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[darkluna]

I know some people who are off the deep end with the BPAL, and I'm usually not. But when I saw I couldn't get any more Dublin, there was woe. At least they still have Morgause. I don't think it's quite synesthesia, but I associate scents with colors pretty strongly. Morgause smells gold and cherry-red, and ages well over the course of the day. Dublin smells like grey and evergreen, and like Seattle. Kind of like Seattle smells, but more like it feels.

Work is crazy. If I never see another equation in Word, it will be too soon.

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[angryhamster.livejournal.com]

dublin?

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

Dublin was my favorite of BPAL (http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/)'s "Wanderlust" scents, but it's discontinued. Having never been to your city, I don't know if the scent really evokes it, but it smells like pine and fog (smoky and eucalyptus-y, you know?), with a little floral note.

[angryhamster.livejournal.com]

hm. dublin tends to smell of cars or rubbish or grass, in my experience. if you live very near the sea, it smells of seaweed, which i find unpleasant. XD

...there are not many pine trees in dublin. XD

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

Oh wow, didn't realize you were into BPAL.

*is a bit of a deep-ender*

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

Hee. I've barely seen you talk about it, though, so I wasn't counting you as a crazy. I dabble. I tend to find a scent I really like and stick with it for a while.

Your icon never fails to mesmerize me.

[atalantapendrag.livejournal.com]

I keep the total babbling about it to comms or in chat with fellow addicts unless I've just gotten an order and am in utter love with something, or if there's a huge update and I'm squeeing.

Isn't it adorable? I've only had it for a little while so I'm still enamored of it.

[thickets.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize you were into BPAL either! I used to be obsessed (I probably have well over 50 5mls bottles kicking around). The thing with me though is that I go through it extremely slowly. Maybe I just don't put enough on? I have never run out of a 5ml bottle before. I was sad though that they discontinued my favorite scent -- Vinland, the first bottle I ever purchased and the one I wear the most. But what the hell. I still have almost the entire bottle left. XD

Re: the comment thread above -- the Dublin oil was described by the site as evoking "misty forests, damp alder leaf, and the gentlest touch of white rose." ;) Most likely they were envisioning a Dublin of ages past when they came up with it, heh.

[darkluna.livejournal.com]

I could see getting obsessed, so I try to control myself. :) I have a few 5ml bottles, and a slew of the little sample ones, mostly random ones they tossed in with my orders. Thanks for tracking down the description! I'm glad to see my sense of smell isn't totally off.