Skallywag

La la la, first post...

 

According to Scottish and Irish Gaelic, a lot of the time 'mh' is pronounced approximately 'v' (very  approximately!) - a friend of mine is called Mhairidh, which is pronounced Varri. Causes endless confusion for people who speak no Gaelic! (I always thought Celtic described the culture, the people etc etc, and the languages are Irish Gaelic and Scottish Gaelic, and variants thereof - though I may be wrong. Anyone?)

 

And I've always heard Samhain pronounced "Sow'n".

 

That's my two cents!

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My 2 euros worth....

I am not a linguist and have not studied my Irish in a while so I could be corrected by other native Irish speakers here!!

Im from Dublin in Ireland and speak Gaelic Irish. Your right about the 'mh' being pronounced as a 'v' sound. But sometimes its a 'h' sound. I shall confuse you even further by adding 'bh' as in the names 'Dearbhla' which would be pronounced as 'Dur-vla' or 'Meadbh' pronounced as 'May-v' ( as in Queen Mab - which I think is Scottish Gaelic, we in Ireland would say -Queen May-v)

I pronounce Samhain as Sow-en.

There are many different local dialects around the country..... Connemara, Donegal, Kerry to mention but a few, all have very different pronounciations so it gets really confusing !!!!

btw...Halloween in the Irish language, is Oiche Shamhna which I would pronounce as 'ee-ha how-na'

Yes thats 'how-na'....yet another way to correctly pronounce this word. In this case

we drop the s sound and replace with a h sound as here it comes after a feminine word...as in 'Oiche'.....if my memeory serves but I could very well be corrected!! btw...Oiche means night.

Dragons Tears is an aquatic but has a wonderful honeysuckle type note to it also Maybe try that one?

hth!

Dragons Tears is Fabulous!

I get the same wonderful ' second skin scent' that Fulltiltredhead describes and yes, its a very sensual scent.

Subtle but with great staying power. It has a touch Stephanoitis or is it Gardenia? its a very clean and slightly soapy scent.Not at all overpowering though.

It reminds me the scene in Scent of a Woman, when Al Pacino describes a kind of expensive french soap that the gorgeous young girl he dances with is wearing. I have always wondered what that might smell like(and wanted to smell like that!) and after wearing this for a few days now, this is what I imagine it is!

Definately a big bottle!

Has No Hanna

I put this straight from the bottle onto my wrists. It was a bit like a leap of faith.

Initially I regretted it but then it began to grow on me.

It so hard to pick out whats in this. Probably the hardest one yet.

Ylang Ylang and Myrr as has been said here already.

Im not great at picking out the notes but that sounds right to me.

Its a strange one. I didnt think I liked it but here I am wearing it for a second day in a row so there is something very compelling about it. Its not my favourite by any means but there is something in it that really appeals to me.

I cant be any more specific but I would like to know whats in it. There is something wafting in and out of the background that reminds me vaguely of Spellbound.

As to good luck, I had a total surprise visit from my brother when I got home from work.As if that wasnt good luck enough, he brought me a bread making machiene as a gift!

So now Im really curious!!

Any hints Beth?

Hemlock, like so many others here, took me completely by surprise. It was yet another freebie from Beth (thank you! )

I wouldnt have ordered this as its discription, though enticing in a macabre kind of way, sounded as though it would be bitter and strong to me.

It is the opposite. Its been very well described here already.

To me its..like sugar and gentle lemongrass (not the in your face type)

Its green but sweet too. Like flowers in a summer garden.

I dont get any pine at all.

Very very nice....might have to purchase a 5 ml!

In Ireland, we would say ...Sau-en.

Or some might drop the en and pronounce it- Saoun. A very rounded word sound.

There are different dialects all over Ireland and can differ wildly from each other.

Oh...and Bee pal

Lughnasadh is stunning!!!! Well done Elizabeth and all the Lab on this !!

Please bear with me here I must set the scene.....

I was in the West of Ireland recently and went out one glorious August evening to pick the blackberries growing along the hedgerows. I was wearing Lughnasadh at the time and the scent fit the picture so well I was gobsmacked!

Its a whole scent experience for me. Its ripe Blackberries, freshly mown hay, damp limestone, misty Atlantic rain, turf smoke, and all the earthy scents of late summer rolled into one.

Thank you sooooooooo much Pam for letting me try some!

I am loving the combination of Lughnasadh and Black Magic masasage bar by Lush at the moment.

Its a very sexy snuggly Autumnal combo!

Wahoo! Go Allamanda!

Going to try Vixen tonight so!

eek! I meant Lust!

Nepthys....Snow White (Limited Edition scent unfortunately) is like an intense hit of Silky Underwear its also got undercurrents of Snowcake soap.

The 3 together would be fabulous!

I was given some SW by a very kind forum member!

Actually I live here ..but on the east coast, so Im heading west for 2 weeks and I cant wait!

Adam Ant was my hero! but I was abot 14 at the time

I would have worn those pants in a heartbeat back then!!

sheh -pa-zon- ae

is how I would have pronounced it...does that sound right???

A linguistics major..how cool Morrighana! What languages are you studying?Are you a Virgo by the way.. I can be very picky about that kind of thing to ...its a Virgo thing

Velvet Sky,I also love pronouncition and hearing different launguages spoken.

Im off to the West of Ireland (if the weather improves!) in September and hopefully will get to brush up on my Irish. I used to be fluent but am very rusty due to under use. My sister and I sometimes speak Irish together at home for fun but also to keep as much of it as we can.

Do you study or speak Gaelic? Thats the Scottish version isint it?

btw took a peep in your jounal...too funny about those silver lamé trousers!

Adam ant was my first pin up!

Just saw Velvet Sky's posting on Lughnasadh!

Just looking at Baobhan Sith and description on Andrabells link.

In irish folklore we have the Bean Si or Bean Siog pronounced ban-shee.

The fairy woman who is usually connected to some certain Irish families and appears ( combing her hair)or is heard wailing just before a family member dies.

Perhaps this is the scottish version?Its similar. Scottish Galic is similar to Gealic or our language- Geailge.

For the record, as a native Irish person I would pronounce Lughanasadh as lu-na-sa (the Irish word for August) . Samhain is saow-in ( Irish for October)

I have probably mentioned this before somewhere, but for anyone missing Lush Potion, BPAL's Single note Carnation is bang on.

Nicer even

Hecate is very almondy and resinous (is that the right word??)

Its initially a big hit of almond essence in the bottle but this fades on me to soft almond.

Nice but not really me.

I was a little nervous of trying this to be honest! Its probably because I so wanted to like it as I'm from Dear Old Dublin!.

Well, its gorgeous!

My first impression from the bottle: a perfect balance of damp green broadleaves to gentle unobtrusive floral/rose. I love rose, but alas it dosent seem to like me and ends up with a mustiness that becomes incresingly overpowering but not with this..... Hurrah!!!

btw...Anyone who "cant do Rose" - try this one! it just might work.

Immediate impression upon putting it on is- walking into a Lush shop in town- so its a familiar scent which feels homely and somewhere I like to be!!!! Dublin!

Its strongly white rose but its gentle and working for me by staying fresh and not going musty at any stage.

To my nose, its got hints of clovey carnation (or else white rose is a spicey rose scent) in the background but mainly the white rose.

Im not sure if Beth is still working on this. If she is, this scent is beautiful but the lovely damp leaves scent fades fast. It would be totally perfect if it lingered with the same strength of white rose. 50/50 kind of thing. It would make it more more leafy and mystical. I am sure Beth said somewhere she hadnt got quite the mistyness she was after yet????????

Its strange, but this is the first bpal scent I feel immediately comfortable wearing.

I like the others, but some are very alien to me ( very American??? does that sound odd?? I mean nothing bad by it!) and take getting used to. Not so Old Dublin.

As a Dubliner...Thats weird!!!!!

I have just this minute been complimented by a guy here in the office!!!! Wahoo! First bpal compliment too!

My skin seems to be eating this one.Must re apply quite often me thinks!What a hardship! Not!

Well done Beth its lovely

I really like this one!

Its slow and sexy but in a gentle way.

It brought me straight back to Crete, coming home just before break of dawn, without my shoes and the humid night air full of the scent of jasmine!

So other than the location, the description is bang on !

This scent really took me by surprise in the bottle and even more so on my wrist.

I have never smelled a perfume like it. It both beguiled and repelled at the same time if such a reaction is possible/normal???!!!

I should say the I got my first bpal order the day before my period started(sorry to be so blunt!) and perhaps my body chemistry and mind chemistry are a bit sensitive??? Does this have an effect?

Anyway... this scent was overwhemingly soapy on me and it seemed to grow stronger as the hours passed. Sorry to say it made my nose tingle as if I had two pieces of Dove shoved up my nose all day!!I also got an unplesant sourness behind it somewhere.

Damn body chemistry!

HOWEVER.....

On my sister this was beautiful!!!

It was soft and beguiling and made her feel like spending hours in a bubble bath then getting ready to go dancing, knowing the guy you've fancied for ages wont be able to resist you!!!

Weird! Wonderful!

One for my extremely discerning sister who is VERY hard to please Iin the perfume department!

This is beautiful in the bottle and I was sure it would be one of my favourites from preliminary sniffs!!The pear and white musk combo were what drew me to it in the first place as I love both.

Once on, the Pear faded almost immediately and I was left with Rose. But then that faded a couple of minutes later again and what I guess must be Lilly of the Valley (having read the other reviews here)was the main dominant note of the blend. It is rather cleaning agent-ish on me and I didnt like it at all.

However, about 4 hours later I kept getting a waft of something lovely and figured out it was this scent morphing on me again. I think its the white musk but Im not an experienced enough nose to be positive.

I might try this again in a few days to give it a fair chance, but if I have the same experience, I will be swapping it

I second Tempest. Jolly Rogers leather scent was strongest on me.

Sinéad

This is really beautiful and exactly like the lovely old fashioned and highly scented Malmaison Carnations!!!! Amazing.

I have always loved the clovey scent of carnations or pinks in a summer garden. This scent transports me there instantly.

Thank you for this one Elizabeth!

Sinéad

Allamanda you are an

Yes must set up another address other than work. Good idea- thanks you!

I wont be in the office on the date of Harvest moon!

Can any of you computer wizards tell me how to set up an auto e mail?

Harvest moon is so near my birthday I HAVE to have some

Clover !!!!! Tempation discontinued????

It cant be true!

I love that soap.

*sniff*