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I'm getting married in early July, and, since I'm getting in a rose garden, I'm going to wear Sophia. It turns into the loveliest wet rose on me. Now I just have to figure out what to wear on the wedding night.
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My fiance got this as a frimp with an order of Czernoborg (mmm, great stuff, that!). I was interested to see that a few of the reviewers mentioned wanting to try this on the men in their life, and since the only experience I have from it is from my fiance... I thought I'd give this a go. In a few words: Intense desert heartbreak. (Not that that particular description is helpful, but that is what I associate the scent with.) A few more words: Damn sexy. ^.^ I think that the red patchouli really made this blend. That spicy, musky smell is what really popped out to me--but not in a harassing, overpowering way. This is a fairly complex scent. It made me go--"Hmm...what's in that? Something woody? SPICY. Not quite cinnamon"--and in the few seconds that those thoughts took to muster up and come to the surface, I was hooked. I think I prefer the woods of Czernoborg on him, but his is a very sexy change--and he adored it. (And I thought from the name that this would really work on -females-! This is why I love BPAL ladies and gents---it breaks down those gender expectations.)
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Oil recommendations for studying, learning, exams
rosesinmotion replied to summer's topic in Recommendations
Endymion works for me, especially after the pear note has faded. It's light and buoyant enough to keep my energy up, and I don't obsess over it enough to sniff my wrists every five minutes. >.< My big problem is actually settling down enough to study, though. -
I must first say that I have never been happier to spill something over everything in my bathroom. >.< I recently got my first scent of imps (though not my first BPAL order), and Sundew happened to be the last one I had left to try. There I was, trying to pop off the cap...and bam! Sunshiny happiness all over the bathroom. Ladies and gentlemen, if there is a scent you must spill in your bathroom, let Sundew be it. It is a clean, slightly sweet scent that overpowers with its optimism. I was trying to think of something clever to say about the scent, and I kept coming back to sunlight imagery. The thing is, though, that this isn't a dusty, mote-filled sunshine in which you lazy about this. This is the sweet smell of sun on dew. (And this is where I say, "D'OH!" because Beth has it exactly right--this is sundew. I can't think of any more fitting way to describe it.) Anyway...to bring these rambling thoughts to a conclusion: Lovely smell. Sweet. Nice staying power. Nice throw, as well. I can't say that this is my favorite smell because it is just a little too 'happy' for me in that innocent, childhood kind of way, but I can imagine that quite a few people would love wearing this. Or spilling it everywhere. >.<
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Szepasszony is: The smell of water pooled under a thickening crackle of ice; The truest blue I've ever slathered on; Light, white florals gone aquatic; Perfectly described by Beth; The very image of a drop of water; My perfect scent. To wax slightly less enthusiastic and be more pragmatic: My skin chemistry did very little to alter this scent on me. It stayed true on my skin. It isn't the most overpowering smell--I'd have loved a little more throw. It isn't the longest lasting either, though my skin tends to devour oils. However, it IS my perfect scent. This is the reason why I have decided to worship BPAL. My score: 5/5. (And I'm DEFINITELY going to big-bottle this. )
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This scent received the highest possible compliment my mom can confer upon a scent: "This doesn't smell flowery at all." I disagree with her a bit, but I think I see what she was getting at: Sophia does not smell like the typical flowery blend. It isn't fru-fru, ultra-feminine, grandma-in-a-bottle stuff; it has a bit more body to it. This started out extremely bitter and spicy. I opened the imp, only to look around bewildered. My nose not being well attuned to different notes yet, I assumed I'd spilled a heap of pepper. >.< This strenghtened a bit upon application, but soon after it started to mellow. (I was quite thankful for that, too, because I thought I was going to sneeze!) Once some of that bitterness subsided, Sophia turned quite lovely. I can't pin down the feeling exactly, but it almost seemed like a cubist's red rose. (I know--that's horribly helpful for the people thinking about ordering some of this!) To me, it really did seem floral, but based on something a little more solid. My final judgement though, lovely as this is, is that I prefer something with a little more of that body. I loved that Sophia wasn't all airily flowery, but I wish that some of those less-flowery smells had shone through a bit more. It might just be that lavender and I don't always get along, but... Anyway, I think I'll give an imp of this to my mom and hope that her skin chemistry achieves something of the same effect that she loved.
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What a sweet, sad disappointment! I've been charmed by the myth of of Endymion for ages now, so this was, of course, one of the first imps I ordered. I was intrigued by the mention of pear in the description, even though I'm not usually a huge fan of fruity smells. I like vanilla and florals, and I'm planning to branch out into the muskier stuff on BPAL. Anyway, when I opened my imp, I was a bit surprised. Instead of the delicate harmony of pear and floral that I had hoped for, the pear and what I assume was the lily-of-the-valley were pitching an outright war. With only a slight bit of nervousness I applied. Once the oil hit my skin, I was in for a few minutes of funkiness while everything settled down. Eventually, though, the riot between the pear and lily-of-the-valley did quiet. I had a few minutes of truly loveliness. Unfortunately, and this seems to be a common experience, the pear evaporated rather quickly, leaving me with some nice florals. The pear did "clean up" the florals; instead of just being florals, Endymion has left off as flowers bedecked with dew. This is quite the pleasant scent, but it wasn't quite what I was hoping for. But hey, at least this scent stayed around. My overall score? 3.75/5.
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I'm going to start battling through the interview process soon as well. I'm going to be interviewing for a teaching position wherever I can find one (high school English). Basically, it all boils down to the fact that I'm going to be one of -those- young teachers. I'm one of those student teachers who gets mistaken for a student...repeatedly. Right now, all I have is Siren and a bit of Tushanmatay (sp). Siren is definitely out--sultry is not what I'm looking for. Tushanmatay turns to bubblegum on me. I'm going to be ordering a set of imps in the near future, so any advice would be lovely.