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shiretsu

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About shiretsu

  • Rank
    wrist-sniffing wench
  • Birthday 05/05/1981

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    Cambridge, MA
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    United States

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  • Gender
    Female
  • Interests
    orchids, H.P. Lovecraft, designing and making clothes, anything Japanese, yoga, body suspension, fire spinning, carnivorous plants, bonsai, owls, scars, secrets, things victorian, the subject of scent, smelling things, sharp objects, journaling, ancient and forgotten things, aestheticism, all manner of creative projects, dungeons and dragons, lots and lots of cartoons and music...
  • Mood
    wistful

BPAL

  • Favorite Scents
    One of my favorite subjects. Things that smell green, tan, white, grayish-violet, and a deep warm red. sweet sandalwood (how Gonesh brand incense smells), pine, lily of the valley, gardenia, outside in the wintertime before it snows, snow, blood, forest in the fall, jasmine, ginger, sweet spicy things, warm muted spicey things, wisteria, lilac, old english roses, blood, that particular fleshy smell that comes with any flower petal that tells you it is a flower (not the smell of the flower itself, the smell of it's flesh), skin, dragon's blood, different kinds of opium, various kinds of wood, paper, a pine forest just after most of the rain has evaporated, the smell of the air right before a thunder and lightning storm blows in, a lotion from Victoria's Secret called Angel - Heaven, Brassia Rex 'Sakata' (fresh cut grass with a slight background of very mild sweet cream), Sederia japonica. Things that are heavy and lush and feel as if they are oozing out of me, like the smell of a mercenary heroine-turned-goddess incarnate. Right now I am trying out a handful of imps I ordered which just arrived this past Saturday (i was so excited). I found that so far my favorite has been to put on Aureus, and then Bastet on top. After the very strong top notes fade a bit, holy crap, that smells good on me.

Astrology

  • Chinese Zodiac Sign
    Rooster
  • Western Zodiac Sign
    Taurus
  1. shiretsu

    Debauchery

    In Bottle: I liked this very much smelling it in the bottle, there's a very full almost ripe amber? scent with a pleasant muskiness, not offensive in any way (i had tested several florals previous to that and they all made me kind of ill) I've never smelled straight Egyptian Musk so wasn't able to pick it out, though I was particularly interested in this blend for that exact scent. Wet on skin: So far so good, very pleasant musk scent. I definitely smell the opium, before my first BPAL order I wore Tunisian opium or sandalwood with lily of the vally fairly consistently. Dry on skin: At first I wasn't sure if I liked it or not (i mean, i like it, but don't know if i want to keep wearing it), it's a tad strong. I love woody and resiny scents, though the first time I tried this on it smelled extremely soapy and way to dry and powdery. (i also had a cold, so decided to try it again.) After it cools down a bit it smells really nice....but it feels like it's missing something...it's a tad too dry. I might try dabbing something sweet and heavy on top like a white fleshy flower scent. I also found (i had read someone else's review mentioning this) that after washing off my wrist it smelled a little bit less sharp, which is nicer. Later: still smells fairly consistent as it fades. Overall, I like this one a lot, though I would wear it more as a companion to something else rather than by itself. I would be very curious to smell this on a certain boy, I think.
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