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  1. 303marlena

    I Married a Vampire from Planet X

    I agree with the above. I did not get leather, DBR, or any clove. I got pure, musky, otherworldly, vampire sex musk. Great Sillage too. Its starts out citrus-y, a LOT like 51 and then morphs into this come-hitherness with ambery musky laser-y goodness. You know that Stephen King movie (okay--there's more than one) where all the alien sh** glows uranium green? This is how the green smells... Obviously, I loved it.
  2. This was my favorite scent and the one I always received the most compliments when wearing, but alas, I really cannot afford to spend >$150 per 1.7 oz on an EDT on Ebay Here are the notes, and I am hoping you BPAL geniuses can figure out a combination that will work: Top notes: Mandarin, Grapefruit, Lemon, Jazmin Heart: Vanilla, Lily of the Valley, Hyacinth, Black Currant Base notes: Amber, Orris, Patchouli, Musk (?Civet) What I have tried that DID not work: Layering Ave Maria with Versailles or the Raven (violet didn't work with other notes) Rapture with Shroud
  3. Maybe I can try Bastet with Nightgaunt and Suspiro? I may even throw in some Masabakes for the Black Currant... (making notes to try at home!) Thanks, if this works I will only need 4 big bottles (or $60 worth which beats Ebay prices on the perfume anyday! (and lasts longer, although this original had great sillage and wearlength) I will report back...
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    Baklava!

    Okay, what if you layered... a drop or two of Hunger (orangeish) plus few drops of Chanuikkuyah [or if you don't have that then some Eat Me] (cakey, sugary, doughishness) plus a drop of Chimera (cinnamon) and Athens (honey goodness)? OR Knave of Hearts (roses and tarts) plus a drop of Chimera (cinnamon) 1/2 drop Hunger (orange) and some Bengal?
  5. My personal scale: 1. Western Diamondback (loves me some leather) 2. King Cobra (loves me some frankinscense) 3. Boomslang (nobody doesn't love chocolate) 4. Asp Viper (not sure why, just love it) 5. Saw Scaled Viper (spicey, smokey good) 6. Aussie Copperhead (fruity goodness) 7. Death Adder (cuz dead smells good?) 8. Cottonmouth (flowery goodness) 9. Habu (sake goodness) 10. Temple Viper (sexy goodness) 11. Banded Sea Snake (mossy,salty goodness) 12. Green Tea Viper (minty goodness) 13. Black Mamba (too many notes too count goodness) 14. Coral Snake (too fruity at times goodness) 15. Anaconda ("I'd love it more if it was more available" goodness) p.s. I did try them all. I could not resist
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    Salty scents?

    Jolly Roger would be my first choice, but Aeaea was salty breeze to me with hint of berries and I wuv my Pirate Moon!
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    Anything close to Hanae Mori?

    How about if you layer Bon Vivant with Antique Lace???
  8. I think Jester would be flirty and friendly without being, well, too sexy. On the other hand, what about Whip? First innocent and rosey--thenn all perverted and leathery? Bewitched sounds like a good idea though, if you are drawn to it. I love that one and I find it is sweet and alluring without being too sexy. I guess by this time your blind date is over...okay, I hope this is an acceptable thread to put this little conversation starter in..I heard somewhere, from someone that "they", you know those scientific people did a study of some sort with scents and found that men are most arroused by the scent of cinnamon. So, anyone else heard that? and if so, does anyone get big "hits" with Chimera since its my favorite cinnamon scent???
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    The Best Ylang Ylang Scents!

    absolutely agreeing with the above on the Seduction. I also thought Pik'kake smells like Ylang Ylang although its not in the notes, the florals in there are close and a Ylang Ylang lover would like it too.
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    Fur Scents

    Ivanushka I second as a vote. Coyote definitely, but it goes thu a grassy field phaze first. I can't believe no one has suggested Buck Moon, but maybe because its so hard to get. If you can get your claws on some--I think its what you are looking for.
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    The Old Lady Scents

    Maybe its just me, but Harlot and Brisingamen totally smelled like dusty old lady to me. Go figure. Hopefully they worked out for other people. Must be my skin chemistry. (hopefully I wasn't just smelling myself and I *am* an old lady!)
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    Baklava!

    Another vote for Chanukkiyah! Smells just like Baklava to me. Maybe if you layer with Sugarskull you could get that yummy syrup taste that always drips off the bar when you eat it? (making mental note to try this as soon as I get home)
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    The search for the perfect Violet....

    FAITH!!!!!!!!!!!!! Can you tell its my favorite violet. I also love Viola, La Belfana, and of course, ULTRAviolet!
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    Seasonal Affective Disorder

    Sol, Sunflowers, or Magus...all smell like "sun" to me!
  15. Okay--I know this isn't what you asked, and you CAN slap me, but have you tried LUSH's King of SKin? (its a body butter like buffy). It has the rose and sandalwood nailed and it smells SOOOO good. As for BPAL, I think you could try layering Anne Bonny with Ave Maria?
  16. DOOOOOOOOOOOOOOODE. I could not have said that better myself. There is a HUUUUUUUUGE difference between resiny goodness and incens-y goodness. Especially the tactile-ness of the smellness. Sometimes I want to smell smokey and mysterious, othertimes I want to smell sweetness and sticky-icky-icky. That being said, here is my compilation of the ULTIMATE Incense*/Resin** scents after reviewing this thread (and it was a doozy) minus any that were too pansy-fansy floral plus adding a few of my own: Crossroads* Dia De Los Muertos* Hexemmacht* Les Infortunes...* Djinn* Midnight on the Midway* RoseCross Old Cairo* Cathedral the World* Dragon's Heart* Tears* Greed* Al Azif* Penitence* Tombstone* Tushmaynatay* Faustus* Omen* Sri Lanka* Lear* Titus Andronicus* Coiled Serpent* Medea** Lust** Malediction** Fenris Wolf** Those were the minor leaguers These are the ALL STARS... The Caterpillar (unless you amp jasmine)* Anne Bonny* Anubis* Philosopher in Meditation* Aureus* Morgause* Penthus* Tezcatlipoca* Witch Queen* Jacob's Ladder* Carfax Abbey* Scales of Deprivation* Cracked Bell* Lex Talonis** Xiuhtechutli** Nyarlathotep** Al Shairan** ANd the GrandDaddy Macs of each category: Incensey Grand-daddyMackie: Midnight Mass! Resin-y Grand-daddyMackie: Shub Niggurath!!!!
  17. Ravenous (candy), Hunger (orange lollypop), Sugarskull (toffee), Pink Phoenix (pink sweet stuff), Beaver Moon (cakey, cheesecakey, strawberry, cherry), Voodoo Lily (=green jellie bellies? go-figure)
  18. Oh, I totally remember Snow Flocons! I thought it smelled like snow flakes mixed a little with either coconut or sugar cookies--something sweet and light and creamy. I think Jolasveinar smells most like Snow Flocons, but it has been a while since I smelled it. What if you layered Snow Flakes with Obatala ? On another tangent--er, topic, I think Death of the Grave Digger is a great Wintery smell with both evergreen trees in the background, snow, cold and ice with a pinch of dirt is TEH Winter scent.
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    Angeronalia

    I don't think I could have said this any better. I DID NOT order a bottle of this because I assumed the lemongrass would be the NOTE OF DOOM for me. Any other blends with lemon variants, especially lemon balm and lemon verbana, have been too pungent for my tastes. When I got an imp of Angernalia in my collection of decants--thanks Dpoulsen!--I gave it a whirl anyway, and was instantly in love with the wet phase--the lemongrass being a lovely citrus note, mellowed some by what I am assuming is the blood orange and tangerine. It had a tantalizing quality that I associate with Bakeneko which I think may be the tangerine which makes me want to sniff compulsively--and seems to make me feel slightly euphoric as well as, well--excited . ALAS, it was PURE DISASTER on my skin--and I am SO GLAD I tested before buying a big bottle. Normally I like patchouli--when it behaves and plays nice with other notes--not overpowering and insisting on being the sole center of attention. And as I like LUSH's Karma powder, I figured the lemongrass plus patchouli would be a nice, earthy citrus blend. WRONG. This blend becomes excessively "perfumey" and just wonky with my skin chemistry. I did briefly catch the elemi note, which smells almost like anise. Disappointingly, I never smelled the lovely olive blossom and the honey which I normally love, as they are overpowered by misbehaving patchouli, gardenia, and (perhaps the elemi and) the lemongrass. This evil trinity (patchouli, lemongrass, gardenia) seems to amp, leaving the lovely notes I adore behind, namely the honey, tangerine, blood orange, and olive blossom. For me, however, I think the "unholy alliance" is between the patchouli and the gardenia. These two strong floral notes just vie for attention and become stankalicious for lack of a bad enough descriptor of olfactory repugnance. On top of that, you add lemongrass with its tang and elemi with its licoriceness, and you have an olfactory cacophany of notes. For my nose at least, they did not mesh. Or perhaps they meshed, but they just stank! I smelled like a Pine-sol weilding hoochie hippie lady with cheap perfume soaked in. Maybe I just got a bad batch. Maybe the patchouli fairies dumped extra oil in this imp and yours won't be so bad. But I am not willling to take that chance on a 5 ml bottle when there are other Yule scents to tempt me. My attention will be focused on Archangel Winter, Chanikkah, Diwali, Noche Buena, Christmas Rose and, of course, Snow White+Rose Red!
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    Sugar Skull

    Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. Thank you Anna D. for posting, because until I read your review, I wasn;t sure if I was high (not smoking anything, so count that one out), crazy (well, yeah), or just straight trippin' but I totally got the sickening feeling in my stomach with that Sugar Skull '06. Which shocked me, because it is a such a popular oil. So, I wuz axing myself--why do people want to smell like burned ass sugar, like when it charrs in the pan if you overcook? It really made my stomach turn over!!!NASTY Unfortunately, it did this on my skin, and not in the bottle, so I didn't know until--too late! Yet the '07 version is really NIIIICCCEE. It does stay brown sugar, sort of like maple syrup or pralines (without the nut smell). Not much morph, but since I like it, who cares? I don't smell any fruits per se, but there is a depth to this '07 version and maybe that's what keeps it from smelling like char on my skin. I really like the new version and find it is quite versatile for blending with other blends (try it with Fairy Market or Alli G)
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    The Phoenix

    Both this and Pirate Moon have captured the essence of Piratism beautifully. If Pirate Moon is the quintessential smell of ocean spray, The Phoenix is the smell of the ocean--soaked boards of the Jolly Roger (or Black Pearl, if you prefer). Unlike Jolly Roger, which heretonow has been my first and foremost scent to evoke the smell of ocean air, this blend has depth and more bite. The ozone is just enough to give the feel of recently crashed waves. The woody notes evoke the planks of the ship. I get a touch of citrus with this one also, but not like the lime in Pirate Moon. There is no leather or tobacco. I can't distinguish the snake oil, but it grounds the blend without standing out. I can faintly detect the dragon's blood resin, but it also is well blended and lends a metallic, blood-tinged vibe to the Pirate motif. As the names suggest, this blend smells like the vessel (ship) and the Pirate Moon more like the atmosphere or stage of the Pirate life. Both are exquisite and take the theme of ocean spray to heights I dared not hope for. I am so glad I have been privileged to acquire both blends in bottles and will be hoarding as much more as I can. As another reviewer wrote--this blend gives the sensory memory of the ocean beautifully, as does its sister, Pirate Moon, to a once dweller by the ocean who dearly misses the beauty of the ozone-tinged salt spray of Mother Ocean. While Pirate Moon is more like the spray, and Phoenix is more like the water-logged planks of your boat, both elicit the majesty of the sea. Slather up my hearties YO HO!
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    Pirate Moon

    I am SO kicking meself for only ordering one bottle of this--AAAAAAAARGGGGGGGGG!!! It is, in a word, Delightful. It is also now me Holy Grail scent for "the ocean". The sensory impression this evokes for me is a breeze gently wafting off the ocean, with the palms and greenery in the background lending their scent to the ocean spray, a little leather and wood coming up from the boat as you sail, and the mist of a lime squeezed into your ? Corona? (no beer smell--just trying to imagine how the lime mist would be wafting into this little scene) There is an provocative smell that is sexy and come-hitherish in there, and I wish, wish, wish I knew what note was doing that, I have no idea but its the same OMG rush I get when I smell Bakeneko or Hungry Ghost Moon. It makes me feel like, SEX! Methinks its the red musk. This scent could easily be Unisex. If it wasn't so hard to come by, I'd buy a gallon because this is what I want me house to smell like--I'd burn it constantly in me oil diffusers, so I could imagine all day that I am sailing the seven seas, Yo Ho! As it is, I will likely hoard this precious and slather it on special occasions only, because it shot up immediately to my top ten list. I think The Phoenix is more of a pirate ship smell, but this one is the ocean incarnate. This one is Calypso.
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    Pronouncing "BPAL" and scent names!

    It might as well be. I call it Bee-Pahl too. When I am not calling it "THEE presh-usssss," that is.
  24. October from this years Weenie scents has a burning leaves smell. Hellfire is probably my favorite smokey scent though. I'd love to try Stranger in Camp, but I don't want to spend a small fortune. I guess I will have to experiment with some layering to get the fire smell--I am thinking of trying Wild Men of Jezzirat Al Tennyn with October or Death of Autumn for Starters. Any other ideas? Maybe I will have to break down and get the I Hate Perfumes burning leaves...
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    Honey and Beeswax scents

    Act II: Fiat Nox Gennivre, L'artiste Du Diable: The scarlet woman turns her gleaming sightless eyes towards you and, in a husky, compelling voice, she speaks: “Why let the years tear at your youthful splendor? Why let the mark of your sins stain your fine features? Will you let the cold, creeping grasp of time and the toil of temptation mar your visage? Why should the pleasures of our flesh wreak such havoc?” She looks upon you with sightless eyes and whispers, “Let me capture your soul on this canvas in oil and blood, and you will be beautiful forever.” Hyson tea leaf, pale mint, sugar cane, orange blossom, lemongrass, and honey. This is one of my favorite of scents, the honey is very light, blending in with the mint and tea. For once the lemongrass isn't overpowering. Act III: The 13-in-1 Faiza, The Black Mamba: A sensual blend of twisting, exotic, serpentine oils: black amber, caraway, oakmoss, green sandalwood, bergamot, jasmine sambac, gardenia, orange pulp, vanilla, blackberry, black musk, white honey, ti leaf, and ginger. The jasmine and gardenia are overpowering at first, but this dries into a nice vanilla musk and honey. American Gods Bilquis: Honey, myrrh, lily of the valley, rose otto, fig leaf, almond, ambrette, red apple, and warm musk. Nice honey if you can stand the almond Bewitching Brews Blood Kiss: Lush, creamy vanilla and the honey of the sweetest kiss smeared with the vital throb of husky clove, swollen red cherries, but darkened with the vampiric sensuality of vetiver, soporific poppy and blood red wine, and a skin-light pulse of feral musk. I love this but I didn't know it had honey in it, especially over the clove, wine, cherry and vetiver. It does sweeten it a bit. Not really what you want if you are looking for pure honey notes. Bewitching Brews Dana O'shee: In Irish folklore the Dana O'Shee are a fae, elven people that live in a realm of beauty, their nobility akin to our that own Age of Chivalry, eternally beautiful and eternally young. They surround themselves with the pleasures of the Arts, they live for the hunt, and to this day can be seen riding in procession through the Irish countryside at twilight, led by their King and Queen. However, the Dana O'Shee are not benevolent creatures, despite what their unearthly beauty may imply. They are vengeful and treacherous and possess a streak of mischievous malice, and many have whispered that their true home lies deep in the shadowed groves of the Realm of the Dead. Hearing even a single chord of their otherworldly music leaves one stunned and lost to the mortal realms for ever, finding themselves prey to the Dana O'Shee's hunt or enslaved in their Court as servants or playthings. Offerings of milk, honey and sweet grains were made to placate these creatures, and it is that the basis of the scent created in their name. I get lots of honey with this, mixed with a grain note that smells like dough or pastries. This is wonderful. I don't really smell much milk in this one. Bewitching Brews Sudha Segara: Named after the primordial ocean of milk where Lord Vishnu reclines upon the thousand-headed Naga. Sweet milk and warm, healing ginger with a touch of golden honey and our blend of Ambrosia. This is really nice, the ginger and milk complement the honey beautifully. The ginger isn't too sharp or "hot." Diabolus Hellcat: A soft, sensual, luxuriant blend with a wicked bite: hazelnut, buttercream, honey mead, rum and sweet almond. I love this! Not too boozey, not too rummy either. Its not pure honey, but it is pure goodness. Diabolus Horreur Sympathique: The perfume of a hellbound soul, gleefully lost to iniquity: blood musk, golden honey, thick black wine, champagne grapes, tobacco flower, plum blossom, tonka bean, oakmoss, carnation, benzoin, opoponax, and sugar cane. To be honest, I am not sure how you could smell the honey in this with all of the other notes... Excolo Eve: The spirit of temptation, the essence of lost innocence. Apple blossom, rose, ylang ylang and golden honey. Honey with sweet fruit and soft florals. The ylang ylang is not cloying as it can be. Excolo Kali:i Kali, the Black One, is the fearless Goddess of Destruction, Creation, Energy [in her Shakti aspect] and Dissolution. Also named Kaliratri [black Night] and Kalikamata [black Earth-Mother], she is the fiercest aspect of Devi, the supreme mother goddess. Kali is a protector Goddess, the destroyer of evil spirits and guardian of the faithful. She, along with her consort Shiva, represent the unending cycle of death and birth, sexual union, creation and destruction. Kali annihilates ignorance, maintains the natural order of the world, and blesses those who strive for spiritual awareness and knowledge of true holiness with infinite tenderness and motherly love. The constant, unending Work of Creation is called the "The Play of Kali". This perfume is a blend of the sacred blooms of cassia, hibiscus, musk rose, Himalayan wild tulip, lotus and osmanthus swirled with offertory dark chocolate, red wine, tobacco, balsam and honey. The rose, chocolate and wine overpower the honey, which is present only as a sweet, rich base. A great blend, though, just not the first one I think of when looking for hoeny. Exhibition I And There Was A Great Cry In Egypt And There Was A Great Cry In Egypt, Arthur Hacker: Dark myrrh, white sandalwood, amber, hyssop, frankincense, honey, cypress, red musk, cardamom and saffron. The honey really stands out in this one which I love! Exhibition I The Death Of Sardanapal The Death of Sardanapal, Eugene Delacroix: Red wine, gurjum balsam, dark myrrh, honey, cassia, lemongrass, palmarosa, elemi, cognac and olibanum. I really can't distinguish the honey in this, the other notes dominate, but it is lovely and complex. Exhibition I The Penitent Magdalen Immortelle, lily of the valley, gaiac, amber, honey, white sandalwood, almond flower, blonde musk and hyssop. This one is a beautiful, feminine honey blend with very soft florals deepened with sandalwood. The drydown is exqusisite. Exhibition II Cupid Complaining To Venus Lucas Cranach the Elder:. Apple blossom, fig, white peach, honey absolute, red sandalwood, and wild thyme. I haven't tried this one yet, regretably. It looks like it would be a honey lover's dream, if you don't mind the fruit notes... Exhibition II Itasô Kansei Nenkan Jorô No Fûzoku Wada hori Yû:. Osmanthus, white honey, ti leaf, hibiscus, and sugar cane. This is a very nice sweet tea and honey blend with an Asian twist. Exhibition III Cleopatra Testing Poisons On Those Condemned To Death Alexandre Cabanel.: Accords of peach kernel, hemlock, aconite, and belladonna, with bitter almond, saffron, honey, myrrh, hyssop, frankincense, and palm. I can't really smell the honey in this one, but with all of the other beautiful notes, it adds to the complexity and subtle sweetness that's not too foody. I have heard it compared to Underpants. I don't know if I agree, but this blend is quite delicious! Exhibition III Spirit Of The Komachi Cherry Tree Yoshitoshi.: Cherry blossom, blue lilac, lavender monofloral honey, white sandalwood, and Asian pear. I can't smell the honey in this over the cherry blossoms but it is a nice, feminine blend. La Fée Verte A variant on the absinthe theme. Sugared wormwood, hyssop and melissa with calamus, angelica and Dittany of Crete,lended with aohemian perfume of vanilla musk, honey absolute and Moroccan spices. Unfortunately, I have never had the oportunity to smell this. It sounds heavenly, but I doubt the honey note would dominate with the Moroccan spices and vanilla musk. Love Potions Bien Loin D'ici: This is the house, the sacred box, Where, always draped in languorous frocks, And always at home if someone knocks, One elbow into the pillow pressed, She lies, and lazily fans her breast, While fountains weep their soulfullest: This is the chamber of Dorothy. — Fountain and breeze for her alone Sob in that soothing undertone. Was ever so spoiled a harlot known? With odorous oils and rosemary, Benzoin and every unguent grown, Her skin is rubbed most delicately. — The flowers are faint with ecstasy. The Scarlet Woman, aglow with sensual indolence: red musk, benzoin, caramel accord, golden honey, and spiced Moroccan unguents. This blend does not work on me, maybe its the unguents? The honey is a prominent note, however. Love Potions Hetairae: The sublimely beautiful, fiercely independent, impeccably cultured, fascinatingly worldly and witty courtesans of ancient Greece. A seductive and dazzling blend of golden honey, fiery patchouli, sweet fig and clove, and a blushing touch of ylang ylang. This is lovely, if you don't mind patchouli, which is actually subdued in this blend. Again, the ylang ylang is pleasantly NOT cloying. The fig is mellow and not too fruity. As honey blends go, this one is delicious, although the honey is not the dominant note, it is prominent and complemented by the fruit and florals. Love Potions Jezebel: Biblical witch, priestess of Astarte, and general troublemaker. A true role model for today's upwardly mobile Modern Woman. A gloriously decadent blend of honey, roses, orange blossom and sandalwood. This is a feminine, sexy blend with honey complemented deliciously by the orange and rose--which thankfully don't go soapy on me. You will smell good enough to eat. Love Potions Les Bijoux: Skin musk and honey, blood-red rose, orange blossom, white peach, frankincense and myrrh. I smell mostly honey with this, the other notes are subdued, save the neroli which is always a fave of mine. Undoubtedly, this blend is my favorite of the BPAL honey blends. Sublime, yet sexy and femme! Love Potions O: The scent of sexual obsession, slavery to sensual pleasure, and the undercurrent of innocence defiled utterly. Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla. In a word, YUM. Likely the most popular honey blend of BPAL land. Love Potions Sed Non Satiata: A pounding heartbeat coalesced into scent: demonic passion and brutal sexuality manifested through myrrh, red patchouli, cognac, honey, and tuberose and geranium in a breathy, panting veil over the darkest body musk. For me at least, the florals and cognac are subdued enough in this to allow the honey note to be appreciated. The musk note, much like the musk note of O, makes this "teh sex" for me. Mad Tea Party Alice: Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot. Altough the honey is not dominant, it adds a sweet, mellow base to the rose (which isn't soapy) and the carnation (which is not too spicey) and the bergamot (which isn't too sharp.) Probably a close runner-up to O in popularity, for good reason! Beautiful and femme, not too girly or foody. Mad Tea Party White Rabbit: Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen. I love this blend, the tea is the most noticiable note, but the honey and vanilla compliment nicely and the linen base makes it unique. Its a masterpiece, IMHO. The Muses Thaleia: Thaleia the Flourishing is the Muse of Comedy and Pastoral Poetry, and shares the same name as one of the Gratiæ. She is a very down-to-Earth Goddess, and has a special fondness for rural folk. She wears a crown of ivy leaves and carries the Mask of Comedy and a shepherd's crook. The Blooming One is the Goddess of Comedians and inspires creativity in wit and the joy and release we have in laughter. A vivacious, dazzling, merry scent: honey, ylang ylang, apricot, ciste, blood orange and gardenia with earthy, warm tonka. I like this one, the fruit and florals compliment the honey nicely and of course I go GAGA for warm tonka as a base note. Sublime! The Norns Skuld: Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum. I am not sure why this one isn't more popular. The honey is a dominant note and the ylang ylang is well-beehaved. The Orishas Ogun: Ogun's ofrenda is heavy and dark cigar tobacco, gin and juniper, melon, chili pepper and a touch of honey. The melon ruins it for me--honestly I cannot smell the honey. The Orishas Osun: Her ofrenda is thick with honey and herbs of love, passion and desire. I like this but the florals dominate, and the honey is appreciable IMO as a base of mellow sweetness. The Phantom Islands Cockaigne: “The weather is always mild, the wine flows freely, sex is readily available, and all people enjoy eternal youth.” The Land of Plenty, also called Luilekkerland – the Lazy, Luscious Land: milk and honey, sweet cakes and wine. The sweetcakes and milk dominate this, but you can smell the honey. This is hands down my fave foody blend of the GC. Wanderlust Athens: A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers. The honey acts as a sweet and mellow base for the sexy myrrh and heady red wine accords. Smokey and sweet is the them--the florals behave themselves in this blend. Not foody, but sweet and resinous. IF you want resin with honey--this is your blend. Wanderlust Bengal: A sultry and unruly blend that emulates the ambient scent of the markets in ancient Bengal: skin musk with honey, peppers, clove, cinnamon bark and ginger. If you like spicey with your sweet, this is the shizzle. The honey is the dominant note, complemented with the hot spices. Its delicious! It also has great throw and wearlength! Wanderlust Delphi The smoke of Sacred Incense of Apollo twined through laurel branches, bay, and honey wine. Similar to Athens, but with less incense and more herbal goodness. You will smell the honey and the wine. An unusual but relaxing blend. Not foody really.
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