gypsyjolie

This reminds me a lot of Coyote - that same warm musky furry scent, only this was less herbal and "desert-y" than Coyote. I like it, but not enough to find a bottle.

I discovered La Petite Mort near the beginning of my BPAL days and I've loved it ever since and haven't gotten so much as a trace of baby powder from it. I think the baby powder some people get from O is coming from the amber, which can turn powdery on a lot of people.

 

On me, O is nearly pure honey, but a raw, musky honey that until recently (I'm still thinking it was the aging that did it) I couldn't stand. Now, it seems softer, though still musky, and still mostly honey until it dries down to a gorgeous honey amber that has only the slightest hint of powder from time to time.

 

I adore Honey Moon and recently bought a bottle of it ( ).

 

Alice was another early favorite, though I don't smell the honey in it except as a sweetness in the milk. (Also, it helps that the rose is drowned out by the carnation and bergamot, but that's neither here nor there.)

 

Dana O'Shee is like oatmeal with milk and honey and is one of my favorite bedtime scents.

 

Sudha Segara is my other favorite bedtime scent, but, as with Alice, I don't really smell the honey so much; it's more like sweet milk.

 

Tiger Lily smells like Love's Baby Soft to me. I don't know why, but it makes me sad.

 

The fig and patchouli in Hetairae take over so that I can't smell the honey and ylang ylang, which also makes me sad.

 

Blood Kiss smelled like spicy cocoa plus cigarette butts on my skin. Not sad, grossed out!

 

Oh, and Sed Non Satiata smells weirdly perfumey on me. It does resemble LPM, though, like a more mature version.

 

Bengal doesn't smell like honey to me at all. Is there honey in that?

 

I think the other scents mentioned all have deal breaker notes like jasmine or orange blossom or rose.

Wow, hello scent twin. I could have written that list EXACTLY.

Wet: dark fruit and dragonsblood resin. WTF? I hate dragonsblood resin, and I'm getting that fakey-plastic cherry scent/pseduo-almond that I get from dragonsblood. Perhaps "red sandalwood" is dragonsblood and sandalwood?

dry: I'm not getting much blackberry from this at all, which is a pity. I get a lovely rich sandalwood and amber, and the mint plays prettily in the background. The blackberry is a sort of generic dark fruitiness to the blend, but could be plum or raisin if I hadn't read the scent notes. I still swear there is dragonsblood in this, but it's fading down.

20 minutes later: ah! Blackberry, my lovely! amber & sandalwood are gorgeous in the back. Very red-gold and sunset-ish and sophisticated. This may be my "dressed up" scent. It's more classic perfume scented, and mature... though quite sexy and warm and engaging. (I still smell some dragonsblood "fake cherry"scent in this, plus the oil is very very DB red, or maybe I am hallucinating.)

ETA: This has become my favorite BPAL after a bit of aging. The blackberry comes out earlier and the red musk is smoother than it was ( I blame it for the plastic-y dragonsblood-esque smell I mentioned above), and the sandalwood... yum! This lasts about five hours on me, though it doesn't have a ton of throw. So sexy! The DH loves it too.

Golden grains, sticky honey, mead, hint of lemon. Total comfort scent! Not dry or herbal, sweet but not candied.

Why do I always like the ones that are selling for $25-30 a bottle?!?!