Day 579 – Blooddrop’s Miou Miou

Tags

bloodrop, chocolate, clove, cream, heavy cream, milk, sugar, whole milk

Scent Name:  Miou Miou

Manufacturer: Blooddrop – Meow Benefit

Scent Description and Notes: “Three different chocolates, whole milk, some heavy cream added for luxe, sugar and gently spiced with clove.” –http://salonblooddrop.livejournal.com/36671.html

Oil Color: A greenish yellow, like fresh hay.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label features a kitten on the front and  the company name, collection, scent name, and decanting information (ralenth) on the back.

Scent:

• ITI:  Oh yeah, that’s chocolate and lots of thick, heavy cream with a dash of clove.
• Wet: Chocolate, sugar, clove, mint for some reason, and cream, but not as thick as it was in the imp.
• Dry: What an interesting shift.  I now get dusty clove, sugar, cream, and just a hint of chocolate.  This would be a great scent for a foodie.

Other Impressions: None.

Day 578 – Blooddrop’s Catnip

Tags

bloodrop, catnip, herbal, Mint

Scent Name:  Catnip

Manufacturer: Blooddrop – Meow Benefit

Scent Description and Notes: “My interpretation of felines’ favorite “narcotic” of choice: catnip! This version of the rampant garden herb is slightly cleaner and a wee bit less earthy.” –Scent Base

Oil Color: A very faintly yellow tinted clear oil.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label features a kitten on the front and  the company name, collection, scent name, and decanting information (ralenth) on the back.

Scent:

• ITI:  It’s very herbal, but refreshing at the same time.
• Wet: Catnip, mint, and something almost fruity.
• Dry:  It’s still a bit herbal, faintly soapy, but still pleasant.

Other Impressions: None.

Day 577 – Possets Perfume’s Elaine

Tags

honey, Possets Perfume, Spice, Tonka, wood

Scent Name:  Elaine

Manufacturer: Possets Perfume – Dreams of Avalon

Scent Description and Notes: “Little known but pivotal figure in lives of Lancelot and Guinevere, Elaine was a damsel in distress. Enchanted and forced to live in boiling water until rescued by Lancelot, she managed to seduce him afterwards. A child was the result of that union which enraged Guinevere and set the entire Round Table on a new path. That child was Galahad, the perfect knight.

Elaine is spicy, close and comforting but not foody. Womanly and warm thanks to a tonka infusion which lends a honey’ed aspect to play off the spice.” –http://www.dreamsofavalon.com/catalog.php?category=40

Oil Color: A light white wine color.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label is simply a white label with both the name of the scent and the company name hand-written on either side.

Scent:

• ITI:  Christmas mulling spices – warm and inviting.
• Wet: Very spicy, but in a delightful way – like cinnamon, star anise, and clove with  a hint of tonka and wood.  
• Dry: Light, spicy, with a faint impression of tonka.
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 576 – Violette Market’s Fairy Changeling

Tags

blanket, carnation, cedarwood, cream, dust, elderberries, hawthorn springs, iris, irish moss, limited edition, moss, orange petals, power accord, sandalwood, sweet cream, the lion and the lamb 2011, vanilla, violet, violette market, white carnation, white sandalwood, wood

Scent Name:  Fairy Changeling

Manufacturer: Violette Market – The Lion and the Lamb: 2011 (Limited Edition)

Scent Description and Notes: “The offspring of a fairy, troll, or elf that has been secretly left in the place of a human child. A changeling could also be a stock, an enchanted piece of wood, that would soon appear to grow sick and die.

Sweet cream, delicate orange petals, white carnation, warm vanilla, spring violet, powder accord and iris-infused blankets wrapped around an ancient piece of cedarwood enchanted with Irish moss, white sandalwood, Hawthorn sprigs, and dusty elderberries. ” –https://scentbase.com/scents/Violette-Market/Fairy-Changeling/201105241612259433

Oil Color: A lightly diluted honey color.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label is simply a white label with both the name of the scent and the company name hand-written on either side.

Scent:

• ITI:  It’s creamy, spicy, and floral all at the same time.  Interesting.
• Wet: It certainly strikes me as magical for some reason.  I can pick up the sweet cream, carnation, sandalwood, orange petals, sweet dust, vanilla, and something that’s a bit spicy.  
• Dry:  It’s still spicy and floral – alluring and enchanting.  I still can pick out the cream, carnation, sandalwood, vanilla, dust, and a little wood.  
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 575 – Possets Perfume’s Black Tea

Tags

black tea, Possets Perfume, tea

Scent Name:  Black Tea

Manufacturer: Possets Perfume

Scent Description and Notes: “The most dark and the most tannic of teas. Somehow that puckery quality becomes addictive and I  have to call this blend “narcotic” after all. Just right for a seductive night deep in July or August where humidity makes itself into a sexy accessory. Not subtle but very alluring. This is just the straight tea as made by me, not a tea with accouterments  Pure and beautiful, incense floats over it all and the effect is so much like the vapor lines of a mirage. Tealike but non foody (not sweet).” –http://possets.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=585

Oil Color: A lightly steeped black tea.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label is simply a white label with both the name of the scent and the company name hand-written on either side.

Scent:

• ITI:  It smells like fragrant black tea with honey and lemon.
• Wet: The honey and lemon are stronger here, followed by a more floral black tea.
• Dry: It’s gone really floral in a tea way, just a touch of smoke, and lots of honey (that doesn’t go all icky on me) and lemon.  It’s interesting and reminds me a bit of sweet tea.
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 574 – Possets Perfume’s Cream

Tags

cream, milk, Possets Perfume

Scent Name:  Cream

Manufacturer: Possets Perfume

Scent Description and Notes: “Why settle for simple milk when you can have cream in all its glory? Thick and rich, light yellow and smooth. This adds a milky layer to any of the teas in our line. Again you can wear this one alone if you like and it is a blend of several different ingredients, all of them offering a beautiful facet of the thought of cream which you may not have considered. Lucious.” –http://possets.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=1&products_id=583

Oil Color: A white wine color.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label is simply a white label with both the name of the scent and the company name hand-written on either side.

Scent:

• ITI:  Cream and buttermilk.  It smells like it would taste great on pancakes.
• Wet: It’s more buttermilk than cream now.  And there’s a slight hint of lemon.
• Dry: Yep, still buttermilk and a bit of lemon.  It has curdled a bit with age, I think.  I remember this being much, much sweeter when I received this several years ago.
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 573 – Victoria’s Secret’s Bombshell

Tags

jasmine, muguet, Musk, oakmoss, orchid, passion fruit, peony, pineapple, red berries, strawberry, tangelo, vanilla, vanilla orchid, Victoria's Secret, wood

Scent Name:  Bombshell

Manufacturer:  Victoria’s Secret

Scent Description and Notes: “Perfect for on-the-go beauty, day or night. Sexy today. Sexy tomorrow. Sexy forever. Embrace your inner bombshell with this FiFi® Award-winning eau de parfum from our Victoria’s Secret Bombshell fragrance collection. A glamorous blend of purple passion fruit, Shangri-la peony and vanilla orchid. Spray on for scent that lingers. 1.7 fl oz.

• Fragrance type: Fresh
• Top notes: Tangelo, pineapple, strawberry, purple passion fruit
• Middle notes: Jasmine, red berries, muguet, Shangri-la peony, vanilla orchid
• Dry-down notes: Musk, blonde woods, oakmoss
• Domestic”                          -Victoria’s Secret website

Perfume Oil Color:  Clear.

Bottle Design and Artwork:  This is a wider 1.5ml sample vial.  The vial is clear with black writing featuring the name of the scent and the collection.

Image from http://www.freebiespot.net/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/victorias-secret-bombshell.jpg

Scent:

• In the Vial (ITV):  It’s fresh and floral – orchid, light pineapple, passion fruit, peony, and jasmine.
• Wet: After the alcohol base dries a tad, I can pick up the sweetness of the strawberry, pine, and passion fruit, the vanilla orchid, and the gentle floral of the peony.
• Dry: The musk and wood have appeared, surrounded by gentle peony, light vanilla orchid, distant berries, and far off passion fruit.   It’s so pretty and feminine.

Other Impressions: “Lemongrass and faintly of citronella, but in a good way.” -Tony

Day 572 – House of Gloi’s Yuzu

Tags

grapefruit, House of Gloi, yuzu

Scent Name:  Yuzu

Manufacturer: House of Gloi

Scent Description and Notes: “A fresh but candy like grapefruit note. Mouthwateringly delicious.” -House of Gloi

Oil Color: A cool yellowed white.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cap and tester.  The label   features a crescent-shaped border around the scent information. The scent information includes the scent name in the center, above which is the company, below which are the phrases “Perfume Oil” and “5ml/Cruelty free” in decreasing font size.

Scent:

• ITI:  Luscious, sweet yuzu.  My mouth is watering as I write.
• Wet: The scent gets only more juicy when applied to my skin, although I also pick up on zest as well.  It’s wonderfully brightening.  
• Dry: It’s less juicy and more like yuzu-dusted candy and rind.  It’s still really appealing, though!
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 571 – House of Gloi’s Moon Dog

Tags

clove, coconut, House of Gloi, nutmeg, sandalwood

Scent Name:  Moon Dog

Manufacturer: House of Gloi

Scent Description and Notes: “Solar storms erupt: pure cracked coconut, dry sandalwood essence, heated with nutmeg and clove.” -House of Gloi

Oil Color: A very light yellow, like died hay.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml imp size with a clear cab and tester.  The label   features a full moon in crescent shapes around the scent information. The scent information includes the scent name in the center, above which is the company, below which are the phrases “Perfume Oil” and “5ml/Cruelty free” in decreasing font size.

Scent:

• ITI:  Dried coconut with heated clove and nutmeg.  It smells like it would make a great pie.
• Wet: I get similar notes, but there is a bit of a plastic note to this initially.  It seems to die down as the scent settles on my skin.
• Dry: It’s a little soapy, but I can pick up the coconut, sandalwood, and nutmeg.  
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 570 – House of Gloi’s Litchi Milk Tea

Tags

House of Gloi, litchi, lychee, milk, milk tea, tea

Scent Name:  Litchi Milk Tea

Manufacturer: House of Gloi

Scent Description and Notes: “Tart lychee fruit and black tea met with a splash of coconut milk.” -House of Gloi

Oil Color: I cannot tell from brown apothecary bottle.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard 5ml brown apothecary bottle with black screw top.  The label extends about 2/3 of the way around the bottle.  The label is on a cream paper and features a lovely design of what looks like flowers in crescent shapes surrounding the scent information.

Scent:

• ITB: Ripe, luscious litchi and faint tea milk.
• Wet: Sweet litchi, litchi syrup, tea, and a splash of milk.  My mouth salivates each time I sniff it.
• Dry: IT’s a bit softer once dried, but it still is a delicious scent.
  

Other Impressions: “It smells like dessert.” -Tony

Day 569 – Conjure Oils’ Saint Lucia

Tags

A Holiday Pastiche, baked buns, bread, candle, cardamom, Conjure Oils, limited edition, lingonberry, orange glaze

Scent Name:  Saint Lucia

Manufacturer: Conjure Oils – A Holiday Pastiche (Limited Edition)

Scent Description and Notes: “Observed on December 13 in Scandinavian countries, it is the Feast Day of Saint Lucia, whose name means “light”.This is represented in the yearly tradition of choosing one lucky little girl to wear a flowing white gown, don a glowing candle-studded crown and lead a line of candle bearing maidens trailing behind her to represent Saint Lucia overcoming the darkness of her blindness. The Saint is often portrayed holding a golden plate containing her own eyes that some say were plucked out by enemies, yet other sources claim that she gouged them out herself. It is of no surprise then that she is venerated at the darkest time of the year

An illuminating blend offering the sweet scent of lucia yeast buns baked with cardamom and saffron then slowly drizzled with sweet orange glaze rounded out with just a hint of lingonberry twigs from the candle wreath warmed by the candle’s steady glow.” -Scent Base and http://www.conjureoils.com/feri_oils.htm

Oil Color: A deeply resinous brown – almost a pitched black.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). The imp has a parchment-colored label that features the name of the company, its slogan,and the website in black.  The side displays the  collection information while the front contains the scent name.  Ann text is surrounded by a floral bust slightly Asiatic border.

Scent:

• ITI: Oh gosh, so foody!  I get sweet Hawaiian buns with orange glaze.  It actually makes me hungry.
• Wet: The orange is much stronger, but it’s orange infused with cardamom, followed by sweet bread and berry scented candles.  
• Dry: The candle, lingonberry,and something that reminds me a bit of a Christmas green scent are most dominant, followed by light bread, cardamom, and orange glaze.  I’ve grown to like this one!
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 568 – Conjure Oils’ Love

Tags

Conjure Oils, Feri Tradition: Pearl Pentacle, Rose, water lily

Scent Name:  Love

Manufacturer: Conjure Oils – Feri Tradition: Pearl Pentacle

Scent Description and Notes: “Courageous red roses and tender water lilies whisper reminders to stay sturdy, soft and open.” –http://www.conjureoils.com/feri_oils.htm

Oil Color: A deeply resinous brown – almost a pitched black.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). The imp has a black cap and a parchment-colored label that features the name of the company, its slogan,and the website in black.  The side displays the  collection information while the front contains the scent name.  Ann text is surrounded by a floral bust slightly Asiatic border.

Scent:

• ITI: All I get is gorgeous red rose.
• Wet: Red rose and a touch of aquatic water lilies. 
• Dry: Powdery red rose with minimal complexity.  It’s nice if you want a subdued rose scent, though.
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 567 – Perfumerie Generale’s Tonkamande

Tags

alderhydes, almond milk, Amber, milk, Perfumerie Generale, sandalwood, Tonka, tonka bean, vanilla

Scent Name:  Tonkamande

Manufacturer:  Perfumerie Generale

Scent Description and Notes: “Creamy, comforting almond milk is whipped into airy perfection with fizzy aldehydes until it is as dreamy and weightless as the foam on a cappuccino, but with a hint of marzipan. There is bread baking, not in an overwhelming way, but as if the oven is in the next room and you get just the occasional whiff of wheat and yeast. There is warm, gentle vanilla – as delicate and delectable as a bite of flaky pastry melting on your tongue. Imagine a late morning breakfast in the coziest café in the world – a place where they treat you like family and bring you cake batter to sample while you linger over your coffee. Then take all of those lovely, comforting scents, blend in a bit of soft, soothing powder and inject the magical concoction with the bubbly lightness of dry champagne. Then you will have Tonkamande – a fragrance that embodies contentment. We can’t imagine a nicer way to start the day.

Almond milk, aldehydes, tonka bean, wheat, sandalwood, vanilla, amber.” –http://www.luckyscent.com/shop/detail.asp?itemid=34540

Oil Color: Clear.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). The decant simply features a small label printed in the company and scent names.

Scent:

• ITI:  I was expecting something much softer, but I suppose the reason for the heavy perfume-y quality of this scent is the alderhydes.  I can tease out some vanilla, but it gives me a headache when sniffing deeply.
• Wet: Very strong alderhydes, vanilla,  like Vanilla Fields, and a hint of almond milk and amber.  I would like this much better without the alderhydes.
• Dry: The alderhydes have settled down some so that the vanilla and amber are more discernible.  There is a hint of tonka, but I was hoping for more.

Other Impressions: None.

Day 566 – Solstice Scents’ Tropical Moon

Tags

coconut, gardenia, Lime, lotus, pink lotus attar, Solstice Scents, Tahitian gardenia, tuberose

Before looking at the scent description, the word “tropical” worries me because I imagine the scent will be just too sweet and overripe.

Scent Name:  Tropical Moon

Manufacturer: Solstice Scents –  Summer 2012

Scent Description and Notes: “Coconut, Tuberose, Tahitian Gardenia, Lime Essential Oil & Pink Lotus Attar.” -Solstice Scents

Oil Color: Clear.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). The imp has a black cap and a parchment-colored label that features the name of the company and the website in black font with the name of the scent written in ink along the blank portion of the label.

Scent:

• ITI:  I get pink lotus and gardenia.  It is tropical, not in the overripe way that I had anticipated.  It’s rather floral and intoxicating.
• Wet: Gardenia, plastic (?), and lotus with a hint of coconut.  I’m not sure where the plastic note is coming from, but it’s really odd.
• Dry: I still get plastic, then coconut meat, then gardenia and lotus.  If it weren’t for the plastic I’m getting, I’d really like this scent.
  

Other Impressions: “I like it.  It’s like cinnamon and butter.” -Tony

Day 565 – Nocturne Alchemy’s Tomb: A Memory of Hope

Tags

Amber, cardamon, dried fruit, Egyptian vanilla musk, honey, kashir wood, Lime, mastic, Musk, nocturne alchemy, peony, pimento, raisins, saffron, tea, vanilla, vanilla tea leaf, wood

I found a few imps from other companies randomly around my desk.  I thought I’d review them and then get back to BPAL and while interspersing my designer scents throughout.

Scent Name:  Tomb: A Memory of Hope

Manufacturer: Nocturne Alchemy –  NAlliday 2008

Scent Description and Notes: “A Memory of Hope ~ Vanilla E/O, Vanilla Tea Leaf, Lime, Egyptian Vanilla Musk, Organic Cardamom of India, Kashir Wood, Pimento, Peony and the some essentials from the recipe to Edfu Kyphi: Mastic, Honey, Dried Fruit, Raisins, Saffron and Amber.” -Nocturne Alchemy

Oil Color: A durian yellow.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). This is a decant from Salixnoir.  It features a label with the company name, collection, and decanting information on the back while the front features the scent name in blue font over a picture of individuals looking into or examining a tomb.

Scent:

• ITI:  It’s soothing while still being somewhat perfume-y.  I can tease out dried fruits, raisins, saffron, vanilla musk, and some amber.
• Wet: Mastic, kashir wood, lime, amber, peony, and light dried fruit.  I’m surprised by the shift on my skin, but in a positive way.
• Dry: It softens and sweetens once dried.  It reminds me of the Turkish market in Ephesus for some reason.  I think it might be the dried fruit and honey.
  

Other Impressions: “It’s alright.  It’s like cherries and soap.” -Tony

Day 564 – BPAL’s Insupportable Misery

Tags

BPAL, Frankenstein, gunpowder tea, Lavender, Lilac, limited edition, saffron, tea, violet, violet leaf, yule, yule 2011

Wohoo, I found another imp as I was cleaning up the house.  It’s a tester, but that’s good enough for my purposes.

Scent Name:  Insupportable Misery

Manufacturer: Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab –  Yule Frankenstein subseries 2011

Scent Description and Notes: ““Cursed, cursed creator! Why did I live? Why, in that instant, did I not extinguish the spark of existence which you had so wantonly bestowed? I know not; despair had not yet taken possession of me; my feelings were those of rage and revenge. I could with pleasure have destroyed the cottage and its inhabitants and have glutted myself with their shrieks and misery. “When night came I quitted my retreat and wandered in the wood; and now, no longer restrained by the fear of discovery, I gave vent to my anguish in fearful howlings. I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils, destroying the objects that obstructed me and ranging through the wood with a staglike swiftness. Oh! What a miserable night I passed! The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me; now and then the sweet voice of a bird burst forth amidst the universal stillness. All, save I, were at rest or in enjoyment; I, like the arch-fiend, bore a hell within me, and finding myself unsympathized with, wished to tear up the trees, spread havoc and destruction around me, and then to have sat down and enjoyed the ruin. “But this was a luxury of sensation that could not endure; I became fatigued with excess of bodily exertion and sank on the damp grass in the sick impotence of despair. There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies? No; from that moment I declared everlasting war against the species, and more than all, against him who had formed me and sent me forth to this insupportable misery.

Insupportable misery: violet leaf, saffron, gunpowder tea, bruised lilac, and despairing lavender.” -BPAL

Oil Color: A yellowed barley color.

Bottle Design and Artwork: This is a standard vial / imp size (1/32 oz). This is a decant from ralenth.  It features a small label with the scent name in red block font.

Scent:

• ITI:  Gunpowder tea (spicy and peppery), lavender, and soapy lilac.
• Wet: Light lavender, saffron, violet leaf, and faint gunpowder tea.  It’s a reflective blend.
• Dry: It’s light, airy, and warm now that the lavender and tea have mellowed to let the saffron shine.
  

Other Impressions: None.

Day 563 – BPAL’s Holiday Moon

Tags

a little lunacy, a little lunacy 2006, bamboo, bamboo pulp, green tea, limited edition, oude, tea, white tea

Scent Name: Holiday Moon 2006

Manufacturer:  Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab –  A Little Lunacy 2006

Scent Description and Notes: “Before my bed
There is bright-lit moonlight
So that it seems
Like frost on the ground:

Lifting my head
I watch the bright moon
Lowering my head
I dream that I’m home.

When the moon is full, mankind is one. Bamboo pulp and oude with green and white tea.“ – BPAL

Oil Color: – I cannot tell the color of the oil by looking into the blue apothecary bottle.

Bottle Design and Artwork:  This is a 5ml standard older blue apothecary bottle.  The label extends just under halfway around the bottom.  The label features the name of the company and the collection horizontally on two white lines framing the scent name, which is in an Asian-inspired yellow font.  The image is of something that looks like a Day of the Dead-inspired koala framed by a full moon.

Scent:

• ITB: Strong bamboo pulp, floral teas, and a slightly resinous oude.
• Wet: Strong tea, oude, and that a green bamboo pulp.  It’s interesting, but I’m not sure how well I like it yet.
• Dry: It’s a bit warmer and less green once dry.  It’s like faint tee, slight resin, and just an impression of something  plant-like.

Other Impressions: None.

Day 562 – BPAL’s Blue Moon

Tags

a little lunacy, a little lunacy 2012, blue musk, BPAL, Calea Zacatechichi, clary sage, cucumber, cypress, evening stock, Florentine iris, Frankincense, Greek cypress, green tea, green tea absolute, hyssop, iris, Lavender, lemon, lemon balm, limited edition, Madagascan ylang ylang, mastic, milkweed, moonflower, mugwort, Musk, palmarosa, passion fruit, Rose, rose milkweed, Sage, tea, wood, yarrow, ylang ylang

Scent Name: Blue Moon 2012

Manufacturer:  Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab –  A Little Lunacy 2012

Scent Description and Notes: “The spirit of the full moon is capricious, intense and passionate, yet still distant, aloof and cold. Luna herself governs glamours, bewitchments and dream-work, innocent wonder, transient pleasure and delight, the Moment, impulse, mystery and veils. The Blue Moon is one of her rarest manifestations, and this scent is formulated to encapsulate her most complex and profound nature:

Mugwort, for psychic sensitivity…

Calea Zacatechichi, yarrow, and mastic for divination through dreams…

Frankincense and hyssop for complexity, wisdom and noscere…

… with a potent lunar-charged, oneirongenic blend of blue musk, exquisite woods, moonflower, evening stock, Madagascan ylang ylang, Florentine iris, Greek cypress, green tea absolute, palmarosa, cucumber, rose milkweed, Clary sage, lavender, lemon balm, and passion fruit.“ – BPAL

Oil Color: – I cannot tell the color of the oil by looking into the brown apothecary bottle.

Bottle Design and Artwork:  This is a 5ml standard brown apothecary bottle.  The label extends just under halfway around the bottom.  The label features the name of the company and the title of the scent in white block font against black fields extending vertically along either side of the image.  The image is really hard to discern as it is slightly impressionistic in nature. It looks like a person in yellow billowing pants is threshing something in the evening as a large moon hangs in the sky.  The clouds are becoming darkly ominous white it looks like a black cat forms.

Scent:

• ITB:  It has a fresh soap smell while still being floral from the iris.
• Wet: Green tea, lemon balm, something that strikes me as olive oil, a touch of lavender, and sage.  It’s soothing and makes me want to take a nap.
• Dry:  Lightly floral with faint lemon balm, green tea, ylang ylang, and lavender.

Other Impressions: None.

Day 561 – BPAL’s Moon of Horses

Tags

a little lunacy, a little lunacy 2011, BPAL, brimstone, cinnamon, costus, costus root, Frankincense, galbanum, grape, grape vines, limited edition, olive, olive leaf, red wine, saffron, smoke, stacte, vine, wine

Scent Name: Moon of Horses

Manufacturer:  Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab –  A Little Lunacy 2011

Scent Description and Notes: “One woe is past; and, behold, there come two woes more hereafter.

And the sixth angel sounded, and I heard a voice from the four horns of the golden altar which is before God,

Saying to the sixth angel which had the trumpet, Loose the four angels which are bound in the great river Euphrates.

And the four angels were loosed, which were prepared for an hour, and a day, and a month, and a year, for to slay the third part of men.

And the number of the army of the horsemen were two hundred thousand thousand: and I heard the number of them.

And thus I saw the horses in the vision, and them that sat on them, having breastplates of fire, and of jacinth, and brimstone: and the heads of the horses were as the heads of lions; and out of their mouths issued fire and smoke and brimstone.

By these three was the third part of men killed, by the fire, and by the smoke, and by the brimstone, which issued out of their mouths.

For their power is in their mouth, and in their tails: for their tails were like unto serpents, and had heads, and with them they do hurt.

Grape vines, cinnamon, frankincense, olive leaf, red wine, saffron, stacte, galbanum, costus root, smoke, and brimstone.“ – BPAL

Oil Color: – I cannot tell the color of the oil by looking into the brown apothecary bottle.

Bottle Design and Artwork:  This is a 5ml standard brown apothecary bottle.  The label extends just under halfway around the bottom.  The label features the name of the company along the bottom in thin, white block font.  The name of the collection is in similar but smaller font along the top.  The scent name is a pinked red block font just above the company name.  The image is the Grim Reaper on his horse, which is mostly black, but outlined in red.

Scent:

• ITB:  I liked the idea of this one before I realized wine and me were not good matches.  I get red wine and smoke.
• Wet:  More red wine, olive leaf, a touch of saffron, and brimstone.  It still has a bit too much red wine for my taste.
• Dry: Once dry, the wine settles down to let the notes emerge: smoke, frankincense, brimstone, grape vines, galbanum, and stacte.  It’s much more appealing in this state.

Other Impressions: None.

Day 560 – BPAL’s Wolf Moon

Tags

a little lunacy, a little lunacy 2011, Amber, ambrette, ambrette seed, benzoin, black spruce, blue cedar, BPAL, brown musk, Cedar, dead leaves, dead maple leaves, juniper, juniper berry, limited edition, muck, orris, pine, sandalwood, spruce, Terebinth pine, Tonka, white sandalwood, winter air

Scent Name: Wolf Moon

Manufacturer:  Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab –  A Little Lunacy 2011

Scent Description and Notes: “This pale and glittering moon hangs high over the deep snows and freezing winds of midwinter. January’s full moon has been named the Wolf Moon by many cultures, as the nights are filled with the howls of ravenous Wolf packs, and the danger of falling prey to the animal’s desperate hunger is at its peak.

This scent is that of unending, unquenchable hunger and feral madness. This is the dead of winter: a frozen night, chill wind, and the sharp, warm perfume of blood, fur, fang, and claw. Winter air, Terebinth pine, black spruce, long-dead maple leaves, juniper berry, dusty orris, deep amber, white sandalwood, brown musk, blue cedar, ambrette seed, benzoin, and tonka.“ – BPAL

Oil Color: – I cannot tell the color of the oil by looking into the brown apothecary bottle.

Bottle Design and Artwork:  This is a 5ml standard brown apothecary bottle.  The label extends just under halfway around the bottom.  The label features the name of the company along the bottom in thick, white block font.  The name of the collection is in similar but smaller font along the top.  The scent name is in a yellow Calligraphy-type font just above the company name.  The image is of a werewolf seemingly changing under the full moon.

Image from http://www.blackphoenixgazette.com

Scent:

• ITB:  It reminds me a little of spice drops, but it has a warmth to it from the amber and the musk.
• Wet:  Spruce, pine, juniper – all of the dark green scents I adore.  I get impressions of cool winter air, musk, and a bit of amber, but it is gorgeous just the way it is – intensely green and slightly spooky.
• Dry:  It’s more resinous once dried with the benzoin, ambrette seed, brown musk, which pairs beautifully with the much sedated green of the pine and juniper.

Other Impressions: None.