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telophase ([personal profile] telophase) wrote2005-08-30 08:54 pm
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BPAL review: Athens

[livejournal.com profile] yhlee swapped me three BPAL imps, so I have a few more reviews.



Athens

BPAL description: From the Wanderlust collection. A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers.

In vial: Honey-sweet with a faint hint of spice.

Wet: Honey with a hint of powdery florals … very nice, though.

Dry: The honey blends in and becomes part of the overall scent, which is faintly sweet, faintly incense-y, which must be the myrrh.After a while the top notes fade, leaving a subtle smokiness with a harsh touch I'm not in love with. An hour and a half later, the harshness is fading, and a faint scent of mellow honey is coming back. Interesting!

Notes: Cat sniffed for a while and then said BELLY RUB NOW. Interesting. I loved this in the vial and wet and for the first few minutes, but as it dried, the honey faded and the myrrh came out. It wasn't horrid, but it was a bit off-putting after a while. The honey came out a little bit for a while, then faded. I think this one changed after it dried more than any other one I've tried. At any rate, not interesting enough to put on my must-buy list. I'm considering trying this in a scent locket, to see how long the notes I liked stay - I've got one somewhere around, I think at my mother's house.

So now I know that myrrh doesn't explode on me like it does on [livejournal.com profile] yhlee, but it's still persistent - I had to resort to the dishwashing detergent to get it off finally. I don't hate it, but it's got a bit of a harsh tinge, like the ashes of incense (well, duh).
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[identity profile] yhlee.livejournal.com 2005-08-31 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
*wry look* Sorry to hear about the persistence. I was disappointed by the honey in this one not being stronger.

[identity profile] telophase.livejournal.com 2005-08-31 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
It wasn't horrible, it was just stale incense. like I'd hung out in a New Age bookstore for a while and hadn't showered since. But if it were subordinate to the other thing, I'd have really liked it. I shall be on the lookout for honey/wine/floral things, if I can find them.

(The honey in Alice appears to be sticking around so far, although it's jsut much more subtle overall than Athens.)
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