DifferentDances

Decant!

 

Imp: Oh! Surprisingly mellow. Sandalwood and balsam, a touch of vanilla creaminess.

 

Wet: Sharper, more bitter woods. Slight floral tint, but mainly balanced by the vanilla.

 

Drydown: Blending back together - this is such a richly layered but light and frothy scent. Not terribly strong, sadly, because I think I'd love to smell like this.

 

Dry: So very faint, but so very delicious. Slight piney edge is tickling my allergies, though.

 

My rating: 3/5 Wish it were stronger...

Decant!

 

Imp: Jonquil with a hint of the green musk.

 

Wet: Woohee heavy jonquil waft. Slight green smell of cut plants.

 

Drydown: Slightly powdery jonquil. Apparently I totally amp this scent. :/ Shame I don't particularly like it much.

 

Dry: Faint, powdery jonquil.

 

My rating: 1/5 SO not for me.

Decant!

 

Imp: Plums and narcissus - very 'purple' smell. Yum!

 

Wet: Jonquil adding a liquid floral note, complex floral blend. Less purple.

 

Drydown: Soap with a candied throw. Boo.

 

Dry: Very, very faint purple soap.

 

My rating: 1/5

Decant!

 

Imp: White musk and tangerine.

 

Wet: The musk dies down as the black currant jumps up in tartness. Delicious.

 

Drydown: Bah. It's mostly white musk and I suppose the tagetes, whatever that is. Powdery.

 

Dry: White musk. BOOO. I loved the wet scent!

 

My rating: 2/5

Decant!

 

Imp: Warm leather and wood.

 

Wet: Warm leather and wood and a touch of something else...

 

Drydown: A perfumed rubber eraser, slight leather.

 

Dry: Plastic leather.

 

My rating: 2/5

 

Not my thing...

Decant!

 

Imp: Bright, citrusy blend. Hint of rose.

 

Wet: Orange and rose, hint of amber warmth.

 

Drydown: Orangy rose, slight warm waft. Very faint, a touch a plastic to the edges.

 

Dry: Slightly fruity rose. Reminiscent of Persephone.

 

My rating: 4/5

 

Light, lovely scent...but I already have Persephone and don't really need this.

Decant!

 

Imp: Foody pecan, astringent lavender.

 

Wet: Whoa - soapy herbs duking it out with a hint of sweetness and the nutty scents. Chaos!

 

Drydown: Mildly sweet hazelnut with aftershave overtone.

 

Dry: Vaguely warm nuts. Very faint.

 

My rating: 2/5

Decant!

 

Imp: Soured fig, overtones of paint fumes.

 

Wet: Nowhere near as strong. Slight tart fig, mild carnation, an airy pass of tea.

 

Drydown: Fig newtons?

 

Dry: Perfumey figs. Meh.

 

My rating: 3/5

 

Not bad, not great. Not for me.

Decant!

 

Imp: Cakey grains with an overtone of soured (rice?) wine. Oh, please don't be terribly foody.

 

Wet: Sour cakey smell, the same sort of doughy cake I get with all of BPAL's foody scents. Lemongrass is making a valiant effort to amp over the cake.

 

Drydown: Lemon-sour stale wheat bread/cake. Powerful throw of grossness - slight hint of sweat. EW. In this instance, I'm really rooting for the fact that my skin tends to amp lemon scents. PLEASE TURN THIS TO PLEDGE!!!!

 

Dry: Sour stale wheatbread/cake. Slight fermenting sweetness.

 

My rating: 1/5

Decant!

 

Imp: Dark, herby musk, a hint of something airy and clean. (The linen?)

 

Wet: Wow, this is a dark colored oil. The herbal quality gives way to a sweeter, airier scent. Reminiscent of the back corners of herb shobs.

 

Drydown: Oh mmmmm......sexy, slightly sweet musk. Slight acrid quality to it, but damn if I don't want to cuddle up with someone who's wearing this.

 

Dry: Muskier, but still sweet and sexy. Mmmm...

 

My rating: 4/5

 

Would I purchase this? Eeeeh. I love the way this smells, but I'd never wear it. This is what I would want a guy to wear for a snuggle session.

Decant!

 

Imp: A very light, faint sweetness. No hint of mint or chill.

 

Wet: Airy sweetness. Slight minty edge. Not a whole lot of sillage.

 

Drydown: Oh, pooh. It's becoming a very generic perfumey sweet scent that only appears when close to the skin.

 

Dry: Faint powder. Reminds me of Snow Bunny.

 

My rating: 2/5

 

Not terrible, but not really strong enough or 'me' enough to buy a bottle of.

Decant!

 

Imp: Delicate pine-dusted pumpkin pie.

 

Wet: Light layer of the crisp winter air. Hints of the amber warmth and something very sweet and fruity.

 

Drydown: Hmmm..Strangely sour pine/salt. Reminds me of cocoa butter with salt chunks.

 

Dry: Up close it's a very warm, vaguely Christmas-y scent (vague in a good way!). But it's got zero throw on me.

 

My rating: 3/5

 

It's so pretty, and generic in a way I actually like (very well blended is how I think of it), but there's NO throw. No waft. My skin sucks it all up.

Decant!

 

Imp: Ugh. Chestnut cake - very thick, heavy cake. I'm a little scared since foody scents rarely go well on my skin and usually turn to grossness.

 

Wet: There's that sweet lovely scent of holly and pine trying to duke it out with the heavy cake smell. Oof, they're not playing well together... Massively strange waft.

 

Drydown: The waft continues to weirden. It's foody cakey up close, but with a pine halo. Skin-level, there's nothing but cake with a weird medicinal edge. All very faint, though.

 

Dry: Very, very faint piney cake.

 

My rating: 1/5

 

I really need to stop hoping that foody scents will magically be delicious on me.

Decant!

 

Imp: Leather and linen! Fun combo...

 

Wet: The smoke sneaks up and blends with the sweet leather.

 

Drydown: Hmmm...the sweet leather is interesting. I like it, but I'm not sure I'd ever wear it. Let's see what else happens in the stages of this blend's drying process.

 

Dry: Sweet leather.

 

My rating: 4/5

 

Argh. I can't decide if I'll get a bottle before it goes away...Not really a blend I can ever imagine reaching for, but it's so damn pretty. I bet it'd layer nicely with some other blends...

Decant!

 

Imp: Delicious amber and benzoin(?)

 

Wet: The intensity drops in half. Still delicious, but lacking the warmth that I've come to associate with amber.

 

Drydown: The warmth of the amber blends up, with a delicious creamy note - not sure what this is since I don't know what costus, galbanum, rockrose or galbanum smell like. I like this, but I'm not sure this is 'me.'

 

Dry: Light and creamy warmth.

 

My rating: 3/5

 

This is lovely, but I won't be getting a bottle as I don't think I'd ever reach for it.

Decant!

 

Imp: Whoa, vetiver! Let's see how this rolls out...

 

Wet: Sharp vetiver springs out and leaves behind a hint of lavender. Teeny hint. Mostly sharp, pungent vetiver.

 

Drydown: Straight up vetiver. Well, guess I learned that I seem to amp that note...

 

Dry: Straightup vetiver with a touch of amber warmth. But not enough to balance out the herbal, medicinal smell.

 

My rating: 1/5

Decant!

 

Imp: Strong sandalwood, almost 'clean' smell, but a hint of something red and strong.

Wet: Sandalwood immediately knocks down a shade while the vanilla and orange blossom meld with the mate to bring out a nice sweetness. Almost like delicious orange creamsicle candy.

Drydown: Oof. The sandalwood is weirdly stringent. Not a fan.

Dry: Thin, sour orange blossom. There's a slight warmth from the carnation.

 

My rating: 1/5

Decant!

 

Imp: Oh dear, this reminds me dreadfully of the butterscotch candy bowl in my grandma's house. Sickly sweet with a strange older perfume.

 

Wet: Now this is interesting. It smells like the best perfumed plastic erasers you'd get as a kid.

 

Drydown: A bit more plastic and a lot less perfume. Bit of a vanilla waft.

 

Dry: Weird sour plastic vanilla. What a WEIRD transition.

 

My rating: 1/5

Decant!

 

Imp: A sweet, light, youthful carnation. Atmosphere reminds me of the Persephone blend in a way. Loving it.

 

Wet: And there's the spiciness that happens when carnation hits my skin. Still with a youthful sweetness, though.

 

Drydown: Mmmmm.....Light spicy carnation. This is behaving much more nicely than Alice did on me. A teeny, nicely behaving hint of honey is coming through - and given that honey is normally a note o'doom for me, this is a nice surprise!

 

Dry: This is such a light, pretty blend. Hey, I found a blend with a honey note that works!

 

My rating: 4/5

 

Definitely going to get a bottle of this!

2007 version

Bottle: Warm, freshly baked gingerbread cookies, still chewy and soft.
Wet: Warm cinnamon-y gingerbread. Om nom nom. Wicked strong throw.
Drydown: Still a strong throw of nommy baked goods.
Dry: Faint cinnamon, cloves, and gingerbread. Honestly, this reminds me of those Yankee Candles scents.

Would I ever wear this? Probably not.

My rating: 4/5

Bottle: Really strong rose water. Definitely different than the sweet crisp rose of Rose Red.

Wet: Just the bloom of a rose. I didn't think I'd not like this, but I'm finding myself missing the green and chill of Rose Red. Hoping that I get some of the secondary scents people have mentioned.

Drydown: Definitely a mature bloom of a rose. A little powdery.

Dry: This doesn't last long. Definitely a mature rose, though.

 

Would I ever wear this? To be honest, my rose bases are pretty well covered by Rose Red and Persephone. I don't *need* this.

 

My rating: 4/5

Bottle: Soapy aquatic.

Wet: Sweet water with a touch of salty green. Kind of fruity. Surprisingly pleasant.

Drydown: There's some sort of coconut note here. Ew. I hate smelling like sunblock. Must be the awapuhi - I avoid shampoos with that scent like the plague.

Dry: Pure Awapuhi.

 

Would I ever wear this? No.

 

My rating: 1/5

LE version

 

Bottle: Mostly tangy tangerine.

Wet: Tangerine and mild hints of other fruits with a touch of acrid ass.

Drydown: Very sour tangerine.

Dry: Gone save a hint of plastic.

 

Would I ever wear this? In a locket, perhaps.

 

My rating: 3/5

Bottle: So green! Green amber warmth, musk, and plant matter.
Wet: Green.
Drydown: Pale musk, faint coolness of cucumber. Nowhere near as awesome as the bottle scent.
Dry: Very faint green, but very pretty.

Would I ever wear this? I don't know. I should probably try this again.

My rating: 3/5

Bottle: Bamboo and hibiscus.

Wet: Bamboo and hibiscus.

Drydown: Dried, husky bamboo and rotting flowers.

Dry: Faint but the same.

 

Would I ever wear this? Sadly, no.

 

My rating: 3/5