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I've been trying more BPAL scents lately. Most either don't agree with me, or they're nice but I have a better one that smells similar already.
Athens, which I tried yesterday, was a whole 'nother level of bad. I don't think it and my skin chemistry got along. Athens is described as: "A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers. "
I was dubious about this, because honey doesn't always get along with me, and I don't care for wine (the real stuff, not the scent), so I wasn't sure I'd like this. But - myrrh. And florals sometimes work for me. So I tried it, in the spirit of hope.
Um. Once it hit my skin, it smelled like wine gone bad - like rotten grapes with a hint of vinegar to them. By the time it dried down, it smelled like someone had floated rose and other flower petals, which were also gone slightly bad, in that self-same juice.
It was so bad it was funny. Especially after I scrubbed it off and no longer had to smell it.... (And I never did smell the myrrh either, unless you count a very faint spiciness underneath during the drydown, but it wasn't there wet and it wasn't there dry and I'm still not sure I didn't imagine it.)
Athens, which I tried yesterday, was a whole 'nother level of bad. I don't think it and my skin chemistry got along. Athens is described as: "A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers. "
I was dubious about this, because honey doesn't always get along with me, and I don't care for wine (the real stuff, not the scent), so I wasn't sure I'd like this. But - myrrh. And florals sometimes work for me. So I tried it, in the spirit of hope.
Um. Once it hit my skin, it smelled like wine gone bad - like rotten grapes with a hint of vinegar to them. By the time it dried down, it smelled like someone had floated rose and other flower petals, which were also gone slightly bad, in that self-same juice.
It was so bad it was funny. Especially after I scrubbed it off and no longer had to smell it.... (And I never did smell the myrrh either, unless you count a very faint spiciness underneath during the drydown, but it wasn't there wet and it wasn't there dry and I'm still not sure I didn't imagine it.)
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I'm sorr that it turned to The Evil on your skin, because I do think that it's lovely when not turning to Evil. :)
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