BPAL

[telophase]

SKYTYPING WITH CHEMTRAILS -
Incapacitating poofiness: spun sugar, white amber, white musk, citron, and lemongrass masking a sinister, almost chemical undernote of elemi, zdravetz, and ravintsar

Sweet, light citrusy on me, with the lemongrass coming out and giving a hint of Lemon Pledge, but not overly so. Eventually it wore down to a soft, faint amber. Nice, but I may not bother with keeping it.




PHANTOM TIME HYPOTHESIS -
A traditional Medieval perfume that never existed: balm, benzoin, damask rose, gumdragon, lignum aloes, orange water, ambergris, and vegetal musk.

What pushed me over the edge and made me decide to buy this was that the Phantom Time Hypothesis is currently my favorite crackpot conspiracy theory. (Short version: the time period of the Early Middle Ages did not actually exist. Long version: go read the Wikipedia page.) I'm glad I did - this one turned out to be a keeper.

I don't usually like rose scents, and it went on heavily rose to me, with a few other floral notes hanging out in there, but it wasn't the really sharp rose that tends to be in perfumes. And after a while, it went to a warm rose with an amber-y powder to it, and now it's a light amber. (Amber does on me what I think vanilla tends to do on others: goes to a warm, soft, almost sweet scent. Unfortunately vanilla goes to sheer plastic on me. :D)

Comments

[kutsuwamushi]

Thank you for introducing me to the Phantom Time Hypothesis. I think it's my new favorite crackpot theory too.

[telophase]

It is a truly wonderful crackpot theory.

[spartezda.livejournal.com]

That is a wonderful crackpot theory. I am badly tempted to introduce it to certain conspiracy-minded relatives.

[telophase.livejournal.com]

Hee! XD

[badnoodles.livejournal.com]

It's the History Monks at work. Eveyrone knows that nothing really happened in the early medieval period, so it's a good place to borrow from when you need a little extra time to patch up holes in the space-time continuum.

[wistfulmemory.livejournal.com]

The Phantom Time Hypothesis sounds wonderful. I might have to try that one.

[smillaraaq.livejournal.com]

Bwah, that is the most awesome crackpot theory I've encountered in quite a while! Alas, the scent sounds lovely but I've often had trouble with the more floral BPALs not playing nicely with my skin chemistry. Sadface.

(Does tonka bean ever work for you? BPAL's vanilla note doesn't so much go off on me, it generally just seems a little too strongly sugary-artificial from the get-go; but their tonka note is marvelous for me, powdery soft vanilla-ish that's faintly sweet without being cloying...)

[telophase.livejournal.com]

I think it works -- when I checked my not-updated-in-three-years BPAL notes, (http://telophase.livejournal.com/234134.html) two blends with it worked, and two didn't for reasons obviously not the tonka.