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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Black Opal

Category: Bewitching Brews   Vanilla baby-powder -- that's pretty much what I get from this. And...I suppose that's what an opal *would* smell like, if it had an odor (though I get a lot more of the white, fiery opal vibe from this).   It has a decent amount of tenacity and throw -- I'd rate it a 3 out of 5, on that scale. More of a feminine, demure scent.   I'll probably hang on to my imp of this, just because it's something I'd like to share with my mom somehow, at some point.
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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Black Lotus

Category: Rappacini's Garden   Several people have described this as 'flowery bubblegum', and I concur! It's very, very sweet -- and pretty, in its own way. I pretty much get just damp, juicy lotus, and that's it. Maybe a powdery hint of myrrh as it starts to dry, but it's mostly a floral, on me.
Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Baku

Category: Somnium   I've been applying this every night before I go to bed for about ten days now...and for the most part I'd say it works really well. This is the first of the Dream Formulas that I've tried -- I didn't know that you could order them as imps, until someone in a decant circle thoughtfully included this.   The scent is predominantly lavender, with a strong thread of eucalyptus underneath it, and hints of anise here and there. They mingle to create a very medicinal odor -- as a perfume, this would be really bad, but as a component for relaxation and sleep, it's *very* useful. The strident quality of it is actually soothing...it reminds me of when I'd get colds as a child and my mom would smear Vicks on my chest and under my nose -- that same sort of 'OMG this is strong...but it's helping, so yay!' feeling.   By morning, it has worn off, so I never smell it when I get up...though I often can smell traces of the other perfume I've been wearing the day before. This is the perfect medicinal blend -- it does its job, doesn't interfere or interact with anything, and then evaporates.   The vast majority of nights that I use it, I can be asleep in under fifteen minutes, and sleep all the way through the night with no interruptions. While I rarely have trouble sleeping anyway, this past month I've been having lots of problems with anxiety and such, so Baku has been a blessing.   I tend to be a skeptic, but as far as I'm concerned, this stuff works pretty well.
Argentwolf

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RedRoseMaze's Blog
 

BPAL: The Unicorn

The Unicorn Category: Mad Tea Party Quantity: sample   Description: THE UNICORN A misty, almost luminous perfume: wispy linden blossoms, white flowers, and a touch of sweet herbs.   Review:   In the bottle: A clean, fresh, and clear floral smell. It’s soft and light.   Wet: I get a sweet floral scent. I’m not accustomed to linden blossoms, so my first impression was something similar to lily of the valley, but I could be wrong.   Dry: It’s soft and faint. The herbs blend well together into a light, feminine scent. Unfortunately, it fades away very quickly.   Verdict: It’s lovely, but it doesn’t have much impact, which I think is really too bad because, otherwise, it would be the perfect blend for spring. On the other hand, someone who rarely ever wears perfume and wants to stay away from strong scents, would probably adore this.   More reviews: Mad Tea Party: The Unicorn
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Ceri's Info Page
 

Scents I've tried

Scents I love: Bakeneko Mme. Moriarty, Misfortune Teller Tamamo-no-Mae The Perilous Parlor Snake Charmer Resurrected Voyeurs Among the Cherry Blossoms   Scents I like: Antique Lace Black Lace Black Pearl Casanova Couple Consulting an Enpon Dee Glowing Vulva at Ryogoku Bridge Golden Priapus Love's Philosophy Luperci 08 Manhattan Perversion Samhain Snake Oil Snow, Glass, Apples Succubus The Illustrated Woman The Lurid Library The Unicorn Velvet Yvaine   Neutral Scents: Ashlultum Baghdad Belladonna Burial Chintamani-Dhupa Come to me Danube Darkness De Sade Dracul Dragon Hide Eight Views of Actors in Their Dressing Rooms Flowering Chrysanthemums Follow me boy French Love Giant Vulva Hermia Hunter Moon 07 I Married a Vampire from Planet X Inez Kali Kumari Kandam La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente Lady Lilith Lady Macbeth Languor L'Ecole des Filles Les Bijoux Lovers in a Ricefield Lovers With Rutting Cats Lysander Mad Hatter Man With Phallus Head Medea Miller Vs. California / 413 U.S. 15 Minotaur O Pirate Moon Poisoned Apple Prague Red Lantern Samhainophobia Smut 08 Snow White 08 The Head of Holofernes The Hesperides The Lady on the Grey The Organ Grinder Tissue Tombstone Vixen White Chocolate & Strawberry Wolf's Heart   Scents that are not for me: Ave Maria Gratia Plena Black Phoenix Bluebeard Blue Moon 07 Bordello Cockaigne Devil's Claw Diary of a Lovestruck Teenage Cannibal Dragon's Tears Eclipse Envy Euphrosyne Gluttony Grog Helena Khrysee Longing Lolita Love Me Mama-Ji Monster Bait: Biggercritters Monster Bait: Tokyo Stomp Moxie Muse Phobos Queen Rose Red 08 Sea of Glass Somnus Stardust Victoria Sugar Cookie Swank The Convocation The Dormouse The Hamptons The Lady of Shalott Theodosius, The Legerdemain Tiresias, the Androgyne Visiting the Temple of Auspicious Fortune Alone on the Winter Solstice Wanton Water Phoenix
Ceri

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Ceri's Info Page
 

My Weird Chemistry.

Death Notes   Ambergris Caramel Cedar (Soapy) Fir Honey Incense Lemon Lily Lime Musk Orchid Pine Rose Violet Vetiver     Nice Notes   Cherry Blossom Plum Tangerine Vanilla
Ceri

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Hoyden's BPALog
 

Bathsheba

Bathsheba has been on my radar since my first BPAL order, I just always passed it by. It seemed too girly, too floral, too simple.   In fact, Bathsheba is simply elegant. This could almost pass for regular, commercial perfume, like a classic scent that's been around since the 1920's. It evokes the palest pink blush.   It's lovely and it's the first time I've been able to detect carnation in a blend and I like it very much. Florals don't do well on me, so this is a pleasant surprise. I suppose I had some preconceptions about carnation - something to do with high school dance corsages and green dyed St Paddy's day dreck. Despite their down market connotation, they are nice flowers   Sadly, it has practically no throw or duration on my skin so I reluctantly must put it aside.   Jewelbug's reference to Necco wafers is spot on. That's what I smell on my wrists an hour after application: Ghosts of Necco Wafers   Provided your skin does not consume it, this would be a good choice for those times when over the top BPALs aren't appropriate: job interviews, court dates, public executions . . .
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Femme_Fatale's Blog
 

Mme Moriarty

So after reading all the hype I finally broke down and tracked down an aged decant.   I can't tell if I like it or not. At times I think....not so much, at other times it's interesting. It actually seems a bit more masculine to me, but not manly. I really think I would love this if it wasn't for the red musk as all the other notes are lovely (even the pomegranate, which I more often than not don't like). Also, I seem to like this more from a distance than up close. I have it in my locket right now since I wasn't sure how I feel about it on my skin, and I keep catching a wonderful sceent now and then. But when I sniff it up close....eh.     So the verdict is...I still have no idea. I'll keep trying it and might end up with a bottle, but won't need more than that, esp. since I have Snake Charmer.
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Alianthe on BPAL
 

Witching on a Budget: Focal Pieces

You've stalked well, you've made contact, you've bartered and shopped and crafted and baked your way to a (series of) fun-filled packages, you've gathered all the supplies to make a stunning impact, and as you're putting together your ultimate package, you realize...   This is kind of disjointed. And there's no big beautiful wonderful focal piece that shouts "I LOVED WITCHING YOU!"   Now, it's hard to pull something perfect out of your hat this late in the game, but it's possible. It's better if you plan ahead sometimes, but other times you only get your stroke of inspiration on this when your witchee makes a chance comment (ie, "I've really always wanted to speak German," "I've always wanted to learn to knit," "I wish I knew how to keep my tomato plants alive and thriving through to harvest," "I wish I had more inspiration cooking dinner for my brood," "I wish I could get this website done so I can finally open my product line up to the world," etc) 3/4 of the way through the round.   I've found that the things that I and other witches have done that made the best centerpieces, by and large were acts of love rather than objects. Some, like beautiful BPAL storage boxes and The Perfect knitted item or jewelry piece, are physical objects that symbolize this love. Others, like lifetime darning services, language/crafting/etc lessons, and graphics design for eir etail business, are intangible. By and large, they are all obtainable with fairly little monetary output, if you're willing to put in the effort, love, and networking.   Say there's an object, like a box or a necklace, that you have the skills but not the materials to make. Second-hand shops, yard sales, and barter are your friends!   Say there's an object that you can't make, but you know other witches who do. Barter barter barter! Services are good for bartering, too. I'll bet there's a jewelry maker or a knitter or a woodcrafter out there who would make your witchee a gift in exchange for a nice big box of salted caramels or vegan cupcakes or... you get the idea.   Traditionally understood crafting skills aren't the only ones that are good for this. I took my prior knowledge of Etsy and the help-for-Etsy-startup information I'd gathered when I'd been designing my own Etsy store, added some basic graphics manipulation skills (seriously, very basic - I just used some pictures of her products, an image from her web page, a white background, and the Paint program that comes with Windows), a bit more research, and some of my time setting the whole thing up, and made Coldie her Etsy store (and a primer for getting up and running with it), which she'd been wanting to start up for some time. She already had the business, making jewelry for people and advertising by word-of-mouth. I supplied the Round Tuit, and now she's got an Etsy store, which expanded her earning potential quite a lot. Total monetary output: $0. Impact on my witchee and her life: Priceless.   Also, let's say you speak a language or are good at a skill your witchee would like to better emself with. Even long-distance, lessons in these things are possible. Got a digicam with a video function? Make videos of yourself saying basic things in the language, or demonstrating techniques for the skill. Make a modular primer, burn it to CD, draw some pictures, scare up some materials from your stash. Offer to correspond via email/video/audio (on CD if necessary) with your witchee to help em through the learning curve. Total monetary output: low. Impact on your witchee's life: Priceless.   Or, make a cookbook on CD that your witchee can print out, or use water-resistent cardstock and a sewing needle to make a lay-flat hard-wearing print version.   Believe me. With health problems, insomnia, four kids, couple's therapy, home reconstruction, and a demanding career, I know about being busy. But there are ways to turn a few minutes here and there and that beautifully burgeoning heart of yours into an incredible, low-cost, high-personal-value focal piece, and really do your witchee justice. Think hard about your skills, ask around, watch your witchee's posts, and you can find the inspiration and resources you need.   Happy witching!
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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Wood Phoenix

Fig, walnut, and bamboo mingle together to evoke images of freshly-peeled bark, twigs, sticks, tendrils of curling greenery, and underneath it all, the moist, sheltering earth of a burrow. It's warm and sweet, like a little brown rabbit curling up somewhere safe. As if that lovely imagery wasn't enough, there is a teensy bit of caramel that gives it a chocolatey sort of feel...like a chocolate bunny, almost! (I was born in the year of the Wood Hare, so that must be where all the rabbity imagery is coming from). I really liked it, a lot! And I will probably rue the day that I decided to pass up on getting a full bottle of it.   I really loved all the Phoenixes. They are so very evocative in their own respective ways; I haven't had this much mental imagery from scents in quite a while. I really enjoyed my experiences with the Anniversary scents, and am grateful to have been able to sample them.
Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Water Phoenix

Someone else compared this to a 'high-end soap', and I totally agree! Not that it's soapy in a bad way; it's just really, really fresh and clean-smelling. It's almost minty, in a way. There is a definite air of teal-blue; brisk, cleansing water sudsed with sea-foam. Like nearly all the Phoenixes, it tended to hug very close to my skin, but was quite strong should I come nodding back for a sniff. I'd say it had about average staying power, say five or six hours.
Argentwolf

Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Snake Charmer (Resurrected)

I can see right away why this one is popular. It's dark and resinous, redolent with patchouli and spices and musk. I personally get a hell of a lot more 'incense' than 'vanilla' with this one, though I can also sense the vanilla; it wafts up every now and then in teasing little strokes, like a beckoning finger.   I'm probably going to really really really really really hate myself for not getting a bottle, because I have a feeling it's going to age REALLY well. Honestly cannot decide if I want to trade it or keep it. Swaps only, probably, if I get rid of it.
Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Metal Phoenix

I was really leery of this one, but like all the Phoenixes, it was really nice. Believe it or not, but I really can 'smell' the 'gleaming white metal' in the description; it's like what the mirror-sheen on a stainless-steel table would smell like, if it had an odor. I think the honeysuckle is what makes it so palatable for me.   It's super-light, and seemed to fade really fast. This one won't be so hard to let go of.
Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Fire Phoenix

Fresh on, it's very strong and strident with an air of cinnamon to it, as well as sweet florals. Like a spark, it flares up, and then settles down to the grim business of burning. It smolders all day long, and hugs my skin like the ember-flames of a fire licking at wood.   It was really pretty, so I think I will hang onto the imp for a little while, at least.
Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Earth Phoenix

Of all the anniversary Phoenixes, this one was my favorite. There is a strong, sort of astringent note right at the beginning, almost like the sharp tang of *very* fresh barkmulch. Thankfully, this lasts but a moment, and soon there is just a lush blooming of green plantlife. 'Earthy' is an easy word to apply here, but it's very apt; they are just deep, green-brown, earthy notes. I get cypress, maybe some tobacco leaf, and just a teensy hint of cherry lurking underneath there. It lasts all day and as just enough throw to keep constantly reminding me of how lovely it is. Very nice!
Argentwolf

Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Candy Phoenix

This is, indeed, silly and playful and effervescent. It is grape soda and chewy, juicy fruit candies, so many fruity varieties that they just sort of mingle together in a wet, bubbly mauve haze. It has little throw, and tends to fade fairly fast.   Just like candy, this is a scent that would be nice to indulge in once in a while, but a constant olfactory diet of it would be unhealthy. But I'm thankful for the sweet treat, all the same!
Argentwolf

Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Beaver'Versary (Beaver Moon Resurrected)

This is a moist, white, freshly-made cupcake with a thick layer of cream-cheese frosting, adorned with a juicy dollop of strawberry pulp. And, as if that wasn't delicious enough, every now and then there is a redolant little whiff of spices...like nutmeg and cinnamon. Did I order a bottle? Are bears Catholic? YUM.
Argentwolf

Argentwolf

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dreadpiraterustypants2's Blog
 

Wish I may...a list!

contemporary sniffly whims- (*= fireworks of happiness) sweet dreams~ agnes nutter baku bakeneko bastet bensiabel bezoar black pearl* black rider blade of grass blood bordello brisingamen carceri d'invenzione chicken legged hut dirty dragon's bone drink me enraged groundhog musk enraged bunny musk fox fires on new year's eve at the garment nettle tree at oji grog hand of glory hellcat hellfire iago* ile de la tortue incantation intrigue jabberwocky kill devil kroenen lampades lilith liz lucy, kissed lucy's kiss mama-ji moscow night gaunt oblivion plunder poisoned apple pulcinella and teresina pumpkin III 08 raven moon red rider roadhouse satyr saw-scaled viper scherezade sed non sedentia seraglio strangler fig tanuki tiki king the apple of sodom the catepillar the light of men's lives the fox woman kuzunoha leaving her child the school house the unicorn santa domingo velvet wensleydale windward passage white rider witch's repast   Can I have S'more Please~ centzon totochtin* de sade huesos del santo sudha segara   BPTP- cathouse castitas doc constantine's medicine show down the rabbit hole incendia l' autunno lupanar okiya saloon #10   x marks the spot(in the treasure trove already)~ agape berry moon dorian (partial) frederic lilith and the jorocho ichabod crane miss lupescu (partial) pink flamingo (sniffie) pumpkin w/ tobacco and leather strawberry moon tissue (partial) velvet clown (decant) velvet chuthulu (decant) white rabbit 13 feb
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Ambitionless
 

Books I've read in 2009

Beedle the Bard Ender in Exile The Persian Girl All the Twilight crappy crap Not in Kansas Anymore - Wicker The Theory of Everything In Cold Blood Leaves of Grass Catch-22 The Beach The Stress Cure The Stainless Steel Rat Gets Drafted Bloodhound Seven Experiments That Could Change the World
Carmencita

Carmencita

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Ambitionless
 

Questions I Want Answers To

Do Vegans wear pearls?   What's the best way to get rid of fruit flies without killing them?   How do you stay clutter-free without adequate storage for your belongings?   Why do I continue to read the Twilight series?   Where can I find advice on modern day social etiquette for weird girls (such as myself)?   Can squirrels be domesticated?   Which is better? Laptop or Desktop?   How do you politely, but firmly call someone on it when they use the term 'gay' as a negative adjective?
Carmencita

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

The Piper At The Gates Of Dawn

Man...what a flippin' cocktease.   I get a brief, teasing whiff of orange, and then a pine branch smacks me in the noggin. But I like the orange...so I keep coming back to sniff again...and keep getting pine needles shoved up my nose. And then amber and incense come around afterward to douse my wounds in a medicinal bath, and prep me for round 7,531 of this endless cycle.   It's an exercise in sadomasochism for me.
Argentwolf

Argentwolf

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Argentwolf's Blog
 

Nowhere In Particular

It's not floral, and only a bit fruity -- it's mostly a smell that could be termed 'foilage'...various leaves and branches and twigs, gently stirred by a night breeze. The fruit note does smell like apple, so I agree with the 'apple orchard at night' images that others have noted. It's actually pretty impressive, because it comes off as cool and airy without being an aquatic scent, and on the dry side without being dusty. Even though it doesn't suit me, personally, I'm impressed with it, as these qualities really stand out as being unique to me.
Argentwolf

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