Wrist-sniffing wench

[melaniesuzanne]

A couple weeks ago I tested Vampire Tears and hated it. I decided to try it again today and loooooved it. Yay, body chemistry wonkiness! I've got No. 93 Engine (Balm of Gilead, benzoin, frankincense, balsam of peru, beeswax, saffron, galbanum, calamus, hyssop, mastic, lemon balm, and white sage) on the other arm today -- if I'm working from home, may as well give perfumes a test run -- and all I can say is, in the words of danabren, NOM! The perfume smells "white" to me, as in a white light or fields of white flowers. It's soft and gentle and feminine without being sugary. I think it's going to give Mouse's Long and Sad Tale a run for being my favorite scent.

In non-scent related news, I'm surrounded by a riot of color today. The orange-leaved trees are glowing again today. The front of the house is bathed in orange light while the back of the house is blue because of the nearly cloudless sky. I picked a marvelous day to work from home. The windows are open and the four-legged carpet-dwellers are pleased to have a brief return of smell-o-vision.

Comments

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Damnit!

lol

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

I'll still bring it next weekend. :)

[woodwindy.livejournal.com]

Oooh, I *love* No. 93 Engine. Yum.

I see you're on the forum now -- yay! Welcome to the giant time suck.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

It's totally your fault that I purchased No. 93 Engine because I sniffed your bottle at the Pennsic MnS. :)

I've been lurking forever on the forum and have finally started posting reviews. Thanks for friending me. :)

See you next weekend?

[woodwindy.livejournal.com]

Mwahahaha!

Yeah, I'm looking forward to it!

[dawnhutchings.livejournal.com]

Where do you get all these perfumes from? You talk about new ones almost every week? They all have the coolest names.

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

These perfumes come from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. I started collecting the perfumes in 2005 and then took a hiatus until danabren and woodwindy pulled me back into the BPAL fold. I have a decent-sized collection if you want to play with scents some time. Also, I'm going to a shop in PA which is the east coast retailer for BPAL next weekend if you'd like to tag along.

[dawnhutchings.livejournal.com]

Great! I'll be at your place ... from the post below ... at 9:00. See you on Tuesday.

[danabren.livejournal.com]

Come play BPAL with us ;)

[dawnhutchings.livejournal.com]

Gladly!

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

Turns out I'll be free next Saturday-- still want company? :)

[melaniesuzanne.livejournal.com]

YAY!! Can you be at my place at 9am?

[tattycat.livejournal.com]

Oh, definitely. :D I'm much more timely when the Husbeast is off doing something else for the day.