Hello fellow BPAL fans! Looking for recommendations for BPAL scents, specifically ones that are consistent with my current faves (and not-faves).
I'm still new at identifying common notes between successes or failures... totally open to suggestions for my next order! Especially anything in GC, I love throwing in a bunch of imps to try....
My top four fragrances, the ones I absolutely love are:
The Harpy Celaeno
Fearsome, wild, dark, powerful but unexpectedly quiet, tapers to gorgeous subtlety
The Bow & Crown of Conquest
Mysterious and deep! Subtle but complex. Ruminating.
The Scales of Deprivation
Spicy, old, haunted, sexy, deep… love this one!!! "Horny ghost"? Lol
Sed Non Satiata
Rich, dark, fruity, mysterious... tapers to sweet but not cloying
I've used a spreadsheet to keep track of all the BPAL I've tried, and the micro-reviews are based on on-skin performance. Happy to share here, but I've copied info below so it's easier to see: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A5Tck0w1wsMTnhjAbOL_GZDAWvwmdYVFRpNDey21-S4/edit?usp=sharing
Here are the scents I like a lot, but am not deeply infatuated with them (as above):
Rapture
Smells like neon orange candy, then settles to good balance with flowers/myrrh
A Deadly Terror that had Seized Upon All
Sweet and sinister, cheerful and dark
Al-Shairan
Dark and alluring spice, slightly burnt... like an evil Christmas?
Crowley
Dark and moody, but comfortable and welcoming. Smells relaxing.
Hetairae
Fruity, but ....evil? lol some smokiness on skin, lovely
Horreur Sympathique
Sweet, a bit woodsy, feels like potential… smells like a quiet Christmas morning
The Forest Reverie
Happy killer bees, with a mossy undertone
The Last Unicorn
Sad, sweet, cold, wild, a little bit sharp in a pleasantly weird way
And a list of scents that were good, but fell short of the others:
Blood Kiss
Croquet
Simple, and very, very sweet -- a bit like a strawberry cake on a new oak table.
Dead Leaves: Black Tea
Starts out too noisy, but softens after a couple hours into something lovely.
Elf
I like this one a lot, but it's too sweet and innocent for me personally.
Hell's Belle
lemon doughnuts and incence
Kubla Khan
Subtle, soft, a bit powdery
La Petite Mort
Starts smelling like an attractive persons underwear drawer, ends as suntan lotion
New Orleans
Floral, but more mysterious than sweet. Settles to slightly powdery, which I don't love, but still dark.
Philologus
A little quieter than I usually prefer; a bit soapy
Red Queen
Loud cherry candy, eventually softens to subtle wood notes.
And these ones didn't work on me at all:
Brusque Violet
Eat Me
Highwayman
King of Hearts
Mary Shelley
Monk
Oberon
Paramatman
Pride
Robin Goodfellow
Smokestack
The Robotic Scarab
Zephyr
Anyhow, happy to hear what some other scents worth trying might be, based on what's worked (and not worked) above! Thank you in advance ❤️
