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  1. kwsix
    I don't like jumping on an already moving bandwagon, so I've never had a myspace or a livejournal or an actual blog. Until now. I just popped my livejournal cherry. Granted, there are no entries and it's all plain and ugly at the moment, but the damage is done. And here I am starting a blog. You people could convince me to do anything.
     
    Does anybody remember open diary? That should tell you how long it's been since I "blogged". I think the site still exists, but I'm afraid to check. It just wouldn't be the same and it would make me sad.
     
    Since I'm a total lj noob, any advice and/or suggestions on getting started would be welcome. Otherwise I'll just fumble along and generally make an ass out of myself until I figure it out.
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    I'm alive . . .

    By kwsix,

    I was going to post an entry about why I've been MIA, but really, I just don't feel like it. I'll just say that I'm ok now, but I wasn't for a while. I'm really sorry if I let anyone down or made anyone angry. I'm doing what I can to fix things, so pm me if I can do anything for you.
     
    I hope everyone is managing to enjoy the holiday season. It's been snowing here, finally, so I'm starting to get in the holiday spirit.
     
    So far everyone has been so incredibly nice and understanding. I wonder, what is it about BPAL and this forum that attract such wonderful people?
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    Need to test

    By kwsix,

    WORK IN PROGRESS
     
    Here are the blends I either need to test or re-test. Most of these I've had in hand and even tested on my skin, but swapped or frimped away before I could form a good opinion. I really need to take better notes. The ones that are actually on my active wishlist are starred.
     
    Bewitching Brews
    Belle Epoque
    Bess
    Black Forest
    Blood Amber
    Brimstone
    Cathode
    Calico Jack
    Chimera
    The Coiled Serpent
    Delirium
    Epherma
    Event Horizon
    Fae
    Grand Guignol
    Grog
    Hamydryad (looking for non-wintergreen kind)
    I Died for Beauty
    Intrigue
    Kubla Khan
    La Bella Donna Della Mia Mente
    La Bella Dame Sans Merci
    Leanan Sidhe
    Lightning
    Lurid
    Mary Read
    Morgause
    Ode on Melancholy
    Omen
    Ozymandias
    Penny Dreadful
    Phantasm
    Poisoned Apple
    The Raven
    Schrodinger's Cat
    Seance
    Shattered
    Tempest
    Ulalume
    Ultraviolet
    Veil
    Wilde
    Yggdrasil
    Zephyr
     
    Ars Moriendi
    Danse Macabre
    Darkness
    Epitaph
    Eternal
    The Ghost
    Haunted
    House of Night
    Les Fleurs du Mal
    Midnight
    Nocturne
    The Phantom Wooer
    The Reaper and the Flowers
    Sheol
    Shroud
    Thanatopsis
    Twilight
    Wings of Azrael
     
    Dark Elements
    Burial
    Hurricane
     
    Sin and Salvation
    Envy
    Greed
    Lust
    Sloth
    Death on a Pale Horse
    Anathema
    Black Dahlia
    Dorian
    Fallen
    Faustus
    Hymn
    Languor
    Les Infortunes de la Vertu
    Magdalene
    Nero
    Oblivion
    Penitence
    Roadhouse
    Rose Cross
    Seraphim
    Tzadikim Nistarim
     
    Love Potions
    Ave Maria Gratia Plena
    Bathsheba
    Bien Loin D'ici
    Brisingamen
    Debauchery
    Depraved
    Desire
    Forbidden Fruit
    Golden Priapus
    Jezebel
    La Belle Au Bois Dormant
    La Petite Mort
    The Lady of Shalott
    Le Serpent Qui Danse
    Libertine
    Lilium Inter Spinas
    Loralei
    Maiden
    Muse
    Nefertiti
    O (This was one of the first BPAL scents I tried, and it failed horribly. I'm curious to re-test it.)
    Psyche
    Rapture
    Ravenous
    Saturnalia
    Satyr
    Sed Non Satiata
    Siren
    Succubus
    The Temptation
    Suspiro
    Vicomte de Valmont
    Wanda
    Wanton
    Whip
     
    Diabolis
    A Countenance Forboding Evil
    Baobhan Sith
    Black Annis
    Blood Countess
    Bloodlust
    Bluebeard
    Catherine
    Dracul
    Goblin
    Hell's Belle
    Horreur Sympathique
    Incubus
    Kitsune-Tsuki
    Loup Garou
    Maenad
    Malice
    Marquise de Merteuil
    Masabakes
    Medea
    Nephilim
    Nocnitsa
    Nosferatu
    Pain
    Phantom
    Phantom Queen
    Phobos
    Rage
    Serpent's Kiss
    Szepasszony
    Troll
    Wicked
     
    Neil Gaiman/The Carousel
    Spider*
     
    Mad Tea Party
    The Caterpillar
    Cheshire Cat
    Croquet
    The Dodo
    The Dormouse
    Drink Me
    Jabberwocky
    The King of Hearts
    The Knave of Hearts
    The Lion
    The Mock Turtle's Lessons
    Mouse's Long and Sad Tale
    The Pool of Tears
    Queen Alice
    The Queen of Hearts
    Tiger Lily
    Two, Five & Seven
    The Unicorn
    White Rabbit
     
    Illyria
    Antony
    The Apothecary
    Caliban
    Cordelia
    Goneril
    Helena
    Hermia
    Juliet
    Katharina
    Lear
    Lysander
    Oberon
    Ophelia
    Othello
    Regan
    Robin Goodfellow
    Rosalind
    Titania
    Titus Andronicus
    Viola
     
    Wanderlust
    Île de la Tortue
    Windward Passage
     
    Ars Draconis
    Dragon's Reverie
    Ladon
     
    Rappaccini's Garden
    Asphodel
    Belladonna
    Black Hellebore
    Black Lotus
    Black Rose
    Blood Lotus
    Blood Rose
    Cobra Lily
    Death Cap
    Dian's Bud
    Devil's Claw
    Hairy Toad Lily
    Hemlock
    Love-in-Idleness
    Love-Lies-Bleeding
    Moon Rose
    Opium Poppy
    Shadow Witch Orchid
    Slobbering Pine
    Squirting Cucumber
    Strangler Fig
    Sundew
    Voodoo Lily
    Wolfsbane
    Yew-Trees
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    Decanting the pumpkins

    By kwsix,

    Ok, here are my early, slightly incoherent thoughts on the 2007 Pumpkin Patch scents. I didn't intentionally try any of these on, but I did get some spatter on Chief Running Wolf (that would be me) while I was decanting them.
     
    Pumpkin I: Pumpkin with pear, white wine grapes, and jasmine-laced tea.
    Holy well-behaved jasmine, batman! This is a contender for my favorite of all of the Pumpkins this year. It's lightly fruited and sparkling, and just absolutely perfect on my skin. No butter, and actually no pumpkin to speak of after it dries. It reminds me of some kind of white grape soda - I think it's the Diet Rite brand. It isn't sticky sweet - just sweet enough and slightly fizzy. The jasmine stays strangely subdued. I think I will wear this frequently.
     
    Pumpkin II: Pumpkin with tobacco, champa flower, carnation, and tonka.
    This is another winner for me. I've entered the twilight zone, because on me, this turns into a kissing cousin of Hellion. How that happens, I have no idea. I'm too tired to go check the notes for Hellion, but I can't imagine what they might have in common. On the extreme drydown, the tobacco gets stronger. Again, no butter, and basically no pumpkin to speak of after it dries. It also seems a little "fizzy" to me, in the same way that Hellion does. Contender for my favorite, although I think I and V edge it out just a little, if only because it's so similar to Hellion on me yet has no chance of replacing it.
     
    Pumpkin III: Pumpkin with white chocolate, caramel, pomegranate, and cream.
    I predicted that this would be my favorite of the pumpkins, because, hello, yummy foody wonderfulness. But, it's not my favorite, and I'm not even 100% sure that it works on my skin. At first it was way too creamy, too tooth-achingly sweet, and too rich. I haven't been able to detect the pomegranate at all yet. Right after the first stage of the drydown, it showed signs of mellowing a bit, but I accidentally washed the scent off during decant circus intermission. (I scrub my hands after I finish decanting each scent so as not to corrupt the next one, but I usually don't wash my upper arms. I guess I got a little over zealous)This one requires further testing, but I think it's going to be a bit too foody for me.
     
    Pumpkin IV: Pumpkin with cactus blossom, sage, and sweetgrass.
    Well, this was on the underside of the arm with Pumpkin III, and it hadn't even really gotten to the drydown when it was corrupted by soap. So, I can't really say if this will work for me or not, but it does have promise. This one seemed to have a fresh, summery edge.
     
    Pumpkin V: Pumpkin with benzoin, bourbon vanilla, lemon peel, neroli, blood orange, and red ginger.
    Ummm, yes please! So far this seems to be my 2nd favorite of the pumpkin blends, after Pumpkin I. But with further testing, it could prove to be the best. It's complex and spicy, and I'm really loving the deep citrus edge. It seems perfectly balanced, as I can detect all the listed notes yet nothing is taking over the blend. It reminds me a little of something I tried before . . . maybe Oct 2006 13? But this is better on me, and I'm very eager to give it an actual test run.
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    My bottles

    By kwsix,

    I went through a purging stage and got rid of many of my bottles, but now I'm starting to hoard again. I have multiples of some of these. This list is from memory, so it's very likely that I've forgotten some things.
     
    10ml:
    Bordello
    Hellion
    Voodoo (almost empty)
     
    5ml:
    13 (2005, white label)
    13 (July 2007, pink label)
    A Bachelor's Dog
    A Bold Bluff
    Agnes Nutter
    All Souls 06
    Arachnina the Spider Girl
    Arcana
    Aziraphale
    Black Tower
    Blood
    Bordello
    Chrysanthemum Moon
    Crowley
    Devil's Night
    Door 13
    Djinn
    Enraged Groundhog Musk
    Fairy Market
    Faiza the Black Mamba
    Florence
    Frumious Bandersnatch (almost empty waaaaah)
    Halôa
    Harvest Moon 06
    Hetairae
    Hunger Moon
    Inferno (almost empty waaaaah)
    Lampades
    Leo 07
    Monster Bait: Bloody Mary
    Monster Bait: Tokyo Stomp
    Monster Bait: Underpants
    NYE in Dogville
    One to Tie, Two to Win
    The Organ Grinder
    Pinched With Four Aces
    Priala the Human Phoenix
    Punkie Night
    Queen of the Nile
    Samhain 05
    Saw Scaled Viper (almost empty waaaah)
    Shadwell
    Sitting Up With a Sick Friend
    Sugar Skull 05
    Temple Viper
    Three Witches
    Tristran
    Tweedledee
    Velvet
    Victoria
    War
    The Wildmen of Jezirat al Tennyn
    The Witch Queen
    Wulric the Wolfman
    Yvaine
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    bats in my belfry

    By kwsix,

    I haven't been sleeping well, so I took a hot bath around 10:30 last night with the hopes that it would help knock me out. My soothing bath was interrupted by an angry and persistant bat. My apologies to anyone who may have seen a scantily-clad woman releasing an agitated bat from a towel sometime around 11:00 last night.*
     
    Playing naked hide and seek with an ill-tempered bat frazzled my nerves. The cold medicine I had taken earlier backfired, so I was nervous and exhausted but wide awake. I tried to sleep anyway. Dogs barked. My mouse would not get off of his squeaky wheel, except to noisily chew on his toys. Dogs howled in 3-part harmony. Bat-like noises were heard. My son alternated between crying beside my bed because he didn't want to sleep in his bedroom alone, and crying in my bed because he wanted to sleep in his bedroom alone. I ended up putting the mouse habitat in my closet for the night. Even though my closet is huge and as nice as my bedroom, I still felt guilty. I had nightmares about mice when I did manage to sleep. Huge vengeful mice with squeaky bat wings. Sad mice with tears running down their little mouse faces.
     
    So today I am functioning on three non-consecutive hours of sleep. That might not be so bad, except that I haven't gotten more than 5 hours of sleep on any night in the past two weeks. I am beyond sleep deprived at this point. I really wouldn't be surprised if I do start hallucinating bats.
     
    Today of all days, I was railroaded into having lunch with my Mom and four year old son. I love them both dearly and normally welcome the chance to spend time with either of them, but today was just not the day. They insisted on eating at Burger King, of all places. My son, who is usually an angel, was on his worst behavior. So was my Mom. They both took pleasure in pushing my buttons, which were admittedly easier to push today than they usually are. Hooray, temper tantrums and crappy food for everyone! I've never been so glad to get back to the office. I'm the only one working today, which is good, but I can't leave before at least 6:30, which is bad.
     
    *Note to those of you with an interest in bat welfare: I tried to be very kind to the bat. I gently picked him up with a towel after he roosted on a windowshade. He tried to bite me, but I think that's because he was upset, not because I was hurting him in any way. He appeared to fly away unharmed when I released him. Bats get into our house all of the time, so any advice on getting them out safely would be welcome.
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    belly up

    By kwsix,

    One of my fish died this morning. Yeah, he was just a fish, and just a little neon tetra at that, but I'm still sad. I wonder if his tank mates miss him.
     
    It's been over 3 years since Tito, my big albino Oscar, died, and I still miss him. He was the most petlike fish I've ever seen. As irrational as it may sound, I think he knew me as a friend. He got all excited and wagged his tail when I came near the tank. My husband always fed Tito, but he only wagged for me.
     
    Random BPAL info: I'm wearing Neo-Tokyo today, for the first time in a long time. It smells weird on me today. Not bad weird, just different than I remember. Aunt Flo is visiting, so it could just be hormonal.
     
    This has got to be a candidate for the most boring and uninspired blog entry ever.
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