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Getting anxious here. I placed my order via PayPal on 9/12. No C-n-S, no confirmation it was received by the Lab, nada. This is the first time I've gone through them and not CCNow. Do I worry yet? I'd like to place another order to get the rest of the Halloweenies since today's payday, but...

 

Nervously,

Me.

The lab doesn't send out a confirmation, just a CnS. Did you get your PP receipt after you placed your order. That is what I go by, but if you are nervous, you might just want to send them an email. I also don't know what was in your order - it might have been one of the ones that have been hung up? Customer service is answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com.

I searched through this thread...is the address to email this issue to still answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com?

That's still the right address.

2009 Version

OMG - *needs a gazillion bottles of this* I have all of the versions and I love (and hoard) them all, but this is my absolute favorite. This has the perfect amount of smokiness for me and that bit of boozy bite. I'm happy that I'm not getting the strong cinnamon note that others have mentioned. It's there, but definitely in the background and very well balanced. This is my favorite of Beth's smoke note bends so far and even though I live in Southern California, Devil's Night 09 certainly feels like Autumn to me. I am finding so many winners in the Weenies this year.

ETA - I have now had this on for about an hour and it just gets better. The fine nuances are now coming forward and the booziness is not so *in your face* and it has mellowed down to a sweet, slightly musky booze. The smoke note just sort of swirls around above everything and I keep catching whiffs of the bonfire.

I'm not really into florals, but I always love a good rose. I was a bit wary of this because I'm generally not a fan of tearose, but I love wood notes and I was really curious. Well, I think that this is one of my favorite rose blends from BPAL. I just love the combination of the notes and it ends up being almost all sweet spicy rose to me, but I really like it. This pumpkin, like the rest of the patch this year, is a winner in my book and I'm glad that I have a bottle.

You might want to try Aureus from Bewitching Brews. This is the description:

True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent.

I love Mad Sweeney. It's a little intense, but I like it a lot and I also like it layered with wood blends. Forbidding Foyer is another of my favorites.

This is gorgeous! I don't usually do foody, preferring resinous, woody and smoky blends. This pumpkin is very sexy resins and unlike any of the pumpkins from this year or past years. The clove is not overbearing as it can often be, but really complements the other notes in the blend. It's a bit perfumy and reminds me of Parce Que which is a perfume that I used to wear in the early 80's, but with a BPAL twist. I love this a lot and I can imagine how this one will age - beautiful.

I was going to suggest Midway as well. That's the truest vanilla that I have found so far, but I have not yet ordered Boo. I love Tombstone, but I also like wood notes, so it is right up my alley. I would really suggest that you hunt around for Midway..........what about Sachs or Detestable Putrescence? I haven't tried those two either, but they have gotten good reviews for vanilla scents and they are both available.

Rubymulligan, I understand that your concern is because you are seeing other orders which were placed at the time your order was placed and the CnS notices are passing you by. I'm wondering if those other orders were much smaller than yours or if one or more of your bottles is holding it up a bit. It's still early, so I wouldn't be too worried about it, but if it eases your mind, I would just send them an email. Bear in mind, though, it isn't yet 10 business days from when your order was placed.

Oh shoot! I totally missed the whole "if you're paying via paypal don't use ccnow" thing, i used CCnow and the PP option. I feel awful if that means they're getting charged double fees! This was my first order direct from the lab, and i hadn't looked at the FAQs regarding ordering. I hope my order is still processed!

You don't need to worry about it being processed. The only problem with doing it that way is that the lab gets hit twice with fees - from CCNow and from Paypal.

For the more traditional lavender vanilla blend, my pick would be TKO as well, but if you want something a bit different, then Lilith Victoria would be a good choice. I wear both of these for my sleep blends.

I have been wanting to try this for the longest time and I grabbed an aged bottle from the sales posts.

Wet, this is very sweet and boozy. After it calms down and dries, that lovely oak note emerges and the booze note picks up a bit of a green herbal tinge. I'm not sure what is doing that, but it's a fresh note that keeps it from smelling exactly like Mad Sweeney, Oak King and Perilous Parlor. Since I love all three of those, I am thrilled about Kill-Devil and the oak note is just beautiful in this.

I got this decant from a wonderful forum friend and I was so surprised and excited to see it in the package of goodies. I love wood notes and oak is one of my favorites. This starts out sort of boozy and woody, but dries down to the wood and the booziness pretty much disappears. Along with the oak is a drier wood note that I really couldn't place, but others are mentioning birch, so I guess that's what it is. I really love this and I am so glad to have this treasured decant. I will wear it from time to time, but I will use it sparingly so as not to be left without and for the days when I must slather, I will wear Kill-Devil which has the booziness and that beautiful oak.

I get a really coarse grainy scone from this and it reminds me of the maple oat scones from Starbucks, but with vanilla frosting rather than the maple. For some reason, I am reminded of Blackberry incense as opposed to blackberry jam. I could be sitting on my porch eating a vanilla oat scone while blackberry incense wafts out of my house. I love this and it sticks around for hours.

Thank you fairy godmother for picking me up a bottle.

It's hard to know depending upon your chemistry and what you are picking up on, but if it's the aquatic note, you might like Tempest or if it's the aquatic with floral you might also like Thalassa the Galapagos Mermaid. Someone in the reviews section said that it reminded them of Embalming Fluid, so you might want to give it a try as well. Are you just looking to find similar blends in that vein? I was just curious since Sea of Glass is still available.

How can I make an international order from Twilight Alchemy lab?

I wasn't sure if you were asking about their Paypal address, but it is:

Please address all PayPal payments to:

twilight [AT] twilightalchemylab [DOT] com

The shipping charges would be the same as for the lab. I hope that this was the information that you needed.

I feel as if I am reviewing a completely different oil than anyone else. I put this on and I am immediately transported to the Summer of Love and a jeans store called London Britches where incense is wafting around and the smell of the Indian bedspreads permeates the air. It smells like sugary vanilla currant incense on me. The patchouli is really grounding this blend and keeping it from being too light. I had imagined something a bit different, but I love the memory trip that this has taken me on.

The throw is huge and lasts for a good 10 hours.

Sorry! I'm rather new and I didn't realize all the GC labels looked the same...

Actually, they don't always look the same - just to confuse and surprise us!

I have a couple of the old cobalt blue bottles of Snake Oil with the black and white GC label and then I have a newer bottle which is about 2 years old of Snake Oil with an antique parchment looking label and a totally different look.

This is one of my favorite resin blends from BPAL. I am a resin girl, but I really ordered this because the eclipse is the day before my birthday. I was so happy when I tried this because it is so beautiful, resinous and the sweet wood notes. It reminds me of Aureus, but more orange than gold which is the color that I see when I wear Aureus. The combination of the frankincense with the herbs reminds me of Carceri d'Invenzione with the sweet redwood note. This is absolutely gorgeous.

I wonder... is there a picture of Danube lurking around anywhere? I ran a few searches, even on Flickr, but nothing seems to come up

I believe that Danube is the regular GC label without any picture.

There are so many other great blends with lavender... what does Lavender Flowers smell like? If you know any of the notes in it we could narrow it down a bit.

Lavender, maybe lilac and violet,possibly a hint of another floral I could never place unfortunately.

I found a candle scent site which has a lot of B&BW type scents and they had a lavender blend with these notes - "Lavender flowers enhanced by lilac, rose & jasmine with a spicy woody undertone." Does that sound like it could be the same?

Am new to BPAL and the forum. I've been working on putting together my very first order. I came across a fragrance in the LE Reviews section listed as "Forum Only" (Lilith and Jarocho). The fragrance sounds absolutely lovely, and i've been trying to find it so i can purchase it, but can't find it anywhere! Please help

Go to the lab announcement page here and click on the thread about Strawberry Moon being live here.

Go halfway down the page, above the picture of the tee, to the words "over here" and click on the link. You can also subscribe to the lab announcements and the link will also be in your email message.

Welcome to the forum and enjoy!

I hope this is in the correct location!

 

I've been desperately trying to track down two imps of Aeval that smell the SAME to me. I was frimped one some time last year and it is the most beautiful effing thing I've ever smelled. Then I bought a bottle and it was so soapy I almost retched. I just received an imp and bam, yet it is completely different from both the first imp and the bottle. So I'm trying to do some logical analysis of why they might be different (blame the scientist in me) and I'm wondering if it is an age thing.

 

Almost all of my imps have a tag on the end of the label that say "http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com" (including my newest Aeval imp) -- whereas my old, favourite, Aeval imp has "Perfume Oil Blend" and no URL.

 

Veteran BPALers -- what's the difference? Are the labels random or did they switch over a certain amount of time ago? Maybe if I age my newest imp it'll smell like the other one? Help a newb, please!

A lot of it is due to the aging of your oil in the original imp most likely. So, you might just want to tuck away your new imp and your bottle as well for a bit. Also, since BPAL is not fragrance oil, sometimes the components will play a huge part on how different batches smell....and then there is just the fact that it is a different batch, just like the difference in dye lots.

Until last night, I had not tried Tombstone for a few years. I love the vanilla in it and I think that so far, this is my favorite BPAL blend for that note. I think that I need a bottle of this.

There is Regan as well......I'm too lazy to see if anyone recommended it before.

"Regan, from Illyria: A deceptively sweet orchid vanille with a faint trace of stephanotis."

Thanks for the info, didn't know we shouldn't mention other companies. Wish the lab sold a single note, in a super big size!

 

I like Eclipse alot, but all I smell is cherry almond! (Which is fine with me)

Here is the link to the post from the mod.

" I've noticed that people are recommending non-BPAL perfumes in their posts here a little more often lately. This really isn't appropriate here, and I'd like to ask you all to keep such discussions of other brands in the subforum designated for them, Retail Therapy, from now on. (This does not apply to posts seeking BPAL scents that are similar to a favorite perfume from another source - those continue to be welcome, of course.)

Recs is part of the section of subforums dedicated to Lab discussion, and its intent is for members to be able to seek others' advice about BPAL blends they aren't familiar with themselves. For another member to respond to a request by recommending a scent from a department store line, another e-tailer, or any source other than the Lab is a bit disrespectful of this subforum's purposes, the Lab, and the original poster, who came here looking for BPAL recs.

Please feel free to PM me if you have any comments or questions about this or other issues in Recommendations. I don't feel like this is a huge problem yet, and I'm certainly not angry with anyone who may have done this previously. However, since we now have over 6000 members and are adding new members every day, I felt that spelling this guideline out was important.

Thanks, everyone, for your enthusiastic participation in Recommendations!"