The King of the White Cloth, King of the Orishas, the First Among Equals. He is the King of Power, and his weapon is wisdom. He is the essence of honored maturity, wisdom through age and experience, purity of intention, virtue, humility, tolerance, judicious use of power, the knowledge of what is truly right and wrong, the moral code, and the obligation to do what is right. Obatala is the Creator God, who first fashioned mankind from clay; thus, he is also the first sculptor and potter. The human head itself is Obatala’s creation, and it is through it that he grants us the ability to discern genuine morality as opposed to oppressive, mistaken and arrogant self-righteousness. His is not the falsehood of societal boundaries, His Truth is the understanding of one’s own character and the obligations that we all have to our world, our Gods, and one another. He is the Benevolent Judge, calm and lucid, and he governs rational deliberation. His color is white, as His spirit is free from any soil or stain, and His energy radiates sanctified purity, great wisdom, happiness and internal peace. He is associated with cloth, as that was one of His gifts to mankind. The aspects of Obatala are symbolized by the chameleon, boa constrictor, elephant, gorilla, and snail. Obatala is the Lord of Laughter, for it is through wisdom that one may see the joy in life, and through laughter we are able to see the follies of mankind not with cynicism and derision, but with humor, compassion and understanding. Obatala’s Laughter helps soothe the pain of life’s rigors, and takes the sting out of the harshest of life’s lessons. Obatala’s ofrenda is soft, white and pure: milk, coconut meat, shea butter and cool, refreshing water.
Holly Zell has –
I spent weeks trying to decide which scent to choose, and I’m so glad I wound up deciding on this one. It’s beautiful, unique, light and powerful at the same time. To me it’s a perfect balance of masculine and feminine, which is exactly what I wanted.
artimisia –
I like this one a lot. It’s a very fresh, clear scent. Citrus and aquatic mixing together seamlessly. It actually smells very much like another of Bpal’s aquatic perfumes, Lightning…only Lightning has an “ozone ” addition which adds a wildness to this otherwise peaceful clean scent. Basically, they’re both really good; it just depends on what you’re looking for
Clark –
I’m a guy, and my body chemistry does not do well with sweeter smelling scents (CKOne on me smells like I rolled around in a perfumerie’s lab dumpster). I usually react will to colognes like Drakkar Noir or Invictus. That said, Sea of Glass smells VERY good on me, and presents as a clean, bright smell. Like I just stepped out of a nice hot shower, using very expensive men’s soap, but for 8 hours. My wife said “You smell handsome and you smell like you’ve…I dunno…someone who has their shit together. You smell responsible.”
Very difficult to describe, but that’s about as close as I can get to a description. I wear it on date-night with wife. It could be called “Sea of Glass” or it could be called “You’re gonna get lucky tonight my dude.” Works for me.
lindsay.vanzandt –
This scent makes me feel wise, tranquil, and eternal. A soft, calming scent that evokes the quiet serenity of still water. I am in love.
Gincat –
I’m sitting on the beach in a bower of white lilies. Just beautiful. Will want many bottles of this!
MageLocusta –
As a huge fan of ocean-inspired scents, I can tell you that Sea of Glass smells like the Mediterranean ocean. It is bright, luminous, colorful and sparkling and it actually kinda reminds me of Elizabeth Arden’s Green Tea perfume. This fragrance is also multi-dimensional with some lemon citrusy zest, but the citrus feels more smooth and juicy than acrid (and while there is a saltiness to it, it’s more like a faint salty spray that I could only detect if I press my nose against my wrist). So in conclusion: I’m glad to have tried this–this is a great starter in testing out BPAL’s aquatics, 5/5!
abovezenith –
Reminds me of aquatic scented candles. Very fresh smelling and refreshing. I will use this as a summer scent or as a room scent.
Gloame –
This is another scent that I find works better as a room scent and/or masculine scent. It smells really fresh and watery. It makes me think of spring cleaning in a good way. I love how it smells, but it’s not the right smell for me. I passed it on to my BF and he’s wild about it. I like it on him a lot.
callipsofacto –
The description on this seemed a bit vague to me, but now that I’ve smelled it I can’t really describe it any better than BP did. Refreshing, energetic? It’s very nice, whatever it is.