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good ideas. I don't have a mint case but I put them in the plastic bag inside my other plastic bag... if anyone asks I'll just tell them honestly that it's perfume and maybe make a few converts.

 

Sadly, I realized just now that as a white, wheelchair using female with a good smile I shouldn't have any problems. Yay for society judging people by how they look...

I wouldn't count on that.. I am too, and travel a fair bit.

It starts out dark. It's sharp, but not a smooth sharp blade.. it's one that has jagged chips in it. I'm starting to get burned wood. As it dries, the wine notes come out.. yes, it is a bitter or slightly off wine, but it actually is behaving as a wine, which doesn't usually happen on me. \o/ I'm not getting -anything- like Samhain, though.

After a bit, the wine sweetens up a little. Slightly smokey, and aha, there's the granite..

About an hour later, it's doing the bits I find awesome in Brimstone, with touches of wine and incense.

A few hours later, it's mostly gone. However, this is the fourth new oil to do this on me.. I think I might be dehydrated.

Wet: Wow. That.. is very very pungently smokey.

Dry: O_O OMG. LOVE! Burning spice and smoke and... ooo I so cannot adequately describe this.

Half an hour later: Still love

Wet: Hooray! Storm that is not Irish Spring! and definitely incense, possibly a bit of burning wood as well.. though it's not your normal campfire/stove type wood.

Dry: Ack! Where did everything go? Faint incense.. and the pause before the storm.

Half an hour: A little more incense, and stray bits of cotton candy.

I may need to retry this and just slather it. Or moisturize first. I've washed my hands several times today. (Before application!)

Wet: Bubblegum and cotton candy

Dry: Bubbleyum bubblegum. Which.. I am not really looking for in perfume. I don't like bubblegum flavored anything EXCEPT bubblegum. Toothpaste and candy flavored that way makes me gag.

An hour later: Bubbleyum with a slightly sickly vanilla cream tone.

Verdict: No thanks!

Wet: Definitely ozone, though it isn't quite doing that "IRISH SPRING SCENT!" thing as much as Thunder Moon and other storm scents.

Dry: Getting the wet, but not so much of the granite.

An hour later, it's faded a lot. After two, it's pretty much gone.

I find myself staring at the flow of green hair as it rippled in the light current, entranced. Movement at the corner of my eye loosens the trance, and sensation finally permeates--dampness, on the back of my hand. Blinking, I look down and raise it to sniff. Ew! Was that a cat? Did it just PEE at me? I shake it off and frown. Perhaps it was not a cat. Perhaps it was a hallucination from passing the bar earlier.. but no, the liquid has dried and is still quite distinctly cat pee. I briefly consider rinsing my hand in the pond, but her chill look gives me pause. I continue to walk about the carnaval, and two hours pass... finally, it has tapered out to a mere faint hint of cat pee, with a vaguely unpleasant floral mix. Parthenope's pond is not one I will return to.

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Seriously. How did this turn to cat pee?

AmyAngel, I'm sorry it didn't work, but your review cracked me up.

On a test from the rim of an empty bottle, I got a looot of creaminess with vanilla tones. Agreeing with the cookie assessment. A couple hours later, I'm getting some of the spice. I didn't really get much myrrh, but I need to retest from the actual decant to be sure this is how it will run. (My hands were too bad to open imps this morning.)

I'm finding all sorts of neat threads today...

 

Ha, am I the only person who just applies straight from bottle to wrist?

 

Heh. Nope. I upend the bottle once against each wrist, then apply wrists to opposing inner elbows.

 

It depends on the scent, and how much I want to smell like it. For light ones like Vampire Tears or Phantom Wooer, I'll apply straight to one wrist, rub my wrists together, then rub each wrist on my neck and shoulders. (And in my hair, if there's still a lot of oil to go around...)

 

If it's one that has a lot of throw, I just apply from the edge of the bottle, or the cap.

 

I like the idea with the bobby pins though. I may have to use that in the future.

 

o_O I couldn't imagine putting that much oil on at once.

And I couldn't imagine putting on less! I am kind of amazed at people who use just the amount on one dip of an imp wand, or just dot from the residue on the cap - it's not a criticism, it's just because I'd never be able to smell the perfume that way! Either I eat scents, or my life-long allergies have shot my sense of smell and I'm happily stinking out everyone around me.

 

Seriously, though, I don't think I'm stinking people out, because when I *do* overapply, I can tell; it's just that most scents are completely unnoticeable on me unless I apply more generously (I just stick my index finger over the top of the bottle and invert, but I'll do it a few times depending on the scent). Maybe it's because I don't like most of the really strong varieties of scents (resins, patchouli, that kind of thing).

That makes sense.. I like a lot of the resins, amber, woods, incense ones.

I'm also mildly asthmatic and can be oversensitive to some smells.

I wore Litha for midsummer

What about Gamaliel? I am having a helluva time finding any. It's from the Sephiroth/Qiploth line.

I see that this thread has been inactive for some time...This is where my question fits, though, so lets wake it up! I am wondering if the Lab has ever considered packaging with dry ice. It gets pretty warm where I live: I get home about an hour after the mail comes, and as much as I rush to get home when I have a CnS, I am rarely here when it arrives.

 

Today an order came, and I couldn't wait to start sniffing. One oil, which was lukewarm from the couple of hours it sat in the mailbox, smelled SO incredibly different between when I opened it this afternoon and right now...I can't help but wonder how much degradation occurs in just that short amount of time.

 

I would SO pay for dry ice packaging if it were available - any thoughts?

I don't work for the lab, but being very cold makes glass more brittle, and shipping with dry ice tends to be -very- pricey. That's how they mail ice cream and meat.

I've often found that the problem isn't that the mail is hot, it's that it quickly BECOMES hot when sitting in the mailbox.

I totally get Irish Spring soap off of Thunder Moon. I have to wait at least two hours after application for it to do things I -like.-

Which isn't to say Irish Spring is an awful smell, just that if I wanted to smell like that I'd just get the soap!

>.>

Do ALL of the American Gods/Anansi Boys scents have that picture of the book? I realized I might be confused cause the only BOTTLE I have is of Mr. Jacquel and I assumed the book fit with Anubis... all the rest of mine are imps with fan designed labels.

Does anyone have what Earth Rat looks like?

I'm finding all sorts of neat threads today...

 

Ha, am I the only person who just applies straight from bottle to wrist?

 

Heh. Nope. I upend the bottle once against each wrist, then apply wrists to opposing inner elbows.

 

It depends on the scent, and how much I want to smell like it. For light ones like Vampire Tears or Phantom Wooer, I'll apply straight to one wrist, rub my wrists together, then rub each wrist on my neck and shoulders. (And in my hair, if there's still a lot of oil to go around...)

 

If it's one that has a lot of throw, I just apply from the edge of the bottle, or the cap.

 

I like the idea with the bobby pins though. I may have to use that in the future.

o_O I couldn't imagine putting that much oil on at once.

Wet, I get playdoh.

Even after an hour I have.. faintly almond smelling playdoh.

Boo.

Wet: It starts out quite dusty. I almost want to sneeze at it.

Drydown: Oh, it's starting to go incense..

Later: Aaand its musty. I'm in the bottom floor of a damp building and get enough musty at work.

Verdict: No thanks.

Bottle: I have no idea.

Wet: Does have a bit of a feral smell to it.. and I think I'm getting the wine.

Dry: Oh lookit, wine. I'm getting bits of musk, there's some feral bits..

Verdict: I think this one just might not quite be ready yet. I'm going to hang onto it, and try it again in a month or so.

Bottle: (Imp) *blink* That.. is discouraging. There's those rotten leaves, and bitter.

Wet: Ok, there's amber in there.. and.. blagh. I do not think I like this. I usually like amber notes, and I know I'm not used to lab-fresh stuff, but.. blagh.

Dry: Woah! Clove. There's a bit of other stuff, but the clove is overwhelming it. Kinda glad I've run this one on my ankle.. It would probably cause problems with further testings today otherwise.

40 minutes later: Hrm. It has an interesting creamy bit to it..

Verdict: Nnnh. I could hang onto the imp to see how it ages.. but I am -not- buying a bottle. I'm skeptical on the imp too. But it might go really neat.. but the clove burns. Aaaagh. Maybe I'll give it a few weeks to sit and then see.

Bottle: o_O Woah. It does smell like a cool autumn.

Wet: Bit of smoke, but not too much. It's very very light. Which is good, because smokey scents tend to kill me. And it smells like leaves! Dry leaves, not wet rotting ones. There's a bit of resinous sap to it that makes me suspect that will age quite nicely too. I know I'm walking into this one with a bias because I really wanted it to be good on me.. it's closer to what I hoped for from Samhain. Don't get me wrong, it smells NOTHING like the Samhain 06 that I have, it's simply what I would expect from a scent NAMED Samhain.

Dry: Oh no! My skin seemed to have sucked this one up.. where did it go?? *waits hopefully* Oh good. I think I just sniffed it too much and my nose got used to it. The lab descript is straight on for this one.

Verdict: Oooo bottle! I almost want to get two, except I'd never ever use that much...

Bottle: (Imp) Strong.. something. I dunno.

Wet: Iiigh bad floral.

Dry: Generic floral.

Verdict: I have enough florals that I like better.. swap/sell pile.

Bottle: (Imp) Hey look, patchouli.

Wet: Cedar! and patchouli. Getting a bit of the grasses too. Hey look, hint of pine.

Dry: I'm not getting any leather. A bit of apple-cinnamon, but kinda.. meh.

Verdict: Not doing it for me. Swap/sell pile.

Aie.. this one is completely medicine-ey. blargh.

Bottle: (Imp) Woah, gardenia.

Wet: Yep, gardenia, and.. I think the stephanotis? I'm not sure. Part of it smells like my wedding bouquet. Gh, it's starting to go HARSH gardenia though. I'll have to see what it does when it dries.

Dry: Overwhelmingly floral.. gh.

Verdict: Swap pile. I already have florals I like, and they are far more polite about it. This one seems to be strong enough that the DECEASED would notice.