Okay, I know a lot of you wear BPAL and I want to order some. However, I don't know what! I like a sweet, floraly perfume, so if you have any ideas what's going to fit that, leave me el comment below.
Mmmmmm BPAL! I just made a big order today in fact. I definitely recommend you start with the sample sizes (imps) rather than the full bottles, as things smell rrrrrreally different on different people.
For you, for sweet/floraly, perhaps:
Arachne: A gossamer scent, as light as a spider’s footfall, touched with sighing mists: pallid flowers, dusty woods and soft herbs. [I found this one to be sortof like lily-of-the-valley, really pretty.]
Ave Maria Gratia Plena: A pale, delicate, truly angelic blend. A scent created to emulate Adonis' halo of beauty: fragile, distant, and radiant. Rosewood with Sicilian lemon peel, red Mysore sandalwood, pale musks, sweet mountain sage and a dusting of lily, night-blooming jasmine and orris.
Dragon's Eye: A piercing, radiant perfume: dragon's blood resin, lily of the valley, lilac and galbanum.
Endymion: Selune, the Moon Goddess, fell in love with a beautiful shepherd named Endymion. She appealed to Zeus, asking him to cast Endymion into everlasting slumber so that she could be with him for all eternity. Her wish was granted, and every night the Goddess visited her love as he slept. A sweet, wistful blend of d'Anjou pear, Lily of the Valley, bois du rose and white musk.
Fae: A brilliant, ethereal scent: white musk, bergamot, heliotrope, peach and oakmoss.
La Belle Au Bois Dormant: The Sleeping Beauty. A gentle, lovely scent, slightly soporific, but beautiful in its quiet repose. Plumeria and white pear, Damascus rose, tuberose, magnolia and evening dew.
Le Serpent Qui Danse: A sinister, darkly seductive scent inspired by poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Violet entwined with vanilla and gardenia.
The Dormouse: A dizzying eddy of four teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony.
Versailles: Grand, courtly and robust: a glittering, golden scent that would do Louis XIV proud. Gilded red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris.
I definitely second the Fae. It's lovely. Let's see. What else.. Um. *rummages through imp box*
I know you say you like florals, but honestly? I would try anything that appeals to you description-wise or note-wise. You'd be surprised what you actually like once it's on your skin. And, you definitely need to try things on your skin before you make a definite decision on a blend. Your skin chemistry changes things so much that it's impossible to tell just from sniffing the imp/bottle whether it's something you'd like or not. Granted, there are at least a handful of blends that I hated directly out of the bottle, but seriously try things two or three times before you decide.
So, yes, back to the recs. Not all of these are sweet florals, but stuff that I think you should try. :D
Anything in the Mad Tea Party/Illyria categories as a lot of them have floral notes, Enraged Bunny Musk (this is a limited edition, but if you can get your hands on an imp, you should try it), The Perfumed Garden (again, an LE), Obatala, Whip, Perversion, Yew Trees, Blood Countess, March Hare, and Asphodel.
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For you, for sweet/floraly, perhaps:
Arachne: A gossamer scent, as light as a spider’s footfall, touched with sighing mists: pallid flowers, dusty woods and soft herbs. [I found this one to be sortof like lily-of-the-valley, really pretty.]
Ave Maria Gratia Plena: A pale, delicate, truly angelic blend. A scent created to emulate Adonis' halo of beauty: fragile, distant, and radiant. Rosewood with Sicilian lemon peel, red Mysore sandalwood, pale musks, sweet mountain sage and a dusting of lily, night-blooming jasmine and orris.
Dragon's Eye: A piercing, radiant perfume: dragon's blood resin, lily of the valley, lilac and galbanum.
Endymion: Selune, the Moon Goddess, fell in love with a beautiful shepherd named Endymion. She appealed to Zeus, asking him to cast Endymion into everlasting slumber so that she could be with him for all eternity. Her wish was granted, and every night the Goddess visited her love as he slept. A sweet, wistful blend of d'Anjou pear, Lily of the Valley, bois du rose and white musk.
Fae: A brilliant, ethereal scent: white musk, bergamot, heliotrope, peach and oakmoss.
La Belle Au Bois Dormant: The Sleeping Beauty. A gentle, lovely scent, slightly soporific, but beautiful in its quiet repose. Plumeria and white pear, Damascus rose, tuberose, magnolia and evening dew.
Le Serpent Qui Danse: A sinister, darkly seductive scent inspired by poetry of Charles Baudelaire. Violet entwined with vanilla and gardenia.
The Dormouse: A dizzying eddy of four teas brushed with light herbs and a breath of peony.
Versailles: Grand, courtly and robust: a glittering, golden scent that would do Louis XIV proud. Gilded red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris.
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I know you say you like florals, but honestly? I would try anything that appeals to you description-wise or note-wise. You'd be surprised what you actually like once it's on your skin. And, you definitely need to try things on your skin before you make a definite decision on a blend. Your skin chemistry changes things so much that it's impossible to tell just from sniffing the imp/bottle whether it's something you'd like or not. Granted, there are at least a handful of blends that I hated directly out of the bottle, but seriously try things two or three times before you decide.
So, yes, back to the recs. Not all of these are sweet florals, but stuff that I think you should try. :D
Anything in the Mad Tea Party/Illyria categories as a lot of them have floral notes, Enraged Bunny Musk (this is a limited edition, but if you can get your hands on an imp, you should try it), The Perfumed Garden (again, an LE), Obatala, Whip, Perversion, Yew Trees, Blood Countess, March Hare, and Asphodel.
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