lookingglass

I think Inez smells quite like silk when dried down. It is kind of woody/creamy and soft.

Maybe Phantom Wooer. Or look up moonflower...

Anything with blood, wine, earth or musk are unusual. IMHO nothing beats a BPAL musk!

Skuld!

There is a reason everyone says "Snake Oil". It's enchanting, sensual, and has major sillage. After all these years of BPAL wearing, it is the #1 complement getter from the general populous: children, teens, men and women, young and old, strangers and close friends.

I am always on the hunt for another lovely violet. La Befana calms my fears about the smoke and brimstone I was expecting. It is very much like Arrival of the Sabbath...on me, but with violets. The violets are fuzzy and dark, the candy is rich and sweet, and the dust is like powdered incense. DH says I smell like a Victorian candy store. It is my favorite sitting-by-the-fire-smoking-a-pipe kind of scent. Glad I got a bottle. Yum...

Lurid is cool, relaxing and sexy. It is the only ozone scent I can do: lavender makes it sleepy, white musk makes it fresh, and the resins make it a yummy skin scent. I need more!

Yum! Honey Moon and Haloes had a baby and draped her crib with garlands of honeysuckle and jasmine, and served almond tarts to all the Faereie Queens who came to bless her. Thank you to the kind forumite who gifted me with this treasure, as I missed out on the offer first go 'round.

I am not getting a floral, spring/summery feel at all, which is what I was expecting. This is a thick, syrupey sweet berry note, not tart and "fresh" (like in Bewitched). It is if patchouli oil was infused with overripe berries. I love iris, but am not really getting any strong feel of it. There is a wonderful "old world powdery" note that reminds me of Shalimar (that I get with Snake Oil to a lesser degree) that must be the amber. It evokes Annik Goutal's Eau de Charolette (which is a department store natural perfume-notes of blackberry jam and chocolate) but this is much richer, denser, longer lasting, and more "mature". She is instantly in my Top 10 for the dark berry/powder combo. Love, love, love...

Shub and Inez have a similar denseness that I think smell like cookies (and sexy lady!): evil gingerbread and deep vanilla spice respectively. ETA: Ditto on the aged Chimera!

I got a whole bottle of Inez unsniffed...and I love it. I will be using this up very quickly because I, the Sillage Queen, am going to have to slather! She reminds me of a combination of Morocco (light, musky, spicy), Sed Non Satiata (similar slight nuttiness...must be the myrrh, as it is the only note they share...but the amber in Inez may have some honey), and Shub (for the depth and sexy-spicy-cookie vibe). It is not at all overpowering. Inez is a skin scent for sure, slightly sweetened, warmed and spiced. This is the queen of ambers in the BPAL catalogue. Amber is in itself a blend of many components, and all of the notes here mearly support it, make it more sophisticated and sexy. This is not a strong incensey or "hippie" amber...it is creamy and entirely feminine, and because of it's light sillage is a perfect oriental for warm weather. It reminds me of my beloved Bellogdia by the house of Caron (my favorite carnation to date) before the dreaded reformulation. Thank you, Beth, for a new classic!

For me, it was mostly leather and clove.

Like a combo of Perversion, Depraved and the March Hare, but without the apricot and coconut. Hmmm...maybe someone has a better suggestion.

I love orientals in the summer too! Something about spring brings out the lighter florals, but once the heat really hits, florals and fruit turn wilted and sour on me! Musks are particularly lovely. Snake Oil, Scherezade, Smut, Bastet, even Bordello, smell so good warmed up!

Is pennyroyal poisonous to animals? I am thinking that I read that somewhere...

Now that I have fallen in love with violet, I have to go back and try the violet scents again... I love Bois de Violette by Serge Lutens (and am not going to spend $200 on it). It is very green on top, but dries out kind of mossy and sweet at the same time, like how wet earth is almost chocolatey.

My darling husband bought me a bottle of Black Lace for Christmas! Awwwwh! I love him! He knows what I need... Wet this really reminds me of Sed Non Satia, which must be the cognac and musk. It's a little nutty but I hold on, because I know that note blends well on the drydown. TRUE. This scent is Antique Lace's sexy sister. PERFECT. A little darker, deeper, and boozy-er. I LOVE it!!! Edited to add: DH is putting a few drops of Black Lace into his beard oil. It is delicious on him as well...

This reminds me of VO5 extra body shampoo with some Body Shop Dewberry on top. It is a combo that reminds me of a friend from Jr. High.

Whoah. Flowery. I really love all the notes listed, but there is just nothing here to ground them for me. I smell nice and clean and fresh, but I prefer dark and dirty...

I was gifted this today. I never gave this blend a 2nd glance from the description, since leather and woods often go bad on my skin, but this is warm and mapley, slightly smokey, and so smooth. I love it!

I am sure this is the skin scent that eminated from the girl in the market pitting yellow plums in the book Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, by Suskind: (1985, p.43-44) This IS divine... Upon application the lily and apricot open up like a golden trumpet, dripping with sweetness, and not overly floral; it is almost citrusy, the way they combine. I tend to shy away from scents with dominant top notes, but these are charming, and there is depth to them almost immediately. The drydown is an exquisite skin scent. The woods and tonka are so subtle and in such harmony, they are like a musk. This is the way I love woods...(I usually cannot wear them because they are sharp and "pencil"-y). It does not seem "applied" to my skin. It feels like a glow, like a fresh life, like a soul. It smells... like the top of a clean baby's head... I feel like Haloes is the golden sister to Antique Lace (which I see as a dusty light purple scent). They are similar in the way they have an intensity while wet but mellow into a calm creaminess. She's quite Fae-ish in the fleshiness of the scent, but I grew weary of Fae's bright bergamot. She is really what I wanted Tamora to be. There are also many similar characteristics to Lyonesse (but less aquatic/soapy) and Mouse's Long Sad Tale (in it's ambery sweetness and non obtrusive florals); but I love her more... I bought 2 bottles unsniffed (never EVER done that before...thank you, Lisa!) and I am so glad I did.

Dana O'Shee, and I'm thinking Haloes is going to be on this list too (squee!).

This smells like the love child of Lurid and Black Forest. I do very much like it. It smells like hunting for X-Mas trees in TN where the ground is often soft and decomposing but the air is crisp. There is a delightful light sweetness on the drydown, and it is not as sexy as Black Forest. I love the earth note...it really hangs around.

I usually don't do grassy florals, but the candies and incense gave me hope that this Fairy scent would work for me. It is a little sharp, but reminds me a bit of violets, which makes it a more Victorian floral, which I do like. The candy and resins round out the florals nicely. A keeper, but not a top 10-er for me.

Three Gorgons for incense and orange, and Lyonesse for a creamy lily.