The Hazards of Perfumery
[What I Feel| 
amused ]
[What I Hear| Guns N'Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" on the radio]
[What I Smell| BPAL original Miskatonic University layered with BPAL Snake Oil and a small dab of Ava Luxe Oude to approximate the extremely limited BPAL Anaconda...close, but still no cookie!]
As much as I love perfumes and scents in general, there are some hazards.
Some of it is body chemistry, such as the night I put on BPAL Alecto when I was still very ill and it smelled like the sweaty armpits of someone who had been cooking in the sun all day. Ewwwwwww!!!! -[since then, I've been able to enjoy its cedary goodness, but it was one of those really ICKY things at the time!]
Another is BPAL Loviatar...which some people can adore for its richness. On me, it literally smells like the dirty bedding of the two Simpsons sisters-in-law after a meganight of chainsmoking. -[I have been very UNWILLING to give this one another chance!]
There's an infamous commercial perfume that MAY still be around called Tabu. When I was going to my first Christmas dance, my Mom and I tried this one...and both ended up with migraines before we left the store. There was a Seventies' knock-off version of it called Styx that I never bothered to try!
I manage to wear the sadly-reviled BPAL Numb fairly well--so long as I do not sweat. If I don't sweat, it's a lovely violet blend. If I sweat, the Orange Squink comes out full-bore and it sours on me immediately.
Sometimes, it's the perfume.
I'm all about the Blackberries, of course, but I had to give up on a lovely and rather expensive candle I was given that was supposed to be Blackberries and Honey. What it smells like is female cat pee. When I first got it, all the packing around its box smelled of pee and I thought my friend's dog had sent a little gift along with it...She didn't. It's the candle. The candle's been sitting out, trying to air out, and I've burned it every night since I got it, but today I had to give up. My entire house smells of cat pee. -[I'm not identifying the friend because she really wanted me to love this gift, and I tried my best...but it's just CAT PEE!!!! In a faintly fruity base!]
...I am pretty sure in THIS case, it's the fact it's a Partylite Candle. I was once given two "Spicy Vanilla" Partylite candles and it sent me into fits of asthma without even having to be burned. I could not even leave the candles in the house, so I gave them to Rebecca next door. I'm guessing whatever Partylite uses to scent their candles, it's all artificial. I can burn the PLAIN vanilla ones, and I have some that are supposedly 'sea' scented that seem to smell okay, but I'm thinking Partylite is out to get me.
It's SOOOOoooooo frustrating to have to remove something either blackberry OR vanilla from the premises. I love those scents...but these candles do not love me! I thought the Spicy Vanilla was just a fluke until I got the Blackberries and Honey candle.
And sometimes, I think it's a change in formulae.
I love BPAL Beltane 2005...the reformulation in 2006 nearly sent me to the hospital with an asthmatic reaction. I adore BPAL original Miskatonic University...I own and will use the 2006 reformulation, but it's NOT the same. I've managed to love EVERY version of Harvest Moon (2004, 2005, and 2006) that has come out, but I'm not as keen on Milk Moon 2007 as I am Milk Moon 2004. I'm a bit afraid of ordering ANY "reissue" or "reformulation" from BPAL because from 2006 on, it's really DIFFERENT from what I expect to receive.
Nechtan :O
amused ]
[What I Hear| Guns N'Roses "Welcome to the Jungle" on the radio]
[What I Smell| BPAL original Miskatonic University layered with BPAL Snake Oil and a small dab of Ava Luxe Oude to approximate the extremely limited BPAL Anaconda...close, but still no cookie!]
As much as I love perfumes and scents in general, there are some hazards.
Some of it is body chemistry, such as the night I put on BPAL Alecto when I was still very ill and it smelled like the sweaty armpits of someone who had been cooking in the sun all day. Ewwwwwww!!!! -[since then, I've been able to enjoy its cedary goodness, but it was one of those really ICKY things at the time!]
Another is BPAL Loviatar...which some people can adore for its richness. On me, it literally smells like the dirty bedding of the two Simpsons sisters-in-law after a meganight of chainsmoking. -[I have been very UNWILLING to give this one another chance!]
There's an infamous commercial perfume that MAY still be around called Tabu. When I was going to my first Christmas dance, my Mom and I tried this one...and both ended up with migraines before we left the store. There was a Seventies' knock-off version of it called Styx that I never bothered to try!
I manage to wear the sadly-reviled BPAL Numb fairly well--so long as I do not sweat. If I don't sweat, it's a lovely violet blend. If I sweat, the Orange Squink comes out full-bore and it sours on me immediately.
Sometimes, it's the perfume.
I'm all about the Blackberries, of course, but I had to give up on a lovely and rather expensive candle I was given that was supposed to be Blackberries and Honey. What it smells like is female cat pee. When I first got it, all the packing around its box smelled of pee and I thought my friend's dog had sent a little gift along with it...She didn't. It's the candle. The candle's been sitting out, trying to air out, and I've burned it every night since I got it, but today I had to give up. My entire house smells of cat pee. -[I'm not identifying the friend because she really wanted me to love this gift, and I tried my best...but it's just CAT PEE!!!! In a faintly fruity base!]
...I am pretty sure in THIS case, it's the fact it's a Partylite Candle. I was once given two "Spicy Vanilla" Partylite candles and it sent me into fits of asthma without even having to be burned. I could not even leave the candles in the house, so I gave them to Rebecca next door. I'm guessing whatever Partylite uses to scent their candles, it's all artificial. I can burn the PLAIN vanilla ones, and I have some that are supposedly 'sea' scented that seem to smell okay, but I'm thinking Partylite is out to get me.
It's SOOOOoooooo frustrating to have to remove something either blackberry OR vanilla from the premises. I love those scents...but these candles do not love me! I thought the Spicy Vanilla was just a fluke until I got the Blackberries and Honey candle.
And sometimes, I think it's a change in formulae.
I love BPAL Beltane 2005...the reformulation in 2006 nearly sent me to the hospital with an asthmatic reaction. I adore BPAL original Miskatonic University...I own and will use the 2006 reformulation, but it's NOT the same. I've managed to love EVERY version of Harvest Moon (2004, 2005, and 2006) that has come out, but I'm not as keen on Milk Moon 2007 as I am Milk Moon 2004. I'm a bit afraid of ordering ANY "reissue" or "reformulation" from BPAL because from 2006 on, it's really DIFFERENT from what I expect to receive.
Nechtan :O