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Wet this is very sharp on my, almost minty. I don't like mint, but mint + rose + hint of fresh apple seem to be somehow funny and nice. When dried there ist only rose and fresh apple left, the sharpness is replaced by something creamy and nice. Like the fresh apple is drowned by sweet cream and garnished with fresh roses. It really is a weird scent and I like it very much. It's the first rose scent that is not pure rose on me (because my skin amps rose and pushes every other component out of its way). I think one day I will have to buy a big bottle of this edit: After all I should say that this is a fresh scent, not a sweet one - even if there is cream

Did you already try it? no - just saw the description. My local ice cream place makes cucumber ice cream in the summer - very slightly sweet, very good.u Icecream? That sounds interesting ... I'd like to try something like that. I really hope that SQ ist really green - but I won't believe it till I've tried it (hope I can order it soon)

Did you already try it?

I so wanted to love this because I love unicorns. But ... it is just not nice on me. There is a nice, fresh wet floral which I really enjoy, I can even identify the linden blossom which I like - but over this there is a harsh aand a little bit woody scent which overpowers the nice floral for over 4 hours. After that it starts to vanish - but it takes too long for me to be able to fall in love with this scent. I guess the herbs are spoiling this one for me. I ponder if it has to do something with aging ... I know I tried this one already and can't remember being so against it - and that was the same imp but about 10 or 11 months ago.

Just worte into the confession booth about my mood - now I realized: I'm PMSed! At least now I know what is going on. And I can give my 2 Cents for this thread: In the PMS-phase I found Van Van really helpful. Funny because I did not remember the text for it but found that it is nice, sweet, warm and helps me calm down und tame me. Keeps me from destroing things. I really could need it today - but of course I'm wearing something else (Blood Amber which I really love but it makes it worst ... sniffing and thinking "I smell so devine, I should not be here ..."). Afterwards I read the Van Van Text again and yes, this is a PMS-scent: A venerable voodoo blend, used for purification of the spirit and to amplify positive personal power. Turns grumpy into bearable While having my period I like Bliss - chocolate is always good But my boy hates it. My parents too. Everybody - exept me! I decided that I am more important than his nose when I have my period

I have to take up the cudgels for Fire of Love! I admit: I won't be able to tell what it smells like ... well at least not very good, but the thing I can say is: It is wonderful! It is a very round and warm scent, together with some spices. I'd think of a little bit amber in the background and - to me - it is cardamom. When dryed down there comes a powdery undertone which takes away the last bit of sharpyness and leaves a slightly blurred but - it really is the best word for it! - round scent. It is so warm, that the fire in the name matches perfectly - but it's nor the real hot fire, it's more a oven with fire and you sitting next to it. Makes me feel realy comfortable. If it works ... well ... I'm not sure. Have been wearing it on different occasions (family dinner, work) and didn't really have the feeling that there would have been an unappropriate effect. BUT: It makes me happy and comfortable - a good mood for ... you know what Want a bottle of this one as soon as my bankaccount agrees with an order ...

Guess I have to try Garden Path With Chickens, too. Because I love freshly mowned grass. Tryied some of the mentioned scents and there was no grass to me Had so far: Amsterdam, The Dormouse, Rosalind, The Unicorn, Phantom Queen. Some of them are nice but none of them is grass ... funny, it seems like such a simple thing - grass! - but it's so hard to find!

I love Aqua di Gio for men from Giorgio Armani - anything like it among BPALs? And what about Calvin Klein - Truth? (most BPALs turn very sweet on me so I'm searching some that won't do that)

In this moment I'm so overwhelmed with my feelings. I'm at work but - as always - listening to music. Instead of listening to the web-radio I listen to a CD I found in my drawer ... Yö - "rakkaus on lumivalkoinen" and I'm so homesick. The music (especially the voice of Olli Lindhom) reminds me of something. Of course of Finland. But there is something else and I can's figure out what it is. It is bitter sweet. It makes me want to weep without feeling bad - just ... is it melancholy? I don't know. It's just a beautiful moment and my heart is full of feelings, pictures and memories of my family there in the land of 1000 lakes and the wish to be there too.

Today really doesn't seem to be my day ... It started with my alarm-clock. I did not hear it because I had an earplug in my ear because my loved one was snoring again. I woke up 11 minutes too late. The radio on the alarm-clock is pretty loud, but not loud enough to wake up my partner. While eating my toast I realized that tomorrow is my grandpas birthday. Of course I forgot to send a card - so I tinkered one (good that I have all the stuff for it at home). But the card will be late - my grandpa lives in another country - as almost all my realtives. At work I realized that I have brought new cheese and chocolate - but the bread is still at home. Then I wanted to get something to drink - went to the fridge and how nice! All iced. Thanks ... Well on the other hand: It can only get better ... I hope!

Yesterday I wanted to check my mails at gmx (if somebody knows gmx) and there was a newsflash about Kate Middleton, the girlfriend of prince William. The picture of her was ... well ... terrible. But of course I was curious ... First glance made me think "No, not a nice person!" So I asked google and found other pictures of her an the following article: I was reading it and well ... after a while I realized: Okay, she is pretty - the sort of pretty you can find in every town - but pretty! And on these photos she seems likable. And then I got it: I'm simply jealous of her! It is that easy. Not that I would like her husband in law or the prospect of been followed by paparazzi everywhere I go, but all the other stuff. How much money she can spend on whatever ... I have to count every cent I'm spending right now! It was sort of luxury that I bought myself a new book! I almost never go to a hairdresser and manicure is something I don't even know. Besides: Color on my nails won't last it when I'm cooking, washing, cleaning etc. It is something special for me to buy any new piece of cloth ... yes, I am jealous. She'll have a though life ... being in the interesst of an hole nation - and even more than that (I mean, I'm already interested, right? And I'm not British), being followed by paparazzi, always have to follow certain rules and to look pretty (guess she is not allowed to have such an inflammation as I have - and if she does, she should not be seen by anyone). But on the other hand she will never have to think "Can I really buy myself a new bra? Do I have the money?". One of my dreams is to go to New York once. I am obsessed with this city, specially with the chrysler building, I guess she can simply say "William, lets go there, please!" Okay, then there is the difference: I can go everywhere and no one will recognize me, I can walk through the streets, taking insanly many pictures and enjoy being there while she will have to masquerade herself and be followed by bodyguards. Hm, not what I want. So the conclusion: Somehow I'm still the little girl that watched the Diana and Charles Movie a hundered times (I'd like to watch it again ... it was all positive and nice, even if we know now that that was not all true) and dreamt to be a princess herself. To wear beautiful clothes and to have enough money to buy all BPALs I want to (and a new bra ) To have a life that seems to be magical ... becoming a princess. The prince would have to be my own sweetheart ... I'd never want to lose him. And I want to keep my family. And his one, too. But yes: I want to read more about them ... want to share the dream of being a normal girl and becoming a princess.

Thank you carwoman and filigree_shadow! I have already seen 2 dermatologists - the first gave me cortisone creme and told me to wait about 3 weeks. After 1 week I switched to another creme (but also with cortisone) and it seemed to become better. On Christmas it got worst again an I decided to see another dermatologist after New Year. I was there last week and he almost screemed "no, no cortisone!". From his point of view it is an sebaceous gland (is that right? I looked it up in an dictionary) inflammation. Worst you can do is apply cortisone - it will grew from that - yes, I realized that! So now I have an antibiotic creme with almost no fat in it. After 2 days of appling it, it got raspberry-red again and so I called him and asked if that was normal. Unfortunatly it is. But today its smaller again ... still red but with some normal areas in between ... You should have seen my boss yesterday ... he behaves really humiliating! Watches it all the time while he is talking to me - again with those repelled looks - he really turns always so that he can see it better while he is trying not to come too close - perhaps he thinks it is contaminous (it isn't!).

I've never been very selfconfident about my looks - but now I really want to hide myself. For about 6 weeks I have an inflammation right beside my eye. Sometimes its so pale that you almost won't recognize it - and sometimes - like now - it's 4cm in diameter, cherry-red, hurts and is the first thing you see when you look into my face. Well, and the doctors says that it will last at least another 6 weeks. I hate it. I think I should remain at home. Even scents which let me feel sexy (like Hymn) won't help - I just feel ugly (well I know I am) and I hate it how people look at me. For example my boss - everytime he's next to me he stares at it, asks questions and has an repelled expression on his face. My sweetheart says no longer "no you don't look ugly" - by now he says "I don't care as long as you are mine" - that's sweet - but sometimes I wish he'd lie again and tell me "no no, thats not that bad, don't think about it". *sighs* If it only would go away again ... well ... now, not in 6 weeks. And please: Never come back again!!

Sorry, have to bump this up, because I'm really mad about this scent - I asked the women who moderates my partylite partys but even she was not able to tell me what kind of scent this ist ... pleeeeeease help!

Well, the most beautiful rose-scent from my point of view has not been mentioned here yet! (or I was not reading properly): HYMN! It's so wonderful, feminin and perfect. On my skin it is very similar to London, but somehow deeper, rounder, a more complex yet simple rose. And it lasts longer on my skin. It just melts so wonderfully ... perfect combiantion of skin and rose - so in love with it You really should give it a try!

Okay, I read the description of Blood Amber and decided that I never ever want this scent. Well ... one good BPAL-fairy placed it in my package anyway. I ignored the imp for months. Yesterday I felt brave and tried it out - and fell in love! What a beautiful warm, golden-red scent! I felt comfortable all the day and my colleagues may think I'm crazy because I was sniffing at my wrists every 2 minutes. Had only one disadvantage: I wanted to eat cake all the day! Somehow this warm scent made me think that cake would be appropiate ... Did you reade "The perfum" written by Patrick Sueskind? It's about a man who wants to create the most perfect parfum (unfortunatly he has to kill young women for that) from which you only need one drop to be adored and loved by everyone. (By the way: I think this isn't a goood book ... the story is sooooo boring and from my point of view it isn't even technically well written - but there will be a lot of people who disagree with me - there is even a movie made based on this book and there was a pretty big hype for this book and movie) But what I wanted to say: While reading the book I got a certain idea of what this parfum would smell like - and found it in Blood Amber. So - a scent I never wanted and a book I'd never read again brought me to my biggest 5ml wish: Blood Amber!

As far a I know, they are the same - at least an my package there are both names. In Germany it is called Hokus Pokus and in other countrys Abracadabra ... I don't know if this is only limited to Europe or if the names in USA are the same. But as fare as I know the palette-range there is only one neon-yellow candle (one of the halloween range).

Hi! Hymn ist very simple to describe: If I wear it I feel like a woman. A real woman. Not a girl, not a coworker. I feel as if all man would turn around and come after me - perhaps they do I don't turn around to check that. Of course it has something to do with "feeling sexy" - but in a grownup way - not the girl with a short skirt - no, this scent feels like "I could wear a sack - I'd still be recognized and adored by everyone". So the perfect scent if I wake u and feel grey and *yuck* again