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    Ozone, huh... have you tried Hurricane? Or looked at the Phoenix Steamworks selection?

     

    I just got frimped with Hurricane, and I'm slowly working my way towards the Steamworks scents -- they all seem to be things I'd like. So far I've been reading reviews 'til my eyes ache :eek: and getting what looks most interesting. Gravitating towards ozones/aquatic, spicy, light incense and fresh/piney -- but it's because the floral and heavier scents don't seem to grab me as much so I haven't gotten many of those yet! *heh* I'm definitely still in the "honeymoon phase" of liking most that I've already tried, because they smell so gorgeous and "new". ^_^

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    Thanks everyone for the recs and wonderful advice! I'll try them out for sure. I've definitely been taking copious notes of my impressions and comparing everything to each other, like wearing similar scents on each wrist. (Sheol and Summer's Last Will & Testament are both bright and golden, but quite different; that same cloying-sweet fragrance in Chimera and Hermia must come from honeysuckle, etc etc...) Yeah, it's been a lot of fun. ^_^

     

    I guess when I see my notes saying "is that floral? woody/spicy?", I get a bit impatient wanting to know what it REALLY is. (That's the want-to-know-everything-NOW intellectual speaking out now... XD) Lightning was the first BPAL scent I ever tried, and now that I know what ozone smells like I can pick it out from a complex scent like Tin Phoenix. So maybe if I smell something "single-note" it'd start jumping out of a blend like that?

     

    (I really like ozone BTW - it's such a singular scent, and doesn't seem to be turning rancid or dryer-sheets so far. :smilenod:)

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    I'm a newbie to perfumes in general, and my sense of smell is rather abysmal... (I've been known to stand in a garden full of roses and say "hey, something smells nice!" that's how dismal I am! :blush:) I know BPAL is renowned for its complex blends -- which I'm loving so far! -- but I wonder, can I train my nose to tell florals from incenses from woods, and which floral is which for example? Not counting those rare single notes, what are BPAL's simpler scents that are "single-note dominant"?

     

    I've looked through the recs forum, but I'm wondering if this could be a useful thread to collect BPAL's simple scents. Thanks :)

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