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synecdochic ([personal profile] synecdochic) wrote in [community profile] smellsgood2014-07-11 09:58 am

Friday Free-for-all

Yay, the last backordered scent from my BPAL decant circle is out for delivery with the mailman! (I need to write up a step-by-step guide to everything I did this time around that made it sooooo much easier than last, in case it might be useful for others in the future.)

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"
d) or anything else that comes to mind!
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[personal profile] minim_calibre 2014-07-11 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't HELP that something about my body chemistry makes smells tame down. I swear, I could dip actual body fluids on my pulse points and they'd wind up just smelling mellow and comforting in 15 minutes.
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[personal profile] kaberett 2014-07-11 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Oooooooh sounds like you are skin-twins with my girlfriend (and to a lesser extent with me).

I have found that dabbing some 4711 over the top of whatever else it is keeps it vicious for much MUCH longer than it would be left to my skin's devices on its own; she's found similar. Have you had any success with layering like that?
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[personal profile] minim_calibre 2014-07-11 03:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Dune extrait + vintage Jicky extrait, weirdly. Closest to lingering filth.

I mean, Djedi keeps its smell of delightful post-coital armpit, but it's also almost impossible to find and hideously expensive, so I don't count it.
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[personal profile] lunabee34 2014-07-11 05:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I don't think it was the vintage Jicky but it was the EDP I tested, and it just smelled like innocuous powdery sweetness on me.

Have you tried Bandit?
Edited 2014-07-11 17:58 (UTC)
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[personal profile] minim_calibre 2014-07-11 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Bandit is pleasant but floral. These things have so much potential in the bottle, too!
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[personal profile] lunabee34 2014-07-11 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
I got almost not floral off Bandit. On me, it smelled almost entirely of leather (a very true leather scent) and stale cigarette smoke. Just a waft of something sweet underneath. I'm glad to have smelled it, but I didn't like it all that much. LOL
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[personal profile] minim_calibre 2014-07-11 04:00 pm (UTC)(link)
Almost all BPALs go Yankee Candle. My best friend was sent the Only Lovers Left Alive scents to review, and would put them on me and make the o.0 face.

Luperci is the only exception, thankfully. Right now, I'm trying Odeur 53 with a small dash of Tar. I'm thinking if only I could amp it up with a little more leather, it might be nice.
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[personal profile] lunabee34 2014-07-11 05:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I agree with synecdochic 're: Iago. I cannot imagine that smelling sweet or candley on anyone.
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[personal profile] minim_calibre 2014-07-11 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
You would be SHOCKED at what I can tame. Sécrétions Magnifique is a mellow little blossom on me.
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[personal profile] lunabee34 2014-07-11 06:19 pm (UTC)(link)
This is your superpower! LOL
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[personal profile] recessional 2014-07-11 06:53 pm (UTC)(link)
This is one of those things where I end up convinced that I am qualitatively experiencing scent differently from others, because most of what other people describe as mellow/comforting scents are wholr worlds of "gah fuck you are STABBING MY NOSE!", whereas I don't find the idea of actual body-smells (sex ones included) going so surprising at all. Hnh.