[Multi] Reviews
And here are some mroe BPAL reviews for your pleasure... bunches of the Qliphoth series as well..
VERSAILLES: Wanderlust Grand, courtly and robust: a glittering, golden scent that would do Louis XIV proud. Gilded red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris
In Bottle: Soft amber
On Skin: MMmm! So velvety and soft! This is the amber I love… completely lush and cozy. The roses are actually tame here and more in the background. The orris and jasmine are slightly more strong, but this is truly an amber scent, not a floral. The citrus provides a light tart note that is also blanketed by the amber. I also get a honey note from this… seriously I swear I smell a bit of honey single note in there… I think this scent is very different from the description… it’s doesn’t seem showy or grand, it seems more decadent and comforting with a nice slice of sexiness. I love this scent which is a nice surprise since I usually hate rose scents, luckily the rose in this is almost non-existant. As the scent develops, the jasmine comes out stronger and is slightly powdery. It’s actually very pretty and I can see myself wearing this often.
TIGER LILY: Mad Tea Party A feisty bouquet of golden, warm, gently honeyed lilies.
In Bottle: Lily
On Skin: Oh my! As I always say, I’m not a huge fan of floral scents, but this one is an exception. It is so sweet and innocent. The beautiful lilies coated in honey… it just drips with sweetness. It’s slightly cloying so I can see it being too strong for some people. Strong throw, wow, but fairly short wearing length. This scent is pure hot summer, flowers in full bloom with sticky stamens and bees buzzing around gathering pollen. All bees would visit this flower that’s for sure. And I think everyone would buzz around a person wearing this scent, it captures attention right away. I love the lovely lily and my favorite note ever, honey. I want a bottle of this.
GREED: Sin & Salvation Base and earthy, yet glittering with golden notes: patchouli, heliotrope, copal and oakmoss
In Bottle: Patchouli
On Skin: Patchouli is quite possibly my least favorite note. This scent screams patchouli. Dirt and incense… dirty incense… earthy, dry, powdery… nothing good. There is a slight sweet note, the heliotripe, and I do like the slightly fresh herbalness of the oakmoss. But that still doesn’t redeem the scent for me, this one is being thrown in the swap pile without a second doubt. A very dark scent, slightly smoky and I don’t get a good feeling from it. Above average throw and average wearing length.
MOROCCO: Wanderlust The intoxicating perfume of exotic incenses wafting on warm desert breezes. Arabian spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia.
In Bottle: Sweet exotic spices
On Skin: This starts very interesting. I think I smell saffron, or something super exotic. It’s not as biting as cassia usually is on me, or maybe the sweetness is cutting it? There has to be vanilla in this blend because I smell that beautiful creamy mellow note that BPAL vanilla usually turns to on me. Wow, I know what this reminds me of… Enraged Bunny Musk after it’s super long dry down phase… 5 hours later but a little more spicy. But it has that beautiful clean and sweet note that EBM becomes, I’m thinking that’s the musk. I love it!!! The spices are actually very gentle, very slight, the scent is more sweet than anything. Even the sandalwood is tame, just a mellow woody note, not as stark and bright as it can be on me sometimes. And thankfully I’m not smelling the carnation at all, which is a good thing because carnation is notorius for going wonky on my skin. This is a beauitful scent, I’ll be keeping the imp for sure. Very light throw, almost too light and sadly not much wearing length.
NAHEMOTH: Illumination Qliphoth Avarice, inertia, materialism, animal consciousness, despair and cruelty. Governed by Na’amah, Daughter of Lamech, and thereby a Daughter of Cain. Na’amah is the Angel of Prostitution, and also one of Samael’s succubus concubines, and her name is Beauty and Pleasure.
In Bottle: Resin and patchouli
On Skin: There is an obvious warm deep resinous base… amber I’m thinking. I smell a slight tinge of patchouli giving it an incense note. It’s actually quite nice. The amber sweetens the patchouli so it doesn’t get that “dirt” note. I also smell something woody, sandalwood I’m thinking by the sweetness. I smell a floral too, something quite strong, lily or jasmine I’m thinking. It’s a pretty scent but doesn’t really stand out to me or capture me to the point I’d want a bottle. It also soaks into my skin quickly giving it low throw and low wearing length.
THAGIRION: Illumination Qliphoth Pride, stress and disorder, strain, contention, conflict, futility. Governed by Belphegor, The Lord of the Openings, who seduces men to evil through wealth through ingenuity.
In Bottle: Crisp fruity floral
On Skin: I’m smelling lemon, pear and plumeria. Very bright and clean, there’s a slight soapy ozone note as well. Wow, slight is the wrong word, after a few minutes this scent becomes pure ozone and I lose the lemon and pear. This is like Sundew meets Budding Moon. I get a bit of lemongrass and a very light pale yellow/green feel from this. Pretty and bright, a nice light scent. Not really me though… Average throw and wearing length.
A’ARAB ZARAQ: Illumination Qliphoth Rampant lust, self-indulgence, covetousness, lost chastity. Governed by Ba’al, Lord of the Eastern Kingdom of Hell.
In Bottle: Red patchouli
On Skin: This screams patchouli at first… dirt and ick on me. There is a resinous sweet note in the background but it doesn’t seem to be saving this scent for me. It’s a bit like Dragon’s Blood resin… sweet and plasticy. After about 10 minutes this is pure plastic on me, not really appealing. There is also a slight spice and the lingering patchouli as well as a sweet woody note, maybe cedar or sandalwood. It is a light scent with low throw and a short lifespan.
THAUMIEL: Illumination Qliphoth Spiritual pride, arrogance, denial of the sacredness of every spirit, duality, the denial of the Great Work, the basest and most profane aspects of Nature. In the words of Ibn Al'Arabi, this is that which resists the Self-Realizing urge to create the own-other object and insists in the sole right of pure spirit and transcendence, this being the reason for Satan's refusal to obey God's command to prostrate himself to Adam, from jealousy for the integrity of pure spirit. Governed by Satan.
In Bottle: Soft floral
On Skin: This is another light soapy scent. It’s not fruity or as bright as Thagirion, but more of a soft filtered light coming through sheer curtains. It’s very powdery and dry, which doesn’t agree with my nose. It has a floral/herbal base that is quite sharp and not really pleasant to me. Combined with the powderyness, it just seems a bit too harsh, even though it has low throw. Now picture the curtains I mentioned above and imagine when you move something and it scatters dust and you can see each dust particle in the light from the window. That’s what this feels like… the scent of lit up dust.
VERSAILLES: Wanderlust Grand, courtly and robust: a glittering, golden scent that would do Louis XIV proud. Gilded red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris
In Bottle: Soft amber
On Skin: MMmm! So velvety and soft! This is the amber I love… completely lush and cozy. The roses are actually tame here and more in the background. The orris and jasmine are slightly more strong, but this is truly an amber scent, not a floral. The citrus provides a light tart note that is also blanketed by the amber. I also get a honey note from this… seriously I swear I smell a bit of honey single note in there… I think this scent is very different from the description… it’s doesn’t seem showy or grand, it seems more decadent and comforting with a nice slice of sexiness. I love this scent which is a nice surprise since I usually hate rose scents, luckily the rose in this is almost non-existant. As the scent develops, the jasmine comes out stronger and is slightly powdery. It’s actually very pretty and I can see myself wearing this often.
TIGER LILY: Mad Tea Party A feisty bouquet of golden, warm, gently honeyed lilies.
In Bottle: Lily
On Skin: Oh my! As I always say, I’m not a huge fan of floral scents, but this one is an exception. It is so sweet and innocent. The beautiful lilies coated in honey… it just drips with sweetness. It’s slightly cloying so I can see it being too strong for some people. Strong throw, wow, but fairly short wearing length. This scent is pure hot summer, flowers in full bloom with sticky stamens and bees buzzing around gathering pollen. All bees would visit this flower that’s for sure. And I think everyone would buzz around a person wearing this scent, it captures attention right away. I love the lovely lily and my favorite note ever, honey. I want a bottle of this.
GREED: Sin & Salvation Base and earthy, yet glittering with golden notes: patchouli, heliotrope, copal and oakmoss
In Bottle: Patchouli
On Skin: Patchouli is quite possibly my least favorite note. This scent screams patchouli. Dirt and incense… dirty incense… earthy, dry, powdery… nothing good. There is a slight sweet note, the heliotripe, and I do like the slightly fresh herbalness of the oakmoss. But that still doesn’t redeem the scent for me, this one is being thrown in the swap pile without a second doubt. A very dark scent, slightly smoky and I don’t get a good feeling from it. Above average throw and average wearing length.
MOROCCO: Wanderlust The intoxicating perfume of exotic incenses wafting on warm desert breezes. Arabian spices wind through a blend of warm musk, carnation, red sandalwood and cassia.
In Bottle: Sweet exotic spices
On Skin: This starts very interesting. I think I smell saffron, or something super exotic. It’s not as biting as cassia usually is on me, or maybe the sweetness is cutting it? There has to be vanilla in this blend because I smell that beautiful creamy mellow note that BPAL vanilla usually turns to on me. Wow, I know what this reminds me of… Enraged Bunny Musk after it’s super long dry down phase… 5 hours later but a little more spicy. But it has that beautiful clean and sweet note that EBM becomes, I’m thinking that’s the musk. I love it!!! The spices are actually very gentle, very slight, the scent is more sweet than anything. Even the sandalwood is tame, just a mellow woody note, not as stark and bright as it can be on me sometimes. And thankfully I’m not smelling the carnation at all, which is a good thing because carnation is notorius for going wonky on my skin. This is a beauitful scent, I’ll be keeping the imp for sure. Very light throw, almost too light and sadly not much wearing length.
NAHEMOTH: Illumination Qliphoth Avarice, inertia, materialism, animal consciousness, despair and cruelty. Governed by Na’amah, Daughter of Lamech, and thereby a Daughter of Cain. Na’amah is the Angel of Prostitution, and also one of Samael’s succubus concubines, and her name is Beauty and Pleasure.
In Bottle: Resin and patchouli
On Skin: There is an obvious warm deep resinous base… amber I’m thinking. I smell a slight tinge of patchouli giving it an incense note. It’s actually quite nice. The amber sweetens the patchouli so it doesn’t get that “dirt” note. I also smell something woody, sandalwood I’m thinking by the sweetness. I smell a floral too, something quite strong, lily or jasmine I’m thinking. It’s a pretty scent but doesn’t really stand out to me or capture me to the point I’d want a bottle. It also soaks into my skin quickly giving it low throw and low wearing length.
THAGIRION: Illumination Qliphoth Pride, stress and disorder, strain, contention, conflict, futility. Governed by Belphegor, The Lord of the Openings, who seduces men to evil through wealth through ingenuity.
In Bottle: Crisp fruity floral
On Skin: I’m smelling lemon, pear and plumeria. Very bright and clean, there’s a slight soapy ozone note as well. Wow, slight is the wrong word, after a few minutes this scent becomes pure ozone and I lose the lemon and pear. This is like Sundew meets Budding Moon. I get a bit of lemongrass and a very light pale yellow/green feel from this. Pretty and bright, a nice light scent. Not really me though… Average throw and wearing length.
A’ARAB ZARAQ: Illumination Qliphoth Rampant lust, self-indulgence, covetousness, lost chastity. Governed by Ba’al, Lord of the Eastern Kingdom of Hell.
In Bottle: Red patchouli
On Skin: This screams patchouli at first… dirt and ick on me. There is a resinous sweet note in the background but it doesn’t seem to be saving this scent for me. It’s a bit like Dragon’s Blood resin… sweet and plasticy. After about 10 minutes this is pure plastic on me, not really appealing. There is also a slight spice and the lingering patchouli as well as a sweet woody note, maybe cedar or sandalwood. It is a light scent with low throw and a short lifespan.
THAUMIEL: Illumination Qliphoth Spiritual pride, arrogance, denial of the sacredness of every spirit, duality, the denial of the Great Work, the basest and most profane aspects of Nature. In the words of Ibn Al'Arabi, this is that which resists the Self-Realizing urge to create the own-other object and insists in the sole right of pure spirit and transcendence, this being the reason for Satan's refusal to obey God's command to prostrate himself to Adam, from jealousy for the integrity of pure spirit. Governed by Satan.
In Bottle: Soft floral
On Skin: This is another light soapy scent. It’s not fruity or as bright as Thagirion, but more of a soft filtered light coming through sheer curtains. It’s very powdery and dry, which doesn’t agree with my nose. It has a floral/herbal base that is quite sharp and not really pleasant to me. Combined with the powderyness, it just seems a bit too harsh, even though it has low throw. Now picture the curtains I mentioned above and imagine when you move something and it scatters dust and you can see each dust particle in the light from the window. That’s what this feels like… the scent of lit up dust.