BPAL neepery

[sienamystic]

natalieann, have you seen the new scent in Wanderlust?

BENGAL -- A sultry and unruly blend that emulates the ambient scent of the markets in ancient Bengal: skin musk with honey, peppers, clove, cinnamon bark and ginger.

I know you like the clove/spice smells, and this sounds like it might be right up your alley.

Me, I want to try this new one:
VERSAILLES -- Grand, courtly and robust: a glittering, golden scent that would do Louis XIV proud. Gilded red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris.

Does anybody know what amber and orris smell like, though? But citrus is one of my favorite scents, and this really sounds fab. Orris is in the oil I'm wearing now (see below) but there are so many other things going on in that particular perfume that I have no idea what the individual orris note is like.

And thanks to oyceter, I have been recently wearing Venice.

A complex, voluptuous scent that captures the robust beauty and of the Italian Renaissance: lemon, red currant, wisteria, red rose petals, heady jasmine, Florentine orris root, waterlily, red sandalwood, violet plum, and violet leaf.

OMG so gorgeous. It's a really complex smell, floral but with enough other notes like the lemon and current to stop it from being your grandmother's potpourri. I adore it tremendously.

My sister's boyfriend, after being resistant to the whole idea of perfume oils, has unbent sufficently to admire how she smelled wearing March Hare (which I gave her because the apricot note turned to something vaguely nauseating on me, but which works on her). Soon, we will have him wearing Whitechapel (bwahhahaha!).

I'm trying to make a final list of what oils I want in a bigger bottle to make shower gel and body lotion with: Whitechapel, definitely, and Vinland and Tenochtitlan.

Comments

[bafleyanne.livejournal.com]

I'm wanting to try Versailles, myself. :)

[apis-mellifera.livejournal.com]

Oh, that sounds yummy. I'll have to add it to my list of things I'd like to try. :)

[max-und-moritz.livejournal.com]

Amber is warm and musky, long-lasting and doesn´t fade into powdery or sugary; usually it agrees with dry skin but turns rank quickly on mixed/oily skin.

Orris - I know of orris root, which is extracted from the iris (in the case it´s a natural plant extract and not a formaldehyde or headspace or ersatz substance, of course), in which case it should smell of violets :)

"Versailles" sounds slightly like one of my favourites, "Le Soleil" by Fragonard, you might want to check it if you see it *is mad about tinkering with scents and destillery of own garden essences*

Have you read Patrick Süsskind´s "The Perfume"? Not very well written, but a wonderfully accurate intro into a classical perfumer´s trade and secrets by way of a thriller novel...

[sienamystic.livejournal.com]

Hmm, I think I can live with amber and orris, then - as long as the musk doesn't overwhelm everything.

I've heard about "The Perfume" and it's on a list somewhere of books I need to get. Unfortunatly, I have too many of those lists, and not enough money (uh, or space) for all the books I want, so it'll have to wait for a bit.

If you're a mad scent distiller, you should go look at BPAL - it's a perfumery called the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. Even if you don't want to order from them, their descriptions of the scents they sell are very entertaining.

If Orris doesn't make you sneeze, you're lucky!

[dakiwiboid.livejournal.com]

Lots of folks are allergic to it. It makes me sneeze like crazy. It also smells too sweet to me, but then I tend to like bitter or woody or spicy or citrus tones better.