Perle von Mauren

[fairnymph]

Heliotrope, grave soil, and blood.

Pale yellow oil. Surprisingly sweet and soft, and sort of golden and bright - definitely a strong heliotrope note shining through. I get a bit of powder or dust, but not any actual soil or dirt. There's something soapy which I fear is Dragon's Blood.

Instantly more powdery and soapy - definitely some dragon's blood, and something else, like an amber, that's going straight to intense baby powder. Also, now there is a sort of sour or tangy note, I think that evil type of rose from the Miller's Daughter, The Empress, and Clarimonde. *shudder* An extremely effeminate blend. Not feminine, but fake-feminine, over-the-top, too-girly - and the mysterious sweetness only heightens that effect.

Such horribly strong throw of overwhelming sour, floral powder and soapy-air freshener dragon's blood. Egads. Still not a trace of actual blood or soil to be found. The has got to be some amber AND orris in here and I know what that horrible sweetness is - WISTERIA, ugh. And the orris, too. All overwhelm that initial heliotrope that was so lovely in the imp. Off to sink... and of course, it won't come off.

Edited November 29, 2009 by Shollin

[rayvn1]

Gentle, purple, vanilla-ish heliotrope Very shy blend. Doesn't really want to come out and play on my skin. Pretty, but not really a keeper for me. I'll try it again before I send it to the swaps, though.

[Invidiana]

This is an eerie dark floral along the lines of Midnight. I was a little worried about the grave soil, but no dirt shows up on me; it's probably a background note that tempers the heliotrope and blood accord to keep them from getting cloyingly sweet. The way the blood accord turns to a berry-spice scent on me adds an edge to this blend; definitely not a pansy floral, but more of an evil garden waiting to eat you alive

[skylarkza]

In the bottle: FLOWER! Guess that the particular kind is heliotrope. Very sweet and ethereal.

 

Wet: The same flower, but fuller. A slight copper tang. Very subtle and complex.

 

Dry: Very ethereal and wafting flowers. Beautiful. Sophisticated. Elegant. Too good to be true. A vision - but captured within scent. AMAZING.

 

A while later: This fades to a barely-there scent that is so close to "normal" that it took me a moment to realize that that is NOT the smell of my skin. It is slightly more unearthly, with a sophisticated edge. Cool and clear. I thing the "grave soil" is what grounded it to smell more "human". LOVE it.

[SophieCedar]

I wore this Monday with a beautiful vintage piece from the 40's. Man I felt awesome! I was floating around with my head in the clouds all day.

 

My impression of this is sweet flowers drenched in cream then covered in sugar. Like if you ate a sugared pansy with a dollop of buttercream frosting. I can't really say this is a baby powder smell. Just really creamy with a color impression of opaque white or medium soft pink.

 

So, I'm more of an earthy, dirty, honey drenched wonton type of scent person. I'll wear this on days I feel like "playing pious". hahahahaa.. No one would question my character with this wafting around me!

[Ajila]

In the bottle - A very sweet heliotrope scent

 

Wet on me - A sweet almost resinous floral from the heliotrope

 

Dry on me - The soil begins to come through and then it all fades

 

Overall - Much prettier than I expected and I really like the heliotrope wet, but it just disappears on my skin

[Jupita]

Heliotrope, heliotrope, heliotrope...

So much of it, I smell nothing else...

It's sweet, very very sweet... I don't smell any dirt or dragon blood, not in the imp, nor in the wet stage...

We'll see how it turns later on... but so far, it's definitely not a winner for me...

Too much heliotrope for my taste...