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i am going to go back to updating the list when i get new oils- so if you are interested in an oil, pm me to see if i still have it.

phantom queen confuses me. i'm having my initial confusion that i have when a scent doesn't line up with the image of the subject that i have in my head. this scent is much too pretty and girly to line up with the impressions that i have of the morrigan- i had a similar issue with queen mab when i reviewed that one as well. the second thing causing confusion is that this really smells like vanilla milkshakes and roses to me. in the imp and wet, i get the impression of vanilla milkshakes from the throw. if i actually pay attention to the scent it doesn't smell anything like vanilla, but if i just catch random whiffs it's definitely creamy, milky vanilla. in dry down, i actually got excited because i thought that this was the only other blend than mata hari with rose that i can actually wear. i can wear the rose in this one...because there isn't any apparently. i still don't believe that though, i amp rose to the sky and this definitely smells like rose to me. it's not bad this time though, because while it's prominent, it's not painful like it normally is. if i try i can pick out the apple blossom. it's another pretty feminine floral that feels like it shouldn't be a pretty feminine floral.

well this isn't going to be much of a review, but my boyfriend says this smells...scarily true to the theme.

lol and i've had people tell me that bliss is too...something for them! I guess it just shows that there isn't a universal. I could just be blanking but I think the only thing close to a true foody that I actually like personally would be sugar skull and that may or may not be a stretch to find. I fall closer to autumn food or fruit and floral if I venture into foody. Actually I'm a foody person and Gluttony just does not work me, which makes me sad. And Eat Me vanishes on me. So I guess they're not that universal. Maybe Bliss would be safer for a sweet foody scent? If she likes tea then I'm going to second Dorian and/or Alice.

straight uncut high john the conquerer oil is one of my most potent ritual tools lately and I was interested in the comparison sine this blend is more likely to be wearable. this strikes me as being a lot weaker with a vanilla undertone. I don't get the same confidence boost with it either. a day's wearing will show what effect if any this has.

my list no longer currant (again) so items listed on the current entry may no longer be there.

the ones that come to mind off the top of my head would be something along the lines of eat me/gluttony for foody, intrigue for vaguely oddball, something like the coiled serpent for patch/incense (but that may be a little heavy), and i actually really like needlework for floral/girly.

this is my statement for full disclosure: i am most definitely NOT a floral person. i liked this one thematically but someone bought me a decant as a gift, because of the theme (i'm a fiber artist that studied sexuality formally for awhile) otherwise i would have avoided it. that said, this is one of the very few almost pure florals that beth has made that i can actually wear. normally i have to have a large dose of something else to be able to pull them off. however, this is almost a lilac sn. through the decant and wet stage, that's literally i get-lilac. however it's a very true lilac and it does remind me of may in my front yard back home. it then goes through a lilac backed a really faint almost aquatic note (i have absolutely no idea what that could be- i've never gotten that reaction from the lab's ginger, but i'm only familiar with about half of the other notes, at least in oil form). it then warms up a little and it's lilac backed by ginger and what i think is the tea. however this is still heavy heavy lilac on me. but it's not overpowering unless i have my nose right up against my skin. it's a very very pretty, light scent and it does strike me as appropriate for spring. this is much more delicate that what i would have picked out myself but i can actually see myself seeking out more of it.

i got frimped a tester this past week. i was hoping that this would be a bpal stand in for another favorite from a different retail in the imp: fruit. sweet sweet stone fruit. maybe just a touch of vanilla. wet: peaches, lots and lots of peaches. a touch of quince. not much else, this really wants to be nothing but fruit for me. dry; pretty much the same. a touch of tobacco far in the background, maybe a splash of booze but more of an impression than an actual note. it shifts more towards the manderin/vanilla spectrum than peach/vanilla however. this reminds me of an avon shampoo i used to use as a kid- peaches and cream. it's nice, and i'd probably pick up a decant for when i feel girly, but this is light years from what i was hoping for. i was looking for something much heavier on the vanilla, tobacco, and booze, but this wants to be nothing other than fruit compote on me.

partial traded in exchange for one of my friend's holy grail scents in the imp: sour, tart sugar- yep sweet tarts wet: grape koolaide powder. this has promise. i love koolaide scents. but this is also waffling with something sour as in, dirty skin. i would say that it's my skin's reaction to violets, but it may be the sweetpea. dry: this one doesn't want to settle, at all. it's alternating between dirty musk and koolaide. the sourness only really shows up close to skin though, it's not present in the throw. this is ungodly sweet. it's definitely a candy scent. i do like it. it's a bit young for me though so i may try it layered with black death at some point.

This will be an ongoing and updated list! Bolded entries are what I'm willing to swap away immediately- bad, bad skin chemistry issues. Italics are ones that I am not interested in swapping/selling at this time. imps and decants absinthe akuma-2x baobhan sith bien loin d'ici black cat black death black heart boo bordello chimera crossroad-needs to be relabeled, using as a ritual oil dana o'shee dee 2x dioble en bote doc constantine* dracul-2x Dragon's Heart dragon's hide egle el dia des reyes-2007 event horizon fae faunalia feast for the greatly revered ones herbert west high john high strung dasies i died for beauty incubus intrigue jazz funeral-dated 2007 josie ladon lady mcbeth lampades Laudanum Le Père Fouettard milk chocolate, coconut, cardamom, rum, and ginger truffle mother shub's toothsome banketstaaf needlework nephilim 2x obatala ochosi (need to check spelling) octopus and abalone diver pele perversion phantom queen plunder pontarlier prurience (sniff) riding the goat sapphics sleipnir (spelling?) spooky res st. john's eve suck it sugar skull tavern of hell 2x the coil- partial the coiled serpent the ghost the great sword of war 2x the jersey devil the music of erich zahn 3x tisiphone torture king ulalume vampire tears-2x vice yew trees *only willing to trade for something in the same scent family tea party- new, sale only NOT FOR TRADE (wedding favors) queen of hearts high strung daisies the dodo frumius bandersnitch all in a golden afternoon cheshire cat drink me alice sniffies antique lace iganok jewelers jersey devil obatala ostara penis adoration snow angel under the harvest moon testers autumn moon of the mirror stand olisbos smut 2010 tal-decants charisma queen of the nile bptp champaigne bath oil decant (willing to trade, i don't have a tub!) other etailers arcana pax mundi love potions new year's evil possets nevada heat bottles partials spring training empty womb furie fruit of paradise pomona copper phoenix milk chocolate, coconut...truffle adoration of the mi go wishlist: German Expressionist Horror A Bachelor's Dog The Grand Inquisitor's Heretic's Fork -any of the four lick its -any weenies AEVAL Anne Bonny Aperotos Eros Archangel Winter BARON SAMEDI belladonna BELLE ÉPOQUE Bengal BLACK FOREST Block Buster Bonfire Night Brimstone Calico Jack chimera clemence Crowley Death of Autumn dee Devil's Night Djinn fenris wolf GRANDMOTHER OF GHOSTS hades Hellfire HIGHWAYMAN Himerus holly king Jabberwocky Kali Loup Garou Love and Pain Mama Ji mata hari oak king oberon On Darkness Pais de la Canela Priala Red Devil red lantern Rumpelstilzchen Samhainophobia Sin skadi smut snow moon Spider Strangler Fig THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM THE BLACK RIDER THE BLACK TOWER the catapillar the dodo the Goblin Ride The Great He Goat THE LIGHTS OF MEN'S LIVES the music of erich zahn THE OBSIDIAN WIDOW Tintagel Titus Andronicus torture king Van Van White Light wraith YEMAYA

this one smells exactly like lump of coal on me. i even had someone sniff it after i applied to make sure. which i guess is great if you like lump of coal lol. i did trade for the imp though.

This will be an ongoing and updated list! Bolded entries are what I'm willing to swap away immediately- bad, bad skin chemistry issues. Italics are ones that I am not interested in swapping/selling at this time. absinthe akuma aquarius 2007 baobhan sith bien loin d'ici black death bordello candles moon chimera crossroad-needs to be relabeled, using as a ritual oil dana o'shee dee 2x dioble en bote doc constantine* dracul Dragon's Heart dragon's hide egle event horizon fae farewell to false love faunalia i died for beauty incubus intrigue herbert west high john high strung daisies ladon lampades Laudanum Le Père Fouettard mother shub's toothsome banketstaaf needlework nefrititi nephilim 2x obatala ochosi (need to check spelling) octopus and abalone diver pele perversion plunder pontarlier prurience (sniff) riding the goat sapphics sleipnir (spelling?) spooky res st. john's eve suck it sugar skull tavern of hell 2x the coil- partial the coiled serpent the ghost the great sword of war 2x the jersey devil the music of erich zahn 3x tisiphone torture king ulalume vampire tears-2x vice yew trees *only willing to trade for something in the same scent family tea party- new, sale only NOT FOR TRADE (wedding favors) queen of hearts high strung daisies the dodo frumius bandersnitch all in a golden afternoon cheshire cat drink me alice wishlist: German Expressionist Horror A Bachelor's Dog The Grand Inquisitor's Heretic's Fork -any of the four lick its -any weenies AEVAL Anne Bonny Aperotos Eros Archangel Winter BARON SAMEDI belladonna BELLE ÉPOQUE Bengal BLACK FOREST Block Buster Bonfire Night Brimstone Calico Jack chimera clemence Crowley CZERNOBOG de sade (but only in a sniffie) Death of Autumn dee Devil's Night Djinn fenris wolf GRANDMOTHER OF GHOSTS hades Hellfire Hexxenacht HIGHWAYMAN Himerus holly king Jabberwocky Kali Loup Garou Love and Pain Mama Ji mata hari oak king oberon On Darkness Pais de la Canela Priala Red Devil red lantern Rumpelstilzchen Samhainophobia Sin skadi smut snow moon Spider Strangler Fig THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM THE BLACK RIDER THE BLACK TOWER the catapillar the dodo the Goblin Ride The Great He Goat THE LIGHTS OF MEN'S LIVES the music of erich zahn THE OBSIDIAN WIDOW Tintagel Titus Andronicus torture king Van Van White Light wraith YEMAYA

spooky: res is love. it reminds me of good times that i hadn't thought about in years. obatala is love too, though a lot of people says that it smells like tanning oil. but then i have been known to buy body products specifically because i love the smell of coppertone.

with all the blends that i've tried this month that went bad on me i was actually sort of concerned that this one wouldn't work too. in the imp: dark. it reminds me of a lot of the blends that i normally like, but their younger sister- this reminds me in tone of torture king, erich zahn, st. john's eve- heavy spice and vetiver with a much lighter upper note wet: same dry: are we sure that there isn't vetiver and/or a smoke note in here? because this is another that smells like ritual bonfires. there's something sweeter underneath that's doing its damnedest to come forward though, which would nice. i would be pleased if it just stayed like this but i'd love a variation off of my normal theme.

i think that i'm destined to be one of those people who can only wear random lunacies, because this is another i can't wear. it reminds me way too much of the cough meds i used to have to take and now it's dried to nothing in five minutes- and what is there is foul on my skin. sorry little decant it's nothing personal.

pencils and chocolate. i don't think i'm having a good bpal month...i'm going to hang onto this and try again later. *as i'm typing this though it's getting sweeter. maybe there's hope for this one yet.

decant that i was frimped in the imp: sweet and faintly foody. i'm not sure why but i'm flashbacking to an art supply store i used to shop at in oneonta?! there must be something in here that smells like an art supply i used to use. wet: oh hai there fake cherry i luv u. no really. i love the koolaidy scents that a lot of the labs non alcoholic berry/cherry notes go on my skin. dry: grains and fruit. that cherry is still the top note. i have to agree that this is really faint, especially compared to the take no prisoners, in your face scents that i seem to have been wearing lately. i really don't see myself wanting to get a brand new imp of this, but i would definitely use another frimp or a cheap partial if i could find one. unfortunately though it doesn't stand up to my reqs for deliberate replacement- it's not sweet or cherry enough for me and it's a little too foody and comfy for me.

very clean. this reminds me of a warmer less sharp ded moroz. i'm just hoping that it doesn't give me migraines with a full wearing like ded moroz did. this does border on shower product to me- this is definitely a soap like blend, but it's a nice balance to my normal funerary incense blends. this may be my favorite of the lupes that i've tried so far. edit: apparently after a couple of weeks settling time, mr. octopus has decided that he hates me. this has turned into hairspray on me and is making me sneeze. sorry, buddy, i wanted to love you!

i have to admit, smut has been one of my bpalicorns since i started collecting this fall. and one that i'm going to let go free unfortunately. i was hoping for something well, smutty, i wanted dark sensual musks. this reminds me of light musks- white button downs when i wanted leather and lace. i guess that i really do need to just stick to the masculine musks.

generic gentle florals. i'm not sure why i'm reading florals out of this but i am. however i'm not much of a generic gentle florals type of a girl and this one was safe from me offering to swap my friend for it.

i don't do well with heavy food scents and this one didn't get a full skin test for that reason. however, i did a bottle test, and it reminded me of overly sweet coffee drinks. i spent several years working in coffee bars and this definitely reminded me of the over the top heavily syruped sugar loaded frozen ...things that we used to push as specials. it's all fake fruit notes with a base of fake white chocolate. i'm sure that someone with better skin chemistry and a higher level of tolerance to foody blends would fare much better with it than me.

this is definitely an in your face wine scent- in fact it was too much red wine for me to be willing to skin test because i am wine to 11 and didn't want to spend the day worried that i smelled a little too much like alcohol. it's one of the darkest feeling blends that i've come across and i'm hoping to get a decant in a couple of months. i'm hoping that the wine cuts back a little and lets some of the darkness that i'm feeling underneath it comes to the surface, because i'm fairly certain that with some age i'm going to love it.

i sometimes rank my masculine scents by how they compare to torture king. if torture king is the patriarch of the family, then doc constantine is the snarky younger brother that people like just as much in his own right but won't really ever fully live up to. thouros may be the baby brother of the family that may not quite make it in the family business... it's a very light floral, fruit scent. it's very faint on my skin and i was actually disappointed- even if i amped rose i would have preferred it so that it could have stood up to my skin. i'm not getting anything angry about this blend, but i just wish it were stronger. it's still not very femme to me even with the rose though, it may be closer to unisex than anything.

...green beans. yep. i'm a weird one. fresh green beans, canned green beans, this just wanted to smell like green beans to me.