Perfume Reviews
Jul. 24th, 2016 01:10 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lunabee34I promise I will review some perfumes I actually like this round. LOL
Dragon's Milk: A truly fae nectar! Dragon’s blood resin and honeyed vanilla.
Nobody likes this very much. I think I just don't care for dragon's resin. Josh thinks it smells weirdly plasticky. It's too sweet on me; on Emma it smells like honey, fruit, and flowers but is just shy of being cloying. Not a keeper.
O: Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla.
This is another one of the popular scents whose appeal doesn't register with me. Everyone smells honey and vanilla, and there's a roundness to the scent that I am assuming is the amber. It's okay, but it's not a sexy scent to me, and this is marketed as being "the scent of sexual obsession." Emma likes it, I'm neutral, and Josh dislikes it because it smells powdery to him. Not a keeper.
Sonnet D'Automne: Tenebrous Love: a shivering white musk with vanilla-infused white cocoa, amber incense, and dead, dry leaves.
This one, however, is a keeper. None of us can smell the vanilla. To me it smells of incense, musk and leaves and is the closest to classic, commercial perfumery I've smelled from BPAL. Emma think it smells warm, spicy, and musky. Josh's mom tried it and liked it as well although she likes it less as the scent morphs over time.
Shanghai: The crisp, clean scent of green tea touched with lemon verbena and honeysuckle.
Love it. This is in the same family as Embalming Fluid--a lovely green and green tea smell. Emma doesn't like it, and it's too sweet for Josh at first but the sweetness tamps down over time.
I can't wait for September to roll around. I've got so much perfume I want to swap or give away but no money for postage until we finally get paid again. LOL
Dragon's Milk: A truly fae nectar! Dragon’s blood resin and honeyed vanilla.
Nobody likes this very much. I think I just don't care for dragon's resin. Josh thinks it smells weirdly plasticky. It's too sweet on me; on Emma it smells like honey, fruit, and flowers but is just shy of being cloying. Not a keeper.
O: Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla.
This is another one of the popular scents whose appeal doesn't register with me. Everyone smells honey and vanilla, and there's a roundness to the scent that I am assuming is the amber. It's okay, but it's not a sexy scent to me, and this is marketed as being "the scent of sexual obsession." Emma likes it, I'm neutral, and Josh dislikes it because it smells powdery to him. Not a keeper.
Sonnet D'Automne: Tenebrous Love: a shivering white musk with vanilla-infused white cocoa, amber incense, and dead, dry leaves.
This one, however, is a keeper. None of us can smell the vanilla. To me it smells of incense, musk and leaves and is the closest to classic, commercial perfumery I've smelled from BPAL. Emma think it smells warm, spicy, and musky. Josh's mom tried it and liked it as well although she likes it less as the scent morphs over time.
Shanghai: The crisp, clean scent of green tea touched with lemon verbena and honeysuckle.
Love it. This is in the same family as Embalming Fluid--a lovely green and green tea smell. Emma doesn't like it, and it's too sweet for Josh at first but the sweetness tamps down over time.
I can't wait for September to roll around. I've got so much perfume I want to swap or give away but no money for postage until we finally get paid again. LOL
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Date: 2016-08-15 11:23 pm (UTC)Will be looking for your post. I've got a fair few unwanted imps stashed in the closet, would be happy to swap for untried stuff.
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Date: 2016-08-16 06:52 pm (UTC)I'm looking forward to reclaiming the surface of my dresser.