Let’s clear out the draft folder, shall we? It’s not feasible for me to keep comparing BPAL fragrances but thought I’d publish this post anyway. Golden Priapus – on me, too pine-ish! It gets beautiful, golden, radiant and sweet but more so on my male friend. The pine is not so prominent on him and [...]
Tagged Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, body chemistry, fragrance, perfumeAgain, I have had the pleasure of testing more BPAL goodness on a member of the opposite sex. I apologise in advance if this sort of thing is not to your liking; I suspect there will be more such posts so if this doesn’t interest you, hop along and go and read a good book!
Tagged Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, body chemistry, fragrance, perfumeI recently made the choice to stop supporting Possets Perfumes in favour of those by Blooddrop Clothing & Fineries. I like Possets, but the fragrances are not different enough from each other, and Astrid from Blooddrop is just lovely. There’s a new collection at the moment called ‘The Entomology of Miss Amnesty Mapleleaf’, much to [...]
Tagged Blooddrop, childhood, fragrance, perfume, reviewI had the good fortune yesterday to test some wonderful BPAL on a good male friend who happily donated an arm, behind the ears and neck all to the cause of olfactory science. I thought it best to document how the various fragrances differed on both of us. Tristran – more colognesque on male than [...]
Tagged Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, body chemistry, fragrance oil, perfumeA lonely Friday evening, what blissful delights can one conjure for solace? Let’s tuck into the bath stash box and see, eh? But not without help from a lovely lady who sent an unexpected gift. Yes, I have this box, and it houses my bath melts, sachets of additives and such. It was time for [...]
Tagged bath products, bathing, ear muffs, Lush, present, The Body Shop“Beauty is truth, truth beauty,–that is all Ye know on earth, and all ye need to know.” John Keats, Ode to A Grecian Urn It’s been mad-busy on my end. As if the very Fates conspire against me, a vast number of the Blogcritics review material I’d been assigned started to arrive this fortnight. It’s [...]
Tagged fragrance, Guerlain, John Keats, Ode to a A Grecian Urn, poetry, reviews, Serge Lutens, skincareSorry, an obscure and clumsy reference to one of my favourite Apollinaire poems. A dear friend from overseas sent me a sample of a fragrance I was very unlikely going to be able to try, and I had sampled it on Saturday, promising to list its notes. It’s Fresh’s Pink Jasmine eau de parfum, which [...]
Tagged Fresh Pink Jasmine, MAC, makeup, perfumeI have a couple of pals who are quite the fragrance nuts, and it’s an addiction I’m desperately doing everything to discourage. There are 2 I’ve been very constant about lusting after – Serge Lutens’ Un Lys, and Miller Harris’ Fleur orientale. Sex with the orgasm in liquid form. I seem to have a lot [...]
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