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Initial sniff: I have no idea what this smells like. It's a little woody, a little herbal, a little fruity. It definitely sparkles.
Wearing: This shifts from dominant wood/herb notes into a slightly sweet unidentifiable smell with slightly herbal undertones. I think this must have amber in it as well - it behaves like an amber perfume on my skin.
Final Impressions: This is a lovely, balanced scent. If I were more into tarot, I would be very excited to use this scent to further my understanding of the card. This one is on my big bottle list!
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My guy likes Noir (and it smells fabulous on him!) However, I will never reveal to him that it is not on the list of traditionally masculine scents!
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Have you considered having Beth do a custom blend for your wedding? I know someone else mentioned that in another thread, but it might be a really special way to remember the day - every time you smelled it, you would be transported to your woodland fairy celebration!
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Envy is a clean, fresh scent, and Desdemona is a very clean, light floral.
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Initial Sniff: Spicy! This smells like a kitchen in an exotic land - the window is open and the perfume of mysterious flowers mingles with the smell of unfamiliar foods.
Wearing: This stays fairly true on my skin, only becoming a tiny bit sweeter as it dries.
Final Impressions: I like this one, but at the same time I don't. It is very distracting to wear, but not good distracting. Forunately, it fades quickly.
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Initial Sniff: The rose is very prominent - a very heavy floral in the bottle. I can tell there is someting interesting underneath all those flowers, though.
Wearing: Again, the rose is in the forefront when wet, but this quickly fades to a warm floral with woody undertones. The effect is slightly spicy and very feminine.
Final Impressions: This is a pretty floral with warm, slightly resinous undertones - a combination that works well for me. I think a big bottle may be in my future...
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I'll second Envy!
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It sounds like we have fairly similar tastes, Morrighana.
I would recommend:
Dragon's Milk: it is kind of uber-sweet, but it is still nice - I layer with this one a good bit. If I'm not crazy about a scent I layer with Dragon's Milk to see if that helps!
Black Lotus: though not technically a gourmand scent, the combination of lotus and myrrh smells a little foody to my nose.
Wrath: warm cinnamon goodness!
I have discovered that the scents that contain lime really end up working well on me, making scents that are normally unwearable gorgeous with my skin chemistry (though I can generally never smell the lime once it is on!). The other end of the spectrum is cherry, which can turn even the best notes into... well, cherry! I would suggest experimenting with a few different elements and see what works for you!
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Definitely The Caterpillar, and Saturn to some extent.
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I haven't been able to convince my man to try too many, but Omen is very spicy/earthy. Noir works really well with his body chemistry, too - not floral or girly at all.
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Sin
Dragon's Milk
The Caterpillar
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The Caterpillar is totally calming. I wear it when I KNOW I'm going to have a hard time staying patient at work and it's like my own little chill pill.
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Athens
in Wanderlust
Initial Sniff: In the bottle, this smells like wine tempered with honey and a bit of spice. This embodies what I think of as Old Athens. I can totally visualize a beautiful Greek palace swarming with folks in togas... this is the smell wafting gently through the air. Very nice.
Wearing: As this dries, the wine and spice dissipate very quickly. I never get a strong floral from this either. What it smells like is fresh wildflower honey, warmed in the sun. Lush fans- this is B Never shower gel in long lasting oil form. And it does last - we're on hour 11 now.
Final Impressions: Fans of honey scents will adore this. Rich, golden, warm, and sweet.
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I sent Nella an email on Friday as well (about my 2/7 order) - I'll let y'all know when she gets back to me!
Quick response from Nella - I heard back from her today!
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As light and innocent as your first time should have been. The fresh scent of lotus hidden behind lightly scented flowers, amber, and citrus.
Initial Sniff: The floral and citrus notes are prominent. I'm not sure what lotus smells like, so I won't say definitively that is what I'm smelling, but it is floral. If this were a color, it would be a light, bright orange/melon color.
Wearing: This is equal parts fruity and floral on me. It almost has a berry scent to it. Very light and summery, it fades quickly.
Final Impressions: While this is nice, it's not really my style. It's just... I don't know. Pale, indistinct, wallflower-esque, I guess. Pretty enough, but not special. -
Mars
in Celestials
Initial Sniff: Mmmm... cinnamon and clove. Warm and spicy - definitely red!
Wearing: Very cinnamon spicy at first, but fades very quickly... when dry it almost smells like carnation, a light spicy floral.
Final Impressions: When wet I find this oil distracting, and when dry it's nice, but... well, it's almost gone at that point! I liked it, but not enough to order a bigger bottle.
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Saturn
in Celestials
Initial Sniff: Earthy, resiny (resinous?), incensey. It's very masculine and powerful - definitely a force to be reckoned with.
Wearing: For the first hour or so, I smell like dirt. I point this out to my boyfriend, who sniffs me and says "yes, but it's a spicy good dirt," which is true. It warms up very quickly, and as it dries the spices come out more and more. Also as it dries, a sweet background note appears and becomes more and more prominent, and the "dirt" factor lessens. It ends up a beautifully sweet spice.
Final Impressions: I drove my boyfriend more nuts than usual yesterday - telling him repeatedly how good I smell and making him sniff my wrists over and over again. I don't know much about planetary energy, and I'm not sure the oil fit the "description" for me, but it smells fantastic, and I will definitely order a bigger bottle!
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Check out this thread for pics.
ETA: the only pic in that thread of bottles was from QS, and it's not showing up on my computer, so I don't know how helpful that is! If you check out the perfume storage thread (pinned at the top of BPAL Chatter) there are some pics there as well.
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Initial Sniff: In the bottle, the lavender scent is most prominent, with the cinnamon not far behind. Definitely odd, but I'll give it a try.
Wearing: The cinnamon is what I smell the most - but it is definitely the actual spice (slightly woody to my nose) - not Red Hots. I kept trying to figure out the weird scent underneath the cinnamon... after about 30 min, I finally figured it out. Chicken. On me, Mercury smells like Cinnamon Nutmeg Chicken. Blarghh.
Final Impressions: In addition to the unfortunate chicken smell, this one also caused irritated red patches on my wrists. I've not experienced any irritation with other oils, so I agree with the above posts - if you are prone to sensitivity, dilute or stay away!
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I would definitely agree with Vixen and Sin. Rakshasa is beautiful if you like sandalwood (it didn't work with my skin chemistry, but it is flippin gorgeous in the bottle). I love The Caterpillar as well, but it might fall into the "too heady" catergory because of the incense. Good luck - and i think it's great that you've got an open mind about trying something new. Beth's certainly got a way with these oils - they've convinced me that I love sandalwood and that musk can be a good thing, even though I've always thought that i hated those scents!
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Initial sniff:An angry red scent. Even in the bottle, it smells HOT.
Wearing: This one morphs from a spicy, cinnamony, peppery scent that is slightly sweet into a warm sweet scent that is slightly spicy. It does fade a little quicker than I like, but I just reapplied and really slathered - we'll see if that makes a difference.
Final Impressions: When dry, this scent is not even remotely wrathful (which is not a bad thing!). I've recently tried 3 scents that contained dragon's blood resin, and my body chemistry loved every one of them - if I can get this one to last longer, i'll definitley order a big bottle!
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Someone with more tarot knowledge than I can confirm or deny this, but perhaps the Empress from the Tarot series would be a good choice?
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Initial Sniff: Totally interesting. I smell pine and cherry with something else almost minty - pennyroyal? Very sweet, yet almost astringent at the same time. Very contradictory.
Wearing: This smells like Christmas to me. Sweet minty pine... Unfortunately, the cherry quickly overpowers everything else, and i end up smelling like I washed with pinesol then dowsed myself in cherry slurpee. The drydown is simply sweet cherry.
Final Impressions: I'm learning that I can't wear cherry scents because the cherry overpowers everything else. While this is interesting, it doesn't work for me.
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Initial Sniff: Wow! Powerful stuff indeed. This is all heat, with something almost sharp behind it. I can't pick out any individual notes in this one.
Wearing: This is almost overwhelming when wet, but quickly dries into a dark, hot, spicy, sweet... prescence is exactly the right word, to quote Morrighana. I would also agree that it makes me want to bite something! This scent does not become a part of me, instead it walks beside me (or in front of me?), and it has a lethal weapon, a temper, and an attitude.
Final Thoughts: I'll definitely buy a bigger bottle, but probably not until fall. This one is too hot for summer.
The Sun
in Tarot Oils
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Initial Sniff: In the bottle, this smells like sickly sweet citrus. I fear a cleaning product scent.
Wearing: This is delightful. It is warm, fresh, and inviting. I'm not a huge fan of predominantly citrus scents, but this is really nice. I don't really get a cinnamon/spice note, but there is something besides citrus in there - possible a touch of amber?
Final Impressions: I am really pleased with this scent - it totally suits my summer sun-bunny side! I can see wearing this one in the summer - just for fun - and also in the winter when I'm a little short of sun in real life.