I love BPAL. (Whether it loves me back or not.)

[kyrielle]

Dracul actually smells okay on me (not great). I expected to hate it. Go figure. Harlot, on the other hand, spends its drydown period smelling like roses a day or two old before settling into a strong, tolerable, but uninspiring rose.

Jack has thus far won the "ick" award from this set of imps, though. Ever eaten the Jelly Belly beans that are 'popcorn' flavor? It smelled like they taste. Sweet butter butter butter. EW. And very strong. Double ew.

High John the Conqueror is okay, though, as is Frumious Bandersnatch. (Unfortunately, they're respectively scent-similar to Dragon's Eye and Wicked, and not quite as good as their similar partner. Ah well.) Has No Hanna reminds me of bananas with a floral backing; it's amusing, and not unpleasant.

Unrelated to perfume, I'm part way through reading Kushiel's Scion and enjoying it very much. (Should not be read without reading the trilogy that precedes it, though, as it inevitably spoilers both individual scenes, and the main over-arching plot - has to, given that it occurs right after and with some of the same characters!)

Comments

[tibicina.livejournal.com]

Heh. I /love/ Jack. But you're absolutely right. Of course, I also love the buttered popcorn jelly bellies.

And I, too, really enjoyed Kushiel's Scion, though. So we can agree on that.

[kyrielle]

*grins* And see, if you like that sort of smell/taste, then I imagine Jack is great. Strong, good throw, all of it.

I just don't like the smell/taste in question. So...oops. :)

[capnbuckle.livejournal.com]

You know...this started out sounding like a really weird acid trip.

B- likes that book series, too. She's suggested that it is very well written and that I would enjoy it. But I haven't even had the time to read one book, At All Costs, the latest in David Weber's "Honor Harrington" series, even though I've read all ten or eleven books preceding it.

*sigh*

[kyrielle]

*grins* It's a good series. But it will still be a good series if and when you have time. Besides, Kushiel's Scion is the first of a new trilogy - and the next two aren't out yet. So it might be no bad thing if you end up waiting.

They're excellent books, but I do understand the time constraint thing. :)