Nemesister

fantastic, thanks everyone........that's a few more added to my ever growing list!

 

i am interested in essential oils but presumed perfume oils were entirely different.

 

block buster sounds just right but the others are worth a try too so they go on the list!

 

thanks again

i always find that i'm more likely to react to oils if i put them on straight after a shower or bath. i have to leave it half an hour or so otherwise ones that i don't react to normally will cause a red burning welt on my skin.

i'm on of the people that can't use certain cinnamon scents as they burn, especially eclipse and inferno. three witches however was the only proper cinnamon scent i'd tried that i could wear without the red burning skin.

 

odd thing is that three witches smells so cinnamony and eclipse and inferno smell almondy to me.....maybe i react to almond as well

 

my fav smell is cinnamon as well.....

 

 

*goes off to cry*

velvet is just sandalwood to me. sometimes there's a faint cocoa-ness hiding behind it but not very often......

i bought 5ml of this for my gothy 13yo son. He loves it. Neither of us can smell roses whether dried or not. All we can smell is an earthy mossy smell......it is similar to demeter's dirt spray but of course has more depth to it. it's freshly dug soil next to a mossy lichen covered rock

 

no one tell him it's got roses in. He'll never wear it again!

I have lots of work to do but can never motivate myself to do it until the deadline is touching my nose!

 

I haven't really a clue what scents are meant to be good for this so can't do a search on the site for a suitable oil (if any) and that's if BPAL contains essential oils (I'm not sure what 'perfume oil' is) but i have a feeling BPAL does contain essential oils.....

 

any ideas to help a poorly motivated person?

in the bottle you can smell the smokiness and the creaminess. once it's on your skin and is dry it semlls the same as perversion to me. perhaps a bit smokier.

it has a spicy floral smell to it. like peppered flowers!

i like it and just like perversion i can smell coconut when there isn't any

golden priapus was quite tobacco-y to me....

 

i got it for himself and never got as far as trying it on him because i knew he'd hate it. i wish the vanilla came out more on mine as he loves vanilla. mine was just pine and smoke

just had a thought ......my 13yo gothy son loves burial and zombi.....

 

the other generally masculine scents smell too much for him, especially the tobacco-y ones (which most seem to be).

 

Any ideas what other ones might be good for his age group?

This is another one i have difficulty describing beyond "I like it"!

 

In the vial I can smell a green, frosty coldness. That makes it sound that I'm smelling a Scandinavian scent not one from Asia!

 

On my skin I cannot pick out what the green smell is but for the coldness I keep thinking of neon signs. The big, buzzing, flickering neon signs that have a certain smell to them; like a faint sharp smell.

 

It really makes me think of manga. especially the more futuristic kind.

 

Think pink haired young girl with green eyes and a metallic bikini type suit of armour that barely covers her over developed breasts. She'd wear this perfume

This one has me stumped!

 

I like it. I really like it, but I cannot for the life of me fathom what scents I can pick out. It all comes together to give a creamy spicyness. if I had to choose one I'd say ginger because it has that tingly smell that fresh and dried ginger have.

 

So ginger oatmeal it is then!

I've never tried a pomegranate martini but I have tried champagne cocktails. This smells exactly like that. I wasn't expecting to like it at all as i thought it would be sharp and alcoholic (in a pure alcohol way not a particular alcoholic drink), but it is fruity, sweet (with a hint of citrus sharpness) and has a fizzy champagne scent to it. I adore this! It's one of the scents that most people don't even give a second glance, but they are seriously missing out!

 

ETA that on the strength of this perfume i recently ordered a pomegranate martini in a bar decked with rich tan leather sofas. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm......

i normally wear the lighter milkey, vanillary scents such as dragon's milk, dana o'shee and o to work. one colleague always tells me i smell gorgeous! but he is the only one lol

lol i did think of dead man's hand, but can't remember the ingredients...i'll have a look

 

i didn't think of villain as i thought it would smell similar to old london....(am i barking up completely the wrong tree here?)....interesting...you given me some to think about there...thanks

I'm thinking of getting himself a BPAL or two

 

he's a clint eastwood fan; both dirty harry and westerns

doesn't do aftershave normally

likes vanilla

hates cinnamon/clove/spice

 

I'm thinking tombstone.....

 

anyone got any thoughts or recommendations?

In the bottle this had a scent similar to burial or zombi; an earthy, greenish scent. Once I had applied it to my skin though it was a really strong sweet violet scent. Think parma violets sweets (were they just a UK thing?) deepened with something darker and bitter. For lush fans think of bathos used with middle earth

apologies to mayfair as i haven't put your name on the quote

 

I have to agree with starrykitten. Flying Fox and Youki-Hi have the exact same fragrance, though Youki-Hi is 10 times stronger. Siren is not even similar to me, I love Siren to bits but loathe the other two. I have not encountered any BPAL similar to FF/YH, but that could be due to the fact that I mainly try to avoid strong jasmine scents.

 

 

 

phantasm

 

when fresh this is EXACTLY the same as flying fox. when it's been open a while it becomes more of a lemon verbena/jasmine scent, but is still a really good companion to FF/YH

i agree that in the bottle and when wet this smells just like almonds but once it dries to me it becomes porridge made with semi skimmed milk and loads of honey which is good btw lol

I would have called this post 'at last a cinnamon scent i can wear without going blotchy!' but it's been discontinued......

 

Loved this and will do my best to get a 5ml bottle from somewhere before it becomes more rare than pixie dust!

I was expecting to love this but both in the bottle and on my skin it is overly strong sandalwood. I like sandalwood but not when it is so overpowering! it actually makes me feel ill.

 

I so wanted to like this given the vanilla (my fav scent ever) and the cocoa but i didn't get any of them.....

 

I've bought about 12 5/10ml bottles so far and most were bought blind without having smelled the imps and only 2 of them have been ones I've not liked and wanted to swap so my ratio is still good lol

Apologies for not using the in bottle, wet and dry format but i am useless at describing scents

 

when I frst applied this I got a strong coconut smell. Now that's not a bad thing at all but i didn't think it contained any coconut...

 

Once it dried on my skin, it was theeeee most gorgeous warm (and gotta be said sexiest) smell ever. I can't describe any scents other than the coconut but it does have a leather smell. I adore this and a big bottle is needed

As soon as i sniffed the bottle i got a sense of deja vu........it took about 30 seconds to realise it smells exactly (ok, well, as near as...) like clarin's eau dynamisante

 

this will be gorgeous in summer. it doesn't last long though

i am so glad someone mentioned dior poison. i knew this smell took me back to early-mid teens but didn't know why.....it is poison totally.....

One minute later:  AIEEEEEEEEE!  It's burning!  It's burning!  Ow ow ow OW!

 

Final thoughts: I admit I didn't keep this one on long.  Once the burning began, it just got hotter and hotter and quite painful.  I ran to the bathroom and washed it off.  I had red welts rising up on my wrists where the oil had been.  Conflagration is about right, I think.

 

 

this was my experience exactly.......i was in so much pain!

 

pity really because I did like the scent.....I might try diluting it next time I'm feeling brave enough to try it!

I have recently found a love for jasmine thanks to lush's flying fox. I haven't tried the two together but I'd expect them to compliment each other well.