Threemoons

Honored to be first post on this! I am in LOVE with BPAL citrus notes, and their red musk, and when I read the description I had to get it. In the bottle: Fresh-squeezed lemon juice with only the tiniest bit of dragon's blood; it's really all about the lemon. On, wet: Starts to unfold immediately with red musk notes, but the citrus keeps up very very well; getting notes of sweet grapefruit in here; maybe that's the "coppery/sharp" note in the description? Drydown, short-termish: The citrus is still hanging on really well, which is great as lemon normally just vanishes on me after 10 minutes. The red musk seems to deepen/develop a bit more and becomes more complex over time. Day's end: Even without re-application during the day, the red musk held on faintly, along with distant bitter citrus notes. So I give this one a long wear rating and medium throw. Going to try re-application during the day to see how it builds up, but I am really loving this as it is pretty much just what I expected--two of my favorite BPAL notes in one place.

I am so glad that I got this blind-bottle. On me, the rose comes out swinging when wet, but upon drydown, the orange blossom and the white sugar notes (think the sugar rim on a cocktail glass) come forward. I wish wish WISH this was available as a body dust/powder.

I just tried this last night, and I was very surprised at how strong the oudh was--I was expecting sweet nutty notes with a down-note of oudh; this comes out smelling almost sour it's so sharp. A little goes a VERY long way it seems, and one should spritz it up into the air rather directly on sheets, etc...it calms down after a very sharp, strong start but WOW that first hit is a PUNCH...

I hear you RE fading fast! I LOVE this on wet! It dries down fast to a sort of nutmeg nut and cinnamon bark on me, with wisps of cardamom, but I wish the strong sweet coffee note would stick around longer...

Even though I have 2 big sorting boxes of scents, this is one of my faves. Just gorgeous.Some resin, but lots of sweet florals also without being cloying.

Just got a vintage bottle of this. In the bottle, it smells very sweet and spicy, like cloves and fruit punch. On my skin, I'm getting cloves and bayberry notes, and it dries down to a sort of spicy faint marine-fresh seawater scent. Still on the fence on this one, but glad that I got a bottle.

I was going to say, try a cinnamon scent, or if you really don't want to bathe in any one scent, maybe cinnamon Altoids? Just a suggestion...