my first batch of bpalanon reviews! :)
I'm going through withdrawal without being able to post and double-check my reviews on the forum (sometimes reading other reviews helps me pin down notes), so I'll throw today's batch in here. Warning: I am way too wordy.
Absinthe: Mmm, much better than La Fée Verte was on me. Wet, Absinthe is black licorice with a fresh green and yellow base just underneath the surface. As it dries, the anise gets stronger, and for the next hour or so, it's all just tasty black licorice.
A few hours into the wearing, though, the anise fades and there's just a fresh blend of green smells that I can't pick out individually.
Pretty good staying power, too, although a little into hour six it starts disappearing.
Black Opal: Hmm, a stony vanilla. So strange, but good. Black Opal is a little too sweet for me at first, but as it dries down the sugar bite calms down. It's a sugary vanilla with that cold rocky background that you can smell in underground caverns. Unusual, but nice.
I'll have to try it a few more times before deciding whether to get a bottle, but it's definitely worth keeping the imp for now.
Grandmother of Ghosts: Okay, there really is no way for me to pick out anything in this one wet, it's blended so well. Dry, Grandmother of Ghosts is a sort of perfume-y pale, delicate musk with a peppery kick. It's not something I'd normally wear, but it's pretty.
My skin eats this one quickly, though.
Gypsy Queen 05: Gypsy Queen reminds me of a LUSH scent, probably because of the carnation and neroli. It's a warm incense, touched with a musk that has a hit of vanilla. The neroli definitely stands up for itself, too.
I'm glad I got a 5ml of this when the Carnaval came back around. It's sexy without being obnoxious, and it's quiet enough that I could wear it to work if I wanted to without being afraid that I'd make everyone around me sneeze.
On a side note, wow, who would have thought, six months ago, that I'd be a fan of an incense blend? Either my nose is getting fonder of these sorts of things, or my tastes are changing more than I realized. Or are those two things the same?
June Gloom: edenssixthday sent me a sniffer of June Gloom because she is the sweetest lady in the world. There is no way I would have gotten to sniff this otherwise.
In the imp: Mmmm, lemon. A little edge of Pledge, but mostly just lemon drops.
Once it's dry, the florals in June Gloom pop up behind the lemon drops. Dew-kissed flowers, though, not dry or oversweet.
God, I love this blend. I hope (most likely in vain, I know) that it's resurrected at some point, even if it's just for a day, so I can have some without chopping off a limb to get it.
March Hare: My prediction: nothin' but clove, baby.
Well, March Hare definitely delivers what it claims. In the imp, it's sweet apricots drizzled with honey and the spiciness of clove. On my skin, it's the same, with the clove amped up, but not unbearably so. Maybe my skin reacts differently to sweet clove than plain old clove?
It dries down to a warm apricot scent with a little bite of clove.
Sadly, the apricots remind me of baby food, so this one is not for me, even though it works a lot better than I thought it would.
Milk Moon: Milk Moooooon. Cream! Honey! I knew I would love this one.
I was wrong.
In the imp, Milk Moon is buttery, not really milky. It smells creamy and warm, but in a foody way, not a perfume-y way.
On my skin, it turns sour and gross, like the orange butter you get on popcorn in movie theaters.
At least I won't have to hunt down more of this one, hehe.
Pink Moon: Pink Moon definitely smells pink. This is one of the more standard-perfume-like oils I've tried.
Florals, honey, and strawberry. In that order. It's nice, but it fades way too fast, and the florals aren't really the type I'd usually wear.
Spooky: In the imp, Spooky is delicious, chocolate mint laced with a tiny bit of coconut.
My skin has decided that Spooky is not for me, though, and promptly turns it into peppermint tea laced with sour milk. If I concentrate, the milk turns into coconut, but I'm not really a fan of having to work to enjoy my perfume.
Urd: Really? All the things in the description are in there? Because all I get is grape jelly. I assume that's my skin deciding that it MUST AMP ZEE MUSCADINE. It smells a little more complex wet, but dry, it's just . . . purple and sweet. Grape-y. Not something I want to smell like.
Absinthe: Mmm, much better than La Fée Verte was on me. Wet, Absinthe is black licorice with a fresh green and yellow base just underneath the surface. As it dries, the anise gets stronger, and for the next hour or so, it's all just tasty black licorice.
A few hours into the wearing, though, the anise fades and there's just a fresh blend of green smells that I can't pick out individually.
Pretty good staying power, too, although a little into hour six it starts disappearing.
Black Opal: Hmm, a stony vanilla. So strange, but good. Black Opal is a little too sweet for me at first, but as it dries down the sugar bite calms down. It's a sugary vanilla with that cold rocky background that you can smell in underground caverns. Unusual, but nice.
I'll have to try it a few more times before deciding whether to get a bottle, but it's definitely worth keeping the imp for now.
Grandmother of Ghosts: Okay, there really is no way for me to pick out anything in this one wet, it's blended so well. Dry, Grandmother of Ghosts is a sort of perfume-y pale, delicate musk with a peppery kick. It's not something I'd normally wear, but it's pretty.
My skin eats this one quickly, though.
Gypsy Queen 05: Gypsy Queen reminds me of a LUSH scent, probably because of the carnation and neroli. It's a warm incense, touched with a musk that has a hit of vanilla. The neroli definitely stands up for itself, too.
I'm glad I got a 5ml of this when the Carnaval came back around. It's sexy without being obnoxious, and it's quiet enough that I could wear it to work if I wanted to without being afraid that I'd make everyone around me sneeze.
On a side note, wow, who would have thought, six months ago, that I'd be a fan of an incense blend? Either my nose is getting fonder of these sorts of things, or my tastes are changing more than I realized. Or are those two things the same?
June Gloom: edenssixthday sent me a sniffer of June Gloom because she is the sweetest lady in the world. There is no way I would have gotten to sniff this otherwise.
In the imp: Mmmm, lemon. A little edge of Pledge, but mostly just lemon drops.
Once it's dry, the florals in June Gloom pop up behind the lemon drops. Dew-kissed flowers, though, not dry or oversweet.
God, I love this blend. I hope (most likely in vain, I know) that it's resurrected at some point, even if it's just for a day, so I can have some without chopping off a limb to get it.
March Hare: My prediction: nothin' but clove, baby.
Well, March Hare definitely delivers what it claims. In the imp, it's sweet apricots drizzled with honey and the spiciness of clove. On my skin, it's the same, with the clove amped up, but not unbearably so. Maybe my skin reacts differently to sweet clove than plain old clove?
It dries down to a warm apricot scent with a little bite of clove.
Sadly, the apricots remind me of baby food, so this one is not for me, even though it works a lot better than I thought it would.
Milk Moon: Milk Moooooon. Cream! Honey! I knew I would love this one.
I was wrong.
In the imp, Milk Moon is buttery, not really milky. It smells creamy and warm, but in a foody way, not a perfume-y way.
On my skin, it turns sour and gross, like the orange butter you get on popcorn in movie theaters.
At least I won't have to hunt down more of this one, hehe.
Pink Moon: Pink Moon definitely smells pink. This is one of the more standard-perfume-like oils I've tried.
Florals, honey, and strawberry. In that order. It's nice, but it fades way too fast, and the florals aren't really the type I'd usually wear.
Spooky: In the imp, Spooky is delicious, chocolate mint laced with a tiny bit of coconut.
My skin has decided that Spooky is not for me, though, and promptly turns it into peppermint tea laced with sour milk. If I concentrate, the milk turns into coconut, but I'm not really a fan of having to work to enjoy my perfume.
Urd: Really? All the things in the description are in there? Because all I get is grape jelly. I assume that's my skin deciding that it MUST AMP ZEE MUSCADINE. It smells a little more complex wet, but dry, it's just . . . purple and sweet. Grape-y. Not something I want to smell like.