Blue Moon comparison
As some of you know, one of my favorite BPAL perfumes, arguably the perfume that started my perfume collection, is BPAL's Blue Moon. I got the 2007 version in this morning, and I'm doing a comparative sniff test.
Same ingredients bolded, different ingredients italicized.
Review: Clean, clear, crisp, and almost tangy. This is watery but faintly spicy-- my stress automatically evaporated the moment this touched my nose. I definitely smell the bay, and the sweet, wet aloe, plus moonflower. The juniper makes this slightly juicy, as well. Overall, though I generally don't do aquatics or "clean" scents, this is one of my favorite mood-altering oils, and great at busting a migraine, to boot. More reviews of Blue Moon 2004.
Review: Soap. Yep. That's soap. Ylang ylang + iris = soap. Slightly spicy soap, but soap nonetheless. This is not the Blue Moon I knew, nor a facsimile thereof. This doesn't smell particularly unique to me. Nor do I feel the "magic" or "charge" that came out of the 2004 version. I was so looking forward to this one. I'm just... disappointed. I know it might just be my horrible luck with floral notes, but this was not worth a three year wait for me. More reviews of Blue Moon 2007.
...on the plus side, Hermia smells gorgeous. Ditto Robin Goodfellow. Will post reviews of those tomorrow.
Same ingredients bolded, different ingredients italicized.
Blue Moon 2004:: The spirit of the full moon is capricious, intense and passionate, yet still distant, aloof and cold. Luna herself governs glamours, bewitchments and dream-work, innocent wonder, transient pleasure and delight, the Moment, impulse, mystery and veils. The Blue Moon is one of her rarest manifestations, and this scent is formulated to encapsulate her most complex and profound nature:
Mugwort and bay, for psychic sensitivity…
Juniper, for divination through dreams…
Orchid and galbanum, for complexity, wisdom and noscere…
… with a potent lunar-charged blend of poppy, calamus, orris, wood aloes, moonflower, cucumber, and pale creeping buttercup.
Review: Clean, clear, crisp, and almost tangy. This is watery but faintly spicy-- my stress automatically evaporated the moment this touched my nose. I definitely smell the bay, and the sweet, wet aloe, plus moonflower. The juniper makes this slightly juicy, as well. Overall, though I generally don't do aquatics or "clean" scents, this is one of my favorite mood-altering oils, and great at busting a migraine, to boot. More reviews of Blue Moon 2004.
Blue Moon 2007:: [Same first paragraph.]
Mugwort and bay, for psychic sensitivity…
Juniper, for divination through dreams…
Orchid and galbanum, for complexity, wisdom and noscere…
… with a potent lunar-charged blend of exquisite Asian woods, moonflower, Madagascan ylang ylang, Florentine iris, Greek cypress, davana, green tea absolute, palmarosa, cucumber, Clary sage, melilot trefoils, wood aloes, and pale creeping buttercup.
Review: Soap. Yep. That's soap. Ylang ylang + iris = soap. Slightly spicy soap, but soap nonetheless. This is not the Blue Moon I knew, nor a facsimile thereof. This doesn't smell particularly unique to me. Nor do I feel the "magic" or "charge" that came out of the 2004 version. I was so looking forward to this one. I'm just... disappointed. I know it might just be my horrible luck with floral notes, but this was not worth a three year wait for me. More reviews of Blue Moon 2007.
...on the plus side, Hermia smells gorgeous. Ditto Robin Goodfellow. Will post reviews of those tomorrow.