BPAL Reviews
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Website Description: A 'Diabolus' scent. Devilish temptation, as sweet as sin: blood orange, neroli, and raspberry.
In Vial: Very fruity; apple, I think. There's omething smoky or spicy underneath it, which I can't identify. Overall, it's very sweet, with a real sugar note.
Wet: Immediately, there's just this waft of sugar, like a raspberry Dum-Dum. But nicer. That fades quickly, and turns to something more smoky, maybe even a musk. There's a woody element to it. It's like a wooden box full of sugar or fruit right now. I'm not getting any orange at all.
Dry: This one's gone pretty quickly, leaving just a very faint, barely noticeable sugar scent. It never much changes from the wet stage, except maybe it loses that smoky/musky/woody note fairly soon on, and after that is just raspberry candy. Not for me, but I'm sure people who like smelling like candy will like this one!
Kistune-Tsuki
Website Description: A 'Diabolus' scent. Kitsune-tsuki are malevolent Japanese spirits, akin to western werebeasts: women are possessed by the spirits of foxes, who compel them to perform acts of wickedness and mischief. Asian plum, orchid, daffodil, jasmine and white musk.
In Vial: Floral. Fresh wet flowers, particularly daffodil. Very green, very nice and spring-like. I think there's some bamboo in here too. All very happy and growing.
Wet: Warm, earthy florals. More like a garden than cut flowers, because it really does seem to have that scent of sunlight and warm air to it. I can't pick out any particular flower now; it's just a general floral scent. I think maybe plum is the strongest. Very bright, very lovely.
Dry: This scent doesn't last very long, fading away completely within a couple of hours. There's not much change to it, either; it stays a fresh floral, with a bright, spring-like quality. I don't get anything foxy or shape-shifty out of this at all, which I find very disappointing. Granted, foxes probably smell like wet dogs, so I don't think I want anything that literally smells like foxes, but I'd like something tricky or cunning about the scent, and instead it's just... pretty. Which, granted, is a good goal for a perfume. But I have other pretty scents, and I hoped for something different from this one.
Kurukulla
Website Description: An 'Excolo' scent. The Tibetan goddess of love and wealth. Her scent is a harmonious, sweet, enchanting blend of three lotus blooms and three roses.
In vial: A wet, floral scent. It smells more like the green stems than the flowers themselves, actually, those there's a faint floral-ness to it. Very fresh, very green. Like pure bamboo, almost.
Wet: A burst of that green wetness, immediately shifting into flowers. There's a sort of fruitiness to it, too, sort of plum-like. The roses make me think of tea roses more than a typical rose scent. I don't get the lotus as much, but that may be because I'm not sure what lotus smells like. Still very wet and fresh. Very feminine and sweet.
Dry: Not too many changes. This is one of the least interesting BPAL perfumes I've tried. There's nothing wrong with it, but it just smells like a million other perfumes out there. Sweet roses. I hate to say it, but it's almost insipid.
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Website Description: A 'Diabolus' scent. Devilish temptation, as sweet as sin: blood orange, neroli, and raspberry.
In Vial: Very fruity; apple, I think. There's omething smoky or spicy underneath it, which I can't identify. Overall, it's very sweet, with a real sugar note.
Wet: Immediately, there's just this waft of sugar, like a raspberry Dum-Dum. But nicer. That fades quickly, and turns to something more smoky, maybe even a musk. There's a woody element to it. It's like a wooden box full of sugar or fruit right now. I'm not getting any orange at all.
Dry: This one's gone pretty quickly, leaving just a very faint, barely noticeable sugar scent. It never much changes from the wet stage, except maybe it loses that smoky/musky/woody note fairly soon on, and after that is just raspberry candy. Not for me, but I'm sure people who like smelling like candy will like this one!
Kistune-Tsuki
Website Description: A 'Diabolus' scent. Kitsune-tsuki are malevolent Japanese spirits, akin to western werebeasts: women are possessed by the spirits of foxes, who compel them to perform acts of wickedness and mischief. Asian plum, orchid, daffodil, jasmine and white musk.
In Vial: Floral. Fresh wet flowers, particularly daffodil. Very green, very nice and spring-like. I think there's some bamboo in here too. All very happy and growing.
Wet: Warm, earthy florals. More like a garden than cut flowers, because it really does seem to have that scent of sunlight and warm air to it. I can't pick out any particular flower now; it's just a general floral scent. I think maybe plum is the strongest. Very bright, very lovely.
Dry: This scent doesn't last very long, fading away completely within a couple of hours. There's not much change to it, either; it stays a fresh floral, with a bright, spring-like quality. I don't get anything foxy or shape-shifty out of this at all, which I find very disappointing. Granted, foxes probably smell like wet dogs, so I don't think I want anything that literally smells like foxes, but I'd like something tricky or cunning about the scent, and instead it's just... pretty. Which, granted, is a good goal for a perfume. But I have other pretty scents, and I hoped for something different from this one.
Kurukulla
Website Description: An 'Excolo' scent. The Tibetan goddess of love and wealth. Her scent is a harmonious, sweet, enchanting blend of three lotus blooms and three roses.
In vial: A wet, floral scent. It smells more like the green stems than the flowers themselves, actually, those there's a faint floral-ness to it. Very fresh, very green. Like pure bamboo, almost.
Wet: A burst of that green wetness, immediately shifting into flowers. There's a sort of fruitiness to it, too, sort of plum-like. The roses make me think of tea roses more than a typical rose scent. I don't get the lotus as much, but that may be because I'm not sure what lotus smells like. Still very wet and fresh. Very feminine and sweet.
Dry: Not too many changes. This is one of the least interesting BPAL perfumes I've tried. There's nothing wrong with it, but it just smells like a million other perfumes out there. Sweet roses. I hate to say it, but it's almost insipid.
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Date: 2010-10-14 10:27 am (UTC)Kitsune-tsuki, Kitsunetsuki
Date: 2010-10-12 05:57 pm (UTC)