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*smiles* You've outdone yourself again Beth You're going to be very busy for a while In case anyone else is curious about that ingredient of Midnight, I've been doing a bit of research on Nottingham Catchfly... From here. "Nottingham Catchfly, Night-flowering Catchfly, and White Campion These are all members of the genus Silene, which also has several day-blooming members. These plants have sticky stems, hence the name 'catchfly'. The odor of the Nottingham catchfly is described as sweet and reminiscent of hyacinths, and its flowers open on three successive nights before withering." Looks like this:

...must...stop...watching...spinny...eyed...smileys...and...do...work... I think they've hypnotised me!

In recent correspondence with Nella, she said that future orders should be placed using the blackphoenix@blackphoenixalchemylab.com address for Paypal. I had been using cupcake@papow.com before, but apparently that one is right now.

I highly recommend Villain: it's a light scent, so shouldn't scare him off if he's not used to wearing fragrances

I don't get any fruit at all in Vice, it's just all rich, sweet, sticky chocolate to me. Layering that with the strawberry single note would be absolutely delicious! I love layering Vice or Bliss with anything heavily rose-based: Pride works well, as did Old London. I've never tried rose scented chocolate but somehow that combination works well on me

All the very best of luck with the move, look forward to hearing from you when you get back

March Hare and Depraved are very similar to me: but it's a type of scent that I strongly like therefore I enjoy both

I find that that depends what else has been in that orer: my first big order is still in a separate box from my second, and the 'box smell' that the imps have is quite distinctively different. Sorry I can't be of any more help!

Yup, that's it exactly Many thanks for the link!

Beth included that one with my order so I'm not sure where it came from. I've tried to find similar ones online but whew, who would have thought there would be so many perfume bottle sites?! It also seems to be a key word that shoots off to some very dubious sites which surprised me. What have porn and perfume bottles got to do with each other?!

*giggle* They weren't really arranged, just jumbled there! I was SOOO happy the day that they all arrived, it was one of those orders that had gone astray in the Great USPS Fiasco, so I was on tenterhooks for weeks before it turned up

LOL! You'd be very welcome

It's not a brilliant photo but here's what the 5ml bottles I received recently looked like (they're all 5mls stacked behind the imps )

Old New Orleans, oh please oh please?

I wonder if this could be something for the updated FAQ - I know there's a little bit on the website, but it's certainly something I think people like to know more about before going for, and it might save Beth/Nella a few mails...

You can use Open Office to create PDFs... or I have Acrobat installed at home. If your document if finished and ready to go, pop it on an email to me and I'll send you a PDF back?

I've had two packages sent to the UK, and neither had a customs charge on them. However, I think I must be lucky as pretty much everything else I ordered in the last year from the US has been caught

I've been at home both times my parcels arrived (sheer luck, I'd normally be at work!) and they were just handed over to me, no need to sign. However, if I wasn't there, they would have left me a card saying they'd tried to deliver, and I would need to pick it up from the local post office depot.

Oh dear, what a shame you feel the need to re-state this. I'd like to think that most of the regulars here have got the message now, and are trying to be patient! I'm sorry if my question on the thread about the price change seemed like nagging, not at all intentional. Updates (as in, site and new scent updates) are wonderful, but no-one is going to mind if you take your time and sort out the backlog first. I'm sure. Take care of yourself!

I love this. Like your average Little Goth Girl, I've been dabbing on patchouli since I was old enough to nip into town and buy it from the local hippy shop. So this blend brings back all sorts of memories for me, as its that note I pick up most. It's also one of the most long lasting notes. Whether that's because I'm used to smelling it, or if my skin just exudes it more than other oils, I'm not sure but it lasts for ages. However, I don't get the - ahem - amorous reaction the rest of you're experiencing! It's just a very lovely scent. Perhaps I need to experiment with some of the Voodoo blends?

I read the reviews here this morning, after already putting on a dab of Old New Orleans and thought, hmm.. I wonder. It layers over O.N.E beautifully. The two jasmines seem to hold hands and dance together well, with the rose floating over the top. The background of honeysuckle in O.N.E seems mellowed by the rose notes and all together it's made for a very beautifully scented spring day ADDED June 3: I was expecting the rose to be lot more prominent in this: I love Pride and Old London so was looking forward to another rose-attack. The rose definitely takes a back seat. The jasmine is a lot more noticeable on me than the rose is, and after a couple of hours this mellows to something that I'm sure is just odd on me: it smells of freshly baked bread! It's a curious scent, but not a favourite. I have enjoyed wearing it though. Not just a perfume, an experience

I love the idea of Schrodinger’s Cat. Will the site update be complete in time for us to place orders before May 1st? I have a nasty feeling this update is going to provoke a deluge of orders. Here's hoping the change of shipping will make this one painless.

I saw the title of this thread and thought - well, s'easy... Bee-Pee-Ay-Ell To tell the truth, I'd been wondering about Baobhan Sith and Xiuhtecuhtli myself

I was talking to the lovely Jo, and we had a thought. However, someone must have suggested this before. Or Beth has thought of it but it's not doable. Given that the quotations for international shipping seems to be a bottleneck for the Lab, why don't they publish a scale of shipping fees on the site for us to figure out ourselves and just add to the cost of the oils? Probably easier if I illustrate what I mean. This sort of thing. I've completely guessed the costs, ignore the actual figures. But if knew we were ordering 5 5mls, 3 sets of 6 imps and a 10 ml, total up the amount for our own region and just add that to the order cost! This could be expanded, of course, to include different prices for different shipping option - insured, signature etc. I'd anticipate this would also include a bit extra for the wonderful goodies that Beth so kindly adds in, but I'd imagine she already does this in the shipping quotations to individuals. Go on, tell me why it's a wonderful idea but can't be done! I can take it (Many thanks to Jo for the regional suggestion.)

Hi This is a very exciting development! I'm keen to know more, as the utility of this new source will depend on things like will they be able to supply all the oils, will they do online orders, what prices they will be selling the oils for, what postage method they'll use, and how focussed they can be on mail order. If they have a store-front operation too, and we're all deluging them with orders, I'd be concerned that the mail-orders may slip. That said, I'm sure these are all things that you're considering too, so on the whole I'll give a tentative 'yay' !! Scotland is a very long way for me, yes, but I'm planning to have my honeymoon up there A long way off yet, but the idea of being able to go for a BPAL shopping trip at the same time is a very nice one! ONe downside of the new arrangement would be that I will miss emailing you though!