tokyogirl

In the bottle: Multiple herbs, mosses.. Incense, mm. I don't get as many florals as others have smelled, but I do smell carnation. Smells very dark, wet.. like a forest cave the morning after a rain. A song popped into my head immediately. "A E I O U~~.. U O I, E A~.." I smell tobacco smoke.. and for once, I like it. On skin, wet: More incense, more carnation. No more smoke, and the mosses and herbs fall back a little. Still about the same; I like it a lot. Not as moist. On skin, dry: Same as wet, but less.. wet-smelling. 3 hours later: I smell florals and ylang-ylang. Overall: I loooved this, but it's not for me. I'm slathering it all over my friend Dale, though, and I'm getting him a 5mL no questions asked.

My first BPAL scent, and my first review! I really, really, really wanted to love this. Oh god, how I wanted to love this. My first order was a 5mL of Neo-Tokyo.. and that's it. I bought an imp off of a forum member in my impatientness. My reaction (my second reaction, because I hadn't rolled it first and I wasn't prepared - eww, dollar store perfume!) is almost exactly the same as Gin's. I'm not too great with notes, but.. Bottle: Yes, mint!, and a light, sweet, citrus-y note - an orange in a bed of flowers. Not surprising. I love mint, so yay! Skin, wet: More flowers, and a metallic tone. Crisp. Skin, dry: I can smell the ozone now, and I like it! It's so very fresh. Half an hour later: The scent is almost totally gone - My nose was pressed against my wrist. After the nice fresh stage, it started alternating between oh-so-fresh and oh-so-synthetic, and now it just smells like I took a tour through the perfume department at Walmart. Overall: It was really, really light the whole time, which isn't a terrible thing. I did like the first stages, but I'm sure someone who didn't take the time to pick out the notes wouldn't - and that's a big thing to think about in high school! It blended strangely on my skin. Damn! I'm going to try this with my 5mL bottle when it comes in, and I'm keeping the imp. I hope I can adjust. (Note - this review is coming from a girl raised in an anti-perfume family. My dad is 'allergic', so I'm not adjusted to any sort of perfume. I was hoping for something more 'non-perfume-y', but if you're used to normal scents then follow another's words. ) ETA: This didn't smell like Tokyo to me, either, except the metallics. Death at my skin.