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On my next BPAL order, I want to get one of the Dragons Blood scents to see if I like that note or not. Which one is your favorite, comm?

(Also, what even is that? Is it a real thing or some made up gothical name for the site? LOL)

i thought it might be a made-up thing too.

Dragon's blood is a bright red resin that is obtained from different species of a number of distinct plant genera: Croton, Dracaena, Daemonorops, Calamus rotang and Pterocarpus. The red resin has been in continuous use since ancient times as varnish, medicine, incense, and dye.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon%27s_blood

Oh that's pretty cool. :) I will share with the kiddo; she'll think it's cool too.

It's a real plant-derived resin, and perfume oils with a large amount of dragon's blood in the mix can be rather startlingly colorful. ;)

I somehow don't have very many dragon's-blood scents in my stash, despite being very fond of resinous/incense fragrances. Serpent's Kiss is probably my favorite so far - dragon's blood, vetiver, and spice, very bittersweet and earthy on my skin. (Sadly, this is one of the GC scents that was discontinued earlier in the year.)

Oh noes. I have discovered that vetiver makes me joyous, so that sounds like it would have been a perfect fit for me. :) I'll find another that works though.

And, to add to what others have already said about dragon's blood, I will add that it is a very nice incense as well as perfume. I have some in the incense-resins collection :)

I have a few reviews of the various Ars Draconis scents in my journal (my 'scratch and sniff' tag is all my BPAL reviews) but which ones I'd suggest depends on what other notes you like.

* If you like fruity or sweet scents, Ladon is apple blossom + dragon's blood, and the dragon's blood takes a backseat to the apples and the white musk (which, caveat, many American noses read as 'laundry detergent' or 'Bounty dryer sheet', mine included, and this is a very Bounty-dryer-sheet white musk). Or, Dragon's Tears is a very salty-aquatic blend that came out smelling very white-floral on me, like jasmine blooming next to the ocean.

* If you like more deep musky animalic type scents, Dragon's Heart is red and black musk, currant, and fig + dragon's blood. I was very confused by this scent (as my review states), since it was a morpher on me, but confused in a good way, if that makes sense. Or, Dragon's Musk is a bunch of different musks + dragon's blood, and that one was very "eh, nice I guess?" when I put it on and then it dried down into a flawless warmed-skin and resinous sweetness.

* If you like woody scents, Dragon's Claw is sandalwood + dragon's blood, and on me it was very hot and metallic in addition to the wood.

* If you like leather, Dragon's Hide is leather, smoke + dragon's blood. I think this might be my favorite of all the Ars Draconis scents: earthy, sexy leather and smoke with the dragon's blood in its more floral incarnation. (Dragon's blood has two hats it can wear: floral/fruity and dark/resinous. A good dragon's blood resin scent has elements of both, but sometimes one takes more of a front seat.) When I smelled it, I decided that was what Charlie Weasley from the Harry Potter books must smell like :)

This is so very, very helpful. I really appreciate you taking the time to answer so thoroughly. Dragon's Claw and Dragon's Hide sound more like what I'm leaning towards at this point. I would definitely like to smell like I've been cuddled up with Charlie Weasley. LOL

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