fairnymph Report post Posted June 5, 2010 (edited) Pleasantly light, soft blend of florals and possibly greenery - a botanical/outdoorsy, classic, inoffensive type of scent. I'm really excited that we might be getting a Byron scent at some point! Skin test reveals: LILAC and a sweet floral that has a fruity tone, such as freesia or hyacinth over fresh cut grass and a little sandalwood. Later I feel like a bit violet comes out and this goes a touch powdery, as well as growing increasingly sweet in a vanilla-ish way -maybe vanilla musk, or honey musk? Creamy and sweet and rather innocent in feel. A light, classic, softly feminine scent that's very well balanced. Edited June 12, 2010 by fairnymph Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
midnight_aeval Report post Posted June 5, 2010 I had a special request to review this one for the person I'm sending it to, so here it goes! From the bottle I do detect a light floral. Not Jasmine or Gardenia which usually cause me to gag upon initial sniff. It's one I can stomach enough to dab just a bit on my skin. My guess would be Hyacinth (not being a perfume-floral person, I only have the actual flower scent to go off of). Hyacinth reminds me a lot of Pikake too, so maybe it's that... My problem with florals is that I LOVE the smell of flowers, but in a perfume it just doesn't translate well enough to my nose or on my skin to want to wear it. This one is not your run-of-the-mill floral package, but more exotic/tropic. I suspect there could be something like a sweet sandalwood or amber that tempers the floral note just a bit. This wouldn't be a scent I'd get for myself, but it was overall a pleasant experience Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
zankoku_zen Report post Posted August 4, 2010 I think there's lilac, hyacinth and something warm. Either vanilla or honey musk. On wet, its floral but as it dries it is very creamy, sweet and with a warm musk base. Hmmm, much more enjoyable than I originally anticipated. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
countessmouse Report post Posted October 27, 2010 Floral in the bottle and wet on my skin, but I know there is lilac in there because I get a really odd reaction to it. Had the odd tang of the lilac for a while before the other florals regained control with the help of a vanilla musk. Overall, it's a lovely scent with a very nice throw once the lilac morphs out. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Blood onmy hands Report post Posted July 19, 2011 Byron v7 smells like sweet lilacs and soap to me, like lilac scented laundry detergent. There's something a bit funky in the drydown as well that makes me think of rest area bathrooms. Not so good, and I usually love bpal's lilac blends. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JazzieCazzie Report post Posted April 6, 2014 Swapped with a forumite, had it on my wishlist based on the limited reviews because I love BPAL lilac. Tested from an imp decanted from the bottle. IN THE IMP: Definitely floral but oddly not getting the lilac here. Smells suspiciously like old lady florals. Dabbed on wrist and in crook of arm. WET: Clearly my body chemistry is on the fritz because unlike everyone else in this thread, I got ZERO lilac from this, nor did I get hyacinth (I love hyacinth as well). For me, it's, for lack of a better word, a "fruity floral." Sweet and powdery but not really like flowers, more like "generic department store floral perfume." I can't ID the flowers per se but I recognize them from other BPAL floral blends that don't work for me either. I'm admittedly picky about my flowers and none of the ones I pick seem to be here. DRYDOWN: Yup. Plasticy department store scent on me. Not one iota of lilac. Not a wash off but not pleasant for me. OVERALL: I'm glad I got to try something new but now begone to the swap pile where someone who likes florals more than I do will probably love it. On a scale of 1-5, a 2. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
