Hi guys! It’s
been a week since I update my blog and I thought to share with you how my “perfume”
week went.
First of
all, I got a lovely package on the mail!
While ago I
ordered a bottle from a lovely lady on Live journal. I love Arcana perfumes but
sometimes they sold out quickly so if I find a bottle that I want second hand I
go for it! She included three more samples and some candies as well.
Arcana-Frivolous aside
A silly, sexy little blend which flirts
shamelessly, teases everyone at the party, and flashes the top of its garter on
the balcony. Bubbly champagne cocktails,
vanilla frosting, deep pink musk, sugar cubes, toasty coconut, and a soft
compress for your head the next morning.
When I
first put this on it is very bubbly and it remind me Bpal’s Old Man Ackerman's
Instructional Toys.
The bubbly top note it’s like when you open a
bottle of sprite and you take a deep breath immediately. It stays quite a while
on the skin that way and then the foodie notes come to play as well. Butter
cream and toasty coconut flakes like the one that you sprinkle on the cake come
to my mind and I am already hungry!
Then I get whiffs
of pink musk which totally works here.
To me this
is a foodie-cake scent for spring or summer. It’s fresh, sweet and yummy at the
same time. Delicious!!!
The
freebies that I got were:
Bpal-Kubla
Khan
Sidhe
Creations- Sluagh
Zomg Smells
– Lizard Queen
This week I
made my first eBay purchase ever! I won a L’artisan gift set with the following
15ml perfumes:
Timbuktu
Eau de Toilette 15ml
Fou d’Absinthe Eau de Parfum 15ml
Méchant Loup Eau de Toilette 15ml
Fou d’Absinthe Eau de Parfum 15ml
Méchant Loup Eau de Toilette 15ml
I am so
excited to receive this but it will take a while till reaches me because I send
it to my uncle in the UK and then he will send it to me.
I haven’t
tried Timbuktu and Fou d’Absinthe but I love Mechant Loup. They are a little
bit on the masculine side so, if they don’t work on me I will give them to my
boyfriend.
My perfumes
of the day were the regular Possets or Bpal blends, I wore:
Possets Nevada Heat
Nevada,
it's HOT. It's exciting and it gets YOU hot! They work at that, and it's a
natural phenomenon. Supersweet vanilla grabs
a sassy orange/citrus for a fast
ride through the desert at sunset.
Resins drip into and out of the blend, and a blast of spice comes from nowhere to tie it all together. Heat isn't for
everyone, and certainly not for the timid nor for the conformist, unless you
really want to have a brief holiday from your hum drum existence. Gives you all
the excitement of that last shake before you roll the dice. USA, spicy resin,
long lasting.
If you like spicy orange scents you have to try this one! From the
bottle I get a creamy sweet orange scent. On the skin I get spices and maybe a
hint of patchouli. It’s borderline foodie and it reminds me a kind of Christmas
cookies that we made in Greece with cloves, cinnamon and orange juice. I don’t
know why I keep thinking of ginger whenever I put this on. It isn’t a listed
note.
Bpal- Laudanum
The
essence of the most debauched hunger encapsulated into a perfume. Desire beyond
love, anguish beyond sanity. Nutmeg,
sassafras, black poppy and myrrh.
From the imp get Nutmeg, myrrh and vetiver. Wet it
smells like sassafras but it’s very well blended. In that stage it becomes a
little bit medicinal but in combination with all the resins it works very well.
I really
like this and it reminded me their Midnight Mass scent.
Resinous, medicinal with a hint of spice but not
very unique.
Possets-Perpetual
Orgasm
The divine honey
which the bees make on the dry and craggy plains is the starting point for such
a melting blend. Malta is an arid country and the non populated expanses are
covered with tough aromatic growth which needs little rainfall. It is in that
hard herbal mat that the bees wrestle the tiniest drops of nectar out of sparse
light blue flowers and somehow
manage to manufacture honey of such brilliance it’s almost as if the sun was
captured and liquefied. Added to this is a shard of sharp lemon zest and the smooth modification of orange, both citrus
which can be found in abundance in the Mediterranean, and which naturally
compliment Maltese honey, and you will have found a paradise in a bottle.
I can’t
decide if I want a bottle of this or not. It lasted all day on me and
especially on my clothes. It’s a sweet
lemon and orange blend. I don’t get the floral part but as I am thinking about
it while I am writing this I get a hint of bluebell. I had a Bluebell fragrance
oil for soap making and it smelled soapy and fresh. Very similar to that fresh
note in perpetual orgasm. By the way what a lovely name!
Thanks for
reading:)
Wow, so many gorgeous smells :) L'Artisan set looks amazing. I have tried all three scents but haven't been able to get any bottles.
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήAnd I love the name Perpetual Orgasm :)
Can't wait to get it! I have smelt only mechant Loup but I didn't want to buy an 100ml of it and in Greece L'artisan is only available in that size.
ΔιαγραφήGreat post, Amanda! ❤
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήI'm not sure if I'd like Frivoulous Aside because Possets-The Temptress was a pink, fizzy musk and I hatedddd it. But Frivoulous Aside sounds like it was wonderful on you! I haven't tried Arcana perfumes yet :)
Congratulations on winning the gift set! It looks absolutely beautiful!
I always wanted to try Nevada Heat since I live in Nevada, hehe! It sounds like it would be a good Christmasy scent :)
Thank you Rachel! I put two arcana decants in the parcel I sent you the other day. They have some great scents and the owner makes some really beautiful soaps too!
ΔιαγραφήI love the sound of Frivolous Aside! I've been wanting to try that one for a while. And Perpetual Orgasm sound so good! Possets is a brand I haven't tried much of - but you're tempting me with that one!
ΑπάντησηΔιαγραφήFA is so good! I think it comes back every Christmas but I am not sure. I think the fist perfume oil I bought was Arcana, maybe that's why I love them so much!
ΔιαγραφήPossets sometimes is hit or miss with me but I always find something I love:)There is a new spring update too!