"Honeyed lilies, dry lotus root and fae flowers ( Read more... )

BPAL description: A shuddering white scent, of ghostly breath and stony silence: dry tea leaf, linden blossom, papyrus, orris and coffin wood.

In the bottle: Citrusy, delicately floral linen, piney-smooth tea, and dry woody notes. Surprisingly fresh, very clean, but with a suggestion of dryness to come. Unisex.

Wet: Tea (even smoother, dryer, ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Luminous aquatic notes threaded through by creeping ivies, white woods, waving kelp and bruised violets.

In the bottle: Soapy fresh, green, salty, ozone.

Wet: More green-aquatic (ivy!), less soapy and salty. I'm getting a hint of violet. Much lighter, both in sharpness and throw, on my skin.

Dry: Light, mossy woods have emerged ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Osmanthus and tuberose over pulsating, heated skin musk, spiked carnation, night phlox and vesper iris.

In the bottle: Fresh green floral; iris base.

Wet: Heady white-green floral, a little soapy (damn you tuberose). Strong throw. IRIS, amping like crazy on my skin. Thankfully there's some nice musk preventing me from washing ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Red rose, Tunisian amber, blood orange, toasted vanilla, heliotrope, gardenia and red musk.

In the bottle: Sweet, rosy cinnamon.

Wet: Sweeter, spicier. Still some rose but some other florals too; yes, I can detect the heliotrope. Definitely something giving this scent warmth - the amber and the vanilla? Amazingly, I still like ( Read more... )