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    By Silvertree

    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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giant squid!
 

my reviews...

I noticed this on stellans' signature and I thought it was a great idea! Over time, I will keep adding links ot my reviews (I have done so many and I don't have the time to find them all at once...) just in case you're curious. Also, it's good for me to see which scents I have reviewed in my quest to have tried the whole catalog (I wonder how long it's going to take...pretty long I suppose)   Bewitching Brews Anne Bonny Bess Bewitched Blood Bon Vivant Brimstone Calico Jack Chimera Eclipse Fae Kill-Devil Kubla Khan La Bella Donna Mia Mente Leanan Sidhe Lightning Ozymandias Plunder Poisoned Apple Shattered Veil Wilde Zephyr   Ars Moriendi House of Night The Phantom Wooer The Reaper and the Flowers Sheol Shroud   Dark Elements Inferno   Sin & Salvation Anathema Black Dahlia Hellfire Jailbait Les Infortunes de la Vertu Oblivion Roadhouse Tzadikim Nistarim Wrath   Love Potions Bathsheba Bien Loin d'Ici Debauchery Depraved Desire Endymion Forbidden Fruit Harlot Hetairae La Petite Mort La Serpent Qui Danse Libertine Lilium Inter Spinas Muse Nefertiti Queen of Sheba Satyr Seraglio Severin Succubus The Temptation Vixen Whip   Diabolus A Countenance Foreboding Evil Black Phoenix Catherine Goblin Hellcat Horreur Sympathique Imp Kitsune-Tsuki Kuang Shi Kumiho Loup Garou Maenad Marquise de Merteuil Nephilim Nocnitsa Troll   The Carousel Mama Ji Mr. Ibis Mr. Jaqcuel   Mad Tea Party Cheshire Cat Croquet The Dodo The Dormouse Eat Me Frumious Bandersnatch Jabberwocky Knave of Hearts Mouse's Long & Sad Tale Queen Alice Tweedledum White Rabbit   Illyria Caliban Hermia Goneril Jester Katharina Lear Lysander Tamora Titania Titus Andronicus   Wanderlust 51 Baghdad Bayou Crossroads Delphi Florence Ile de la Tortue Kathmandu Lyonesse Machu Picchu Madrid New Orleans Santa Eulària Des Riu Santo Domingo Sri Lanka Sybaris Tenochtitlan Tombstone Venice Vinland Whitechapel   Ars Draconis Dragon's Heart Dragon's Musk   Rappaccini's Garden Black Lily Black Lotus Death Cap Dian's Bud Hairy Toad Lily Love-in-Idleness Love Lies Bleeding Shadow Witch Orchid Squirting Cucumber Voodoo Lily Wolfsbane Yew Trees   Picnic in Arkham Azathoth Brown Jenkins The High Priest Not to be Described The Music of Erich Zahn Nyarlathotep Shub-Niggurath Y'ha-Nthlei   The Salon And There Was a Great Cry in Egypt Arrival of the Sabbath and Homage to the Devil Bat The Cup of Death Cupid Complaining to Venus Death and Life Completed The Death of Sardanapal Death of the Grave Digger Garden Path With Chickens The Great He-Goat The Great Red Dragon and the Woman Clothed With the Sun Haloes Isle of the Dead Itasô Kansei Nenkan Jorô No Fûzoku Judith Victorious Kiyohime Changes From a Serpent Les Anges Déchus Lucifer Lucretia Mad Meg Madonna Orpheus Philospher in Meditation The Sailor's Den The Smiling Spider Spirit of the Komachi Cherry Tree Sunflower Three Brides Three Gorgons Two Monsters   Excolo Aglaea Aizen-Myoo Al-Shairan Baron Samedi Calliope Centzon Totochtin Coyote Czernobog Eos Euterpe Himerus Khephra Kurukulla Mania Melpomene Ochosi Osun Oya Persephone Queen Mab Sacred Whore of Babylon Skuld   Voodoo Blends French Love Love Me   Tarot Oils The Hanged Man The Hermit Strength   Sephiroth Nahemoth   Good Omens Agnes Nutter Aziraphale Crowley Hastur Ligur     Stardust Tristran Victoria The Witch Queen Yvaine   Carnaval Diabolique Carnaval Diabolique Midnight on the Midway Doc Constantine Mme Moriarty Pulcinella & Teresina Theodosius the Legerdemain Parliament of Monsters Arachnina the Spider Girl Eshe a Vision of Life-in-Death Faiza the Black Mamba Meskhenet the Vulture Maiden Tiresias the Androgyne Zarita the Doll Girl Anaconda Asp Viper Australian Copperhead Banded Sea Snake Boomslang Coral Snake Cottonmouth Death Adder Green Tree Viper Habu King Cobra Saw Scaled Viper Temple Viper Western Diamondback   Lunacy Blends Fruit Moon Dragon Moon Lotus Moon Black Moon Chrysanthemum Moon White Moon Bitter Moon Wolf Moon 2006 Lycaon Hunger Moon Bakeneko Crow Moon Oborot Pink Moon 2007 Milk Moon 2007 Minotaur Rose Moon Blue Moon 2007 Thunder Moon Selkie Red Moon 2007 Allison Gross Singing Moon Hunter Moon 2007 Aeaea Beaver Moon 07 Ivanushka   Limited Editions 13 (10/06) 13 (7/07) A Bachelor's Dog A Bold Bluff All Souls The Atrocious Attic Bad Luck Woman Blues Bonfire Night Cancer 2007 Capricorn 2007 The Chilling Cellar The Death of Autumn Egg Nog El Dia de Reyes Enraged Groundhog Musk The Fruit of Paradise Haloa His Station and Four Aces Fire Pig The Forbidding Foyer Gemini 2007 Jacob's Ladder Lady Luck Blues Leo 2007 Libra 2007 Lick It Again The Lurid Library Kelly Pool MB Tokyo Stomp MB Ventroiloquist's Dummy A Murder of Crows New Year's Eve in Dogville October One to Tie, Two to Win Ostara The Peacock Queen The Perilous Parlor The Phoenix Pinched with Four Aces Pirate Moon Poisson D'Avril Privilege Pruno Pumpkin I Pumpkin II Pumpkin III Pumpkin IV Pumpkin V Riding the Goat Rose Red Saggitarius 07 Sol Invictus The Sportive Sun Stranger in Camp Taurus 2007 The Twisted Oak Tree Vampire Tears Virgo 2007 The Winter of Our Discontent
euterpe414

euterpe414

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How difficult could it be?
 

ta daaaaaaaaa!

i finished the ribbed scarf!!!!! i actually finished it a couple of weeks ago, but i've been without t'internet. i need to upload a pic to prove it.   i have now started on a cotton halterneck top in a gorgeous burgundy/plum colour. i'm speeding up with my knitting and i'm knitting 'tighter'. not sure how to explain. it's not that i was knitting too loose, just that my stitches are now uniform. my knitting now looks like the pics given as demonstrations of new stitch patterns.   and this project is cheaper. £5-£7.50 depending on whether i do need to use the 3rd ball of yarn.
Nemesister

Nemesister

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Birdsongs
 

Voice mail

My Grandpa Jesse died this morning, and I just found out (yes, I will answer my phone more regularly in the future so as to avoid voice mail news ...) He was 95.   I think I met him twice. His children never had a good word to say about him. We never had an actual conversation (he didn't seem to like children much). But he must have had friends, and his second family probably was fond of him. I'll bet he did interesting things when he was younger, & had stories to tell. Perhaps he had mellowed with age ...   Here's to you, Grandpa Jesse.
spanishviolet

spanishviolet

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I smell glorious
 

Monster Bait: biggerCritters... and nightmares

I'm excited about MB: biggerCritters, and I'm contemplating purchasing a critter just to get the bottle with the Speshul label. I'm doing this mostly because I had horrible nightmares last night. I can't remember most of them but what I can remember was horrible -- my worst fears, oozing out of my subconscious to get me. Not monsters or the supernatural... being abandoned by the people I care about, and knowing I deserved it.   I'm so glad I'm awake. It wasn't a good night.     [small]I dreamed, among other things, that Hannah didn't care about me any more... that was horrible. Some of the taint of that is still sitting in my mind.[/small]
myoubi

myoubi

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bryghtrose's Blog
 

Reviews

I'm trying every scent that comes my way, because I never know when I'm going to find something wonderful.   Aeval Aglaea ! Allison Gross Amsterdam Anne Bonny Antique Lace Aquae Massage Oil Arcana Archangel Winter Asphodel Athens Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo Aureus Ave Maria Gratia Plena Aziraphale   Baobhan Sith Bastet's Laughter (TAL) Bathsheba Bayou Beltane 2006 Beltane 2008 Bilquis Black Hellebore Black Opal Black Rose Block Buster Blood X Blood Rose X Bow and Crown of Conquest Brisingamen Burial   Calico Jack Calliope Capricorn Cathedral Catherine Clio ! Coiled Serpent Cottonmouth ! Crossroads   Dance of Death Danube Death of Autumn, The Delirium Dia de los Muertos 2007 Dragon's Bone Dragon's Heart X Dragon's Musk X   East, The Ecstasy of St. Theresa ! Endymion Eos ! Ephemera Erato Ether Euphrosyne Event Horizon   Fairy Market ! Fallen Forbidden Fruit French Love X Glasgow   Hades Haunted Harvest Moon Helena Her Voice Hetairae Hemlock Highwayman Hollywood Babylon X Horn of Plenty Hurricane Hymn ! Hymn to Proserpine   Intrigue Jailbait X Jasmine Cottage Jolasveinar Kitsune-Tsuki Kostnice   Lady Una Languor Leanan Sidhe ! Les Fleurs du Mal Libertine Lilium Inter Spinas ! Lilith Long Night Moon ! Loralei Love-In-Idleness ! Loviatar Lucy's Kiss Luna The Lurid Library Lust Lysander   Mad Sweeney Magdalene Mag Mell Malediction Mama-Ji Mandrake Mania Masquerade Mata Hari Medea ! Melancholia Melisande, the Puppet Mistress ! Midnight Kiss Midnight on the Midway ! Midwinter's Eve Miskatonic University Mistletoe Mme. Moriarty Claw Polish Mr. Ibis Moon Rose Morgause Morocco Moscow   Nanshe Namaste Neo-Tokyo Netzach Nephilim Nero Niflheim Nuit   O Oberon October 2007 Old Scratch Opium Poppy Ostara Oya Ozymandias   Pannychis Paris Parlement of Foules 2008 ! The Passionate Shepherd to his Love ! Pele Penitent Magdalen, The Penthus Pepper Persephone Perversion X Phantasm Phantom Queen ! Pontarlier Prague ! Pulcinella & Teresina   Queen Gertrude Queen Mab Ra Rapture Raven, The Red Devil Robin Goodfellow Rose Red 2005, 2007 ! Rose Red Soap   Salome Scarecrow Scherezade Schrodinger's Cat Sea of Tranquility Seance Sed NonSatiata Selkie ! Seraphim Shadow Witch Orchid ! Shattered Shroud Silk Road Sin Singing Moon Siren Sloth Snake Oil ! Sol Invictus Storm Supportive Sun Suspiro Swan Maiden Szepasszony   Tamora Tempest Terrae Massage Oil Tenohtitlan Thaleia Thirteen (4/13/07) Tiger Lily Tiki Queen Titania Tombstone Tweedledee Tzadikim Nistarim   Ulalume Umbra Unicorn, The ! Villain Vinland Viola Voodoo Lily   War (Good Omens) X White Light (TAL) ! White Moon ! White Phoenix White Rabbit Wicked ! Wilde Wolfsbane Wrath   Yggdrasil Yvain 51       ---------------- ! : loved X : hated
bryghtrose

bryghtrose

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Squash Soup
 

Order musings

Skip this, it's just me musing about my next order. Since it's spring and almost summer, I'd like to get a few new GC scents that I've been noting as good spring scents.   I'm definitely getting;   MB: Ventriliquist Dummy MB: Bloody Mary MB: Tokyo Stomp   .....and I might get a couple of the Dogs Playing Poker scents; Riding the Goat is really peaking my interest and one other whispered to me the other day but I can't remember which one.   I'm wearing Bordello today and really loving how fresh and sweet it is so I might order a 5ml of that for the season. I need one more springy scent so I'll have to decide between getting something like Amsterdam (light florals) or Manhatttan (modern and sleek) or maybe even Empyreal Mist (very green and fresh). I also really want a 5ml of St. Theresa in Ecstasy but I'm not sure if I should wait until later or not.   I have a few things that I need to sell on ebay to boost my paypal balance a bit. I'm getting my tax return in a few days but I really need most of it to pay off bills. I'm thinking I should only use about $200 of it on teh smellies.   I'm a bad girl because I just ordered a couple of Villainess soaps too and I still am working on my Snake Oil soap and I have one Kumiho to use!   Now I'm going to go haunt the Retail Therapy section in hopes that I can find some really good body lotion....preferrably unscented....because my skin has been so dry lately.
jessiesquash

jessiesquash

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Whiskers and Whispers
 

Birthday bloggings

From: http://www.paulsadowski.org/BirthDay.asp   5 April 1985 Your date of conception was on or about 13 July 1984 which was a Friday.   You were born on a Friday under the astrological sign Aries. Your Life path number is 5.   Life Path Compatibility: You are most compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 1, 5 & 7. You should get along well with those with the Life Path numbers 3 & 9. You may or may not get along well with those with the Life Path number 8. You are least compatible with those with the Life Path numbers 2, 4, 6, 11 & 22.   The Julian calendar date of your birth is 2446160.5. The golden number for 1985 is 10. The epact number for 1985 is 8. The year 1985 was not a leap year.   Your birthday falls into the Chinese year beginning 2/20/1985 and ending 2/8/1986. You were born in the Chinese year of the Ox.   Your Native American Zodiac sign is Hawk; your plant is Dandelion.   You were born in the Egyptian month of Paony, the second month of the season of Shomu (Harvest).   Your date of birth on the Hebrew calendar is 14 Nisan 5745. Or if you were born after sundown then the date is 15 Nisan 5745.   The Mayan Calendar long count date of your birthday is 12.18.11.15.16 which is 12 baktun 18 katun 11 tun 15 uinal 16 kin   The Hijra (Islamic Calendar) date of your birth is Friday, 14 Rajab 1405 (1405-7-14).   The date of Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 7 April 1985. The date of Orthodox Easter on your birth year was Sunday, 14 April 1985. The date of Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) on your birth year was Wednesday 20 February 1985. The date of Whitsun (Pentecost Sunday) in the year of your birth was Sunday 26 May 1985. The date of Whisuntide in the year of your birth was Sunday 2 June 1985. The date of Rosh Hashanah in the year of your birth was Monday, 16 September 1985. The date of Passover in the year of your birth was Saturday, 6 April 1985. The date of Mardi Gras on your birth year was Tuesday 19 February 1985.   As of 4/5/2007 7:03:40 AM EDT You are 22 years old. You are 264 months old. You are 1,148 weeks old. You are 8,035 days old. You are 192,847 hours old. You are 11,570,823 minutes old. You are 694,249,420 seconds old.   Celebrities who share your birthday: Agnetha F„ltskog (1950) Colin Powell (1937) Frank Gorshin (1934) Roger Corman (1926) Gale Storm (1921) Gregory Peck (1916) Bette Davis (1908) Spencer Tracy (1900) Booker T. Washington (1856)   Top songs of 1985 Say You, Say Me by Lionel Richie We Are The World by USA for Africa Careless Whisper by Wham! Can't Fight This Feeling by REO Speedwagon Money for Nothing by Dire Straits Shout by Tears for Fears Broken Wings by Mr. Mister I Want to Know What Love Is by Foreigner The Power of Love by Huey Lewis & the News Everybody Wants to Rule the World by Tears for Fears   Your age is the equivalent of a dog that is 3.14481409001957 years old. (Life's just a big chewy bone for you!)       There are 366 days till your next birthday on which your cake will have 23 candles.   Those 23 candles produce 23 BTUs, or 5,796 calories of heat (that's only 5.7960 food Calories!) . You can boil 2.63 US ounces of water with that many candles.     In 1985 there were approximately 3.7 million births in the US. In 1985 the US population was approximately 226,545,805 people, 64.0 persons per square mile. In 1985 in the US there were 2,425,000 marriages (10.2%) and 1,187,000 divorces (5%) In 1985 in the US there were approximately 1,990,000 deaths (8.8 per 1000) In the US a new person is born approximately every 8 seconds. In the US one person dies approximately every 12 seconds.   In 1985 the population of Australia was approximately 15,900,566. In 1985 there were approximately 247,348 births in Australia. In 1985 in Australia there were approximately 115,493 marriages and 39,830 divorces. In 1985 in Australia there were approximately 118,808 deaths.     Your birthstone is Diamond   The Mystical properties of Diamond   Diamonds are said to increase personal clarity to help one see things clearly as well as be straight-forward and honest. Supposedly, the higher quality the diamond, the better it is supports these qualities. Some lists consider these stones to be your birthstone. (Birthstone lists come from Jewelers, Tibet, Ayurvedic Indian medicine, and other sources)   Opal, Quartz, White Sapphire   Your birth tree is   Rowan, the Sensitivity Full of charm, cheerful, gifted, without egoism, likes to draw attention, loves life, motion, unrest and even complications, is both dependent and independent, good taste, artistic, passionate, emotional, good company, does not forgive.   There are 264 days till Christmas 2007! There are 277 days till Orthodox Christmas!   The moon's phase on the day you were born was full.
PurringPulsar

PurringPulsar

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I smell glorious
 

I feel gross

and so you know what I did? I went upstairs, put my wrist to my bottle of Shub, and upended the thing. Then I proceeded to smear the resulting puddle of lemonginger goodness all over my forearms, my neck, my temples and the extra got rubbed onto my hips.   That is the first time I have /ever/ upended a bottle onto my skin -- I almost alllways take from the cap, and not more than one little droplet. I smell like ginger. The whole HOUSE smells like ginger. and you know what? I totally do not care.   It is just /that bad/ of a day.   Now I'm going to drink some tea and watch House MD until I run out of episodes. House's snarkitude will make everything better (if that man wore BPAL, he would wear Shub. I know it).
myoubi

myoubi

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Ahania's Blog
 

I'm doing the cookie dance!

I just found a recipe for vegan chocolate chip cookies that doesn't call for margarine! It's exciting is that I have yet to find an unsalted vegan margarine that doesn't have death fat in it, and when I bake with the salted stuff it always ends up gross. Now I have some inspiration to get over this death flu and unpack until I find my cookie sheets!
Ahania

Ahania

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Birdsongs
 

Weird

I forgot my ex-boyfriend's birthday was the 3rd. Now I feel oddly guilty ... We had friendly conversations over the weekend, then he got angry Monday over an issue with the other roommate (he was trying to put me in the middle of their dispute again, and I was thinking how much I don't miss feeling like I have to put up with his emotional manipulation). So yesterday we exchanged irritable messages, and I didn't say happy birthday or anything - because I totally forgot until 2 am the next day ...   I know it makes no sense to feel guilty. But it kind of points out how much things have changed in an uncomfortable way.   Anyway, I've been feeling good this week. All ready for my fresh start - my card of the day the other day was The Fool. Exciting beginnings! Spring is the perfect time for that (although it feels like it's practically over already. 80 degrees today - bleah).
spanishviolet

spanishviolet

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Golb? Blog? Bolg?
 

whatever.

Well, life goes on. I'm standing still and the world keeps passing me by at a quickening pace. I have had that feeling for so many years now, and I have had enough of it. For a couple of months now a new feeling has started to grow; that it's time for me to move on. It's time for change. It's kind of a good feeling and I'm terrified that the determination and hope I've felt will fade away.   I'm tired of crying over something that was probably just a hopeless, silly dream anyway. I'm tired of feeling left out from life the good stuff in life. Not that my life is really that bad - it really isn't, but I guess it's easy to focus on the stuff that's missing in our lives, especially when it's big, important stuff like love.   It's spring, finally. I have very mixed feelings about spring, because it's a time of change and time seems to speed up a notch during these months. The blackbirds has started to sing at dusk when I'm on my way home from work. It's the most beautiful and melancholic sound in the whole world.   Pondering whether I should make an order for Milk Moon or not. I probably will. Thank god(ess/whatever) for BPAL.   ...and a little rant: my body chemistry has acted weird for a couple of days - none of my smellies smells like they use to! I miss the way they use to smell on me. Hope it changes back soon.
Maia

Maia

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

First day back

I'm sure you'll all be relieved to know that there was no drama today, save me losing my schedule and finding it shortly thereafter. I'm kind of afraid. I sort of like all of my classes and feel comfortable- they're not necessarily going to be particularly "fun", but that's okay.   I tentatively like my instructors. I think I may keep this schedule. Yeah, that's all.
smallvoice

smallvoice

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HennaFairy's Blog
 

Icons

It's been a while... but my love of this scent, and the fact that the name skeeves eviltemptress to no end, i HAD to do this! LOL!  
HennaFairy

HennaFairy

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Is Anybody Out There?
 

I feel dumb... heh.

Tiiiiired. Some of you may know why. I'll explain more later.   Anyway. So, I stumbled to my computer this am, and was like, "OMG, somebody hacked my account and added this garish skin and how do I get my f@#%$ing Alice back and I will DIE IF I DO NOT REMEMBER HOW TO CHANGE THE BLOODY SKIN!!" Uh. Right. So, happy April Fool's Day- I've definitely been fooled.   School starts tomorrow, and as of today, I'm keeping precalculus. You all know how that can change in an instant, though! I've got linguistics, then a break for an hour, then cell biology and then precalc. I'm actually quite looking forward to it, to be honest. (Too tired to panic. Y'all know I must be all kinds of tired. Hee.)
smallvoice

smallvoice

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Eoywin's Blog
 

BLARGH!

Today has not been good.   First, I was doing laundry earlier this afternoon, and Todd had put our new lawnmover in the laundry room. I had moved it out to get to the dryer, and as I was walking out, I crashed into it - smashed the toes on my left foot, and I was wearing sandels. My toes are still hurting, worse then before, so I'm having a hard time walking.   Then the power went out, which irritated me to no end - they are working on the water lines in our neighborhood. It was out for a couple hours, in which time all I could do was find a book and read.   When the power came back on, I got a glass of orange pop, the last in the bottle. Which I presided to spill everywhere, by knocking it over.   After I had cleaned that mess up, I resumed the laundry, which included trying to get the base dress for my Dragon*Con costume white. I got some RIT color taking away stuff, and it didn't work at all. So I just turned the washer back on and dumped what little bleach we had into the washer. If that doesn't work, I'll buy another bottle of bleach at Ingles tomorrow and try that... if that doesn't work, I'll have to hit some thrift stores, and look for a new dress. Blargh!!   Now I have to do the dishes before Todd comes home in an hour, and hope my toes stop hurting soon.   And I still have a migraine!
Eoywin

Eoywin

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Sourball Ho!
 

Update!

A day early, but fine with me!   Milk Moon 2007 – the previous Milk Moon was not my cuppa tea at all, it ended up like sour breast milk, so I wasn’t expecting to want this one. The other ingredients sound great, but that yucky milk was so off-putting I won’t order. Minotaur – this sounds nice, like Schwarzer Mond. I really like the swarthy smutty musk blends, but lately I haven’t been reaching for them much. It’s springtime and I’m wearing a lot of honeyed and incensey florals. I have Schwarzer Mond already and that will keep me happy. Taurus 2007 – normally a rose LE is a must-order, but the other florals sound a bit overwhelming. I should tell my mom to order, as it’s her birth sign AND her wedding bouquet was daisies, so perfect! I gave her bottles of Harvest Moon 2004 and Numb and she seems to like them, so maybe she’d like this. Poisson d’Avril – another rose one, but iris is sure to overpower it. Nah.   More Monster Baits! I was hoping for another April Fool’s surprise like MB: Underpants, and we have three!   Tokyo Stomp – this sounds great, vanilla and mint. Ventriloquist Dummy – I of course love the base of caramel, brown sugar, hazelnut and butterscotch. Yum! I like patchouli well enough if it’s in a nice blend. The only iffy element is apricot – I thought I’d love Grand Guignol but the apricot brandy smelled just a bit plasticky. Bloody Mary – all these ingredients sound wonderful, I love cherry and red fruits and powdered sugar, and hopefully enough cream to smooth everything out without curdling it.   I had no idea about the Salon Dogs until I read about them in euterpe’s blog! Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, I would have missed all the puppies.   A Bachlelor’s Dog – musk and leather sound good, but I’m afraid the tobacco will become too masculine on me A Bold Bluff – cherry tobacco, on the other hand, I am interested in, plus I do like tonka in most blends. His Station and Four Aces – nope, fougere = cologne on me Kelly Pool – worsted wool, really? All I picture is an old coat. This may be interesting New Year's Eve in Dogville – this sounds like Stardust with the perfume and champagne One to Tie, Two to Win – this doesn’t seem to fit in with the smokey masculine ones, I guess these dogs are outside chomping on grass and dandelions Pinched With Four Aces – more tobacco along with the dreaded and feared cinnamon Riding the Goat – pipe smoke and incense sounds nice, very exclusive-clubby Sitting Up With a Sick Friend – more tobacco and leather, plus “classic perfume” and rose sounds like it would clash. Stranger In Camp – another outdoors one, but definitely too much wood   In conclusion: I ordered the 3 Monster Baits!
dawndie

dawndie

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giant squid!
 

thoughts on the Milk Moon update...

So I figured it'd be better for me to ramble about my opinions here. I don't have money to order now, so most likely I'll order Monday. Sad, I know, but I am willing to wait!   MILK MOON 2007 A fertile scent, generous, life-affirming, and swelling with a sense of triumph, warmth, and abundance: sweet milk, golden honey, fig fruit, pomegranate, dates, and white grape.   YES. oh yes. I may even order two bottles. I don't know how this one could go wrong on me because I enjoy every single note listed.   MINOTAUR The Bull of Minos, guardian of the Labyrinth in Knossos. A deep, swarthy black musk dusted by a dark, resinous blend of sacred bisabol myrrh, atramentous benzoin, tsori, balsam, and galbanum.   Sounds good to me. Sometimes black musk can be a bit musty smelling on me, but I think combined with these other notes it should behave itself. I really love myrrh and benzoin, so, bottle!     ++ LIMITED EDITION: SUSPICIENDO DESPICIO TAURUS 2007 Fixed Earth: the essence of possession. Rose, daisy, apple blossom, violet, poppy, columbine, thyme, and mint.   yep. This year I want to collect all of the signs, so of course I am getting a bottle. I love thyme, so I am a happy girl. This may be a locket only weart since rose can go sharp on me, btu that is OK.     ++ LIMITED EDITION: APRIL FOOLS POISSON D'AVRIL Not at all fishy; rather, quite Springy! Innocence spiked with a little bit of foolishness: Lenten rose, crested iris, Virginia bluebell, primrose, moss phlox, blue crocus, daffodil, and dewy tulip with a touch of sugar blossom and honey.   hmmm...I dunno. don't think this scent is for me....but the collector in me waffles. I really love iris, honey and well, sugar but daffodil has gone wrong on me before, and so has phlox. Perhaps I will try to get a decant first, but I am pretty sure this will not smell good on me.     MONSTER BAIT: TOKYO STOMP Beckons all giant creatures from gargantuan reptiles and humongous moths! These babies are sure to crush everything from dollhouses to shopping malls! Can even be used to summon colossal robots in a pinch! A sweet and crisp vanilla mint!   Yes. Sounds perfect. I missed snowblind (that was the other vanilla mint, right?) so I have to try this one!   MONSTER BAIT: VENTRILOQUIST DUMMY Menacing, maniacal, and slick with the one-liners … this guy does it all with a wink and a smile! Savage apricot, depraved dry woods, and psychopathic patchouli covered by a disarmingly sweet mishmosh of caramel, brown sugar, hazelnut, and butterscotch. Be warned: this oil will instigate possession in most puppets, including some marionettes and the occasional finger puppet.   This one seems to be the most promising to me. I love apricot, woods, aptchouli, caramel...hell, I love all of the notes! I am definitely ordering at least a bottle of this.     MONSTER BAIT: BLOODY MARY Why waste time chanting her name in the mirror 13 times? Bedevil your next slumber party the easy way! Chunky, glistening red fruits with sweet cream accord, black clotted cherry, and powdered sugar!   This could be great. I loved Sugar Skull (it's one of my very favorites) but I am not sure about the cherry part of this. Sometimes too much cherry can give me a headache (like in Kabuki). I think I will look for a decant and then decide from there.   and...the dogs This made me smile, a lot. Although most of these seem quite masculine to me. We'll see...   A BACHELOR'S DOG Soft musk, leather, and Brazilian cigar tobacco.   For me, leather + tobacco = headache, so no...   A BOLD BLUFF Cherry tobacco, tonka, and hops.   This one could be quite good. However, I think I am going to wait for the reviews. Again, ti's the cherry scaring me.     HIS STATION AND FOUR ACES Lilac fougere, white musk, and leather accord.   This sounds verrry masculine, in a cologne-y way. That's always been the kind of masculine scent that I can't wear, so I will have to pass.     KELLY POOL Worsted wool, teakwood, and bois du rose.   I think I would like this one. I love teakwood and rosewood as well, so I am probably going to risk it and buy a bottle.     NEW YEAR'S EVE IN DOGVILLE Flirty perfume, dapper cologne, and effervescent champagne.   This one's my favorite painting, but I think the notes would smell quite bad on me...     ONE TO TIE, TWO TO WIN Dewy grass, summer breezes, and dandelion clocks.   This one sounds good. I love anything that says "dewy grasses". bottle.     PINCHED WITH FOUR ACES Colorado Maduro tobacco wrappers, cinnamon bark, coffee bean husk, and dry woods.   annd, this is the one that seems like it has the most enticing notes for me. I was waiting for another coffee scent and here it is! After Priala, I am loving the sound of cinnamon bark, so this is an obvious bottle purchase for me.     RIDING THE GOAT A rich Masonic incense coupled with mahogany wood, ebony, and pipe smoke. The notes in this also seem great. Possible bottle, might just wait it out for reviews for my budget's sake!     SITTING UP WITH A SICK FRIEND Tobacco smoke and leather bowled over by a powerful smack of heady, classic perfume and a whiff of rose water.   No. rose anything plus tobacco and "classic perfume" seems like it would give me a headache.     STRANGER IN CAMP Evergreen, damp grass, woodsmoke, birch bark, cedar, and Terebinth pine.   Seems interesting. I have a tone foresty scents right now so I may try to get a decant of this and/or wait for reviews.     This was a nice update. I like that there were totally different types of scents from the last update, as well. I'm especially happy about Milk Moon and the new coffee scent in the Salon. So...that's that. I think I most likely will split my order in two since it will be big (save the ones that are around longer for later...).   Yay! Ok now it is time to take my icky, greasy self to the shower, so my day can finally get a move on...
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luckybuzz's Blog
 

What I've got

Not to be confused, of course, with what I want (which is a much larger list).   Stars ***** are scents I really, really like.   Big Bottles I Have (5ml):   Samhain** Beltane Numb     Big Bottles Pending:   Concentration   Imps I Have:   Bastet* Bayou Beltane Bengal Bewitched Come To Me Eclipse** Embalming Fluid Golden Priapus Hamadryad Hanging Gardens Hexannacht High John the Conqueror Lilith Mag Mell O Queen* Roadhouse Rome Sin Snake Oil*** Strangler Fig*** Voodoo** Ulalume Ultraviolet Devil's Night Nemesis Wolf Moon   Imps Pending:   Smut Milk Moon 2007 Monsterbait: Ventriloquist Dummy Wrath Titania Pink Moon Nephilim
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Birdsongs
 

Happy post

... because usually I only feel bloggy when I'm sad. I have to balance things out!   Today I got to wake up in my own bed, with my dog by my feet. I love my friends & really appreciate them giving me refuge when I need it, but even though their couch/bed is comfy & their kittens are cuddly, there's really nothing like waking up at your own pace in your bed with your dog.   Last night I had a long talk with Jason. At first it was all superficial, "what have you been reading" type of talk, then on to the things that are always there underneath (he didn't want to talk about sad things, which was a change - usually I was the one who didn't want to bring up problems we couldn't do anything about ...). That part of the conversation was long & completely unfun, but I guess better than e-mails. There's anger on both sides, and blame, and lots of things we'll never agree on, but also sadness, and an acknowledgement that it's a bad situation, and no one's trying to make it worse out of spite, and neither of us wants to live in constant hostility. I think he has agreed that Sunday, Wednesday, & Thursday, his new girlfriend won't be coming over (he kept saying how they try to be quiet & unobtrusive when they're here, and I said I don't care. It pains me physically & drives me into a swirl of badness just knowing she's in my house, and I can't be here for that. I'm trying to heal & focus on good things, not wallow in pain all the time!).   My friends are all angry for me, and one of them was trying to urge me to embrace my Inner Bitch, who is sadly stifled. I just can't keep anger going that long because I always start thinking of the other person's point of view & losing faith in my absolute rightness & wanting to be conciliatory, and I also believe anger held onto too long curdles into bitterness & just harms yourself instead of the person it's aimed at. I know I could use some more fire in me. but I'm also happy with who I am - a relatively calm & peaceful person most of the time.   In non-angsty news - the next couple of nights should be fun. Tonight my best friends are taking me to see Rent performed in Fort Worth. I liked the movie okay, but it's my friends favorite musical of a world of musicals she loves, and she's extra-happy about showing it to someone for the first time, so that should be a lot of fun. And then tomorrow is my old college friends birthday party, so I'll get to see an entirely different group of friends & relax & be out of the house for a while without going to the friend's house where I've been hanging out so much lately - I love them for taking me in, but worry that I'm being a burden or taking away their time together and they'll get tired of me, so I'm happy when I can see other friends & give them a night off.   Hmm - that's bordering on angsty again, so anyway. I'm also reading a science fiction novel that's picked up pace & gotten quite interesting - Iron Sunrise by Charles Stross. It's been sitting on my to-read pile for a while, and I'm finally getting around to it. I haven't read a good space-opera-thriller thing in a while, and it's exercising all sorts of dormant brain muscles. Lots of good fun on the train ride to work!
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giant squid!
 

medical mishaps

Yep, this is going to be a TMI blog entry but I just had to vent...   So on Sunday I got a yeast infection. Most likely due to being super stressed about my personal life. Yay. Sunday here is when the grocery stores (the ones that would have plain yogurt or vinegar) and pharmacies are closed. So there was no hope for me to attend to it until Monday. That basically sucked, and I felt massively uncomfortable for an entire day. Monday rolled around, and I went to the pharmacy. I explained I had a yeast infection, and of course had a communication snafu where she thought I wanted brewer's yeast (apparently, as I have now learned, a yeast infection is not literally a 'yeast infection' in French but a 'infection of small mushrooms' ew. my dictionary lied to me, lol) Anyhow, once we understood each other, the pharmacist gave me the 1 day treatment, which I knew would not work on me (tried it a year ago and it never helped at all, I always need the 7 day one). I told her that would not work and she insisted that it would and thought that I did not understand that it was medicine for my problem...we argued for a while and I gave up and decided to just give it a try again and if it didn't work I would come back and ask for something else. In short, it did NOT work. I still feel awful and itchy and gross and it is Wednesday. So, I went back to the pharmacy. After a long discussion with the pharmacist, I learned that in fact they do not carry any other type of medicine for this in all of France, and that I would have to visit a doctor to get a prescription for a different type of 1 day treatment. I did not know what to say. I just was filled with anger and frustration. I want to stop itching NOW. At least I got her to give me a numbing agent for the time being, but it's not really working all that well and I still feel like severing my body to get this feeling to go away.   AAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!   I went to the grocery a few hours ago and got some vinegar and yogurt. I am going to try to remedy the problem myself. I know I should just go to the doctor, but I honestly to not have the time tomorrow (lots of class) to wait in a line forever and a day just to get a prescription for something I knew I needed in the first place. Why can't they just carry monistat 7? Is that so hard??? So of course, being incredibly pissed off and irrational, I told my mom that she should send me a care package full of boxes of Monistat 7. One can never be too prepared. She laughed and said "of course".   Honestly, sometimes I really hate living here. Now is one of those times. I don't care if that makes me seem like a stupid American or whatnot...I don't expect France to be the same as the US, and I appreciate it for being so different, but sometimes I wish things were a little easier, or more convenient.
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