BPAL description: Serpentine green herbs, glistening red currant, sparkling yellow lemon rind, green musk, lime, and snakeskin.

In the bottle: Light yellow oil. Sweet-tart fruit and herbs. Red current, lemon, and lime stand out. Fresh and bright.

Wet: Similar, but with a slight soapy edge that makes this pleasantly clean. And that green musk, ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Ocean water, hyacinth petals, star jasmine, and fir.

In the bottle: Extremely pale yellow oil. Sweetly floral, aquatic, and woodsy. Hyacinth, ocean and fir stand out. Clean and fresh yet feminine.

Wet: Saltier, and a little soapy-heady as the jasmine emerges. Not as sweet or light, as the hyacinth immediately begins to fade. ( Read more... )

BPAL description: Angel's trumpet, bois de rose, orris, and wild lettuce.

In the bottle: Nearly colourless extremely pale yellow. Soft, light, delicate. Aquatic, with the wild lettuce really coming through, and some vaguely powdery, clean florals.

Wet: Similar, but stronger. The lettuce note is lovely, almost cucumbery, cool. But the orris ( Read more... )