The Moth Fairy

[doomsday_disco]

A diaphanous, nocturnal blend that shimmers between airy radiance and shadowed warmth. A silvery wash of moonflower and white heliotrope drifts over cool iris and gossamer musk, while golden amber resin and benzoin glow softly beneath like the living heat of beating wings. Threads of honeyed beeswax and tobacco flower lend a faint, feral sweetness, and a dusting of frankincense ash and myrrh smoke curls at the edges, recalling the dark from which she rises.

 

 

Amelia Jane Murray, Lady Oswald
 

[theseagrows]

this opens with moonflower, musk and iris. It's definitely sheer and diaphanous.  After a minute or so the tobacco flower peeks out a bit. then after more time passes, I get something slightly dusty and/or smoky…maybe the frankincense and myrrh, but it is very subtle. Overall i get moonflower, iris and musk as the strongest notes- it's a wispy slightly green floral with subtle smoky nuances in the background. very pretty for spring or late winter.

[amoray]

Yes, this has a lot of moonflower, iris and musk as  @theseagrowsstated. It is a bit floral for my tastes. However, something absolutely stunning happened. I went to wash it off and only the top notes came off...and what remained...was Zorya P. I kid you not. I sniffed my arm and was astounded. I was ready to sell this one off as I am not much into florals these days, but it may need to sit and stew in my resting box to see if some of those deeper notes blossom over time. I think the honeyed beeswax may be reading as Amber? This was quite a journey.

[Assimbya]

This is a very well-blended scent, and with the vast array of notes I have some difficulty picking them out and distinguishing them; it also shifted quite a bit over the course of wear for me. It starts as a floaty, indistinct floral + musk; I would agree that iris is probably the central note at this point, as confidently as I can get it, and a vanilla-adjacent sweetness which I think is the heliotrope (or maybe benzoin?). Color palette matching to the artwork, very silver-gray-blue, delicate and pretty; it's very lovely at this stage, but wasn't winning my heart. However, after a few hours of wear it develops a different depth and complexity, with the  dry, resinous facets of the scent coming forward as well as a different floral note with which I am less familiar and which I have to assume is tobacco flower. After ~6 hours the throw was low, but I quite distinctly got the honeyed beeswax and it was beautiful; I kept wanting to smell it again right before I had to wash it off in the shower!

 

My first couple tests of this I wrote it off as a simply pretty and nothing else, but I'm glad I gave it another try with more attention to how it developed over time; this one really rewards that attention, and like @amoray says I suspect this might benefit from aging. I'm considering a bottle of this one, though I'm not sure and it may depend on how many of my Lupercalia decants get upgraded; I didn't think I needed another delicate iris scent after Gloomily and Equivalent No. 314, but the dry down stage of this is different and special, and if what I'm identifying there is indeed tobacco flower then it's the best showcase for it I've experienced from bpal thus far. If these floral notes appeal to you I'd recommend trying it.