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In the decant: As advertised! Only, with extra incense!

Wet: The incense calms down the moment it hits my wrist.

The dry-down: As this dries down, the lovely orchid blooms into some sweetness. Really, not as much of a morpher as I might have made it sound.

I can see this scent being worn by a Hollywood leading lady of the '40s and '50s in a film noir film. Very grown-up and elegant, beautiful, but not really my style.

In the bottle: Black orchid and currant, touched with lavender and oakmoss.

Wet: The black orchid is more present now.

The dry-down: This dries down into a dark but slightly powdery lavender scent. Quite a morpher. It's as though all the dark notes combined into one scent and then darkened the lavender into a dried form. Nothing fresh here, but more like a dried herbal scent. I wouldn't refer to it as nightmarish, but it's certainly not for those who prefer their lavender fresh out of the fields.

In the bottle: Lots of lavender, but with something sharp behind, probably the mum.

Wet: The vetiver and mum are trying to drown the lovely lavender.

The dry-down: In the end I'm left with a hint of tobacco and lavender. Interesting, but I won't need more than the partial bottle. Blue lotus doesn't turn into pink bubblegum, which is nice!

In the bottle: Red rose and frankincense--lovely.

Wet: The rose is not so prominent now.

The dry-down: The rose faded into the background, and the calla lily finally appeared, with a hint of the amber (which is not too powdery!). No mum, thank goodness. There's a fresh coolness to this scent now, which probably comes from a combination of the calla lily and the daphne aka laurel. It isn't ozone-like or aquatic, either. Perhaps it's just the feeling of walking through a garden early in the morning as the dew is drying. Very delicate and light and quite a morpher, but in a slow and soft fashion. Alas, it fades fast. I may order another bottle, as the half-bottle I have now won't last, as I will have to slather or touch-up quite often.

I love calla lilies, and the artwork is elegant, as befits the Mother of God--the bf and I were just discussing Christian iconography the other night as regards Aslan and the Lion of Judah, so this elegant and delicate scent fits right in with my current research.

In the bottle: A few florals, but lots of herbs, a touch masculine.

Wet: The benzoin and musks have come forward, and this has sweetened up, but not in a foodie way.

The dry-down: Very herbal, a bit grassy, not very lemony, thank goodness. One of those scents that is very well-blended that makes it difficult to pick out notes. Certainly a morpher. A nice, fresh, and refreshing scent for spring, perfect for anyone.

 

Thirteen (13): April 2012. I love it! If you can't tell, those are flowers (someone with more knowledge of flowers could probably say what particular flowers they are) in the 13. Very appropriate!

Thanks for the picture!

And what about the other Lupers? I would love to see pics of them, because I only ordered a couple.

In the bottle: The leather is the chemical note, alas.

Wet: Ah, that's better! The leather calms down. Although it's not listed, I'm getting a hint of a nice pipe tobacco note.

The dry-down: There's the lovely pine pitch and oakmoss, with copal to sweet it. A tiny bit of my beloved patch, but it nor the clove are trying to take over. This is a bit like snuggling into the bf's brown leather jacket after he's worn Raven Moon or Jersey Devil. I like this morpher of a scent, and am considering a bottle (I have only a partial) for the bf.

In the bottle:Mostly sage tempered by the musk.

Wet: Citrus, perhaps lemon, but not overwhelmingly so, thank goodness.

The dry-down: Oh, dear, I spoke too soon--lots and lots of lemon. It's drowned all the other notes, alas. I was afraid of this coming in, but I always like to try partials of the Bards from my wonderful decanter.

In the bottle: Salty ozone, with a hint of moss.

Wet: The moss is much more apparent now.

The dry-down: Hints of honeysuckle and ivy come through. Alas, this is all-too-fleeting indeed, but a lovely skin scent whilst it tarries. A morpher, yes, much like loving.

In the bottle: Apple blossom, but dandelion lurks to keep it from being too sweetish.

Wet: Light and pretty, but the opium is just waiting to take over.

The dry-down: The flowers and plants have combined into one lovely light springtime blend, only slighted marred by the opium, which almost has a frankincense feel to it. Of course, the opium note may be there to warn us that the Sidhe are perhaps not as lovely inside as they may appear outside. Lovely, but not sure if I need more than the half-bottle.

This is too good a topic for no replies in ages.

I think that a good way to represent each month in BPAL would be to wear the lunacy or lunacies for that particular month.

Just read through this thread again, and made some notes for GCs to try.

I'll second the recs of Lines/Hills, Skadi, Ice Queen, Archangel Winter, Nuclear Winter, Evening Cicadas and Red Peppers, and The Waltz of the Snowflakes for icy scents that have a little hints of other notes, mostly woods, about them.

To these I'll add The Country of Eternal Light (cold ozone), Nuclear Winter (frosty ground w/ some mint and water), Black Ice (frozen pavement), and Countess Dolingen of Gratz (one of the the Literary Vampires from '09) that is mostly cold ozone, but hints of other notes to balance.

I know that we are a long way away from autumn in the Northern Hemisphere, but folks in the Southern Hemisphere are heading into that lovely season. And I'm an autumn gal anyhow.

At any rate, I've read through the entire thread, and have made note of some GCs to try. I'll check my imp collection first, though.

Alas, Jack doesn't work on me--it's rancid loud butter, and one of the few scents that I have ever had to wash off STAT!

My seasonal faves are Falling Leaf Moon (which I sometimes layer with Milk Chocolate Buttercream to sweet it up a tad), Samhain, Fearful Pleasure (love the apples), Lambs-wool '09 (more apples), Nothing Gold Can Stay (a warm scent on those rainy autumn days), Sonnet D'Atumno (for when the frosty nights start), L'Autunno Bath Oil (I use it like a perfume oil, as I like the scent of the bath oil better than the perfume oil, which is lovely itself), and Horse Chestnut Honey (which smells just like standing in a forest of chestnut trees in the autumn).

Giving this a bump, because it is the season!

Some scents I like for spring (I like these because of spring florals, light sweetness, light honey notes, fruit notes that are summer-time, tea notes, outdoors scents, basically a light feeling, that sort of thing):

Dublin (really only for St. Patrick's Day)

Glasgow

Eanach Dhuin

Graveyard Dirt

Agage

Fairy Wine

The Unicorn

Lady Una

Empyreal Mist

White Chocolate and Strawberry

The Fairy Market

Strawberry Moon (any year and protos)

The East

The Host of the Air

Yvaine

The Phoenix in Spring

Dorian

Vinland

Eat Me

Teatime in Roswell

Poisson d'Avril

Graveyard Dirt

Alice

Needlework

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat

The Mouse's Long and Short Tale

Beltane

Embalming Fluid

These are all spring scents to me, and since spring has really come on strong here on the East Coast, I plan on these through at least May.

More spring scent suggestions would be lovely, though.

In the decant: Candied apricots and that orange blossom honey, and maybe a touch of the quince. Very fruity and somewhat sweet.

Wet: Wham! There arrives the jasmine and orris. Be very afraid.

The dry-down: The nasty orris is just messing this up for me. Not sure where the patch wandered off to. The tonka's trying to bring back some sweetness, but the two florals are large and in charge. I'll use my decant in a scent locket, since it smells so good in the vial. *shakes fist at orris*

In the decant: Candied apricots and that orange blossom honey, and maybe a touch of the quince. Very fruity and somewhat sweet.

Wet: Wham! There arrives the jasmine and orris. Be very afraid.

The dry-down: The nasty orris is just messing this up for me. Not sure where the patch wandered off to. The tonka's trying to bring back some sweetness, but the two florals are large and in charge. I'll use my decant in a scent locket, since it smells so good in the vial. *shakes fist at orris*

In the decant: Candied apricots and that orange blossom honey, and maybe a touch of the quince. Very fruity and somewhat sweet.

Wet: Wham! There arrives the jasmine and orris. Be very afraid.

The dry-down: The nasty orris is just messing this up for me. Not sure where the patch wandered off to. The tonka's trying to bring back some sweetness, but the two florals are large and in charge. I'll use my decant in a scent locket, since it smells so good in the vial. *shakes fist at orris*

In the decant: Candied apricots and that orange blossom honey, and maybe a touch of the quince. Very fruity and somewhat sweet.

Wet: Wham! There arrives the jasmine and orris. Be very afraid.

The dry-down: The nasty orris is just messing this up for me. Not sure where the patch wandered off to. The tonka's trying to bring back some sweetness, but the two florals are large and in charge. I'll use my decant in a scent locket, since it smells so good in the vial. *shakes fist at orris*

In the decant: A pink rose and the agarwood.

Wet: Mostly the agarwood, with whiffs of the pink rose.

The dry-down: The rose, and it's still a pink rose on me, is trying to break through the agarwood's resins, but not really succeeding. This is interesting, because I usually amp rose.

Later: Slowly, this has come together as a rose oude scent, but it's not a dark rich or red rose, but a lighter rose, like a pink rose (not a tea rose, though). It's nice now, but takes a while to get there. A decant is plenty.

In the decant: The hay note tempered by the ambergris and perhaps the catnip.

Wet: The osmanthus may be coming into play.

The dry-down: And now the catnip has moved into the foreground. Still not sure to think of this. Might have liked it better as a room spray. I wanted to try this because of a possible comparison to Hay Moon and the 13 from June '07 (just the catnip note). It is interesting, but don't think that I would wear it that often, so the decant should be more than enough.

In the decant: Something green and sharp, probably the tea, leaf, and wood.

Wet: All those green notes, but the other notes are trying to break through.

The dry-down: No luck with the other notes. I was so hoping for a good plum musk/patch/ambergris scent, and didn't get any of those notes. Just a lot of green notes that are sharp and yet dank at the same time. The matcha tea note has ruined other scents for me, but I suspect it had lots of help from the violet leaf. Disappointing. The scent may reflect the greenness of the cemetery where his mistress is buried.

ETA: for grammar and spelling only. The dry-down never changes.

In the decant: Like caramel, only not so sweet, and deeper, darker, richer.

Wet: Now the coconut and ambergris show up. Very sensual indeed.

The dry-down: This is amazing from beginning to end, so to speak. I love the richness of this. Also, it's nice that it's not too much of a morpher. If you like other scents with coconut, and don't mind them being somewhat sweet and foodie, then this would be a great scent. Bottle worthy.

In the decant: Some of the citrus notes and a touch of the quince and the peony.

Wet: Something sharp is coming out, probably the mum and narcissus.

The dry-down: The fruits are slowly coming back, but the mum and narcissus may be too strong.

In the decant: Some amber, some frank, some rose.

Wet: More amber than anything else, but a hint of green sharpness from the galbanum.

The dry-down: Sadly, the galbanum and immortelle are trying to take over in the drying process. There's still a hint of the rose and the frank, but not much. I was hoping that this would be a spicy version of Rose Red, or a different version of Red Rose (with the musk and amber ringing the changes). Still interesting, but more lovely in the decant.

This is for the 2012 version.

In the bottle: Honey and Snake Oil.

Wet: Now more Snake Oil than honey, but still a lot of sweetness from the honey.

The dry-down: Yeah, Snake Oil sweetened by those honeys. Very yummy!