fairywingmaker

This definitely smells like the perfect long stemmed red rose. I can even smell the stem. As I wear it awhile it blossoms into a spicey (I use that word a lot!) deep rose scent. Like the roses in my garden. The green has faded, and the sun has deepened the rose scent. I've never had a rose scent work on me, ever, they all go to powder. Not this one, it's beautiful. Thank you so much quantum spice for letting me try this gorgeous scent!

This one starts out citrusy on my skin. Then it becomes almondy, spicey, but always that bite of citrus in the background.

After while the myrrh becomes dominant. I love this very much. It's a constantly evolving scent. Very complex. I will be buying a big bottle of this one.

Spicey, Incensey (in a good way) Mysterious. This is exactly what went through my mind when I put this on my skin. After it dries a bit, the musk and something a little sweeter is coming up. The spicieness is making me very happy. Like this a lot!

I'm in LOVE Everything that is my absolute favorite, in one spicey scent.

This starts out very spicey, almost cinnamony on me...then as it dries down it softens to a spicey almost floral berry smell. It has a warm sweetness under the spice. It's everything I thought it would be. This may well be my very first 10ml.

How about Baking Soda!

The Star Anise comes right to the top with me. The Cherries are just under the surface with the sandlewood behind everything.

This is another that smells spicey floral on me. Which I love. I wasn't sure by the description, that I would like this. However, as usual, I've misjudged, and I LOVE it. Another for the big bottle list

I LOVE Old New Orleans, Black Dahlia, and I second summer's The Caterpillar! I've never been to the "deep south" myself, but my great grandparents were from Houma, Louisiana. I want to go!!!!

rich and warm and spicey

this is the exact impression I got when I put this on my skin. Very beautiful, exotic, and lovely to wear. Very much a fall scent, in my mind. Cloves, buttery rum, and something else underneath...is that the sassafras? I'm still learning

I will need a 10ml of this, cause I think it would smell wonderful on my husband. Although his chemestry makes the oils smell completely different than when I wear them.

This is such a great summer scent. Fresh strawberries right out of my garden. Juicy, sweet smelling....The champagne comes right up on me. The bubbley tickle your nose kind of tart smell right under the strawberries. There is something just a little spicey lurking under it all, and I like it! I think I need a bigger bottle of this one.

Beautiful!

You could always use an international money order. US funds. I would double check with the lab though.

Did you also take a look at the Queen of Spades. The description is in the Announcement section. That might appeal to your mother too! I know I want it

Here are a couple of scents that I love that might fit her...

Old Paris ~ Sensual, decadent, and enigmatic. Lavender, softly underscored by lotus and spice.

Old New Orleans ~ Reminiscent of hothouse blooms on a humid night, ripe, but touched with decay. Sweet honeysuckle and jasmine with a hint of lemon and spice.

In the bottle the lavender wants to take over. I put this on my skin, and the lavender quiets way down. Something else flowery comes to the surface...the lotus (having never smelled lotus I'm not sure) but its sophisticated and beautiful. There is a lovely spicieness that comes up under the lotus. This to me is the perfect scent. The balance of spicey and floral. I think I'm in love....again!!!

It looks like you've tried everything except Hellfire, which hypothermya just mentioned. Here's the description on BPAL

Sin & Salvation Hellfire NEW FORMULATION

A scent celebrating Sir Francis Dashwood’s Order of the Knights of St. Francis of Wycombe, also known as the Hellfire Club. A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass.

Sacred Whore of Babylon is a spicy gardenia.

whoo hoo!!! That is almost to the letter what I wrote in my review of sacred whore of babylon! I finally got one! I do love this, and bought a 5 ml. of it right after I sampled an imp. It's very gorgeous. I love gardenia's so much. They remind me of my grandparents yard.

Paypal is not set up as a cart on BPAL. You have to go to www.paypal.com Then sign in, and fill out the information. Just make sure you have your choices written down first so that you can fill in the notes area, including the shipping amount. You can find that on the FAQ page on the BPAL site.

Anita,

Just go to www.paypal.com

click "sign up for a new paypal account",

choose either "Personal account" and the "country" you are in,

Then enter your address, email address and password, and security question (like "mother's maiden name")

Agree to the "agreement,"

Then I believe the next page is to hook up your bank account or credit card.

I have mine hooked to my bank account, so it works like a debit card. then I use my credit card as back up. Most sellers like you to use your bank account because it charges the seller less to receive the funds. (I've been using Paypal for almost 5 years, and have never had a problem) Also, the seller never see's your account numbers, to your bank or credit card. All we see is your email, the amount of money you're sending, Your Order, and your address. Hope this helps!

You can attach Paypal to your bank account so that your payments come out like a debit. (just like swiping your debit card) If someone pays you through Paypal, you can leave the money in there, just like a checking account. (and buy more BPAL goodies)

It walks you through the information when you go to pay. You fill in the email that bpal uses, then you put in the total, type of transaction (goods/other) then put in your order in the comments window....

When I pay through Paypal, this is what it looks like in my comment window...

1 5-ml ~ Luna ~ 12.50

6 imps ~ Three Witches, French Creole, Fire of Love, Come to Me, Love Oil,

Old Morocco ~ 12.00

6 imps ~ Glasya, Maenad, Carnation, Dragons Milk, Belladonna, Venus ~ 12.00

Shipping 6.50

It's very simple to use...once you get used to it I use it on eBay too!

I used The Caterpillar today. It smells gorgeous! I tried it using the candle wax from tea light candles, instead of the water. (its in another thread, but I couldn't find it right now) Works so much better than water and oil!!! I'll look some more for that thread and leave the link.

I only used ccnow one time. But the turnaround time was still only a little over 4 weeks. As long as you were in touch with the lab, and they know what's happening, you should be somewhere in that time span. I use Paypal now. Just because it doesn't cost Beth as much to use it.

Usually when ccnow says it's been shipped, that just means that the order has been sent to the Lab. The lab should be sending you a click n' ship when the order is actually filled and ready to be shipped. At least that has been the case with my orders. It's usually about a one month turn around for an order to be filled, and shipped. (I hope that makes sense!) 

Just reposting this for the people who had ccnow questions

Well I'm just a complete piggy. I want to try it all!!! And I would love to have my very own scent. I'm just so dang indecisive that I would still probably wear something different 3 times a day. It's the Pisces thing...can't make up my mind about anything!

I'll just keep watching to see if and when Beth will be working on personal scents again.

This is a lot lighter than I envisioned. I definitely smell the Dandelion when I first apply this scent. As it dries, the Hops are a lot more prominent. The tobacco edge reminds me a little more of "chew" than cigarette smoke. I'm a Honky Tonk girl, and love to go dancing...so this will be a must have! I'm really impressed with how Beth captured the feel of a Honky Tonk in a scent...she's amazing, as is this scent

At the end of the day, this has left the most amazingly, lovely scent on my skin! A smokey, spicey kind of smell that I can't quite place. I'm ordering a big bottle of this!!!

I'm sorry you won't get your scent for you Birthday But then again, maybe she will get caught up, and be able to take Personal Orders again. I'm kind of looking at Chaos Theory as my own personal scent right now. I figure she will be mixing one up for each of us that ordered, and each should be different and interesting! It will hold me over any way

Ishtar ~ This was what Beth added in the update about personal scents, just in case you didn't see it....

Until further notice, I cannot accept any new requests for personalized scents. Those whose processes have begun will been seen to their completion. I apologize for any inconvenience, and look forward to freeing up enough time to work on these in the future!

I sure hope she continues to offer them sometime in the future, I would love my own signature scent!