expected in the bottle it is very very herbal

wet, wow as soon as it touches my sking the berries just explode

dry: this is simply a gorgeous scentit is not too berryish, it is not very herbal, it is a perfect, grown up summer berry scent. i like this one alot even tho i expected not to.

I jus got an imp of this, and oh how I wish it were still available!

 

wet: cinnamon, that reminded me og Port au Prince

 

dry: the berrys have belnded beautifully w/ the cinnamon and the musk is gently simmering in the back ground. This is a gorgeous, fun scent, *sigh* oh the unrequitted love for carnivale

In the bbottle and wet: veviter, and vanilla.

 

dry down, this reminds me of O maybe a bit darker but definitely a relative. The vetiver isvery strong on me but I like it, it is a very sexy, dark scent. I am glad I have a big bottle.

Have you tried tintagel? It is my favorite, and has no rose but has some spice similar to port au prince (but it is deeper, kinda smokey boozy too )

I have been hoping I would find at leats one scent that would be summery....

wet: intresting, I smell the bergamont the most

 

dry: beautiful, bergamont, white musk perfectly blended w/ the peaches kissing quietly in the background just peeking in every now and again to intrigue me.

 

I have found my summery scent 5ml will be on order.

 

this is still going strong about 4 hours later and I adore it.

HMMMMM I have learned I usually adore beth's rose scents....

 

in vial: ummm metal?

 

wet: where are the roses. I get a metalic, jasmine....do not enjoy this much.

 

dry: hmmm the metalic is gone now I just have a sharp jasmine, maybe I will try it again in a few weeks.

 

hmmm eta after 3 hrs or so the smell ahs mellowed into something very beautiful, floral, light, and all the sharp smell I disliked is gone. I will try it again, not sure if I like the wait til the yumminess appears.....but the end result is beautiful

I am beginning to think I am a fall scent kinda gal.

 

I adore this one!

 

In the bottle: I can not pick out any individual notes, it is simply beautiful

 

wet: ahhhhhh I adore winey smells and I can definitely smell some kind of wine in this one

 

dry down: what can I say? GORGEOUS!!!! I love the blend of wine, floral, fall leaves, it is just such a superb blend!

hmmmm intresting I must be crazy:

 

in vial & wet: Grape nehi soda.

 

dry down: becomes a soft fresh floral w/ something grapy lurking underneath. Which note has the grapysmell? It is a pretty blend very fresh and clean and sweet, I tend to like dark, and sinister I will either A.) try it in spring or B.) give it to my dd

in the vial: butter

 

wet: ahhhh nicer, pumpkin spice, maybe pumpkin roll, oohhhh if this stays true I will definitely need a big bottle!

 

dry: YES! It is buttery, rummy, pumpkin roll, gorgeous, fabulous autumn scent, winter scent, heck I do not know f I can give it up for spring and summer

frost moon oh how I love thee....

 

in the bottle, wet and dry were all pretty much the same. It smelled light and mminty mmmmmm like melt away mints too too yummy and good, a direct opposite of my normal drak, red, heavy scents.