Ghost_Light

I've just discovered that I adore Hellion and it is one of the very few that my hubby likes on me. Luckily I've also discovered that Imp is similar on me - less patchouli and less wow from the hubby, but similar.

I would add an "oddity" to that - something like Zombi or Scarecrow or a totally foody-scent. I really misjudged what I would like/what would work on me when I made my first order and the frimp of Scarecrow was my first love. Something really out of the ordinary might just be the thing that keeps a total newbie from going "but it's just perfume!"

In the imp: Apple with a bit of caramel. Very sweet. Wet: A blast of caramel that vanishes quickly under a steamroller of coconut. Dry: Still coconut. Big time. A get a little whiff of apple every third sniff but this is mainly coconut. Long-wear: This picks up a strange waxy overtone. I smell like a big waxy apple and coconut candle.

Fire Pig A review in dialogue in which, through the wonders of muscle relaxants, Ghost Light has been split into Logical Ghost Light and Drugged Ghost Light Drugged Ghost Light: Yay!! My decant arrived with barely a day to spare! Look, Hubby, it's Fire Pig. It has peony in it! Hubby: Girlfriends, Ghost Light, Girlfriends Geolingist: Hey! Drugged Ghost Light: Just for that I'm putting it on right here on the couch. Mmm...I can smell the peony just in the vial. (slather) It's really similar to Peony Moon but with a fruit base. This is really nice. Hubby: That's nice. I like that. Drugged Ghost Light: Really?!?!?? Hubby:....sure. Drugged Ghost Light: I like it. Oh, but it's getting that teaky-smell that Peony Moon gets. Drats! It started so nice! Logical Ghost Light: YOu know, since you only get that note when you take muscle relaxants, maybe you should try Fire Pig when you aren't stoned out of your gourd. Drugged Ghost Light: Wow! I bet that works! You're really smart. Hey, Geolinguist, want to try Fire Pig? Geolinguist: Oh, okay. But just Fire Pig. I don't want to go back to the office smelling like a French Brothel. Drugged Ghost Light: Oh, you won't, it's pretty fruity. What do you think? Geolinguist: (sniffing) I'm getting a lot of tangerine. Drugged Ghost Light: Some of the reviews have said the citrus can go really wrong, so watch out. Geolinguist: Uh-oh. I'm getting that. Smell this. Drugged Ghost Light: (sniffs, gets the giggles) I don't know if it's wrong, but you do smell like a great big orange Pez. Geolingist: Harumph, you're on drugs. Acey: Can I try it? Drugged Ghost Light: Just the Fire Pig, sure. Acey: (slathers) Mmmm...I like the orange. Drugged Ghost Light: It's so funny that you both get the citrus from that and I don't. Acey: It's....uh-oh! I don't like this orange! I smell like baby powder and deodorant. This one is NOT Perfect. Drugged Ghost Light: (doing a little dance and singing) It smells best on meeee! It smells best on meeeee! Logical Ghost Light: You know, if you keep making fun of your friends in reviews, eventually they are going to find a way to get even with you. Drugged Ghost Light: Maybe, but Fire Pig still likes me best!

I have to admit, I didn't know the notes when I first tried this one. I put it in my imp box before heading to the theatre and I had it utterly confused with Whip. I was expecting a huge burst of thick black leather and wet red rose when I sniffed the imp. Imagine my surprise when it was light and very slightly floral... Wet I got a bit of rose, but mostly a sexy sweetness. Long-wear it faded down to a warm, spicy, sexy musk. Geolinguist swears I smell a bit like a bayberry candle, but I just swear at him for that. This is one my very favorites!

This is really a novelty scent. I'm rather obsessed with zombies right now, so I wore it most of October (so often, in fact, that I was catching whiffs of it on clothes well into December.) I rather like the blend of rose and dirt in this one. The earth note dominates on me and smells like digging outside when I was a kid. Not in the uncovered flower beds or in the damp where the hose dripped, but the one under the patio where the ground was so dry I would get to water it two or three times a day and dust would rise up when the water first hit it. This is not a scent for daily wear, but it a wonderfully novel smell. Keeping the imp? Oh yes! Bottle? probably not, but I will get another imp when this one is gone.

Anne Bonny A Review in Dialogue Ghost Light: Oh good, my bottle from Ebay arrived today and they threw in some frimps! I need these to help improve a bad day. And look! Anne Bonny! I've always wanted to try this one (slather slather) EEk...that's a little sharp. I really get the patchouli strong. This one may need a second opinion - Geolinguist? Acey? Hubby? Damn, just me. Oh well. Better go back to work. Littlest Actress (enters 2 hours after slather) Hi Ghost Light. Ghost Light: Hey, Little. I'm trying a new perfume. Would you smell my wrist and tell me honestly if I put on too much? Littlest Actress: Okay (sniff) Wow!! (sniff sniff) You didn't put on too much (sniff sniff sniff)...you didn't put on ENOUGH! You should BATHE in this! (sniff sniff sniff sniff) Ghost Light: Okay, honey, thanks. I really needed that. Littlest Actress: (sniff) Mmmmm..... Ghost Light: Okay, Little. I need my wrist back now.... Littlest Actress: (sniff) mmmmmmm.... Ghost Light: Now, Little...look, you're going to miss your entrance! Littlest Actress: But! But! (shuffles off, dejected) Awww... Ghost Light: Wow, that never happened before. I wonder how the other Pirates will like it at the meeting tonight. (and, through the magic of time telescoping, Ghost Light arrives at the meeting) Hi everybody. Hey Val, I got Anne Bonny today, want to smell? Val: Of course! (sniff) Mmm....I like the patchouli. This is really nice (sniff) I really like this. (sniff) I...mmmmmm Angel: I want to smell! Ghost Light: Okay, just a sec. (attempts to walk over to his chair) Um, Val? Val (still holding on and sniffing) Mmmmm.... Ghost Light: Umm, Val...I need my wrist back.. Val: But! But! Awwwww.... Angel: This better be some good..(sniff)..mmmmm... Stymie: You're holding out on me! Ghost Light: (giggling now) I'll be there in a second, Stymie. I just (tug) need (tug) Um, Angel? I need my wrist back. Angel: But! But! Awwww... Stymie: (sniff) Mmmm....Hey, Ghost Light. Exactly how committed are you to Hubby? Hubby: (watching the whole thing, rather amused) I'd say my lack of commitment to BPAL is going to be the real problem here. Stymie: Mmmm.... Ghost Light: Hubby, do you want to smell it? I can get my wrist back if you want it. Stymie: But! But! Aww... Hubby: Okay...(sigh. Sniff) Everyone in Unison: Weeeeellll? Hubby: It's...nice? (people begin to boo and throw things) I said "nice"! (more booing) Okay, that's it. I'm taking Ghost Light and her wrists home with me. Everyone: But! But! Awwwwww....

Does anyone know of a GC that shares the incense in Jacob's Ladder? I had the same thing happen at first, then Snake Charmer kind of smelled like the cake was burning...

Bakeneko A review in dialogue Ghost Light: Yay! My imp is finally here! I can't wait to try it! (dabs on one drop per wrist. Really. Sniffs) Mmm...(sniff) Cherry! (sniff) and lots of cardamom! (sniff) And the tangerine! (sniff) It's like cinnamon in the back of really great, spicy tea! (gives up individual sniffs and simply superglues nose to wrist) Wow! I really...wait! Don't fade! Come back! Awwww...it's only been 20 minutes and now I kind of smell like Sure. Hubby: You want me to smell that, don't you. Ghost Light: Here! (thrusts out wrists) Hubby: (mutters to self and sniffs) No, I kind of like that. Ghost Light: Really? Because I like the starting notes better. Here, let me show you. (dabs on just a whisper more than one drop per wrist.) Hubby: Ack! Ack! Too strong! (tries to climb over back of the couch to get away.) Ack! Ghost Light: I didn't put on that much. (doesn't even get nose to wrist) Ack! Too strong! (tries to climb over back of the couch to get away from her own wrists) Ack! Acey: Can I try it? Ghost Light: Sure. (holds nose, slathers) Acey: It's Perfect! (wanders around for hours, happy smelling wrists) Honey? Remember that website? Keeping the imp? maybe... Bottle: Only for Acey.

The Red Queen a review in dialogue Non-Forum Friend: Okay, I ordered 18 imps,but this one is going to be my favorite. This is going to be my new signature scent and it's going to be Perfect. I can't wait (slathers on for the first time.) Ghost Light and Geolinguist: Well? Non-Forum Friend: I...I...I don't like it! It's not Perfect!! (gives all of her imps to Ghost Light and runs away to join a BPAL-free convent.) Ghost Light: Wow. Okay. Well, let me just try this one on and see what I think. Geolinguist: Well? Ghost Light: It's very cherry, and I like cherry, but that's fading fast and now...(sniff) eh, I smell like wood. It's teaky or something. I kind of feel like a Pier 1. Geolingust: (sniffing) It's not that bad. It's kind of nice. Ghost Light: It is kind of nice, but it's not Perfect. Here, you try it. Geolinguist: I like you, Ghost Light, but I am a gay man. I'm not wearing anything with "Queen" in the title. Ghost Light: Chicken. Hey Hubby? Let me put this on you... Hubby: Fuck off, dear. Acey: What is this BPAL you guys are always talking about? Ghost Light: (exchanging evil glances with Geolinguist) It's....well, here, let me put this on you. Acey: (all innocence) Okay. Geolinguist and Ghost Light: Well? Acey: It's Perfect! (immediately gets on the phone while still in the booth, during a performance) Honey? I want this. Go to this website and order.... Ghost Light and Geolinguist: (high-fiving each other) Heh, heh, heh.

Peony, plum blossom, water reeds and soft Asian woods. I was blessed to get an imp of this from my first Switch Witch, Salixnoir In the imp: I looooove me some Peony. Wet: Richly peony, but the bamboo and plum blossom give it a really different tang. It's a very sophisticated scent. Dry-down/long wear: Lovely. Pure lovely. The peony mellows out from being the dominate note without disappearing and the sophisticated feeling I got from when it was wet only grows. For some reason, this is one that changes when I take a muscle relaxant. It is the only one that I've found that does. It gets an odd teak note that doesn't appear if I haven't taken a pill. I prefer it without the teak but it is lovely no matter what.

This was my first chocolate/candy scent. From the moment I opened the imp, I could tell that this was not going to be the Ultimate Chocolate Scent for me. It wasn't bad. It wasn't too strong. It wasn't too sweet. It was just...not quite right. To my nose, it had kind of an imitation chocolate overtone which only amped on my skin. One of my friends has a chocolate perfume that makes my stomach growl every time she wears it. I am going to swap Candy Butcher and hold out for that kind of scent. Keeping the imp? Nah. Bottle? Nah.

Pumpkin Queen a review in dialogue Ghost Light: (sniffing the imp) Mmmm....people keep saying this is buttery, but it's really rich and kind of dark and...very spicy and....mmmm.....(slather) Pumpkin Queen: Ohm you poor, poor dear. Has Jasmine been bullying you again? Ghost Light: (sniffing) Uh-huh. Pumpkin Queen: (drawing Ghost Light onto her lap and cradling her against her ample bosom) Shh...shhh...it's okay. I'm here now. Don't be afraid. Ghost Light: Wait a minute! I know you! You're not pumpkin at all! You're FIG! And you, you're cardamom! You're lovely! You're so deep and regal. You're perfect. Pumpkin Queen: (preening) Why yes, yes I am. Ghost Light: Geolinguist! Geolinguist! Smell this, isn't it perfect? Geolinguist: (sniffing) You smell like a Fig Newton. Ghost Light: (stamping foot) I do not! Sniff again. Geolinguist: (sniffing) No. You smell like a spicy Fig Newton. Ghost Light: (appealing to a high power) Hubby! Huuubby! Smell my wrist. What do you think? Hubby: I think you need to find some girlfriends. Geolinguist: Hey! Hubby: (sniffing with an all-suffering sigh) I don't like it. You smell like a Fig Newton. Ghost Light: Well, I don't care. I like it and I'm keeping it, so there. Pumpkin Queen and Ghost Light: Geolinguist and Hubby: Newton. Keeping the imp? Hell yes! Bottle? Hell yes!

Venice A review in dialogue Geolinguist: Hey, Ghost Light, I got some new imps in the mail. Want to try one before rehearsal? Ghost Light: (casually leaping over chairs and small children to reach the imp box) Oh sure, why not? Geolinguist: Here, try this one. It's Venice. Jasmine: (lurking in the imp) Heh, heh, heh. Ghost Light: (sniffing imp) That's really floral. It's pretty. Jasmine: (hiding behind Rose Petals with a hand over her mouth and a gun to her head) Shhh.... Ghost Light: (Dabs, sniffs. Wisteria and Waterlilly attempt to make a run for it.) Ooo! That's really floral! It's really pretty, smell this. Geolinguist: Ooo...you smell like an English Lady's garden in Venice. That's nice. Jasmine: (snaps poor Rose Petal's neck with one casual gesture. She rises up like a bad ass Chow Yun-Fat in some Hong Kong action film. The other notes scream in terror, trying to flee their inevitable doom at the hands of Jasmine.) Ghost Light: (sniffing again, oblivious to the carnage) Yeah it's...aughghgh! It's JASMINE! Geolinguist: No, it's nice. It's (sniffs)....go was that off, it's Jasmine! Jasmine: Heh, heh, heh. Keeping the imp? It's all Geolinguist's Bottle? hah!

Whitechapel a review in dialogue Ghost Light: Happy birthday, Geolinguist. I bought you some imps. Geolinguist: Oo! It is a happy birthday! Let's try this one. Ghost Light: (opening imp and letting the birthday boy have the first sniff) Well? Geolinguist: Well. That's......well. That's lemon. Ghost Light: (sniffing imp) I know that scent! Remember when you were little and you ran out of the store-bought stuff to blow bubbles so you had to make it yourself from Joy? That's exactly what this smells like! Home-made bubble fluid! Geolinguist: (dubbing on both) Hmmm... [Non-BPAL conversation while Whitechapel dries] Geolinguist: Boy, that smells like lemon lollypops. What is it like on you? Ghost Light: (sniffing) Lemon lollypops! Hubby, Hubby! Come smell this! Hubby: You really need to get some girlfriends. Geolingist: Hey! Ghost Light: Shut up and sniff. Hubby: What is that supposed to be? Ghost Light: Whitechapel. (trying to recall the Lab Description) Um...a gentleman's perfume layered over...um...a dark undercurrent of.... Hubby: A dark undercurrent of what? Gin and 'ho? Ghost Light: (collapsing in fits of giggles) I'm blogging that! Keeping the imp? Well, it was a present... Bottle: Not that into lollypops, thanks.