Julilla Regina
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... The scent of Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls. This is very foody on me. Extremely rich and sweet coffee. There isn't a boozy note at all on me, just coffee and thick, brown caramel. It does dry down a little dusty, which is a bit odd, but not unpleasant. It's just thoroughly yummy on me. After about nine hours of wearing it, my SO snuggled up to my neck and said "You smell like syrup."
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This is fun! I don't get the apple that most get, in fact, I kind of wish there was more apple on me. What I do get it very very sweet, thick caramel, very dark brown, with just a bit of burnt sugar. It's definitely not the burnt sugar of sugar skull. It's just barely there. It's awesome!
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Even though I fear the amber, I ordered this because of the honey and the musk which sounded so good. Unfortunately, none of the honey or the musk ever shows up on me. Instead I got powder (ugh, the amber curse!) and extremely, super, uber Floral which stabbed my nose. I think my chemistry took the flowers and ran to the florist's shop in the middle of the flower field. Didn't work for me, personally, but it smells beautiful in the bottle, and it's obviously something that works great on most BPALers.
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For me this didn't work out so well. I'm very bummed, because I loooove cherries, too! But there was something in this that really caused a burning sensation on my wrists. I'm not sensitive to very much at all and wear cinnamon blends without a problem, so I'm not sure what was going on.
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Yes, Chocolate Snow White! I love Snow White! I love chocolate! OMG, this is so delicious on me, I wish I could bathe in it. I've already reapplied about three times, because I want it stronger, stronger, stronger so everyone can sniff with delight.
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I am truly bummed about this one. I wanted cake and berries! But I've found out the sad truth is that red musk goes absolutely bonkers on my skin and wipes everything else out. So while it is a nice red musk, it's gone pure Smut on me, which smells good, but it's just not me, I'm afraid. I wish I could carry red musk better than I do. I like it, but it gets too strong on me, I think.
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Why do scents turn to baby powder on me?!
Julilla Regina replied to stardust's topic in Recommendations
Yes, I too have what I call "The Amber Curse". There is no cure for me, I'm afraid, except avoiding everything that has amber in it. Sometimes I'll get a bit of a surprise on something that doesn't list amber as an ingredient, yet seems to have some anyway. For me, amber in any scent turns *entirely* to baby powder, so that no other note is discernible. I feel your pain. I would second the recommendations for Kali though, it's complex and sexy as hell. -
So suddenly I'm all about vanilla, I guess. I had to try this one. I am glad to report that the "powdery" part of this isn't amber. Huzzah! On me, it's a gentle musky vanilla. It stays very true from the bottle to my skin and during wear. There does seem to be some tiny bit of floral, but it's really negligible to my nose. It is very pretty on its own, but I think the layering possibilities with this one are pretty damned infinite. Hurray!
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I tried this yesterday at the Will Call, and I'm glad I have a bottle on the way. It went on very dark and musky, almost so dark that I was really afraid it wasn't going to work out. Because whatever that "dark" is, it's pure, adulterated skank-ho, and I mean that in the best of ways. It just might not be for everyone, know what I mean? After an hour, it smoothed into a medium dark, sweet sexy thang. This is definitely a horny woman's scent. No cowering virgins or maidenly Alice here. Two strange men approached me while waiting for the Red Line, one of them a man much younger than me, another much older. I am convinced they smelled teh Smut, because it's been awhile since I was approached by *two* strangers within five minutes. Heh. So, maybe if you take public transportation and want to wear teh Smut, bring some pepper spray too...just in case!
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I was totally looking forward to some waterlilly from this one, but my skin did not feel like cooperating with my wish. I think I'm falling into that "jasmine amper" category, because that is all I'm getting out of this. I wish I had the skin chemistry for this one, because it is really beautiful in the imp, just not on me.
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I really like this one a lot. There's something about orchids. It really smoothed out on my skin once I had put it on. It's light, yet very grown up. It's a little sweet without being candy-ish. This is definitely a very "I'm a woman, and oh so very sexy *and* posh" kind of fragrance. If you're into florals, go for this one, it's really lovely!
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I wish this had worked for me the way it did for others. Unfortunately, it made me a little queasy it was so thick smelling. I didn't get the blood orange or anything, just very sweet syrupy fruit. I'm wondering if the fruity scents just don't work for me.
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This one doesn't work well with my skin chemistry, I am afraid. It goes rather sickly on me, and I like sweet scents generally. So sad about this one.
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It's hard to add to all of the reviews that say "Rose!", I mean it's a screeching Valkyrie wail of a rose. I love it, but my skin is eating it like mad and taunting me. Fantastic, gorgeous.
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Hearth 2005 hates me so much. I don't know why it's being such a big jerk, but it is. It smells yummy and good in the bottle. Like all the things everyone else has said, nutty, sugary, buttery with a hint of pine. On me it has turned into the scent of roasted turkey skin rubbed with sage butter. Huh?! What is happening?! I really love Turkey Day, don't get me wrong. But I don't want to smell like a savory Butterball. So so sad about this. I want new chemistry! Why can't I be like everyone else? ::::runs away to cry:::::
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Wow, this is sweet! It's vanilla and yeah, egg nogg'ish a bit. This is really yummy. More like the sugar cookie dough (to my nose) than the baked result, but still, good enough to dip your fingers into the dough and take a nibble.
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When I first sniffed this in the bottle, I thought it was so similar to Sugar Skull that I felt a little disappointed. That feeling evaporated immediately when I put this on. It is spice and molasses and just pure yumminess. I never liked foodie scents before BPAL. I'm smitten with this, it's amazing. The only problem I have is that my skin just eats this up, so I have been slathering and sniffing and now I am so hungry for gingerbread, I think I'm going to go look up some recipes on the web. Love this!
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I don't think this smells plastic-y at all, but I can see why some would. I think it smells more waxy, like a waxy white flower. This is very creamy on me, like a vanilla and milk spritzed lily with a touch of musk. It's slightly cool, but I wouldn't say it's cold. I'm not getting the coconut that others have, but a sliver of almond (though I might be crazy). This is not a morpher on me. The scent is very true from the bottle to my skin. BTW, this is absolutely purely gorgeous. I really love this and am so glad to have a bottle!
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I love Harvest Moon and Samhain, so I guess you could say that I love the apple/spicy blends quite a bit. I thought this one sounded fantastic, and I was right. This is totally gorgeous from first sniff. Spicy apples, yummy! Buttery yumness! What more could anyone want? OK, can you tell that I love this? I really do. If you like butter and apple/spice...run to the boards and finagle what you can of this one, I know I will!
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Hmmm, it looks like we all know beforehand whether the BPAL pomegranate works on us or not. Fortunately on me, pomegranate works like a wonder! It doesn't go candy or sweet, it stays tart, red jeweled pom. The pumpkin...well, and I've tried Jack too and it doesn't smell like pumpkin to me, it smells like butter. In any case, this is OMGWTFBBQ on me! Tart stays, and the buttery "pumpkin" lays low and just tones down the pom. This is delicious from first moment of application. An hour and a half into it, it's smooth and gorgeous.
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My 16 year old wants to smell everything so he can wear it! He loves Dracul and Nosferatu. As for anything I wear, he makes comments about the spicier stuff, things with cinnamon especially, but he calls it all pumpkin because he knows I like pumpkin things. So anything spicy, he says "Oooh, pumpkin!" and I just laugh.
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An attendant of the Goddess Venus. She presides over nocturnal pleasure, nighttime festivities, and all the joy and delight that can be found in the darkness. In later ages, it became the name of the all-night festival that closed the Eleusinian Mysteries. Night-blooming jasmine, moonflower, cardamom, sandalwood, black currant, ylang ylang, frankincense and lily. This is a very nice, slightly heady floral to my nose. All the notes seemed like they would work on me, but I'm afraid it went very soapy on me. I will have to isolate the culprit and smack it around, because this absolutely *should* work on me. I envy those who can wear this, that's for sure!
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At first this was strong cherry cough syrup. That was over pretty quickly and wowza, did the clove take over on me! It was all screaming "clove! clove!" and I was loving it. After about fifteen minutes it smoothed down into a slightly medicinal, masculine clove blend. Rum wasn't there at all on me, which is probably for the best. This is a great masculine scent, I think, without being totally overpowering and common.
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O delicious yummy goodness that is Trick or Treat! You are scrumptious! I don't smell any actual veggie corn in this at all, I smell just sugar and a bit of honey and vanilla. I am positive that candy corn is the same flavour through the whole kernel, but this scent reminds me of the very tippy white ends of the candy corn. Mmm. Like Sugar Skull '05, I can just imagine the layering possibilities with this one.
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OK, this is a weird scent! That saying, I do like it, but it's weird. It is dark, dark brown sugar, molasses-y, sweet and slightly acrid, but not burnt if that makes sense. At first it's all that acrid dark brown sugar. Not unpleasant, but weird. After awhile I smell a floral behind it. Now it's smoothed down into a lightly floral dark sugar (acrid is gone) scent. I like it fine by itself, but I think it's true glory will lay in its layering capabilities.