Thoughts on BPAL Lupercalia Update
Jan. 14th, 2008 01:55 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mllelaurelThought #1 - I cannot afford this!
General Catalog
Deep in Earth
Rose geranium, Spanish moss, Irish yew, and graveyard dirt.
Verdict: Pass
Defututa
Olive blossom, honey, smoky vanilla, cinnamon, jasmine, sandalwood, and champaca flower.
Verdict: Looks wonderful until we get to the bloody jasmine. >.<
Fascinium
Golden amber, golden musk, litsea cubeba, cedar, and saffron.
Verdict: Pass
L'ecole des Filles
orange blossom, ambergris, orris root, white rose, lemon balm, jonquil, carrot seed, and benzoin.
Verdict: Sounds nice, but doesn't make me desperate.
Love's Torments
White sandalwood, neroli, and vetiver.
Verdict: Meh.
To a Woman
Benzoin, cassis bud, patchouli, rose otto, and petitgrain.
Verdict: Nah.
Limited Edition
Earth Rat
A new year's blessing! Peony, China's national flower, with bamboo for flexibility, plum blossom for perseverance, courage, and hope, tangerine for wealth, lychee for strong family relationships and peace in the home, orange for happiness, pine resin for constancy, golden kumquat and quince for prosperity, narcissus and King mandarin for good fortune, coconut for longevity, and candied melon for good health, with a splash of blazing red of dragon's blood... to help you scare away the rampaging Nian.
Verdict: Damn it! That sounds really good!
Parentalia
Cypress, rose, violet, frankincense, ambrette, marjoram, and Lebanese cedar.
Verdict: Not my thing.
Anactoria
The scent of the throes of violent passion: entangled limbs, teeth on flesh, furiously grasping hands, the taste of blood and sweat. Golden amber, white honey, red currant, daemonorops, kush, and Arabian musk.
Verdict: Interesting and worth trying, but not one I'm desperate for.
Khajuraho 2008
honey, date palm, tuberose, davana blossom, amber, white sandalwood, vanilla bean, Damask rose, and champaca flower.
Verdict: Same as above
Luperci 2008
This scent is for the Luperci, the Chosen of Faunus, the Brothers of the Wolf: raw, down and dirty patchouli, Gurjam balsam, and essence of Sampson Root sweetened with the heightened sexuality of beeswax, virile juniper, oakmoss, ambrette seed over honey and East African musk.
Verdict: Not my thing.
Parlement of Foules 2008
Medieval romance and courtly love. White rose and soft resins.
Verdict: Sounds nice.
Red Lantern 2008
A tribute to the opium den cum bawdyhouses of Shanghai in the 1930's. Golden amber, blonde tobacco, Sudanese black coconut, rich caramel, black currant, white opium and delphinium laced with a sensual blend of Asian spice.
Verdict: Holy shit, want!
Smut 2008
Smut! Smut! Smut! Three swarthy, smutty musks sweetened with sugar and woozy with dark booze notes.
Verdict: Would smell awful on me, I suspect, even if the title amuses me.
Valentine of Rome
Ecclesiastical incense, Roman flora, and the fruits of martyrdom: cypress, olive blossom, frankincense, myrrh, and blood accord.
Verdict: Would likely show up all incense on me.
A Farewell to False Love
Pale lavender, sweet violet, balsam of Peru, and paperwhite narcissus.
Verdict: Indifferent
The Clod and the Pebble
Rose otto, clove, patchouli, Indian sandalwood, nutmeg, and cedar.
Verdict: Nah
The Flower Song
Pomegranate wine, lotus root, river reeds, hyssop, and barley.
Verdict: Iiiiinteresting~
Her Voice
Hyacinth, beeswax, wild roses, vanilla amber, lily of the valley, tiger lily, honeysuckle, carnation, and heliotrope.
Verdict: I'd definitely like to smell it. Not sure if I want it enough to buy.
La Vita Nuova
Apple blossom, white rose, lemon balm, and champagne grape.
Verdict: I like.
Longing
Rose geranium, frankincense, Ceylon cinnamon, golden musk, bay rum, and bois du rose.
Verdict: Nah.
Love's Philosophy
Vanilla, saffron, and cream.
Verdict: Could be very tasty.
Night Thoughts
Lilac, blue musk, dianthus, cedar, neroli, ozone, and luminous Eastern herbs.
Verdict: Nah
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Heather, clover, Irish moss, English ivy, tea rose, and carnation.
Verdict: Sounds nice.
The Presence of Love
White musk, rose-swirled amber, pink grapefruit, and jasmine.
Verdict: Jasmine.
Sapphics
Tonka, oakmoss, tolu balsam, grey amber, myrrh, and muguet.
Verdict: I actually don't have a good idea of what this might smell like.
The Ragged Wood
Lily of the Valley, star jasmine, benzoin, vanilla, plumeria, bergamot, Terebinth pine, juniper berry, and tea rose.
Verdict: Jasmine.
To Helen
Electric ozone, opaline notes, moonflower, white amber, beeswax, and three roses.
Verdict: Potentially interesting.
General Catalog
Deep in Earth
Rose geranium, Spanish moss, Irish yew, and graveyard dirt.
Verdict: Pass
Defututa
Olive blossom, honey, smoky vanilla, cinnamon, jasmine, sandalwood, and champaca flower.
Verdict: Looks wonderful until we get to the bloody jasmine. >.<
Fascinium
Golden amber, golden musk, litsea cubeba, cedar, and saffron.
Verdict: Pass
L'ecole des Filles
orange blossom, ambergris, orris root, white rose, lemon balm, jonquil, carrot seed, and benzoin.
Verdict: Sounds nice, but doesn't make me desperate.
Love's Torments
White sandalwood, neroli, and vetiver.
Verdict: Meh.
To a Woman
Benzoin, cassis bud, patchouli, rose otto, and petitgrain.
Verdict: Nah.
Limited Edition
Earth Rat
A new year's blessing! Peony, China's national flower, with bamboo for flexibility, plum blossom for perseverance, courage, and hope, tangerine for wealth, lychee for strong family relationships and peace in the home, orange for happiness, pine resin for constancy, golden kumquat and quince for prosperity, narcissus and King mandarin for good fortune, coconut for longevity, and candied melon for good health, with a splash of blazing red of dragon's blood... to help you scare away the rampaging Nian.
Verdict: Damn it! That sounds really good!
Parentalia
Cypress, rose, violet, frankincense, ambrette, marjoram, and Lebanese cedar.
Verdict: Not my thing.
Anactoria
The scent of the throes of violent passion: entangled limbs, teeth on flesh, furiously grasping hands, the taste of blood and sweat. Golden amber, white honey, red currant, daemonorops, kush, and Arabian musk.
Verdict: Interesting and worth trying, but not one I'm desperate for.
Khajuraho 2008
honey, date palm, tuberose, davana blossom, amber, white sandalwood, vanilla bean, Damask rose, and champaca flower.
Verdict: Same as above
Luperci 2008
This scent is for the Luperci, the Chosen of Faunus, the Brothers of the Wolf: raw, down and dirty patchouli, Gurjam balsam, and essence of Sampson Root sweetened with the heightened sexuality of beeswax, virile juniper, oakmoss, ambrette seed over honey and East African musk.
Verdict: Not my thing.
Parlement of Foules 2008
Medieval romance and courtly love. White rose and soft resins.
Verdict: Sounds nice.
Red Lantern 2008
A tribute to the opium den cum bawdyhouses of Shanghai in the 1930's. Golden amber, blonde tobacco, Sudanese black coconut, rich caramel, black currant, white opium and delphinium laced with a sensual blend of Asian spice.
Verdict: Holy shit, want!
Smut 2008
Smut! Smut! Smut! Three swarthy, smutty musks sweetened with sugar and woozy with dark booze notes.
Verdict: Would smell awful on me, I suspect, even if the title amuses me.
Valentine of Rome
Ecclesiastical incense, Roman flora, and the fruits of martyrdom: cypress, olive blossom, frankincense, myrrh, and blood accord.
Verdict: Would likely show up all incense on me.
A Farewell to False Love
Pale lavender, sweet violet, balsam of Peru, and paperwhite narcissus.
Verdict: Indifferent
The Clod and the Pebble
Rose otto, clove, patchouli, Indian sandalwood, nutmeg, and cedar.
Verdict: Nah
The Flower Song
Pomegranate wine, lotus root, river reeds, hyssop, and barley.
Verdict: Iiiiinteresting~
Her Voice
Hyacinth, beeswax, wild roses, vanilla amber, lily of the valley, tiger lily, honeysuckle, carnation, and heliotrope.
Verdict: I'd definitely like to smell it. Not sure if I want it enough to buy.
La Vita Nuova
Apple blossom, white rose, lemon balm, and champagne grape.
Verdict: I like.
Longing
Rose geranium, frankincense, Ceylon cinnamon, golden musk, bay rum, and bois du rose.
Verdict: Nah.
Love's Philosophy
Vanilla, saffron, and cream.
Verdict: Could be very tasty.
Night Thoughts
Lilac, blue musk, dianthus, cedar, neroli, ozone, and luminous Eastern herbs.
Verdict: Nah
The Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Heather, clover, Irish moss, English ivy, tea rose, and carnation.
Verdict: Sounds nice.
The Presence of Love
White musk, rose-swirled amber, pink grapefruit, and jasmine.
Verdict: Jasmine.
Sapphics
Tonka, oakmoss, tolu balsam, grey amber, myrrh, and muguet.
Verdict: I actually don't have a good idea of what this might smell like.
The Ragged Wood
Lily of the Valley, star jasmine, benzoin, vanilla, plumeria, bergamot, Terebinth pine, juniper berry, and tea rose.
Verdict: Jasmine.
To Helen
Electric ozone, opaline notes, moonflower, white amber, beeswax, and three roses.
Verdict: Potentially interesting.
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Date: 2008-01-14 04:56 pm (UTC)I have Red Lantern from years past that I can send you (if I ever manage to send anything again).
Love's Philosophy sounds so good.
And I want Sapphics just for the name/concept. Oh, I think it'd smell good too, but. Yeah.
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Date: 2008-01-14 07:45 pm (UTC)Mmmm, Red Lantern~ *drools* Is there some sort of shipping problem I could help with?
I'm just worried I'll keep wanting to lick myself, with Love's Philosophy. BPAL smells good, but it's not for the eating.
Ditto on Sapphics! Do you have an idea what tolu balsam and muguet are?
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Date: 2008-01-17 06:04 am (UTC)Tolu balsam is, according to wikipedia, resin from a South American tree that "has a complex aroma consisting chiefly of cinnamon and vanilla notes with a slight floral character."
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Date: 2008-01-17 06:07 am (UTC)