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Over an entire year ago now I realised that it was no longer an unreasonable expenditure to pick up some imps from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, a perfume maker that was extremely popular in my LJ circles ages (15 years? 18?) ago -- and so I did! I have been enjoying them very much, even the ones that do not work on my skin, and my children enjoy them as well.
Somnus is named for the Roman god of sleep. It smells green and lavender and other florals in the bottle to me, sharper rather than sweet, but unfortunately on my skin it goes immediately to powdery soap. It does, however, help me relax and fall asleep, so I do use it occasionally, but usually not on my wrists because I do not want to smell it.
Dragon's Hide , on the other hand, I absolutely love. It smells warm and spicy to me, a little like leather and incense on a summer's day, and on my skin it stays in that range, maybe a little stronger on the spice, which I think is from dragon's blood (which I have just learned is a plant resin from a genus of tropical trees!) being one of the main ingredients.
More imp reviews to come, and if anyone else is a fan of BPAL I would love to hear about some of your favourites!
More imp reviews to come, and if anyone else is a fan of BPAL I would love to hear about some of your favourites!
