Vanilla bean and vanilla blossom, golden honey, antiqued amber, beeswax, copal, lotus blossom, and helichrysum.
Before I get really started, there seems to be a batch variation between bottles issues at the start of the Lupers, and at the middle-to-latter end. I was on a short BPAL hiatus after the holidays, and thus only got to try Blossoms with a ( Read more... )

Soft moss, vanilla musk, and cherry blossom.

In decant: hmm, the first thought that hit me as I sniffed this was "cologne". That's how my nose interpreted the blast of moss I first sniffed, followed by the cherry blossom and that lovely vanilla musk.

Wet on skin: ohh, this is so pretty. The strongly cologney feel is gone, and it's now a super ( Read more... )

Cranberry, thyme, teakwood, mint, cedar, tobacco flower, and red currant.

From tester: cranberry and teakwood! Minty and fresh as well, with a hint of tobacco flower. It's a non-floral floral, and seems to be right up my alley.

Wet on skin: this has a cologney feel, likely because of the mint, but doesn't go all the way to that spectrum, I think ( Read more... )

Cream accord, amber, teak, and lotus blossom.

In tester: oh gosh. Creamy, golden/orange smell, warm teak, slight floral. The initial thought I had was, no way this is close to Half Elf v5 (which I obtained much earlier)!

Wet on skin: ohhh maaaaan. Absolutely beautiful. Creamy, non-plasticky, almost-foody-but-not-quite. Non-powdery amber so far, ( Read more... )