Mrs.Black

Any ideas for Luna Lovegood? I'm going to a screening tomorrow in costume and I'm trying to think of a perfume that would match her.

I think Moon Rose is a good match for Luna.

There are two scents that I find very similar to Sea of Glass, but unfortuntely there were both LEs. You may be able to find them on the Swaps section, though.

- House of Mirrors (Carnaval Noir LE)

- Archangel Winter (Yule 2007 LE)

Now is anyone on this thread going to wear a Harry Potter appropriate scent to go see The Half Blood Prince next week? I know that I will be wearing my wizard hat and some Hellcat ( which to me resembles Butterbeer). Just curious

On Thursday I'm going to the premiere of The Half Blood Prince here in Perth, and I will be upholding my tradition of wearing Trick or Treat to Harry Potter movies. To me, Trick or Treat is how I imagine the Great Hall of Hogwarts would smell during Halloween celebrations.

Anything for the scent of Thestrals?

Crooshanks?

And I'd really love to have a scent for the Mirror of Erised...

Crooshanks -- Hellcat, Cheshire Cat or something furry like Ivanushka (although that was a Lunacy LE)

Thestrals -- I would combine Gunpowder (last year's Halloween LE from the Sleepy Hollow series) with something dry and bony from Ars Moriendi, like Shroud (unfortunately discontinued), or Bony Moon if you can find it. Sorry, that wasn't very helpful as they are all hard to find scents.

The Mirror of Erised -- The perfect scent for this, IMO, is House of Mirrors. Unfortunately that was a Carnaval Noir LE, but it may be possible to find it. Very similar to it was the more recent Yule LE Archangel Winter. Failing that, a good GC alternative would be Sea of Glass.

Fenryir Greyback ( I might be spelling this wrong): Iago: Sinuos black musk, wet leather, vetiver.

 

Good choice. Especially the wet leather. I always picture Greyback wet for some reason-- all matted and drippy. Is that weird?

 

I'm always tempted to suggest Fenris Wolf for Fenrir Greyback because, well, that's the mythology Fenrir's name comes from! But it's actually not a very good scent description of him and it's understandable that most people assign it to Lupin.

I must say that I stick by the dichotomy of Wolfsbane and Fenris Wolf, respectively, for the human and wolf personae of Remus. How about Loup Garou for Fenrir Greyback? "The wild, untamed essence of lycanthropy. Primeval in its raw power and insatiable hunger: juniper, cypress and galangal with the barest touch of eucalyptus". I haven't actually tried Loup Garou, but it sounds appropriately menacing.

But of course, the luckiest of all Harry Potter characters, BPAL-wise, is Fawkes! He definitely has a scent for every mood in the BPAL arsenal:

Black Phoenix

Red Phoenix

Pink Phoenix

Green Phoenix

Blood Phoenix

The Phoenix

White Phoenix

Purple Phoenix

Wood Phoenix

Water Phoenix

Fire Phoenix

Earth Phoenix

Metal Phoenix

Candy Phoenix

Mechanical Phoenix

Unfortunately only Black Phoenix is GC and currently available.

The description of Aziraphale, really makes me think of Severus.. I mean, seriously - Ethereal musk, blonde woods, and dusty Bible accord? Maybe layer it with something putrid and toxic to make it more potion-laby... but all in all, it's really very much like him for me...

(Sorry, but I don't really see Severus as the leathery type - aside from his boots. I see him more of a wooly type - wool, parchment and potions).

Oh yes - wool robes! He may wear leather boots, but the robes (and the way they would hold the scent of the lab) would be so much of it.

 

(the leather is just in my dreams)

(omg, did I say that out loud?)

 

Heeeeeee! Juni, I'm glad you showed up in this thread, because I was about to point you in this direction otherwise.

 

Hmm, I wouldn't have thought of Aziraphale for Severus, but now I realize that I might have overlooked it in favor of "darker" scents. (Winter of Our Discontent definitely makes me think of him.) But the wood, dust and books are very him... layer it with a red wine scent, and that sounds like Spinner's End, doesn't it?

 

And yeah, I think leather scents are more for Lucius than Severus. He's a wool sort of guy. So maybe he smells like the perfect schoolmaster scent, Ichabod Crane: Dusty black wool, tea with cream, black pepper, muguet, and beeswax candle drippings. It even has the candle wax and tea!

 

That sounds nice indeed... even if I'm not a fan of muguet...

Is it a LE?

 

Dolores Umbridge: London: Venerable Victorian Tea Rose, twisted, blackend and emboldened with wickedness.

 

I just see Umbridge as more of a candy type... evil-sickly-pungent candy...

Sticky Pillowcase, then?

Alternatively, you could slather Sirius and Remus in Crowley and Aziraphale, respectively.

 

 

WIN. So very full of win. There is no other way to respond to your suggestion. And yes, I am a Remus Lupin fangirl.

And I am Mrs.Black! Glad I could help.

ETA: To me, Dumbledore smells naturally like Aureus, and Lucius and Draco Malfoy share a bottle of Whitechapel.

Tom Riddle gives off a strong whiff of A Countenance Foreboding Evil. Later, as Lord Voldemort, he smells like Fallen.

Professor Sybill Trelawney wears, of course, Madame Moriarty, Misfortune Teller as her signature scent.

Oh, and Hermione switches between Arcana and a fresh Muggle cologne.

Oh, forgot to say: Sirius Black's scent would definitely be Magus. And Remus's, Wolfsbane. For his human self, anyway. For his wolf self... Fenris Wolf. (I'm not just thinking of the names, I do think these scents would fit the characters).

Alternatively, you could slather Sirius and Remus in Crowley and Aziraphale, respectively.

And I've always thought of Shroud and Danse Macabre as Dementors' scents.

Well, I see I'm not the only one, to actually fantasize about Snape...

Any ideas for... hmm... clean-Snape-after-hot-shower?

I mean, sure, he's ment to be the greasy git from the dungeons, but, even he has to take showers from time to time, cleaning charms can only do that much)

For fresh-out-of-the-shower Snape, I would combine De Sade and Dirty. Or (flogging a dead horse here ) just Severin.

All Severus Snape's fans out there would do well getting... Severin. The leather note in it is the same as the one in De Sade, for that indispensable sadistic twist, and the Earl Grey tea adds the English flare and bittersweet quality befitting the character. For those in the northern hemisphere, it's also a perfect summer scent: crisp, elegant and refreshing. Plus the name is definitely close enough!

Sorry! I'm rather new and I didn't realize all the GC labels looked the same...

Some are different, like others are saying. The Rapaccini's Garden ones, for example, have botanical drawings on them, and the Panacea scents have a label with a heart and triple dagger motive.

As soon as I saw those pictures of the Warrior Queens, I rushed to order the only set I hadn't ordered before (Boadicea -- scared of the vetiver). With a collection this gorgeous, I feel like I got to have them all. So thanks Angelicruin for posting the pictures, and also for your reviews of the Boadicea set where you assure us that the vetiver in Boadicea is not really prominent.

Sorry, my mistake.

Hi! Welcome to BPAL!

If I were you, I would begin by ordering imps of Incantation, Magus and Black Forest. They are the three winner "walk in the woods" scents in BPAL's general collection, IMO.

There have also been a few limited edition scents on this theme. You may want to try Chant d'Automne, October, Samhain, and November. Because these scents were Halloween LE's and are no longer available from the Lab you would have to post in the Wanted section of the forum to see if any forumites have decants for sale.

One more LE you should try is Hexennacht. There have been two different incarnations of this scent, one in 2005 and another in 2008. The first had a strong bonfire element; the second was more fresh woods.

OK I read through this thread, and i'm sure this has been answered but I can't seem to find it.

 

What if I have a long order and there is no way to fit it in the comments field in Paypal... DO I just put "Order to follow in email" or do I just put as much as the order as I can with a comment at the bottom 'Complete order coming via email"?

 

What do you normally do if your order doesn't fit in the comments?

 

Thanks for any help you can provide. Please feel free to link me if this is on the forum somewhere else that I didn't find.

 

- M -

I think a partial order on the Paypal comment field could be confusing, even if the complete one follows by email. I would just write "order to follow in email" and then make sure that you reference the Paypal order number when you write the email.

I've been on a quest to find a bpal rose I can wear, and I've finally hit jackpot with Peacock Queen.

 

Other blends that I've tried are:

 

2,5,7: sharp and green, almost no rose at all

Rose Red: just like 2,5,7 -just worse. The best description would be "thorny".

Zombi: all dirt, no rose

Helena: soapy, no rose

Hymn: soapy&sharp

Silentium Amoris: not bad, but not much rose that my nose can detect

Bess: the roses worked, the grape spirit not so much

 

Apparently my skin either makes the rose disappear or turns it into a sharp green monster -especially if there's even the tiniest bit of greenery in the blend

Any suggestions for other rose scents that may work?

I'm waiting for Faith (hoping that the sugar will make the rose bahave) and london (no greenery for me to amp hopefully, and I love tea rose).

Actually, Faith is the violet twin; if you are looking for rose you need to get Hope.

I recommend you try London, which to me is a very pure and beautiful tea rose, and also The Rose, although I see slightly more potential for soapines or sharpness with that one.

ETA: Also, seconding Moon Rose, which is in my BPAL top five, although you have to like moonflower as it's very present with the rose.

I have always loved rose and really adore The Lab's rose blends but this week I have tried Ouija and just thought it was wonderful and I wore Black Rose and Miskatonic University together and had a great time. What is the darkest rose that any of you have tried? I am tempted to just order Ouija but hate to think I might be missing something else along these lines.

Edit to reiterate: DARK ROSE?

 

 

Have you tried Whip? That's the 'darkest' rose scent I've found...

Also, Spellbound

Ok so, I was frimped with a sniffie of Rose Red, thanks to the lovely jj_j and now found that I *love* the labs fresh rose scent. My question is, are there any GC scents that currently smell like this one? Also I think a snow rose scent would be beautiful a la snow glass and apples just with rose instead. Are there any like that????

My recommendations would be The Rose (GC) and London (GC). The latter is more the tea rose variety. I also strongly recommend Moon Rose, although this is not pure rose, it's coupled with moonflower.

If you want a snowy rose, I would layer one of the rose soliflores with Kumari Kandam (GC), Snow Flakes (LE) or L'Inverno (LE).

If he likes Miskatonic University, you should definitely track down El Dia de Reyes.

not to be weird, but i always have a hard time understanding why this question keeps coming up in a day when everything one touches from grocery bags to your coffee table is treated with chemicals..though i totally support lessoning exposure, it's so minute in perfume oil in comparison to the car you sit in, the desk you rest your arms on etc. I thought it had absolutely been disclosed a zillion times that yes, sometimes, based on demand for unnatural smells, etc...there are synthetics in bpal...my understanding is that you can't derive things like bonfire smoke, cotton candy, ambrosia, martinis, bone, skin, rotting linen, rusted metal, bubblegum, blood, crackling flames, smoldering ashes, etc. from plants and such. Now i could be wrong, but i'm just assuming that in those cases, yes, synthetics would of course be used when needed. Probably the best rule of thumb would be that if a note listed doesn't sound natural, it isn't. And if i'm wrong, someone please shoot me!

My understanding is that pretty much any smell can be replicated with mixtures or "bouquets" of natural oils. Also many naturally occurring scents, such as fruits, cannot be extracted for use in perfume notes, so they must also be created as "bouquets" from other scents. I wouldn't assume that every unusual note in BPAL perfumes comes from synthetic sources.

First of all, many thanks to the lovely ivyandpeony for the labor of love of compiling all the recs from this thread in list form.

ivyandpeony =

I recently got my order including a few Marchen bottles (mostly the ones named after female characters) and was struck by the similarity between The Miller's Daughter and Hay Moon. They are so similar that I need to decide which one I like most and get rid of the other! The Miller's Daughter has a slightly more feminine feel but, if you are missing Hay Moon, this is the one to get.

I would add Penny Dreadful.

Oooh, the Midnight Mass bottle is really pretty...I love those green candle flames.

Oooo, where's that photo?

Another no-cinnamon Cinnabon scent suggestion: I've worn Tombstone and heard, "Who smells like cinnamon rolls?" from my coworkers... my theory is that the vanilla in it smells just like the vanilla icing on Cinnabon rolls!

 

So, if you're not looking for cinnamon (I've found that cinnamon scents don't stay true on my skin), you might go the vanilla route for a similar type of experience...

 

I wonder what gives the store's scent that non-foody character, though? Perhaps the yeasty bread component? Butter? Has there been a BPAL to capture the smell of fresh-baked bread? Mmmm. That would be good.

Oh man, I've been saying that for years. We need a fresh-baked bread BPAL!

Besides To Autumn, I would recommend Gunpowder. To me it's like a really high end carrot cake, not too sweet, loaded with hazelnuts and walnuts, with some apple for good measure.

Now I'm dying to try Wezwanie/Hold. After the Yule craziness is over, I'll have to email Shelldoo and see if she would ship Wezwanie/Hold and Haloes to Australia.