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I have brought BPAL 5mls on the plane with me and had no problems with the TSA, but if your collection is larger than the 1qt. baggie then you will definitely have a problem... and the TSA will not make an exception even if it's valuable. I would say carry the most valuable bottles in your baggie (make sure those caps are closed tightly!) and then ship the rest in a parcel to someone in HI. If you can't do that, check the suitcase but make sure to have a complete list of what's inside!

Smokey sweet leather, vanilla and amber grounded by tonka. It fades after about an hour on me, though... it's beautiful and soft with a tough undertone from the leather. I get no moss or clay. I wish this lasted longer as it's really beautiful. I'll treasure my decant, though!

In the decant this is WHOA PATCHOULI with some vanilla. The hemp and the patchouli are really strong and fibrous almost--very strong not necessarily in a dirty hippie way, but super earthy. Once applied to my skin, the hemp/patchouli combo calms down a bit, and on the dry down it's now this beautiful earthy, sweet vanilla. It's pure love as far as I am concerned! I wish, wish, wish this were available through the lab or Space 15/20 would sell more!

waves hands wildly to get Puddin's attention!! I placed a soap order on Feb 26th, haven't heard anything yet and I emailed the trading post several days ago about it and still haven't heard anything back.

 

oh, order number is: CCNow Order Number: 187-82-8164

 

I just saw over on the soap thread in BPTP section that Snake Oil soap is backordered... so if you ordered that, Puddin' is waiting on a restock from Villainess.

No apple in either bottles of my Black Lace or Black Heart, although Black Heart does smell plummy-grape-y. BL I got right when it came up on the site and BH was a swap so I'm not sure to which batch it belongs.

A smoky, sweet linen scent. The leather is more of an undertone than in other leather scents and I never get that distinctive leather tinge that I do with other blends (such as Tristran, which I tested last night). It's warm and comforting. The pipe smoke is almost vanilla-ish in its sweetness, but it is pleasant, not overly saccharine. No woods that I can discern.

I should love this, but it just doesn't work. First, it burned when I applied it. In looking at the notes, there's nothing that red flags me--maybe it's the neroli but I just don't think so. Then, all I get is black musk baby powder, so I think that's the rose coming out. No vanilla, no teak, not patchouli. Sadness!

Herbal and green... my skin drinks this up. No lavender of which to speak, which saddens me. SWAPS!

A strawberry scent that finally doesn't go sickly sweet and Jolly Rancher on me! The florals keep this from getting sugary and the carnation adds a very faintly creamy floral undertone. Delicious! Bottle for sure!

Cinnamon, incense and patchouli. It smells almost smoky, indeed fiery. I was hoping for more peach, but the clove is amping out all the fruit.

A very feminine yet still tough perfume. The white ginger, pink musk and jasmine are a high floral (luckily the jasmine is not cat pee on me) but I get no leather. Fades quickly.

A gorgeous, fresh, leathery scent that is warm and sunny in a grassy field. Delicious, I love it!

If there were a chocolate cherry flower, this would be it. This is dark chocolate decadence, very lush, with a purple-y red floral undertone. Really unique and pretty. The chocolate burns off after about an hour leaving a wonderful rich scent behind.

The violet and myrrh are most prominent with the Lily of the Valley giving a floral base. No juniper or cypress. It's sweeter than I thought it would be, but very pretty.

I amp cedar, so this is very woody to me. The amber makes this very cologne-y to my nose. No verbana, citrus or oud. I make this out to be a masculine blend, but it could just be my skin amping the amber and citrus.

To me this is a pale, bright woody scent. The lemon and orange blossoms do give a citrus tinge, but it's more floral than traditional citrus. The lemon blossom especially is quite strong. No peach. This scent is fresh and sharp.

Sugary rose to a T in the bottle, on my skin my chemistry has given the rose a very slight sour powder smell, which is typical for rose scents on me. When layered with Faith it is less sour baby powder but still there. Very pretty, but not for me.

Very light, sweet violets. Fades after about one hour on my skin. Very, very pretty, but so, so faint and just not me.

Rose, white musk and sandalwood are very strong. I get no lavender or wisteria. Smells very "cologne" like. This is definitely a traditional floral type perfume.

VERY fruity in the bottle, but the fruit/wine note disappears quickly on my skin leaving a vanilla musk-scent behind. Delicious and almost smoky. I love it!

PuppetMistress is totally right! It smells like an oatmeal cookie! Superfoodie's dream... thick, sweet, rich date cakes with milk and honey. The cream is not sour, more light almost mixing perfectly with the batter. Super strong with a lot of throw. Yummy, but do I want to smell like oatmeal cookies?

A tiny bit of spice with a light, bitter floral. That's the olive and spikenard. Very little galangal or hyssop. Very, very faint.

I get a weird orange-y skin musk from this and I think it is the champaca flower and the orchid. By the time the orange-ish note burns off, the skin musk is just so faint I can barely smell it. No vanilla or tonka. Tragic, because I was so excited for this blend!

Booze-y, booze-y peach schnapps. The note is similar to the prototype of Josie that I have, but the booziness never goes away. Swaps!

Dragon's blood, but it has not gotten revoltingly sweet on me like Dragon's Milk and Dragon Moon did. Not sure why. There's a mossy dirt undertone that does remind me of a castle.