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So apparently the Lupercalia order for the decant circle (

synecdochic_decants) I'm in has finally shipped! I've been stewing over these for a while now, getting antsy! I posted on my journal about what I was looking forward to, thought I'd share here too. FWIW, I'm pretty new to BPAL, and to perfume in general. I ordered:( these. )

Anyone have Lupers already, or an order on the way? What are you liking or not liking? What are you looking forward to?

recessional

Victoria's Secret's "Bombshell" perfume is a pretty great mosquito repellent.

rynia

Initial verdict on BPAL's Dead Leaves, Black Pepper, and Sandalwood:
Smells like all three elements and incredibly amazing in the bottle. Partner and I both get wide-eyed. I pine for a full bottle.

Initial application: Right wrist - soft, warm sandalwood to the forefront. Black pepper underneath. Dead leaves very faint in the background.
Left elbow - PEPPER. Dead leaves. Sandalwood very faint in the background.

30 seconds after application: partner decides my right arm has a new home next to her nose. She barely let go for me to type up this post.

Perfume and body chemistry: SO FASCINATING.

lunabee34

Schrodinger's Cat; Troll; Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat; and How Doth the Little Crocodile

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plus some help remembering a Bath and Body Works product that's been discontinued for twenty years

lunabee34

Three Dior reviews plus swaps

kore

BPAL Halloween time, that is! What is an instabottle for you? What is a no no no (black) cat? I thought it might be fun to discuss here (I know there's discussions on the forum, Twitter, Facebook et al), so here are the breakdowns behind the cut:

( 50 Ft Weenies )

lunabee34

Etat Libre D'Orange La Fin du Monde, Eau D'Orange Verte--Hermes, Velvet Moon Bathery's Velvet Gypsy, and a re-test of BPAL's Somnnus

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Review of Tom Ford Santal Blush

muccamukk

I recently tried:
Scalia: Looming Spectre of Inutterable Horror 4/5
Scalia: Mummeries and Straining-to-be Memorable Passages 3/5
Pretty Deadly: Ginny, The Reaper of Vengeance 5/5
Bewitching Brews: Bliss 1/5

Full reviews over on my DW.

woldy

In case anyone is still in summer scents mode, I posted reviews of four citrus scents: Atelier Cologne Cedrat Envirant, Acqua Di Parma Colonia Essenza, RazSpa Sea Buckthorn, and Guerlain Acqua Allegoria Mandarin Basilic.

The reviews are on my DW: http://woldy.dreamwidth.org/319925.html . If any of you have encountered those scents then I'd love to hear your takes on them too :-)

synecdochic

This post is a free-for-all for people to:

a) post links to perfume-related content they posted elsewhere (on or off DW)
b) talk about anything they want to talk about that isn't big enough for a full post
c) socialize and hang out without worrying about "off topic".

Have at!

rydra_wong

thatyourefuse: Five Perfumes To Wear While Watching Penny Dreadful

My thought:

THIS NEEDS TO BE A MEME OKAY

Some people seem to be posting in my comments; I hope people will also feel free to start their own posts. Because seriously, this needs to be a meme. Have I mentioned that it needs to be a meme?

rydra_wong

From Wired:

What’s Up With That: Why Are Smells So Difficult to Describe in Words?

A fascinating and readable write-up of the neuroscience and psycholinguistics on this subject.

Sample:

In fact, he thinks it might be the very directness of the connections between olfaction and language in the brain that contributes to our odor-naming difficulties. The information the olfactory system passes on to our language centers is crude and relatively unprocessed, like a few notes scribbled on the back of a napkin. The information sent on from the auditory and visual system, in contrast, is more like a polished draft, having gone through more steps, and presumably more refinement, in specialized sensory regions of the brain.

lunabee34

Reviews of BPAL Yorick, Dragon's Musk, Centzon Totochtin, and Coraline Jones I and II prototypes

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Two perfume reviews plus some musings on perfume naming conventions and musk.

momijizukamori

I do a lot of cosplay, and I like matching appropriate scents for the character. A lot of times, I'm good at pulling something out of my stash that fits, and other times the sheer volume of BPAL overwhelms me.

Which would be why I am turning to you, community, in hopes that someone has a better memory than me for notes and names. Brief character descrips, because I know the overlap between 'BPAL fans' and 'Homestuck fans' is kind of small.

Kanaya Maryam - a little motherly, feminine, but still a badass. Uses a chainsaw on the undead and topiary scupltures alike. Hobbies are gardening and fashion. Also an alien vampire, and still fairly young. Heavily related to the astrological sign Virgo

Beforus Kanaya - AU version of the above - adult, less fighting of the undead, a little bit of a Victorian nanny/governess sort of role. My design choices were trying to walk the line between 'extremely proper' and 'hot mom'

The Dolorosa - adult, a rebel, extremely dignified but without the sense of rigid primness. Serious Momma Bear instincts, not afraid to get her hands dirty. Also associated with Virgo.

My ScentBase list is mostly up to date, though there's a few I still need to put in.

elfin

I finally got around to posting my notes from the 2014 Weenies that I tried.
Link to post on my journal

sathari

First off, a couple of shorts which I neglected to write up as I was trying them, so this is a sort of after-the-fact synopsis: I tried Autumn III and IV, October, and Samhain: both of the Autumns smelled "like fall" on me--- spice and woods and the warm bite of the season--- while October was the bitter version and Samhain the sweet.

Now, onto the in situ reviews:

( The backlog, oh, the backlog--- and I still have a few more to test! )