Mad Tea Party
The Dodgson Collection.
Scents inspired by the madness of Alice’s sojourns to Wonderland.
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Presented in an amber apothecary glass vial.
$7.50 – $32.00
Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen.
Mad Tea Party
The Dodgson Collection.
Scents inspired by the madness of Alice’s sojourns to Wonderland.
PERFUME OIL BLENDS
Presented in an amber apothecary glass vial.
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In Xanadu did Kubla Khan
A stately pleasure-dome decree:
Where Alph, the sacred river, ran
Through caverns measureless to man
Down to a sunless sea.
So twice five miles of fertile ground
With walls and towers were girdled round:
And there were gardens bright with sinuous rills,
Where blossomed many an incense-bearing tree;
And here were forests ancient as the hills,
Enfolding sunny spots of greenery.
But oh! that deep romantic chasm which slanted
Down the green hill athwart a cedarn cover!
A savage place! as holy and enchanted
As e’er beneath a waning moon was haunted
By woman wailing for her demon-lover!
And from this chasm, with ceaseless turmoil seething,
As if this earth in fast thick pants were breathing,
A mighty fountain momently was forced:
Amid whose swift half-intermitted burst
Huge fragments vaulted like rebounding hail,
Or chaffy grain beneath the thresher’s flail:
And ‘mid these dancing rocks at once and ever
It flung up momently the sacred river.
Five miles meandering with a mazy motion
Through wood and dale the sacred river ran,
Then reached the caverns measureless to man,
And sank in tumult to a lifeless ocean:
And ‘mid this tumult Kubla heard from far
Ancestral voices prophesying war!
The shadow of the dome of pleasure
Floated midway on the waves;
Where was heard the mingled measure
From the fountain and the caves.
It was a miracle of rare device,
A sunny pleasure-dome with caves of ice!
A damsel with a dulcimer
In a vision once I saw:
It was an Abyssinian maid,
And on her dulcimer she played,
Singing of Mount Abora.
Could I revive within me
Her symphony and song,
To such a deep delight ‘twould win me
That with music loud and long
I would build that dome in air,
That sunny dome! those caves of ice!
And all who heard should see them there,
And all should cry, Beware! Beware!
His flashing eyes, his floating hair!
Weave a circle round him thrice,
And close your eyes with holy dread,
For he on honey-dew hath fed
And drunk the milk of Paradise.
Through sunlit caves of ice, roses unfurl amidst dancing waves of serpentine opium smoke and amber tobacco, golden sandalwood, champaca, tea leaf, sugared lily, ginger, rich hay absolute, leather, dark vanilla, mandarin, peru balsam, and Moroccan jasmine.
A sultry and unruly blend that emulates the ambient scent of the markets in ancient Bengal: skin musk with honey, peppers, clove, cinnamon bark and ginger.
This is the house, the sacred box,
Where, always draped in languorous frocks,
And always at home if someone knocks,
One elbow into the pillow pressed,
She lies, and lazily fans her breast,
While fountains weep their soulfullest:
This is the chamber of Dorothy.
Fountain and breeze for her alone
Sob in that soothing undertone.
Was ever so spoiled a harlot known?
With odorous oils and rosemary,
Benzoin and every unguent grown,
Her skin is rubbed most delicately.
The flowers are faint with ecstasy.
The Scarlet Woman, aglow with sensual indolence: red musk, benzoin, caramel accord, golden honey, and spiced Moroccan unguents.
An explosive blend of effervescent golden ginger and black peppercorn with sarsaparilla, gurjum balsam, nutmeg, gear lubricant, and smoke.
nikki.cx –
I got this as a free imp along with a different imp pack I ordered. Ironically, this was my favorite out of them all! I’m not sure I notice the black tea at all, or the pepper. It’s got a vague bit of spice to it. I’d say the linen scent is strongest in this one. Which I don’t mind, and really love! It may just be my personal skin chemistry, but after an hour or so of wear it smells like sea salt to me. It reminds me of a light summer day at the beach. I’m absolutely in love with this and will be buying a full sized bottle. That just goes to show that BPAL sending free imps pays off for them in the end lol!
karinau04 –
Smells amazing when it settles! I can smell the tea, vanilla, and honey. A whisper of ginger is there and it’s wonderful. Would totally recommend. A cozy scent that you can wear with your favorite sweater.
minikadomi –
Creamy, creamy… a little sweet but balanced, kinda cute but not too much… I really like it, more than I thought I would!
Angela –
I got this one as a frimp, and I’m loving it on first wear. It hasn’t been on for long, but I’m getting a nice playful mix of the ginger and vanilla with the milk, and the floral of the linen is starting to peak out now. Not much of the tea, but that may come out with more time.
Jae –
Like a magic cake.
Gloame –
Morphs like crazy. I love the tea. Don’t get much ginger, honey, or vanilla. There’s a tanginess to this, and a bit of pepper. The linen’s nice, too; makes it feel clean. I think I like this, but I’m never sure if I love it.
Where I’d wear it: Spunky house-cleaning
persephonelily –
This gets really powdery on me. The vanilla and milk are evident right out of the bottle, but as the day wears on, it just starts to smell like baby powder and linen. The pepper doesn’t come through at all.
BenjaminnPotter –
The more I smell this the more I love it. If your skin doesn’t amp florals you should be fine because the Linen note in this has a floral tone to it which I do get a bit in the middle stage but it’s gone now.
Wet: Honeyed ginger, with vanilla and a hint of pepper. Yummy, but I’m not really getting any tea or linen?
Drying: Uh oh, there’s that floral note starting to rear its head. But at least I’m still getting hints of the other notes too so it’s not a complete loss…
Dry: Delicious honey, milk, and TEA~ Yaaaay! This is quite the morpher on me and I can appreciate the linen note now that I know is isn’t going to crash the tea party. This is a perfect tea scent for me with a lot of complexity. I’ll probably cave and end up buying a bottle once my imp is nearing it’s end.
Alexandra –
I got this as a freebie imp and was very excited after I read the scent description. In the imp it is very nice. It’s a very nice sweet, creamy fresh scent with a nice kick from the pepper, but alas it turned into an overly saccharine and powdery floral scent on my skin.
psychocygnet –
Sweet, cozy, and comforting. I don’t find it all that foody, but I wore some out today and had someone tell me that I smell like a cookie, so the vanilla does add some foody sweetness.
kitsch –
Smells amazing in the bottle, a kind of bright floral with pepper and tea. However, it turns to sickening baby powder on my skin 🙁 Have been using it in an atomizer as a room spray and it’s just lovely though.
Nuri –
Certainly crisp and clean with the black tea and pepper. It has a floral tone which I just can’t place. All around a nice scent