BPAl: Burial, Phantasm

[oyceter]

Burial

BPAL: The Dark Side of Earth: deep, brooding forest scents, including juniper and patchouli. The scent of upturned cemetary loam mingling with floral offerings to the dead.

Imp: It's somewhat pine-y, but not sharply so. I suppose that's the patchouli or something, not that I know what that smells like. Here's to hoping that the floral offerings part doesn't come out, because me and flowers don't seem to mix very well.

Wet: Yipes, the pine is intensifying! I'm still trying to decide if I like this or not. I am obviously showing a distinct dislike of flowers and cinnamon, but this is neither. I like clean scents, but this might be too much pine for me.

Dry: Hrm, this is actually really interesting! This is the first smell so far that I'm starting to change my mind on. Usually if I don't like a smell, it just gets worse and I keep disliking it, or if I like it, I keep liking it. This one, the pine has really subsided and the patchouli whatnot has come to the forefront, and it's really nice and mellow. It actually does smell somewhat of loam! Odd. I shall have to try again and see what happens.

(after another few minutes: nope, I should have trusted the first instinct, as usual! It turns all piney again. So much for that! I am actually amazingly easy to test perfumes on it seems. Sometimes things turn soapy, but usually if I think I will dislike it in the imp, I end up disliking it.)

Neither rat tried to attack me, which was of the good. Fool-rat smelled briefly of pine for a moment, but I've finally found a scent that doesn't seem to be sticking on their fur. Amazing! Rat-proof scent! Though I was kind of sad, as pine-smelling rat is the least strange rat smell I have encountered. Well, either that or I'm just getting used to scented rats.

Phantasm

BPAL: This delicate, spectral perfume gives rise to an eerie distortion of of the senses. It bestows an ephemeral, ghostly, and truly haunting quality to your presence. Green tea, lemon verbena, jasmine and neroli.

Imp: Some sort of cool floral. I suppose jasmine plus green tea. I can't smell the lemon verbena at all. Me sad.

Wet: Oooookay, this is strangely turning pine-y. Huh? Oh wait! There's the lemon! Ha! I can't smell it al the time though; it keeps getting covered over by what I suspect is jasmine, though it doesn't smell like any jasmine I have smelled. Maybe that means it's tea? Or neroli? What the heck is neroli? Anyway, somehow this is turning distinctly woody on me, with the very occasional whiff of faint lemon, which is extraordinarily strange.

Dry: Alas, this goes to powder, like every other perfume with a floral in it that I've tried. Sigh.

Fitz-rat again tried to bite off my wrist, so no perfume on him! I did scritch him a lot though, so maybe I will end up smelling powdery rat days down the line ;).

Comments

[yhlee.livejournal.com]

either that or I'm just getting used to scented rats.
*dies*

*grins*

You and me and florals. *rueful*

[oyceter]

Wargh, yes. I thought powdery was just the way florals smelled until I read all the BPAL reviews! No wonder I dislike most department store perfumes!

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

Scented rats!

Some BPAL scents turn to baby powder on me, no idea why. v frustrating, tho.

[oyceter]

Poor scented rats ;). They must be so confused.

[livinglaurel.livejournal.com]

I would put BPAL on my cats, but they'd ingest it while grooming....they do seem v attentive to me when I have BPAL on.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Well, either that or I'm just getting used to scented rats.

[in whoops]

[oyceter]

I think someone suggested that I could douse them and sort of place them around the room, instead of actual air fresheners ;).

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Hey, they could move from room to room on their own!

Neroli

[oracne.livejournal.com]

Neroli is oil from orange blossoms. I think it smells really sweet; it also reminds me of the incense in a local Indian clothing/bead shop.

Re: Neroli

[oyceter]

Oh thanks!

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

*grin* i still cush on the thought that you ahve a Fitz rat. I don't think I will ever let ben name another pet.

I've been reading all the BPAL posts and visited the site (cool) but I am pretty confused about what to try.. so many so many.. could you rec me a few things to start with?

[oyceter]

I love my Fitz-rat! And my Fool-rat, though the poor dear got stuck with a rather unfortunate sounding name!

Good lord, the BPAL site is confusing, isn't it? I'm not quite sure what you would like, and it's hard to tell given individual skin chemistry (mine apparently hates florals, but other people seem to have very adverse reactions to the citruses I love so much). But given the rose gardening, I'd suggest Moon Rose (Bewitching Brews)? Or maybe Two, Five and Seven (Mad Tea Party)?

[angeyja.livejournal.com]

*grin* thanks! I like citrus too. It's the type of site to lose a few hours on.

[oyceter]

Oooo another citrus fan! My absolute, absolute favorite citrus smell so far is Embalming Fluid (Funereal Oils), which is a sharp, sharp lemon that slowly fades to aloe and tea on me. I love it, it smells so fresh and clean. My other favorites are Dirty (Sin and Salvation), which I swear smells like clean laundry, and Severin (Love Potions?), which smells like lemon iced tea! Well, technically it's supposed to smell like black tea, Earl Grey and leather, but I think it smells like iced tea. I love it to pieces, but I am sad because it fades so quickly on me =(.