Gwydion
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Who wouldn't love a bottle with a Krampus on it? Initial impression is, it's like mixing Crowley and Aziraphale. I love the way the musk, leather, and woods mix. I'm guessing that faint chalkiness, is the dusty rags. I'm really liking this on me. It's creating a scent ghost of someone bookish, yet secretly kinky. Rawr. I keep sniffing myself. don't buy this is you aren't into the leather/musk/wood combo, because that's pretty much the selling point.
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In the bottle, shockingly medicinal, very pine, and vaguely minty. Wet very sharp and green. I'm really getting the moss. This does smell like Christmas. As it dries, the foody scent comes out more, shocking as whiffs of it suddenly break through the piney mossy scent. They carry with them a vague floral hint, but this is not primarily a floral. I thought I didn't like it at first, but as it dried, it grew on me a bit. Thoroughly dry there is a hint of fruit under cough medicine, moss, and tree, with a hint of butter pastry. So disappointing. I wanted to like it, really, i did, but it's too weird.
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Another one that gives no hint of what's inside. It smells like medicinal tea. I'm guessing dandelion or chamomile and various herbs. Possibly pepper and maybe a hint of clove or allspice. I'm not impressed. It does smell sort of warm and sunny, but it's nothing I'd want on my skin.
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This is very much a woman's scent: I am guessing vanilla, flowers, musk, cream, maybe. It is a lovely little thing, light, delicate, vaguely foody, but not something I'd wear, alas.
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Allergy Questions, Allergies and other reactions to oils
Gwydion replied to friendthegirl's topic in BPAL FAQs
The listed notes of Svadhinaopatika are golden amber, oude, red sandalwood, massoia bark, honey, and currant, although there could also be other ingredients that aren't listed. Have you ever had that sort of reaction to another BPAL, or anything else? And have you tried any other BPALs with any of those notes? If you've previously tried another BPAL with, say, honey, and it didn't cause that reaction, that might mean that honey isn't the culprit, which could help you narrow down the possibilities. I'm mildly reactive to vetiver, orris, and mint. I know I have no trouble with the elements except for oude and massoia bark. Oude is one of those terms denoting several things (IE high end perfume oil from the middle east or India, which may be rose, but not always). I looked up massoia bark now that I have the name and it's a known skin irritant. I'm putting my bet on the massoia. It doesn't surprise me at all that my wonky system can't cope with fumes from a skin irritant. No wonder I couldn't identify it from the smell. Thanks for writing in. -
Allergy Questions, Allergies and other reactions to oils
Gwydion replied to friendthegirl's topic in BPAL FAQs
I had a really bad reaction to just sniffing SVADHINAPATIKA. I can't find the ingredient list. Does any one know what's in this? It's extremely important I not be exposed to whatever it was again. -
Smells like lightly burnt sugar. Takes a while for the fruit to come out, but it does. Is there a hint of cinnamon in this? I know there shouldn't be, but it smells faintly spicey. I was worried about how I'd react to this one, as one of my friends described it as smelling like maple syrup. Luckily, it doesn't on me.
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It is lighter than I expected somehow. It definitely smells like bighting into a fresh ripe apple, with a boozey, cidery edge and the fruity untertone of cranberries. It is reminding me of the Annual Primary School field trip to Lynn Villa Orchards. The gift shop smelled almost exactly like this, only that also smelled of spice and seasoned wood.
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Pumpkin with white chocolate, caramel, pomegranate, and cream. As with all foody ones, this can be a little confusing, but I actually like this one. The chocolate caramel is strongest here, but tthe rest are present. If this were a dessert, I would totally eat this. It's way more pleasing to my nose than Pumpkin I which was rather cloying.
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Mmmm... Not surprisingly, it smells like pumpkin tart with jasmine tea and some wine. Nice enough for a food scent, though I could do without the grapes. I think this one is probably too sweet for me, as the plum, grape, and jasmine conspire to soften it.
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I think I'm down with orris and quite possibly juniper. Certainly when they are combined with pine. I was really excited by the idea of this one, but I think I like Snow Moon much better. This does have a forest thing going, but with a medicinal edge I really can't Handle.
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This is really appealing for a fruit/floral with rose. The incense and beeswax give it a little special something. It's not nearly as cool as say Dia De Les Muertos, but that's an impossibly high bar, really. I'd like it better if the rose were not included, but I doubt I am the target audience. I'd really like to see an oil based on beeswax and incense though.
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Weirdly flat and oddly familiar. The night musk, lilac and the violet certainly create some odd contrasts. Violet is such a young smelling thing while the musk and some of the other floral elements drag it into sensual night garden. I am thinking of a Horace poem where a boy chases a laughing girl into a garden to snatch a token from her. It simply does not evoke novembrer for me.
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This fits the concept pretty well. When I uncapped it to sniff, Mache woke up and gave me "The Look." It is very strong and bracing. It does smell rather like Northern forest in late winter. be warned that the fir and birch are very strong in the aged version. It smells like trees with a hint of early flower. I can't detect the rose at all, which is just fine with me. Likely the rose degrades faster than the other elements. The effect of the flowers is to add a sweetness to the sharp woodsy smell, rather than screaming "floral" at one. ADDED Dec. 5: In the bottle: Surprisingly green. Crocus and chrysanthemum are on top. Wet: the woods give it an unexpected bite. I'm surprised there's no vanilla or mint in this, as the ghost of them hovers. It smells a little like new car and a little like icing. I don't know what Dahlias smell like, but I'm betting that's interesting floral that's rising to the top. Dry: light, sweet pleasant little floral. it really does give the impression of purity and silence.
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In the bottle: I'm really liking the mix, which is very sweet and feral all at once. All three notes are easily discernible, but blend well. Wet: It smells a little like root beer. This is a surprise. I am wondering what sort of booze that is. It also smells rather vanilla. Neither root beer, nor sarsparilla, nor vanilla are listed, some my confusion is understandable. I like musks generally, and this one is pleasant enough, but there are other musks they make that are less rare and as good, really. Reminds me a little of boomslang in a good way, only a touch root beer instead of a touch chocolate. At heart, it's a foody musk. Dry: it really blossoms, the nuances opening up to reveal layers in the musk. I'm liking this and can see why it was popular, though it is a tiny bit odd on my skin, indefinably so, clearly a personal body chemistry thing. It's more comforting, then sexy on me though. In all, there are comparable scents I like better, but this really isn't bad.
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Jasmine is the most obvious at first, but the musk and sandlewood creep up on you. This is pretty nice, but I am a sucker for jasmine, as much as I can be for a floral and this is pretty pleasing as floral blends go.
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Interesting. I'm not sure how i feel about this one yet. The musk, patchouli, and vanilla are strongest. I want to like this, but there may be too much patchouli for my taste. The fruit is subtle compared to the rest, appearing in little whiffs of fruit that tantalize and disappear.
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Very light floral, neither interesting, nor distinguished, but generally inoffensive.
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This is a pretty pleasant little floral. I'm betting one of those carnivorous plants is violet. The musk and the floral elements blend pretty well, though this isn't striking me as particularly demonic.
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Smells like men's aftershave, nice men's aftershave despite the vetiver. It's very bracing and outdoorsey. Think good looking thirty something in flannel and hiking boots. It is very, very PNW.
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This one is peculiar and unexpected. The citrus is strongest, with a vicious ozone edge. It is almost like a floral in it's sweetness. There is a real sense of the outdoors and it does give the impression of chill, but I don't get barrenness as the scent is too rich, the sandlewood and citrus together making for a decadent undertone. simply, oranges are not really apt to grow in sleet.
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Being unable to tolerate mint on my skin, I just sniffed this one lightly. It's fresh mint, which I tolerate fairly well compared to some of the others and it is mixed really well here into a really pleasing blend. It is pretty much as advertised, light and refreshing with the tea, lemon and aloe complimenting the mint well and the seaspray adding a hint of breeze and space. The musk is faint, but I bet would come out better on skin. If I could wear mint this would be the one.
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Intriguing. Somehow I was not expecting this to be quite so floral. It is a very aggressive sort of floral though. It is like flowers with swords showed up threatening to kick ass. I am guessing that really exciting edge to the musk is the blue musk, which i don't think I've smelled before. The currents add a slight foody tone and there is way more rose than i like, but it really is a fascinating thing, unexpected in it's effect.