doomsday_disco Report post Posted May 5 Welcome my sweet daughter, my favorite, the King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Maatkare, Hatshepsut. Thou art the Pharaoh, taking possession of the Two Lands. Maatkare, the Good Goddess, Divine Daughter of Amun, sixth pharaoh of the Eighteenth Dynasty, androgynous queen regnant who wore the uraeus-crowned Khat, traditional false beard, and the shendyt and bore the double crown as Mother and Father of Egypt. She sent five ships to the Land of Punt and brought back thirty-one living myrrh trees, their roots balled in soil, to be planted at the terraced temple of Deir el-Bahari, the Djeser-Djeseru. Her scent is imperial and vibrant, seizing back her power from those who would erase her: myrrh trees crossing the Red Sea in the hold of a ship, the dark smoke of kyphi drifting through limestone colonnades, ground frankincense and kohl, warm sand and blue lotus incense, cedarwood from Byblos, the dry resinous breath of obelisk granite in the sun, and a base of black amber and sacred anointing oil. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
AEris Report post Posted May 26 This is really special on me! I love BPAL myrrh so I had high hopes. The overall aroma is a dry incense, with the myrrh dominating with its velvety presence. I also sense crackling woods and glowing balsamic resins. It smells quiet yet proud. I think it's meditative and peaceful. The notes are very harmonious and well blended. I can't stop huffing my wrist and letting the liquid poetry permeate me completely. I look forward to upgrading to a bottle! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BetteNoire Report post Posted July 30 Ooh, this is good. Hatshepsut is Morocco without all the musk, plus some lotus and stone and incense. It and Sappho share this atmosphere, like the scent has space or room to it. Something fresh to go with the incense and spice and resin that makes it smell like a breeze blowing over something hot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zaani Report post Posted July 31 These are airy, sunny resins! It's a quiet, understated scent rather than a bold statement. The stone gives it a little determined note, and it feels quite soft and contemplative overall to me. I agree with AEris that it's really well blended. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
