eye of the storm

[permetaform]

Took a zen break today and broke out the Sea of Glass from my current BPAL pile to sniff, and I started trying to write an extended review for the BPAL scents and then realized that I have an absolute lack of
1) vocabulary
2) scent sense
I have no clue what I'm smelling half the time. huh. 'cause I know what I like but damned if I'm able to figure out what it is or why I do.

...I think it's like some people complain about when trying to review vids. huh.

In any case I find it funny that both my memory and my sense of smell is shot to hell because of the connections to scent and memory ::wry grin:: it's like that side of the brain has been pruned so that I can parse single frames. XD

On a side note, it seems that my skin totally eats up scent. Don't know if it's the amount I'm using, if it's my body chemistry, or if it's just 'cause *I* can't smell it. Any advice?

Comments

[permetaform]

ooooooo, nice, and yes I would love some tea-based scents (me = tea freak), my favorite would be the savoryness of oolong translated into a scent, but is that even possible??

[rydra_wong]

Oh, there are some gorgeous tea-centred scents out there - Bulgari has a nice scent with a really sharp green tea note (Eau Parfumee au The Verte), and apparently they now have a white tea-based scent (Eau Parfumee au The Blanc, logically enough). Thé Pour un Été by L'Artisan Parfumeur has jasmine tea, I think.

Tea notes have actually become relatively frequent lately - IIRC, there's a green tea note in in CKOne, for example - but mostly in things which are green, floral or oceanic, generally relatively light and fresh. But "Comme Des Garcons 2" has a green mate tea note in with sumi ink and cedar and all sorts of dark things.

One I really love is Comme Des Garcons "Tea" scent (in the "Leaves" series) - it's not quite a single note, but has this amazing smoky black tea note with hints of bergamot and rose and cedar.

Apparently there's actually a scent called Eau D'Oolong, but I don't know what it's like. And I've read some raves about Crabtree and Evelyn Song de Chine, which has oolong in - it's discontinued, but it's often possible to find discontinued scents online. We Live Like This does an "Oolong & Mulberry" range, but again, I can't vouch for it.

[permetaform]

ooo, sorry for the late reply, but thank you so so much for giving me these tips! awesome, truly! =D