question for my scented-oil-loving friends:

[belenen]

Note: in the comments of this post, I was wrong. Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab IS orientalist and I didn't know what that was. I got defensive rather than listening to the wisdom and knowledge of a person of color about things that affect their daily life. My behavior was shameful and blocked me off from learning and growing. Since this I have made the

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[kuukiventomu]

I love scents!!! My favourites are all fruity & berry ones; mango, strawberry (not artificial), pineapple, peeach, apricot, cranberry, plum, orange, lemon, pomegranate..

I love simple, pure scents more than combinations of many.
My favourite perfumes are Querlain's Grape fruit, Mandarine Basil and The Body shop's Strawberry, Dewberry and I used to love their mango when they still had it.

I also love LUSH's Karma perfume. It's quite spicy but I like it. I'm not usually that much into spicy scents.

I also have a Pineapple-mango-salsa perfume which I like quite a bit.

Oh and I love the scent of pine & fir resin, bentsoe, amber and some other sweet scents with a beautiful natural twist. :)

[divinemiss_em]

i´ve never heard of this company before, but there are quite a few scents that you listed that capture my interest in a big way. I´m going to have to check them out, but I´ll have to make sure to keep an eye out for silly descriptions!

My favourite scent is actually just patchouli and musk, but I would like to find something that combines these two with some other things..maybe magnolia would be nice in there as well!

[jenniology]

Only recommendation that springs to mind is a scent called Woodspice, by Violette Market. It's the best woodsy scent I've come across - I adore it! I hope she still makes it.

(Actually, I had a look around for you, and found a few things that may or may not work for you! Sweet Anthem makes a perfume called Dina - cinnamon, dragon's blood and ginger. Mythos Mixtures has one called Fire Imp - cinnamon, ginger, berries, myrrh and amber. Violette Market also does Vamp Lounge - leather, clove, red sandalwood, vanilla, coconut, patchouli, cinnamon leaf and dried tobacco - and Vintage Beekeeper - honey, resins, clove bud, cinnamon bark, vanilla and wood. You could also look up Ginger Snapped and Birth Rite from Villainess. Wow, I need a life!)

If all else fails - look up Loreto and have her make a custom perfume for you

[mermaiden]

I was just about to recommend Loreto! They're *wonderful* for custom blends~ :)

[tangerinedada]

Oh, I have to get that Vintage Beekeeper!!! Sounds so amazing :)

[c_a_turbulence]

Sandal wood, every time.

[mermaiden]

Inferno is gorgeous...it's a very sharp blend that ends up fading down to the warmest thing in the world. It's lovely~ :)

Ohmygosh, I have too many favorite scents to name! I've been collecting perfume oils for years and have hundreds of samples and bottles, all told. It's kind of a crazy addiction, once you get started~ I've always thought of it as adorning your body's temple, and it makes me so happy. I smell like something different and bewitching every day of the year~

(Speaking of bewitching...scents by BPAL that I loved enough to have full bottles are [off the top of my head]: Bewitched, Snake Oil, Ephemera, Peitho, Gunpowder...I can't remember the others! I usually just use imps, since I have a huge bag of perfume in my purse, and they're much easier to carry. The bottles I keep for the weekends~ :)