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There is another address mentioned for general questions to the Lab: (answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com)

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I live at the beach. I think Jolly Roger is pretty close. Sea of Glass is more fresh-water to me personally (as is Zephyr). Hurricane and Undertow are kinda beachy. Penthus is very salty also, but rosy.

Yeah, I'd say Jolly Roger (of the ones I've tried).

I love the whole concept of the LE's. They're exciting and fun!

The Maiden is a gentle, sweet floral.

Cats.....what's Nature's Miracle?

If you're having a particularly hard time removing a strong oil with soap and water, try rubbing a little lemon juice and salt over the area...I guarantee you'll get rid of the oil. I did this with some stubborn Ace of Pentacles on my wrists once and it worked really well. The acid in the lemon breaks down the oil.

p.s. Don't try this method if you have a break in your skin...you'll scream!

Haunted. If it doesn't have citronella in it, I would be truly surprised.

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I'm living proof that Haunted doesnt' repel anything. In fact, it attracts. Bees...mosquitos....flies....ants....wasps.

I actually adore Haunted, I just don't wear it outdoors in the summer.

I've been blessed with an imp of Hellfire from a lovely and generous swapper, and I haven't been able to stop sniffing my wrists all day!

This is like being in a Victorian gentlemens' club...the sweet smell of pipe tobacco mingled with the boozy scent of fine Brandy. Deep leather armchairs in front of a crackling fire. I think most of us who have reviewed this scent are having the same thoughts and impressions. This blend is so sophisticated, intelligent, worldly and wicked.

I think Mr. Darcy's library smelled like this.

Personally, I think the "BPAL smell" is due to one (or a combination) of the four bases that Beth uses in probably most of her oils: Sandalwood; amber; myrrh; patchouli. She obviously uses very high quality base oils, which are rich and distinctive smelling, and which tend to permeate any container.

kadmia, if most of the scents you've tried so far have smelled similar, it may be that your skin naturally amplifies the base notes.

I also want to add that most of the world's great perfume houses have a distinctive quality about them. Chanels are powdery, Guerlains are rich, etc. I think that BPALs are incensey.

The lovely and generous spark sent me a decant of Yuletide, and I'm kicking myself for not ordering a bottle. I love and adore holly berries, bayberries, hell...any kind of Yule berries, and this perfume is absolutely bursting with the scent of berries mixed with fresh winter greenery. Sweet, juicy, with an undercurrent of bracing pine, and a teeny tiny hint of spice. Glorious and uplifting. If this scent makes a reappearance next year, it WILL be mine!

Great Goddess, how I wanted to love and adore Samhain the way I love and adore All Saints.

This is a fragrance that I can definitely appreciate and respect for the artistry and skill of the blend. Foody/woody scents are not easy to pull off, and obviously a lot of love and care went into the creation of Samhain.

That being said, it does not work on my skin. I think it's either the pumpkin or the wine that turns sour on me. I'm very jealous of anyone who can wear foody scents well.

Regardless, I'm going to continue to wear Samhain from time to time, if only to experience the love Beth put into this scent.

There was absolutely no doubt in my mind the minute I read Beth's description of this perfume that I'd love it. And I do.

This is a strong, incense-based floral. Sweet but dry. Innocent but sexy. I always get an extremely strong sense memories of churches and prayer books when I wear this. My skin really amplifies the resins in this blend, and I adore BPAL resins. The smokiness of All Saints tempers the usual sharpness of the myrrh.

I am absolutely addicted to this fragrance, and I BEG Beth to bring it back next year.

Sybaris is a perfume that I'm constantly on the fence about. One day I'll absolutely love it's sweet, spicey exoticness...the next day it will be almost unbearably foody and nearly sickening. My overall impression is that Sybaris is a complex, heady, cakey, smooth blend. One of the notes pierces my sinuses when I wear it, but I always want to smell my arm when I'm wearing it.

Odd...I'm usually pretty decisive about my opinions, but Sybaris makes me waffle.

Ouija and Seance are sister scents....the big difference to my nose is that one smokes (Ouija) and the other doesn't. I luv them both.

Fortunately, I ordered an imp of Carnation before Beth discontinued it. It's one of my favorite floral scents, and it's very difficult to find a 'true' carnation perfume oil...but this is definitely the real deal.

Sweet and spicey as you'd expect, but also just a bit musky. There is an oh-so-subtle bitter greenness in the topnote, like the leaves and stem of a living carnation.

It's wonderful to experience a single-note floral that isn't fake or overly sweet. I'll cherish my little Carnation impy!

Jailbait is both a fun and slightly disturbing blend. It's definitely got the bubblegum, cherry lollipop thing going on...but (goddess forgive me), there's a porn star quality lurking in the background. This is a naughty scent. This is a woman dressed up like a schoolgirl. This is candy.

Hmmm, am I the only one who loves the smell of baby powder? If a scent wants to go powdery on me (a la Dublin), that's cool....

Absinthe has the bitter, medicinal bite of anise and wormwood, almost overpowering when first applied. While the scent does mellow out and sweeten after a while on the skin, it's still a wicked fragrance.

I have found all of Beth's herbal blends that I've tried to have a 'poisonous' characteristic that is very intriguing. While I don't want to smell this way as a personal scent, I find these oils to be extremely handy when doing spellwork.

Jester: I try really hard not to fall back on easy descriptions in my reviews, but Jester IS strawberry bubblegum on my skin when freshly applied. And...there is an undercurrent here that's sort of...strangely metallic. Very, very candy-sweet and oh-so-strong.

I get no apples, pears or blackberries. The sweetness of the blend just gobbles up any nuances of individual notes for me. It's like cotton candy on the drydown.

Wow, this is SWEET! My teeth are aching!

Envy: Whooa, this is minty. Really powerful, "curiously strong" mint when freshly applied. As soon as it starts to warm on my skin, the lime emerges. Actually, this is lime zest...sharp and biting, but the mint mixes beautifully with it and takes off the sharp edge.

As it dries, the herbal and grassy notes start to come thru. The bottom of this scent is a very soft, minty, refreshing herbal that is ever-so-slightly sweet.

Envy faded very quickly on me, but I loved each stage of this blend. It's an eye-opener. A great morning scent to get you moving.

Drat....I really wanted to get carnations in Alice, but for me it's all honey, amber and...caramel? Not that those notes are bad! I was just imagining this would be a bit more milky-floral on my skin.

As others have noted, this is a very golden blend.

The drydown is quite powdery for me. I'm planning to mix Alice with some lotion and apply it that way...it's just a wee bit too ambery/sweet for me to wear straight.

I've been smiling and nodding as I read my BPAL sisters' reviews of Sea of Glass. This blend is very...VERY difficult to describe, but oh so easy to love.

This is water. Clear, fresh water...the ozonic note in this blend is very beautiful. I do think there is just a small hint of something herbal and/or citrus, but nothing that detracts from the watery freshness of the perfume.

This is THE perfect aquatic scent. Simply wonderful.

Penthus is an absolutely perfect example of Beth's genius with the salty note in several of her blends.

Freshly applied, this is sweet, white roses growing across a cottage fence by the sea. The lovely bloom of the rose mixes perfectly with the sharp tang of salt...these two notes balance each other so beautifully. The salt gives you that familiar feeling of sadness in the midst of beauty.

As it dries, the saltiness moves back and is replaced with a serene herbal coolness. The innocence and sadness of the rose slowly develops into a slightly more pungent incense-y sweetness.

Penthus is surprisingly long-lasting, and is a truly gorgeous and interesting rose scent.

Sometimes I think I'm losing my mind, or maybe I'm just having a 'weird skin' day.

Eve is basically all sweet musk oil on me. I don't see musk in the notes, but that's how this enfolded on my skin. Perhaps it's the ylang ylang.

I do get just a touch of the apple and honey, but just a whisper. By the time the scent has dried down, it's a sweet floral musk.

I would have adored smelling the green apple in this, as others have here, but alas it wasn't meant to be.

That being said, I liked the sophisticated calmness of this blend.

As everyone else has already noted, Yerevan is very, very apricot....sweet, fresh, sticky apricot juice. That is really all I get on first applying, but as with all of Beth's oils, I had to be patient for this one to unfold a bit to really appreciate it as more than a single note.

Mid-way thru the dry down, the pomegranate and iris briefly come out on my skin. And when I say briefly, I mean minutes...just that whiff of something sharp and then woody. If you're not constantly smelling your skin when testing Yerevan, you will miss it.

The bottom of this fragrance is softly floral, a teeny bit of Chinese musk, and of course apricot.

I think this would be a wonderful mid-summer fragrance.