Last night I got to sniff Lisa's BPAL collection. And I was amazed to discover that yes, Graveyard Dirt does smell exactly like high quality potting soil. I wore Embalming Fluid to a party yesterday, but the party was outside and the mosquitoes were terrible and I doused myself in bug spray, which overwhelmed the perfume. Now I'm wearing Dorian. Of which I ordered a 5 ml bottle from the lab, but then I couldn't wait and got an imp from someone on the forums.
Dorian. "This blend is an artful deception: a sweet gilded blossom lying over a twisted and corrupted core. A Victorian fougere with three pale musks and dark, sugared vanilla tea."
Bottle: Mostly I smell vanilla and sweetness, but tea is a definite undertone.
Wet: Yum. Musk, tea, and sweet vanilla. It smells creamy too, I wonder if there痴 a milky note in it, or if that痴 the vanilla?
Drydown: As it dries the musk moves to the background and I get black tea and vanilla with a dark edge. I really love this. It痴 interesting how different it smells from Embalming Fluid, although both include tea and musk. Embalming Fluid is light and clean, while this is rich and sexy. I can稚 stop smelling my wrist.
Lasting: The more it dries, the more the tea dominates. After several hours it's sweet, tea, and vanilla. It痴 wonderful. I知 2 for 2 now on tea-based scents.
Repurchase: Without a doubt.
Overall: I知 so glad I have a whole bottle of this on the way. It痴 a little too creamy for this weather but I think it will be perfect for autumn. Not that it smells 殿utumnal� in any way, just that the rich sweetness will be better in cool weather.
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Do you read the BPAL Forum reviews? The very first one for Dorian, by andrabell, is a classic:
"First Impression: Sweet tea.
"Second Impression: Oh. My. God. This is like having a cup of strong but sweet tea laced with a hint of lemon in a posh Victorian parlor whilst sitting opposite a very civilised Victoran gentleman. And as soon as the maid serving the tea is gone, this proper Victoran gentleman f**ks you six ways from Sunday."
I think she singlehandedly boosted Dorian into being one of the most popular scents! It's on my list to try, too. Maybe once you have your bottle, you might consider swapping the imp?
Your system wouldn't let me post that until I'd bowdlerized one of the words. Grrr.
yeah, that review had a lot to do with my ordering it! I'd be happy to swap my imp to you, or if I've used too much of it decant a fresh imp for you.
Sorry about the blog forcing you to euphamize. I used to get a staggering amount of comment spam, until I beefed up my blacklist to reject a wide range of sexual terms. It's inconvenient for legitimate commenters, but it's the only way to manage the spam.
haha-- yes, i love that review too! that and the fact that Dorian was the forum voted #1 BPAL scent is the reason i have an imp of Dorian on the way to me, too.
victorian gentlemen, beware!
ooh, i definitely need to try that one!
:-)
Dorian is lovely!
And yes, that review is very evocative...;-)
I put some in my hair the other day, and I kept getting wafts of it even two days later (I don't was my hair every day, it gets very greasy if I wash it too often).
My hairdresser told me to wash my hair only every other day, but I can't do it in hot weather. I know that I need to shampoo every day because I am shampooing every day, but I can't make the adjustment. (if that makes sense.)