The frenzy around Alice in Wonderland grows and grows. The movie isn't even due out 'til March, but we're all going nuts for everything (ANYthing!?) Alice!
Didja know Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL) was ahead of the curve with their Mad Tea Party scents? They're part of the standing collection (not an LE flash-in-the-pan), but I'm sure they're currently selling like.... mad!
The Dodgson Collection.
Scents inspired by the madness of Alice's sojourns to Wonderland.
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
$15.00 per 5ml bottle.
Presented in an amber apothecary glass vial.
Alice
Curiouser and curiouser. Milk and honey with rose, carnation, and bergamot.
I got this scent over a year and a half ago, and... well, I have to be honest: I did not like it. Why? If you're a long-time reader here, you know I amp rose scents. It's really a bummer, too, because I adore BPAL's carnation note, and who hates milk and honey!? It sounds like a lovely blend, and lots of BPAL fans love it. What a shame I couldn't take advantage because of that darn rose, which overwhelmed everything, everywhere.
Alice: There is no use trying; one can't believe impossible things.
Queen: I dare say you haven't had much practice. When I was your age, I always did it for half an hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.
Well, I guess I ought to have talked to the Queen before I judged. The impossible has happened, and I now ADORE this scent!
A year and a half of aging resulted in a much more mellow rose. It still comes on quickly, and as the first note I sniffed I was worried (again). All for naught. The aged Alice comes with the wisdom of balance. Soft rose layered with the slightest snap of carnation drifts in a bowl of honeyed milk. All mellow, all soft. The drydown is powdery rose.
I may need another bottle to tuck away for the future!
The Red Queen
Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant.
But oh, The Red Queen... she's not the bitch you expect!
She's rich, she's sexy, and she's complex.
And then she's gone.
This perfume unfortunately fades into my skin quickly, and rather than snuggling there for awhile, simply disappears.
While she's there, she's awesome, but then she leaves a hole in my heart.
Get it? Heart.... Red Queen...
Whatever. Try to keep up.
This is a lab-fresh sample, received as a frimp with one of my Christmas presents. I'm hoping the mature Red Queen follows in the steps of Alice and gets better with age and gets over her commitment issues.
Otherwise, she's pretty much a bust for me.
