jenavira

Oh, my! I was ready to be disappointed, since so many people seem to not get along with this one, but I swear I put it on and it was like the whole world got a bit brighter. It smells like aloe on me, not unpleasantly, but I can get the tea and the lemon occasionally, and the musk is probably that indefinable thing that stops it from floating away completely. I absolutely adore this; I may need a bottle.

I bought a bit of this in a bottle secondhand off someone, and it arrived having leaked all over the place, with only a tiny amount of oil still in the bottle. My whole room smells like The Empress! Really, it's a good thing, because if I had just opened the bottle (as I finally managed to do) and sniffed, I probably would never have tested it. Good lord, that's sour. Exposure to air thins it out a bit, though, and the scent that's pervading my room is rose, rose, rose. On me it's quite bitter for a little while, so there must be something else in there causing that reaction...rosewood? After a while I can start to smell something else, buried underneath huge heaping piles of roses, that I think might be amber. Some kind of resin, anyway. Late last night it hit me what this reminded me of -- a bottle of rosewater I'd bought from the local Victorian/Pioneer reconstruction place years and years ago. It smells a bit nostalgic to me, and very serene; close enough to my reading of the Empress, I suppose. It's not a scent I'll wear, but I may well use it to scent some of my Tarot things.

My BPAL addiction started the day after Fruit Moon went live, and I've been kicking myself for it ever since...so I snagged the first decant imp someone had on offer, of course. In the bottle it smells like a big bag of fruit candy -- not Skittles necessarily, more like those fruit-flavored caramel-like chewy things -- but on me it seems to get progressively more like fresh, ripe fruit until it fades away (far too soon for my taste...) I didn't think I'd like foody-smelling perfumes, but I am in love with this.

Awesome! I knew my chances were not good without a scent description, but now I have ideas for my next order. Thanks, guys.

All right, I'm terrible at identifying notes in perfumes, but I'm desperate here... A few years ago, I bought a perfume, I expect it's an essential oil blend, at a renaissance fair. It smells...purple. Like huge purple tropical flowers. Which isn't to say it smells particularly floral, or heady, it just gives me the impression of, well, it smells like a purple clematis looks. It's a very strong scent, long-lasting, but it's very grounded and doesn't seem to have a lot of layers to it. I know the odds are tiny, but does anyone have the slightest idea what this might be, or what BPAL might smell similar? I'm running out, and I'd love to have a replacement.

I got this one just to fill up the order, but wow, I love it. Smells like peaches and musk for just a little while on me (and this is the first musk I've ever liked), but then it settles down and the ambers come out and I think I've fallen in love with amber. My wishlist just grew... I don't know how often I'll wear it, though, it's very...not me. Lovely, but not me.