The Hanging Gardens
BPAL description: Date palm, ebony, fir, pomegranate, plum, two pears, quince, fig, and grapevine with plumeria, three gardenias and dry rose.
Sniffed: Pale orange oil. Tangy, sweet medley of fruit and flowers. Quince, pomegranate, pears (white and golden), plumeria, gardenia, and a little fig are all distinct. Very light and feminine.
Wet: Much less tart and complex. :( I can only smell the plumeria and gardenia now. Where's all the fruit? There's some fir and other wood, maybe the ebony. If I sniff very hard and ignore the flowers, I get a tiny bit of pomegranate.
Dry: Plumeria is the strongest note here by far, which keeps the gardenia nicely in check.. Dry, more fruit has returned - I get the quince and pears now, and the fig, which is a deep note on my skin. The fir and ebony have amped.
Later: Fig amping, and this is turning vaguely spicy, in an herbal/floral sort of way - maybe it's the grapevine? The ebony is super strong. Also, I think one of the gardenias (at this point I can tell there are multiple) is giving me a headache. :\
Summary: Fruits gone; this is GARDENIA with fir, ebony, and palm. The deeper woody notes really build over time, and I still get that odd spicy-dry herbal note. To retest. Good throw.
Sniffed: Pale orange oil. Tangy, sweet medley of fruit and flowers. Quince, pomegranate, pears (white and golden), plumeria, gardenia, and a little fig are all distinct. Very light and feminine.
Wet: Much less tart and complex. :( I can only smell the plumeria and gardenia now. Where's all the fruit? There's some fir and other wood, maybe the ebony. If I sniff very hard and ignore the flowers, I get a tiny bit of pomegranate.
Dry: Plumeria is the strongest note here by far, which keeps the gardenia nicely in check.. Dry, more fruit has returned - I get the quince and pears now, and the fig, which is a deep note on my skin. The fir and ebony have amped.
Later: Fig amping, and this is turning vaguely spicy, in an herbal/floral sort of way - maybe it's the grapevine? The ebony is super strong. Also, I think one of the gardenias (at this point I can tell there are multiple) is giving me a headache. :\
Summary: Fruits gone; this is GARDENIA with fir, ebony, and palm. The deeper woody notes really build over time, and I still get that odd spicy-dry herbal note. To retest. Good throw.