Muscadine, black and red patchouli, cereus and nag champa.
Urd came as a frimp with my BPAL order, and can't find it on either forum or site, so.. new scent, first review! Go me! From Wikipedia: In Norse Mythology Urd (ON: Urðr) is one of the three Norns (old crones). Her name means that which has become, and is related to the English word weird. She was also called the Dís of Death. Also see Well of Urd, the holy well supposed to harbor the head of Mimer the giant and the source of water for the world tree Yggdrasil. In bottle: Strong floral on top, slightly citrusy/sharp, and musk/smoke undertones. Something sweet in the smoke as well, incense-y? Wet: VERY incense, and almost soapy. Round, sweet florals float on top of the incense, sharp tang I noted in the bottle mellows out almost immediately. Strong throw! 15min: Floral has softened down a little, and the smoke/incense/musk notes are more prominent underneath. This smells very much like the incense I used to burn in college, in fact. Unfortunately, it's also starting to give me the throat/sinus-tickling sensation I get from a lot of the 'warm' oils. Still need to figure out what that common ingredient is.. 30min: The throw is definitely incense. Nag Champa? one of the devotional ones, anyway. At the wrists: nose-tickling smoke, sweet floral, sharp tang mostly gone. Throw wafting off my wrists is definitely inducing slight dizziness - wow, it really is just like college. 1hr: Floral and incense have mellowed out and blended a bit more. The 'smoke' smell has suddenly expanded and become more - earthy? maybe a salt smell, almost? that is, it doesn't smell like salt, but like salt tastes. the tickly effect has gone away somewhat.. throw is still quite strong. 2hrs: Smoke and incense smells much less prominent, floral still strong, musk making a reappearance. (This is not uncommon on my skin, and I have no idea why..) Throw still medium-strong, wow.. I'm liking this scent a little more two hours in, as components fade away. Final judgement: This scent is a little discordant - I'm not sure if it's the sharp musk-tang, or the incense/smoke combination, but I don't see it as harmonizing well with the way I like to smell. Am sorry that I don't have more experience to be able to compare it to other BPAL fragrances, and say "it's like this" or "it's not like this." I might use the imp again if I were going into a situation where I needed a strong scent against other bodies (like a club or something), but it's more likely that this will go into a swap pile. Merged with existing review topic. --Shollin
