Wiggle Perfume: Belle Marie
From the website: I always wanted to be a voodoo queen. I mean, come on! How cool would that be!? Nobody messes with you when you're spattered with chicken blood. Alas, there were precious few chickens to practice on in suburban Seattle, and my ambitions never bore fruit. ;-)
Marie Laveau, on the other hand, made quite a name for herself in that field. People are still talking about her over a hundred years later, and her influence infuses New Orleans with mystery to this day. This scent is my nod to her and the city I always meant to run away to (and someday will). Belle Marie is a bewitching blend of absinthe, frangipani, kudzu blossom, magnolia, vetiver, oakmoss, and sweetgrass. It's fresh and feminine, deceptively sweet and earthy with a barely-hidden dark side.
Review: YES! This scent is exceptionally sweet but I’m loving it. It’s as if I’ve had too many drinks and am swimming in blood oranges for some unknown reason. I don’t really get the absinthe smell that I’m very familiar with, but there is a rum type alcohol smell. That scent smells to the background and I’m left with sweet citrus notes with a slight amber type scent. A few hours later and it's mostly musky with just a hint of citrus.
Keeper? You better not lay a finger on my voodoo scent.
Purchase? It doesn’t feel like New Orleans to me, which is what I was not-so-secretly hoping for. I almost wish there was some bourbon in this. But I can imagine wearing this all summer long. I might just have to make this purchase!
Marie Laveau, on the other hand, made quite a name for herself in that field. People are still talking about her over a hundred years later, and her influence infuses New Orleans with mystery to this day. This scent is my nod to her and the city I always meant to run away to (and someday will). Belle Marie is a bewitching blend of absinthe, frangipani, kudzu blossom, magnolia, vetiver, oakmoss, and sweetgrass. It's fresh and feminine, deceptively sweet and earthy with a barely-hidden dark side.
Review: YES! This scent is exceptionally sweet but I’m loving it. It’s as if I’ve had too many drinks and am swimming in blood oranges for some unknown reason. I don’t really get the absinthe smell that I’m very familiar with, but there is a rum type alcohol smell. That scent smells to the background and I’m left with sweet citrus notes with a slight amber type scent. A few hours later and it's mostly musky with just a hint of citrus.
Keeper? You better not lay a finger on my voodoo scent.
Purchase? It doesn’t feel like New Orleans to me, which is what I was not-so-secretly hoping for. I almost wish there was some bourbon in this. But I can imagine wearing this all summer long. I might just have to make this purchase!