July 25, 2005
BPAL quickie reviews: Whippoorwill, Kingsport
Just arrived, a few samples from Springtime in Arkham...
Whippoorwill
"Then, too, the natives are mortally afraid of the numerous whippoorwills which grow vocal on warm night. It is vowed that the birds are psychopomps lying in wait for the souls of the dying, and that they time their eerie cries in unison with the sufferer's struggling breath. If they can catch the fleeing soul when it leaves the body, they instantly flutter away chittering in daemoniac laughter; but if they fail, they subside gradually into a disappointed silence."
A foreboding, tenebrific death rattle; the scent of a dying breath as it wafts into the marshland: Spanish moss, cedar, black pepper, oakmoss, juniper, bamboo reeds and cardamom. (Gender neutral)
oh, so very faint.. yes, like a breath. foreboding? well, maybe not. pleasant, clean, and rather nice.
Kingsport
"They do not wish the souls of their young men to leave the pleasant hearths and gambrel-roofed taverns of old Kingsport..."
Salty ocean breezes touched by a numinous, incandescent mist. (Gender neutral)
clear and piquant in the bottle-- i think that's what people call aquatic. on me it is going a bit soapy, but that could be a temporary body chemistry issue. still very pleasant.
update: i have placed this scent. it is the scent of dial soap.
Posted by lisa at July 25, 2005 06:32 PM
ok, so a) your comment won't post right away because i have to approve it first and b) you might get a server error but your comment probably posted anyway and c) previewing doesn't work so i've removed the preview button.