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Hmm.. are the labels for the Picnic in Arkham scents supposed to have different colors? My Shub bottle's label is a lighter/yellower color while my Miskatonic U label is darker/oranger. I figured they'd be the same? I got my Shub at Whole Foods so I don't really know what's up

 

my bottles are like that too. though i used to have a miskatonic university label that was much more yellow. i think it's just a label batch difference.

 

imp: tea. pretty straightforward.

 

wet: this is bright and fresh but ultimately, it's just tea single note on my skin. not even a hint of ginger.

 

dry: this reminds me a great deal of the dormouse, i also get something close to tea single note with that scent. perhaps i amp tea notes?

 

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imp: dark, dusty vetiver.

 

wet: this is wonderfully spicy and warm on my skin. alongside the vetiver, this has a cozy, wood-burning fireside feel. there's even a slight sweetness, almost like fresh pine wood being added to the fire.

 

dry: this is smoky in the best way possible. rich, warm, inviting wood burning on a warm autumn day. i feel that this would be one of the best vetiver scents to enable others with.

imp: deliciously dark. black musk, pine, patchouli, myrrh...

 

wet: this is the darkest, most resinous pine over patchouli scent ever. the black musk makes this just perfect. this is as stark as the genre it's named for.

 

dry: this is gorgeous! so dark and rich. the notes have blended so well i'm having a difficult time separating them. i think i may need a bottle.

imp: the lab's blood note over it's snow note. very sweet.

 

wet: no mint whatsoever. this is a "dirty snow" scent if i ever smelled one. the blood scent has vanished, this just smells like trampled snow. very interesting.

 

dry: the snow note gets more cloying as this dries. this is more sharp than snow scents usually end up on me. darn.

aglaea - three golden ambers, bright musk, peach wine and myrtle.

 

it's a beautiful peach scent, probably my favorite. some batches have a more "peachy" feel than a "peach blossom" feel, but it's definitely lighter and more innocent than tamora.

fae - White musk, bergamot, heliotrope, peach and oakmoss.

 

it might not sound like it from the notes, but it smells just like warm peach blossoms to my nose.

kill-devil? it's all deep rich oak with a touch of molasses.

Some Black Helicopters and The Harp of... click for pic

 

oooh! i like the faked moon landing label art!

In general too, remember the old standard 'your mileage may vary.'

 

very true. as for me: ultraviolet is not very strong violet on my skin. the raven however: such a beautiful, strong violet.

 

i found that when i was trying to track down a note, i'd gather a few blends and test them in succession to narrow down the scent of a specific note.

 

i thin by simple blend you mean a blend with only a few notes?

 

you might start off with carnal or depraved (only two notes each) and then move on to something kabuki (three notes).

 

it's tough to recommend something without a good idea of what you like, but those are some of my (simple) favorites.

 

my personal favorite bpal of all time (i think it's even my favorite perfume of all time) is imp and it only has four notes.

i've got one.

does "kebechet" rhyme approximately with "trebuchet"? that's how it sounds in my head. heh!

 

 

you and me both. i'm always certain i'm pronouncing it incorrectly but that's precisely how i think of it too!

I'm not sure if this one is in here... but does anyone know what a good equivalent for Agape is??? . I'm fearing for that perfect autumn day when i won't have my perfect autum scent to go along with.... ir even anything a little leafier is good-- though the vanilla creaminess is what i NEED...

 

high strung daisies reminds me of agapē.

 

cool, thanks for that information portalkat.

i love that label! now i must see them all!

teatime in roswell is the only bottle i bought. i absolutely adore the label art:

 

this is new: i've been trying to contact the lab for a few days now to ask them a question about an oil but my email keeps getting bounced back with this message:

 

 

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

 

answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

Error Type: SMTP

Remote server (67.21.112.10) issued an error.

hMailServer sent: .

Remote server replied: 554 5.7.1 Mail (36283-03960) appears to be unsolicited - MessageScore (62) over limit (50) - send error reports to postmaster@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

 

 

so... the bpal e-mail server thinks my e-mail is spam? sorta funny, except i would really like to contact them. this has not happened to me in the past when i've contacted them with a very brief e-mail. so who do i e-mail when my e-mail keeps getting bounced back?

 

It's possible that the Lab's e-mail service has a new spam filter that needs fine-tuning. If your e-mail is, say yahoo.com or gmail.com or similar, or if it goes through some kind of "bounce", the filter may define those as suspicious. My work e-mail has segregated virtually every e-mail I've received from one of my professional societies since last August because of the way they route their outgoing e-mails.

 

nope, i run my own mail server. it's like ten feet away from me. but, yeah, we were thinking they must have recently upgraded their spam filter.

 

this is new: i've been trying to contact the lab for a few days now to ask them a question about an oil but my email keeps getting bounced back with this message:

 

 

The following recipient(s) could not be reached:

 

answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

Error Type: SMTP

Remote server (67.21.112.10) issued an error.

hMailServer sent: .

Remote server replied: 554 5.7.1 Mail (36283-03960) appears to be unsolicited - MessageScore (62) over limit (50) - send error reports to postmaster@blackphoenixalchemylab.com

 

 

so... the bpal e-mail server thinks my e-mail is spam? sorta funny, except i would really like to contact them. this has not happened to me in the past when i've contacted them with a very brief e-mail. so who do i e-mail when my e-mail keeps getting bounced back?

wow! thank you angelicruin!

imp: a very misty rose scent.

 

wet: this scent never had a chance on my skin. this transforms into the most jarring, screeching rose perfume. guaranteed to make you cough because i am amping it to the heavens.

 

dry: this is powdery rather than soapy for once but still... my skin hates rose scents no matter how much i try to love them.

A frimp with each Black Helicopter purchase. No description available.

imp: bright, sweet metallic.

wet: this smells a bit like a light, sweet aquatic over a bright metallic. not jarring or sharp at all, very clean and tame.

dry: as this dries, an almost tart accent emerges. not citrus, but that sort of effervescent feel. i like this more than almost any other metallic scent i've ever tried.

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bottle: very sweet (yet light) cucumber, tea and faint cake.

wet: yummy! a nice cucumber cake scent. very light and fresh. the tea is somewhat faint but i catch pleasant wafts of it now and again.

dry: i get a more bread-y (i suppose "biscuit-y") scent as this dries, less cake-y sweet. the cucumber is very soft. lovely.

shango has gotten me more compliments than any other oil i've ever worn.

if you can find a 2006 version of beltane (not to be confused w/ other years, which i can't vouch for...) it is a fantastic sunny daffodill-y scent....

 

that sounds beautiful!

 

lampades is a great rec, paperrose. i find it very similar to the fruit of paradise (recommended by london) so either of those might be good choices. plus, i love them both so the more love, the better!