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Fragrance Review For Bastet
Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab
Notes
Lotus
Amber
Musk
Saffron
Myrrh
Almond
Cardamom
Bastet is a pretty G rated and yet lovely Oriental fragrance. It’s not complex, it’s linear and the scents come through loud and clear but there is hardly any depth or even as much longevity as I like in my fragrances. As it is, it makes a decent intro to Oriental fragrances for beginners.
The fragrance is meant to evoke the Egyptian Cat Goddess. She was the patroness of royal families of pharaohs and their dynasties. Cats were worshipped in Ancient Egypt the way cows were worshipped in India. Cats were believed to be magical, and in fact not even cats as we see them today, but supernatural beings who were actually sent by the gods – in this case the Goddess Bastet – to protect the household.
The musk note in this scent is like smelling a cat’s head. It smells just like a cat when you hold them close enough for you to smell them. Some cats, unfortunately, have that “mange” scent, which I was afraid this would smell like as it’s an indie and Gothic fragrance line, but I was pleased to discover this turned out to be a sweet and light floral Oriental amber based perfume.
The spiciness in this fragrance is an aroma of cardamom and saffron, ginger and spices. This smells like an Egyptian restaurant kitchen. The saffron is floral but spicy and the cardamom is sweet but spicy at the same time. In addition, there’s almonds. A nutty almond scent to complete the “kitchen” scent. Not quite a bakery shop. It’s definitely a spice rack scent.
The floral note of lotus flower is perfect
Lotus or water lilies blossomed along the Nile river in ancient Egypt. They were considered narcotic (like opium poppy) and were used for perfumery, cooking and even just as an aphrodisiac or recreational drug. Egyptians had to walk into the shallow part of the Nile to get to the lotus to collect them.
It is the signature Oriental flower. Nenuphar the French call it. The lotus is quite evident at one point during the performance of this perfume. It’s a lovely light aquatic lotus. Smells just a bit sweet. The atmosphere is set and it does smell like ancient Egypt, though not quite as evocative as Un Jardin Sur Le Nil by Hermes or Cleopatra by Tocca.
The dry down is musk and amber
Usually amber and musk create a dark almost oily or rubbery type of scent. The musk is still there and it’s as I described – an animalic cat like skin scent.
On me this is mostly an amber. The amber is the dominant master note in this fragrance.
It’s a warm resinous golden amber.
Beautiful and aromatic, unisex, spicy, floral and musky.
Bastet is a really beautiful perfume if you give her a chance.
ssmalsuss21 – :
This is one of my favorite scents of all time, so much so that I wish I could find a non-BPAL dupe so I could turn more people on to it.
Bastet has a “cool breeze on a summer day” quality to it, not in a crisp or refreshing way, but in that there’s a warmth that’s always there but lifted up by the airy softer notes. It’s mostly linear, in a good way, once everything warms up and gets going. The lotus in this is a fruity one, reminiscent of classic pink bubblegum. The saffron is warm and airy and a little creamy. The almond is creamy, keeping the composition from being too dry. The cardamom is there, but it’s more of a background player, just adding a little citrusy earthy spice. The myrrh is bright and clear, and tones down the sweetness just enough. The Egyptian musk and warm amber really bring everything together and warm everything up.
I wear this one year-round. In the summer, I dab on just a drop or few, and the humid air really turns up the creaminess. In the winter, I apply a bit more and the lotus really pops. It lasts up to 12 hours on my skin, fading down to a skin scent about 7 hours in.
Edit: I don’t know WHAT happened to the fragrance note ranking on here, there must be a glitch or something. Notes have actually dropped off and even when I try and re-rate them as 3, they only reappear with a score of 1.