BPAL post

[krait]

I've looked over the BPAL site and drawn up a list of scents I think I'm interested in! There's a lot, so I've grouped them by the category they fell under on the BPAL page.
I also came up with a general outline of stuff I like and dislike when it comes to smells, because I know I'm picky and I also know there's no way I could perfectly predict which combinations I might like based solely on a written description! :D

General Guidelines for Advice-Givers
These are Right Out: Musk, Leather/Tobacco, Sweet Foods (honey, milk, chocolate, wine, cinnamon, vanilla), very sweet florals (e.g. gardenia, heavy rose)

These are Nice: Evergreens, woods, greenery (heather, sage, etc.), light florals, herbals, "sharp" foods (citrus, ginger, tea, mint, pepper, spices), incenses, rain, sea, paper/parchment


Scents I Tentatively Think I'd Like:
Rappacini's Garden - Baneberry, Black Hellebore, Belladonna, Black Lotus, Moon Rose, Destroying Angel
Picknic in Arkham - Arkham, Miskatonic U, Y'ha-Nthlei
Wanderlust - Amsterdam, Delphi, Dublin, Kostnice, Mag Mell, Rome, Sri Lanka, Vinland
Illyrica - Lear, Apothecary, Antony
Mad Tea Party - Dormouse, Tweedledee, Tweedledum
Excolo - Coyote, Anubis, Hades, Nemesis, Nuit, Old Scratch, Pele, Calliope, Melpomene, Polyhymnia, any of the Kindly Ones, Utrennyaya


Several of the Limited Editions also sounded nice; but since one can't order samples, I know it's unlikely I'll get any. :D If, however, you did order any of these (Yuki-Onna, Carpathian Mountains, Jonathan Harker, Midnight Mass, Snow Maiden) and didn't like them after all, the same applies -- I'd love the chance to try it, and would certainly pass it along if it turned out I didn't like it either.

Thank you all SO much!

Comments

[ghost-light.livejournal.com]

Try Aizen-Myoo. I thought I smelled very, very citrusy when I wore it. For a while, this was my go-to scent if I woke up hungover. Then I gave away my vial as I started to find things that were "amazing" on me as opposed to "great",

I got a lot of fig and green out of Apothocary. I really liked it, someone commented that she refused to smell my perfuMe any more unless it is this one, but my Hubby hated it.

The Dormouse is one my very favorites. Somehow I take those notes and turn it into a perfect, fresh, rain-touched lilac tree.

Not much, but I hope this helps.

[fer-de-lance.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I'll add Aizen to my "try it" list, and definitely bump Dormouse up to the "try first" ranks, because when you said
a perfect, fresh, rain-touched lilac tree
I instantly flashed to the years I spent in Germany, and the lilac trees that grew in the backyard...

Thanks again!

Recommendation

[monsteralice.livejournal.com]

Try Nocnitsa - it's very green/piney/herbal.

[muppetk.livejournal.com]

Goodness, it sounds like you'd like anything that I don't, given that my favorite notes are tobacco, honey, vanilla & rose.

So maybe try Bess, it's a rosemary citrus if I remember right. The Apothecary is another herbal one that was too sharp for me. You also might want to try Asphodel, it's a very light floral/green scent.

And I'd be cautious about Coyote -- because I love it. It's a musky sweetgrassy smell on me. Kind of like drying hay, I think. I also loved Antony, so again, I'd be cautious with that one. The sage in it is a very smooth one, it almost has a fuzzy feel. (Makes no sense, I know, sorry.)

Oh, and amsterdam on me was pure tulips. Which may or may not be too sweet for you.

(And voila, 2cents worth from someone random who found your wishlist)