JasminDreams2010

I've been wanting to try this one for a while. I do like my florals

In the imp: Ok- this has the same plasticky-green-windexy note that didn't work for me in 'come to me'.

 

On my skin, it somehow smells a little more 'fresh' than what I normally go for- sort of an herby/weird/sneeze inducing thing. On me this is not unlike bath and body work's butterfly flower, which I liked but also gave me a headache.

 

After about five minutes a sweet, pretty floral scent starts coming out, so I'm glad I didn't wash it off right away. It's pink, somehow, and a little aquatic. Maybe some lily of the valley in here, but I can't detect any rose. It gets more warm and more feminine.

Again, I'm not a fan of the fake flower/plastic note but i have a sneaking suspicion this will change and improve as it ages and do that lovely honeyed floral thing that 'follow me, boy' does. I'm going to re-test in a month or so.

I will second mother ginger, and also suggest Siren. While Siren is a little more warm/ginger/vanilla, I think it might appeal to ginger-ale lovers as well. good luck

Oh- goodness, am I the first to review? Wonderful!
I have been waiting for this to come in the mail, oh joy!
I have been craving a beautiful autumn scent- the leaves are yellowing here in Pennsylvania.
The label art for this is pretty featuring a girl in a big bright pumpkin patch.

In the bottle- Big, Warm, Pumpkin.

On my skin- Pumpkin, but this is not a spicy pumpkin pie but more of a fruit scent. Amber and Red Currant show up and lend more warmth. There is something that smells like caramel.

in a few minutes, this morphs into something unexpected but a pleasant surprise- on my this becomes a tropical floral. (I love, love LOVE tropical florals). I was expecting something more like Jack, or something that smelled like pumpkin cheesecake but this is not that at all. The pumpkin in here is not entirely unlike Jack but this is more ambery/sexy than straight up food.
My skin tends to eat foodiness and amp florals, amber and sandalwood, so this is not particularly sweet on me. I would be interested to know if others have a similar reaction. Must be the tiare.

drydown- This is mostly gardenias and amber, with some harmonious pumpkin and fruit notes. Very sweet, warm and is somehow both autumn- appropriate and tropical. The amber in this is lovely, it's a "glowing" sort of scent. I can see the "princess" title, this sexy but more sweet than vampy. On me though oddly enough it is nowhere near as foody as the notes would indicate. Strange.

My complaints is just that it fades somewhat quickly. I will be keeping the bottle- this may be a slatherer.

Sacred Whore of Babylon. Also, Dragon's Heart, and Delight. I love my loud florals!

I was very excited to try this one- I had no idea whether it would work or not. I love tuberose and white musk but usually foody notes are not so great on me and I wasn't sure about the lilac and wisteria.

 

In the bottle- a pale mint, like mint chocolate chip ice cream.

 

first minute or two- sharp, vaguely floral mint. Pretty!

 

after the scent warms up on my skin it begins to morph. Somehow, there is something delicate and herbal about this scent. The florals are there but soft, almost watery. I definitely agree that this is a winter musk- it's like a bright winter afternoon in the forest. I can start to pick out the tuberose.

 

oh, ok here come the lilac and wisteria. All of a sudden there are ghostly purple floral notes. This is very ethereal, wispy, like a glowing purple phantom in the snow. I agree with the other reviewer that called this waxy, there is something waxy somehow in the scent as well. I feel that this has a pretty large throw and lasts quite some time. After I slept on this scent overnight I could smell it powerfully around me in the morning, not just on my arm but the glowing purple ghost smell in the air.

I like it! I am keeping this and getting a backup bottle. It's definitely a mood scent, and I am feeling melancholy these days so it fits.

This is truly Lady Amalthea, and much more like what I hoped the last unicorn would smell like (that one turned all swampy oakmoss and overpowering candy-sickly sweet on me.) This is a masterpiece, an elegant, sorrowful, ghostly creature.

Dry, sacred, complex, luxurious, a little mysterious. I bought a bottle on a whim unsniffed and I am so glad!

To me this smells like a worship blend- something to wear in deeply contemplative meditative states. I would wear this if I have the fortune to go to Mount Shasta again. I am not getting jungle from this as much as desert- arid climate with scrub brushes and a beating sun- somewhere you go for a showdown with your shadow self.

I agree with the above reviewer that wants more plumeria from the lab- they always do such a lovely job with that note in such inventive ways. This ain't your grandmother's plumeria, though. I can smell the orange and what must be the copal, but the flowers are breaths, bare hints.

In the bottle- sinister bitter orange, patchouli- two notes I generally avoid but magically work on me here.

first five minutes- the orange sweetens and comes alive on my skin. I have the type of skin that turns everything to sandalwood, which is nice on this blend. It becomes creamy, smoky orange

drydown- some of the florals begin peeping out. Oh, this is sexy but it does hang a bit close to the skin.

4.5 out of 5- the .5 points were deducted because I would ideally like a bit more throw. This one lasts, though, it wafts for quite some time.

I wanted to give this a thorough review because it's a very beautiful, evocative blend. Not my usual cup of tea; normally I like sweeter, bold florals like delight or sacred whore of babylon. I am a pisces and this screams LEO! to me in bold capital letters. I would wear this when I want to borrow Leo's confidence and shimmer. I think this is totally perfect for a sun god. I could see this working on a guy.

khazakant- here's to your your healing heart. I fall for straight women sometimes, I know what that's like. I agree Hemlock honey is a good choice.

 

my heartbreak scent is the hanging gardens. It's like nuzzling into warm earth in a pile of figs and flowers.

I really wanted to LOOOOOVE this, and I DO, but it's just.... I don't know, missing something.

It is beautifully blended, I can pick out the violet leaf and agave. The amber steps out from the shadows after a little, otherwise, the florals meld together in a scent that is both lush and fresh. It has an airy, spacey feeling to it. It smells green, aquatic, like sea foam on skin with a floral breeze, and almost the sting that aloe has when it's fresh.

However, with the pikake and lily I was hoping for something with more Oomph. I think it would be exquisite on someone else. I think you might like this if you like fresh scents that are vaguely floral but don't want a FLORAL!!! if that makes sense.

off to swaps

Interesting.......... very very interesting. When I first got this as an imp with an order, I just thought it smelled like incense. I had read all the reviews and really wanted to like it but felt it was too monotone and rose for my taste. Sure enough, though, as with many other bpal fragrances, there is a depth and complexity to this oil that is not necessarily readily apparent. It took 3 or 4 tries to actually get a handle on what this scent was doing. It changes like quicksilver! To me, this scent and Machu Picchu are tied for the most morph-y scents I've ever tried. It is well blended so that it's difficult to pick out one note, but at times the rose makes itself apparent, at times I smell gardenia, at times fig. There are woody, fruity undercurrents to the scent so that I don't really feel as though I get the same whiff twice. Generally speaking I prefer more dominant florals (my skin turns most scents very dry and woody- somehow even the fruitiest florals become sandalwood on me). However, this is a really great mood scent. Somthing nice and ripe for a humid summer evening.

 

- I am editing to say that this is becoming my comfort scent- it's nice to fall asleep to. The gardenia and rose are really soft and sweet and have a warm feeling to them somehow. I think this might induce pleasant dreams.

Thanks those are neat suggestions. My favorite so far is Sacred Whore of Babylon but Pele is great!

I want to try eden and the zieba tree as well.

 

Awww you're so pretty, and that smile is gorgeous! Love the red hair... hmm, well based on the description of what you were doing I would think something a bit earth, but I would also say there's some sweet fire also!

 

Hmm... perhaps,

 

Pele: Whimsical, temperamental, radiant and ravishingly beautiful Goddess of Volcanoes, Fire, Lightning and Dance. She is the Mother of Eruptions and the personification of destructive power. Volcanic eruptions are said to be a side-effect of her jealous rages and her epic quarrels with her siblings are legendary. This perfume embodies her gentler, benign aspect as the capricious Goddess of Dance: muguet and Hawaiian white ginger enveloped by warm, damp tropical blooms.

 

Eden (for that lush gardeness and activity): At the center of the Garden of Eden stands the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil. Though modern interpretations of the Bible claim that it was an apple that the Serpent of the Tree offered to Eve, it is widely believed that the true Fruit of True Knowledge was, in fact, a fig. This oil contains the innocence of the Garden, coupled with the Truth and Erudition found in the fruit of the Tree of Evil: fig leaf, fig fruit, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandalwood.

 

The Hanging Gardens (more of the same): This perfume is an interpretation of the Hanging Gardens by night, based on further accounts of its fruit and flora: date palm, ebony, fir, pomegranate, plum, two pears, quince, fig, and grapevine with plumeria, three gardenias and dry rose.

 

The Zieba Tree: A massive tree that held, in its lowest boughs, a nest of bare-breasted men and women. The souls sprawled within the Zieba Tree’s branches were trapped in reverie, lost for all eternity in their fantasies. A dreamlike, listless scent, misty and hazed, with wisps of white sandalwood, eddying musks the colors of eventide, shimmering pale resins, davana, lemon blossom, orange blossom, and white peach.

 

Aureus (for it's moon-like quality): True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent.

you could try thy godfather's present. To my nose it is very masculine- a cool, fresh aquatic floral.

to me, Ulalume is wintery. It reminds me of starry nights. So was Zorya, but I believe they just dicontinued that one..

So- here is my picture. Phox- I agree that you're gorgeous btw.

I've been biking and working in the yard and I'm sweaty and covered with gnat paste but the moon is swimming into pisces and I feel really like myself so I took this tonight.

see if this works...

Phox:

I could actually see Black Dahlia here. Some kind of smokey rose.

Also, maybe Jezebel (honey, orange blossom, roses)

Eos- for something softer (jasmine and musk)

Three Brides- again with the orange/rose combination

Brisingamen- a deep rich amber

Pele- a soft, tropical floral

I could also picture London working really well - tea rose

and Persephone- rpse and pomegranate

and maybe Black Butterfly Moon

 

and as far as non-bpal, Pacifica makes a really nice Nerola orange blossom perfume.

 

I would like to do this too- how did you post the picture? (I have a Mac)

This is hands down the most confusing BPAL I have tried thus far. I got a frimp from the lab two times, and it didn't really seem like my thing upon first sampling, then I got a full bottle later after some deliberation from a forumite, which was in the older blue bottles. I don't know if the aging process is good for the scent, or if it was reformulated but the bottle I got smells amazing on me, better than both lab imps. Go figure. I'm glad I made the purchase.

Upon first sampling this smelled like either cinnamon cookies or perfumed lavatory soap. Neither is particularly my thing.

But I wore it out last night for the first time and it was all beautiful, lush, jungle air, gardenias and spice. On the drydown it goes a little vanilla-y sweet but it is amazingly beautiful. What an odd duck of a fragrance. It seems to change with my chemistry.

Overall though, this might be my go-to scent for a night out on the town. (maybe not as much for a job interview )

 

I am editing this to add that this has surpassed all the others to become my favorite signature scent ever! It has that special something that just blends right with my body chemistry. i only regret that it doesn't come in 55 gallon drum size.

Sweet heavens, I was NOT expecting to love this one as much as I did. I usually go for sweet, heady white florals and excessive fruits or things like vetiver frighten me. Also, as I am testing this oil, it is 95 degrees and humid- a scent that is suited better to fall than the summer heat. Still, despite the weather and my usual preferences I am really floored by the beauty of this scent. It is the essence of fall in a bottle.

Despite the obvious pomegranate/dark fruit scent, it is not sweet nor overly ripe. This is a dark, sexy, spiced pomegranate. This is what Bath and Body Works Midnight Pomegranate tries to be. Some note- maybe the neroli- adds a breezy scent. This is like standing in an orchard in autumn at night, with dark fruits swaying in a midnight breeze. The air is smoky from a nearby fire, and you're plotting your next exciting halloween prank. I can't wait for fall to break this out for longer than an afternoon. Even in dead summer though, this shines and does not overwhelm.

I really wanted to like this one. Gardenia and orchid are total winning notes for me, usually. In this one though, what I get is a sharp, bitter plum, a sort of sweaty rose, and the orchid is beaten into submission in the background. On me this is simply bitter, like plum wine that's gone to vinegar. I can see this working on another person's chemistry however. This is definitely a winning combination- for someone else!

filigree_shadow: you know, oddly enough i wasn't in love with Titania at first but now it's all I want to wear. Good suggestion..

 

Perfumes jumped into my head when I was reading all these, but I'll just respond to the last one.

 

KidMemphis: Try Salome. (Exotic and lush, brimming with grace and viciousness: almond with star jasmine, oakmoss, red sandalwood and Egyptian musk.) It's jasmine with a little bit of slink to it, and I think you might like it. Also, have a look at Spellbound (three roses, amber, and red musk.). Sexy floral, for sure.

 

But those recommendations are based on the notes you said you like, not the impression I got when I read what you wrote. When I was reading what you wrote, I was thinking Tezcatlipoca. I don't know why. It probably smells like no perfume you've ever tried before, and you said you don't like trying new things. But that's really what I was thinking.

 

And, okay, I can't resist saying this. JasminDreams, I was already thinking Titania even before I got to the part where you like feminine scents. I mean, I was really thinking Titania. Then I saw that you recommended it to someone else, so you must have tried it already. So I'm suggesting Kitsune-Tsuki.

 

ETA: Okay, one more. I'm having trouble keeping my mouth shut. mymymai: Bathsheba.

Asphydel- try Nymphia, if you can get your hands on it!

 

Necromanticize- try blue fire

Hello- I hope this is the right place for this question....

Can y'all help me find a scent ( GC so I can keep ordering it!) that has the same sort of fairy evocative quality of Titania, but is more appropriate for autumn?

It doesn't have to be identical, note-wise. I am just really loving Titania right now, and keep getting compliments on it but was hoping to find a slightly 'darker' version for the fall. I'm kind of considering a bottle of hymn to proserpine but want maybe a little more of a floral/herby potion.

cheers, thanks

What a curious, layered scent! In the bottle, it smells purely like pine. On first application, there is a heavy scent of the cool coconut from the description. I am getting a little of the skin burning sensation that other users are describing but on me it's more like a tingle- not a dealbreaker. There is something almost marshmallow-ey about this. Somehow the pine scent comes through without smelling entirely like a christmas tree. This is laid-back, dreamy but unfortunately I can't get any of the plumeria whatsoever. This layers beautifully with Thalia (one of my favorites). This is like a minty nymphia.

I think this is in my top 5: (which are so far Delight, Antheia, Muse, and La Belle au Bois Dormant, and now this.) To me, this is very similar to La Belle au Bois Dormant, however they are dissimilar enough to warrant separate purchases. I bought the 5 ml of this- used up the imp very quickly. It is the more "daytime" version of La Belle, it is bright and sparkly instead of lush and languid. I wear both by the gallon.. and have received compliments on both. I only wish that it was just a tad longer-lasting, there is a slather-factor here that will make that bottle go pretty quick. Plumeria FTW!

I think this is a very good choice for the muse of comedy/ good cheer. Very "happy" scent.

Pele is very beautiful. It seems initially like a one-note pikaki perfume, and it reminds me of kuumba made's pikaki lei, however there is a subtlety and depth too. I don't think I'm getting a big bottle- it's a little light for my taste and it seems to fade in minutes on me but I am definitely keeping the imp. I just wish it were a little longer lasting and had more throw. 3.5 out of 5

 

2017 update: my skin chemistry changed, goddess bless! The white ginger is now heating up on me to make this fragrance a spicy hot bottle of awesome. My hands down favorite. Somehow I can smell this fragrance now. I'm so glad I gave this a chance, now that my skin isn't eating it, it smells like heaven. I now have a big bottle and want backups. So much love

Thanks, everyone! These are some good suggestions...

I have tried Pele, I like it but it disappears on me. I am very eager to try either Tiki Princess or Tiki Queen and also Coral Snake. I also want Manila

I never even would have tried Lady of Shallott- interesting suggestion

Thanks, guys, those sound like great suggestions!

mxtine- Yes, something like Tiki Queen seems to fit my taste exactly. I want to find some of that!