Fairy Market
BPAL description: Otherworldy golden incense, blooming wind-flowers, everlasting lavender, bluebell, a faint whiff of exotic sugared candies, and fae mist upon wet green grass.
In the bottle: Sugary sweet, but not foody at all; wildflowers and a hint of fresh lavender, the gentle floral sort, and wisps of smoky incense and grass. Airy and aquatic; amazingly unique, complex, and evocative. A wrist-sniffer immediately, and absolutely otherworldly. Ethereal, but earthy and complex.
Wet: Sweet, like sugared violets on cake, but not foody. More heavily floral, though all the notes are so well blended they are difficult to pick apart. The grass note is fresher, brighter, greener and also merges a bit with the herbal aspect of the lavender - the result is almost sharp, but just enough to balance the sweet and floral note. The smoky incense are like light breezes, not dark or strong at all.
Dry: The sweet note has softened into something honeylike on my skin, which is wonderful as I adore honey! It is quite sweet, but just this side of bearable. The flowers and grass are quite strong, as if one is outside immersed in a field in full bloom with sunlight streaming down; fresh, but sort of warm and bright as well. The astringency of the lavender and grass has faded to more general fresh greenery.
Later: Stays very sweet, but in a soft floral manner, not a sticky-foody way - the 'candied' note reminds me of the same one in Earth Rat - that same degree of sweetness. It's almost a little fruity, like wild plums or berries; rich, dark fruit that's herbal and a bit spicy. The incense notes remind me a bit of those in Les Bijoux or in Phoenix Steamworks, in that they provide a sort of earthy and exotic haze, without being dark, dusty, or cloying.
Summary: A huge armful of delicate but full-bloom wildflowers glows with a honeyed-sweet haze, blending with green herbs, sexy musk, hints of wild fruit, and lightly smoky resins and woods in perfect harmony; notes can be distinguished without breaking the unity of the blend as a whole. Utterly feminine and exotically fantastical. Good throw and lasting power.
Despite its significant sweetness, I must get a bottle! I see why this is so popular; it appeals to a broad range of tastes but is not overpowering in any one scent category. It does have a very faint touch of powder (some form of amber?) after a few hours, but it's completely bearable, and gives the blend a warm, soft, muted feel, like late afternoon in August.
In the bottle: Sugary sweet, but not foody at all; wildflowers and a hint of fresh lavender, the gentle floral sort, and wisps of smoky incense and grass. Airy and aquatic; amazingly unique, complex, and evocative. A wrist-sniffer immediately, and absolutely otherworldly. Ethereal, but earthy and complex.
Wet: Sweet, like sugared violets on cake, but not foody. More heavily floral, though all the notes are so well blended they are difficult to pick apart. The grass note is fresher, brighter, greener and also merges a bit with the herbal aspect of the lavender - the result is almost sharp, but just enough to balance the sweet and floral note. The smoky incense are like light breezes, not dark or strong at all.
Dry: The sweet note has softened into something honeylike on my skin, which is wonderful as I adore honey! It is quite sweet, but just this side of bearable. The flowers and grass are quite strong, as if one is outside immersed in a field in full bloom with sunlight streaming down; fresh, but sort of warm and bright as well. The astringency of the lavender and grass has faded to more general fresh greenery.
Later: Stays very sweet, but in a soft floral manner, not a sticky-foody way - the 'candied' note reminds me of the same one in Earth Rat - that same degree of sweetness. It's almost a little fruity, like wild plums or berries; rich, dark fruit that's herbal and a bit spicy. The incense notes remind me a bit of those in Les Bijoux or in Phoenix Steamworks, in that they provide a sort of earthy and exotic haze, without being dark, dusty, or cloying.
Summary: A huge armful of delicate but full-bloom wildflowers glows with a honeyed-sweet haze, blending with green herbs, sexy musk, hints of wild fruit, and lightly smoky resins and woods in perfect harmony; notes can be distinguished without breaking the unity of the blend as a whole. Utterly feminine and exotically fantastical. Good throw and lasting power.
Despite its significant sweetness, I must get a bottle! I see why this is so popular; it appeals to a broad range of tastes but is not overpowering in any one scent category. It does have a very faint touch of powder (some form of amber?) after a few hours, but it's completely bearable, and gives the blend a warm, soft, muted feel, like late afternoon in August.