Top 5 at the moment: Leather Phoenix (forever and always); Dead Leaves, Black Tea, & Tobacco Leaf; Snake Charmer (Res); The Eternal Queen; Étude de Déshabillé. Things I like: Above all: incense/resin/wood. rose. incense-rose blends. Then: Patchouli. Amber. Sandalwood. Vetiver. Dead leaf accord. Leather is a new love of mine. I like peach, pear, and plum, as far as fruits go, so long as they're just accents. Muguet, jasmine (when it likes me), gardenia...Bad notes on me are lily, freesia, ozone, most white musks, and anything that's supposed to smell like wild meadows or water. BPAL vanilla often goes plasticky on me, so that's sad, but it's a hit-or-miss thing. I loathe lavender. I don't like overly fruity scents that much, either.I like things that are a little foody (chocolate is nice, and I love vanilla when it works on me), but I don't like smelling like pie or a candle.
A friend and I spent about two hours sniffing BPALs in the dining room....it's going to smell good in there for several days, and my upstairs housemate is going to be very puzzled when he comes down in the morning...
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