Heavenlyrabbit

Amended-

Clean, fresh dirt.

Or rather the weeds being pulled out of my garden with a bit of mossy soil at the roots.

This smells like weeding the shady side of my (huge) veggie garden where I grow the peas and lettuce.

This comes across on and to me as a casual perfume but could easily imagine it being gorgeous sexy with the chemistry.

Oh yes, there is the herbal side of this.

There is a vrey light touch of background sweetness.

I'm glad I didn't review this yesterday as it's taking a bit of time for me to really "get" this perfume. It's different.

Initially, the comparison to Destroying Angel or maybe Death Cap seemed apt. Today, I'm not so sure. Lightly testing once again... maybe something more herbaceous or green rather than brown?

If you always wanted a wearable earth/dirt scent, but found them not quite making it for you, try Virgo.

Lysander which is a new blend in the Ilyria category.

Whitechapel.

Mr. Nancy if you like a touch of foodiness.

The Hamptons also has lime, IIRC.

This is a very close relation to Treat #2, for me. It is a wonderous box of chocolates. It is the rush of walking into a confectionary. It is the magic of being in the kitchen and throwing together this spice and that dried fruit along with some cocoa powder and concocting something that turns out unexpectedly marvelous but which you can never duplicate because you didn't take notes.

For some reason this is one of the rare blends where I get a feeling or sense of Beth's creative process. Like when you read a Truman Capote story and can hear his peculiar voice narrating it.

Why Star Fruit?

What a trip this gourmand perfume is.

edit to include more love for this... it's not too sweet. it's just perfection.

The Temptation!

First try there was herbs chased by incense then a gentle touch of the florals.

Second try we have incense with herbs in the background with a suggestion of the florals.

This blend does the impossible. It contains dragon's blood but manages to subdue it.

The Peony, one of the worst BPAL floral notes for me personally, doesn't make an appearance.

Trying hard to sift through my BPAL scent memory banks, I come up with Hades. Not as a doppelganger but in kind.

Brown Jenkins!

Coconut is one of those notes that overwhelms and verges on "fake" for me.

B.J. is a happy exception. It reads coconut to me but a very nice coconut

What everyone else said plus maybe an alcoholic, low-rent version of Treat #1.

This is a more virile version of Mr. Nancy.

I love it.

Tonka and Lime with a bit of cologne.

Tested lightly a few times.

Sometimes I got the melon quality on drydown.

Sometimes I got the honey.

It's just very difficult for my nose to distinguish all that much between aquatics. Yes, I can differentiate between them... but they still all seem so much the same to me.

In the bottle this is divine.

First on it's an exquisite perfume. Light with a touch of fruit, touch of herbal and a slightly sweet floral.

I get an almost creamy perfume with the slightest most gentle touch of powder.

And then the sweet pea goes not-quite-right.

Damn damn damn.

It's like in print making when the registration on the final color is ever so slightly off. Still looks good but something is amiss.

Broke my heart to pass this one on.

Stupid Sweet Pea. It ruined Mouse's Long & Sad Tale for me too.

Cancer was so close to working on me.

Honestly?

here is some serious dis-enabling.

I don't think there's anything in the Sephiroth that is BETTER than what you've got in your collection and seriously doubt you'd smell any of them later on and think OMG, I missed my HG scent!

And as far as we know, Beth has a lot more wonderful blends up her sleeve.

So unless you just want one or two bottles just for the sake of having a Sephiroth bottle to sit with the rest of them.... I'd say save for the next update.

Of all the Salon III's, I only kept 4 and this was one.

It stands out because it has the evergreen notes but they don't dominate.

Although I like many Evergreen notes, my skin chemistry amps them and very little else comes through. Ended up keeping very few winter blends cause the differences were just too subtle to justify keeping them all.

Anyhow, this is exceptional in that I can smell Evergreen AND the Florals.

They stand in contrast to one another, so perhaps Death is the Evergreen and Life Cycle is the Florals?

Very well executed. And it amazes me that Evergreen here is in the background for a change.

I can pick out the Carnation (just a touch spicy), assorted florals and then the Evergreen.

Oh, and the Peony doesn't funkify on me as it usually does.

All in all, a highly recommended Salon blend.

Trying to find a comparison I guess maybe House of Night (one of my enduring favorites)

Well, the Pear/Freesia combination begs for comparison to Agony of Longing.

Maybe this is a perfume soaked kerchief carried by a sailor out at sea to remind him of his sweetheart.

The aquatic/ozone is quite strong and combines with the pear/freesia to produce a blend that hits some very high notes.

It's too much for me, as lovely as it is, but then I'm Aquatic/Ozone challenged.

Fabulous plum with the green musk which my skin chemistry loves. The aquatic is so very faint, it's just a hint. Like the strip of green on the woman's gown that suggests at the Serpent running up her spine.

Like Shelldoo, aquatics aren't my favorite. This is very different. A light, fruity aquatic if you will. With some notes I've no idea what they are.

The plum subsides during the drydown to reveal a curious perfume that is both there and not there. It has good sillage. Smells great but it's subtle.

This would be a great scent to wear at work if you're in an office with lots of people around.

Edit- the aquatics do creep up much more later on into the dry down.

So the scent starts out as Plum and ends up being Serpent!

Several other Salon III scents are what I am calling "Clean Florals" which apparently don't contain aquatics or ozone.

This is a floral that seems a bit pungent. Something husky or smoky somehow. Very evocative. I smell late summer or early autumn in this.

A nice gardening scent.

Next to Monna Vanna (and maybe Death and Life Completed ) this is my favorite of the Salon III florals. It's unique. And wearable.

Highly recommended.

Ohhhh, pretty. Another fresh CLEAN floral. Again without the ozone or aquatics.

Another great scent for anytime or anybody.

And may I say, that's a mighty plump Bat Albrecht Durer painted. I like how you can see the genitalia

Clove and patchouli being featured in this, I should hate it. Not that I don't like clove but it can really, really overwhelm.

But this is clove entangled with a musk that makes for a warm and sort of cozy feel.

This is dark. A dark, brooding herbal.

Herbals don't ususally mean dark to me.

I don't know what to make of this. It's an odd scent. I'm anxious to see what others get.

Another beautiful, lovely floral in Salon III. Just a touch sweet.

This also seems to have a bit of the "clean" without being aquatic or ozonic.

This should work for a lot of people.

A lush, dare I say royal, perfume.

This reminds me of the best of the best traditional French floral perfumes.

So many of these notes would play the Diva. You'd figure they'd all be trying to steal the spotlight. but actually I get a fabulous woman's perfume.

I love this wholeheartedly.

THIS would be the scent I'd get that Sub Rosa perfume topper for. Or splurge on an antique glass bottle.

Well now, this has several notes that are Heavenlyrabbit Balm. Like Hyssop, pomegranate, orchid and frankincense.

What I get is a clean floral. Clean without being ozonic or aquatic.

Which seems to work with the subject matter of the painting. But is sort of an unusual connotation for any perfume having orchid in it (cause orchids wear a bit sexy to me).

There is the herbal side to this. And to a lesser extent, the incense resin.

Can't find the patchouli. Or the pomegranate.

A nice, friendly and approachable floral.

Honestly, this doesn't move me the way I anticipated though.

Funny, I get chocolate too. And I'm not reading components while trying these either.

Maybe it's the bitter almond (which I usually abhor) with the sweet honey and palm?

The incense resins are definately here.

And stuff that doesn't seem at all familiar.

This is a deep, dark scent I can definately imagine wearing around. I can also imagine this getting some strong reactions from others around me.

Untraditional perfume in the modern sense. But somehow it does fit the ancient subject matter quite well.

On complete dry down, I get Honey. Single note honey. It lasts and lasts. So pretty.

Edit to enthuse over this a bit. In between the wet "chocolate" stage and the dry "honey" I get a gorgeous light floral. Sad I sold my Imp. Doubt I'd ever use an entire bottle.

And on further consideration, to compare this with a BPAL scent, I'd have to go for Love Lies Bleeding.

Abramelin incense comes in one of two varieties- the Biblical and the newer Thelemic. The Thelemic/Crowley being VERY full of cinnamon fire.

This would be the older variety, thank goodness. Along with Galen's Kyphi which (for the fun of it) is as follows:

Raisins, wine, honey, asphaltum, bdellium, camel grass, sweet flag, cyperus tuber, saffron, spikenard, aspalathos, cardamom, and cassia.

Perfect for when I'm studying and doing ritual work. Also perfect for any other occassion I can think of.

A perfect compliment to another of my favorite BPALs Tzadikim Nistarim & Anubis. This being the "fruity" incense blend.

Upon dry down the raisins, wine and honey becme quite pronounced on me. Almost reminding me of Rugelah. Maybe we can think of this as the Monastic version of Cockaigne.

This goes so terribly wrong with my skin chemistry. It contains SEVERAL Heavenlyrabbit Bane Notes:

Cinnamon, Bitter Almond, Sage.

And although BPAL has done the miraculous and presented me with some options for patchouli and vetiver, this is emphatically not one of them.

However, with those who can handle such dark scents, this should be a winner.

Sigh, wish this wasn't the first of the new Salon scents I'd tried. Off to scrub my hand.

My review will be to simply wish Beth would work something very similiar into the General Catalog.

Or to do some more LE's in the same vein as this.

I've got a bottle but could definately go through this in one growing season.

This smells like being outdoors and getting ready for brunch, al fresco. Setting up the table out on the lawn. No food insight yet. A fresh daytime smell.

I think there's a hint of ozone noone else has mentioned. maybe I am imagining it.