Mad Tea Party Latest Topicshttps://www.bpal.org/forum/18-mad-tea-party/Mad Tea Party Latest TopicsenMouse's Long and Sad Talehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/22636-mouses-long-and-sad-tale/Mouse's Long and Sad Tale

 

`Fury said to a

mouse, That he

met in the

house,

"Let us

both go to

law: I will

prosecute

YOU. --Come,

I'll take no

denial; We

must have a

trial: For

really this

morning I've

nothing

to do."

Said the

mouse to the

cur, "Such

a trial,

dear Sir,

With

no jury

or judge,

would be

wasting

our

breath."

"I'll be

judge, I'll

be jury,"

Said

cunning

old Fury:

"I'll

try the

whole

cause,

and

condemn

you

to

death."

 

Vanilla, two ambers, sweet pea and white sandalwood.

 

There were a set of testers out at Convergence XII that included the Mouse. The minute, I sniffed this, I found a spot for it on my skin and just fell in love. Rich creamy vanilla, enhanced by amber and sandalwood. :P I loved this one so much that I returned to the booth after my shower to put some more on to wear all day. I tried to convince the labbies to let me steal take the Mouse home with me, but as that didn't happen, I'll be ordering a bottle as soon as possible. Fans of Antique Lace and other creamy vanilla blends will enjoy this one. It was sweet, but not too sweet. Resiny, without being too resiny. This one stayed pretty true to form on me and didn't morph. Something managed to keep the amber from going powdery. It was long lasting and held up to the heat and humidity of New Orleans without being cloying.

 

Check out the poem in its proper form on the Lab's website (or in your handy copy of Alice in Wonderland), 'cause we can't make the spacing work right on the forum. But it's cool. :D --Shollin

]]>22636Tue, 18 Apr 2006 02:57:51 +0000Alicehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/582-alice/Curiouser and curiouser. Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot.

Alice is the very scent of blonde-haired, blue-bowed insouciance , with the scent of sugary pink frosting, roses, and milk. The carnation adds a spike to it all, and a soft powderiness that renders it ultimately innocent and mild. Lovely, girlie, and slightly mischievous.

EDIT: Added Lab's description. --Shollin ]]>582Sun, 22 Feb 2004 22:13:08 +0000Mad Hatterhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/713-mad-hatter/A gentlemen's lavender-citron cologne unhinged by the feral pungence of black musk and a paroxysm of pennyroyal.

When I first put this on, it reminded me of some kind of food, it wasn't chocolate, but it was probably candy. I couldn't pu my finger on it. When I went back to look at the description of the scent, I realized what it was...

This smells exactly like Lavender Pastilles taste.

It lasted probably through to the beginning of the afternoon... not all day, but it didn't fade right away.]]>713Sat, 06 Mar 2004 15:30:06 +0000The Lionhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/878-the-lion/The Lion, from Mad Tea Party:

The dry, glorious warmth of the Savannah. A golden, spiced amber, proud, regal and ferocious.

 

He's strong and swarthy, with the tiniest bit of cinnamon and moderate spice hanging in the air around him. I swear I smell the cat smell that comes off the lions at the zoo - thick fur, a bit of dirt, and some sort of hay or pellet-ed food from a nearby enclosure.

 

There's a hint of sweetness - I don't know if this Lion is from the Wardrobe, or the Lion and Unicorn scene in Alice, but he very well could have been eating mirror cake to get this faint sweetness under it all. Maybe a hint of clove, or ginger? I don't usually care for those two, so I can't identify which it is, but it's very nice here.

 

The Lion dries down soft, fuzzy, and with a faint, powdered-sugar lushness that keeps it from being exactly sweet. That particular note is similar to the divine soft, almost-sweet, dryness in Old Morocco, but without the saffron vibe. I imagine this is what it would smell like to walk up to a sleeping lion at the zoo -one who's just had a bath and is laying in the sun, after rolling around in a patch of soft dried grass - and bury your face in his warm, wooly mane.

 

Edited to add - I ordered a bottle of Egyptian Amber single note from the Lab, and hadn't opened it yet. The minute I opened the bottle, I was bowled over by both the scent and my ignorance, because it was the faintly cinnamon note in the Lion that I love but couldn't identify - turns out the Lion is loaded with egyptian amber!

 

EDIT: Added Lab's new description, moved from Up-and-Coming --Shollin

]]>878Wed, 17 Mar 2004 00:51:24 +0000Croquethttps://www.bpal.org/topic/31548-croquet/

'Get to your places!' shouted the Queen in a voice of thunder, and people began running about in all directions, tumbling up against each other; however, they got settled down in a minute or two, and the game began. Alice thought she had never seen such a curious croquet-ground in her life; it was all ridges and furrows; the balls were live hedgehogs, the mallets live flamingoes, and the soldiers had to double themselves up and to stand on their hands and feet, to make the arches.

 

The chief difficulty Alice found at first was in managing her flamingo: she succeeded in getting its body tucked away, comfortably enough, under her arm, with its legs hanging down, but generally, just as she had got its neck nicely straightened out, and was going to give the hedgehog a blow with its head, it would twist itself round and look up in her face, with such a puzzled expression that she could not help bursting out laughing: and when she had got its head down, and was going to begin again, it was very provoking to find that the hedgehog had unrolled itself, and was in the act of crawling away: besides all this, there was generally a ridge or furrow in the way wherever she wanted to send the hedgehog to, and, as the doubled-up soldiers were always getting up and walking off to other parts of the ground, Alice soon came to the conclusion that it was a very difficult game indeed.

 

We have some trouble managing our flamingos, too. Pink lime, pink grapefruit, white nectarine, wild rose, sage, woody patchouli, bergamot, and ornery hedgehog musk.

 

;) :) :P

 

OMG! I totally forgot that I ordered this but I'm overjoyed that I did. I need a bottle of this STAT. I feared that Croquet was going to be a scary fruit scent, but instead it's creamy, citrus-y, warm yet refreshing, sweet and uplifting.

 

The pink lime and pink grapefruit burst forth, kicking the senses into high gear. Sweet bits of nectarine start to peek out lending a creaminess to the citrus burst. The gorgeous sage note from Morella that I adore comes to warm this scent. The undercurrents of patchouli and musk ground this scent from being too bright.

 

I can't stop sniffing my arm and my face looks like this ~~~~> :D

 

The. Perfect. Spring. Scent. :D

 

P.S. Please forgive the over use of emoticons, I'm just that flipping happy about this scent.

]]>31548Thu, 15 Mar 2007 20:25:19 +0000Against Idleness and Mischiefhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/58912-against-idleness-and-mischief/How doth the little busy bee
Improve each shining hour
And gather honey all the day
From every opening flower!

How skilfully she builds her cell!
How neat she spreads the wax!
And labours hard to store it well
With the sweet food she makes.

In works of labour or of skill,
I would be busy too;
For Satan finds some mischief still
For idle hands to do.

In books, or work, or healthful play,
Let my first years be passed,
That I may give for every day
Some good account at last.

Pollen-dusted honey, diligent tonka, steadfast chamomile, and goodly hyssop.

Mocked by How Doth the Little Crocodile.

imp: wow, honeyed chamomile, this smells like sweetened chamomile tea.

wet: the tonka appears and makes this sweet, creamy scent that really reminds me of herbal tea, this is extraordinarily relaxing. not getting any hyssop yet.

dry: the chamomile fades after a bit, so this remains a honeyed tonka scent, really sweet and feminine.]]>58912Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:41:18 +0000The King of Heartshttps://www.bpal.org/topic/23385-the-king-of-hearts/`How do you like the Queen?' said the Cat in a low voice.

`Not at all,' said Alice: `she's so extremely--' Just then she noticed that the Queen was close behind her, listening: so she went on, `--likely to win, that it's hardly worth while finishing the game.'

The Queen smiled and passed on.

`Who ARE you talking to?' said the King, going up to Alice, and looking at the Cat's head with great curiosity.

`It's a friend of mine--a Cheshire Cat,' said Alice: `allow me to introduce it.'

`I don't like the look of it at all,' said the King: `however, it may kiss my hand if it likes.'

`I'd rather not,' the Cat remarked.

`Don't be impertinent,' said the King, `and don't look at me like that!' He got behind Alice as he spoke.

`A cat may look at a king,' said Alice. `I've read that in some book, but I don't remember where.'

`Well, it must be removed,' said the King very decidedly, and he called the Queen, who was passing at the moment, `My dear! I wish you would have this cat removed!'

The Queen had only one way of settling all difficulties, great or small.

`Off with his head!' she said, without even looking round.

`I'll fetch the executioner myself,' said the King eagerly, and he hurried off.

Rosewood and black cherry with white musk, red rose, red musk and a spark of lavender.

In Bottle: Dark sharp rose.

On Skin: This is the most unique rose scent I have ever smelled. It is dark and rich, so elegant and regal. The lavender gives a “spark” of a metalic note that helps break up the dominant red rose feel. The rosewood is warm and deep, the black cherry is dark and syrupy, the white musk is soft and helps blanket the scent, and the red musk is pure decadence. This is a very sexy scent and I normally don’t like rose so that is a pleasant change. I also feel this scent is gender neutral, I’d love this on anyone I think. The throw is light and the wear length is pretty short, I think you’d have to slather this one. I’m very curious to see what pthers think about this scent since I’m the first to review it….]]>23385Wed, 17 May 2006 20:23:21 +0000Drink Mehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/22613-drink-me/There seemed to be no use in waiting by the little door, so she went back to the table, half hoping she might find another key on it, or at any rate a book of rules for shutting people up like telescopes: this time she found a little bottle on it, (`which certainly was not here before,' said Alice,) and round the neck of the bottle was a paper label, with the words `DRINK ME' beautifully printed on it in large letters.

It was all very well to say `Drink me,' but the wise little Alice was not going to do that in a hurry. `No, I'll look first,' she said, `and see whether it's marked "poison" or not'; for she had read several nice little histories about children who had got burnt, and eaten up by wild beasts and other unpleasant things, all because they would not remember the simple rules their friends had taught them: such as, that a red-hot poker will burn you if you hold it too long; and that if you cut your finger very deeply with a knife, it usually bleeds; and she had never forgotten that, if you drink much from a bottle marked `poison,' it is almost certain to disagree with you, sooner or later.

However, this bottle was not marked `poison,' so Alice ventured to taste it, and finding it very nice, (it had, in fact, a sort of mixed flavour of cherry-tart, custard, pine-apple, roast turkey, toffee, and hot buttered toast,) she very soon finished it off.

BPAL’s Drink Me is not for drinking. Please use common sense, and remember: perfume oils are for external use only.

The following is from a quick sniff-and-dab at Convergence. Drink Me was not available for purchase.

Not bad. Nice, hot mustard. Good bread. The turkey's a little dry. [horror] The turkey's a little dry! Oh, foe, the cursed teeth! What demon from the depths of hell created thee!

In truth, in the bottle, a delightful blend of foodtastic scents. I get a creamy vanilla with a bit of spice. I would not be surprised if Beth found a way to intermingle the cherry and pineapple, along with a buttery note. Truly lovely, truly unturkey.]]>22613Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:22:52 +0000The Caterpillarhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/587-the-caterpillar/Heavy incense notes waft lazily through a mix of carnation, jasmine, bergamot, and neroli over a lush bed of dark mosses, iris blossom, deep patchouli and indolent vetiver.

This scent definitely sent me for a whirl. Sweet almost to the point of cloying but in an intoxicating way. It was definitely a layered scent, with light flowers on top, but still a heavy darker smell at the bottom that you had to concentrate to smell, and other levels inbetween. I really don't know the individual smells of most of Elizabeth's oils yet, and this is definitely a loaded scent (look at how many are listed just in the description!) so it was very interesting but frustrating to try and analyze it. All I can say is it is one of the most complicated florals ever, which will probably lead to mixed results. But I'm keeping my sample for now :P ]]>587Mon, 23 Feb 2004 15:29:14 +0000Alice's Evidencehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/58846-alices-evidence/ALICE’S EVIDENCE
There was a general clapping of hands at this: it was the first really clever thing the King had said that day.

‘That proves his guilt,’ said the Queen.

‘It proves nothing of the sort!’ said Alice. ‘Why, you don’t even know what they’re about!’

‘Read them,’ said the King.

The White Rabbit put on his spectacles. ‘Where shall I begin, please your Majesty?’ he asked.

‘Begin at the beginning,’ the King said gravely, ‘and go on till you come to the end: then stop.’

These were the verses the White Rabbit read:—

They told me you had been to her,
And mentioned me to him:
She gave me a good character,
But said I could not swim.

He sent them word I had not gone
(We know it to be true):
If she should push the matter on,
What would become of you?

I gave her one, they gave him two,
You gave us three or more;
They all returned from him to you,
Though they were mine before.

If I or she should chance to be
Involved in this affair,
He trusts to you to set them free,
Exactly as we were.

My notion was that you had been
(Before she had this fit)
An obstacle that came between
Him, and ourselves, and it,

Don\'t let him know she liked them best,
For this must ever be
A secret, kept from all the rest,
Between yourself and me.

‘That’s the most important piece of evidence we’ve heard yet,’ said the King, rubbing his hands; ‘so now let the jury—’

‘If any one of them can explain it,’ said Alice, (she had grown so large in the last few minutes that she wasn’t a bit afraid of interrupting him,) ‘I’ll give him sixpence. I don’t believe there’s an atom of meaning in it.’

The jury all wrote down on their slates, ‘She doesn’t believe there’s an atom of meaning in it,’ but none of them attempted to explain the paper.

‘If there’s no meaning in it,’ said the King, ‘that saves a world of trouble, you know, as we needn’t try to find any…’

Containing nary a neutron of meaning: rum-quince-cassis with prune and a bit of black ginger.

Mmmmm!!

In the bottle, I smell spices and dark purple fruits.

Once applied, it\'s ginger and spicy, sugary plums. Not like, gross prunes. These are yummy super sugary ripe plums!

On the drydown, the prunes calm down a bit, leaving the spices on top, a bit of sweet ginger in the middle, and yummy purple fruit on the bottom poking around the edges. The overall effect is so lovely!




This is simply gorgeous!! I am so glad I was able to pick up a bottle at Convergence!]]>58846Wed, 22 Jul 2009 05:12:48 +0000The Red Queenhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/4717-the-red-queen/Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant.

wet, it's cherries with something tart and woody that i've not smelled before - it's not the currant, so i'm guessing it's the woods. i'm not cherry's #1 fan, so i'm not sure if i care for it wet...

i'll update later, when it's dry..]]>4717Sat, 21 Aug 2004 18:33:57 +0000The Dormousehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/859-the-dormouse/A dizzying eddy of four teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony.

I may have found my signature scent.

For me, the Dormouse is fresh green apples, with the juice of a ripe peach splashed all oved it from one big, messy bite. Perhaps a little fig, too, although the fig note Beth uses doesn't always register with my nose as such. These are such a perfect blend, without being bubble-gummy or fruit-baskety. Definite dewy greenery, too - maybe dandelion?

Clear, with a crystalline lustre to it - almost vibrates on my skin. I am basking in this one; I can't wait to find out what the ingredients are and to be able to order a full-size bottle!

EDIT: Added Lab's new description and moved this to Mad Tea Party - it's official! --Shollin ]]>859Tue, 16 Mar 2004 01:36:39 +0000How Doth the Little Crocodilehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/58869-how-doth-the-little-crocodile/How doth the little crocodile
Improve his shining tail,
And pour the waters of the Nile
On every golden scale!

How cheerfully he seems to grin,
How neatly spreads his claws,
And welcomes little fishes in
With gently smiling jaws!

Chocolate peppermint, mint-soaked vanilla, pistachio, oakmoss, and green cedar.

Mocks Against Idleness and Mischief.

Beautiful! Like a blast of chocolate mint. Do you like Andes Mints or things of that ilk? Then you will love this. I don't pick up pistachio, oakmoss, or cedar--just chocolate and mint :wub2:

EDIT: I wore this the other day and did start picking up the oakmoss more after the chocolate and mint burned off. It was like eating mint Milanos in the forest.]]>58869Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:23:07 +0000The Dodohttps://www.bpal.org/topic/31458-the-dodo/THE DODO

 

‘In that case,’ said the Dodo solemnly, rising to its feet, ‘I move that the meeting adjourn, for the immediate adoption of more energetic remedies —’

 

‘Speak English!’ said the Eaglet. ‘I don’t know the meaning of half those long words, and, what’s more, I don’t believe you do either!’ And the Eaglet bent down its head to hide a smile: some of the other birds tittered audibly.

 

‘What I was going to say,’ said the Dodo in an offended tone, ‘was, that the best thing to get us dry would be a Caucus-race.’

 

‘What is a Caucus-race?’ said Alice; not that she wanted much to know, but the Dodo had paused as if it thought that somebody ought to speak, and no one else seemed inclined to say anything.

 

‘Why,’ said the Dodo, ‘the best way to explain it is to do it.’ (And, as you might like to try the thing yourself, some winter day, I will tell you how the Dodo managed it.)

 

First it marked out a race-course, in a sort of circle, (‘the exact shape doesn’t matter,’ it said,) and then all the party were placed along the course, here and there. There was no ‘One, two, three, and away,’ but they began running when they liked, and left off when they liked, so that it was not easy to know when the race was over. However, when they had been running half an hour or so, and were quite dry again, the Dodo suddenly called out ‘The race is over!’ and they all crowded round it, panting, and asking, ‘But who has won?’

 

This question the Dodo could not answer without a great deal of thought, and it sat for a long time with one finger pressed upon its forehead (the position in which you usually see Shakespeare, in the pictures of him), while the rest waited in silence. At last the Dodo said, ‘everybody has won, and all must have prizes.’

 

Red musk, lemon peel, sugar cane, cassia, white sandalwood, mango, and agarwood.

 

I had some pretty high expectations for this one, with the sugar cane, lemon peel, and mango, but the cassia is really overpowering. :P

 

Wet: cinnamon scented plastic, although I can smell a hint of the lemon

 

Dry: Red Hots candy, and it's making a big itchy, red spot on my arm where I tested it.

 

This one is definitely going into the sell pile, and I'm going into the bathroom to wash my arm off.

]]>31458Tue, 13 Mar 2007 01:04:20 +0000White Rabbithttps://www.bpal.org/topic/10594-white-rabbit/Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen.

I was expecting this to be sweeter than it was, and was pleasantly surprised. I like sweet but I was really thinking this would go Dana O'Shee like. It didn't...
Onward!
In the vial, a clean fresh tea scent. This has been the tea scent that has most actually smelled of tea on me so I was very happy about this. Fresh linen and cups of steaming black english breakfast in the morning. Something else sneaks in there after a while, a little hint of spice of ginger and black pepper. It's almost a minty undertone mingled with the tea, but the effect is gorgeous, elegant, clean, and uniquely complex. This sweetened just a little on dry down but never enough to be cloying. Overall not a terribly strong scent, though certainly not forgettable either.

Starched tablecloths, tea, and spicey breads spread with honey. Gorgeous... gorgeous...so buying a huge bottle.]]>10594Thu, 20 Jan 2005 16:56:09 +0000<![CDATA[Two, Five & Seven]]>https://www.bpal.org/topic/13683-two-five-seven/‘Would you tell me,’ said Alice, a little timidly, ‘why you are painting those roses?’

Five and Seven said nothing, but looked at Two. Two began in a low voice, ‘Why the fact is, you see, Miss, this here ought to have been a red rose-tree, and we put a white one in by mistake; and if the Queen was to find it out, we should all have our heads cut off, you know. So you see, Miss, we’re doing our best, afore she comes, to—’

A huge bouquet of squished rose petals: Bulgarian rose, Somalian rose, Turkish rose, Damascus rose, red and white rose, tea rose, wine rose, shrub roses, rose, rose, rose…
…and just an itty bitty bit of green grass.

Wow, first review? I ordered a 5 ml unsniffed, because I love me some roses, and this? This is some roses. My mother just walked by and asked me if I was what smelled so good - I was!

In the bottle, this is actually kind of subdued. Wet green roses, not quite open yet, still tight baby buds.

Wet on the wrists, 2/5/7 is sweet, damp, flushed roses. Dizzy roses. Rose petals falling in a rain all around you, drenching you in rosey rose rose. This is just the purest, sweetest rose - almost sugared rose, it's so sweet. :P

I'll let it dry some and update with any changes, but right now, this is one of my favorites.

ETA: This dries into a sweet, sugary mess of rose petals. Not deep red roses, but pink rose, white roses, yellow roses - bright, colorful roses. This isn't a womanly rose scent, but a fun, innocent, playful rose. It really does make me think of Alice in her little frock and mary janes wandering in the rose garden, all wide-eyed with wonder at what she was seeing.

The single drawback is that it faded within 4 hours on my skin, even though I slathered. But the last three new oils I've tried faded fast on me, so it might just be my chemistry, and I have a feeling this one may get stronger as it ages. ]]>13683Mon, 09 May 2005 17:48:01 +0000The Queen of Heartshttps://www.bpal.org/topic/594-the-queen-of-hearts/Lily of the Valley, Calla Lily, stephanotis and a drop of cherry.

The Queen of Hearts, when first sniffed out of the bottle is a bold, haughty red floral scent. To me, the calla lily and lily of the valley produce an almost aggressive, yet clean floral-- one that is weighty and anchored, and red-seeming. On, it tames down quite a bit to a wisp of a flower, with a powdery cherry behind it. It disappeared quite quickly on me, and I sort of longed for the boldness of the top-note flowers.]]>594Mon, 23 Feb 2004 22:22:51 +0000Cheshire Cathttps://www.bpal.org/topic/545-cheshire-cat/CHESHIRE CAT

Grapefruit, red currant, dark musk, Roman chamomile, delphinium, and lavender.

 

In the bottle: The main scent was the sharp grapefruit scent. I almost put it back to try a different one today but thought I'd be adventureous.

 

Wet: I could definitely smell other scents coming into play. The grapefruit faded but there was still an undefined fruitiness...but not fruity. It isn't really a floral either...If that makes sense.

 

An hour later: It has melded to the point where I can't distinguish a single note but it has the overall impression of walking through an overgrown orchard in the sunshine. There is a bit of fruit in there along with a bit of floral...no one thing overwhelms the other. There is something in there that I've never smelled before and it might be the delphinium...or just the way they meld together. This is a great spring/summer scent...definitely a keeper.

 

 

A couple of hours later: Still a very wonderful scent but mostly faded. If I had the imp with me, I'd reapply because I love the scent. I still like it and will probably get more.

]]>545Wed, 18 Feb 2004 15:07:10 +0000Imperious Tiger-Lilyhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/58913-imperious-tiger-lily/`O Tiger-lily,' said Alice, addressing herself to one that was waving gracefully about in the wind, `I wish you could talk!'

`We can talk,' said the Tiger-lily: `when there's anybody worth talking to."

Alice was so astonished that she could not speak for a minute: it quite seemed to take her breath away. At length, as the Tiger-lily only went on waving about, she spoke again, in a timid voice -- almost in a whisper. `And can all the flowers talk?'

`As well as you can,' said the Tiger-lily. `And a great deal louder.'

Tiger-lily, ginger root, neroli, purple fruits, and frankincense.

imp: this smells like spicy fruit. plus neroli. very pungent.

wet: the lily appears once wet and it is strong. the neroli give it a sharp bite. not getting any fruit anymore.

dry: luckily, the lily fades (i'm not too crazy about lily) and the ginger and neroli become very spicy-sharp. there is a dusty sort of feel in the background that i suspect is the frankincense. alas, no fruits at all on my skin.]]>58913Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:46:57 +0000Eat Mehttps://www.bpal.org/topic/22662-eat-me/EAT ME

Soon her eye fell on a little glass box that was lying under the table: she opened it, and found in it a very small cake, on which the words `EAT ME' were beautifully marked in currants.

 

`Well, I'll eat it,' said Alice, `and if it makes me grow larger, I can reach the key; and if it makes me grow smaller, I can creep under the door; so either way I'll get into the garden, and I don't care which happens!'

 

She ate a little bit, and said anxiously to herself, `Which way? Which way?', holding her hand on the top of her head to feel which way it was growing, and she was quite surprised to find that she remained the same size: to be sure, this generally happens when one eats cake, but Alice had got so much into the way of expecting nothing but out-of-the-way things to happen, that it seemed quite dull and stupid for life to go on in the common way.

 

Three white cakes, vanilla, and red and black currants.

 

BPAL’s Eat Me is not for eating. Please use common sense, and remember: perfume oils are for external use only.

 

Tried at will call.

 

First sniff sweet yummy and foody!

 

On this one is cakey and delicious but it is in no way as heavy as some of the other foody blends (gluttony, beaver moon and the like). This one is so sweet and light I almost lost it at one point and decided to add one more drop to see it out. This is so tasty and might lead some of you over to the foody side.

 

Before this was brought out to sniff I had asked a labbie how she thought this smelled and she said a watery version of Beaver Moon and I have to say I so see that description in it. There is something slightly watery about this. Maybe Alice had already begun to cry before she ate this little morsel.

]]>22662Tue, 18 Apr 2006 20:12:09 +0000High-Strung Daisieshttps://www.bpal.org/topic/58908-high-strung-daisies/`It says "Bough-wough!" cried a Daisy: `that's why its branches are called boughs!'

`Didn't you know that?' cried another Daisy, and here they all began shouting together, till the air seemed quite full of little shrill voices. `Silence, every one of you!' cried the Tiger-lily, waving itself passionately from side to side, and trembling with excitement. `They know I can't get at them!' it panted, bending its quivering head towards Alice, `or they wouldn't dare to do it!'

`Never mind!' Alice said in a soothing tone, and stooping down to the daisies, who were just beginning again, she whispered, `If you don't hold your tongues, I'll pick you!'

There was silence in a moment, and several of the pink daisies turned white.

`That's right!' said the Tiger-lily. `The daisies are worst of all. When one speaks, they all begin together, and it's enough to make one wither to hear the way they go on!'

Daisy, pink carnation, pink pepper, and sugar.

This is a very lovely scent! This starts off sugared daisies but gets less sweet as it dries. The carnation is lurking somewhere in the background behind the daisies. The throw seems to be on the lighter side. This is a very pretty, light-hearted floral that will be wonderful for spring and summer.]]>58908Thu, 23 Jul 2009 20:44:52 +0000Tweedledumhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/23386-tweedledum/Tweedledum and Tweedledee
Agreed to have a battle!
For Tweedledum said Tweedledee
Had spoiled his nice new rattle.

Just then flew down a monstrous crow,
As black as a tar-barrel!
Which frightened both the heroes so,
They quite forgot their quarrel.'

Absurd! Green mango, fig, patchouli and green tea.

In Bottle: Bright mango

On Skin: This is so bright and refreshing! So fruity and sweet but also tart! The mango is top note which is very nice since I don’t know of another BPAL scent that has mango as the leader. The fig is there too, but lighter and not as juicy as the mango. The green tea takes the zing up a notch and makes it even brighter. But what is this about patchouli? I usually hate patchouli, and I don’t smell any in this at all. There is a very light incensey background, but the fruit covers it so it’s barely there, that must be the patchouli. This is a perfect summer scent, it smells like a fresh fruit salad. This really makes me want to lick it off my skin. This is an A++++++ fruit blend!! Average throw and short wear length.]]>23386Wed, 17 May 2006 20:31:17 +0000Jabberwockyhttps://www.bpal.org/topic/256-jabberwocky/And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock, with eyes of flame,
Come whiffing through the tulgey wood,
And burbled as it came!

An earthy yet buoyant scent: pine, eucalyptus and orange.

Snicker Snack! I love Jabberwocky! It’s a fresh, spring/summer scent, unlike any I’ve experienced in the past. There’s a bright green earthiness in it, the pine I’m sure, that is sweetened by orange (but not too sugary!) and just enough eucalyptus to really make it shine without going too far with it and making it smell like arthritis rub! It’s gender neutral, very refreshing, and a great WAKE UP! scent! ]]>256Sun, 25 Jan 2004 08:05:34 +0000Brusque Violethttps://www.bpal.org/topic/58905-brusque-violet/BRUSQUE VIOLET

`I never saw anybody that looked stupider,' a Violet said, so suddenly, that Alice quite jumped; for it hadn't spoken before.

`Hold your tongue!' cried the Tiger-lily. `As if you ever saw anybody! You keep your head under the leaves, and snore away there, till you know no more what's going on in the world, that if you were a bud!'

Violet petal, violet leaf, osmanthus, orris, mint, and opoponax.

Whoa!

This is an arresting sent so in that respect, it captures the feel of "brusque".

This is no shrinking Violet. Unlike the Violet in Ultraviolet, this Violet has the upper hand. Which is rare on my skin where violet usually is much more subtle. I think it's the specific Violet-Mint combo. The resin helps this from being too high-pitched.r

No powder, soap or grandma feel to this.

This particular blend blows my mind. Will have to test over the month to see how it works but DAMN! This is a perfect Violet for people who don't do violet. Also kind of nice for late Summer into Autumn.

Edit to heap MORE love on this scent.

It is a fabulous mixture of violet, green and brown.]]>58905Thu, 23 Jul 2009 18:05:43 +0000The Knave of Heartshttps://www.bpal.org/topic/31463-the-knave-of-hearts/THE KNAVE OF HEARTS

'Herald, read the accusation!' said the King.

 

On this the White Rabbit blew three blasts on the trumpet, and then unrolled the parchment scroll, and read as follows:--

 

'The Queen of Hearts, she made some tarts,

All on a summer day:

The Knave of Hearts, he stole those tarts,

And took them quite away!'

 

Crushed roses and blackcurrant tarts.

 

Wow, my first time being the first to review a blend!! I hope I do it some justice :D

 

I love roses, so I have to try all of Beth's rose blends no matter what the other notes are. When I first opened the bottle, all I could think was "Eat Me". Not literally of course :P It reminds me very much of Eat Me, but with a floral underneath. It is quite strong in the bottle. Once I put it on it calmed down pretty quickly. It has average throw and seems to be lasting quite awhile on me. Once dry, the blackcurrant tart note remains on top but the rose comes out to play a bit more. All those afraid of roses shouldn't worry, it doesn't scream rose. The rose just adds a bit of green to make it less foody. Overall I think I like this quite a bit. I will definitely hang onto it :D

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