Dry grass, clean skin, and a little bit of mossy berry.

In bottle: soapy-clean skin with a good dusting of powder, a hint of green and a hint of juicy berry. The powder-on-skin is definitely the first thing that comes to my mind here.

Wet on skin: soapy, powdery, pleasant. What I wasn't expecting: a definite floral feeling. It's a kind of generic ( Read more... )

A snarling, feral scent, ever-so-slightly deranged: hot leather, opoponax, cedar, pine needle, mosses, dry grass, patchouli and cinnamon bark.

In the tester: dusty, musky, and brown with a bit of sweetness. It's hard to pinpoint exactly what I'm smelling here, it's very well blended. Pleasant, comforting. (Note that this looks like a faily aged ( 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... )

Her perfume is starry and crystalline, a jewel-clad and glittering paean to night: dazzling white musks, white rose and night-blooming jasmine with the soft moss of moonlit meadows, a waft of Egyptian incense, and a gentle breath of moonflower.

In bottle: floral and cool, glittering. Soft jasmine. Very pretty!

Wet on skin: soft jasmine, cool and ( Read more... )

Tree sap, hay, almond blossoms, moss, hemp, corn stalks, acorn, sweet amber, and rice milk.

In decant: whoa. Hay and almond! This is an interesting golden scent, with a hint of green. Definitely on the creamy side.

Wet on skin: softly sweet; I'm getting the almond, rice milk, and hay. It's an almost foody blend, but not quite. Golden, definitely. ( Read more... )

A brief introduction: I am an Edgar Allan Poe fan, and I've been hunting for the bottles of his since-discontinued series in BPAL (named "A Demon in My View", which is apt for the poet/author), mostly to collect. Annabel Lee, in particular, is my favorite poem of his--well, actually, it's my favorite poem, hands down. It moves me, and when feeling ( Read more... )