Aaaaand back to scent blogging!

No BPAL today--instead I've tried some of the Demeter line, and another Villainess.

Wet Garden -- This one was a little too sweetly floral for me. "Gee, Ursula," you say, "it's called "wet garden" and it's floral? Say it ain't so!" Okay, yeah, wiseguy, I see your point. Thing is, when you say "wet garden" to me I ( Read more... )

It's been quite awhile since I did any scent blogging here. Part of that is that I've been busy as hell, and then there was a chunk of hayfever when I wouldn't have been able to tell if I smelled like ambrosia with undertones of elephant manure. But I've started up testing again, trying to retest some of the BPAL's (trying in the hair, where it's ( Read more... )

Catherine - very sharp astringent smell, almost lemony…might be doing the legendary Lemon Pledge thing on me. Warmed up to a pleasantly citrusy smell, but not distinctive enough to get me excited.

Golden Priapus - juniper and pine, anchored a bit with warm vanilla. Actually a rather pleasant smell! I'll wear this one!

Port Au Prince - warm, ( Read more... )

Okay. Okay, I am now testing six at a time--two wrist, two upper arm, two on my ankles, for christ's sake! My ANKLES!

See what you people have done to me!?

The reviews will be getting briefer, I suspect...

Iago -- turns to powder, unfortunately, but powder with a pleasant undertone of vanilla.

Jack -- Oof! Pumpkin and candy corn. Oddly foul in the ( Read more... )

Since I didn't want to go using imps in an enclosed space at the Con, let alone the car-ride, I'm behind on odor blogging, but here's a catch-up ( Read more... )

Blargh, I keep running out of ink. Blargh I say ( Read more... )

MORE imps in the mail. Dear god.

Today we had better luck, though!

"Faustus" -- interesting, but went powdery, alas. Will make a note to try later.

"The Coiled Serpent" -- Holy patchouli, Batman! Not an obnoxious patchouli, though...kind of an odd, bitter undertone, like burning hay. This actually wasn't a bad smell. I don't know that I'd wear it, but ( Read more... )

A huge pack of imps arrived today, courtesy of the lovely Reece, and god, I see what you people mean--opening these things is like Christmas! Eeee!

Tried "Baku." Intensely, powerfully anise. My wrists smelled like I was wearing black licorice handcuffs.

Within five minutes, it had vanished completely, leaving no trace behind. Huh.

Well, that made it ( Read more... )

Tried "Isles of Demons." Great name. Smells a little too perfume-y for me at first blush--definitely floral, definitely sweet. After a few minutes, the musk starts to come through, which is nice, but the topnote--crap, these terms are starting to make SENSE--is still too sweet for my tastes ( Read more... )

Tried "Whip." Roses and leather, theoretically, but it vanished almost completely on my skin--I got a floral whiff, made a mental note to sniff again later, and then poof! nada. It wasn't an obnoxious floral, suspicious as I am of them, it just...went away immediately.

I tend not to lather on the perfume, of course, so possibly this is one that just ( Read more... )