Ina Garten Davita

Delicate and pretty vanilla tempered by gorgeous, soft florals. This goes a bit powdery on me on the dry down, but not enough to make in unpleasant by any means.

A starry night on a tropical island.

 

White sandalwood, a touch of moss and the suggestion of tropical florals. My skin amps sweet, especially with sandalwood so this is really working for me.

This is probably my favorite of the Tiki drinks. That apricot liquer mixed with the rum, brandy and ginger is a real winner for me. I hate fruity scents but something about the way these tiki drinks were blended made them completely wonderful with my chemistry.

 

Screeching Parrot is super sweet and sensational. Fizzy, fruity and so much fun.

Another nose-tickler here. This one just leaps from the skin in a fizzy citrus gin and blueberry explosion. All the notes mingle perfectly. It's the most boozy of all the Tikis but not so much that it smells like I spilled a cocktail down my shirt. Blue Fire makes my mouth water. It amazes me how good this smells, because normally I can't do fruity.

How can something not carbonated be so effervescent? Golden Wave tickles my nose! Juicy, candied, sweet, succulent, refreshing. All of these words come to mind. It's like a blend of fresh lilikoi juice and homemade ginger ale. The tangerine undertones smell like the spray of oils as you peel the skin from the flesh. So fresh, so intoxicating.

Cocktail heaven!

 

Golden, spiced rum with vanilla pods infusing it. This is light rum, to be sure, there is nothing dark in this blend. This perfectly infused rum poured by a sexy bartender with pineapple juice and sweet, sweet coconut cream and shaken to perfection. Served up in a coconut shell, I can feel the tropical breeze in my hair as I take the first sip...

All the fizzy sweet deliciousness of an ice-cold fountain Coca-Cola with a squirts of cherry and lime syrup. I'm getting slight amaretto undertones and a fresh spearmint leaf garnish. So fun, so summery, so festive. I just love being bellied up this Tiki Bar!

Definitely not supposed to like this, especially since it smells like burnt vetiver in the bottle. But my skin turns it sweet and smoky with the dry down being slightly reminiscent of Havana. Very surprising.

Holy neroli Batman!

 

Tiki Queen starts off as a sweet, slightly fruity floral. Very pretty, very tropical. Then the neroli comes. And puts its feet up and stays. My skin tends to amp neroli and with Tiki Queen it's full throttle. I adore tropical florals so I'm not giving up on the Queen just yet. Perhaps a little age will mellow the neroli and give the other gorgeous notes a chance to shine.

Moana was the real surprise out of the tiki lot. I adore the smell of awapuhi, but thought that it might be aquatic which is never good on me. But it's really not, it's fresh and sexy.

 

A friend described it as a "mermaid with sexy shampoo" which is the best description for this scent.

 

It's definitely a scent to wear on your beach holiday and then take it out in the middle of winter to revisit all the sun, surf, sand and fun.

I've been wanting to review this since the instant I twisted open the cap, but life gets crazy sometimes. This is the coconut scent I've been waiting for!

 

Thick, oozing coconut lava flowing over my skin. Syrupy lemon rain drops splash down. Sweet wood sticks beat a sensual musky drum. Heaven!

Any GC that reminds you of Butterflies and Plovers? Looking for a good orange/citrus and patchouli combo. Thanks!

 

 

When I tried Butterflies and Plovers, I thought immediately of Imp...

 

Devilishly playful: white peach, amber, golden musk and patchouli.

A wee bit of age on Black Lace yields the most perfect vanilla perfume I've ever come across. Vanilla heaven.

Any new lime recs? I'm still searching for more. LIME!

Havana is my favorite tobacco scent. I adore Beth's tobacco note.

Looks like someone finally got her wish. I can't wait to get my Tiki scents.

This might be interesting to bump.

Capricorn 2007, if you can get it.

Bumping.

Queen of Sheba.

Morella, all the way.

Calling all Southern BPALers! Mark your calenders and pack up your stash!

 

Harry's/Whole Foods in Roswell will be throwing our very first Meet n Sniff /Will Call type party and everyone's invited! We will have all of our current offerings for sale (20 GC's, 4 Love Poems, and all the Retail Only Salons) as well as some wonderful BPAL and BPTP swag to give away (including a locket! ). You are more than welcome to bring in your own collections to share; please just make sure they are marked as such to avoid confusion.

 

The Details:

 

Date: Sunday March 9th from 6pm-8pm

Location: The Salud Cooking School (inside Harry's)

1180 Upper Hembree Rd

Roswell, GA 30076

770-664-6300 x133 (Whole Body- ask for Lisa or Tony)

Call us with any questions!

 

Please pm me, or pop me an email if you can make it (lisa.dunham@wholefoods.com -please put BPAL in the subject field); I'd love to have an idea of how many folks are coming so I can prepare goody bags and food!

 

I hope you can make it!

 

XO

Lisa

 

*Just a side note...this is for the Roswell Harry's/Whole Foods only, not Duluth.* Thanks!

I didn't get any tea or any of the other gorgeous notes in White Rabbit. That linen note was a scent killer for me.

 

I have to second or fifth Plunder. It's a gorgeous but dry spice scent. Bengal might be too sweet, I really amp the creamy honeyed vanilla quality in that one, but I amp sweet.

 

A second to Famine. A luxurious and sexy black tea scent.

 

Bakeneko is a tough one to find, but if you do grab it up. It's spicy citrus tea sex in heaven.

In case anyone didn't get to try Doc Buzzard or worries when theirs will be gone, Fascinum is so very similar. The litsea cubeba in Fascinum mimics the perfect lime note in Doc B and the amber/musk/cedar/saffron makes an excellent approximation of the sexy incense awesomeness of Doc B's drydown. It may be a tad more feminine but it's close.

My first 5ml of Dorian lasted me about a week. Then I ordered several 10mls. I have one full 10ml left, the others went pretty far. As a scent ages, it seems to last longer. The scent intensifies as does the duration.