Queen Alice

[agirlnamedfury]

Carnation, posies, and white amber with a hint of inky treacle, sandy cider, and wooly wine.

 

This is actually a very light, crisp floral... not really what I was expecting. I haven't had very good luck with apple cider notes before, but this one isn't immediately awful on me. I honestly can't decide if I like it... may need to wear it a bit more.

[Casablanca]

First, carnation and posies. And then, booze! Wine!

How odd that it does smell woolly.

After the flowers and booze, I smell the cider, and something weird that reminds me of mushrooms. I suppose that's the treacle, and I guess I can get a sort of molasses tone there -- but it also smells somehow fungal. Or something does.

I'm not into booze notes that actually smell boozy. Mushrooms aren't a love. But it's been fun picking out the posies.

Pass.

[lizabelle]

I was afraid of the amber in this, but it turns out I don't need to be--BPAL's apples love me, and I them. This is very cider-heavy on me, which I am not complaining about at all. There's a wine note here but it's much softer than I'm used to, and it does indeed smell wooly! There's something sharp and herbal in the background, almost like wet moss or the start of green mold. I don't mean that to sound unpleasant; it's a really interesting note unlike anything I've smelled before. I get no flowers and no treacle, which I am a bit sad about. Probably not a bottle purchase for me but I may keep the imp.

[Lucchesa]

Given that I adore carnation in general and Alice in particular, I was sure this was going to be a bottle buy for me. Which is why I try to test imps first. This was sweet boozy fruit in the imp and remained so on my arm. For me, a more accurate description would be "Carnation, posies, and white amber drowned out by inky treacle, sandy cider and wooly wine." It's not unpleasant; it's just not what I was hoping for in a regal Alice. It doesn't morph on me much at all and is lasting pretty well with low throw. Definitely more of an autumnal scent in my opinion. I may wear it to have drinks for a friend's birthday later in the week, and I'll keep the imp because it's Alice, but a bottle is not in my future.

[achildoftime]

This is mostly wine for me with some treacle. It's very sweet and pretty boozy. It pretty much just smells like juicy wine and some hard cider. I'm not a big fan of smelling like wine, so this is a big pass for me.

[Pixie-elf]

Mulled cider / wine, carnations, creamy amber, pollen from the posies and fruit. It's a lovely creamy fruity spicy scent that evokes winter / fall.

[sunreon]

This was very sweet and spicy at first, threatening to go to that icky sticky spiced holiday realm I have no love of.

 

It must have been the wine, and perhaps the spices from the cider. I like applying the scents without rereading the description first, so that I don't let my brain look for things with a bias.

 

At first I thought it was berries and cinnamon. That was the wine. The spicy cinnamon scent was really annoying at first but unlike Alice's Evidence, it went away after about a half hour. The carnations were trying to pop through but just not quite making it.

 

Now that it's dry, the scent has really calmed down and schlorped right up into my skin. For something that was so loud at first, it's been very short-lived. Might have to try some lotion first next time.

 

Now it's lovely wooly and amber, but light. The tiniest hints of apples, and perhaps a very faint floral in the background?

Edited July 7, 2018 by sunreon

[roseus]

With my recent found love of apple/cider scents I have no idea how this escaped my notice. On the wand I get spiced cider and deep ruby fruits. It's sparkling and jewel red. On skin this is a deep and regal cider. It reminds me of a pomegranate cider I had last autumn. The amber adds a warm perfumey-ness and elevates the scent.