Sitting Up With a Sick Friend & Tulzcha
Sitting Up With a Sick Friend
BPAL description: Tobacco smoke and leather bowled over by a powerful smack of heady, classic perfume and a whiff of rose water.
Sniffed: Slightly powdery floral perfume, a little bit of rose, but I get mostly violet.
Wet: Deeper; I get a bit of the tobacco, but it is indeed smoky, not as deep as I'd like. The leather is, alas, the De Sade chemically-plastic kind. I find this a bit soapy and powdery/old ladyish.
Dry: Why oh why do I get rose-tinged ORRIS POWDER and little else from this? It's a bit sugary; the rose water note reminds me very much of L'Heure Verte. The leather makes this a bit sickly cloying and oddly sweet, too. Strong throw and longevity.
Tulzcha
BPAL description: A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber.
Sniffed: Extremely pale yellow oil. Super cool and minty with some refreshing green cucumber below. The white pepper adds a little kick, but isn't too spicy or peppery overall.
Wet: More mentholic/sinus cleansing - it reminds me somewhat of mouthwash - but there's a mild sweetness that softens the medicinal bite, and the cucumber is a stronger, cool-sweet green note now, too. The pepper is still very well behaved.
Dry: Cool minty cucumber! Refreshing and invigorating. It has a kick that's interesting without being hot or peppery. My one peeve is that it fades rapidly.
BPAL description: Tobacco smoke and leather bowled over by a powerful smack of heady, classic perfume and a whiff of rose water.
Sniffed: Slightly powdery floral perfume, a little bit of rose, but I get mostly violet.
Wet: Deeper; I get a bit of the tobacco, but it is indeed smoky, not as deep as I'd like. The leather is, alas, the De Sade chemically-plastic kind. I find this a bit soapy and powdery/old ladyish.
Dry: Why oh why do I get rose-tinged ORRIS POWDER and little else from this? It's a bit sugary; the rose water note reminds me very much of L'Heure Verte. The leather makes this a bit sickly cloying and oddly sweet, too. Strong throw and longevity.
Tulzcha
BPAL description: A crystalline, cold green fire: six mints with white pepper and cucumber.
Sniffed: Extremely pale yellow oil. Super cool and minty with some refreshing green cucumber below. The white pepper adds a little kick, but isn't too spicy or peppery overall.
Wet: More mentholic/sinus cleansing - it reminds me somewhat of mouthwash - but there's a mild sweetness that softens the medicinal bite, and the cucumber is a stronger, cool-sweet green note now, too. The pepper is still very well behaved.
Dry: Cool minty cucumber! Refreshing and invigorating. It has a kick that's interesting without being hot or peppery. My one peeve is that it fades rapidly.