Smells like a Wedding Part 2

Yesterday I was super happy to receive my other plan for Reception smells.

I was thinking that since we're having a nice simple ceremony it made sense to have a pretty nice floral perfume, but for the super fun spooky reception I needed a more falloween scent.

In enters PixiePotions and their Falloween Halloween scents.

There was a huge list to choose from and I picked for my three:

Bonfire- Described as "a gorgeous scent which smells like a bonfire. With notes of wood and light down of raspberry and vanilla." And it really smells to me of this:
It's amazing how much it reminds one of a bonfire without having the smell of burning paper. It's one of those that has to be put on the skin to be really appreciated as your body warms it up.

The second one I picked was a bit more complicated than the other two as I figured what the hell I'll go outside my box a bit:

Black Cat-"Exotic. Sensual and luxurious. Notes of Saffron, Masala Spices, Clove, Nutmeg, Pimento Berries, White Pepper, Mediterranean Broom Flower, Patchouli, Crimson Red Marechal Rose, Ethiopian Guggal Incense, Wengue Wood, Bois de Miel." This one makes me think of this:It has enough of an exotic scent to seem foreign and new without being really out there. Some of the undernotes also put me in mind of that special tree smell you get in fall. I'd say this is best used for when you want to be a bit different from the rest and is perfect for Halloween.

The last one is the one me and my guy (he's so good at dealing with my weird obsession with smelling things) picked for the reception:

Apples & Oak: "Blend of McIntosh and Granny Smith apples, with notes of woodsy fresh oak leaves and oakmoss." To me this smells like:
There is at first a really good apple scent that smells less of grocery store apples and more of an old apple tree a friend had growing up. We'd pick those things for ages and eat them til we were ready to burst.

If you do have any interest in these I do have one caveat emptor, I ordered these back at the end of August and just got them now. I doubt you'd get them in time for a real Halloween wedding or even Halloween party this year, but if you have any interest in them for next year I'd recommend them whole heartedly (just be prepared for waiting a long time).

I also ordered another little sample pack from another seller on etsy and I may do another review of them when I receive them.

Smells like a wedding

Scientists and old wives with their lustrous tails like to wax on about how smells are so intertwined in the human psyche.

We've all felt it, when you smell something you associate with a good memory or bad and you're pulled back to that time and place. One of my biggest triggers is the smell of old yarn and I'm back in my grandmother's sewing closet we'd routinely raid for craft projects.

So considering how scents can cause such a nice memory flashback I figured that I wanted to have something special for the wedding (hopefully it'll be good memories). I'm not much of a perfume wearer but in sniffing all those various magazine samples I found one that I fell in love with.

I don't know if it's the strawberry notes or what but somehow Marc Jacob's Daisy makes me feel all calm and happy, just what one wants to feel when one is about to walk the aisle. But what if after buying it and wearing it I found I didn't really like it? Then I'd be out a ton of money.

So I went looking for a small sample that I could try out and save for the wedding and I found the Perfumed Court. It's a great way to try out fragrances you aren't really sure of as I got a whole 15 ml's for just 15 bucks (and thanks to my science background I understand mL's a lot better than ounces. What the hell is an ounce anyway?)

But this perfume is just for the ceremony, I was thinking that we needed something a bit spookier for the reception. One part is something I'm still waiting on so I'll hopefully have an addendum to this post later.

The other involved a special trip to Yankee Candle. Last year I just fell for their autumn leaves candle which is apparently "A vibrant medley of birch and maple leaves with pomegranate, juniper berry, and orange blossom" but to me smells like fall.

To go with it and spook it up a bit I also found myself a cute little bat lampshade that really sets the mood when we burn it at home.

How about the rest of you? Have you found a special scent that you'd just love to open up and be reminded of your special day years down the road?