lucyintheSkywithDemons

Hmmm ..

this is not really what I was looking for.

I was looking for a recommendation for pure Egyptian Musk,

not neccesarily from BPAL.

I bought Shining beak of pure horn last year

because it had Egyptian Musk in it... but it was to toned down on the musk for me.

I searched on the Labs site directly,

but couldn't find anything that resembled "my" Egyptian Musk.

I have been searching the web the last few days

and there seem to be as many Egyptian Musks as there are seller O.o

I guess I have to trial-and-error from different sellers

Hello everyone

hmm ... how to begin ?

I bought a bottle of Egyptian Musk on ebay,

which was .. approx 10 years .. ago.

I loved this Musk.

It was perfection ... and much different to most BPAL I owned,

so this was great for when I felt like a lighter scent that day.

So now I finally used all the Egyptian Musk I had -

and I don't remember the seller ( although her handle on ebay was Arwens-Abendstern )

She sold me a 50ml , in an unmarked glass roller ball bottle.

I am not sure if she ever told me where that EM was from.

And most of all it really pains me ..

*THE* Holy Grail scent ( next to quite a few of my BPALs) is GONE.

Now I was wondering -

has there ever been a Single Note Egyptian Musk BPAL ?

Do you have any suggestions for a Egyptian Musk for me ?

The one I had was floral without being flower-y , strong but never overwhelming.

I *think* there was Sandlewood and a mellow musk note

that clung to me for DAYS ... even without applying every single day.

I have tried Abdul Kareem Egyptian Musk,

and even though this is nice,

it is not what I was looking for ...

So ... any ideas ?

All the best

Lucy

I LOVE Cottonmouth !

Its very floral and airy,

with just the right *OOOMPH* from the Snake oil.

Also - Boomslang !! <3

I normally don't do chocolate,

but this feels more like a warm cake- y blanket to snuggle up with

Really really hoping that the Snake Pit will be back soon *fringers crossed*

I need to stock up on cottonmouth and Boomslang

Wow.

Just wow.

I ordered this purely for the Egyptian Musk ... but BOY ..

A few years ago I bought 1 Liter ( ! ) of a TERRIFIC Egyptian Musk in Egypt on a street market,

and sadly this is running low now...

I have tried about 50 different Egyptian Musks,

but I was always disappointed, because none of them could come anywhere near the stuff I bought from that vendor in Egypt.

Shining Beak starts out very clean

and green,

with a soft flowery base .. I am not good at picking out notes,

but this smells overall like Spring to me.

As it dries, it becomes more sophisticated -

the young, springy scent calms down and mellows into something incredibly grown up ..

its Sandalwood,

but old, carved and lovingly kept sandalwood,

like a kind of box that my Grandmother kept her wedding jewelry in.

It is creamy without being foody,

crisp without being dry

and

musky without MUSK ZOMG IN YOUR FACE.

The Egyptian Musk plays beautifully -

it is soft and a little powdery

and it reminds me of ... something ... I can´t put my finger on it, though.

This scent is just beautiful.

I think it will age into pure glory.

A little goes a looooong way ( on me ) too ...

I applied 2 drops via glas wand this morning and it is still there ..

like a "yourself,but better " scent ,

clean skin ,

warmed by sun ... but the sun at dawn, not in the morning.

Am I making sense ?

Well ... if not - SEE WHAT ITS DONE TO ME ??

Definitely a keeper !

Get it while you can ... its amazing.

Oh my ... I had high hopes for you, Gingerbread Snake ... :/

I bought this last year

and I LOVED it in the bottle.

I only tested it once

but it was very harsh and bitter on me -

liked burned cookies and smoke.

So I tuked it away in my wooden BPAL cabinet

and let it age.

I re-tested it last week ...

still no luck

It was harsh and artificial,

the burned notes and something really plastic- y

that I never experienced with any other Snake Oil variety before.

I wear Snake Oil in the Pumpkin Patch a lot,

also plain ol' Snake Oil .. and to this day,

they have always been pure sultry goodness on me.

Alas ... I will let my Gingerbread Snakes go ...

off to a new and better home

Snake Oil ... definitely !!

I second Hunter Moon.

I prefer HM04 by FAR to HM07,

but 04 should be almost impossible to get due to its rareness after all these years -

its raw and untamed,

with a bit of smoke,dark red wine and IMO something that could be blood+animal musk.

Its my all-time-holy-grail scent.

Also I would recommend

Ivanushka

If Bambi had a scent, Ivanushka would be it.

Not very sweet tho,

but definitely fur and animal musk.

Chimera would be a good one too,

but it needs quite a bit of age to it.

I´d recommend White Phoenix - its pure White Musk on me.

Not sure how hard this one is to track down.

And also Numb ( which could be hard to find,since it was released 2005 ) -

its white musk with violets.

I won a partial bottle of this on ebay.

Actually I only bought it to complete my Seamus statue with it..

In the bottle it is - indeed - dark and fruity.

I love the patchouli in this, its kinda heady and beautifully aged.

The plum starts out sugared but calms down very fast to

leave me with something vaguely spicy-sweet smelling.

All in all I really like this and I am so happy I finally got my statue completed.

Hellion V2 proto:

I won this on ebay too -

but Hellion and V2 are VERY different to my nose.

On skin V2 smells more like Hunter Moon 2004 to me -

its fruity and musky, untamed and wild.

It smells more like an old bordeaux wine, dark red and almost sirup-y, but not sweet.

Rather thick and *I know it sounds strange* its texture feels like blood.

I love both versions,

but to me V2 is the more wearable one - Hellion is for worshiping...

Oh Numb - how I love thee...

When I got my first bottle of Numb in 2005 it was instant love.

Since then I made it through 3 bottles - and I still own another 3...

To me, Numb is the perfect white musk + violet - scent.

Its simple and pure, yet not chilly at all to my nose.

It has some strong similarity to Estee Lauders "White Linen", without the strong alcohol-and

old lady-vibe of WL.

It stays pretty true on skin and it lasts all day on me.

I will cry when I finish my last bottle.

I love Snow White ,

but sadly we don´t get along AT ALL.

Same with Pink Snowballs...*sigh*... once applied it turns into cat pee right away.

I really wonder which note that is,

because only Snow White ( no matter what year.. ) does that on me.

Oh Snow White - I love you so much, why must you betray me over and over again ?

Of to swap you go, Pinky Snowball..

This is - by far - my most loved and cherished BPAL EVER!

I can´t believe I never reviewed it before.. ?

I love Hunter Moon 2004.

Unfortunately it does not last long on me - but for the time that it does,

it makes me feel wild and untamed and almost a little drunk.

There is this dark red wine, with an almost sirup-y ( but not sweet ) feel to it,

wood, dry leafs and ... fangs.

I loved to read " Elfquest" and this blend captures Cutter, Skywise, Amber and all the others

like no scent I have ever smelled before.

I am so glad I got 3 bottles of this jewel in a bottle.

It started my love for BPAL years ago, along with Ice Queen - and

I suppose this love will never end...*le sigh*

For those of you who might not get the chance to try this gorgeous blend,

I recommend Lampades as a very close and very good replacement.

It has the same depth and this "red" vibe to it as HM04 has.

I know that Lampades has cranberry in it, so I suppose there are cranberries in

HM04 too..

no matter what, this will be my all time favorite.

:love:

Second Prunella - its gorgeous!

If you like plum, you will love her!

Love it !

LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!

Hay Moon is one of my all time favorite BPAL.

On me, its sun-warmed fresh mown grass and sun-dried hay in

a light summer breeze... its wonderfull, golden and absolutely perfect.

I addicted my best friend with this one...

She is from Iraq and her skin is a bit darker then mine -

when we both wear Hay Moon, mine is warm grass and golden hay and on her skin

it turns into a "sexy as hell all afternoon sex in a haybarn" - sort of scent...

the difference is amazing and glorious!

I never noticed SUCH significant differences in one scent -

its amazing.

We both adore "our own" Hay Moon...

This one is amazing.

When it showed up in the GC I was fascinated and had to order a bottle -

and I am not disappointed!

Strange thing - first opened, it smelled strongly of sweet banana ( me loves me the smell of banananana ...*nom* )

I closed the bottle again and handed it over to my boy - and all we could smell this time was

Graveyard Dirt - PURE GD, nothing else.

We tried this several times - and everytime the same thing.. either GD or banana.

On : this must be the longest lasting oil EVER.

I put it on yesterday at noon, just to give it a skin test .. and I can still smell it now,

after a shower and 12 hours of sleep.. its amazing.

Kind of a dusty-sweet fruity dirt , not quite patchouli-like, as I don´t get any patchouli out of this.

Its a gentle " memento mori" scent, if that makes sense... ( propably not, but that just came to mind..)

I´m glad I got a bottle.

I don´t think I will wear this often, but it is a real scent-sation, so to speak...

Rating 5/5

I was intrigued with this one eversince it showed up in the GC.

So I bought one in my last order - along with Sea foams Blood.

I normally can´t do milk notes as they always turn rotten yoghurt/ sour milk on me,

but this one is a gorgoeus exception.

First on, its warm and salty sea-water - heated by the sun and dried on warm skin.

There is a sweetness from the milk that reminds me of - don´t laugh - a babys breath...

sweet and mild and ALIVE.

Sea foams Milk is such a winner for me.

I wear it when ever I can and thank god its GC - I will hoard this to no good!

When I first applied it after I received it,

it smelled different - not THAT good. It needs some days to settle and calm down

but then it is such a gift - I love it.

Thank you Beth - amazing !

As I have a serious thing for everything with Snake Oil atm I HAD to have the King

and try it out.. sadly its not for me.

Its too heavy and dark, and it gave me a slightly sick feeling in my tummy..

other thing on the boy.

:yum:

I dabbed one drop of King Cobra on him - and the room was filled with a sexy-dark-vampire

like smell, sweet and romantic and wild.

I was sitting 5 meters away from him - and I could still smell that teeny drop...

it made me a lil *woooowwzzaaaaa* in the head actually.

I was wearing NA´s Bee Venom today and the mixture of King Cobra / boys chemistry / Bee Venom

made me a very happy girl tonight...

no need to say more.

This baby is pure S*E*X....

I can´t read the number on my bottle...*sigh*

All I get is some kind of fresh and sweet fruit - guava or papaya.

Lovely and true - but absolutely no SO.

Opening the bottle is like cutting open a guava and inhaling the

fresh and natural smell of the fruit -

its WOW, but strange enough no other notes.

I am surprised bout my first chaos ever -

and I really like it due to its very true to nature smell.

I have a strange question,

and I hope its placed right in this thread.

I was thinking about buying an scent locket,

but couldn´t afford an BPAL one atm and I wasn´t sure if I was going to wear it regularly, so I decided to buy just a (cheaper) perfume locket

and try it out.

So my locket came today.

First scent I placed in it was Snow White 08.

I can´t do SW on skin, it always smells artificial and sharp on me,

so I thought a locket might be just the thing to do.

But no - after about 5 minutes, I had a ROARING headache and I felt like I

had to throw up.

So I removed the scent pad with SW and replaced it with Snow,Glass,Apples.

Same reaction - SGA disappears on my skin in an instant,

but in the locket it almost made me puke...

After this,

I felt dissy and sick all day,

and I had to lay down even.

I never had such an reaction on ANY scent,

and also not on SGA or Snow White - just couldn´t do them on skin.

I still have this subtle puke-y feeling in my tummy,

and I don´t know where this is coming from.

I was thinking, maybe the scent paired with the silver of the locket ?

I just can´t explain it -

has somebody ever experienced an reaction like this ?

*sigh*

Lucy

A very generous forumite send me a partial bottle of this one,

and I had it for about 6 month now - and WOW, it is !!

In the bottle, I smell a clean and sweet ..something... ?

There is definitely snake oil and a whiff of linen and ..cotton .. ?

On skin,

this one smells a lot like on of my all time favorite BPALs..

The oval portrait.

they are not alike, but Cottonmouth is Oval Portraits evil scent twin.

Its darker, where the portrait is bright and shiny.

Its spicier, where portrait is sweeter.

Its not very floral on me, but creamy and milky and delicious.

They are not the same, but pretty much similar ( does that make sense ? )

I love it.

I will definitely get myself at least 2 bottles of this,

as my actual bottle has just about 1 imp left in it.

The snake oil and all the other ingredients blend wonderfully and

strange enough I would have never ever tested this,

if I wouldn´t have been gifted with it.

Thank you so much, Spark... *hugs*

I bought this one along with an imp pack on ebay,

so I wasn´t really looking to buy it.

In the bottle, it smells like orange marmelade.

Not the english bitter kind of marmelade,

but the sweet and delicious one.

On skin,

it doesn´t morph.

Its just what it is in the bottle - orange marmelade.

Thats all. All the time.

I love the lable, so I will keep the bottle,

but I don´t see myself reaching for this.

I can´t even tell if I like it,

I just don´t really care for it.

Hoarder, I am.

I swapped this with a lovely forumite but.. ah well..

I must admit,

I am disappointed.

It might be me, but all I smell is a strange artificial, stale and sour champagne- note ,

nothing else, all the time...

This was the only one from the champagne-scents that I was really dying to try,

and it kicked me in the butt.

It lasted quite a while on me,

but it turned into champagne-plastic after 15 minutes -

which is NOT GOOD !

I guess,

I stick with Bon Vivant for my champagne needs and have some chocolate with that.

I was SO much hoping for some cheap sex ( HA ! ) but alas..

it wasn´t ment to be.

Still unsure about this one - definitely nothing I´d ever use,

but a rare keeper ?

Dunno.

*sigh*

I knew it !

I ! KNEW! IT !

This one is a no go for me... *sigh*

as all chocolate scents do on me, it goes sour and rancid,

like chocolate-flavored yoghurt...

The other thing NO!NO! on this is a very perfume-y strange flower note,

but I can´t really identify it as violets.

The flower lingers around for HOURS and wouldn´t wash of.

All the box of chocolates sounded so good to me,

so I had to buy em all - this was the one I had the highest hopes for,

but saddly - its not for me.

I guess, non of the Boxies will be for me.. but they are devine in the bottle,

so yeah - I keep em just to have em.

Sad this is..

I bought an beautifully aged ( cobalt ) bottle of this

and

I did not care for it much... oh - was I wrong !

I found my bottle in my GC box today and I have read about the

Snake Oil-comparisons before,

so I thought I´d give this a try.

It smells SPOT ON! like Snake Charmer on me.

I have an imp of SC res. and on me it has this dark, sexy, earthy vibe with just

a hint of sweetness and "hey look at me!" in the background.

I think I will wear this often I think,

as I am in a Snake Oil phase atm....

Love it!

After trying to get this several times,

I finally got a bottle...*drooooooooooooooool*

On me, this is INCREDIBLE strong.

I placed a teeny-weeny little drop on my wrist and my boy in the kitchen

asked me,

what smells so good....

I get this strong plastic-y and strange artificial "dough" note,

but when its starts to warm up and dries down,

it starts smelling faboulous and so true-to-the-spot.. its scary.

A beautiful piece of art, this baby is.

I could still smell it 12 hours later, after a long night sleep and a shower in the morning

there was still a warm, golden syrup-and-butter smell.

I get a little bit of what I call "plastic berries" ,

but they calm down very fast and leave me with pure carbs ( atkins victim here, too !)

I love it and I will not give this baby away... its fantastic with a incredible throw and

this gorgeus warm pancake-y goodness...*oh nom nom nom*