BPAL Review: The Grindhouse and The Ladies of the Grindhouse | 6- Cytherea

BPAL Review: The Grindhouse and The Ladies of the Grindhouse |

6 - CYTHEREA

Folks - if you aren't clicking on the images in this series to take an up-close look, you're missing out! Jennifer Williamson is A-MA-ZING.

The description of the scent:

White sandalwood, patchouli, white amber, orris, bourbon vanilla, champaca flower, and kush.

The background of the name:

Cytherea is another name for Aphrodite, the goddess of love, lust, beauty and sex. The image, I assume, is of Cytherea/Aphrodite lounging amidst the ruins of the Trojan War, but I had a hard time researching this one because Cytherea is also a name for a porn star and I just got pretty fed up reading about her exploits. :)

Initial impressions:

Sweet and herby floral with vanilla.

More thoughts:

I quite liked this one - it's not overtly herbal in a dry sense, which is what I feared. Instead, the sandalwood and patchouli and amber team up with the vanilla to flesh this scent out and keep it more dimensional and exciting. Though, "exciting" is possibly misleading - Cytherea is a subtle and quiet scent, but still quite lovely. She inspires softly, making you love her without a lot of strife, no matter what the image might tell you!

I liked this scent a lot, though it's not one I would have predicted I would like! It's not a cloying vanilla, and it's only vaguely foody. Mostly it's close to the skin and I like it that way! This is a quiet night in candlelight scent for me...