The Haunted Palace
BPAL description: Red rose, Tunisian amber, blood orange, toasted vanilla, heliotrope, gardenia and red musk.
In the bottle: Sweet, rosy cinnamon.
Wet: Sweeter, spicier. Still some rose but some other florals too; yes, I can detect the heliotrope. Definitely something giving this scent warmth - the amber and the vanilla? Amazingly, I still like it (vanilla doesn't usually work for me)! And the musk in this is nice, sexy. I'm thinking the cinnamony-smell is the toasted vanilla.
Dry: I'm getting some really yummy fruit now, must be the blood orange but it registers as apple to me - wow, delicious! The rose and heliotrope have faded and the gardenia is peeking out. Something in this has also turned woody on me, and it's providing great depth.
Summary: This is totally not a scent I would ever thing to try, with the vanilla and amber, and I don't even like it that much at first, but it morphs quite well on my skin. Overall, I'm impressed by its complexity and mutability. It's still not something I'd wear, but I have to admit it's yummy.
In the bottle: Sweet, rosy cinnamon.
Wet: Sweeter, spicier. Still some rose but some other florals too; yes, I can detect the heliotrope. Definitely something giving this scent warmth - the amber and the vanilla? Amazingly, I still like it (vanilla doesn't usually work for me)! And the musk in this is nice, sexy. I'm thinking the cinnamony-smell is the toasted vanilla.
Dry: I'm getting some really yummy fruit now, must be the blood orange but it registers as apple to me - wow, delicious! The rose and heliotrope have faded and the gardenia is peeking out. Something in this has also turned woody on me, and it's providing great depth.
Summary: This is totally not a scent I would ever thing to try, with the vanilla and amber, and I don't even like it that much at first, but it morphs quite well on my skin. Overall, I'm impressed by its complexity and mutability. It's still not something I'd wear, but I have to admit it's yummy.