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Windward Passage smells most like the scent of wind from the ocean 

For a clean,  "aquatic " type scent,  my favorites are Y'Ha Nthlei and The Lady of Shalot 

10 hours ago, thekittenkat said:

This should be of help abt the 3 snow notes that I'm aware of--hope this helps!

Is there a snow note that is heavy on an evergreen note?  Or is it just that many of these scents have both elements?

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I didn't think Samhain could get any better but clearly that's not the case;)

 

First time I dabbled, it was Samhain with more of the smoke note, a hint of tobacco perhaps, a nice cola note, perhaps Samhain with oppoponox?

 

Next time, I slathered, maybe it made a difference? Less smoky, more of the cider note with a smooth ass patchouli cranked up to 11: And, luckily I'm a fan! I lurve the Patchouli notes and that may be what I originally thought was tobacco and oppoponox. I find patchouli to be quite variable yet usually good on me. Banshee Beat is a favorite.

 

I will keep testing because I'm trying to discern the notes but I really love this version of Samhain with extra mystery resin and patchouli. Not sure if the extra is oppoponox, copal, or tobacco and this could also be the regular Samhain notes with some serious morphing minus aging (my favorite Samhain is 2007 as it is very nicely aged yet I have no clue of the notes) but I'm fairly certain that there's patchouli, cider, bonfire smoke and a hint of pumpkin and dead leaves in my original but I could be misremember. I don't have it for comparison because I am moving and it's packed:/

 

 

I'm going to treasure this bottle, it may be my favorite Weenie yet and I wish I could get my grabby paws on moar but hey that's what I get for dancing with Eris!!

 

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I really hate to review first but this is beautiful and deserves praise. It's less effervescent than expected but there's a mimosa quality at the onset. This would be the orange and the bubbly note. I'm getting just a hint of the lime and it's authentic, less sugared than the note in Clown Princess of Crime or the Single Note released earlier this year or last?

 

The jasmine is definitely present and supports and bridges the sparkling opening but this becomes all about the grapefruit musk thirty minutes or so and this dominates the dry phase. This note is fresh, youthful, and uplifting. The musk is a low pitched thrumming which grounds and complements the grapefruit and jasmine beautifully. It also marks this scent as a fragrance rather than an aromatherapy blend, yet I nevertheless appreciate the mood elevation and cognitive boosting effect from the citrus, in particular the grapefruit. Adjectives which come to mind are youthful, upscale, optimistic, ebullient.

 

I am eternally grateful to my Fairy for purchasing this on my behalf. I think it's best for Spring however I will look to this for an uplifting feeling in the Winter when sunny days, warmth, and tanned skin are fading memory. I'm glad to have a bottle and would gladly purchase a backup if they're offered on Etsy or secondary market sales.

Well, I feared that the rose would take this fragrance into powder town but it's finally met it's match; evidently the frankincense and Lily bring balance to the Force. I thought this would be too floral but it's the perfect rose, Lily and ethereal incense. It's like a soft kiss on the cheek. This is sweet and tender, no doubt inspired by the subject. This is another scent that for me really conveys intent and I feel the love and gentle spirit of the plants. I'm so grateful that Beth has shared this olfactory impression with us, it feels personal and intimate. I'm also floored by her mastery of florals, it's unparalleled in my experience.

As advertised, this is mainly chocolate chip cookies! There's a whiff of caramel, which thankfully doesn't stomp on everything as it has in other notable foodie melange scents and there is a hint of the salt from the pretzels or maybe the popcorn. This reminded me of Gluttony with more salt and no butterscotch. Drying this has a Muddy Puddles Swiss Miss cocoa vibe with a hint of popcorn. The cookies with chocolate chips included remain present and prominent through the opening, heart, and drydown and I am pleased with that. I feel another full bottle upgrade coming up although I really should death match against Baby's First Con Panel and Caramel Shortbread Cookies first.

I love the scent of Palo Santo and this is the only BPAL that I recall smelling that note. It's actually fairly Palo Santo forward with cedar in support. I am also smelling the effervescent quality which I think is the cola quality others have noted and probably the labdanum. The sandalwood is definitely present also but almost seamless with the cedar, which I amp to be honest. Palo Santo smells sacred and healing to me and I am aware of that as I focus on the intent of the oil.

 

I thought I have enough resin scents but this one is unique enough I am talking myself into a bottle. I am trying to resist the temptation to order 2 because I love this comforting scent and I imagine aging will make it even more snuggly and deeper. This smells airy yet grounded as an incense and very earthy yet uplifting. The incense quality is not burning or fiery, it is almost a watery quality if that's possible.

I really like this one, it's probably a full bottle upgrade and a surprise winner. From the notes list, there's plenty going on but it's all copacetic.

 

To start, mostly herbal, lavender and petitgrain. Maybe a hint of osmanthus sweetening the whole. Hard to say really as I rarely see petigrain showcased in a scent especially with these basenotes.

 

Early dry phase I'm less fond of because the oakmoss is a little high pitched but the bay and maybe the cedar prevent it from taking over.

 

Drydown this is rich and on the manly side of unisex, but just a bit. Bay, leather and cedar form a nice thrumming heart with a hint left of the lavender. This is almost seamless, certainly well balanced, being neither sweet nor floral not resinous per se but with nuance from all those scent categories. I'd say the leather holds it's own but the lavender, bay and petigrain add a warm roundness and citrine golden quality. There's no osmanthus at the dry down but I'm okay with that.

 

The juxtaposition of the leather with the petitgrain and lavender works better than I would have hoped. I didn't tease out the ambrette but it is probably tying this together and adding a golden warmth and sweetness. The ambrette and leather create a superbase as the leather almost never lasts like this for me, my skin eats it. Another blend where this combination works is Mythological Scene with Warrior Mansion and Classic Ladies...

 

Well, this is difficult to describe but all the notes are present, well blended, and beautiful. This is up there with Spanked and Perversion for me, but I love the leather. Love how this never goes sharp, cologne like, or powdery. Definitely unique in a large catalog of scents.

Morocco, shmexxxy vanilla spice

 

Fenris Wolf, sexy forest wolf God musk

A few more suggestions on the creamy floriental category:

Cock Stamen (2018 Lupers)

Moon of Saturn: Telesto

Cat Chasing Butterflies (2018 Lupers)

Novel Ideas for Secret Amusements (2018 Lupers)

Pearl in the Volcano (2018 Lupers )

Zarita the Doll Girl (Carnival Diabolique)

Vasilissa

Volcano in Springtime

Ivory Vulva

Vivid Enjoyment of Memory of Rupture

Sure have and I have a couple of bottles! No antiseptic type scent though. Just red musk all the way with a hint of ashes.

Have you tried the Ibis and Jackals Funeral Parlor scent from the Post?

 

https://blackphoenixtradingpost.com/shop/ibis-and-jacquels-funeral-parlor-atmosphere-spray/

Have you tried Sea of Glass? I get a beautiful hyacinth note. It's heavenly if you pardon my pun.

I think Anesthesia is similar to the discontinued Pain? Anyways, I can attest that lavender oil by itself is a bee magnet, they love it. My partner loves lavender oil but he's been visited by both bees and wasps when he wears it. Fortunately, not stung. Not sure about mosquitos and lavender, but they don't like citronella. And bees like lemongrass, so I'd avoid that!

 

Mad Hatter with it's potent pennyroyal is probably the best?

 

https://www.anniesremedy.com/chart_remedy_insect_repellents.php

I took it easy and didn't slather to avoid welts, as I'd read there's a generous amount of cassia in the original, but I needn't have worried. Those reports are either overstated or based on skin chemistry.

 

There's definitely tea, cinnamon, sandalwood, and the rest I'll guess as ginger, cardamom, saffron, neroli, and olibanum. The sillage is not smell me across the room, but this has aged less than 3 weeks. This comes across as spicy, dry, sweet and Eastern. Fans of Morocco and Bengal will like this one. I get a hint of cola too, so maybe sweet myrrh and frankincense but this doesn't smell like incense or smoky, it's dry, unlit resins. I don't get any patchouli or rose. This lasted well past 6 hours too, very impressive for an unaged oil!

 

Overall a very complex scent that has much to love and is well blended as well as well balanced. I would venture to say I'm liking it better than the original! It goes through a perfumey phase but the drydown is spicy, sweet and reminiscent of Underpants.

 

I will have to stock up on this before it goes away.

In the imp: Frankincense predominant with a big dollop of thick honey

 

Wet: Wow, that is some honey. Cloying, thick, this is Autumn Honey with a frankincense support. This is not the type of honey I like, I prefer the white honey blends that are a tad less, viscous? I get the "asphodel" note underneath, but only if I huff close to the wrist. Lab asphodel smells suspiciously like hyacinth to me, but having not plumbed the depths of Hades, it could be a real asphodel that I just have never actually sniffed IRL.

 

Drydown: My skin is doing all kinds of things with amperage on this honey, it just keeps getting thicker and more cloying. I will try and stick it out, however, this may be a scrubber for me.

 

Impression: Definitely a blend for the honey lovers, but you have to really love that note. I thought I was in for any honey blend, as there are no death notes here, and I love frankincense but it can't save this blend. I guess honey is going to be on my love/hate list. I agree with above reviewers that the honey is the main player and is the skanky/shmexy, NSFW kind, the frankincense lends an air of mystery, and there is some type of floral weaving throughout--no consensus on that note though.

 

I will age the decant and hope but my bet is either my skin chemistry is changing and I can't do honey anymore, or I can only do the white/Spring honeys and this one is not compatible. Good thing I did not blind bottle this. Don't misunderstand me, this smells very good, but my tolerance for super sweet is not what it used to be and I seem to turn everything sweet up to 11 and break off the knob. Of course it has hella sillage too. Somebody get me a syringe of insulin.

In the imp, this was nondescript fruity with hint of floral from the rose.

Wet--same as the imp.

Drying--mainly pomegranate, not really a hint of wine, a little bit of rose, and solid back up of hyssop. This has modest throw at this point.

 

Impressions, definitely a pom-wine with the hyssop rounding things out to add complexity. It is not especially lush/boozy and I am shocked the rose or the cedar don't amp, so I guess they are in minimal amounts, so if those are deal breakers and a pom wine scent is desirable, this fills the bill. This is sweet on me, not a bit of sour. A great pom blend for those who love it. For me this is pleasant and I am not thinking I need a bottle as Persephone is my fave Pom scent and I get more of the rose with it.

As predicted, myrrh pawns the other notes. Juniper adds a hint of clean, natural grocery store soap (I could appreciate the gin association but the natural grocery store products is where my olfactory lobe jumps first) and in a very positive way, but for all intents and purposes this is myrrh SN. I actually love the wet phase before the skin makes this smell like the dust on the discount rack at a metaphysical book store, but it's short lived. I'm going to keep and cellar the decant as it could develop but I'm pessimistic about needing a bottle. Ah, there's the cinnamon. I have to snort really near the wrist to appreciate it, as the myrrh suppresses it, but it's nice. No burn from the cinnamon which is a bonus.

 

To be fair, since I've become a lady of a certain age, my chemistry is dry and often makes things sweet and powdery. Also I live in a dry climate and no doubt these factors impact the oil's performance. The result in a scent diffuser or layered over pre-moisturized skin may be different. If I get around to trying those alternates I'll report back but given the number of decants that I need to test, it could be a long time. If I revisited the scent, it may have aged favorably. That's not unusual and sometimes necessitated my hunting down a bottle later but it's a chance I'm going to take.

Figured this was the place to ask, anybody have thoughts or comparisons on the newest lavender blends? I loooove The Air and The Ether and TKO but I haven't tried many other lavender blends and wondering what the lavender lovers out there think or what their new faves are.

I'm a fan of lavender pairings that feature other herbal oils or lean cool, pristine, and ethereal if you will.

 

Here's a short list which includes the overlooked Somnium section of the catalog and a few Lilith perfumes

Ganymede

Bewildered in a Dream

Yvaine if there's any still to be found

Baku

Lurid

Oneiroi

Serving Tea After Coitus

Goddess of Mischief

Plush Viscera

Waiting

Motherhood

 

And I'm putting Lurid in the list, although I know newer creations are being solicited but I think it's a GC treasure that's underrated

I think La Bella Donna Mia Mente would be one to consider

 

http://www.bpal.org/topic/3280-la-bella-donna-della-mia-mente/page-8?do=findComment&comment=1622169

I am hoping that someone else weighs in on your question. Agape is the one and only BPAL that I recall smelling a passion fruit note. I think there's one listed in Rangoon Riptide also but they are both super sweet scents to my nose...

Antony (Illyria)

Arcana

Becoming Thunder!!

Magus

In Templum Dei 2nd'd

Interfector

King Cobra 3rd'd

Sanctus

Titus Andronicus

 

LE

Carfax Abbey

Crucifixion

Ego Sum Lux Mundi

La Cloche Felee

La Ronde du Sabbat

Library of John Dee

Om Gan Ganapataye Namaha

Ossa Arida

Palmyra

Practical Occultism

Texare

The Contrast (Fluerette's Purple Snails)

The Cracked Bell

The Magic Circle

There's a Certain Slant of Light

Venus Caelestis

Wynter Wakeneth Al in My Care

Sort of surprised that no one has mentioned Queen for this purpose, seems custom made for enhancing female power...I definitely feel a girl boss vibe wearing it.

 

ETA looks like Queen was mentioned. I'm also going to suggest Queen of the Nile, it's a TAL oil

The 2017 yule Not Such an Agreeable Seat is a great rose. It's described as golden and that's a very accurate description as ir's warm and sweet without turning foodie. It didn't turn powdery or soapy on me. The rose was very "rosy" a la geraniums or rosewood.

On a side note i'm looking for a rose recommendation. Is there a red roses-red wine dominant scent out there? I don't know why but i had a thought that it might match perfectly with a chocolate-coffee dominant scent. Kind of in a valentine's day way but also not

Wanda (but this has violets) http://www.bpal.org/topic/2637-wanda/

 

Obsidian Widow (has jasmine and patchouli) http://www.bpal.org/topic/44508-the-obsidian-widow/

 

Lilith doesn't have other floral notes, just rose and red wine but I don't get much rose and black musk isn't for everyone

 

http://www.bpal.org/topic/133-lilith/page-1

 

Kali is roses and red wine with chocolate but it's complex, with spices. I'd say it's a roses, wine, and chocolate Valentine's scent though

 

http://www.bpal.org/topic/2457-kali/

 

And all those are at least impable

 

For past Lupers with wine and roses, Chinoiserie was popular http://www.bpal.org/topic/88498-chinoiserie/

Well, someone needs to review this lovely bath oil. This is lavender forward with blueberry in support. The bergamot isn't sharp, it keeps the blueberry in check. I'm not sure that I can pick out the chamomile, it blends in perfectly with the lavender. This is not as sweet as I anticipated but that is okay. It's a lovely herbal floral with a hint of the fruit.

 

I like this so much that I wore it every night after showering since I received it. It isn't soporific and could be used day or night. I use the bath oils as post shower moisturizer. This one has good sillage but the scent isn't very long lasting. It does make the bathroom smell lovely afterwards though.

It's happening. My much loved last bottle of The Hamptons is almost gone, and I need to find something similar. The original description is "the scent of a cosmopolitan cocktail" and it's very true. It's fruity, a little berry-toned, a little citrusy without getting too much so, and sparkly. I swear there is some pineapple in there somehow. Out of all of my blends it's one of the longest lasting and one of my most loved. Any thoughts?

Have you tried Swank? It's described as sparkling with pomegranate juice and gin. Or, Violent Gestisticulations from the Weenies Poe series last year: lots of pomegranate with a hint of juniper.