TrailerTrashPrincess

sadly, the wet-in-the-imp smell doesn't change much on me... all day long i've smelled the way our living room smelled the year a storm blew the cover off the fireplace and all the ash and logs got rained on. amazing that such a scent-memory can be crammed into such a teensy little glass vial, but that's the talent from the Lab. i'll keep this, just to sniff it and be amazed. and maybe scare some people off. (again, i must be grateful for my Other Half's complete lack of a sense of smell!)

in the imp: lovely, rich, sweet & delicious... as soon as it gets near my wierd skin chemistry, all that yummy quickly turns into cheap perfume, baby powder and cherry coke. the blends are amazing, all the notes and drydown elements -- the way fragrances change over the course of time. and how everything smells different on one person from another. EDIT: the imp i tried before was from a large lot i got on ebay... i've since gotten a sniffie (well, there was an eeensy bit left in the imp) from a forum member... and i swear it isn't the same scent at all. i compared the two and they're very different. the one i tried before was like.... fresh snake oil and cherry coke, but all the negative things about 'em, none of the good. this one, that i re-tried, cuz i'm a glutton for punishment like that.... this one is like the Premature Burial (which i love) with a little more something flowery behind it. i'm SO glad i tried this new imp, instead of simply going by the first test. then again, maybe i'm not glad, cuz now i have another bottle i hafta buy. *siGh*

mix that with coconut (i hate coconut) and some baby powder.... and that's what my wierd chemistry turned this delicious concoction into. i'll probably keep this to use as a room or candle scent...but not for my skin.

...in the early 80's there was a fragrance released by Paloma Picasso (wierdly enough, she called it [wait for it....] Paloma Picasso) which i still love, but haven't ever really been able to wear because it is so strong and overpowering (but what 80's fragrances weren't?) and Rose Cross....smells the way Paloma should have, at least to me. there's rose. deep, true rose -- not the damageproof ones you buy at the grocer's, but the real, heirloom roses from fifty or a hundred years ago. and longer, of course. but there's a stable, grounding, earthy note. incense and..... i'd say dirt, but that has unpleasant connotations for some. loamy, rich. middle of an old forest after a hard rain. healthy, fertile yes, i can see how this is a sacred blend.... my poor little 10mL isn't going to last long, i'm afraid....

hmmmm.... first off, thanks to all those who have put in so much work to compile these spreadsheets! i'm waiting to see if i can download (da intarveb is being funny for me today) the most recent one... i'm thinking it might be a neat thing to put in the front of my BPAL binder[1] [1]which is really just a printout of the webpage, with divider tabs for each section (including the limited's that've come out since i've begun my addiction) and notes i've made beside the descriptions for oils i've been lucky enough to try so far.