Five years ago, I bought my three of swords scent locket. I wore it almost daily ( Read more... )

Pinched With Four Aces

BPAL description: Colorado Maduro tobacco wrappers, cinnamon bark, coffee bean husk, and dry woods.

Sniffed: Golden oil. Rich coffee, tobacco (almost a foody tobacco note), light cinnamon. Almost-foody, very rich and deep and luscious.

Wet: Tobacco really blooms on my skin, and the dry woods come out - sandalwood and ( Read more... )

SUNRISE WITH SEA-MONSTERS - Ocean mist, kelp, ambergris, amber, white pear, osmanthus, freesia, and seafoam accord.
IN THE VIAL: Reminds me quite a bit of Selkie at first sniff: fresh, golden, sweet, with a clear, wild kind of tang to it. It’s significantly sharper, though, with a salty edge from the ambergris and seafoam, presumably.
ON SKIN: ( Read more... )

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Feeding the Dead - A barrel of beer, a pyramid of cakes, and three sticks of incense.

Wet, out of the bottle, and on my skin, it just smelled like incense, and not a very yummy incense, either.
After two hours, it smelled like Smut and Drink me had a night of hate sex, and had a boozy, sweaty, poundcake baby. It was glorious!

Peach Moon - Dew-covered peach blossom, white tea, moonlit musk, night-blooming jasmine, ho wood, and chrysanthemum.I am an utter whore for peach, so I had to get this one. It's not a warm and buttery peach like Aglaea, but a dry, whispery peach that gets a bit of a punch from the musk ( Read more... )

"Serpentine green herbs, glistening red currant, sparkling yellow lemon rind, green musk, lime, and snakeskin ( Read more... )

Good Judy's Wase Haile 2008
"Toast soaked in honey mead, spiced pears, warm cider."

Honey and spicy pears is drydown. It's simply golden and warm. In less than an hour, the cider has joined the mix. This is one of the loveliest holiday perfumes I've ever tried. I just want to lick my arm!

BPAL's Dia de los Muertos 2009"...dry, crackling leaves, ( Read more... )

The Monkey's Paw"Black fig, Costa Rican teak, smoky vetiver, and a touch of leather ( Read more... )

Perle von Mauren

BPAL description: Heliotrope, grave soil, and blood.

Sniffed: Pale yellow oil. Surprisingly sweet and soft, and sort of golden and bright - definitely a strong heliotrope note shining through. I get a bit of powder or dust, but not any actual soil or dirt. There's something soapy which I fear is Dragon's Blood.

Wet: Instantly ( Read more... )