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    Please be aware that we do not permit swap-related content on profiles or in blogs. Please post this content only in the For Sale, Swaps, and Wanted forums, or in the Wishlists topic. ~from Swapping 101  Thanks!
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vultureguy's Blog
 

Buy a book, help Oxfam

I just ordered a cookbook from this company: Good Books. Yes, the site & company is based in NZ but they ship globally (I emailed and checked). Delivery is included in the price you see, which is a bonus. And you help Oxfam out because 100% of the profits go to Oxfam. How cool is that? Buy a book, help a non-profit! "....delivery worldwide is completely free, and with over two million titles in stock our range is one of the largest you will find."   My love of reading + my desire to Make A Difference = PRICELESS   They've got some music too, but the search function doesn't seem to work with music and they don't have a lot right now.   Check them out. Setting up an account & ordering is easy. They use secure encryption. And like I said, delivery is included in the price you see. So unlike Amazon.com you don't have to tack on a hefty (for us) fee to get your package delivered by Slow Boat. Lovely.   They are still growing, they may not have everything but check their selection first.   Go on, ya know you want to. Grab a book for the beach (for those of you going into Summer) or grab one to curl up in front of the heater with (for those of us going into Winter).
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meeow712's Blog
 

Speed sniff-testing, mostly Excolo

Lust! Oh yes. And I usually don’t like patchouli. Do I smell coconut in here? I believe I do.   Jailbait - I like it, but it smells like Materva (soda) with a little bubblegum! This might be a Cuban/South Florida thing.   Lilith - I can’t pick out anything but I LIKE!   Blood Countess - Fruity and Floral? But I likes!   Obatala - a coconut that works!!! Oh this is delicious!! It's everything I wanted the Tikis to be.   Dirty Viking (HAEE)- Mint or eucalyptus? This will be good for hangovers.   Voodoo Punani (HAEE) - holy crap! More, now, please.   Skuld - OMFG my nose had an orgasm! This is up there in all time favorites. I must have buckets of this, and I’m so happy this is GC!!!!!   Golden Priapus - Amber, juniper and vanilla all in one? And pine that doesn’t smell like cleaning fluid? yay! The pine reminds me of Christmas, this will be a great holidays scent.   13 - I want to eat myself!!
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meeow712's Blog
 

Tikis

I got decants of the Tikis that didn't appeal to me too much, and bottles of those that did. The verdict? Most of them didn't work at all on me.   Tiki Queen: Smelled like Bubbleicious Bubblegum on me. I guess that's not bad, but it wasn't what I wanted to smell like.   Tiki King: OMG coconut heaven in the bottle!!! And on me, it turned into a very weird lemony coconut, but the sweet turned to bitter and wasn't all that great. Damn.   Te Po: Smelled like the cherry syrup they put into Cherry Coke. And then upon drydown it was a combination of artificial cherry syrup and red hots. This might be great if I was 12, but it wasn't for me.   Marae: I had high hopes!!! But alas, it smelled like very faint baby cologne on me. Bah.   Boo Bam: Meh   Blue Fire: artificial blueberry explosion??? I'm keeping it to give it a second shot because I really wanted to like it!!!   Moai: Nasty ashes, ick.   Rangoon Riptide: Meh   Tupapau: Meh   The few that worked:   Screeching Parrot: Delicious apricots and pineapple, and some pomegranite too. Yay!   Upa Upa: Oh yes! Coconut and vanilla, and they don't go all weird. Heaven!!   Moana: It's very ocean-y clean.   Opuhi: Delicious!
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meeow712's Blog
 

King Cobra

King Cobra: Snake Oil with orris, frankincense, and copal.   In the imp: A very resiney Snake Oil   On me: Snake Oil with incese!!! A dryer incense, not like Temple Viper at all but still very good. After several hours it smells mostly just like snake oil, but that's what reapplying is for. Verdict: Yum! I wouldn't mind swapping for a bottle of this too.
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ramblings of an art chick...
 

Wishlist!

updated: April 15....   My wishlist is by no means comprehensive or complete. I am not a fan of foody, floral, or aquatic scents for the most part, nor do I like overly “perfumey” scents. I’m not a fan of dirt, but one of my best friends is, so I’m interested in some.. I adore smoke, incense, blood, dust, wood, amber, apple, tobacco, citrus, blueberry, leather... I am always willing to try new things, so if it’s not on here and you think I’d like it – ASK.   I’m also really interested in LEs that came out before I found BPAL.. so pre-2008. Even just small amounts would make me happy.   I would sell my soul for the Blue Phoenix and Orange Phoenix prototypes – if you have them, and want to share the love (just an imp is all I need!), I will bribe you with any BPAL I own, or some kind of pretty jewelry thing (I’m a Jewelry/Metals major at school)… my fat dog? … anything. srsly. WANT:   5ml: Blood Kiss Al-Azif Famine Chaos Theory V: Dorian The Host of the Air     imps/decants: Blue Phoenix - ANY Orange Phoenix - ANY Chaos Theory V: Dorian Devil’s Night Antique Lace Hastur The Phoenix Numb Treat #1 Ecstasy – Infatuation Freakshow (Carnival Noir) Fire Eater (Carnival Noir) Carnivale Medicine Show (Carnival Noir) The Ghost Order of the Dragon: - Count Dracula - The Carpathian Mountains - The Bloody Sword - Lucy Westerna - Quincy Morris - Wilhelmina Murray[/b] Shoggoth – imp Fruit Moon 2005 Harvest Moon 2004 Harvest Moon 2005 Harvest Moon 2006 Desire Les Bijoux Delirium Poisoned Apple Coral Snake Bilquis Samhain Miskatonic University Arkham (discontinued) The Apple of Sodom Bohun Upas The Lotus Tree The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil Ya-Te-Vo The Zieba Tree The Ides of March   Great Duets: - Erik - Mr. Edward Hyde - Maud Ruthyn - Silas Ruthyn   B-Movies: - Mutant Hot-Rodders from Hell High - Spawn of the She-Demon - That! The Terror from Over There! - Crimson Christmas   Salon decants: - Death of the Gravedigger - The Fox-woman Kuzonoha Leaving her Child - Lucretia - Satan and Sin with Death Intervening - Silence - The Arrival at the Sabbath and Homage to the Devil - The Cup of Death - The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun - Les Anges Dechus - Melancholia - Three Gorgons - Bat - Death and Life Completed - Fox Fires on New Year's Eve at the Garment Nettle Tree at Oji - Kiyohime Changes from a serpent - Love and Pain - Schlafende Baigneuse - Sunrise with Sea Monsters   Bling: - The Goldfish Pool and Other Stories - A Study in Emerald
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vultureguy's Blog
 

Music

I really like 5 am. And on Youtube here. (Edited to add: check out the "LOVE" section at the top of their webpage, the first link)   I got turned onto them when I worked at an outdoor store in Sonoma County, one of the women I worked with did the backing vocals and was dating one of the members. She married him eventually and I think had a baby. I don't know if he's still in the band (I'm shocking with names and that was 10 years ago). I'm a bit behind in getting their albums, I need to get their latest, Raise the Sun, as well as their previous, This Morphine Life. Maybe for Christmas.   "Lost and Found is a song off the last cd I bought of theirs. The song really hits home for me.   Lost and Found   Here among the lost and found, I lie and wait For someone to return relieved to find me here Like a twisted pair of sunglasses, like a torn faded cap I lie among the forgotten battered but still intact   If only I could see you again, move around in your heart, feel the touch of your skin If only I could see you again   Here among the lost and found you’ll be surprised who you’ll find Everyone’s got their story and I guess that I’ve got mine I never meant to lose my way, I just wandered a little at a time No one seemed to notice that I was left behind   If only I could see you again, move around in your heart, feel the touch of your skin If only I could see you again My friend, my friend I don’t belong here   Here among the lost and found, I’ve got nothing left but my name I’ve got the scars from where I’ve been I’ve just forgotten where they came Sometimes you take so many hits you drift further away You find yourself in the darkness and there you’ll stay   The last lines are the ones that have been hitting home the most lately.
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What ever happened to Generation X?
 

Hallmark card holidays

Does Mother's Day qualify for "Hallmark Card Holiday" status with you? I'm beginning to think it does, for me.   A "Hallmark Card" holiday, in my book, is a holiday that's not good for much else other than raising people's expectations of receiving a card and/or gift. Valentine's Day and Sweetest Day are examples of other such holidays.   Ever since my mother died, I really, really hate Mother's Day. I know I no longer have a mother...I don't need a special day on the calendar to underscore it. *sigh*
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Archaeopteryx's Blog
 

First blog here!

I've blogged for years on LiveJournal, but I thought it would be nice to have a BPAL blog, too. I have a feeling my friends list gets tired of me going on and on about BPAL all the time.   It's rainy and dreary here today. A good day to stay home and try on BPAL and listen to music.   I'm pretty excited, because I'm seeing Opeth live on Thursday with my husband and a friend.   I've now been into BPAL since March officially. It's been really wonderful so far. It's been really exciting to find new and different scents. I never thought I could get this excited over perfume. I also bought a scent locket last week. I'm hoping that will give some staying power to some of the scents that fade quickly, like Morocco. I'll have to take a picture and post it here. This is the locket I bought.
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SultryWolf's Blog
 

Archetypes and Animal Totems

I have quite a bit of experience with divination, and have found it to be particularly accurate for me. I use cards, stones, or huacas (sacred objects).   Archetypes determined by the method described in Caroline Myss’s Sacred Contracts; assigned to houses through divination; animals determined through divination.   House 1: Ego & Personality Archetype: Shapeshifter Animal: Swan   House 2: Life Values Archetype: Messiah Animal: Wolf   House 3: Self-expression Archetype: Monk Animal: Dog   House 4: Home Archetype: Victim Animal: Hummingbird   House 5: Creativity & Good Fortune Archetype: Hermit Animal: Salmon   House 6: Occupation & Health Archetype: Prostitute Animal : Owl   House 7: Marriage & Relationships Archetype: Saboteur Animal: Turkey   House 8: Other People’s Resources Archetype: Student Animal: Raven   House 9: Spirituality Archetype: Nature Child Animal: Turtle   House 10: Highest Potential Archetype: Knight Animal: Elk   House 11: Relationship to the World Archetype: Judge Animal: Prairie Dog   House 12: The Unconscious Archetype: Scientist Animal: Jaguar   Animal Totems (David Carson method) Determined through divination, borne out in meditation and life experience.   East: guide to one’s greates spiritualchallenge and guardian to one’s path to illumiatnation. Otter (Woman Medicine)   South: protector of the child within; reminder of when to be humble and when to trust; balancer of innocence in one’s personality. Turtle (Mother Earth)   West: leader to one’s personal truth and inner answers and guide to one’s path to one’s goals. Butterfly (Transformation)   North: giver of wise counsel; reminder of when to speak and when to listen; reminder to be grateful for everyday blessings. Raven (Magic)   Above: teacher in how to honor the Great Star Nation; reminder that one came from the stars and to the stars will return; guardian of the dreamtime. Horse (Power)   Below: teacher about the Inner Earth and how to stay grounded and on the Path. Skunk (Reputation)   Within: teacher of finding one’s heart’s joy and being faithful to one’s personal truths; protetor of one’s sacred space. Wolf (Teacher)   Right Side: protector of one’s male side; center of one’s courage and warrior spirit. Crow (Law)   Left Side: protector of one’s female side Dog (Loyalty)   There are, of course, other Power Animals and Omen Animals in my life! Spider, Hawk, and Phoebe come to mind.
SultryWolf

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meeow712's Blog
 

Temple Viper

Temple Viper: Snake Oil with sugar cane, frankincense, champaca, opoponax, labdanum, and hyssop.   In the imp: Definitely getting a lot of Snake Oil from it, but it's sweeter and darker. I can't identify individual notes, but I can smell the sugar cake, frankincense, and champaca adding to the blend.   On me: This has to be the sexiest perfume I have ever worn!!! Sex in a bottle. It's Snake Oil, but different. Deeper, darker, definitely getting the sugarcane. The frankincense gives it a touch of incense without making it incensey. The champaca adds more spice to it. The opoponax makes this more vanilla-ey. So this is snake oil, only better and waaaaay sexier! I think I need 2 bottles of this one!!!!
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Forspecial Plate's Blog
 

non-bpal review/Czech and Speake No. 88

Czech and Speake No. 88   "No. 88 is the signature fragrance from Czech & Speake. From its Aromatics Collection, No.88 is a blend of woods, bergamot, geranium, rose otto, cassie flower, frangipani, vetiver, and sandalwood. This gorgeous fragrance is worn by both men and women." (description from The Perfumed Court)   I was attracted to this because I read Morrissey wears it (and Elton John, too). I was so glad to find a source for a sample.   This is fabulous! It's a rose scent, but unmistakably gender-neutral, although some may find it masculine. The closest bpal I can think of is Thanatos, but No. 88 is definitely lighter, fresher, and not as powdery (not that I dislike Thanatos). It's definitely woody, but also floral and slightly fruity. It strikes me as a versatile scent.....I could wear this at work (and I did), or out on the town, or for a formal occasion. I would call it almost a studious rose scent, but dark, hinting at naughtiness.   Now I need to try their Cuba scent, because I definitely want a bottle of one or the other. This stuff is pricey and only available from the UK, so it's going to be a treat to splurge and indulge myself. If Cuba is as good as this, it's going to be tough to decide. I could absolutely wear No. 88 on a regular basis.
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Forspecial Plate's Blog
 

non-bpal review/Vetiver Guerlain

Vetiver Guerlain   "fresh and outdoorsy, a blend of vetiver, wood, tobacco and spice." (description from Fragrancenet.com   I love vetiver and having read lots of rave reviews, I really wanted to try this. Wet on the skin, for the first 10 or 15 minutes, this is a glorious, almost dizzying swirl of fresh, bright citrus notes, with some green grassiness peeking in and out. I loved it! After a while, all the top notes fade and what's left is simply vetiver single note. It's a light, fresh vetiver, almost reminiscent of sweet hay. Not a bad thing, but I'd love to smell that first stage longer.
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Forspecial Plate's Blog
 

non-bpal review/Pascal Morabito Or Black

Pascal Morabito Or Black   I sought this after reading Luca Turin's perfume blog, he seemed to really like it. This review is from one test on the skin (I'll probably wear it again, so I may add to this entry later).   top Note : bergamote, pepper, leather Note de cœur : benzoin, ciste, cyprus Note de fond : vetiver, ylang-ylang, amber, Tonkin Musk, oak moss.   Didn't refresh my memory on the notes first, so I thought it was primarily an incense scent. Wet on the skin, it was exactly that. Slightly reminiscent of Midnight Mass, but murkier, more 'black'. After a few minutes, very shortly, I realized there was a strong note of leather. It reminded me of something from my past, maybe Drakkar Noir. It seems to be a formal, almost stern scent. Heavy and dark. Not for everyday wear, but probably good for special occasions. The leather comes out strong and lasts for a long time.
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meeow712's Blog
 

Dragon Moon '08

Dragon Moon '08: Our Dragon Moon represents the forces of rebirth and the vigor that springtime brings: dragon's blood resin, galbanum, blue sage, lavender, peppermint, sweetgrass, frankincense, moonglow magnolia, bergamot, and green cedar.   In the bottle: A delicious herbal blend of mainly sage, sweetgrass, bergamont, and a bit of cedar. Where is the dragon's blood?   On me: This is deliciously sweet herbal. I'm getting a lot of sage, frankincense, and cedar. The other notes are there, but blended so well that I can't pick them out. I like this very much, and it is very different from all the other BPAL I have.
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meeow712's Blog
 

Australian Copperhead

Australian Copperhead: Snake Oil with acai berry, amber, cardamom, neroli, and smoked vanilla.   In the imp: A deliciously sweeter snake oil.   On me: The Snake Oil is very faint underneath the acai berry, neroli, and smoked vanilla. I didn't get much amber or cardamom out of this, mainly a lot of acai and neroli sweetness. But if I sniff deeply enough, I get the precious snake oil too. Sniffs at different distances also smelled different, so this one is very complex. And it has become my favorote snake. I definitely need a bottle.
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SultryWolf's Blog
 

Cosmetics Wishlist

Link to Sephora Wishlist   I've got a Favorites list at MAC, but it can't be made public or, apparently, emailed. *shrug*   Victoria's Secret Heidi Collection for Very Sexy Makeup Perfect Lipstick (it's sort of a sparkly clear, if there's more than one color - that name is so long and I still can't tell if it's specific or not!!)
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meeow712's Blog
 

Boomslang

Boomslang: Snake Oil with cocoa, teakwood, and rice milk.   In the imp: Strong snake oil presence and some cocoa. Teakwood and rice milk? They are hiding.   On me: HEAVEN! Slather PLEASE! Delicious snake oil with a lot of cocoa yumminess. I think I may sniff a teeny bit of teakwood, but I still don't know where the rice milk is. This smells sooooo good! It's got more throw than Snake Oil, or any of the other snakes I've tried so far. Boomslang is a dark oil, and when it was wet I could see it on my skin. I'm sure if I hadn't rubbed it in it would have stained my skin, so must be careful with that. This is most definitely a bottle need.
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meeow712's Blog
 

Coral Snake

Coral Snake: Snake Oil with blood orange, red apple, lemon peel, plumeria, and gardenia.   In the imp: Is there really snake oil in this? And where's the plumeria and gardenia? This smells very apple-y to me. Reminds me a bit of Bath and Body Works apple body splash.   On me: Wet was ALL apples. As it dried, the florals peeked out and it was a delicious blend of snake oil with fruits and florals. And then it dried down and the florals went away, leaving apple. After a bit, the plumeria decided to come out to keep the apple company. The snake oil is hanging out faintly underneath the apple and plumeria. This is definitely a complex scent. Verdict: It smells good, I alternate between smelling BBW Plumeria and Apple body splashes, and sometimes get straight up snake oil. It smells good, but it's not really my kind of scent.
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meeow712's Blog
 

Cottonmouth

Cottonmouth: Snake Oil with linden blossom, calla lily, passion flower, and narcissus.   In the imp: A floral snake oil! But not even close to floral overkill, the snake oil balances out the florals to make this a very well rounded scent.   On me: A very sexy slightly floral scent with snake oil undertones just underneath. The perfect blend of vanilla, spices, and mainly passion flower. I couldn't stop smelling myself all night. This is definitely a must buy bottle.
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meeow712's Blog
 

Habu

Habu: Snake Oil with ho wood, teak, black musk, and bamboo.   In the imp: Sweet snake oil! I think it is the bamboo making it sweet. Something a little woodsy, but no musk to be sniffed.   On me: This blended so well onto my skin. It was subtle, but very good smelling. Again, the snake oil is there, but as a bottom layer. On top of it was delicious sweet bamboo, a tiny bit of ho wood, and a bit of musk. This worked really well on me.
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meeow712's Blog
 

Western Diamondback

Western Diamondback: Oil with leather, tonka bean, red sandalwood, and sage.   In the imp: Snake oil with sweetened leather, a bit of sandalwood and sage peeking out.   On me: I was afraid of the leather, as it usually goes wrong on me, but this one went right. I smelled the snake oil underneath, but got a nice blend of leather and sage in there too. No sign of the sandalwood, and maybe a peek at the tonka. This is a great blend. This will be turning into a bottle!
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