Hellespont

Wow, thanks so much for the friendly response and recs! Please, keep them coming! Today I wore my hippie shop lotus oil - it smelled nice at first and then disappeared very quickly. I can't wait for BPAL! Cairo, Blood Countess, Black Forest, Hanging Gardens, and Gomorrah are all on my short list, so I'm glad to hear they've got a good reputation in the strength department. I wonder if anyone has experience in this regards with some of the other ones I'm really leaning towards, namely: Black Tower Chimera Yggdrasil Hymn Bathsheba Harlot Maenad Tintagel Vinland Al-Shairan By the way, Orodemniades - I love your name! What does it mean? I googled to no avail.

Hello, lovely board! I've been anonymously grateful for you for months as I continue to narrow down my selection for my very first imp order (yes, months. I'm cheap and neurotic so this purchase is being taken very seriously, plus I'm just kind of lazy) - the reviews have been invaluable to me. But now I've logged in for real to bring up my problem and hope there is some advice. So - I smell bad. Badly, that is - I am not very good at smelling things. Mostly when other people say, in joy or disgust, "Do you smell that?" I have to say, "No." I also frequently can't tell the difference between scents. Sometimes I also smell things that nobody else does, usually spicy meat scents like balogna and salami (no, it's not that I have a weird body odour, and yes, I've checked). This small defect makes me sad as I absolutely love the concept of perfume and really enjoy the stuff I can smell - like the little bottle of lilac oil I got from a local hippie shop. Is there anyone out there who is either in a similar situation or is wise enough to give suggestions on a strong, long-lasting scent that the odds are good I'll actually be able to appreciate? I don't want my perfume to offend or annoy others, but if the smell is too light or subtle I probably won't be able to smell it at all. I don't just mean aggressive or dominant scents, but also floral/candy/sweet/girly ones that have enough kick to them. If anyone would like some guidelines, I really like the scents of lilac, cucumber, and LUSH's Snow Fairy shower gel and Demon in the Dark soap, and as an ancient history major I'm in love with all the ancient world scent descriptions at BPAL - like Nefertiti, Kyphi, Gomorrah, Bathsheba, and Hanging Gardens. (Small aside - in my recent ancient Egyptian religion course I did a term paper on the role of scent - perfume, incense, oils and aromatics - in Egyptian worship, and got a really good mark! It was my favourite essay to research, too). I don't like rum or other alcoholic scents. Other than that I am a complete scent newbie and open to trying anything! Thank you so much for reading and have a nice day!