vanillabean

I am getting married in June (like, a month away) and am trying to find my perfect scent.

 

I also want to find one that I don't feel embarassed saying the name of.

i.e. I love Copulating Mice, but if my fiance's mother asked me what I was wearing, I would have a fit.

 

Some of my go-to scents:

- Tamora

- Dorian

- The Mouse's Long and Sad Tale

- Harlequin and Columbine

 

I don't want anything too terribly heavy, more of a... "My, you smell lovely!" type thing. Maybe something more on the floral fruity side (but not to floral, I get a headache from say, The Unicorn). I love vanilla. LOVE. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE.

This is pretty much everything I hoped Tombstone would be. I hated Tombstone though, because I amped the cedar and I smelled like a walk-in-closet.

 

This also gives me a great scent memory as it reminds me of my grandpa. Obviously my grandpa smelled amazing!

 

I find it quite masculine, and probably won't wear it a whole lot. But it is a very nice scent. I think it would smell amaaaazing on my fiance. (Tombstone sure did!)

In the vial: Smells like what I think peach scented laundry soap would smell like. Very clean and light with a hint of tartness. I am getting mostly peach blossom though, not any super sweet fruity notes yet.

Wet: Much the same as in the vial. A little more floral coming out.

Drydown: The floral is still the most prominent note.

Wearing: I see you PEACH! And you are MARVELOUS! And SWEET! Not fake peach, but like just pulling one off the tree and biting into it with juice running down your chin. But that peach tree is in the middle of a ZILLION soft flowers.

Later: The musk definitely makes an appearance, and just like that, the florals are grounded.

Overall impression: Good throw without being too overpowering. More floral than I usually like, but not headache-inducing-ly so. Definite keeper, and if a partial bottle came into my possession I wouldn't be upset.

In the imp: Red, sticky and sweet. Almost cough syrup, but also similar to black cherry pop.

 

On: Uh... its gone? I put it on and all I can smell is the tiniest faintest breath of wood (smells like cedar to my nose, but its probably mahogany). And I only get that with my nose like, touching my wrist.

 

Well, boo.

This is one of my first reviews, so I hope I do it right...

 

In the imp: Very creamy vanilla and freshly mown grass. I am assuming that is the sassafras. The green feeling overpowers and kind of tickles my nose. Not a fan in the imp.

 

Wet: Getting a little more vanilla. I like this scent more and more.

 

Drydown: Very sweet, very creamy vanilla grounded by a woodsy feeling and a hint of the greenness in the imp. I am in love.

 

UNTIL... *dun dun dun*

 

All of a sudden... BAM! Hello cedar. That is all I can smell now. Cedar over just the very faintest tiniest hint of that AMAZING vanilla I had but a moment ago.

 

Well, crud. I wanted to like this one.

 

Tombstone smells much better on my boyfriend. On the drydown everything is playing very nicely together all swirly and wafty and.... just nummers. No big bottle for me though.

In the imp: Lemon candy!

 

Wet: Lemon candy!!

 

Drydown: Lemon candy with a hint of cleaning fluid... uh oh...

 

Wearing (after an hour or so): Lemon candy over the faintest breath of... florals?

 

Overall, I like this though not enough to rush out for a large bottle. It is a very sweet lemon that reminds me of yummy suckers and the like.

Double post to (maybe) be more helpful...

 

Created by Jacqueline Cochran of PPI, a fresh floral-fruity and woody parfum with top notes of French marigold and lily of the valley, heart notes of ylang-ylang, tuberose, jasmine, vetiver and patchouli, on base notes of moss, sandalwood, amber and musk

 

From: Here

 

Now, the description shows up on this site next to the perfume named Niki de Saint-Phalle, which Jacqueline Cochran did not create. The smell seemed similar so I hope it helps

So my mom can't find her favorite perfume anywhere, and I would like to get her something to replace it for Christmas.

What better than BPAL?!

 

Her perfume is Elizabeth Arden's Provocative Woman. I can't find a note list for it anywhere Yay found a note list!

Seductive. Intoxicating. An intense fusion of tantalizing Oriental ingredients combined with a sexy, magnetic floralcy.

Top Notes: Quince, Water Lotus and Ginger

Middle Notes: Midnight Orchid, Papaya Blossom and Pink Freesia

Base Notes: White Sand, Red Amber and Hinoki Wood

Others she has worn and loved over the years are Tresor, Fire and Ice, Vanilla Musk...

 

She likes non-headache-inducing florals, vanilla, bright fruits, musk, and sandalwood notes. She probably won't like anything too smoky or anything remotely boozy, and no licorice.

Most of those perfumes have oriental listed somewhere in their descriptions.

 

Any recs??

I apply oil to my hair one of three ways... (always on shower clean dry hair)

 

1) I run the wand down my part.

2) I flip the imp (I don't own any bottles yet) onto my pointer, middle and ring fingers of one hand. I touch my hands together and then run my fingers through my hair.

3) I mix some oil in with my hair products. Need to be careful with this though because it may react or mess with your hair product.

Hello beloved BPAL-ers!

 

As a newbie, I have been immersing myself in all sorts of oils to try and find ones I like. The only prroblem is, sometimes I don't know what it is I am smelling so I can look for other blends using that note.

 

Oh sure, some of them are obvious (like vanilla or blueberry) but some like amber and vetiver confound me.

 

Any advice on how to tell what it is I am smelling in a blend?

 

On me this is like walking through a garden of lilies, greenery and all. It is very soft, and somewhat sweet with a hint of spice.