Jenjin Report post Posted August 31 (edited) Horse chestnut leaves, rain-kissed, drift gently on the moss-green river’s flow. Artist - Gustave Caillebotte The Heats of August When summer opens, I see how fast it matures and fears it will be short; but after the heats of July and August, I am reconciled, like one who has had his swing, to the cool of autumn. – Ralph Waldo Emerson Artist - Gustave Caillebotte Edited August 31 by Jenjin Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
crimescenecleanup Report post Posted October 5 This is a very powerful aquatic. The notes in this are freshwater, not salty or brackish in any way. I feel like I recognize them from other BPAL scent descriptions mentioning rivers and rain and deep water. Danube comes to mind. Over this deep blue-green pool of very strong aquatic notes, there's some leaves floating, but they smell tannic and a little bit poisonous. For some reason it smells "prickly" to me and reminds me of green nettle plants. This feels like a Rappacinis garden scent, but 90 percent water. This is Rappacini's garden pond. While most aquatic perfumes I've encountered tend to be light and airy, spring or summer scents, this one feels dark and heavy and cool. Clean water, but...shadowed under that deep green canopy. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
patina Report post Posted yesterday at 12:07 AM (edited) The art was too tempting on this one. It smells Irish Spring adjacent, but not harshly soapy with wet leaves. I've smelled horse chestnut leaves. They don't have a particularly strong smell to me, but this is accurate. It's definitely not the usual Dead Leaves scent. This might be an August painting, but it works for November rain too. Very relaxing actually. Edited yesterday at 12:08 AM by patina Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
