backthatelfup

MAD for Dawn: Priestess - it is the sex.

 

backthatelfup, have *you* actually tried Rose Red or The Peacock Queen yet? They're coming down for the year in a couple of weeks, and I think you should try them if you've decided you love rose!

I have not tried any of the Dawns beyond Cernunnos which is one of my absolute faves. In my experience I can't do jasmine because I amp it and smells like poop (true story) to me. I was eyeing Dawn: Mother just last night though...

I should check out Rose Red and/or The Peacock Queen. I do love rose. So pretty. I can't wait till summer so that my rose bushes will bloom and I can inhale them!

*waves*

Bringing this thread back. Recently discovered that I really, really love rose. My favorite rose blends thus far are Bess, Whoso List to Hunt and The Forest Reveries. All of these have rose but a little bit of something that makes them all just...*swoon*

I miss walking around Portland and just burying my face in roses. So wonderful...

I really dig Tezcatlipoca and if you can find it, Ghoul Hooligan (one of my FAVES EVER). Ein Kuss Von Krampus is a nice sweetly spiced scent on me and Velvet is awesome too.

 

Is there a chocolate and red musk scent I am missing out on? Those are two of myf ave BPAL notes.

 

 

If you like blood musk...I would recommend The Tell-Tale Heart. Blood Musk and Cocoa

 

Tell-Tale Heart: This is a swollen, pulsating, thudding scent, heavy with dread; a steady, unceasing, throbbing harbinger of retribution and doom: blood musk, cocoa, black pepper, allspice, dragon's blood resin and vetiver.

Yeah...going to have to try and find it.

Dawn: Cernunnos strikes me as a dark foresty scent, hence why I love it so much

My favorite scent with myrrh in it is Dawn: Cernunnos. Something about all of those cool woods with the warm, sweet myrrh makes it amazing. Seriously love it.

Anyone have recs for Myrrh plus red musk or myrrh plus leather?

If you like blood musk...I would recommend The Tell-Tale Heart. Blood Musk and Cocoa

 

Tell-Tale Heart: This is a swollen, pulsating, thudding scent, heavy with dread; a steady, unceasing, throbbing harbinger of retribution and doom: blood musk, cocoa, black pepper, allspice, dragon's blood resin and vetiver.

Oh, I need to try this one!! This sounds perfect Thanks!

I really dig Tezcatlipoca and if you can find it, Ghoul Hooligan (one of my FAVES EVER). Ein Kuss Von Krampus is a nice sweetly spiced scent on me and Velvet is awesome too.

Is there a chocolate and red musk scent I am missing out on? Those are two of myf ave BPAL notes.

Anything foodie is good for my kid. She especially likes Beaver Moon and Tweedle Dee and Dum.

Candy Butcher is nicer on her than on me....D:

Young Pine Saplings from the current crop of Shunga is very rice-puddingy on me, similar to Großvater Tanz.

Um...damn. Should not have read that.

*wants*

Corva, I am going to agree, cooking rice is one of the best smells ever!

I'll have to check some of these out

Poking my head in to mention that 'War' has ginger in it and it's lovely. Spicy and warm and stabbity.

At least on me.

Nom.

Slobbering Pine! Very nice hot weather wearable pine, cold with no florals that I got

Oh, thanks I'll check it out!

I'm poking this thread because I love Dawn: Cernunnos something fierce as well as Thanatopsis but well, it's 70 degrees here. As much as I love them it's just not the weather for these.

I might have to check out Moon of Small Spirits; I just haven't found a BPAL white floral I can do and I'm wary around certain musks. But this 'green' profile is totally swoon worthy.

Long Night Moon has moonflower in it. On me it was VERY white floral.

The Great Sword of War is a GC and has both cocoa and red musk. I found that the mandarin sticks around a long time on me but I amp BPAL citrus. The red musk in this blend is very nice.

**would like a suggestion based on her above description**

No smellies for me?

In the Bottle: Chocolate and cinnamon

Wet on Skin: Cinnamon goodness, chocolate and the pumpkin/beer start to creep out and mix and...

This scent smells like a chocolate version of the corn farina my abuela used to make us in the morning with a hit of funk to keep it from getting too foody. I'm guessing it's the cinnamon and the cereal aspect of the beer tempered by ghoul funk and yeast that make this amazing.

It has THROW! AND LONGEVITY?! DANG!

This is by far my FAVORITE scent EVER.

For me, leather shows up in Tezcatlipoca, Crowley; Perversion and Tintagel have hints of leather for me.

I've heard good things about Western Diamondback.

What the hey, I'll take a turn.

Introverted and/but friendly. SAHM, elf lover, brown. Hippie but loves computers/technology. Writes fantasy, loves mythology/religions. Favorite animals are mollusks, crustaceans, turtles and tortoises. Can be loquacious but loves free/alone time to reflect. Motherly, pretty laid back, loves RPGs, my spouse, my kid. Love trickster deities, can't do chaste deities. Sun in Cancer, Moon in Libra, Aquarius rising I believe.

And on a perfume related note, dislike white flower smells.

I think I did this correctly...*drinks more coffee*

I got this on a whim. My spousal unit picked this one and I tried it alongside two other from this series and hot diggity if it isn't the clear winner as far as strength goes. Something about this reminds of 'Now Winter's Nights Enlarge,' a kind of warm, kindled sweetness. The clove is the predominant note but for the record, my skin likes to amp clove. However, the other notes make this a very likeable version on me, smoothing out the edges. I only get a HINT of plum; it's mostly the other three but I'm happy with it. This is striking me more as a warm autumn day scent more than a spring scent. Would get a bottle.

In the bottle, I believe this is very well blended. I get a hint of smoke, rose and things I'm not familiar with. It's really nice, actually!

On me: this is walking through Portland and seeing bushes of roses and not being able to keep from putting your face into their nethers. Then rose perfume. Not old lady rose perfume. But never does the pipe tobacco or incense or shittim wood come out to play.

Bollocks.

I just got a decant of this the other day and after yesterday's super disappointing testing, I decided, hey, try to Furie.

In the decant: honey. Dripping down your hand and stuff is stick to it honey, with a bit of vanilla and those spices.

It starts of with rich, almost dusty(?) honey and I don't smell the Snake Oil aspect at all. Then it morphs into...something akin to Now Winter's Nights Enlarge, a caramelly-vanilla-warmness, like its little, saucy sister. Now, it's back to Snake Oil, closer to the aged stuff and I'll be blasphemous and say: I prefer my Snake fresh. Old Snake Oil just doesn't waft on me, has no life. It just sits on my wrists.

And my wrist is itching slightly. That's kind of a deal breaker.

I tried Tiresias and it smelled like...Indian Curry. So for me , fail.

I like the caramel in Now Winter's Night's Enlarge. It's...actually, thinking about it, I want to put it on I like the spiciness that accompanies it!

Anyone have a rec for a Giant Squid replacement? My mom loves apple smells and well, Giant Squid is kind of spot on.

Hmm...those all do sound interesting, especially the Raven Moon and the Hunter. Falling Leaf Moon...heh, I just moved away from Portland but I know what you're referring to. Even if it doesn't fit the current season, it might still fit me

Thank you for the recommendations! I will be on the hunt!