BPAL - the first one is always free... (Voodoo)

[puddingcat]

nannyo gave me her broken imp of this, many months ago. It was the first BPAL scent I tried, and it's still my favourite (Laudanum being a "Bring me a Man!" scent, but this one being Just Lovely). I've forgotten to write about it until now.

Bewitching Brews: Voodoo
A midnight scent, evoking images of flickering golden firelight reflecting off the sheen of glistening skin and the jerking shadows of bodies suffused with spiritual ecstasy. A deep, powerful, resonant blend of myrrh, patchouli, vetiver, lime, vanilla, pine, almond and clove.

Proof that myrrh, patchouli and clove are Good Things on my skin. It's warm, slightly rusty (in scent and colour) and spicy without smelling like a fruitcake. The pine & lime liven it up enough not to be sickly, but aren't anywhere near strong enough to be toilet-cleaner-like. Almond & vanilla give a lovely delicately sweet blurring of the edges and stop it being too incense-and-hippies. Vetiver *is* there, but only enough to smell like a country lane on a hot day, when the tarmac's starting to go soft at the joins. Actually, yes; this is the closest scent I've found to a warm engine. That explains a lot.

Comments

[annwfyn.livejournal.com]

My first BPAL scent was chimera, courtesy of lanfykins, and until today (when I tried 13 and found out that it was gorgeous) was my absolute favourite smell.

I wonder whether I'd have decided to buy/swap/poke BPAL more if I hadn't really liked the first BPAL perfume I'd tried.

[ihavecake.livejournal.com]

My first crack imp sniffy thing was Spellbound. It is my second favouritest, because Casanova is just too much love. Casanova is quite a reserved theatre/dinner night out kind of scent. Spellbound is much more the glamourous dancing party (which I go to all the time).

Obsession, is by Calvin Klein not LJ...

[killtest.livejournal.com]

the first one is always free...

You realise you are ALL beginning to sound like crack-whores with this surfeit of BPAL deep-vein addiction evident across so many eljays. Really, it's like watching teenage girls talk about a boy-band and enthusing seriously about their favourite.

*backs away slowly towards nearest exist, trying not to make eye-contact*

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