BPAL Somnus and other medicinal scents

[devon]

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Lately I've been applying BPAL's Somnus before I go to bed. I sleep better, but is it a placebo effect or actual-fax relaxation promoted by the scent?

http://www.bpal.org/topic/8015-somnus/

reviews from experienced sniffers suggest that it has:
lavender, for sure
soft florals like lilies?
something green and herbal
white rose?
jasmine?

Many, but not all, of the reviewers said that it improved their sleep in some fashion, whether they liked the way it smelled or not.

Has anyone else experienced positive effects from perfume?

Comments

[vicki_rae]

I sleep like the dead so I'm not a fair test, but the notes sound interesting enough as a scent that I'll get an imp with my next order.

[teaotter]

I use BPAL's TKO for sleeping and plane trips, and I do find it very relaxing. I have no idea how much of that is the placebo effect, but I don't care as long as it works.

[synecdochic]

Lavender has been used for centuries as a sleep aid! So if it is a placebo effect, it's one that has been in place for, oh, two or three thousand years or so. :)

[lunabee34]

Nanshe, which is also in the Somnium line, is supposed to be for dreaming. IDK if it is a placebo affect or not, but I rarely ever remember my dreams (I have gone whole years without remembering a single dream upon waking), and every time I wear it around bedtime, I remember dreaming. I hate dreaming, however, and have since stopped wearing it around bedtime. LOL Other times, yes, because it is lovely.

Re: Somnus, I tested an older vial I got in a swap and did not like the way it smelled at all. I just got a fresh frimp with my order which I intend to test to see if it differs from the older batch, but I don't expect to like it.

If I don't like it, you or Vicki_Rae or anyone else who's interested in it is welcome to the imp.

[kore]

I love lavender, and it always relaxes me, altho I'm not sure if it makes me sleepy -- probably relaxing makes it more likely I'll sleep. I think I tried Somnum, but what I swear by is TKO, which is lavender + vanilla? or something sweet, and it helps when I have migraines and insomnia (two reinforcing conditions, yay!). I just got a new bottle, which makes me a little nervous because it has a new label, two women boxing, not the old heart-with-daggers-in one. I hope she didn't jigger the formula.