Honor

In the bottle: Nothing distinct...but very familiar and... soapy? Wet: Similar to how it smelled in the bottle, although I can start to smell the orris and lilac and a touch of violet, I think. Drydown: Still "soapy". Not in a bad way...but that's what it's reminding me of. I can't pick up the lavendar or sandalwood at all. Maybe when totally dry? Dry: Faint feminine, floral smell...still mostly soapy though. Another "it's not a bad smell,but just isn't for me"...which is too bad. I REALLY REALLY wanted this to smell good on me after reading the notes description. I'm begining to find that florals just aren't for me... all the floral scents hate me. Overall though, the scent *does* remind me of a veil...soft and mysterious somehow... even through the "soap" smell, it gave the impression of soft laughter and shy, yet flirty maidens giggling under their veils at the boys. Recommended for someone else with whom florals work well.

In the bottle: Honeysuckle prevailing, with the jasmine underneath and the lemon yearning to come out...absolutely no spice.... yet Wet: Sweet and complex, warm spice. No lemon, and no jasmine at all now, the honeysuckle has taken over. It overwhelms my nose a bit, but I'm thinking I like this scent on me... until Drydown: It still smells nice...but it's gained more of a strange sweet smell and the spice, which was warm when wet, smells artificial now. In all honesty...it makes me smell like an "autumn" scented candle. It's not a bad smell, I quite like the smell itself...but it's not something *I* want to smell like... would be nice for a house/room scent to put in an oil burner... but not right for me. Plus, my nose burns something terrible. *le sigh* Just got this one in, and I think it's going right back out. Its a shame... complex scents don't do well on me, but last longer... light, fresh scents always smell fabulous on me, but my skin just "Eats" them up...

I'm horrified with myself because the word "Aromatic" brings up an image of aromatic (i.e. benzene and the like) rings and resonance. I actually DID learn something in organic chem. Imagine that. And thanks for the reply, that makes sense....shoulda figured it out on my own. LOL. and thanks to darklorelei as well. I do think the carrier will help the duration as it may allow the oils to seep further into my skin and be released more slowly ....working on hour 5(w/ a carrier) and I can still smell it more than I could before so hopefully it's not just a fluke effect. I think my pH will still degrade it faster than "normal" people but the carrier does indeed seem to be helping.

And this is what confuses me.... whether or not the carrier oils increase the duration of the scent, or (using the same amount of diluted as you would non) do the carriers decrease? What I'm really not understanding is why normal "perfume" lasts anywhere from 6-8 hours on me... but the oils(non diluted), when I apply the same amount or MORE only last about 4 hours? shouldn't the oils last longer on my skin than diluted down perfume? I was trying to figure out what I could do to turn my BPAL oils into "perfume" do I add water or alcohol? and in what amounts? Nevermind. Found the thread with a link for alcohol dilution content.

Got an imp of this for free with my very first order, and decided to give it a whirl today. Even though I knew what notes it was comprised of before I put it on,I couldn't pick out any one note or scent.... it just smelled..."Warm"... warm, and smooth and a bit spicey. Somethign I liked overall, but I'm not sure why. Put it on and I can't quite pick out the tea, but the creamyness of the milk comes through and I can sense the honey and ginger trying to come out. I didn't get a chance to really pay attention to this during the day (usually when I try a new scent I make a point to sniff it avarious points in the day and make mental notes. Good lord, I'm such a junkie)... but it never let me forget it...at various spots in the day while typing or just moving about, I would get wafts of the scent coming from me and it was just so heavenly! At some point when I did ask how the boys I work with liked it, they picked out a "powdery" scent that I hadn't consciously picked up but once mentioned I did note. (the guys thought I was wearing "Jezebel" which makes me smell like a baby nursery). I suspect it's the honey which imparts the "powdery" smell on my skin(the only note this has in common w/ Jezebel) ...although it was more subtle in White Rabbit and didn't bother me at all the way Jezebel did. Later in the day, the powdery smell is nearly gone and just a warm vanill-y scent pervades....and again I'm not a huge fan of vanilla, but this is driving me wild. I suspect the tea is what tempers it all out. But especially important to me... is the fact that this scent has STAYED on me! I'm so excited because every other oil from BPAL I have tried so far only lasts about 4-5 hours on me...and this has lasted for 10 so far! I don't know what it is about this scent, but its the only one that has lasted this long AND the smell drives me nuts. Makes me feel sexy and confident and just mmmmmmmm. So happy this was included! Am definetly getting a larger vial of this later...

Yea, I was looking in the thread about sprays too....was thinking of diluting with the jojoba oil and putting it in a spritz bottle (somone posted a website that sold them bookmarked it) Would it spritz w/ oil you think? I don't really want to dilute with vodka and can't afford to buy the "perfumers" alcohol.

Wow this is an old thread. Hope people still read it. Anyway, I hope no one else has asked this before, but I scanned through all three pages and didn't quite see my question addressed. Apologies if I missed the answer. My biggest problem with the BPAL oils is even with the "rich" or "deeper" oils, they fade away before middday on my skin. I have fairly "Acidic" skin pH so I suspect that has something to do with it. So would adding a carrier oil help to "retain" the scent in my skin? Or make it worse? I know it dilutes the scent so I'd have to put more on my skin itself, but that wouldn't bother me since adding the carrier "creates" more volume. Also, for those of you trying to find a carrier oil, I do know the Jojoba is one of, if not the oil closest to our skin oils and grapeseed oil can have theraputic properties.

I am in LOVE with this scent, but I do think the lemon could be toned down abit. Not a lot, just a little teeny bit. In the bottle, I smell mostly the lemon, but the lightness of the tea and musk comes through a bit. Wet; Lemon. Just Lemon. Drying: Now the green tea comes out and combines with the lemon and I am in a warm, happy place. Dry: Same as drying, maybe a bit more white musk. But it doesn't seem to stick around on my skin as long as other scents do. I have acidic skin, so I think I tend to "destroy" lighter scents quicker. What I sometimes do to "capture" the scent and make it last, and to also tone down the lemon is to spray some of my "green tea" body spray over myself after I put the oil on. Not enough to make everyone around me sneeze, just a spray or two. For the life of me I can't find the aloe, but I'm sure without it, this would smell different, maybe not as light. Also: the name really threw me off. When I think of embalming fluid I either think of wet moldy wood smells (not necessarily bad, but I'm strange) or even formaldehyde. I'm glad I didn't pay attention to the name, but rather the description.

I too, wanted so badly to like this scent. The description is delicious and I love the character after which this scent is named. Upon initial "whiff" (wet, in the bottle) ...the self proclaimed honey-orange smell. Sweet, but not nauseatingly so. I was disappointed then, to find that once on me, even wet, all I got was baby powder. Baby powder with a rich, vanilla smell underneath....but baby powder nontheless. I couldn't smell the sandalwood at all. Unfortunetly for me, I HATE the smell of baby powder (good for me I don't plan on having children!) and the scent never went away. In fact, I WANTED to like the rich undertones but the baby powder smell blew it for me. This one is going in my swap list for sure. Edit: Also, this is only one so far which has made me sneeze.