Beatrice33
-
Content Count
669 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Everything posted by Beatrice33
-
Ooh, I love this. I'm a vanilla and sandalwood fiend, so of course I had high hopes for this one, and they were rewarded. I'm not sure I can describe this very well. It's vanilla and sandalwood, but not too sweet, and rounded out and deepened a bit by what I guess must be the chrysanthemum. I don't get lemon per se, but there is a little brightness it seems to be adding. Overall, it's soft and a little like a luxurious lotion, in the best way. I think it could be worn in any season and on almost any occasion.
-
Man Making Love to the Maid of a Samurai Household
Beatrice33 replied to doomsday_disco's topic in Lupercalia
On my skin, the combination of notes reads as lemongrass, which is a note I love in food but personally don't enjoy smelling like. I did try this right out of the mailbox, being the impatient sort, so I will try it again in a few days to see if anything changes. -
It's fascinating how differently fragrances work on different people. On me, I don't smell any of the patchouli or lavender, just a bright, Granny Smith apple grounded and softened by vanilla. It's absolutely lovely.
-
On me, I get mostly something like brown sugar--maybe the bourbon cream is reading that way? Unfortunately, that note is taking over the sweet cream and cardamom, which is what I was hoping to get more of. I admit to testing it right out of the mailbox, however, and I will test it again in a few days to see if anything has changed.
-
Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume
Beatrice33 replied to Ina Garten Davita's topic in Recommendations
Ooh, good idea! Thanks! -
Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume
Beatrice33 replied to Ina Garten Davita's topic in Recommendations
This exactly! I like Coco Blanc, but it does the exact same thing on me. I would LOVE to find a BPAL that was buttercream sandalwood goodness! -
This will be a perfect pandemic comfort scent! It's soooooo smooth and cozy, a not-too-sweet vanilla grounded by some soft woods. It's "airy" rather than dense, simple in the best possible way, and sits very close to the skin. I'll need to slather, and I'm ready to. I love it!
-
If your top 5 scents are... Then try these!
Beatrice33 replied to Ella LaRose's topic in Recommendations
Thank you so much for these suggestions, Bunny Butt! I haven't tried most of them, so I'm really excited! I can't wait to test them.... -
If your top 5 scents are... Then try these!
Beatrice33 replied to Ella LaRose's topic in Recommendations
I'm still hoping I can think of suggestions for some of the lists upthread, but until then, here are my top 5 as of late in case anyone has any suggestions! Xiuhtecuhtli Kumiho Reapers Gonna Reap Zorya P Actually, I can't think of a 5th at the moment.... Thanks for any recs you can think of!!! -
I'm heading off to a Renaissance Festival today and deciding which oil to wear, and I wondered what suggestions y'all might have or some oils you've enjoyed wearing to festivals before. Notes I'm thinking could fit in well are patchouli, rose, other resins, florals (although I don't have many florals, and I can't find any of my patch-heavy scents this morning). At the moment I'm thinking I might wear Eve, but I'm also open to purchasing a new oil or two for future fairs, so please tell me your faves!
-
What do you wear to a Renaissance Festival?
Beatrice33 replied to Beatrice33's topic in Recommendations
Thanks for the recs! I'll check them out.... -
What do you wear to a Renaissance Festival?
Beatrice33 replied to Beatrice33's topic in Recommendations
Ooh, those both sound interesting. I'll check them out! -
Wow, I just love this, and my husband adores it as well. I can't figure out why it doesn't have pages and pages of glowing reviews! I can't wear Antique Lace because it becomes cloying on my skin, and The Girl didn't work on me either, but this one, though similar to both, works on me beautifully. It lingers on my skin all day, but it's subtle. As others have mentioned, it's an ethereal vanilla with touches of light floral, and it envelops me in a light, beautiful cloud of scent. This description certainly doesn't do it justice, but it's beautiful, and I will definitely need a back up bottle, and I hope it is always in the general catalog.
-
I mostly smell Chanel No. 5, and Beth has done a fabulous job with it! If you love No. 5, give this one a try!
-
Lovely, spicy fall scent but big red spots on my skin wherever it has touched. So sad!
-
I put this one on with a number of other decants I received last night, and after a while I started getting whiffs of something that reminded me of Chanel No. 5 (which I happen to love). I thought, "What the heck? Did I forget putting another perfume on before testing?" It turned out to be this lil' number giving off warm, powdery, perfumey vibes in all the best ways. I need to test it again by itself to see if my nose is crazy or not, but so far I'm very excited about this one. Yay Beth!
-
I LOVE Ninon! I finally figured out which perfume Ninon reminds me of, one of my former favorites: Chergui by Serge Lutens. It's got a similar smokey, slightly honey-sweet, musky, tobacco, hay-like wonderfulness ... it's enveloping and dead sexy. I bought two bottles, and I may need a third before it goes away!
-
Bumping this thread to say that today I realized finally what Ninon, the courtesan scent, reminds me of--one of my former fave scents: Chergui! It's got the hay, musk, and honey, and it's a similary enveloping scent.
-
The scent of tea - BPAL's tea note, BPAL blends like your favorite tea
Beatrice33 replied to sarada's topic in Recommendations
I, too, am a tea scent lover, and I'm wondering about how the Shunga Tea scent compares to some of the ones people have been mentioning. Kumiho is my all-time favorite tea scent, but I like The Chinese Dance and The Unsteady Governess as well. I like Embalming Fluid, too, but I like Kumiho's touch of sweetness even more. Also, the lab's green tea note sometimes goes too sharp on me in such scents as Shanghai. Anyone know how Tea fits in with all of these? -
I agree with Hillary that this one has similarities to Chance by Chanel. I wore Chance for a while and loved its fruity-floral cheerfulness, but this one is much better and I'm sooooo glad to have found it. It's become my go-to scent when I need a pick-me-up in the morning. My only concern is that I should have gotten a back up before the Yules came down....
-
This is a real surprise for me. I didn't love it when it first arrived, and I thought I would be willing to hand it over to my hubby, but in the second try, a couple of weeks later, I LOVE it! On my skin, it's a version of Snake Oil that works without becoming all powder. I also get a whiff of coconut that I thought was my imagination until I remembered that massoia bark is a bit coconutty. It is definitely related to my beloved Snake Charmer, and it's awesome!
-
2010 version. At first all I got was one-note cocoa, which was fine, but nothing I felt I needed a whole bottle of. Then the amber came out, and I've found myself strangely transfixed by this scent. I keep applying it and having trouble ungluing my nose from my wrist. I need to take it for a full-day spin to be sure I want a full bottle, but so far, the amber warms up the cocoa really nicely for a scent that is a perfume with chocolate notes rather than a chocolate perfume, if that makes any sense. It wears on me as a warm, inviting, rich perfume perfect for wintry days, cocoa rounded out beautifully by warm amber without any hint of powderiness. Mmmmmmm.
-
Ooh, I love this one! At first, I smell the same bourbon vanilla note I get from Sachs, and then the soft cardamom spiciness shows up, and I guess the Egyptian musk is what's helping to smooth it all out and give it an airy quality, as another reviewer noted above. It becomes this wonderful, close to the skin, spicy, airy, somewhat sweet scent that also reminds me of Underpants (as another reviewer noted above). It has none of the buttercream that Underpants starts out with, but their drydowns are remarkably similar on me. Dare I say it, I think I like Gypsy better because of its lightness. I agree with the reviewer that said this is a spicy scent that still works in warm summer weather. It's my biggest new BPAL love in quite a while. Full bottle in next order, please. Yippee!
-
Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume
Beatrice33 replied to Ina Garten Davita's topic in Recommendations
I used to have a bottle of Sensi, and I remember it as being a soft woodsy skin scent, on me. My top suggestion would be Morocco; I find it very similar to Sensi. You may also want to try Lucretia and And There Was a Great Cry in Egypt, from the Salon. Another one to try would be the new GC Paramatman. Thanks for the suggestions, parrot_suspect! I love Morocco, although it doesn't remind me of Sensi. I will hunt down imps of the other, though to check them out! -
Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume
Beatrice33 replied to Ina Garten Davita's topic in Recommendations
Anyone know of a BPAL similar to Armani Sensi? Notes (from Perfume Emporium) are: A sensitive, serene blend of clean elegant notes, Sensi opens with a burst of kaffir Lime softened with acacia farnese. Sensuous barley, Cape jasmine, palissander wood, benzoin and vanilla accents create subtle nuances of sensuality. It's kind of warm yet light, very much a skin scent--but very hard to describe! I'm hoping someone knows it and has found a BPAL with the same feel. TIA!