melrose
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I guess I would have a golden afternoon wearing this if my idea of a golden afternoon consisted of fizzy detergent; but, it doesn't.
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First on: pine, jupiter - must be the cypress. I really slathered, but it faded away to a soft, slightly sweet scent within an hour. Nothing macabre about this, to my sorrow.
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Way too sweet and oily. Fortunately, it fades quickly.
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For the few minutes I could smell it until it immediately faded away, White Rabbit was ginger and milk on me, with a slight undercurrent of something much too sweet with a hard edge. Not my thing.
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Phoenix Steamworks
melrose replied to persianmouse's topic in Phoenix Steamworks & Research Facility
In imp, and on, wet: deep, complex metal. Love this stage. Within 15 minutes: settles into a soft, slightly sweet skin scent. Then, 30 minutes later: all gone. -
Gack! Horrible - this smells like some sort of moldy grain cooked in rancid butter - I'm on the verge of nausea. I'm going to hang on for the drydown, because the comments suggest this is quite a morpher. Okay, it morphed into wind blowing through a barn filled with moldy hay. Her highness and I must agree to disagree.
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I love rosewood, amber, and vanilla. I like pine very much. Juniper and I don't get along. Guess which one I amp when I apply GP? Yep, juniper with just a hint of amber. No good.
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Very sharp lily which dries down to funeral-home lilies. My skin hates lilies.
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Smells magical in the imp, but my weird skin chemistry turns it into something alternately harsh/bad kind of sweet. Worthy of a scent locket.
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After applying liberally from the imp several times, only to have it quickly fade to nothing, I slathered with 1/3 of the imp. Same deal - after 30 minutes I had to huff my skin to get even the faintest whiff. It seems like I would love it from those huffs, but I practically have to hyperventilate to smell it.
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I tried this before I read the notes, and was amazed it contained rose. I normally amp rose to the high heavens, but something is reining the rose in, and it becomes an awesome blend that I can't begin to describe. Definitely bottle-worthy.
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First on, wet, I didn't get any banana from Scherezade, but when it dried, banana was the strongest note. YMMV.
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This is all amber, all the time, which is fine by me as amber and I have a little love affair going on. I probably won't get a bottle, though, because it fades much too quickly.
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The listed notes sounded pretty innocuous, but Queen of Hearts+my skin chemistry=horrifically vile scent.
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I'm so glad I tried this in cool weather; I'm sure I wouldn't be nearly as enamored of it in the summer. A dead ringer for Christmas - I'm amazed at how one whiff evokes a startingly clear, bright, colorful memory of Christmas with my family as a little girl, and the happy, safe way I felt then. I think a bottle is in my future.
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In imp, overwhelmingly sugary sweet. First on: vodka or gin with a sweet undertone. This is nice, also intriguing. It faded before it could develop further.
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Lovely at first, sweet motor oil, but faded completely within 15 minutes.
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On, wet: fantastic chocolate, not too sweet. Almost immediately the mint comes out - York Peppermint Patty! OMG, it's getting better; the vanilla is now the strongest note, with the chocolate, mint, and something woody riding underneath. What happened? It disappeared after 30 minutes. Still, could be slather-worthy.
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First on, wet: super-sweet candy. Uh-oh. Drydown: Amber and vanilla fight valiantly to emerge, but the other notes put on the smackdown. Not for me.
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Jezebel and I didn't get along, but Salome and I are in love. First on, jasmine and smoke. The jasmine doesn't overwhelm. Drydown is hard to describe, but these notes blend into a note that is smoky, spicy, every-so-slightly sweet, and right up my alley.
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I think I get along with all 4 scent components, so am hopeful. First on, way too sweet. Drydown comes quickly: one-note honey. Nope, not for me.
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As if I had just opened an attic window in a house where spices are stored deep in the woods. If only it had lasting power . . .
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It is similar to Snake Oil, but where Snake Oil's components blended seamlessly into something magic, in Vixen the orange blossom rides above the other notes, which are a bit flat-smelling. I still love it though, but it lasted only slightly longer than Snake Oil on me. So that's 2 very upsetting BPAL experiences in a row. I'm sulking.
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All you BPALers who say this is strong and/or has great staying power, I HATE YOU! Im imp, and on, wet, this is a Holy Grail fragrance - I was beyond excited. It never got to even the near-drydown stage. I slathered, but my skin ate it up. This is the most upsetting BPAL experience I've had to date.