Convivial Vulva

[Jenjin]

Cherry blossom cream, blush marshmallow, white amber, and wild pink strawberries.

[khazakant]

I was most looking forward to this one, the Vulvas are always fun.

So, I open the bottle and smear some on and get hit with the strawberries first. Gigantic, teenage-girl confection of a fruity floral. I figured if I waited a minute it would settle down, and it did, with the amber coming out and granting more moderation and maturity to the fragrance. It's got very good sillage, in general, BPAL has gotten better about making fragrances with good throw in recent years.

As it dries down, the "blush marshmallow" really comes out and the fruitiness takes a backseat, although it doesn't go away entirely, just falls back into the kind of smooth, creamy, well-rounded thing you'd expect from one of BPAL's Vulvas.

 

[picturesofmeghan]

this is already a favorite. i did let the bottles rest a bit, but i’ve worn this one a few times already. it’s creamy, soft, fruity, and tangy. 

the strawberry is in the forefront, cherry blossom cream is in the background & all settles into the marshmallow 

[doomsday_disco]

I tested this once and then slathered it another day as my scent of the day.

 

In both instances, the pink strawberries and cherry blossom cream were the stars of the show, with more strawberry than cherry blossom, backed by the white amber and what must be the blush marshmallow. The cream went buttery on me during my first test of the scent, but somehow didn't do that when I slathered it for a full-day of wear. The white amber in this is the same as the one featured in Hohensalzburg Fortress and Schönperchten. Despite there being cherry blossom cream here and Reflected Vulva having cherry blossom and sugared cream in its notes, the two don't smell similar. I don't get anything distinctly marshmallow on my skin like the glorious marshmallow from La Dame Aux Pamplemousses, but at least I'm not getting anything like the marshmallow in Pink Moon: Marshmallow and Candyfloss Hair Gloss or the funky marshmallow froth from Fairy Lobster Foam. I mean, I'm sure the blush marshmallow is there doing something, but it just doesn't play as big of a role on my skin as it does for the other reviewers -- I think I seem to have gotten way more amber with the strawberries and cherry blossom cream.

 

Although I would have liked the cherry blossom to be the strongest note here, I do think this is pretty and will happily reach for it during the spring months.

 

Hair glosses I'd pair this with: Party Tricks and Kamisuki.

Edited Wednesday at 04:40 PM by doomsday_disco