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BPAL: Magus, The High Priest Not to be Described, Ahathoor, Rome
Bewitching Brews
Magus
An ancient blend, swollen with arcane power: galangal, high john essence, frankincense, cedar, and sandalwood. Frimp.
Incense and resins, both in the bottle and on the skin. I do like the cedar.
A Picnic in Arkham
The High Priest Not to be Described
...and there... sat a lumpish figure robed in yellow silk with red and having a yellow silken mask over its face. To this being the slant-eyed man made certain signs with his hands, and the lurker in the dark replied by raising a disgustingly carven flute of ivory in silk covered paws and blowing certain loathesome sounds from beneath its flowing silken mask.
Monastic incense, blood musk, black leather, cypress, pimento, white pepper, and Roman chamomile.
In bottle: resins and something bitter.
On skin: Kind of getting a faint touch of pepper along with the resins.
Not bad, but not that interesting, either.
The Stations of the Sun
Ahathoor
The midday sun. Frimp.
In bottle: dry and spicy, but forthright, not at all retiring. Somehow, in absolutely the best way possible, this smells like root beer. Awesome.
On skin: Even more root beer! Whee! It actually gets stronger and more intense, kind of what I imagine the essence of whatever is used to flavor root beer would be like--attractive, but not sweet, and not good for direct consumption.
Wanderlust
Rome
Refined, austere and graceful. A recipe gleaned from Classical Rome: cypress, juniper, chamomile and rose.
In bottle: Chamomile and pine trees. Very brisk.
On skin: Pine-Sol with roses. I'm sure the pine-sol part is coming from the juniper and/or cypress; and I'm not even sure it's fair to say it's like Pine-Sol--I just tend to strongly associate lemon, mint and pine smells with the chemical cleaners that so frequently use them. I actually really like the smell of lemon and pine-scented chemical cleaners, so these are not bad associations to have. It's quite homey.
As it fades, it gets rosier. Nice.
Magus
An ancient blend, swollen with arcane power: galangal, high john essence, frankincense, cedar, and sandalwood. Frimp.
Incense and resins, both in the bottle and on the skin. I do like the cedar.
A Picnic in Arkham
The High Priest Not to be Described
...and there... sat a lumpish figure robed in yellow silk with red and having a yellow silken mask over its face. To this being the slant-eyed man made certain signs with his hands, and the lurker in the dark replied by raising a disgustingly carven flute of ivory in silk covered paws and blowing certain loathesome sounds from beneath its flowing silken mask.
Monastic incense, blood musk, black leather, cypress, pimento, white pepper, and Roman chamomile.
In bottle: resins and something bitter.
On skin: Kind of getting a faint touch of pepper along with the resins.
Not bad, but not that interesting, either.
The Stations of the Sun
Ahathoor
The midday sun. Frimp.
In bottle: dry and spicy, but forthright, not at all retiring. Somehow, in absolutely the best way possible, this smells like root beer. Awesome.
On skin: Even more root beer! Whee! It actually gets stronger and more intense, kind of what I imagine the essence of whatever is used to flavor root beer would be like--attractive, but not sweet, and not good for direct consumption.
Wanderlust
Rome
Refined, austere and graceful. A recipe gleaned from Classical Rome: cypress, juniper, chamomile and rose.
In bottle: Chamomile and pine trees. Very brisk.
On skin: Pine-Sol with roses. I'm sure the pine-sol part is coming from the juniper and/or cypress; and I'm not even sure it's fair to say it's like Pine-Sol--I just tend to strongly associate lemon, mint and pine smells with the chemical cleaners that so frequently use them. I actually really like the smell of lemon and pine-scented chemical cleaners, so these are not bad associations to have. It's quite homey.
As it fades, it gets rosier. Nice.