Ladon
BPAL description: The hundred-headed dragon that guards the garden of the Hesperides: dragon's blood resin, golden apple, apple blossom, white musk and hyacinth.
In the bottle: Bright peachy-pink oil. Soapy-sharp-artificial dragon's blood, hyacinth, and sweet, rich apples. Fruity-floral and quite sweet. Reminds me of bathroom air freshener sprays.
Wet: Hyacinth and apple with a crispy, juicy edge. Only a hint of dragon's blood. Definitely some apple blossom too, very airy and spring-like and girly. Apple increasingly crisp and delightful.
Dry: Going soapy/powdery - damn dragon's blood! Also, more and more floral, less and less fruity. More and more like air freshener and dryer sheets. The apple is holding, though!
Later: This is just so FAKE. Like Febreze or cheap tacky scented candles. I love some of the notes but the cloying fakeness is so off-putting. The white musk emerges, rich and strong.
Summary: Sweet, crisp delicious apple, fruity hyacinth, soft, almost honeyed apple blossom and sexy white musk...with horrible floral-power-soap DB. It would be so incredible without it. Powerful throw.
So sad because this is the ONLY apple note that *stays* on my skin. The white musk masks the DB a bit when it amps, but not enough. I can't shake the fake association.
In the bottle: Bright peachy-pink oil. Soapy-sharp-artificial dragon's blood, hyacinth, and sweet, rich apples. Fruity-floral and quite sweet. Reminds me of bathroom air freshener sprays.
Wet: Hyacinth and apple with a crispy, juicy edge. Only a hint of dragon's blood. Definitely some apple blossom too, very airy and spring-like and girly. Apple increasingly crisp and delightful.
Dry: Going soapy/powdery - damn dragon's blood! Also, more and more floral, less and less fruity. More and more like air freshener and dryer sheets. The apple is holding, though!
Later: This is just so FAKE. Like Febreze or cheap tacky scented candles. I love some of the notes but the cloying fakeness is so off-putting. The white musk emerges, rich and strong.
Summary: Sweet, crisp delicious apple, fruity hyacinth, soft, almost honeyed apple blossom and sexy white musk...with horrible floral-power-soap DB. It would be so incredible without it. Powerful throw.
So sad because this is the ONLY apple note that *stays* on my skin. The white musk masks the DB a bit when it amps, but not enough. I can't shake the fake association.