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This is what I wanted Juke Joint to be, strangely. It smells minty-boozy for some reason. There's a bit of cream in there. Spicy-milky with a hint of booze.

Ravenous has the orange, tempered by a really nice patchouli.

Penitence is a really nice smoky resin.

Twenty one is a refreshing boozy scent. Not minty, but refreshing nonetheless.

I wear what i like even if it means wearing Midnight Mass on a hot summer day. I'm stubborn like that.

Thanks, everyone. I'm adding to my wishlist...

I love scents that smell like nighttime, night air, or a starry sky.

I have found Nights Pavilion, Midnight, Nocnitsa...

Are there any other scents reminiscent of night air, even if the name/description doesn't suggest it?

Thanks!

My favorite rose scents:

Two, Five and Seven (true rose)

Rose Cross (resin-y rose)

Moon Rose (sweet pink rose)

Spellbound (smoky, full rose)

Persephone (juicy, fruity rose)

Aromatics Elixir is a serious, heavy-duty, love-it-or-hate-it chypre. I'll be honest and say I have not found anything in BPAL remotely like it. Beth does not seem to dabble much in chypres. Sure, she has some scents with oakmoss (a note that is almost always found in a classic chypre fragrance), but they don't have that telltale chypre "twang" that's present in fragrances like EL Knowing, Aromatics Elixir, Miss Dior, Coriandre, etc.

Thanks, I think I might just get her something totally different, becuase i have tried literally hundreds of scents and not found anything like it. Maybe I'll try something deep and woody with a touch of sweet-Anne Bonny or Rose Cross or something.

Frankly, the note in the Elixir that's most noticeable to me is the vetiver. When I go to Clinique's site, the notes listed there are: rose, jasmine,Ylang Ylang and vetiver.

 

I just don't want folks to be steering you wrong due to an incorrect description.

 

To me, the closest BPAL I know of is actually Tarot: Death, but I'm not sure that most people would like it or smell the comparison I get there.

Thanks for correcting the description. I got the notes from a fragance board-I guess they should have been updated.

So the search engine is down but i need to get my mom's birthday gift on order. I hope someone can help.

She likes Clinique's Aromatics Elixir. The notes are:

Rose

White Jasmine

Ylang Ylang

Vetiver

Any recommendations for something similar?

Thanks!

(edited to correct notes)

Blood Pearl is what I wanted Black Pearl to be.

Also, Elegba is very coconutty.

Might Elegba be similar? It is coconutty and rummy...

Pele.

Penthus is a lovely floral aquatic, like flowers by the sea.

When I was having awful cysts/cramps, curling up with some Antique Lace on my wrists worked for me.

I want to add one more thing to this discussion. I used to live in Paris, and Roger&Gallet is super popular there. Both women and men wear their Green Tea scent in France, and I remember several other scents being considered unisex as well. They may market the Gingembre toward women in the States, but I really see no reason a man couldn't wear it. The packaging isn't even feminine.

I know Gingembre. I don't know of any BPAL that is identical, but you might try two things:

Penny Dreadful dries down to a sort of dark ginger scent on me, even though ginger is not listed in the ingredients

Malediction has the dark, woody quality but not the ginger-maybe you could layer it with Penny or Sudha Segara.

Good luck!

Whip reminds me of Stella by Stella McCartney, and it is a little haughty as well.

I'm getting flashbacks of high school, standing in the local punk-rock store, buying my first pair of Docs. Rather than being shocked, my dad smelled them and said how great the leather scent was and what a well-made pair of boots they were. This is a good thing. It's that beautiful leather, softened by the rose just for me.

This is what I wanted Rose Red to be. A sweet breath of roses. I envision a rose bouquet of all sizes and colors. This is classic but not old fashioned. there is some sort of fruit way in the background that keeps it from smelling stuffy.

What a fun question!

January: Snow White (peaceful and new)

February: Whip (very romantic and tortured)

March: Ultraviolet (frozen things blooming)

April: Lightning (rainy skies)

May: Penthus (rainly days filled with flowers)

June: Shanghai (fresh!)

July: Pele (warm and glowing)

August: Midnight (a fully blooming night under a sticky, moony sky)

September: Scaecrow (falling into dryness)

October: Devil's Night (the perfect trickster scent)

November: Persephone (fruity abundance)

December: Penitence or Midnight Mass (peace of the season)

I did this based on impressions, not logic.

Penthus is a gorgeous spring scent.

I am delighted with this scent. It is like Penitence Extreme- a beautiful, glowing resin that quickl settles in and becomes a warm, second skin fragrance. I find it to be just slightly sweeter than Penitence. The incense is not smoky or dusty at all. Simpy gorgeous.

Sad. This scent is so lovely to everyone else, but on me it is awful. My chemistry just turns it to nail polish remover. Oh well, more for someone else. Pity, I really wanted to love it.

Neo-tokyo and Bon Vivant do it for me!