Honey Champaca Hair Gloss

[doomsday_disco]

Honey Champaca.

[Assimbya]

This is, unsurprisingly, extremely similar to the Matthew 18:6 perfume oil, which is also honey and champaca (in that case also with sandalwood). As I love Matthew 18:6, which is my favorite champaca scent, this is good news for me! The honey note in this hair gloss has slightly more astringency than in Matthew 18:6, and as a scent the hair gloss feels overall a little less balanced, but it's still beautiful; luxurious and sensual. If you like BPAL's take on these two notes, go for it!

 

I'm not sure I'll end up going for a full bottle of this - I already have Hair Loosened for a honey-focused hair gloss, and that one is just so wonderful and complex that I don't know how often I'll want to choose honey champaca over it. But I'm glad to have my decant, and look forward to pairing it with Matthew 18:6 for a full champaca experience.

[Leopard403]

I am IN LOVE with this. It is wonderfully uncomplicated. You get honey, you get champaca. You get Honey Champaca.

It’s my favorite lab honey note, too; sometimes honey notes can start off almost sour and quite pungent to the point of a good nose wrinkle, or they can lean overly sweet so that a whiff makes my mouth water a little to protect my teeth from incoming sugar. But this is the perfect balance.

Then that champaca is just chewy and ambiguous perfection: Is it floral? Is it spicy? Is it woody incense? Nope, it is nothing and everything, a class unto itself.

In short: Y’all, this is damn good.

 

(I’m also making a full disclosure that this review is based on using the HG on my body, alongside an unscented body lotion. This way, I have more control over how much of the scent I use—more lotion vs more HG per palm-full as I apply—and if I really want to slather it on I don’t have to worry about what my short, fine hair is going to do with too much product.)

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Leopard403