maribouquet

I smelled and reviewed this blind...and it put me in mind of Pleasure Island in Pinocchio where the boys have every fun and tasty thing they could ever want or imagine...all fun and candy and no school, yay! imp: hot, buttery toffee wet: mmm, do I smell cinnamon? dry: yes, and toasted nuts! hours later: I wake up from my nap and all the sweet is gone. I'm left with a vaguely bitter, hollow scent. This is so delicious though, I think I will have to get an imp and slather myself with it just for sheer decadence! I am not generally a foody-scent lover, so Cockaigne was a lovely surprise for me.

This is incredible (white musk! orchid! workable plum?) and then...omgwtfjaaasmine! DIE JASMINE, DIE! :rage: ETA (20ish minutes later): The jasmine seems to be gone. Or sleeping, I don't know but shhhhhh! This is perhaps a miracle!

Wet this is sweet like the palest bubblegum, with just a touch of lavender peeking through. As it dries I smell the grass a bit and the misty note and can detect a carpet of incense beneath everything. Very evocative, if a little too sweet on me...

imp: floral and herbal, reminds me a bit of Bayou wet: whoa, dirt and moss, too! dry: meh, I get a vaguely sour, mossy scent.

imp: honey and fruity wine wet: the myrrh emerges as well dry: smoky-sweet honey-wine scent Mm, this is much nicer that I'd expected. (Usually honey and wine are not good notes on me.) And the myrrh makes a beautifully smoky undertone.

This starts out as a very strong gardenia/rose, and as it dries I start to think I might like it...but the jasmine does finally kick in on my skin and turn into yuck. Oh well, off to swaps it goes.

imp/wet: resinous sandalwood and a sharp dragon's blood top note. The db is going a bit moth bally on me almost immediately, as dragon's blood likes to do on me.

imp: mmm, grape soda wet: spiced winter fruit dry: um, above with note of stale popcorn? huh. I like the spicy fruit scent, but apparently my skin disagrees!

imp: floral, amber wet: something smells piney to me & the berries are very sweet dry: still sweet, but also play-doh scented

imp/wet: sweet orange flower drying: the vanilla is going a bit plastic, and along with the sweet pea it's a bit nauseating on me at this stage dry: blech, this is not at all good on me. just oversweet, plastic-y and icky. Oh well!

in the imp: band-aids wet: band-aid with rose emerging dry: narcissus, I'm sorry you think you're a band-aid.

wet: soapy earth, then the roses come out to play almost immediately drying: the moss is what is giving this that high, green scent that makes me think of floor cleaner dry: whoa, dirt city! The dried rose reminds me of nice potpourri, but it's very intense and paired with the dirt/moss notes...halp! cognitive dissonance! One of the most interesting BPALs I've tried, but ultimately not for me. I do think it's lovely and summery, though, and puts me in mind of gardening.

Oooh, I really like the ozone in this! And it does smell metallic somehow, but not harsh thanks to the lightness of the bamboo. I can't quite detect the floral or the cherry blossom, but overall I like this. Not an immediate, deep love for me, but I am sorry to hear it's been discontinued. I can see why so many like it!

I liked this at first, as it was yummy and fruity without being overly sweet...but after a while it flattened out and smelled a bit too much like airplane bathroom cleaner.

On me this smells a little like those mint wax gum lips, and then turns into a plastic-y, band-aid like smell. Weird chemistry, I guess!

This is a beautiful aquatic on me...light, fresh, gently floral, soothing. I love it!

Citrus-y, and dries down into a dry frankincense. Very nice, but not amazing on me. Would love this as a room scent for a small study with fireplace or a bookstore.

This reminds me of Sri Lanka - I think that must be the sandalwood - but with the softness of rose and a warm waft of nutmeg...spicy. I might get this to replace my Sri Lanka when I've finished my bottle.

If Mme. Moriarty were a Strawberry Shortcake doll...

On me this is straight up Amoxicillin. D: ADDED Nov. 18: Wet, I recognize the muguet that I know in Pele. The aquatic notes smell almost like citrus or green grass to me. This dries down to a pretty, gingered floral with aquatic undertones that then turns promptly to bubble bath. Swap!

Om nom nom nom, this is delicious! Agreed that it is creamy, purple, velvety orchid. A tad grape-y on the dry down, but it's working for me.

At first this smelled identical to Caswell-Massey almond cold cream soap, which I love love love. With a pale dusting of oat. But as she dried, Dana O'Shee turned to a chalky cherry scent, like Amoxicillin. Sad face! Not for me, I'm afraid.

Oh, wow, this is really neat - definitely can smell the champagne and the intermingling wafts of men's and women's scent... But my skin just kills it and after 10 minutes all I get is a weird, sour grassy note. sad face x 1,000

Very nice. Despite a strong floral start, this smells masculine to me when first applied. As it dries, it becomes feminine and softer somehow, reminding me of a perfume I have smelled before - something big label, like Amarige or Tresor...wish I could place it! Long drydown finds the orchid fading, and this becomes almost a little peppery...a touch masculine again, even with the lingering floral notes. Perhaps that is the juniper and/or the bergamot. I like this and think it would be great for a hot summer night with satiny air and bare skin. Very lush and soft.

I want to love Hymn...the rose is clean and light, understated, and the drydown is resinous in a soft, polished pew in the sunlight sort of a way. But the lily is too strong on me and overwhelms the overall scent. So, it's just a like at this point. Very pretty.