Banyangirl

Anyone know of anything similar to Dark Chocolate, Whisky and Cognac? I'm looking for that deep, dark chocolate with the slightest hint of oak-aging barrels from the whisky.

I get a touch of oak barrels out of Dark Chocolate, Whiskey and Cognac, and I adore the woods in Dee.

My first thought was Tweedledee, just because I identify as cute and silly and Tweedle's one of my signature scents. Also, Xanthe the Weeping Clown might be awesome for you, as would Jailbait (that whole sweet-candy aspect). Dee for the English major, always. Maybe Phoenix Steamworks for the architecture side? I'm an English major too, and I really love cooking, reading, climbing trees and riding horses. I'm also a writer and I love creamy black tea (really adore fruit-infused black teas). Boarding school fiction is one of my favorite kinds and "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is my favorite Shakespeare play. I also love music. Amanda Palmer, Vienna Teng, Ben Folds and Flogging Molly are a few of my favorites. Theater also makes me happy. My friends describe me as quirky, quiet until you get to know me, and intelligent. Go go, reccs thread!

Oh man. This is seriously the sexiest BPAL scent I've tried yet. It might even beat out my beloved Hetairae. It's dark, rich chocolate with a rush of smoky, oaky whiskey. The cognac adds some sweetness, but there's this odd almost-marshmallow thing going on. My friend compared it to S'mores and I'm inclined to agree with her. But it's much more complex and sexier than s'mores. Definitely going to have to wear this to my SO's 21st birthday night out next week.

I'm getting... um... some sort of citrus fruit that isn't quite orange but close. And clove. And herbs in the background. It's a smooth, happy summer scent. Love!

Sweet cinnamon and cherries and woman. Oh god. I need a real imp of this. Like yesterday.

Subtle, fresh and feminine: the perfume equivalent of a spring evening. At first this was totally and utterly pear, which was great by me, but now the rose is mixing up with the pear and the lily is in the background, providing an ever so slightly soapy/powdery finish. I like it, but there are floral scents that I like much more.

This smells like.... licorice-infused wood. No, Greed. You and I can't be friends ever.

Wet, this was about to be my Holy Grail scent, the scent about which I said, "Okay, BPAL, you and I have had fun but it's really Versailles all the time for me now, sorry." It was shimmering grapefruit and clean, fresh rose and it was INCREDIBLE. Except now, twenty minutes later, it's turned into Pez and powdery rose and dusty orris and... this just isn't working for me. If it's anything like Jezebel, the powder will age off, so I'll be keeping my imp to age it. Hopefully it'll become Jezebel's spunkier sister-scent (and I do love me some well aged Jezebel).

Please let me squeal and dance about with JOY. This is wonderful. It's creamy and sugary and just a touch sour. I'm really wishing I had picked up a bottle of this when it was live. The myrrh doesn't show up at all, except to sweeten the blend and ground it a little. The fig isn't particularly juicy but it is earthy and sweet, and the goat's milk is likewise sweet. This smells like a drink you'd sip in a lawn chair out on tall summer grass. LOVE.

It's sweet, green, clean and makes me smile immediately upon application. And then it gives me an allergy attack. Damn you, hibiscus. Damn you.

For me, the flowers show up most, with the fruit giving it a nice sweet zing in the background. On me, this is the kind of scent you'd wear as you were lazing in a field somewhere on a hot Saturday afternoon. I wish the pineapple would show up more (I do love me some pineapple!) but it's a really pretty scent as it is.

Portalkat: I love LoML too, but on me the beeswax shows up as actual beeswax and not honey at all, and I get just a touch of smoke. So maybe the white honey isn't HONEY enough for my skin? Hmm. And thanks for the link to the honey thread, I definitely forgot that existed.

So as it happens, I'm obsessed with Beth's honey note, particularly in Hetairae. I'm considering grabbing Anactoria 2010 because it's got white honey, but I'm curious as to how white honey differs in smell from the regular honey note. Has anyone tried other blends that have white honey and noticed a difference?

High Strung Daisies (GC, reminds me of an aggressively sweet pink marshmallow) definitely makes me think of pink sugar. Also, if you can find it, Diary of a Lovestruck Teenage Cannibal (LE, Dark Delicacies) has a very candy-like throw for me (and if you find some, do let me know, I adore the stuff).

Oh man, yum. This smells like sweet ginger-lemon tea with a hint of cream on me. Love!

Got this as a frimp from the Lab. I'm not sure why, but this scent is making me smile. It's clean and fresh and sweet, and the mints are awesome. It's like Shattered's softer little sister, and much more wearable for me than Shattered. The throw isn't really noticeable, but when I wave my hands in front of my face, I get this nice little minty breeze. It's lovely!

This smells like cucumbers and celery and rain. It's very River (from Firefly). It's cool and translucent. Y'know what this reminds me of? It's like the Stormhold's younger, waifish sister. I'm not sure where I'd wear this to, or when, but I kind of like it.

BAND AIDS. BAND AIDS. DAMN YOU, HESPERIDES.

This smells... almost like chocolate on me. Like chocolate tobacco. It must be how the vanilla and woods interact with my skin, but I kind of love it! I'll edit this as I wear it more: I'm wearing it on my elbow crook and I normally wear scents on my wrists, so maybe it's smelling deeper/smokier because of its location. But so far, I really like it.

I just got Manhattan (actually partly on the recommendation it got in this thread!) and I have to say that I love it. It's sweet and feminine and light but has this tang of authority underneath that. Love. It.

This does NOT work on me. It's got hints of woods and coconut and orange blossom, but mostly it's just PINK MUSK. HI DID I MENTION I'M PINK MUSK? WELL IN CASE YOU NEED TO HEAR IT AGAIN I'M PINK MUSK AND I'LL BE HERE ALL WEEK. I'm actually really put out.

There's this soda called Vimto. It basically tastes like a Shirley Temple in a can. It's sweet and pink and slightly strawberry-gum flavored. High-Strung Daisies smells like how that tastes, plus a bit of a kick from the pepper. Strawberry gum plus a bit of spunkiness. It's happy and girly and feisty, and I kind of love it.

Yay fizzy, fruity soda! Poof, two hours later and it's gone. It was melony and gree tea-like and the champagne and lemon balm also made background appearances while it lasted. I really love this one, though, even if it does call for constant reapplication.

Ugh. Powdery, musky, old-person rose on me. This is so not a keeper.