Bensiabel
BPAL description: Plum juice, lilac, leather, and a smattering of herbs.
In the bottle: Rich golden oil. Surprisingly dark and floral. Not much of the plum, and not what I'd call sweet. The lilac is strong, and the herbs tending towards dark and forceful. It's a bit sharp/slick.
Wet: LILAC; by far, the strongest lilac BPAL scent I've smelled. It's heady and a bit much, as lilac can be, but more natural than usual. A bit more leather, making this rather masculine. Some thyme? The plum juice is more a suggestion of sweetness, more like blossom than fruit.
Dry: Bah, the lilac is going a bit soapy. And why, lilac, must you be such a bully? The only blessing is that the scent on the whole fades rapidly. There's a weird moldy (?) note, like moldy bread.
Later: Some of the sweetness is coming out, finally, though it's still not that sticky, juicy plum note, but more delicate, like wild plum. There's also a spicy note that I'd swear is carnation. The leather seems to have 'aged' at bit.
Summary: Much of the lilac fades with time, so that it becomes quite pleasant and bearable. The plum amps up into something dark and sexy, and the leather is well-worn and comforting. Love the spicy carnation. But the mold kills it. Decent throw.
Reminds me greatly of Bathsheba, and a little of The Blood Countess.
In the bottle: Rich golden oil. Surprisingly dark and floral. Not much of the plum, and not what I'd call sweet. The lilac is strong, and the herbs tending towards dark and forceful. It's a bit sharp/slick.
Wet: LILAC; by far, the strongest lilac BPAL scent I've smelled. It's heady and a bit much, as lilac can be, but more natural than usual. A bit more leather, making this rather masculine. Some thyme? The plum juice is more a suggestion of sweetness, more like blossom than fruit.
Dry: Bah, the lilac is going a bit soapy. And why, lilac, must you be such a bully? The only blessing is that the scent on the whole fades rapidly. There's a weird moldy (?) note, like moldy bread.
Later: Some of the sweetness is coming out, finally, though it's still not that sticky, juicy plum note, but more delicate, like wild plum. There's also a spicy note that I'd swear is carnation. The leather seems to have 'aged' at bit.
Summary: Much of the lilac fades with time, so that it becomes quite pleasant and bearable. The plum amps up into something dark and sexy, and the leather is well-worn and comforting. Love the spicy carnation. But the mold kills it. Decent throw.
Reminds me greatly of Bathsheba, and a little of The Blood Countess.