doomsday_disco Report post Posted March 28 Wisteria and White Musk. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
theseagrows Report post Posted May 25 wow this starts off beautifully! i get a soft, somewhat powdery wisteria with a subtle musk that thankfully doesn't go too sharp. i also get a slightly subtle greenness. this is a gorgeous soft spring floral and i personally find it very comforting. i need to upgrade my decant to a full size. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Assimbya Report post Posted June 20 This one somehow feels very fancy to me; there's a sharpness which I find quite pleasant, but which definitely on me makes me think about wisteria in a vase beside a polished staircase, not in the open air in a garden. The wisteria has a distinct purple tinge which skews almost grapey in its sweetness, balancing out the musk. The sense of fanciness nearly pulls it into expensive hotel lobby territory to my nose, but the freshness of the floral pulls it out again. This has a gentle throw, not quite as strong as some other hair glosses I've tried. I'm liking this for work, and for times when I want to feel pulled together and grown-up. Still playing around with perfume matches, but it seems to go well with white and purple florals and other more perfumey or white musk scents. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
doomsday_disco Report post Posted June 20 (edited) It is rare for me to enjoy scents containing wisteria, because the note is often very high-pitched on me. I own exactly two BPAL bottles of the scent featuring the note: Hanami (which I prefer layered with a sweet scent like Antique Lace Res. to soften the harsher edges of the florals) and On Wednesday, I Will Promise You a Phantom (although that is much heavier on my favorite note, lavender, and happens to contain vanilla). I decided to grab a decant of this to pair with scents like those, and I'm enjoying it more than I thought I would. I am not sure if I'm just coming around to wisteria now, or if it's this particular combination that I'm enjoying (I noticed, while searching through forum reviews, that most of the Lab's wisteria scents contain lilac, which isn't a note that I love... but I also didn't enjoy Honeysuckle and Wisteria based on my review, and honeysuckle is one of my favorite floral notes, so who knows). I tested this in several ways: sprayed on a paper towel, sprayed on the back of my hand, in wet hair, and in dry hair. The scent on the paper towel when I'd fan it in front of my nose was really nice. Both the wisteria and white musk are in full force, but the wisteria, while it still reads as somewhat high-pitched to me, smells better than it smelled on my skin. When I sprayed it on the back of my hand, I still got a lot of both notes, but my skin chemistry made the wisteria note sharper than it was on the paper towel. In wet hair, I didn't really notice it after application. In dry hair, it doesn't have a lot of throw (at least, not in an office environment -- maybe that will change when I step out into the 102 degree heat in 20 minutes). That said, I could still smell it in my hair throughout most of the day whenever I held my hair up to my nose. I have long, straight hair down to my ass, and I feel like the hair gloss was more noticeable for at least six hours of my work day, but it is pretty faint now. I only used two sprays, so maybe it would be stronger if I had used more. I can smell both notes in my hair, but the wisteria in my hair is much smoother than it was on my skin or on the paper towel. I believe the white musk is the same one paired with scents like La Joconde and Griotte, Lime, and White Musk. It's the white musk Beth sometimes pairs with citrus notes. It's not powdery at all, and I agree that it smells fancy. I'm currently debating whether or not I need to upgrade my decant to a bottle, since this is supposed to come down at the end of the week, which means any time now. On the one hand, I'm telling myself I only have two scents featuring wisteria and don't need a whole bottle of a hair gloss to pair with two scents. On the other hand, I'm telling myself that it could be paired with some of the Lab's more mainstream-esque scents, too, like Butterflies, Flowers, and Jewels Attending and Tomie, and if I do end up getting low on my decant, I'm unlikely to find more (unless it pops up on Etsy), as it doesn't seem like it was very popular. So I'll probably end up grabbing a bottle just in case, because what if this is my wisteria loving arc that I never knew would come to pass and I end up with more wisteria scents?! Well, I think this somehow ended up being my longest review ever. I hope my waffling over this wisteria hair gloss has helped someone else make a decision on it. ETA: Just wanted to update and say that I did end up ordering a bottle. Edited Sunday at 11:41 PM by doomsday_disco Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
