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amazon_syren) wrote2007-12-24 04:33 pm
amazon_syren) wrote2007-12-24 04:33 pm
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BPAL Reviews Part III
Right Wrist: Skuld.
Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum.
Right out of the bottle, it's fruity (like apricots again, so I'm guessing that's the ylang ylang). :-)
Then I get hit with some of that not particularly pleasant rubbery scent (labdanum? Maybe?) but it doesn't take long before the fruit starts coming back and the honey starts making itself known. The musks, at this point, are nowhere to be smelled (at least, I can't make them out).
It ends up smelling like honey and peaches (or something to that effect).
I think it's pretty good. :-)
[EDIT: Yep, it just keeps getting fruiter and sweeter. It's almost like fuzzy peaches now, but with something warmer underneath it -- I assume that's the musks -- which keeps it from going completely to the candy-side. I really like this one. Not as much as Eat Me, but close. It's yummy. :-)]
Left wrist: Loviatar.
Black amber, red musk and dark myrrh.
Urg. Peppery and antiseptic. Or something. Faintly like charcoal. I'm assuming that's the black amber, but I could be wrong. It's not *bad*, per seh. It's definitely not cat's piss, and it's subtle enough not to be giving me a headache or anything. I just don't like it very much.
In theory, the myrrh should come out and spice this up a bit, but that might actually be the peppery scent I'm getting.
Huh... Not sure about this one.
[EDIT: Yep, still smells like ashes and bitterness. Too bad. Oh, well. I'll try it again some other time.]
In non-BPAL-related news: Tonight we go to my mom's place for Xmas-eve and Xmas morning.
To be followed by a very hectic Dec. 25th afternoon, with visits to my in-laws house, and visits to both sides of that extended family. Ye gods. :-)
I got all my stock-stuffer shopping done. (I went into the Crystal Dawn shop on Dalhousie, and went through every piece of malachite they had until I found one that gave me a really strong reaction when I thought of Paul. Here's hoping it feels good to him. It made me feel kind of dizzy, and like there was a huge weight on my solar-plexus. But, then again, most of the malachite was doing that. It may just be what malachite does to me. <*shrug*>).
Anyway, I'm quite happy about it all. :-)
I also raided the soon-to-be-closed Music World at Redeau. I picked up "Bat Out of Hell" (as performed live, with an orchestra) as well as a "Gothic Club Compilation" (just to say that I did. ;-) plus Cradle of Filth's new album (well, "new" - 2006) for Paul, as a stocking stuffer. :-) He's getting a lot of music this year. (Not that this is particularly unusual). :-)
Vice Versa, the bisexuality theory book, is going well. I quite enjoy it. :-)
We'll be leaving for my mom's place at around 7pm. Which means I should get those truffles made. :-)
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)
Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum.
Right out of the bottle, it's fruity (like apricots again, so I'm guessing that's the ylang ylang). :-)
Then I get hit with some of that not particularly pleasant rubbery scent (labdanum? Maybe?) but it doesn't take long before the fruit starts coming back and the honey starts making itself known. The musks, at this point, are nowhere to be smelled (at least, I can't make them out).
It ends up smelling like honey and peaches (or something to that effect).
I think it's pretty good. :-)
[EDIT: Yep, it just keeps getting fruiter and sweeter. It's almost like fuzzy peaches now, but with something warmer underneath it -- I assume that's the musks -- which keeps it from going completely to the candy-side. I really like this one. Not as much as Eat Me, but close. It's yummy. :-)]
Left wrist: Loviatar.
Black amber, red musk and dark myrrh.
Urg. Peppery and antiseptic. Or something. Faintly like charcoal. I'm assuming that's the black amber, but I could be wrong. It's not *bad*, per seh. It's definitely not cat's piss, and it's subtle enough not to be giving me a headache or anything. I just don't like it very much.
In theory, the myrrh should come out and spice this up a bit, but that might actually be the peppery scent I'm getting.
Huh... Not sure about this one.
[EDIT: Yep, still smells like ashes and bitterness. Too bad. Oh, well. I'll try it again some other time.]
In non-BPAL-related news: Tonight we go to my mom's place for Xmas-eve and Xmas morning.
To be followed by a very hectic Dec. 25th afternoon, with visits to my in-laws house, and visits to both sides of that extended family. Ye gods. :-)
I got all my stock-stuffer shopping done. (I went into the Crystal Dawn shop on Dalhousie, and went through every piece of malachite they had until I found one that gave me a really strong reaction when I thought of Paul. Here's hoping it feels good to him. It made me feel kind of dizzy, and like there was a huge weight on my solar-plexus. But, then again, most of the malachite was doing that. It may just be what malachite does to me. <*shrug*>).
Anyway, I'm quite happy about it all. :-)
I also raided the soon-to-be-closed Music World at Redeau. I picked up "Bat Out of Hell" (as performed live, with an orchestra) as well as a "Gothic Club Compilation" (just to say that I did. ;-) plus Cradle of Filth's new album (well, "new" - 2006) for Paul, as a stocking stuffer. :-) He's getting a lot of music this year. (Not that this is particularly unusual). :-)
Vice Versa, the bisexuality theory book, is going well. I quite enjoy it. :-)
We'll be leaving for my mom's place at around 7pm. Which means I should get those truffles made. :-)
- TTFN,
- Amazon. :-)