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6 BPAL reviews in my journal
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BPAL reviews
Jul. 19th, 2014 04:15 pmsathariFirst off, I have to say that this community is full of amazingly, awesomely encouraging people--- thanks for egging me on to go ahead and post reviews even if I'm not sure of how to describe things so that other people know what I'm smelling/experiencing, and I will definitely check out the resources for "common language" for perfume description.
That said, the reviews themselves:
That said, the reviews themselves:
( Lots of reviews! )
synecdochicIn my journal: reviews of 30 BPAL scents, namely: Mary Read, Ultraviolet, The Harlot's House, The Dodo, Hatta (*), Sarah the Mother Bear, Dragon's Milk, Lips Full of Lust and Laughter (*), Two Five & Seven, The Contract of Theophilus of Adana (*), Mictecacihuatl (*), Bard, Lurid, Blood Rose, Juliet, Hedylogos, Xiuhtecuhtli, Dian's Bud (*), Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat, Juke Joint, Chuparosa, Hunter, Lady Una, The Stormhold, Sissy the Ascendant, Severin (*), Gold Phoenix (*), Neo-Tokyo (*), Kit (*), Eve (*).
(*) -- discontinued general-catalog or limited edition scents. (Some of the LEs are still available, though!)
(*) -- discontinued general-catalog or limited edition scents. (Some of the LEs are still available, though!)
Two sets of reviews
Jul. 5th, 2014 04:47 pmlunabee34I neglected to link here to
Reviews of Druid, Baobahn Sith, Arcana, Phobos, Black Cat, Squirting Cucumber, Kyoto, Bess, Ameles Potamos
and
Ranger and Villain
with a list of giveaways at the end of the first linked post.
Reviews of Druid, Baobahn Sith, Arcana, Phobos, Black Cat, Squirting Cucumber, Kyoto, Bess, Ameles Potamos
and
Ranger and Villain
with a list of giveaways at the end of the first linked post.
Ten reviews, in all a mixed bag
Jul. 1st, 2014 11:48 amfeldmanReviews of offerings from Guerlain, BPAL, CB I Hate Perfume, Montale and Conjure Oils. It didn't occur to me until this morning that I could also link to it here...one day I'll get the hang of community participation.
BPAL sniffing notes
Jun. 12th, 2014 09:44 amelfinSniffing notes for Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab's Destroying Angel, Chimera, Gnome, Al-Shairan, Dorian, Perversion, Plunder, The Bow and Crown of Conquest, Thy Godfather's Present.
( notes under cut... )
( notes under cut... )
BPAL protoypes (synechdocic's circle)
May. 30th, 2014 05:32 pmteaotterI was one of the lucky participants in the BPAL prototype circle synechdocic just ran, and I'm really interested in talking about other people's responses to what they got.
My first two test subjects:
BOBN1 - This one opens with the particular soapy smell that means my skin chemistry is eating one of BPAL's rose notes. It's a vague, pretty pink-ish smell, but very light, and it never quite recovers from the soap barrage. It also disappears within half an hour. When I stick my nose right against my elbow, I get the faintest possible whiff of... is that porridge? o.O
ICD23 - Medicinal and green-smelling. Something cool and menthol-ic, and probably some vetiver, and evergreens. And then a soapy note comes in, which probably means a floral note my skin is breaking into pieces.
Once this one dries, it's very pleasantly evergreen-outdoorsy in a way, but it still smells very tame to me. These aren't wild woods, they're someone's backyard, with the light from the kitchen windows fully visible at all times. Not really for me, but not at all bad, either.
The rest of my haul: PW7, PPV662, and NVPR4, still waiting to be tried. If other people have tried these, or protos I didn't get, I'd love to hear about them!
synechdocic just ran, and I'm really interested in talking about other people's responses to what they got. My first two test subjects:
BOBN1 - This one opens with the particular soapy smell that means my skin chemistry is eating one of BPAL's rose notes. It's a vague, pretty pink-ish smell, but very light, and it never quite recovers from the soap barrage. It also disappears within half an hour. When I stick my nose right against my elbow, I get the faintest possible whiff of... is that porridge? o.O
ICD23 - Medicinal and green-smelling. Something cool and menthol-ic, and probably some vetiver, and evergreens. And then a soapy note comes in, which probably means a floral note my skin is breaking into pieces.
Once this one dries, it's very pleasantly evergreen-outdoorsy in a way, but it still smells very tame to me. These aren't wild woods, they're someone's backyard, with the light from the kitchen windows fully visible at all times. Not really for me, but not at all bad, either.
The rest of my haul: PW7, PPV662, and NVPR4, still waiting to be tried. If other people have tried these, or protos I didn't get, I'd love to hear about them!
7 BPAL reviews
May. 27th, 2014 11:52 pmsynecdochicIn my journal: Mr Ibis, Wrath, The Magician, Darkness, The Priestess, Mischievous Spirit, The Great Sword of War.
19 BPAL reviews
May. 20th, 2014 02:54 amsynecdochic19 BPAL reviews, over at my journal, mostly limited editions and the "unimpable" general-catalog Neil Gaiman scents: New Orleans, Endymion, Chintamani-Dhupa*, I Loved You At First But Afterwards Your Love*, Antique*, Schlaflos Frage und Antwort*, Aziraphale, The Ifrit, The Red Rider, The Buggre Alle This Bible, The Fool, Agnes Nutter, The Emathides*, Philologos*, Nanny Ashtoreth, Black Snowballs*, The Norns' Farmhouse, Jailbait, Titus Andronicus.
(* -- limited edition.)
(* -- limited edition.)
jenettMore testing: O, Queen of Sheba, (including testing aged versions of both against new ones), Bard, Nyx, Ultraviolet, Uruk, Brown Jenkin, Eden, Jailbait, Lurid, Titus Andronicus, and an experiment in layering Eden and Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, because really, why wouldn't you if you had both on hand?
( Commentary inside )
( Commentary inside )
My very first BPAL: Vice
May. 2nd, 2014 08:58 pmleaflitterHello from a beginner at smelling good!
I posted a review of BPAL's Vice in my journal. I had a question at the end:
I posted a review of BPAL's Vice in my journal. I had a question at the end:
This does smell good, but I am bothered by the clash with the name. I smell like a slightly spicy flower, which is not really what I'd call Vice, as such. What would Vice smell like? Liqueur and tobacco and sweat maybe?
This makes me very tempted to try The Ankythera Mechanism tomorrow, for the tobacco note. Does anyone have any recommendations for a BPAL scent that really does smell of vice?
BPAL sniffing notes
Apr. 20th, 2014 10:46 pmsynecdochic9 BPAL scents: Rogue, The Rose, Dragon's Tears, Bastet, Tzadikim Nistarim, Sea of Glass, Djinn, Euphrosyne, Omen.