Erinofhere

Allow me to sing some praises of a Post creation that has gotten me more compliments then any HG before it (Including silky bat which is a big deal) Ella you beautiful thing! Notes include: Louisiana's olive blossom and magnolia swirled with blueberries its a whirling cloud of happiness that has major throw and longevity. Get some. It's not super fruity but not super floral either. It's that olive blossom, it just turns this blend into hair magic! It's pretty, feminine and layers so well with so many things (Today its Morocco) I have a decant, I will be getting the full bottle. Trust me ya'll need Ella in your life

This is very much "old car". That musky slightly oily smell that you get when you climb into a car that has been sitting for awhile. Dusty, unused, mechanically not sound, just old with probably rust and mice living somewhere in it. And having said all of that I LOVE THIS!! I actually sort of like the smell of old cars. Not sure why. I played in them tons when I was a kid so maybe it put me back into that sort of memory but this is big bottle worthy.

So beautiful. Evocative and deep and so refined. I get beeswax and floral mixed with resins and dark wood and ancient hints of expensive perfume all swelled up together and lingering on the velvet fabrics throughout. Simply beautiful and a true masterpiece in fragrance form.

Wow! How perfect. This captures bobbing for apples to the T. Ripe red/yellow gorgeous apples mixed with water. It's so refreshing and clean smelling. I think this would make a wonderful hair gloss. Lasting power is only a few hours, but still bottle worthy. I'm a sucker for a good apple smell and this is sheer perfection.

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It's a hard little number to figure out. First what caught my attention wasn't a plastic smell at all. It was the orange smell. Slightly diluted by something else but very much there. It reminded me more of orange suckers then actual orange. Then after a bit the chemical smell showed up. It smelled like a cross between soft plastic and what reminds me of electrical tape. Ok so after a bit it turns into the smell of a plastic pumpkin that has been sitting with no candy in it for a few days. The candy smell lingers a bit (Orange suckers) but it's mostly chemical. I'm sort of sad about this one. I was hoping for that huge candy smell (Bubble gum, kit kats, those orange and black peanut butter candies, Jolly Ranchers, etc.) mixed with the plastic fume that you get by smashing your face into the pumpkin opening. Long lost childhood memories.

Cherry cough drops. Very good staying power I could smell it hours later. Was hoping for a sharper cleaner cherry smell like smelling maraschino juice. This to me really was more on the medicine side.

Let me just say this is only my view of this blend and your mileage will probably be different. It's the chocolate man, and I know I'm on a very small team of people that don't enjoy the smell. If you enjoy the smell this would be right up your alley.

The dark chocolate smells exactly like a very dark chocolate bar. That sharp pungent smell is pretty much all I can smell at first. Eventually the tea shows up but it doesn't lend anything to the blend other then a bit more sharpness.

The patchouli is over shadowed by the chocolate so much that I hardly can detect it. As another poster above mentioned, it does turn into a slightly chocolate powder smell.

Does anyone else get "wet dog mixed with saliva" when they smell chocolate or is that just me? Probably just me.

 

 

Totally necro-ing this thread but I've been on the look out for Black Chamomile.

 

ME TOO! I have yet to find anything that smells even close to Black Chamomile. It's so wonderful.

 

 

On MUA someone said Henri Bendel's Wild Fig is a wash for it. It's true. It's very similar but not an exact copy. It's a discontinued scent but they brought it back for the holidays. I got the trio rollerball set last month so I can confirm it's the same BC smell. The HB SA said they sometimes bring it back for the holidays but not a guarantee. As for BPAl substitute, I have no idea. I'm a month old newbie.

 

Just giving people a heads up if ya didn’t already know

They have re-released Black Chamomile for a limited time. It's just in lotion form (in the black bottle) no scrubs, oil or soak etc. The girl I spoke with said she didn’t know how long they would have it.

To my nose it smells the same as it used to. Love that stuff so much. I've got 3 bottles hoarded away now.

It took me forever to like Dorian. It has to be aged at least a year before I enjoy it. Before that year mark it's almost too masculine for me to wear; however my husband says it’s too girlie on him to wear. At a year mark, it's perfect for me. It's still not wearable for him.

The HG on the other hand smells like aged Dorian with a bit more vanilla cologne thrown in. It's going to be too heavy for me most of the time, unlike other people’s reactions; to me this version of Dorian is very heavy. The good thing is that it's a version of Dorian that the Mr. can wear. He really likes it in the HG and it’s great for his beard.

Color me shocked!

I have been under the illusion that I didn't care for the smell of wormwood. I guess I was wrong, because It's heavy in this scent and I am loving it.

This is very fresh smelling and woud be very good for hot weather. It smells clean but in a heavy soapish or downy way. It just smells fresh and clean.

It does not last long and that's a pity. If it lasted longer I would get a bottle.

I sort of thought this would wind up smelling like snuggling under a warm blanket. A soft cozy scent perfect for fall/winter days at home reading.

What I got was nothing at all relaxing or even remotely "knitted" or grey. Bummer.

This smells a bit like fabric refresher and my laundry room. Not in the snuggly downy way....no this reminds me of a room where all your cleaning products are kept mixed with a good dose of fabric and dryer lint.

Now after a bit it turns into a very pretty smelling generic body spray. Not something I want in my BPAL but not stinky or gross either.

It leaves me just meh...

 

 

OK! It took me a couple of days, but I can smell this now. Some days I can't smell certain oils, it's very weierd.

I do the exact same thing with Morocco! So weird. Some days I cannot smell it at all. Other days it's strong. Sometimes when I wear it, it has no throw. Other times it forms a veritable force field around me.

The HG is the same. The exact same. When I got the decant, I could not smell anything at all. This morning not only could I smell it but now sitting here at my desk it's all I can smell. (Of course I paired it with the oil so that probably helps things).

Morocco is just beautiful and one of my favorite GC (when you can smell it). So glad I have this decant and will be seeking out the full HG bottle.

I don't know what Shub smells like in oil form. If it smells close to the HG version I'm sold.

This is like freshly cut ginger with heavy spices. To me it doesn't smell a thing like gingerbread. It smells like your kitchen would if you have been cutting up ginger, Reminds me more of ginger in the form of tea (with lemon and honey) than any baked good.

It's also pretty strong and I'm wondering if my hair amps ginger or something because when I wear it, it's all I smell all day long. Anytime I move my head I get hit with a wall of ginger.

I am going to get many uses out of my decant this fall.

This is just beautiful (but fleeting). Heavy dark raw vanilla backed up with sultry tobacco and heavy on the Oude. The cardamom/cinnamon note is there but adds just a bit more sweetness to the blend. This is just so sexy! But then...poof...it's gone.

Decant from forum:

I just want to pour this over ice cream or something.

Normally I really don't like cinnamon as a note. I love eating it but wearing it reminds me too much of the spice rack or oven so I pass on it. In Egg Moon it's just about perfect. This is dessert resin, sexy as hell and strong. Foodie but not your regular type of foodie. Gourmand is probably the word I am looking for here.

Not so much a spring/summer scent but come fall/winter...this would be wonderful. I may have to track down a bottle.

Nothing comes to mind with hot sands. But for hot, scorched plains...scarecrow comes mind. Sorry I'm not more help.

Wet: Fluffy Pink Candy with berry undertones. Smells absolutely edible.

Dry (after a few hours): Pink sugar with berry and a hint of vanilla incense.

This is my happy place.

Yummy amaretto, rich dark cherries backed up by a soft slightly foodie vanilla. It does smell medicinal at first but that phase doesn't last long. For such a sweet scent this oil lasts a good bit on my skin. It doesn't have much throw, but it's very pretty.

I think hands down the best wine blend on me so far is Smut.

Smut is just.........

Lightly scented sweet Sake, with a more citrus like green tea. Cherry Blossom even lighter in the back ground. Pretty but not strong enough. I want my atmos to be loud.

What the world really needs now is more Dragons Milk. I mean can we just be honest and admit that Dragons Milk is like one of the best creations to ever come out of the lab?

Dragons Milk HG is like hair crack. I crave it nightly. The smell is so strong and yummy and comforting. The scent lasts for days (as an above review said)

You get the same high quality gloss properties you can expect from the post.

how about Black Cherry Amaretto Christmas Pudding?

http://www.bpal.org/topic/75684-black-cherry-amaretto-christmas-puddin/

I just got a decant of this. It's cherry/vanilla heavy with the Amaretto being more almondish than boozy. It's nice. I know some reviews are saying it smells of medicine and it does sort of when it's wet. But when it's dry it's really pretty and yummy.

This is the perfect smell of an old abandoned stony sewer. Perfectly green and cold and wet. Moss (big heavy wet moss) dominates this scent.

It's actually very pleasant in an Atmo. It smells great on sheets (which is what I use the atmo's for most of the time) and is very calming in a weird way.

I think this may be my favorite Atmo so far. And that is blowing my mind because this should not be a scent I would enjoy.

It's just so evocative and weird that I can't stop sniffing it. It lasts a good long while too.

Vixen you beautiful thing you

This HG is Vixen only a bit more ginger heavy. Like an above review said, the patchouli is much lighter in the HG. It's still there only lighter.

The orange blossom in the HG seems really lush and yummy and more "moreness" than in the oil.

I am also getting about 8 hours of wear on the scent. It's throw is low and stays in your personal space (as the above review said) but it does last and when I take a shower at night this comes back to life strongly under the water.

I should have probably ordered many more bottles . It's good stuff.

This is a love for sure. To echo a poster above me, this is a dryer more woody Morocco. Perfection. I need more of this. However lasting time on linen is about the same as Morocco, which is fleeting.