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BPAL review: Grand Guignol
Had a much different experience with this one than most of the reviews I've seen.
Grand Guignol
BPAL description: From the Bewitching Brews collection. In 1897, a new form of entertainment was presented to the people of Montmartre, Paris: the Théâtre du Grand Guignol. During the course of an evening at the theatre, one would watch several small plays, ranging from crime dramas to sexual farces, a violent, throat-ripping, eye-gouging, acid-tossing good time, which always included shock topics such as infanticide, necrophilia, insanity, murder, paranoia, vengeance and death by common household object. Our Grand Guignol perfume is a shot of sweet apricot brandy; just enough to settle your nerves after a ghoulish, gory brush with the macabre.
It sounded interesting, and the fruitiness of the description appealed to me
In vial: Rich apricot, not a light one.
Wet:Apricot. Fading fast. Mint? Soft, not sharp, but still minty. Actually, more like a green salad with vinaigrette
Dry: Going into eau de cardboard box, then eau de putty, then eau de not much of anything at all.
Notes: Made the cat kinda twitch, then keep sniffing with a worried look. I was a bit worried that it was raising a welt and then remembered that no, that wasn't an allergic reaction to the perfume, it was where my cat hooked a claw in me when I was tussling with her a bit earlier, and I'm mildly allergic to cats, so scratches always raise welts for a short time. Anyway, I think I'm actually going to wash this one off because the residual scent, while very faint, isn't appealing in the least.
Grand Guignol
BPAL description: From the Bewitching Brews collection. In 1897, a new form of entertainment was presented to the people of Montmartre, Paris: the Théâtre du Grand Guignol. During the course of an evening at the theatre, one would watch several small plays, ranging from crime dramas to sexual farces, a violent, throat-ripping, eye-gouging, acid-tossing good time, which always included shock topics such as infanticide, necrophilia, insanity, murder, paranoia, vengeance and death by common household object. Our Grand Guignol perfume is a shot of sweet apricot brandy; just enough to settle your nerves after a ghoulish, gory brush with the macabre.
It sounded interesting, and the fruitiness of the description appealed to me
In vial: Rich apricot, not a light one.
Wet:Apricot. Fading fast. Mint? Soft, not sharp, but still minty. Actually, more like a green salad with vinaigrette
Dry: Going into eau de cardboard box, then eau de putty, then eau de not much of anything at all.
Notes: Made the cat kinda twitch, then keep sniffing with a worried look. I was a bit worried that it was raising a welt and then remembered that no, that wasn't an allergic reaction to the perfume, it was where my cat hooked a claw in me when I was tussling with her a bit earlier, and I'm mildly allergic to cats, so scratches always raise welts for a short time. Anyway, I think I'm actually going to wash this one off because the residual scent, while very faint, isn't appealing in the least.