Violette Market reviews: White Ghost Pumpkin and Golden Autumn

Though of course as an active member of the "Other Perfumes You Love" thread at the BPAL forums I've heard a lot about Violette Market, this is the first opportunity I've had to actually try anything of theirs.  So I was excited to snag White Ghost Pumpkin from the Diablo Canyon Autumn collection, and Golden Autumn from the Hallows 2009 limited edition releases with my etailer forum haul this week.

Since there were only two VM bottles and two scents are all I can efficiently test without confusing my nose, I'm going to do these reviews first.

White Ghost Pumpkin was one of this year's Diablo Canyon releases that I was most intrigued by. However, I never got around to ordering it, so I am very pleased to have had the opportunity to get it on the second hand market.

(Oh, and I'm back to testing/applying with swizzle sticks...I am already out of wandcaps). Which doesn't have anything to do  with anything else except that I find it amusing.  Or slightly scary, considering how many wandcaps I JUST bought.)

White Ghost Pumpkin's description was:  Glows and haunts, neighbors and unsuspecting visitors! Gives off a nostalgically sweet smell of warm rice milk, creme, and newly-plucked gray mini pumpkins.

Sniffing the bottle I get rice milk and creme.
On but wet, a sort of floral note shows up.  I'm assuming it's supposed to be gray mini pumpkin?  As it dries, though, the rice milk and creme show back up (thankfully!), and the almost floral goes to the background.  I'm getting no traditional pumpkin smell at all.  Don't get me wrong, it's nice - but it's definitely not what one would expect from a pumpkin scent.  It reminds me a bit of squash blossom, actually - which would be appropriate, I suppose.
This one morphs sort of like Haus of Gloi's Troika.  One sniff I get creme and rice milk, the next I get that floral-y scent.

Golden Autumn's description (found online) says: The yellow hues of the season, especially the leaves. Aged golden amber, vanilla, yellow and brown leaves dried in the cool afternoon, and autumn spices.

Out of the bottle I get autumn leaves and the spices.  There really is sort of a "cool afternoon" vibe going on.  How does she do that?
On but still wet, still getting a ton of spices (and not just cinnamon either, which is nice). Hopefully the amber and vanilla will come out to play...
Dry: Ah, there's the amber and vanilla. I really like this.  A very yummy blend of golden and spice notes, plus vanilla.  I can see this one getting a lot of wear.

Next up - Arcana reviews.

More misc. ramblings...

Since this blog is in danger of going "all perfume, all the time" (not that there's anything WRONG with that, mind you!), I thought I'd treat everyone (all two of you), to some miscellaneous ramblings about other things going on.

My beloved Chris got a wild notion that he wants to rearrange the kitchen (again).  We just did this last year, when we added the two wire racks that are the best thing since sliced bread. If you have wall space in your kitchen (I know, most modern kitchens don't),  let me tell you, these serve a multitude of storage purposes and even look pretty darn cool.  We have two, and they're currently used for hanging my copper bottom pots and pans, storing electrics, (food processor, bread machine, crock pot), Chris's coffee paraphernalia, and spices/flour/sugar; among other things.  However, due to the (relatively) new fridge, which now lives in the dining room, the dining room is horribly crowded. And with the nearing holiday season when we might actually have people over (gasp), something's got to be done about that.  Chris's idea is to put the fridge in the spot where it was originally designed to go, which is next to the stove.  Historically, my objection to this was that the stove gets hot and the fridge is supposed to stay cold, and putting the two next to each other made no sense.  However, after testing with the stove going full blast (hot oven), we found that our stove is new enough to be well insulated enough that the sides stay cool.  Sooo... looks like this weekend's project is well started!  I've already moved the pantry cabinet and the rack that was where the fridge is going.  But I think after looking at it again, we're going to have to switch racks, and put the taller one next to the stove, so I can have the shorter but sturdier one to put the microwave on, since the microwave stand won't fit in the new arrangement, so we'll end up moving it to the dining room to serve as Chris's coffee station.  It makes sense when you look at it, really!  This will entail switching racks for a lot of stuff, like my pans. 

And now, for something completely different:  I'm now watching more TV than I've watched in probably over a decade.  Glee, Merlin, Nashville, Downton Abbey, Sherlock, Bunheads, Smash....even I am having a hard time believing it.  Even more oddly, I'm enjoying it (well, obviously, or I wouldn't be doing it). I think part of the reason is that I actually have the time now - no kids at home, no school, only working part time. 

New release Tuesday is next week.  November holds myriad goodies, not least among them a new Shirley Rousseau Murphy Joe Grey book, a new Sister Jane entry from Rita Mae Brown, a new Dresden Files title, and the latest from Kevin Hearne's Atticus and Oberon.  All those are at the end of the month, so a little bit of a wait, but the first of the month is no slouch either, with new entries in established series by Cricket McRae, Livia J. Washburn, Kate Collins, Elaine Viets, Ali Brandon, Elizabeth Lynn Casey, Rhys  Bowen, Betty Hechtman, Lee Hollis,and Laura Childs, among others.

And lest y'all think I've gone cold turkey on the perfume - nope.  Received a bottle of Haunt's Star and Thicket today that I hunted down on LJ because I didn't want to wait until it comes back next spring.  I'll write a review on it later, but just let me say it's delightful.  I also got Troika and Twice is Nice from Haus of Gloi (with exceptional turnaround time), that I've yet to skin test, but sniffing the bottles tells me they should be winners (like everything else I've gotten from Haus of Gloi).  Reviews will be forthcoming for those too - probably this weekend.