Black Forest-Solstice Scents

Happy Valentines Day!

It doesn’t matter if you are not in love or if you don’t want to be with someone. To me this day is all about love! Love to your parents, friends, pets, yourself! It’s just the perfect reason to celebrate, eat chocolate, wear something red and your favorite Valentine inspired perfume!

Today, I am going to wear the same perfume as last year:  Black Forest from Solstice Scents! Before I tried this perfume I could swear that I hated cherrynotes! Even today they remind me a cough syrup. I got a sample of this and from first sniff I was in Love!  Angela did her magic again!

The picture is from a Black forest that I made last year. Today, my boyfriend isn’t so lucky as I didn’t had time to make one. I just bought us handmade white chocolate bars with cranberry!! Yum!

PERFUME: :  Black Forest

COMPANY: Solstice Scents

AVAILABILITY: They made this permanent!

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION: Agarwood, Nagarmotha EO, Tobacco Absolute, Dark Chocolate, Milk Chocolate, Cocoa Absolute, Maraschino Cherries, Black Cherries, Hay Absolute, Sandalwood EO, Whipped Cream & a drop of Pink Peppercorn Essential Oil

FROM THE DECANT/BOTTLE: Cherry liquor and cocoa. Addictively good.

WET ON SKIN:  Cocoa absolute with milk chocolate. The cherry is prominent but like I said it remind me cherry liquor. The woodiness from the agarwood and Nagarmotha goes exceptionally well with the cherries and chocolate notes.  You can tell that she used high quality ingredients in this perfume. Some chocolate fragrances, they just don’t feel right and the dry to something like vanilla but not this one!

 In this scent all the elements are blended together very well to make an awesome blend.

DRY DOWN: I can smell this for hours when I wear it. I get chocolate and tobacco whiffs now and then and I really enjoy it!

VIOLET TRUFFLE-SOLSTICE SCENTS

PERFUME: VIOLET TRUFFLE

COMPANY: Solstice Scents

AVAILABILITY: Available year round!

OFFICIAL DESCRIPTION: Dark Chocolate, Violet, Violet Leaf & Vanilla Absolute

BEFORE I SMELL: I have read so many rave reviews about this scent that I really wanted to try it! So, I chose this as my free sample in one of my orders.

FROM THE DECANT/BOTTLE: Cocoa absolute and powdery violet

WET ON SKIN: Hello violet!  I had a violet liquor once and it definitely remind me that.  I would say that it’s half violet half chocolate to my skin right now.

DRY DOWN: I get sweet chocolate the most, like a moist chocolate cake.  The violet is still there but not so pronounced.

FINAL THOUGHTS: I really like this. I wish the violet note was more apparent on the dry down but all in all it’s a very nice scent!

THE BLACK TEMPLE BURLESQUE TROUPE

COMPANY: BPAL

AVAILABILITY:  Limited edition.  Available until January 31.

 DESCRIPTION FROM THE SITE:

Straight from the pits of black, lightless N'kai: the voluptuous bat-winged vixens of the Black Temple Burlesque Troupe!

IN GENERAL:  This scent is inspired by the work of H. P. Lovecraft.  It’s a part of  several perfumes that BPAL released for the Yule time. The whole collection is called  MISCATONIC VALLEY YULETIDE FAIR and you can find all of them here: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/limited.html

This is a revamp of some scents but also THE FAIRE! Includes some new scents.  THE BLACK TEMPLE BURLESQUE TROUPE  was very popular and people had raved about it. I am so happy that I finally can tried it!!!!

IN THE DECANT:  The notes that stand out on me are: The cocoa absolute (LOVE!), black musk and a hint of lemon. It reminds me of Haunted.

WET ON SKIN:  Cocoa and musk. I love it. The lemon note isn’t noticeable now

DRY:  I want a bottle of this for sure. On dry down I also get the powdery note  of the musk a little more and I really like it. It’s very sexy. Perfect for a date or a night out. It makes me feel like I am living in another time….