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  1. Posted · Edited by Shollin · Report reply

    There is a Yew-tree, pride of Lorton Vale,
    Which to this day stands single, in the midst
    Of its own darkness, as it stood of yore:
    Not loathe to furnish weapons for the Bands
    Of Umfraville or Percy ere they marched
    To Scotland's heaths; or those that crossed the sea
    And drew their sounding bows at Azincour,
    Perhaps at earlier Crecy, or Poictiers.
    Of vast circumference and gloom profound
    This solitary Tree! - a living thing
    Produced too slowly ever to decay;
    Of form and aspect too magnificent
    To be destroyed. But worthier still of note
    Are those fraternal Four of Borrowdale,
    Joined in one solemn and capacious grove;
    Huge trunks! - and each particular trunk a growth
    Of intertwisted fibres serpentine
    Up-coiling, and inveteratley convolved, -
    Nor uninformed with Fantasy, and looks
    That threaten the profane; - a pillared shade,
    Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown hue,
    By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged
    Perennially - beneath whose sable roof
    Of boughs, as if for festal purpose decked
    With unrejoicing berries - ghostly Shapes
    May meet at noontide: Fear and trembling Hope,
    Silence and Foresight, Death the Skeleton
    And Time the Shadow; there to celebrate,
    As in a natural temple scattered o'er
    With altars undisturbed of mossy stone,
    United worship; or in mute repose
    To lie, and listen to the mountain flood
    Murmuring from Glaramara's inmost caves.

    Piercingly sweet berries over evergreen boughs, deepened by the tree’s sacred wood.


    Mhmm! :D Loved the notes, so I automatically bought a bottle.


    In the bottle, Yew Trees smelled like pine-sol cleaner. Very piney. Very very piney. Imagine rubbing pine sap all over your nose, yep! PINEY. I like it.

    Wet, Yew Trees smells like mentholy pine-sol. It has that cooling smell. Uh, car cleaner? Alcohol? Dunno. I'm kind of dissapointed because I don't get any berrys from this. :D .

    Dry, still no berries! No sweetness whatsoever. Nooo! :D

    30 minutes after dryness, I'm praying for the berries, praying desperately, but ahh - No! The piney smell gets a tad bit sweeter, but that's probably it. Umph. :P



    Overall, this scent was ..not what I though it would be. I love piney smells, but I was expecting something a little sweeter. I'm still keeping the bottle, though! I feel like I'm in a forest when I wear this!

    EDIT: UM, I TYPED PINEY/PINE ABOUT 1533 TIMES IN THIS REVIEW, I'M SORRY.

  2. Posted · Edited by Hydrogen · Report reply

    I thought I'd love Numb, due to the fact that it was a limited edition scent ( I don't know, I'm just really into stuff that are 'limited' to only a few. ), and because 'gelid' was a really .. uh, catchy word - but I didn't.

     

    Bottle: Lipstick, lipstick .. and more lipstick. This is the exact smell of Milani's matte lip stuff. It gave me a headache.

     

    I didn't really want to put this on my skin. From the moment the cap was open, I had the lipsticky smell all up in my face - so I really didn't need to put it on. SIGH!

     

    I'm actually really dissapointed. Numb was my first purchase from BPAL, and I was really expecting it to be one of my top 10 favourties. Guess not - off to the swap section this goes!

     

     

    BUT!!!

     

    Thank you, Numb, for popping my BPAL purchase cherry. Thank you.

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