No 'amber is the color of your energy' jokes, please.
Today, gentle readers, Christina will use her lunch break to talk about pretty smelly things.
It started when I received my end of a swap from
maewitch. The swap was for a sample tube of FeMaledictions' Hell's Kitchen oil, which was a Halloween LE. And, one that I spilled all over my jeans last week, thus leaving me with no more lovely spicy applesauce goodness.
She tossed in a few freebies, one of which was a sample of Golden Amber from Ava Luxe. One sniff, and it was pure eyes-closed, droolworthy love. It's a sweet, exotically resinous oil, thick as an anointing oil. In fact, I'm wearing it today, and I absolutely cannot stop pressing my nose to my wrist.
I am such an amber-holic. Rare is the amber scent that does not agree with my skin-- the only one that comes to mind is BPAL's Brisingamen. In fact, one of my favorite amber scents is BPAL's The Lion, aged a few months. BPAL's amber note tends to be overly sweet at first, but tuck that bottle away for a few months, and the result is a blend that stops people in their tracks when I wear it.
So, I think it's worth ordering a few more Ava Luxe samples. They look to have a good range of amber scents-- Ambra Essence, Ambra Tibet, Bois Exotique, Dark Amber, Golden Amber, Incense, Tibet, Vintage Amber... an amber lover's (probable) heaven. Oh, and there's a Stargazer scent. I feel compelled to try all Stargazer perfumes ever in hopes of finding one that does not smell like soap and dying flowers on me.
In related news, I think I'm going to make myself a separate box for all of my Autumn/Halloween/Samhain-related scents. I have Samhain, Mabon, Harvest Moon 2004, Harvest Moon 2005, and probably about a half-dozen others from BPAL, I have a whole bunch of Autumn-themed perfumes from Femaledictions (imho, sCara produces the most evocative Fall blends, some of which I need to re-order), and I'm giving serious thought to getting Arcana's Sleepy Hollow blend. Can you tell that I'm a little obsessed with the season?
And, for you non-perfume obsessed people, get an eyeful of Vosges's limited-run Les Fleurs du Chocolat truffles. And I've still been meaning to get the Cocoa Bianca.
Oh, to be rich.
It started when I received my end of a swap from
maewitch. The swap was for a sample tube of FeMaledictions' Hell's Kitchen oil, which was a Halloween LE. And, one that I spilled all over my jeans last week, thus leaving me with no more lovely spicy applesauce goodness. She tossed in a few freebies, one of which was a sample of Golden Amber from Ava Luxe. One sniff, and it was pure eyes-closed, droolworthy love. It's a sweet, exotically resinous oil, thick as an anointing oil. In fact, I'm wearing it today, and I absolutely cannot stop pressing my nose to my wrist.
I am such an amber-holic. Rare is the amber scent that does not agree with my skin-- the only one that comes to mind is BPAL's Brisingamen. In fact, one of my favorite amber scents is BPAL's The Lion, aged a few months. BPAL's amber note tends to be overly sweet at first, but tuck that bottle away for a few months, and the result is a blend that stops people in their tracks when I wear it.
So, I think it's worth ordering a few more Ava Luxe samples. They look to have a good range of amber scents-- Ambra Essence, Ambra Tibet, Bois Exotique, Dark Amber, Golden Amber, Incense, Tibet, Vintage Amber... an amber lover's (probable) heaven. Oh, and there's a Stargazer scent. I feel compelled to try all Stargazer perfumes ever in hopes of finding one that does not smell like soap and dying flowers on me.
In related news, I think I'm going to make myself a separate box for all of my Autumn/Halloween/Samhain-related scents. I have Samhain, Mabon, Harvest Moon 2004, Harvest Moon 2005, and probably about a half-dozen others from BPAL, I have a whole bunch of Autumn-themed perfumes from Femaledictions (imho, sCara produces the most evocative Fall blends, some of which I need to re-order), and I'm giving serious thought to getting Arcana's Sleepy Hollow blend. Can you tell that I'm a little obsessed with the season?
And, for you non-perfume obsessed people, get an eyeful of Vosges's limited-run Les Fleurs du Chocolat truffles. And I've still been meaning to get the Cocoa Bianca.
Oh, to be rich.