Lady Ravenglass

Going as a moon satyr, but have no BPAL picked yet! I can't find any that work...

 

Not wearing Satyr, no way! And I don't have Luna or The Moon either. Help?

Coconut-vanilla-tea I do like this. It's manly without being perfume-countery, and very nice indeed, even on me. J thought it too sweet, but he's an incense man. The tea is light and delicious without going Apothecary/Dormouse and the vanilla is pale and faintly sweet, like a very, very light Tombstone.

 

It's a wearable Dorian (D turning to Impulse Vanilla Body Spray on my funny skin) and I'll be keeping the imp. Yum!

Not sure if this has been spotted, but Himerus and Khajurahao are very similar on me (almost annoyingly so, as I have two bottles of the LE ) but Himerus is slightly sweeter with maybe a touch of fruit. They both dry down to that smoky, woody skin scent. Yum!

Athens, which is too strong for me to wear makes an amazing room scent. I burn it in wax, and it smells divine for autumnal evenings. It's a warm, heady heavy honey scent.

CDXLIX

 

Chaos indeed. The minute I opened it (a year ago...*cough*) I realised it was the exact scent of my old housemate's bedroom. The exact scent. She wore Anna Sui and expensive make-up and kept two soot-black kittens, whose litterbox/deodoriser added to the general fragrance of the room.

 

I think there might be roses in there, but it's sweet, and pink, and slightly vanilla-spice. It's freakishly interesting.

CLXXXVI

 

Dry and floral. I'm not wonderfully up on flower notes, so I have no idea what I'm getting here. Probably neither rose nor lavender; it smells like a room that's been sprayed with something floral, or a bowl of pot pourri, that blend of quiet flowers with something warm and grounding behind them. I suspect there's a musk in this, as it's turning 'perfumey'; my skin has issues with musks. It's not red musk as far as I can tell. I wonder if it might be apple blossom?

 

 

Like my CT2, this won't be a keeper. I wish I'd remembered to buy more bottles, though!

 

ETA: It's dried down to The Perfumed Garden. I can't smell jasmine or fruit, the floral and the soft musk note have combined to produce exactly the same effect. I think it has to be the same musk as TPG.

I accidentally ordered three duplicates of this imp over the course of a month. And am I glad I did.

 

It's warm, skin-scented and golden. It's not too resinous or too herby or too sweet, or too floral, or too dry and woody, but balances perfectly in the centre. The myrhh reminds me of Masabakes, in that it has the same glow to it, but Masabakes is Nefertiti's older, darker Winter sister. The floral part of this is hardly 'floral' at all on my skin; the word 'blend' never had a better application.

 

Nefertiti is the scent of warm sunlight on golden skin, and a long, relaxing, sunlit day. It's womanly without being too adult or mature; the scent for a young woman born to regal poise.

Oh my... When I first received Maiden, it was sweet, white roses, and I liked it, but then it started to be cloying, and I was going off roses entirely, so put it away. In fact, it's currently in my 'consider swapping' box.

 

No more. I just tried it on, roughly 9 months after I got it, and this is Embalming Fluid/Shanghai with rose.

 

 

Slight citrus, that lovely light note which I guess is tea, and light, pale rose petals drifting on a Spring breeze. This is going straight back in the loved-up bottle box. Just perfect. I wear EF and the other light tea/citrus scents to cycle to work, and this will add a ladylike hint to their wholesome- fresh-air style of affairs.

 

Pine. Pine, pine, pine. Fir.

Where are my damned snow-drenched florals?! Oh well Can't win 'em all.

I am not a pine-friendly girl, so the blend just sat and was pine-y at me. A pity, but there you go. Sadly, I didn't get anything else from it either. Like Yuletide, it was a one-note affair on my skin, and didn't really change or morph at all. Poot. If you like pine and fir and green, you'll love Snow Moon.

Apparently jasmine is my friend!

 

Gorgeous. Like a lighter Morgause (a favourite) this is a round and curvaceous jasmine floral, skin-scented and lovely.

 

I don't get the individual flowers, but the jasmine is noticable.

This didn't used to work on me; I suspect coming off the Pill has made some changes.

 

This smells like O. But where's the stink of sexsweatbed? Excellent - I smell decadent, desirable and delicious, yet not overly depraved. The honey is light and sweet and sexy, and mingles with a lovely soft floral. A perfect bedtime scent, alongside Regan and, if you're into it O.

Hmmm. Wierd! It's sort of all mixed-up and chocolatey at first, then it mellows into something a lot like Carnal, except warm and skin-scented and pleasant. There's fig (or at least, since it smells like Carnal I assume so) and something ever so slightly vanilla. I can see where a previous poster has mentioned the 'candle wax' thing. There's something a touch waxy or smokey there that gives it warmth and depth, probably the honey musk. The honey is giving it a slight 'something' that I dislike, but I think it'll wear off and fade.

 

I like it It seems like a good wintery scent to wear close to the skin on cold days, once the cocoa note has worn off. Sadly, I'm not a cocoa note fan.

Noir left. It's been nearly a year, but still you think you see her in passing. Catch her scent on the wind, and turn, on a dark street corner to see the cut of her coat, the curve of her ankle, and when she stops, turns, adjusts her shoe, it isn't her.

 

You make your advances anyway. Those ash-blonde curls, those smokey eyes; in the dim light of the bar you could almost mistake Hecate for the real thing. You still have that packet of clove cigarettes, the ones She smoked. Noir tucked them into your pocket for safekeeping, the night she left, walked away in scarlet shoes and mink, blew you a farewell kiss on spicy smoke.

 

You lean into her, offer her one, in their little chic black jackets and gold cravats and she recoils with a smile. "Oh no. No thank you," and sips her almond liquour, fluttering girlish lashes.

 

 

And anyway in the morning, she's gone when you wake. Just a brassy hair on the pillowcase, and the fading scent of almonds, sweet like marzipan, in the air.

Oooh! I forgot Black Rose, and I have a 5ml! It's ever so slightly powdery on me, but I had an odd r'ship with 'gothic' scents, sadly. It's certainly dark though. As for Othello - I keep forgetting it has roses, as it's my partner's sig scent and he doesn't really scream 'rose'. It is rosey, and spicey and delicious though. Not sure it would be vampiric, but it's an almost edible rose.

London and Lucy's Kiss again here, for pink and girly and sweetly, wistful rose. Lucy's Kiss has a hint of the dark to it, and I wish I hadn't swapped my bottle!

 

On me, Maiden tends to be sweet, but white. Two, Five and Seven was too sweet and sickly, but it is rosey. Zombi takes folk differently - on me it was compost, but I know some find that the rose sings out well. My skin likes to take the nastiest note it can find and amp it up with a snigger. My skin is mean.

Wet, Malice is disturbingly (to me) dark and resinous. I'm usually a sweet/fruit/rose/light person, but it's here, and it's on my skin, so I went for it.

 

Once it's on though - mmm! I did a mini-review on the forum I was on at the time:

 

Malice today, because I realised I had no BPAL on and it was the only one I fancied trying from the line of imps waiting to be tested behind my keyboard.

 

It's... nice - kind of darkly orange. Gothic, resiny oranges, if you will Like Rakshasa has swapped out its sarong and sandals for a black and orange tie-dye velvet dress with a startlingly shapely bodice, and some serious eyeliner.

 

And I stand by that... The orange is lovely, a smoky citrus, but softened by the dark notes. This isn't something I would usually wear, on sniffing from the imp, but I'm glad I tried it! It really is a darker version of Rakshasa to my mind and I like it a lot. It's still summery, but inside, there's storms. Not sure it's a bottle, but the imp is staying right here with me for my dark, hippy days.

Whoa! Almonds! And hacking through the clouds of marzipan around my head, I can spy something sharper, almost minty. The almonds are determined to sit on this scent though.

 

As it dries, the mintiness becomes greener, but it's still kind of menthol-y. My nose is feeling chilled and slightly stung from sniffing it (but I'm suffering badly from hayfever right now).

 

Very minty, but in a green, medicinal way, rather than toothpaste! After a while it gets greener, but it's still quite sharp, like freshly broken leaves or twigs. I'm afraid I don't get any of the sweeter notes that others have, after the almond faded. But what a change from then to now.

 

Oh dear...sneezing now.

Wet: Very red and that edgy sweetsharp of DBR

 

It begins to fade to something spicy and almost medicinal, in fact, it smells a little like the health centre at school used to, which is wierd. I can't smell the clove that some folk have noticed, but the DBR is definitely there and doing it's usual trick of being a skin-scent on me. It's got that underlying redness but there's something darker and perhaps muskier on top of it. If I hunt for it, I think I can see where the clove note is, but it doesn't jump out at me. It does turn softer as it dries down and ends up a powdery soft spice, and very quiet.

 

It's not throwing well off my wrists, but I'd be interested in using it for its true purpose one day. This is a travelling imp, so maybe another will come my way one day.

 

Edit: reading up, I think jasmine must be the odd note I noticed creeping about at the back. Jasmine and I don't have a good relationship, so I think that's what's making it iffy. That said, the powdery scent has a hint of Beltane to it... And I love Beltane.

Being a berry/fruit fan, I pouncd on my imp with anticipation - and it hasn't disappointed. It's lovely; sweet, bubbly and rich, but not enough to be cloying. To me, it does smell a lot like Jester, which is all sweet berry on my skin, but I have to say that it isn't quite as sweet. I don't really get indivuidual fruit scents, or any florals, which is mildly disappointing as the description sounds wonderful. I suspect my skin amps up berry notes though. The plum is shining through, and adding a heavier edge to the scent, but without the boozy headiness in Blood Countess (which would have been perfect if not for the wine).

Potentially a big bottle, but I know I'll be unlikely to wear it much in the summer as it is a bit too sweet for baking hot days.

 

 

Fans of Jester, Bordello, Blood Countess, Mabon and Lady Macbeth will think this one delicious.

Mmm. Fruity In the imp, this is a lot like The Unicorn - a smooth, juicy melon, but drying down, more fruit comes out. The aquatic note comes through behind it. There's an odd hint of something I can't place, which might be the peach (I seem to have strange luck with peach and apricot) but makes me think of lotus - something a bit too sweet. I think it's a keeper - it might even go on my bottle list, but I'll wait and see how it pans out again. The aquatic note reminds me of Dragon's Tears - it does cut through the fruit a bit and stop things from being overly sweet and heavy. In fact, the whole thing is a bit like D.Tears, but without the 'red' note. If that makes any sense at all...

At first sniff, I thought there was citrus in this, but I think I tend to have a light=lemon reaction going on right now.

 

It's light, pale, and summery. Green, but not overly so, and floral, but not flowery. It smells of white-flowerd gardens on the breeze. Quiet, not overpowering and delicate. I may consider a 5ml of this when ApCat's orders arrive.

Turkish Delight Not sickly sweet, but a definite hint of rose and icing sugar. Roses do strange things on me though, so don't take my word for it! It's rather nice, but probably not a big bottle scent, until I finish Black Rose at any rate. It's also probably more suited to colder weather.

Ack! I've been looking forward to this with much *bounce*, but as with any BPAL even a little bit masculine, Dorian has turned into Pure Man on me. *sulk* It smells strangely like A*Men for some reason - must be the vanilla! I'll need to re-sniff the sample I got yesterday, but that's what it appears to match!

 

I am smelling a little vanilla, but the tea is overwhelming, as it did with The Dormouse, which is a pity as I am the archetypal Vanilla Whore. However, like Antique Lace, the vanilla is getting elbowed out of the way by another note. Perhaps my skin un-amplifies vanilla *gloom*

 

I shall ambush my boy with this later on and get some on him somehow Nasty feeling that it'll turn into Saint Germaine or Wilde and the other light, sweet male scents though He's an Othello/Iago/Jack kinda man.

 

This is very masculine, despite the vanilla note. If your man is into Tierry Mugler's A*Men, then try this on them.

 

ETA: Getting a really odd scent memory jiggle from this. Can't place it, but it feels like school. Erk. I think this is Impulse Vanilla body spray! Oh, pants!!

Woah - sweet! Not fizzy-bright sweet, like Midwinter's Eve, but soft, candy-sweet, a tiny bit like Bordello. It's very pink with just a hint of almonds somewhere in there. This smells like parties, and promises of iced things, and enough sweets to make your 6-yr-old self thoroughly sick.

 

Dunno yet whether I'll keep it, but it's certainly not what I expected!

Blood Amber was a second skin scent on me. Nothing startling or pushy, just a smooth, 'human' smell, almost. Slightly sweet from the DBR, but the amber smoothed it out to lie on my skin like it belonged there. It's actually very close to my usual personal smell and works with it rather than against it - complimenting rather than competing to cover it up.

 

This may be because my skin works very well with DBR in most blends - your skin may like something else better. Dana O'Shee is very light, and slightly soaplike (Snowcake!) so that might be one to try. Also, Regan, which is a very O-like scent but without the sweatiness, and is one I often wear to bed. Quite sweet though.