Hearth

[sailthetethys]

Sweet pipe tobacco, cherry wood, the warm, worn leather of an easy chair and a pleasant, subtle waft of fireplace smoke.

Id like to know how the hell Beth managed to bottle the exact smell of the living room of my childhood home at Christmastime. Im genuinely in tears.

I cant even begin to describe how this smells in any sort of way thats meaningful to the rest of you, unless you know what opening the big green tub and seeing all your favorite ornaments for the first time in a year and playing with the nativity figures on the stone hearth behind the tree and snow-diffused morning light streaming through the windows onto the toy soldiers on the mantle smell like. Because thats what this smells like. Its so deeply personal and evocative of my own ghosts of Christmas past. Thank you so much, Beth.

[LizziesLuck]

2017 version

 

Wet: Sweet, smoky, slightly boozy, somehow. Incredibly pleasant and warming and homey. It definitely smells like Christmas. The cherry wood reads a lot like Christmas tree to me. On me, this smells kind of like the world's best Christmas candle. It embodies everything that is the magic of Christmas. It's beautiful. It's very light and subtle on my skin though, and sadly has zero throw.

 

 

Dry: This fades really quickly on me. It becomes a pleasant, smoky, Christmassy scent, with hints of leather. It's nice, but too subtle for me to reach for, sadly. I really wanted to adore it.

[milo]

Excited to try a bpal classic! This is very strong on me. First off, I'm getting pipe tobacco, cherry, and a touch of smoke. Although beautiful, it's more of an atmosphere scent to me. Something smells slightly mentholly to me, like a Christmas tree. This one is quite strong on me, I'll probably throw it in my diffuser come the holiday season again, it's quintessential bpal to me.

[Joyleaf_]

The first thing I notice is a smack of cherry. Like cherry soda, almost, with a hint of sweetness. Luckily this stage is over very quickly and the tobacco and leather come out. I really love it, its very evocative, and as many other reviewers have noticed, perfect for creating or re-creating a scene. At the moment, the 77 degrees we have here in Philly with bright blue skies is a dichotomy to the snowy winter's eve coming from my wrist. Utterly beautiful.

[TheresaRedSkull]

This skips straight over cherry and jumps right to spicy, smoky Christmassy wonderfulness--a bit like one of the classier Yankee Candles, really. Love love love! Unfortunately, and unexpectedly, it makes my skin sting and itch, however.

[Lucchesa]

2017 Hearth. There's a BPAL tobacco note that I've been thinking doesn't work on me. It's the one here, and it's in Snaky Hair'd Moirai as well. It's overpoweringly sharp when it hits my skin. But I'm starting to think that it simply needs more time to age. I recently retried Snaky, which was considerably improved from initial testing, and on retesting Hearth, I get that initial bit of harshness from the tobacco, but within a few minutes it has mellowed into something warm and comforting. Now it's letting the leather and woods come through. (I'm not getting the much in the way of cherry). Hearth doesn't have a lot of staying power on me, but that may improve with age as well. I think this one isn't going to come into its true beauty for a year or two yet.

[dementia_divine]

2017 version.

 

In the decant: The cherry wood is quite prominent (emphasis on the cherry), followed by the tobacco, leather, and a wisp of smoke.

 

Wet: The cherry wood dominates, with the cherry aspect being very strong, followed by a cozy leather and some sweet tobacco. The cherry begins to calm down somewhat as the scent starts to dry, allowing the leather and tobacco to come out more, and I am also getting some spice from this, which I believe may be representing the embers in a fireplace?

 

Dry: The cherry wood continues to reign, followed by a cozy leather and sweet tobacco. The spice that I was getting before is no longer present. There’s a bit of smoke in the background, but I wouldn’t say this is smoky.

 

Verdict: The cherry aspect of this is a lot stronger than I thought it would be. It’s not bad… I just wasn’t expecting so much outright cherry. It’s okay, but not something I could see myself wearing.

Edited July 27, 2018 by dementia_divine