Asphodel

This is an elusive scent, it doesn’t have the big name florals that are easy to recognize. There’s something smooth and slightly creamy about this scent. It says subdued floral to me but at the same time it’s rather fresh.

After its been on for a couple hrs, I’m getting carnation - I didn’t expect that! Slightly spicy and sweet. This is really pretty, I love carnations. In this phase, it reminds me a bit of Morocco (carnation). I really like this phase of the scent.

Aizen-Myoo

This is a bright scent, slightly tart and astringent. It reminds me of the Asian moons, Holiday Moon, or Budding Moon. I smell sweet grapefruit and a touch of florals. There’s tea in the background. This is a super refreshing scent and perfect for summer. If I come across an imp I’ll hang onto it. Thanks GC swap – I probably would have never tried this scent!

Blood Countess

Notes: black plum, opium, dead roses, hungarian lilac, white gardenia, wild berry

Juicy, luscious dark red fruit, slightly spicy. When I first applied this I got a bit of the opium haze but that receded pretty quick leaving only the rich, jeweled fruits. This is how I imagined Frumious Bandersnatch would smell like. Yum! From my memory of that scent, they are pretty similar. As it wears it stays pretty true, not changing much. It’s all juicy plum with a touch of spice. Wow, this is a delicious scent!

Hunger

Notes: narcissus, orange blossoms, vanilla

This smells vaguely medicinal in the imp with traces of vanilla in the background. It’s reminiscent of Snake Oil without all the spices. On the skin wet, it smells a bit like tobacco and flowers that are not overpoweringly sweet. It actually reminds me a lot of an acacia essential oil that I’ve had forever. After it’s been on a couple of minutes, the vanilla comes forward strongly and this is very similar to Snake Oil. Yum!

As this wears, it remains predominantly vanilla, tempered a bit by the other notes. The other notes in the blend are hard for me to pick out – I’m not familiar with narcissus and they blend together well adding interest and depth to the vanilla. It’s long-lasting and although I only put a small bit on, it’s pretty strong, making me think that the throw on this oil could be great.

Overall, another great vanilla scent! I’m liking this a lot and I see some good possibilities for this one – alone and layered.

Thanks GC swap – the orange blossom in this would have kept me far away from this scent and I never would have tried it.

Follow Me Boy

I’m just trying this for the scent as I’m not in a position right now to try it for it’s intent (currently alone at home gardening and doing laundry) but I’d like to try it for it’s purpose sometime.

God, how to describe this…powder. Baby powder. There’s something there too that's a bit sickly and cloying. Man this is strong! The florals in the background are hard to identify, buried beneath the powder or mineral oil scent. I do not like this scent at all. I cannot believe this blend would attract, seduce or enthrall nor that it would bring increased financial gain and profits. This is not good scent on me. After wearing it for a while it didn’t improve – damn chemistry. Maybe it’s a time of month thing. I sure wish I got the creamy vanilla that some have described. Ah well - there's lots of BPAL out there that I adore so it's just as well. It was great to try this just the same.

Seraphim

This is a heady, creamy floral blend that smells almost like gardenia to me. I can smell the lily and a touch of rose but these are dominated by another rich, heady floral. Looking at the notes I suppose that’s the wisteria but I don’t know what that smells like. There’s a nice base underneath the florals. Smelling it after I’ve just applied it, it brings to mind Sleepy Moon oh so slightly, which I ADORE. When I first sniffed this in the imp I was rather uncertain and thinking that I wouldn’t mind passing this imp along, but as it wears I find myself sniffing my wrist repeatedly. The frankincense adds a touch of astringency to it and bit of sharpness to the florals. As it wears the base become stronger. Nice, I like it! Thanks GC swap!

edited slightly because I have a crazy nose but it's all good now (I think)...

Yggdrasil - original review (6-27-05)

at first, this was a very herbal, airy, fresh scent - really very interesting and nice. it smells totally open and airy and wafty to me. then pretty quickly it changes. no sandalwood or cedar (too bad as I love them) but instead this very strong musk with maybe some wood mixed in that turns into this very odd moldy disgusting chocolate smell. not good at all.

the opening is great but it ends very funky on me - it seems no matter what time of the month it is (I was thinking there might be a link there so I gave it another run). overall, I don't see it in my future for long.

Recent review - 6-15-06

I thought that I'd try this scent again as it's been almost a year since my original review. Once on, it does remind me a lot of Buck Moon - wow, this is fabulous! As it wears, the similarity remains.

After it's been on for an hr or so, the scent deepens and sweetens a bit. This is where my original impression of moldy chocolate comes from. I don't necessarily get that now but I can see how I did. It's a deeper musk that is slightly sweet but it's not a good musk on me. It does not smell good - so I'm thankful that I have Buck Moon, that Ochosi and one of my Devil's Night bottles remind me a lot of Buck Moon if I ever run out. I guess that my original impression still rings true.