BPAL sniffing notes 18 - Sudha Segara and Dana O'Shee

Sudha Segara - Named after the primordial ocean of milk where Lord Vishnu reclines upon the thousand-headed Naga. Sweet milk and warm, healing ginger with a touch of golden honey and our blend of Ambrosia.

In the vial, it's milk and ginger. I'm liking that. Colorwise, I'm getting pale gold.

Wet on my skin, I'm getting milk, ginger, and something that reminds me of pollen. I like it.

10-15 minute dry-down - I swear, this just makes me think of baklava. It's foody without being *too* foody.

1 hour dry-down - Erk. It went south on me. Now I'm getting ginger, perfume, and slightly sour milk. Pity, because it was so nice starting out.

2 hour dry-down - Whew. That was close. The sour milk went away and now all I get is ginger. Ginger so musky that you have to basically have nose to skin to smell it. Not bad, but I'm not ordering any.


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Dana O'Shee - In Irish folklore the Dana O'Shee are a fae, elven people that live in a realm of beauty, their nobility akin to our that own Age of Chivalry, eternally beautiful and eternally young. They surround themselves with the pleasures of the Arts, they live for the hunt, and to this day can be seen riding in procession through the Irish countryside at twilight, led by their King and Queen. However, the Dana O'Shee are not benevolent creatures, despite what their unearthly beauty may imply. They are vengeful and treacherous and possess a streak of mischievous malice, and many have whispered that their true home lies deep in the shadowed groves of the Realm of the Dead. Hearing even a single chord of their otherworldly music leaves one stunned and lost to the mortal realms for ever, finding themselves prey to the Dana O'Shee's hunt or enslaved in their Court as servants or playthings. Offerings of milk, honey and sweet grains were made to placate these creatures, and it is that the basis of the scent created in their name.

In the vial - I don't see any mention of it, but I smell almond. Not almond that you eat, though. Amaretto almond - that sticky sweet almond that permeates everything. Colorwise, it's a pale pink-brown.

Wet on my skin, it smells like a cookie!!! Seriously, lots of honey and grains.

10-15 minute dry-down - Where is that almond coming from? This is almost too sweet, really.

1 hour dry-down - I smell like a sugar cookie scented candle. Seriously, that is *exactly* what this smells like on me. Might be nice as a room scent, though.