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There's no confirmation email listing *what* you ordered, but you should be able to view details of your Paypal transactions (in your History), or use the links that CCNow provides to view your pending orders.

It could be that your skin just doesn't absorb a particular component of that oil very well, so a residue dries on top of your skin instead of it getting sucked down.

Try rubbing it in more thoroughly when it's wet, or moisturising immidiately before application.

What are the notes in each?

I'm strange... in my head I pronounce it that way, but if I am talking to someone about it, they are either "Black Phoenix" or "the lab". I don't call it BPAL out loud.

 

See... I told you I'm strange.

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I hadn't really thought about it before, but that's what I do too. Weird.

Check with people in your building maybe? Same appartment number, different floor, or something? Perhaps it was delivered to the wrong person.

hmmm i say my-go like in my brain goes in a cannister

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Having never been pregnant, I can't really comment other than to say that it would make sense that your scent preferences change while you're pregnant...probably to accompany the typical food cravings, I would think. Also, it is often remarked that your skin changes while pregnant (for better or worse, that "glow"), so a chemistry shift would be innate, wouldn't it?

I don't really know for sure, but that does seem to follow logically.

Very cool!

In the bottle: Butter. Like Hellcat and Grog and the other buttery boozy scents, the first note out of the bottle is, for me, pure hot butter. (No complaints here! )

On my skin+drying: Mmph. Must...fight...temptation...to...lick...wrist. Mini doughnuts and caramel corn and and spun sugar and butterscotch schnapps and all of the wonderful things people have mentioned before me. Yum!

Overall: I think I may just have to pick up another 5mL of Midway when it comes out. It is an incredibly delicious scent, without being overly sweet. Thank you Beth!

In the bottle: Lemons! Glorious lemons! In the bottle they are quite sharp and crisp, although not at all in a cleaning product way, as Blackrayne mentioned. They are more like fresh lemons as you cut them to make lemonade. I can certainly see how this blend is supposed to be purifying, as it immediately flies up behind my eyes and clears everything up.

On my skin+drying down: Mmm...the tea and honey references are soooo accurate. All of the sharp edges of the lemons dissipate as the calming sweetness of the other notes come to the fore and mingle. The bright light of the citrus is still there, and it maintains its refreshing presence while the sweet notes soothe any frayed nerves.

Overall: I am thoroughly impressed with the Panaceas...they are all so very well formulated towards their purposes! Lustration is no exception, as it purifies and soothes. I think I might use this blend as a linen spray as well as a room scent, and it will make a gorgeous light summer fragrance in addition to its aromatherapy function.

In the bottle: Hmm, I get something very smoky whispering to me out of this bottle. There is something sharp and green underneath it, I think, but primarily...smoke!

On my skin: The sharp green note comes up from underneath the moment Succor hits my skin and dissipates the smoke entirely. I'd probably think I imagined it if I didn't have the bottle here to sniff! Anyway, I smell nothing medicinal, like Northernminx did...just green.

Dry: Succor is sweeter now. Softer, and warmer, too. It puts me in mind of crisp mornings in the mountains: waking up just as the sun hits the frost on the trees in the forest and inhaling deeply the scent of the world. The smoke I detected before is back, I think, but it is a very, very soft woodsmoke, just lingering around the edges of this scent like the remnants of a glorious fire in the pit the next day.

Overall: Wow. This is such an evocative scent! I am instantly transported to the epicentre of the calmest times of my life. My head is clear and everything I see looks a little brighter than it did just a short while ago. Wow.

I probably won't wear this blend very often, but I will definately use it as a meditation blend and room scent whenever I need to be calmed and chill out.

In the bottle: I think Andra hit this one on the nose with the ylang ylang. That is all I can detect initially here!

On my skin: I am ylang-ylang, hear me roar! Well, not really that loudly, but ylang ylang does tend to shout its presence on my skin.

Drydown: As it dries, Seduction mellows from the initial hit of powdery sweet ylang ylang, and the hints of citrus and incense that Andra mentioned make themselves much more obvious from their perch in the crook of my elbow. It is much more cohesive now,

Overall: This scent really does say, "Come closer and let me...*inhales deeply*...smell you...*inhales again*....my darling..." It is nowhere near as in-your-face and upfront with its sexual nature as the actual perfumes intended for seduction, which makes sense given its aromatherapy orientation. So, it is "quieter", if you could call it that, but still very sexy: it is the sweetness of warming skin and the spice of anticipation. Heaven.

Wow. Just...wow!

In the bottle: A sweet orange with just a touch of gingery bite.

On my skin: Damn, that's a juicy orange! This reminds me of an Fruits&Passions EO I had long before I discovered BPAL. It was specifically a Brazillian Orange, and I used to scent my baths with it when I needed a luxe pick-me-up. Moxie would be even better for this purpose. It is so juicy, it makes me want to taste it!

Dry: Wow! Talk about invigorating. The lush orange backs off as this dries, and the gingery spices behind it come out. I usually can't stand wearing ginger (bad scent memory association!) but this gingery blend is actually quite wearable, which is nice! It is definately invigorating, like a shot of caffiene to the nose...it is actually waking me up and making me more alert as I type.

Overall: I am absolutely blown away by Beth's generosity here. This lil' 10mL is going to dive straight into permanent rotation, and I will definately be picking up a bottle or two for friends in need of balls. Two thumbs enthusiastically up!

On me, Living Flame has a similar drydown and feel to F'54. It lacks the booziness, of course, but other than that it is quite reminiscent of 54.

I thought the Panacea's only came in 5mL bottles.

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They do only come in 5mLs. I guess Beth just thought Andra needed some extra Moxie these days or something.

Ooh, that's such a pretty label!

I can't wait to get mine.

I received an order this week, and it was definately sans-reducer caps. The bottles have the caps with the little plastic nubbin in them, which provides an awesome seal (I can take bottles in my purse without leak worries!) and also is handy for non-slathering applications of the scent.

Is that why LEs are LEs? Because they are too expensive to maintain in the regular catalogue?

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Sometimes, yes. Especially in the case of blends such as Formula 54, which was sold for $45 per 10mL bottle ( worth. every. dime. ).

Others, such as Snow White, are limited due to the availability of ingredients...Beth has said that there is something in Snow White (I don't remember what, though) that she can only get in the time of year coming up to Christmas, so that is the only time she is able to make Snow White.

And still more, like the Lunacy oils, are limited due to the nature of the concept they are created under (i.e. intended to correspond with a particular time of year), so while Beth may choose to use rarer/more expensive ingredients in these blends, they'd still be Limited even if she didn't.

I'm looking for some information on some of the discontinued scents. I can't seem to find the information in the reviews (or, if they were listed in the reviews, I missed them.), and I didn't want to start a new thread so this seemed to be the most logical place to put this request.

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If you use the BPAL site search engine (make sure you use advanced mode and set it to search for discontinued scents), you can find categorical info for all of 'em. Unseelie, for instance, was in Diabolus.

I know ambrette seed is a plant source of a musk smell.  I've never used mainstream natural or synthetic perfumes so I don't know what genuine or synthetic musk smells like, and I've never smelled ambrette seed straight up, so I can't make any useful comparisons.  (I do know I like Beth's "musks"

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Beth uses sources like this, and bouquets of other natural oils, to recreate the scent of things like musks.

Thus, I don't know how you can be "reassured" with one consumer's say-so and little in the way of concrete facts. This thread is composed entirely of speculative commentary, personal interpretations and assumptions.

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While I completely agree with you---in that there are still dangerous natural components and someone with severe health issues should still contact the lab directly just in case---I have to point out that I am not just making random speculations. I have it straight from Beth's mouth (well, keyboard at least) that she does not use synthetics.

they strongly advise prenant women to avoid Pain

That's kinda ironic, eh?

Beth does not use synthetics, period. No worries.

nyone else feel the same way? I like the fun and flowery descriptions, but would really REALLY appreciate a full listing of the oils used in the blend. It would save on stress, and prevent dead clients.

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Just on this front---a lot of the "mystery" about components isn't an attempt to make the descriptions prettier, it is an attempt to prevent people from stealing Beth's recipies and selling them as their own(which, sadly enough, has been attempted several times in the past).

Anyway, as others have mentioned already, your best bet is always to email the lab directly. Beth definitely doesn't want any dead clients, and as such is usually quite happy to oblige in providing you with a list of blends to avoid if you send her a list of your particular allergens.

That said, to all those misfortunate enough to be allergic to stuff like this, especially those with longer lists like MG's. That has got to suck.

I ordered a 5mL of this immediately because of the pear note, and once again, I have not been dissapointed!

In the bottle: Delicious sweet pear. It is softer and sweeter than Beth's D'Anjou Pear single note, though...it may be a different pear, or it could just be the other notes rounding out the crisp pear sharpness. I can detect a hint of the rose and magnolia, but in the bottle, the pear dominates.

Wet: The moment it touches my skin, the rose leaps to the forefront of this blend, as roses have a tendancy to do on me.

Dry: After a few moments, the rose settles down nicely---in fact, it almost fades completely---and the blend becomes anchored by the magnolia. The pear is very much in the background, but it brings a mellow sweetness to the whole affair that is quite refreshing. Other reviewers have compared La Belle au Bois Dormant to Titiana, and I while do detect a logical comparison in the bottle, once dry this scent is a bit less sweet and has more floral notes on my skin.

Overall: I this blend! The pear note has much more strength and staying-power when I scent my hair with it, but the drydown on my skin is utterly lovely as well. Of course, the teensiest dab of D'Anjou Pear single note does wonders to amp up the pear, but I think I will end up wearing this scent both ways.