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I placed my first BPAL order tonight.
I ordered imps, because no matter how rave the reviews of anything involving scent, I have been pretty much monogamous to my perfume for a decade now (the longest relationship I've ever had *g*), so I don't think I'll do more than flirt with anything from BPAL.
My sweetie, by the way, is 'Samsara' by Guerlain. Here's what their site has to say: "In Sanskrit, Samsara means the eternal cycle of life."
Which is why I wanted to try it in the first place. Heh. I was taking comparative religion in school at the time, and I just couldn't resist the name. The base is tonka, sandalwood and vanilla. There are notes of jasmine and iris, and the top is citrusy and and spicy. It's very reactive to personal chemistry; it rarely smells the same, even on me. Usually, I smell the sandalwood above all else, but the florals and the citrus vary from day to day. Which I adore. I can wear the same perfume seven days in a row and never really smell the same thing twice.
So, under the cut, is what I ordered, and the descriptions
Swank - Simply cool, the essence of Lounge: the scent of a crisp pomegranate martini. (I can not wait for this. I love pomegranates... and vodka!)
Blood - A vital, bold scent, throbbing with sensuality. Essence of dragon's blood resin, thickened with myrrh and cherry, with a trickle of clove. (Really curious about the dragon's blood. Plus, myrrh. I love anything that smells like evil church.)
Perversion - The perfect scent to wear to your next bondage ball, dungeon adventure or sojourn to your favorite pleasure dome. Smoky rum and black tobacco with a whisper of steamy leather with a splash of crystalline chardonnay, layered over a sensual, sweet, and deceptively magnetic base of tonka. (Rum, tobacco, leather... these are a few of my favorite things. *g*)
Hellfire - A scent celebrating Sir Francis Dashwood's Order of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe, also known as the Hellfire Club. A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass. (Ambergris and incense... this just sounds yummy.)
NEO-TOKYO - A scent that captures a meeting of the serenity and elegance of ancient Japan, the vibrant, shining, neon-lit and ultra-modern splendor of today's Tokyo and the fantastic electric fantasyland of post-modern manga fantasy. Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits. (This is the one that most tempts me to get a full bottle. Sounds so different from anything I wear, but so close to how I usually feel.)
Nephilim - Dark children conceived from the union of Fallen Angels and the Daughters of Men. According to lore, the angel Shemhazai led a group of his angels to earth to instruct mankind in the ways of piety and righteousness. After a time, the angels became prey to earthly desires and began to lust after the daughters of man, and thus they fell. They instructed their mortal mates in the arts of conjuration, summoning, necromancy and other magickal arts. The fruits of their union are the Nephilim: possessed of superhuman strength, cunning, and infinite capacity, and hunger for, sin. Venerated as heroes by some, vilified by most, the Nephilim eventually annihilated one another in a cataclysmic civil war instigated by the angel Gabriel as punishment for their transgressions. Holy frankincense and hyssop in union with earthy fig, defiled by black patchouli and vetiver, with a chaotic infusion of lavender, cardamom, tamarind, rosemary, oakmoss and cypress. (Once more, I shop by name. I also wanted to try one thing with a lot of notes in it, just to see how they all came out.)
Hmm, can't wait.
I ordered imps, because no matter how rave the reviews of anything involving scent, I have been pretty much monogamous to my perfume for a decade now (the longest relationship I've ever had *g*), so I don't think I'll do more than flirt with anything from BPAL.
My sweetie, by the way, is 'Samsara' by Guerlain. Here's what their site has to say: "In Sanskrit, Samsara means the eternal cycle of life."
Which is why I wanted to try it in the first place. Heh. I was taking comparative religion in school at the time, and I just couldn't resist the name. The base is tonka, sandalwood and vanilla. There are notes of jasmine and iris, and the top is citrusy and and spicy. It's very reactive to personal chemistry; it rarely smells the same, even on me. Usually, I smell the sandalwood above all else, but the florals and the citrus vary from day to day. Which I adore. I can wear the same perfume seven days in a row and never really smell the same thing twice.
So, under the cut, is what I ordered, and the descriptions
Swank - Simply cool, the essence of Lounge: the scent of a crisp pomegranate martini. (I can not wait for this. I love pomegranates... and vodka!)
Blood - A vital, bold scent, throbbing with sensuality. Essence of dragon's blood resin, thickened with myrrh and cherry, with a trickle of clove. (Really curious about the dragon's blood. Plus, myrrh. I love anything that smells like evil church.)
Perversion - The perfect scent to wear to your next bondage ball, dungeon adventure or sojourn to your favorite pleasure dome. Smoky rum and black tobacco with a whisper of steamy leather with a splash of crystalline chardonnay, layered over a sensual, sweet, and deceptively magnetic base of tonka. (Rum, tobacco, leather... these are a few of my favorite things. *g*)
Hellfire - A scent celebrating Sir Francis Dashwood's Order of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe, also known as the Hellfire Club. A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass. (Ambergris and incense... this just sounds yummy.)
NEO-TOKYO - A scent that captures a meeting of the serenity and elegance of ancient Japan, the vibrant, shining, neon-lit and ultra-modern splendor of today's Tokyo and the fantastic electric fantasyland of post-modern manga fantasy. Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits. (This is the one that most tempts me to get a full bottle. Sounds so different from anything I wear, but so close to how I usually feel.)
Nephilim - Dark children conceived from the union of Fallen Angels and the Daughters of Men. According to lore, the angel Shemhazai led a group of his angels to earth to instruct mankind in the ways of piety and righteousness. After a time, the angels became prey to earthly desires and began to lust after the daughters of man, and thus they fell. They instructed their mortal mates in the arts of conjuration, summoning, necromancy and other magickal arts. The fruits of their union are the Nephilim: possessed of superhuman strength, cunning, and infinite capacity, and hunger for, sin. Venerated as heroes by some, vilified by most, the Nephilim eventually annihilated one another in a cataclysmic civil war instigated by the angel Gabriel as punishment for their transgressions. Holy frankincense and hyssop in union with earthy fig, defiled by black patchouli and vetiver, with a chaotic infusion of lavender, cardamom, tamarind, rosemary, oakmoss and cypress. (Once more, I shop by name. I also wanted to try one thing with a lot of notes in it, just to see how they all came out.)
Hmm, can't wait.
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The descriptions on that site are so tempting, it's ludicrous. I have a text file a mile long filled with all the scents I'd love to try. I think my next order (slippery slope, indeed), I want to get Kumiho (ginger and white tea) and definitely Hollywood Babylon (Can't help but link to Nsync. I want it!).