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    Allergy Questions, Allergies and other reactions to oils

    How frustrating! The first two BPAL scents I tried were both bottles I purchased unsniffed via eBay. Hexennacht 2008 and Wolf Moon 2007. I loved them both, and probably wouldn't be here right now if I hadn't. That said, I have to be careful about when/how I test new things... - I cannot test more than one at a time. More than one scent at a time will usually cause a nauseous headache. Even sniffing numerous scents that arrive in a package (without applying any of them) will trigger a nauseous headache. - I cannot test anything if I'm very, very hungry. - I cannot test anything if I'm very full. Or if I've had too much sugar. - I cannot test anything when I'm really hot. - I cannot test anything if I've had a shit day. I kindov sound like Goldilocks, don't I? Application of any scent at the wrong time can really put me off wearing it again, even if it's one I've previously enjoyed. I get better results by testing one scent sparingly before my morning shower. Or after an evening bath. In a week or two, when your nose is fresh and you're no longer feeling let down or disappointed about your order, try again. Maybe one scent daily? I hope you find a few that you love! It's so much fun when you do
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    Different smells/colors, same perfume

    ScabbyLucy- I received a frimp of Tamora in a BPTP order within the last two months. It is reddish orange in color. I have one other imp of Tamora. It's also reddish orange. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news.
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    Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume

    JazzieCazzie- I LOVE Crabtree & Evelyn's Goat Milk line! I've used the body wash, body lotion, and hand cream. The hand cream was especially awesome, but I can't seem to find it anymore. I've never found anything, BPAL or otherwise, that smells like it. You mentioned Nonae Caprotina. I have and love that scent, but it is not like Goat Milk. Candles Moon & Werepuppy both remind me of Nonae Caprotina, but do not remind me of Goat Milk. I've never sniffed Milk Moon, but I'd like to. Another line you might enjoy is Archipelago Botanical's Soy Milk. They also offer soap, body wash, body lotion, and creams. ps- there's a bottle of Nonae Caprotina on ebay right now. It's quite a bit sweeter than Goat Milk & Archipelago Botanical's Soy Milk, but I really do love it.
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    Who are the authorized resellers?

    Try calling Courtney at Healthy Living Market 802.863.2569 I made a panicked Haloes/Lucifer order when it was announced that the Salons were being discontinued. She didn't think the Retail Salons would be affected, but wasn't absolutely certain. I've placed a few orders over the phone with her, and she's awesome. Tracking was provided, as well. If you call, let us know!
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    Hexennacht (2008)

    Hexennacht 2008 is very, very different from Hexennacht 2005. I much prefer the 2008 version. This scent evokes very specific mental imagery for me: The pristine, glorious, rolling landscape of Northeast Switzerland. Glowing and sparkling with life. Clean and pure. Color? That special rosy golden glow of sunset illuminating the tops of spring green trees. The scent, to my nose, is equal parts: fir trees, muted floral, and body musk. A light sheen of sweat on a body which is musky, despite the crisp, cool air, after walking the Wanderweg. The florals are muted, wild, living, and sweetly green. And the forest is softly fresh and unspoiled. Invigorating. May Day is one of my favorite celebratory days, and Hexennacht 2008 encapsulates, for me, that day more than it does the night before. I don't smell darkness or icyness or bonfires. I smell a solitary clean, warm body walking through a majestic mountainous landscape under a technicolor blue sky. A clear mind at one with and in awe of the surrounding world. Reverence for the natural world seems an inherent part of celebrations such as Hexennacht/Walpurgisnacht and May Day, and that focus is very well represented in Hexennacht 2008.
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Wow. Thanks for posting those, SSDB.
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    Mother, Mother Ocean

    The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife?
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    Looking for a BPAL that Resembles a Favorite Perfume

    Oh my gawd! You, too? I've hoarded (don't tell anyone) three giant bottles of the stuff. And they're really expensive on eBay. I love it and get compliments when I wear it. I've never smelled anything else like it, BPAL or otherwise.
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    Tobacco scents

    Antikythera Mechanism Arabian Dance Interfector White Peacock
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Sadly, nope: I had the same urge! Haha. I need help. ( Shitfire! )
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    OctoberGwen & Elka: Thank you so much for posting those pics! The Water Snake notes aren't good for me at all. Still the classic label & the fact that I'm enamoured by all things "snake," makes a bottle somewhat tempting. Isn't that ridiculous?
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Thank you, Azurephoenix.
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Does anyone have a bottle of this year's Smut (or any idea about the label art this time around)?
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    Searching for the Perfect Vanilla?

    I agree with previous posters who suggested: Liz Lyonesse Also, check reviews for Penis Admiration (Lilac, ho wood, smoky vanilla, galbanum, and tonka). None of these register as "floral" to me. I generally do not like floral blends.
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Wickedgoddess- thank you Sunshinedailybliss- fitting that my special bottle is my boyfriend, Crowley!
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    See, I don't know. I would have assumed a trunk show, or something along those lines. Maybe Etsy, even. Maybe I need to go check Etsy... And hopefully someone will come along with some more information. Thanks again, SSDB!
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Thank you, SSDB. I just knew I could count on you! I've ordered a few bottles of Crowley from the lab after I received these. They all look like yours. I ordered the bottle of Aziraphale on 02.05.12 from LJ's PARTYLLAMA_LALA and just assumed that's what Aziraphale looks like. Then I received a forum/LJ/eBay bottle of Crowley with the same creepy bird hands. So I'd assume they're older. Which might explain the more pronounced leather note... Anyhoo... Thanks for your input on Smut as well. My notes said 2006 or 2007. But I wasn't sure. You're always friendly & helpful & make me happy when you pop in. And I totally stole your black circle labels w/ gold ink idea. It was a really good one
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Hello I'm hoping someone might be able to provide me w/ some info on these bottles. I've only the one bottle of Aziraphale, but the artwork on this bottle of Crowley is unlike any of the others I've ordered from the lab. It also seems to have a slightly more pronounced leather note. Please let me know if the pics don't show up. I'm computer-challenged... Also, any idea which year this bottle of Smut is from?
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    Recommend the most herbal scents, please

    Hi Some of my favorite woody scents: An Altar to Cold, Rigid Dreadful Death Anne Bonny Antikythera Mechanism Aureus Carceri d'Invenzione Cathedral Heavenly Love & Earthly Love Heretic Kathmandu Lucifer Magus Oak Moon The Pit & The Pendulum (mostly cedar to me) Sri Lanka My first thought for the green scent was Belladonna... Mandrake Strangler Fig Yggdrasil
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    Imps

    Frimps: varying fill levels (some are sniffies, some are full). Not for sale. Please choose from the ones preceded by an asterisk (*). 13 2005 #20 Love Oil *#20 Love Oil Absinthe Aelopile *Aeval *Against Idleness & Mischief Aglaea *Aglaea *Aizen-Myoo Akuma *Akuma Alecto Alice *Alice All In The Golden Afternoon All Night Long *All Night Long *All Night Long Al-Shairan Amsterdam Anathema Anathema Anne Bonny Anne Bonny Anne Bonny *Anne Bonny Antikythera Mechanism Antique Lace DC tester Anubis *Anubis *Anubis Aperotos Eros Apothecary Apothecary *Apothecary *Apothecary ∂ Araña LE Arcana ∂ *Aremata-Popoa DC Arkham *Arkham *Arkham Athens Athens *Athens Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo Autumn Lace LE sniffie Aureus Ave Maria Gratia Plena Baba Yaga *Baba Yaga Baghdad Baku *LE Banded Sea Snake Baneberry *Baneberry *Baneberry Baobhan Sith Baobhan Sith Bard Baron Samedi Bastet Bathsheba Bathsheba Bayou Beer From The Marsh Woman's Brewery *Beer From The Marsh Woman's Brewery *Beer From The Marsh Woman's Brewery Belladonna *Belladonna ∂ Beltane LE Bensiabel Bensiabel Bensiabel ∂ Bette Noir SE Bewitched Bien Loin D'Ici Bien Loin D'Ici *Bien Loin D'Ici ∂ Bilquis ∂ Black Butterfly Moon 2013 Black Cat Black Forest *Black Forest Black Hellebore Black Hellebore Honey *Black Hellebore Honey Black Lily Black Pearl Black Phoenix Black Rider *Black Rider Bliss Blockbuster Blood Blood Amber Blood Kiss *Blood Kiss *Blook Kiss *Blood Kiss Bloodlust Blood Rose Blood Rose ∂ *Blossoms in Springtime LE decant sniffie ∂ ?Blot Upon The Earth LE Bohun Upas Bon Vivant *Bon Vivant *Bon Vivant *Bon Vivant *Bon Vivant Bordello *Bordello Bow & Crown Of Conquest Bow & Crown Of Conquest Bow & Crown Of Conquest *Bow & Crown Of Conquest *Bow & Crown Of Conquest ∂ Brahmin LE Bread & Butterfly ∂ *Brides Of Dracula LE Brimstone Brisingamen Brown Jenkin *Brown Jenkin *Brown Jenkin *Brown Jenkin Bruised Violet Compound Brusque Violet *Brusque Violet ∂ Buck Moon LE ∂ Buen Viage LE Burial *Burial Cairo *Cairo ∂ Calaveras LE Caliban Calico Jack *Calligraphy Practice LE sniffie Carnal *Casanova DC Cathedral Catherine Cathode Cheshire Cat Chicken-Legged Hut, The Chimera Cockaigne *Coiled Serpent *Coiled Serpent ∂ *Colder and Colder LE sniffie Come To Me ∂ Companion Of The Same Nature LE Cordelia *Cordelia *Cordelia Countenance Of Foreboding Evil Coyote Coyote Croquet Crossroads Cthulhu Dana O'Shee Dana O'Shee *Dana O'Shee Dance Of Death Dance Of Death *Dance Of Death Danse Macabre ∂ *Dark Chocolate, Fig, & Tamarind LE Darkness ∂ Dawn: Cernunnos SE ∂ *Dawn: Mother SE ∂ *Daya LE Deadly Nightshade Honey Deadly Nightshade Honey *Death Adder LE *Death On A Pale Horse *Death On A Pale Horse Death Horse, The *Debauchery Dee *Dee *Dee Deep In Earth Deep Ones, The Defututa Delphi Depraved *Depraved Desire ∂ Devil's Night LE ∂ Diable en Boite LE Dirty Djinn *Djinn Dodo Dorian Dove's Heart Dracul Dracul *Dracul Dragon's Blood Dragon's Bone *Dragon's Heart Dragon's Hide *Dragon's Hide Dragon's Milk *Dragon's Milk Dragon's Musk Dragon's Reverie Druid Druid Dwarf Dwarven Ale Eat Me Eclipse *Eclipse *Eclipse Eden Egle Ehecatl *Ehecatl Ekhidna Elegba Elf *Elf Embalming Fluid *Embalming Fluid Endymion ∂ Enraged Orangutan Musk LE Envy Epitaph Epitaph *Epitaph *Epitaph *Epitaph *Eos DC ∂ *Epomophorus Monstrosus LE ∂ *Epomophorus Monstrosus LE Eros *Eros Euphrosyne Eve Eve Event Horizon Evil RPG Evil RPG ∂ Expressive Head LE Fae Fae Fallen Fascinum DC *Fenris Wolf Florence Follow Me Boy *Follow Me Boy Forbidden Fruit Forest Reverie French Love ∂ *Fruitcake LE ∂ Gacela of the Dark Death LE Galvanic Goggles *Galvanic Goggles *Galvanic Goggles ∂ Garden of Death LE ∂ Gathering Wild Mushrooms LE sniffie *Gaueko ∂ Geek LE *Glasgow Gnome Goblin Goblin *Goblin Good RPG Good RPG ∂ LE Gorobble, The (mislabeled Gorroble) Grand Guignol *Grand Guignol Grandmother of Ghosts Grandmother of Ghosts *Grave Pig Great Sword of War, The *Great Sword of War, The *Great Sword of War, The *Great Sword of War, The *Great Sword of War, The *Great Sword of War, The *Great Sword of War, The *Great Vampire Bat LE Grief Grief Grog ∂ *Habu LE Hades Hairy Toad Lily Halfling RPG ∂ Haloes SE ∂ Happy Baby in a Long Dress LE Harlot Harlot Harlot's House *Harlot's House Has No Hanna Haunted *Haunted Havana Havana Hecate *Hecate *Hecate ∂ Heinous Hedge Maze LE ∂ Hellboy SE Hellcat *Hellcat *Hellfire Hellfire Hell's Belle *Hell's Belle Hemlock Hemlock Honey *Hemlock Honey Herbert West *Herbert West Hetairae Hetairae High John the Conqueror High Strung Daisies Highwayman Himerus ∂ Hippy Ghost SE Hollywood Babylon Horse Chestnut Honey House Of Night How Doth the Little Crocodile Hunger Hurricane Hymn Iago Iambe ∂ Ice Queen LE Imp Imperious Tiger-Lily ∂ *In Brightness and in Joy LE Incantation Inferno *Inferno ∂ *Insupportable Misery LE Intrigue Intrigue ∂ Iole SE Pandora Isles of Demons Jabberwocky Jack ∂ Jacob's Ladder LE Jailbait *Jailbait Jazz Funeral Jersey Devil *Jester DC Jezebel Jezirat Al Tennyn *Jezirat Al Tennyn Jolly Roger *Jolly Roger Juke Joint *Juke Joint ---------- ∂ *Kagema LE sniffie Kali ∂ *Karmê LE *Karmê LE Katharina Kathmandu Kill-Devil ∂ King Cobra LE *King Cobra LE ∂ King Haggard SE ∂ King's Daughter SE Kitsune-Tsuki Knave of Hearts ∂ Knucklebones SE *Krampus LE Kuang Shi Kumari Kandam *Kumari Kandam Kurukulla Kyoto *Kyoto *Kyoto L'Ecole des Filles ∂ *L'Essence du Chagrin LE ∂ *L'Essence du Coeur Libéré des Ténèbres Extrait LE ∂ *L'Essence de l'Engouement LE ∂ *L'Essence de la Passion LE ∂ *L'Essence de la Passion LE L'Examen de Minuit La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente La Belle Au Bois Dormant *La Belle Au Bois Dormant *La Belle Au Bois Dormant La Belle Dame Sans Merci La Petit Mort Ladon *Ladon Lampades Lady of Shalott ∂ Lady Una SE Langour Lawful RPG *Le Lethe Le Serpent Qui Danse *Le Serpent Qui Danse Les Bijoux Les Fleurs du Mal Les Infortunes de la Vertu Les Infortunes de la Vertu Leanan Sidhe Lear Libertine Lights of Men's Lives Lilith Lion, The Lion, The Little Wooden Doll, The *Little Wooden Doll, The *Little Wooden Doll, The London Loralei Lotus Tree, The Loup Garou Love in Idleness Love Lies Bleeding *Love Lies Bleeding *Love Lies Bleeding Lurid Lurid *Lyonesse *Lyonesse Lysander Machu Picchu Mad Hatter, The Mad Hatter, The Maenad Magdalene Magus *Magus Maiden Malediction Mandrake Manila Marquise de Merteuil Masquerade *Masquerade Mata Hari *Mata Hari Medea Meliai ∂ *Menacing Ionospheric Research Instrument LE ∂ *Midwinter's Eve LE 2010 ∂ Miller's Daughter, The DC Miskatonic University *Miskatonic University *Mme Moriarty LE 2007 ∂ *Mocking The Invisible World With It's Own Shadows LE ∂ Monastery in the Mountains LE Moonshine & Mist DC *Moonshine & Mist DC Morgause *Morgause Morocco Morocco *Morocco *Morocco Moscow *Most Magnificent Christmas Tree LE *Mouse's Long and Sad Tale Muse *Muse - My Mom with the Sun in Her Hands LE - My Mommy in a Boat LE Namaste Nanshe Nefertiti *Nefertiti *Nephilim Neutral RPG Neutral RPG Neutral RPG New Orleans New Orleans New Orleans Night-Gaunt Night-Raven, The ∂ *Nightmare LE No. 93 Engine No. 93 Engine Nocnitsa DC Nocturne ∂ *Nonae Caprotina LE Nosferatu Nyarlathotep *Nyarlathotep Nyx *Nyx O *O ∂ O Daughter of Death and Priapus LE Obatala *Obatala Oberon Oblivion Obsidian Widow Ochosi *Ochosi *Ochosi *Ochosi ∂ *October LE 2011 ? Odin Ogun *Ogun Old Demons of the First Class Old Demons of the First Class Old Goblin, The Old Scratch *Old Scratch Oleander Honey Oneiroi Opium Poppy *Opium Poppy *Opium Poppy *Opuhi LE ∂ Orange LE Osun Ouija *Ouija *Ouija *Ouija Oya *Oya Ozymandias DC Ozymandias DC Pain Pain Paramatman Paris ∂ Peacocks SE Traveling Salon Peitho Peitho Penitence *Penitence Penny Dreadful Perversion Perversion Perversion ---------- Phantasm Phantom Phantom Wooer, The Phoenix Steamworks Philologus SE Pinched With Four Aces LE Plunder Poisoned Apple *Poisoned Apple Polyhymnia *Polyhymnia Pontarlier Port Au Prince Port Royal *Port Royal Post-Mortem Laureatus LE Pride Prurience Pteropus Leucopterus LE *Pumpkin Cheesecake LE sniffie Queen Queen Gertrude *Queen Gertrude *Queen Gertrude Queen of Clubs GC sniffie decant Queen of Hearts *Queen of Hearts *Queen of Hearts *Queen of Hearts Queen of Sheba *Queen of Sheba R'Lyeh *R'Lyeh Rage Rakshasa *Rakshasa *Rakshasa Rapture Rapunzel *Rapunzel *Rapunzel Raven, The Ravenous *Ravenous Red Devil *Red Devil Red Queen *Red Queen *Red Queen Redoul Honey Roadhouse *Roadhouse Robin Goodfellow Robin Goodfellow Robin Goodfellow *Robin Goodfellow Robotic Scarab, The *Robotic Scarab, The Rocking Horse-Fly *Rocking Horse-Fly *Rogue RPG Rome Rose, The Rose Cross Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds *Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds Russian Dance LE Sacred Whore of Babylon Salome Samhain 2006 LE Samhainophobia LE Santa Eularia des Riu Santa Muerta Saturnalia *Saturnalia *Saturnalia Satyr Scales of Deprivation, The *Scales of Deprivation, The *Scales of Deprivation, The *Scales of Deprivation, The Scherezade Scherezade *Scherezade Seance *Seance *Seance Sea Foam's Milk Sed Non Satiata Seekim LE Senelion LE Seraglio *Seraglio Seraphim Serpent's Kiss Shattered Sheol *Sheol *Sheol Shub-Niggurath *Shub-Niggurath *Shub-Niggurath *Signior Dildo LE *Silver Apple of the Moon LE Silver-Haired Bat LE Sin *Sin Siren *Siren Skadi LE Skuld *Skuld Slobbering Pine *Slobbering Pine Sloth Sluggard, The Snake Oil *Snake Oil Snooty Rose *Snooty Rose *Snooty Rose Solitary and Abhorred LE *Solitary and Abhorred LE sniffie *Solitary and Abhorred LE sniffie Somnus *Sonnet D'Automne LE Spellbound Squirting Cucumber Stimulating Sassafras Strengthener Strangler Fig *Strangler Fig Sudha Segara *Sugar Cookie LE *Sugar Cookie LE 2011 sniffie Summoning Stone Play Structure LE Sundew Swank Sybaris *Sybaris Tamora *Tamora Temple of Dreams Temptation, The Tenochtitlan ? Tezcatlipoca Thalia Thanatopsis Thanatos *Thanatos Thorns Tintagel 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster *'Tis The Voice of the Lobster Titania *Titania Titus Andronicus Tobacco Honey *Tombstone Touched Twice LE *Tupapau LE Tushnamatay Tweedledum Twilight ? LE Two-Headed Goat Tzadikim Nistarim *Tzadikim Nistarim *Tzadikim Nistarim Umbra *Umbra *Umbra Undertow Urd *Urd Veil *Veil Venice *Venice Verdandi Versailles Vespertilio Proterus LE Vice Vicomte de Valmont Villain *Villain *Villain *Villain Viola Violet Ray DC Vixen Vixen Voodoo Queen LE Wanda Wanton Water of Notre Dame *Western Diamondback Whip *Whip *Whip *White Chocolate and Sugared Violets LE *White Rabbit White Rider Whitechapel *Whitechapel *Whitechapel Whoso List To Hunt *Whoso List To Hunt Wicked Wilde *Wilde Wings of Azrael Winter Solstice Lunar Eclipse LE Witchblade SE Witch's Garden, The Wolf's Heart *Wolf's Heart Wolfsbane Wrath Xiuhtecuhtli *Xiuhtecuhtli Ya-te-vo *Yellow Snowballs LE Yellow Jessamine Honey Yemaya Yew Trees Yew Trees *Yew Trees Yggdrasil *Yggdrasil Yorick Zarita, The Doll Girl LE Zephyr Zombi ? Zombi Zorya OTHER BRANDS *13 Gypsies: Eye of Newt (2mmish w/ screw top) *Alkemia Perfumes: Blue Lotus *Alkemia Perfumes: Madam Pearl *Alkemia Perfumes: Vanille Tropicale Arcana Soaps: Last Hours of Empires Arcana Soaps: Midwinter 2011: Santa's Minions: Indecency Arcana Soaps: Song of Songs 2011: Honey & Milk *Balenciaga Vintage Michelle Parfum *Blooddrop: Yule 2010: Solstice Coblat Blends: Among the Holly Conjure Oils: Shape Shifter *Flutterby Beauty: Blueberry Lemon Poundcake *Good Judy: Candy Cane Karma 2010 *Goth Rosary Fragrance: Samhain Haunt: Batik sniffie Heaven and Earth Essentials: Voodoo Punani (2mm long vial) *House of Gloi: Olde Cider House Love Potion Magikal Perfumerie: CFM Pheromone Enhanced (2mm long vial) Love Potion Magikal Perfumerie: Give Peas a Chance Love Potion Magikal Perfumerie: New Year's Evil Love Potion Magikal Perfumerie: PE: Cellrynna's Feelin' Foxy Love Potion Magikal Perfumerie: PE: Luna's Sungold Cacao Love Potion Magikal Perfumerie: Shangri La (2mm ling vial) Lou Lou's Soaps: Orange Patchouli Cupcakes *Mad Scientist Perfume Oil: Fruit Basket Made With Love - WM- Exotic *Niki de Saint Phalle edt Nocturne Alchemy: Bastet's Garden Jasmine Crimson Nocturne Alchemy: Bergamot & Egyptian Mint Tea Nocturne Alchemy: Nefertiti Nocturne Alchemy: Red Egypt Nocturne Alchemy: Seti Moon Nocturne Alchemy: Tawaret Nocturne Alchemy: ThothPossets: Dreams of Avalon *Possets: Giddy *Possets: Girls Love a Good Possett, The *Possets: Girls Love Clubbing, The *Possets: Girls Love Limey, The Possets: Madame X Possets: Perpetual Orgasm Possets: Sage and Honeycomb - Arizona Possets: Sex Juice Possets: Snowflake in the Martini, A Possets: Venus Black Solstice Scents: Inquisitor Solstice Scents: Master Bedroom Solstice Scents: Russian Caravan V'Apothecary: All Hallow's Eve V'Apothecary: Creatures of the Night Violette Market: Diablo Canyon 2011: Miss Julia Star Cathouse Kitty Violette Market: Diablo Canyon 2011: Miss Lily Mae Cathouse Kitty Violette Market: Diablo Canyon 2011: Root Cellar Violette Market: Smoking Plum *ZOMG Smells: Dr Zomg's Gracious Nerve Cordial *ZOMG Smells: Little Brown Bat
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    I do love cedar...

    The Pit & The Pendulum. Reviews vary, but this was very cedar dominant on my skin. Lucky for me, because I love cedar, too. Seconding Kathmandu, Antikythera Mechanism, & The Bow & Crown of Conquest. Also, Heretic. Doesn't have sandalwood listed as a note, but I've received sooo many compliments on that one. Two of the people who loved it thought it was a sandalwood blend. And one of those people was a candle maker.
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    Leather

    Seconding Crowley. I always enjoy reading your enthusiastic posts, Ella LaRose, and it seems your favorites (aside from clove notes and Voodoo which I've yet to sample) are also my favorites. Crowley is my very favorite BPAL leather. Followed closely by The Bow & The Crown of Conquest and also Tezcatlipoca. Disclaimer: I've not smelled Winchester
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    Using BPAL to negate the smell of death?

    I vote for keeping a large stash of mint chewing gum handy. Trident or Extra. Fills your mouth, mask, & sinuses & is good against the pervasive stink & unsettled stomach. Helped me in the anatomy lab & helps now when I see pts with really juicy necrotic ulcerative wounds or cancers. Lemon soap when you wash up afterwards is helpful, too. I love mah BPALs to much to create those scent associations and aversions. I'm so glad you're enjoying your training. Have fun!
  24. Hi, Tawaen Check the reviews for both Tombeur and Crowley. Tombeur, on my skin, is similar (though not a duplicate). Crowley is not similar but is out of this world.
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    Perfume to match songs?

    Hi, Legrillon Little Lion Man is such a great song. Can't say it triggers any scent memories for me, but it's funny you mention Ani DiFranco. My scent preferences lean toward incense, patchouli, earth, & musk. Generally darker, dirty, or smutty tempered with a bit o' sweetness. From time to time, when I receive a decant that's floral or fruity or girly, I'll think to myself... "Hm. That's nice enough. Smells like a clean, pretty girl." Then the lyrics to "Not A Pretty Girl" will pop into my head... PS: The Illustrated Woman
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