Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
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They smell like sweet leather love. <3
They just smell...great. It's not an OBVIOUS leather smell, like, you won't smell like a cow or pig hide of leather when wearing it, it just has a hint of leather with some other awesome scents added to it.
I wish I had samples to hand out.
If you contact her, I'm sure you could purchase some samples for very little cost.
They just smell...great. It's not an OBVIOUS leather smell, like, you won't smell like a cow or pig hide of leather when wearing it, it just has a hint of leather with some other awesome scents added to it.
I wish I had samples to hand out.
If you contact her, I'm sure you could purchase some samples for very little cost.
I just tried Perversion. OMG, I love it. I keep smelling myself. ROFL I don't even know how to describe it (because I couldn't distinguish scents to save the life of me), but I just love it.
It started off really sharp, but has scence mellowed out and warmed up a bit. Now I just need someone around to see if they like it on me.
It started off really sharp, but has scence mellowed out and warmed up a bit. Now I just need someone around to see if they like it on me.
YAY MY ORDER IS HERE!!
Apparently it came in the mail yesterday, and Matt put it aside, forgetting to tell me (even when I asked if he'd checked the mail...)
Anyways, HAPPY DANCE!
So I ordered: White Rabbit, Eos, Juliet, O, Snake Oil, Paris and got two freebies: Rapunzel and Egle. I hadn't had either of the freebies on my now very extensive list of "scents to try", but only because I haven't fully examined the group they are in. I'm so excited to try them all!!
I'm taking a picture of my order, and will post what I think of them in the bottle, then will review more extensively as I try each out.
OH and when I opened the box and unwrapped the bubble wrap, I was SURE they had sent me something with intense cinnamon notes, because that's all I could smell. Spicy, hot cinnamon like a cinnamon heart without the sweetness of candy. Turns out not a single thing in my order has any cinnamon in it... so I don't know.
Apparently it came in the mail yesterday, and Matt put it aside, forgetting to tell me (even when I asked if he'd checked the mail...)
Anyways, HAPPY DANCE!
So I ordered: White Rabbit, Eos, Juliet, O, Snake Oil, Paris and got two freebies: Rapunzel and Egle. I hadn't had either of the freebies on my now very extensive list of "scents to try", but only because I haven't fully examined the group they are in. I'm so excited to try them all!!
I'm taking a picture of my order, and will post what I think of them in the bottle, then will review more extensively as I try each out.
OH and when I opened the box and unwrapped the bubble wrap, I was SURE they had sent me something with intense cinnamon notes, because that's all I could smell. Spicy, hot cinnamon like a cinnamon heart without the sweetness of candy. Turns out not a single thing in my order has any cinnamon in it... so I don't know.
Ookay here we go:
I'm not disappointed by a single one of them. I'm excited to see how each one works on my skin.
Since I'll review them all in the bottle when I do the individual reviews I'll just do one at a time. After smelling each imp for a good long time, I wound up choosing White Rabbit as my very first scent.
From the description: Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen.
In the imp: I'm amazed that each note steps forward, plays a little with your nose then gracefully steps back to let another shine. I've never experienced anything like that before! Immediately I'm eager to try this on my skin and see what happens. The tea is a clear first, a bit creamy. Then the ginger and vanilla come out like a cookie, then the vanilla lingers into the fresh clean scent I suppose is the linen. How interesting how it starts on a warm, rich note then finishes on a crisp one. I find it really delicious!
Wet on my skin: Spicy tea with milk. Reminds me of a chai latte. YUMMY!
Immediately dry: it faded quite a bit from the obvious wafting it did when wet. Smells more like... arrowroot cookies? That's what is popping into my head at least. It's still swirling into the other notes though. It reminds me of my grandma actually, but in a wonderful way. Tea and cookies before bed with her clean skin smell lingering over me.
5-6 minutes: I was worried that this scent was fading too quickly, but then it gave me a good rush of honey and ginger.
10 minutes: definitely staying honey and ginger on me. I love it! There is a hint of crisp, freshness lurking in the background but it's very subtle.
20 minutes later it has almost disappeared entirely. I might just be used to it and am not smelling it as easily. I really wish I wasn't the only one home so I could confirm. Oh well. Final words are that I LOVE this, and hope it's just my nose and it is actually sticking around.
30 minutes + later: It's not completely gone as every now and then I get a whiff of honey. Straight up honey. When I hold my wrist to my nose I don't smell very much, so it's got to be coming from my neck.
I'm not disappointed by a single one of them. I'm excited to see how each one works on my skin.
Since I'll review them all in the bottle when I do the individual reviews I'll just do one at a time. After smelling each imp for a good long time, I wound up choosing White Rabbit as my very first scent.
From the description: Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen.
In the imp: I'm amazed that each note steps forward, plays a little with your nose then gracefully steps back to let another shine. I've never experienced anything like that before! Immediately I'm eager to try this on my skin and see what happens. The tea is a clear first, a bit creamy. Then the ginger and vanilla come out like a cookie, then the vanilla lingers into the fresh clean scent I suppose is the linen. How interesting how it starts on a warm, rich note then finishes on a crisp one. I find it really delicious!
Wet on my skin: Spicy tea with milk. Reminds me of a chai latte. YUMMY!
Immediately dry: it faded quite a bit from the obvious wafting it did when wet. Smells more like... arrowroot cookies? That's what is popping into my head at least. It's still swirling into the other notes though. It reminds me of my grandma actually, but in a wonderful way. Tea and cookies before bed with her clean skin smell lingering over me.
5-6 minutes: I was worried that this scent was fading too quickly, but then it gave me a good rush of honey and ginger.
10 minutes: definitely staying honey and ginger on me. I love it! There is a hint of crisp, freshness lurking in the background but it's very subtle.
20 minutes later it has almost disappeared entirely. I might just be used to it and am not smelling it as easily. I really wish I wasn't the only one home so I could confirm. Oh well. Final words are that I LOVE this, and hope it's just my nose and it is actually sticking around.
30 minutes + later: It's not completely gone as every now and then I get a whiff of honey. Straight up honey. When I hold my wrist to my nose I don't smell very much, so it's got to be coming from my neck.
I've since tried Miskatonic University, Coyote, and I just put on Jack.
I'm not even going to attempt to a do a review on them, as my nose is not very distinguishable when it comes to scents.
Miskatonic University reminded me of those yummy butterscotch candies mixed with coffee. I liked it, it was very calming and relaxing. But, I don't know if I would want to wear it all the time...if I could wash my sheets in it and curl up to it at night, I'd be good! I may just purchase an imp of it at a time and save it for when I just want to sit at home all day curled up with a good book.
Coyote went on really sharp and piny, and but after a few minutes it really mellowed out and just became an awesome crisp, clean springy scent. I'm not sure if I like it any better than Perversion (which also went on kind of crisp and sharp), but I do like it! I'm going to have to try them both on again and see which I like better. Perversion lasted quite awhile on me, but coyote seemed to fade away fairly quickly.
I just tried Jack out. It went on and I smelled like cooked butter. After a few minutes, though, HOLY COW. I am in love. I smell like a kitchen that is baking ginger cookies and pumpkin pie, and brewing some delicious tea as well. Definitely a keeper! (I just have to avoid anyone when I first put it on, or I smell like butter. ROFL)
I'm not even going to attempt to a do a review on them, as my nose is not very distinguishable when it comes to scents.
Miskatonic University reminded me of those yummy butterscotch candies mixed with coffee. I liked it, it was very calming and relaxing. But, I don't know if I would want to wear it all the time...if I could wash my sheets in it and curl up to it at night, I'd be good!
I may just purchase an imp of it at a time and save it for when I just want to sit at home all day curled up with a good book. Coyote went on really sharp and piny, and but after a few minutes it really mellowed out and just became an awesome crisp, clean springy scent. I'm not sure if I like it any better than Perversion (which also went on kind of crisp and sharp), but I do like it! I'm going to have to try them both on again and see which I like better. Perversion lasted quite awhile on me, but coyote seemed to fade away fairly quickly.
I just tried Jack out. It went on and I smelled like cooked butter. After a few minutes, though, HOLY COW. I am in love. I smell like a kitchen that is baking ginger cookies and pumpkin pie, and brewing some delicious tea as well.
Definitely a keeper! (I just have to avoid anyone when I first put it on, or I smell like butter. ROFL)
Awesome, I can't wait!
I *think* I'm going to order these:
Jack
O
White Rabbit
Two Five & Seven
The Unicorn
Snake Oil
But I'm not sure.
I might let my sister choose a couple in place of Snake Oil, and The Unicorn.
I *think* I'm going to order these:
Jack
O
White Rabbit
Two Five & Seven
The Unicorn
Snake Oil
But I'm not sure.
I might let my sister choose a couple in place of Snake Oil, and The Unicorn.
I'm pretty upset about it, as it was something I was looking forward to ordering.
Today I'm wearing Rapunzel. It was one of my frimps, and it smelled so pretty and light it seemed like a good one to try today.
The description says it's got: Angel's trumpet, bois de rose, orris, and wild lettuce.
In the imp: I have no idea what any of the components are supposed to smell like, so I can't pick out any particular note. It's very light and airy, very much like a garden, but not floral. Light green. Very soft and feminine and pretty.
Wet on skin: water-y scent (not aquatic or salty, just plain water) with a green-ness to it. This is not an easy one to review! As it begins to dry I can smell an herb scent.
Dry: It didn't seem to change too much. It's a very quiet, close to the skin scent and I have to stick my nose on my wrist to capture it. I still can't identify any one note, but it smells like a spring/summer herb garden with maybe some light clean floral hiding in the back.
I do like it, but I had to apply more about 10 minutes after my first application to try and smell it more than when my nose is right on my skin.
The description says it's got: Angel's trumpet, bois de rose, orris, and wild lettuce.
In the imp: I have no idea what any of the components are supposed to smell like, so I can't pick out any particular note. It's very light and airy, very much like a garden, but not floral. Light green. Very soft and feminine and pretty.
Wet on skin: water-y scent (not aquatic or salty, just plain water) with a green-ness to it. This is not an easy one to review! As it begins to dry I can smell an herb scent.
Dry: It didn't seem to change too much. It's a very quiet, close to the skin scent and I have to stick my nose on my wrist to capture it. I still can't identify any one note, but it smells like a spring/summer herb garden with maybe some light clean floral hiding in the back.
I do like it, but I had to apply more about 10 minutes after my first application to try and smell it more than when my nose is right on my skin.
In addition to yesterday's review - after about an hour to an hour and a half Rapunzel began to smell distinctly like dryer sheets. I didn't mind because I like the smell of dryer sheets but I was glad that it was quiet on my skin.
Today it is -24 and bleak out, I needed some warmth and sunshine, so Eos it is!
The Rising Sun. She is Ostara, Easter, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility and the dawn. She is a protector and friend to all children. Her scent is that of softly glowing skin, jasmine, buttercup and honeysuckle.
In the imp: bright, soft floral with a bit of a sweetness to it.
Wet on skin: Honeysuckle with a touch of the jasmine and that sweetness is still there but I can't nail it down (maybe that's the "softly glowing skin"?). Very bright and warm. Comforting.
Dry on skin: Something else came forward - I think it's the buttercup. I quite like it! The honeysuckle has quieted but is still there, can't smell the jasmine. This one makes me feel safe and warm. I love it!
And just a reminder - when you've just applied perfume oil, don't hold your phone in the crook of your neck. It gets all over your phone. *sigh*
Today it is -24 and bleak out, I needed some warmth and sunshine, so Eos it is!
The Rising Sun. She is Ostara, Easter, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of fertility and the dawn. She is a protector and friend to all children. Her scent is that of softly glowing skin, jasmine, buttercup and honeysuckle.
In the imp: bright, soft floral with a bit of a sweetness to it.
Wet on skin: Honeysuckle with a touch of the jasmine and that sweetness is still there but I can't nail it down (maybe that's the "softly glowing skin"?). Very bright and warm. Comforting.
Dry on skin: Something else came forward - I think it's the buttercup. I quite like it! The honeysuckle has quieted but is still there, can't smell the jasmine. This one makes me feel safe and warm. I love it!
And just a reminder - when you've just applied perfume oil, don't hold your phone in the crook of your neck. It gets all over your phone. *sigh*
I tried a little dab of Persephone and Black Opal yesterday just to see what they smelled like. Persephone, obviously, smelled like roses. LOL It smells just like a rose an it is gorgeous, but I don't know if I like it on me. Black Opal smelled very pretty, but it dissipated very, very quickly. I'm going to try it again when I put it on for real, but it was just a really weak, subtle scent.
I wore Snake Oil today and I LOVE IT. I'm going to wear it again to make sure, but I'm pretty sure I love it. I also think it would smell wonderful on a guy.
I wore Snake Oil today and I LOVE IT. I'm going to wear it again to make sure, but I'm pretty sure I love it. I also think it would smell wonderful on a guy.
I'm trying Snake Oil tomorrow. I let my co-worker try it first, because it's a very "her" scent from what I can tell in the imp, and she instantly loved it. Within a few minutes of putting it on, her skin had amped the vanilla like CRAZY and knocked out all of the beautiful smokey, incense like scents. She was so sad, since she really doesn't like vanilla. Her boyfriend thought she smelled amazing when she got home!
I'm excited to see how it works on me.
Eos is a HUGE WIN, for the record. I absolutely adore it. It's so soft and warm and sweet. Floral without being "floral".
I'm excited to see how it works on me.
Eos is a HUGE WIN, for the record. I absolutely adore it. It's so soft and warm and sweet. Floral without being "floral".
Snake Oil is the scent of choice of BPAL's founder and chief artisan. On that alone, I am tempted to try it.
Time for today's review!
I've just put Snake Oil on, so i'll review in the Imp and when wet, and wait until later today to review it dry.
By far, our most popular scent! Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla.
In the imp: Rich. Like an incense burning in a room with wood panelling and persian rugs. Just a hint of warm sweetness (must be the vanilla). A bit smoky.
Wet: Spicy vanilla. Vanilla is definitely the forerunner at this point, with the undercurrent of the indonesian oils (which I can only describe as spicy but that's not quite the right word). I adore vanilla, so I'm happy. We'll see what it does through the day.
I've just put Snake Oil on, so i'll review in the Imp and when wet, and wait until later today to review it dry.
By far, our most popular scent! Magnetic, mysterious, and exceedingly sexual in nature. A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla.
In the imp: Rich. Like an incense burning in a room with wood panelling and persian rugs. Just a hint of warm sweetness (must be the vanilla). A bit smoky.
Wet: Spicy vanilla. Vanilla is definitely the forerunner at this point, with the undercurrent of the indonesian oils (which I can only describe as spicy but that's not quite the right word). I adore vanilla, so I'm happy. We'll see what it does through the day.