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BPAL review: Katharina
Katharina is the one that I got instead of Kathmandu, which is what I ordered.
Katharina
BPAL description: Form the Illyria collection. A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom.
In vial: Fruity - I can catch both the orange and the apricot. It smells like a fruity drink. The sort with an umbrella in it.
Wet: Apricot. Sort of smoothed out, not as sharp as a real apricot.
Dry: Apricot dying down a bit, the musk coming out. After ten minutes or so, the apricot gone, just the musk left, which has a hint of something off about it. The slightly off smell faded after about 30 minutes, but what's left is just blah. Two hours later, there is a trace of a pleasant scent, but there's nothing to really recommend it over something else.
Notes: Cat would rather play than sniff my wrist. This is the one that I like the least so far: the orange exists only in the vial, the apricot fades quickly, and the musk left is just meh. Slightly better a while later, but doesn’t make me want to run out and buy a bottle the way Neo-Tokyo did.
ETA: Four hours later and it's pretty much gone - no staying power, this one.
Katharina
BPAL description: Form the Illyria collection. A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom.
In vial: Fruity - I can catch both the orange and the apricot. It smells like a fruity drink. The sort with an umbrella in it.
Wet: Apricot. Sort of smoothed out, not as sharp as a real apricot.
Dry: Apricot dying down a bit, the musk coming out. After ten minutes or so, the apricot gone, just the musk left, which has a hint of something off about it. The slightly off smell faded after about 30 minutes, but what's left is just blah. Two hours later, there is a trace of a pleasant scent, but there's nothing to really recommend it over something else.
Notes: Cat would rather play than sniff my wrist. This is the one that I like the least so far: the orange exists only in the vial, the apricot fades quickly, and the musk left is just meh. Slightly better a while later, but doesn’t make me want to run out and buy a bottle the way Neo-Tokyo did.
ETA: Four hours later and it's pretty much gone - no staying power, this one.