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RedRoseMaze's Blog
 

BPAL: Hairy Toad Lily

Hairy Toad Lily Category: Rappaccini's Garden Quantity: sample   Description: HAIRY TOAD LILY Spotty, hairy, purple, sweet!   Review:   In the bottle: At first, it's as sweet as candy, yet a bit lemony in the background.   Wet: Still sweet and cute, but definitively more floral and herbal. Dry: It turned so subtle that I can't review it. I'm left with a powdered deodorant smell.   Verdict: Overall, this is a very light, delicate perfume... So light, in fact, that it disappears! Oops.   More reviews: Rappaccini's Garden: Hairy Toad Lily
RedRoseMaze

RedRoseMaze

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Allumina's Blog
 

Scents I've tried and liked! / the great 2015 retesting

A Countenance Foreboding Evil- Patchouli, ylang ylang, blood orange, and vetiver. woody patch backed by veviter, overlaid with orange, and then a bit of ylang ylang in drydown. Warm, comforting, cheery. Very similar to Ira BO. I Adam- black leather, pale sandalwood, ambergris accord, and the memory of a long-lost Victorian fougère. The scent of the wood of his guitars, the rosin from his violin bow, the musty wool of neglected Oriental carpets, the plastic, metal, and magnetic tape of his reel-to-reel, the dust that permeates everything. Delicious, dusty black leather with hints of a fougere. Dark and soft. Powerfully nostalgic, but I don't know for what. B   Autumn Cider- Fermented apple juice, brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, allspice, clove, lemon zest, butterscotch liquor, and orange slices Bezoar- Copaiba balsam, Tolu balsam, hay absolute, cardamom, and hiba wood. Blacker than the Raven Wings of the Midnight- black tea leaf fougere with black sandalwood, opalescent vanilla, osmanthus, 18-year aged Indonesian patchouli, and the suggestion of ancient incense smoke. Blood Popsicle- The scent of frozen Type O negative.t 9/15 This one is so weird it's impossible to describe. Sort of hospital at the beginning, sort of evil floral without being overpowering flowery, a bunch of musk but not any of the placeable ones, slightly sweet but not really. Intriguingly strange, sort of darkly feminine and sophisticated without smelling like anything specific. Different every time. B Bonfire Night- Beer, woodsmoke, tar, and treacle. Woodsmoky candy deliciousness. B   Brusque Violet- Violet petal, violet leaf, osmanthus, orris, mint, and opoponax. But Men Loved Darkness Rather than Light- cistus labdanum, ginger, East Indian patchouli, pimento berry, oakmoss, saffron, smoky vanilla, sage, myrrh, and bitter clove. Butter Rum Cookie- Rum-soaked brown butter cookies, crusted with sugar, soaked in almond and garnished with orange rind and pummeled pecans. Butterscotch Balls & Black Beetles- Butterscotch candies flecked with dirt, encased in a shiny black shell of myrrh, patchouli, and anise seed. Calico Jack- Sea air, driftwood, waterlogged kelp, and the memory of plundered spices sprayed over worn leathers, rough musk, and the salty wooden floorboards of the Revenge. 3/15 salty, delicious, cheerful aquatic men's cologne. I   Casanova- A rakish blend of leather, anise, lavender, bergamot and amber with tonka, lemon peel and lusty patchouli. Chimera- The fiery, volatile scent of cinnamon, thickened by myrrh, honeysuckle, and copal. 3/15 sweet (but not too sweet) syrupy cinnamon desert. I   Christougenniatiko Dentrophobia- pine pitch, bone-white dried fir, and spruce tar with opoponax and blackened tobacco. Cthulhu- A creeping, wet, slithering scent, dripping with seaweed, oceanic plants and dark, unfathomable waters. Destroying Angel- Papery white notes evoke the grace of this fungi, grounded by thin, crisp soil. Dracul- Black musk, tobacco, fir, balsam of peru, cumin, bitter clove, crushed mint, and orange blossom. Fettered in the Shackles of the Drug- Sweet opium smoke, neroli, yellow bergamot, and piquant, strange star anise. 9/15 Bright but girly and adult citrus with a slight floral tinge, that dries down to smoky opium. Nice "normal" scent. B Fledgling Raptor Moon- Warm, soft tufts of down and gleaming tawny feathers: clove, toasted sandalwood, aged patchouli, bourbon vanilla, carnation, massoia bark, hinoki wood, and West Indian Bay. Galvanic Goggles- Metallic notes with Indian musk, tobacco flower, and African balsam. 3/15 Smooth, fancy, bright, clean men's cologne, Very James Bond. I Gingerbread Satyr Goblin- Black coconut, gnarly patchouli, and sweet benzoin. Haitian Veviter SN Hans Trapp- Tattered leather, dry straw, matted hair, sharpened sticks, and a bundle of switches. Hatta- Copaiba balsam, battered brown leather, and Ceylon cinnamon. Highwayman- Vetiver with gardenia, blood red rose, night-blooming jasmine, a dash of cinnamon and a faint hint of leather. 3/15 Veviter overlaid with some flowers. Gentlemanly. Good, but not finding the leather sadly. I   Ian- shaggy leather, sweet rum absolute, and patchouli. Jazz Funeral- Bittersweet bay rum, bourbon, and a host of funeral flowers with a touch of graveyard dirt, magnolia and Spanish Moss. Kit- Mysore sandalwood, a tattered and patched 16th century waistcoat, inkstained, still scented with the marjoram and benzoin dry perfumes of his youth. Krampus 2014- Sinister red musk, black leather, dusty rags, and wooden switches. Krampus' Shadow- Birch tar, patchouli, and blackish-red musk. Le Père Fouettard- Whip leather, coal dust, gaufrette, and black licorice. Lemon Scented Sticky Bat- Sticky-sweet iced lemon sugar 9/15 Bright, cheerful sweet lemon (may chang) underlaid with a slightly powdery sugar. Same wet and drydown. B Loup Garou- juniper, cypress and galangal with the barest touch of eucalyptus. 7/29 Still the only scent that is really foresty on me. Fresh, bracing, clean trees. I Lust- red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh. Madame Moriarty- Red musk, vanilla bean, pomegranate, patchouli leaf and wild plum. Mandrake Miss Fanny Phippany- tobacco absolute, birch tar, blackened clove, whip leather, and spiced rum. 3/15 Equally cloves (& a bit of cinnamon), leather and tobacco, with a hint of sweetness that must be the rum. Dark, assertive and unisex. Understated sexy. B Poisoned Apple- A perfect, lovely, gleaming red apple whose sweetness masks a swirl of narcotic opium, oleander, and hemlock. 9/15 Girly and grown up. Apple backed with darker florals. Pumpkin II (2014)- Blackened pumpkin with clove, tobacco absolute, aged patchouli, and oakmoss. R'lyeh- A hellishly dark aquatic scent, evocative of fathomless oceanic deeps, the mysteries of madness buried under crushing black waters, and the brooding eternal evil that lies beneath the waves. 2/15 sunny, cheerful grapefuit and aquatics, with a hint of something darker. Fades fast, but oh-so-lovely. A good everyday scent. I,B   Red Lantern- Golden amber, blonde tobacco, Sudanese black coconut, rich caramel, black currant, white opium and delphinium laced with a sensual blend of Asian spice. Sampaguita- jasmine sambac with a hint of tea leaf. Satyr Shrunken Heads- Leather tanned with the pulp of Amazon ferns and rainforest herbs. Sin- amber, sandalwood, black patchouli and cinnamon. Spanked- whip leather, cardamom, patchouli and bourbon 9/15 Primarily cardamon and warm spices (the patch?) with a faint tinge of bourbon underneath. The leather is MIA, but it's still nice for a foody, spicy scent. I Sylvia- Snuggly brown musk, spicy carnation, leather balsam, bourbon vanilla, terebinth pine, yew berry, and a touch of clove. Startled Toad- Golden amber and coconut with frankincense, frothy vanilla, carnation, sweet aged patchouli, and lemongrass. Steam.goth- Oil-spattered brass, engine grease, and a warm splash of Victorian aftershave. Tattie Bogle- Hay, gunpowder, patchouli, autumn herbs, and sun-baked wood. The Battle of Vigridr- salt and sinew, venom and flame, and bone shards scattered across the gore-soaked soil of Óskópnir. Whitechapel- White musk, lime, lilac and citron. Wulric the Wolf Man- cocoa absolute, French vanilla, birch tar, lavender, bourbon vetiver, wild musk, clary sage, and cistus. Yellow Snowballs- Slushy white mint, vanilla cream, lemon drops, grapefruit, and yuzu! Yule Buddies- Frosted gingerbread, leather, pipe tobacco, and fruitcake crumbs.   Fence Sitting: Crowley- Infernal musk, red patchouli, lilac cologne, mahogany, lemon rind, oakmoss, leather, and vanilla husk. Funnel of Love- 17-year aged black patchouli, champaca flower, cardamom bud, green coriander, Haitian vetiver, red vegetal musk, black pepper, night-blooming jasmine, and leather. Jareth- Ethereal lilac fougere and gleaming leather with ti leaf, tonka absolute, white musk, and oudh. Psychodynamic Discharge- black leather and red musk with aged black patchouli, Chinese rose, black pepper, coconut meat, Haitian vetiver, and igneous red ginger.
Allumina

Allumina

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Woozel's Blog
 

Plotting to purchase

Plotting to order 6 new imps:   Drink Me Knave of Hearts Queen Alice Cockaigne Voodoo Velvet   Forum purchases:   Bottle of Snake Oil Bottle of Eat Me
Woozel

Woozel

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Woozel's Blog
 

Awaiting...

Currently waiting on these scents.   BPAL: 13   BPAL Forum Purchases:   Bottle of Jack Bottle of Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo Imp of Athens Imp of Antikythera Mechanism Imp of Bliss Imp of Misk U Imp of AC Joy Mojo Imp of Snake Oil Decant of Ivory Vulva Decant of Comparison of Celebrated Beauties  
Woozel

Woozel

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Currently Have It Listings
 

Currently Have It Listings

I like resinous and heavier smellies that have great throw and longevity. Notes like aloe, cedar, coffee, dragon's blood, honey, juniper, lavender, light leathers, lilac, musks (red and black), orchids, oakmoss, parchments, sandalwood, violet, and vetiver preferred. NO aquatics, jasmine, or orange blossom oils needed. Many of the imps I'll consider as tradeable here too.


*Some sellers are initialized: A.R.-Arcana, B.D.-Blooddrop, BPAL-Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, BPTP-Black Phoenix Trading Post, C.T.-Cherrykas Trunk, C.O.-Conjure Oils, CYS-Cleanse Your Soul, DBB-Debaucherous Bath and Body, DM-Deep Midnight, D.R.-Delightful Rot, M.S.-Memento Scents, P.O.-Possets, S.A.-Sweet Anthem, S.S.-Solstice Scents, S.U.-Sucreabeille, TAL-Twilight Alchemy Lab.

Currently Have It Lists:

Imps/Sample Sizes: (94 Total) Abe Sapien- Achluophobia- Al-Azif Alpha (C.T.) Ameles Potamos- Anathema Antony As Above (sniffie amount)- Aureus Beta (C.T.) Black Lace- Bluebeard (+4 imps)~ Box of Kittens (C.T.) Calligraphy Practise- Death Cap Enkhespalos Envy Eternal Underworld (Nocturne Alchemy) From Winter (C.T.) Greatcoat (C.T.) Greed- Historian (C.T.) Hollywood Babylon Horn of Amalthea (+2 imps) Inferno Joyful Moon (sniffie) Juliet (S.A.) Kabuki Kitsune-Tsuki Kumiho (sniffie) La Palma (C.O.) Lassi (Haus of Gloi) Leather Phoenix (2011)- Les Infortunes De La Vertu Lolita (Sixteen92) Managarms Bloody Jaws Marquise de Mertefeuil Mine (C.T.) Namaste Night-Gaunt Nostrum Remedium Opiate Southern Gardens of Orchids Penitence Peppermint Candyflip (Arcana) Phantasm Queen- Queen Gertrude (+2 imps)- Queen of Sheba Rubedo V. 4 Santa Muerte Satyr (Haus of Gloi) Scales of Deprivation Seraphim Serena (C.O.) Sin- Sloth (+2 imps) Smokestack (+2 imps)- Snow Lotus (2 ml decant) Somnus Steps (C.T.) Strangler Fig Sunflower- Tanuki No Amiuchi Tanuki No Doke Daruma The Emperor (Tarot) The High Priestess (Tarot 2014) The Temptation The Unheavenly City (Sniffie) Thorns Thought From Propertius (2ml decant) Titus Andronicus Tushnamatay Tweedledee Vanilla Necropolis (Nocturne Alchemy) Wanton Whispers of Monstrous Things- Whitechapel Wings of Azrael Y'ha-Nthlei


5 ml Bottles: (399 Total):
13 (November 2015) Abandoned Art Studio (B.D.) Abandoned Barn (B.D.) Abandoned Greenhouse (B.D.) Adante Con Fantasia ​Agrat Bat Mahlaht Alice (20% full) All Saints 2014 All That I Possess A Low Candle-Lit Room An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women (50% Full) Amor (TAL) Anne Bonny ACD No. 8 (B.D.) ​Arctic Fox (Nui Cobalt) As Dark Things Were Meant to be Loved (Alkemia) ​Ashultum 2008 Asmodeous (Possets) Athena (C.O.) Athenaeum (Fabled Fragrances) Athena Triumphant (Deconstructing Eden) Athene Noctua (B.D.) ​A Thousand Thoughts And Hopes And Joys Atrytone The Unwearying (Sixteen92) Auspicium Melioris Aevi Australian Sandalwood Autumn Gala (Villainess) Aziraphale Aziraphale (Delightful Rot) ​Baby Raccoon (B.D.) Bakeneko Baker Street (Sixteen92) Bard Barn Owl (B.D.) Baroque Musk (B.D.) ​Bast Bastet's Laughter (TAL) Beatrice Belle (Delightful Rot) Belle Époque Betelgeuse (A.R.) Between Your Heart & Mine Blackbear Moon Black Moon (2011) Black Moths Black Silk Black Squirrel (Nui Cobalt) Blood Popsicle Bluebeard Bluebonnet SN Blue Morpho ​Bolero-Ravel (Possets) Bony Moon (Feb. 2011) Bookstore Musk (B.D.) Bound By Blood (DBB) Boystyle Aristocrat Bram Stoker Broadway Brown Thrasher Bruised Violet Compound (50% full) Byron V.7 Café Mille Et Une Nuits Café Oblique (B.D.) ​Cake Lust (A.R.) California Quail (B.D.) ​Calliope Cambienne Nocturnal (2015) Capax Infiniti Capezzoli di Venere (Possets) Castiel (Delightful Rot) Cerberus Cernunnos (Memento Scents) Changing The Shadows Chaos Theory: Edge of Chaos CMXVII Chaos Theory V: The O Series (+2 bottles) Chaos Theory VII: Oriental #49 Charisma (TAL) Christmas In New Orleans (Possets) Chypre d'Hiver (Possets) Cleric ​Clickbait (A.R.) Cockaigne Comparison of Celebrated Beauties (50% full) Copper Fox (Nui Cobalt) Corrupt Chancellor (40% full) Cranky Pants (B.D.) Creeper Dragon Crowley (Aged 2010, 50% full) ​Crumpled Wrapping Paper ​Cushing Manor Dancing With The Sprites In The Fall Rain (Possets) ​Dark Lady (Possets) Dee (Aged 2010) ​Denna Do The Dancing Maidens Sleep Dorian (Sarawen) Dr. Alan McMichael Druid (RPG) Eat Me (20% full) Edith Cushing Eldritch Bloom Electra (A.R.) Elf (RPG) Elmwood Cemetary Encroaching Madness Eve (BPAL's OLLA) Exquisite Corpse No. 1 (B.D.) Faint Blood Between Her Lips (BPTP) Fairy Tales and Lies Fanning the Fur (Arcana) A Farewell to False Love ​Fascinium ​Fearless Lassie (Arcana) Fenrir (C.O.) Fiery Wall of Protection (TAL) Fledgling Raptor Moon (July 2010) Flor de Maga SN (2 Bottles) For Bela Lugosi (B.D.) For Boris Karloff (B.D.) For Christopher Lee (B.D.) For Ingrid Pitt (B.D.) For Lon Chaney Jr. (B.D.) For Maila Nurmi (B.D.) For Peter Cushing (B.D.) For Vincent Price (B.D.) Fractured Singularity Fraternite (Blooddrop) Garden Witch (A.R.) Gate of Autmn (N.C.) Gelt (2009 partial) German Expressionist Horror Ghost Town Musk (B.D.) Gideon (Arcana) Girl With a Watering Can (Possets) Grande (Possets) Green Tree Snake 2016 Groom of Frankenstein Growl (A.R.) Haka (Nui Cobalt) Halloween in the Misk U. Library Haloes Hand of Hermes (TAL) Hatta Haus of Gloi Custom: Fireplace Read Haus of Gloi Custom: Lilac and Ferns Haus of Gloi Custom: Tea and Cake with Tom H. Heavenly Love and Earthly Love Hekaerge Hellboy Hellcat Helsing (Sixteen92, 5.5 ml) Highwayman (Alkemia) His Station and Four Aces Horse Chestnut Honey How Doth The Little Crocodile Huesos de Santo Imaginer Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women Inferno Irish Cream Buttercream Irish Coffee Cake Irresistible (Alkemia) Irrelevant and Disturbing Surreal Crawdad Dream Iulia, L'Artiste du Diable Ivanuska ​Jackie Ormes Jareth Jareth, King of The Goblins (S.U.) Jeanne Du Val (P.O.) Jiaolong Juniper Hairstreak Job 31:32 Johnathan Harker JoJo, Fedor Jeftichew ​Jolabokaflodid (2 Bottles) ​Joy Buzzer Kea (B.D.) Kelpie (Possets) Kestrel (B.D.) Killer Queen (S.U.) King Cobra 2016 Kit ​Klara Knight In Shiny Armor Krampus 2014 ​Kvothe Lacus Oblivionis Ladon Lady and a Baby Unicorn (2 bottles, Possets) La Femme de Satan Lamia (50% full) Laura Belle McDaniel L'Autunno L'Essence de la Passion L'Essence du Chagrin Librarian Musk (B.D.) Liz Long Live The Goblin King (C.O.) Love and Sleep Loved To Death Lurid Lycanthrope For Your Life Lyonesse Madame Lapin (Arcana) Mad Kate Mage Maiden (50% full) Madame Moriarty 2015 Mari Lywd- Marquis De Carabas (50% full partial) Mars Corotiacus Matthew 18:10 Mausoleum (B.D.) Merci 87 (B.D.) Merci 90 (B.D.) Merci 105 (B.D.) ​Merci 117 (B.D.) Meus Amor Aeternus (10% full) Miles MVJBA: Spring Training Miss Lupescu (50% full) Misty Journeys (Sarawen) Mole Mona Lisa (Possets) Monarch (2011) Monsieur Lapin (A.R., 5 ml version) Moody Bastard (Conjure Oils) Moons of Jupiter: Ganymede (50 % full) Mornings in New Orleans (BPTP) Morocco ​Mother Ghost Mouse's Long and Sad Tale Mr. Ibis Mr. Jacquel ​Mrs. Rabbit's Carrot Cake (Possets) Murder Ballad Blues (A.R.) ​Nasty Woman Nevertheless, She Persisted Ninon (40% full) No. 93 Engine (50% full) (Not so) Penitent (Mini) Magdalene Nymphae Avernales Oakmoss Accord SN Old Moon (2011, +2 bottles) Other Miss Forcible Our Hearts Condemn Us Owl's Wing Palimpsest (Possets) Parlor Tricks (Blooddrop) Paper Moon (Sixteen92) Paper Phoenix 2004 Peaches Crave Trance (Arcana) Penis Admiration Philologus Philtre: Adoration (Arcana) Pink Moon 2007 (near empty) Pirate Moon Pirouette (A.R.) Porridge (B.D.) ​Prima (N.C.) Prince Lir Prurience Pumpkin Cake Flower (B.D. partial) Pumpkin Lace (2014) Queen Alice Queen of The Nile (TAL) Quelle Horreur (B.D.) Rakish (B.D.) Rice Milk (B.D.) Riding St. George (Possets) Rogue Rosy Maple Salem (Sixteen92) Samhain In The Pumpkin Patch (50% full) Sanctum Sanctorun (Possets) Scholars Tower (60% full) ​Schrodinger's Mouse (Possets) See How They Flash Seven Word Story: Lust (20% full) Seth Shadow Amber Anti-venom (Nocturnal Alchemy) Shub-Niggurath Sherlock Holmes Silenti Silk Road (50% full) A Silhouette Silva (TAL) Silver Wordsmith (C.T.) Singing Moon 2012 Prototype Single Note: Vanilla Orchid Sir Didymus (S.U.) Sleeping Nymph and Satyrs Smokestack Smut 2015 Snake Oil Snake's Kiss ​Soceraphobia (Yule 2016) Solitude with Pillow Book V.1 Solstice (B.D., +2 bottles) Song of Selune (TAL) Sonnet D'Automne (10% full) Spiced Rum Buttercream Coffee Stealthily, Stealthily Steam.Goth Story Time at Dark Delicacies St. Thecla (C.O.) ​Stuart (Possets) ​Sultry (C.D.) Summer: Mucha (Possets) Summer Reading (C.T.) Sunbird Temple Angelic (TAL) Temple Babylonian (TAL) Temple of The Raven of War (TAL) Temple of The Trickster (TAL) The Academy of Pleasure (Alkemia) The Arabian Dance The Battered Old Felt The Book (BPAL's Luper Series, 2016) The Book (Paranorman Series, 2014) The Buggre Alle This Bible The Byronic Antihero The Captain (Sarawen) The Cat (B.D.) The Changeling The Contract of Theophilus of Adana The Copper Wolf (B.D.) The Countess of Morcar's Blue Carbuncle The Devil's Pet Baits The Eternal Virgin The Exorcist (S.U.) The Gatekeeper ​The Ghost's High Noon (Half bottle) The Gingerbread Fox (B.D.) The Grave Pig The Great London Spaghetti Hunt (Lilith 2016) The Harp of Cnoc Ichosgair The Haunted Tea-Cosy (S.U.) The Heart Is A Lonely Hunter (Sixteen92) The Lights of Men's Lives The Lurid Library (2010) The Magician The Maiden (Sarawen) The Manuscript The Mark The Mountebank The Perilous Parlor (2012) The School (Yule: A Christmas Carol) The Season of Forgiveness The Sun (3ml, Arcana) The Turkish Village The Visionary The Waltz The White Witch 2014 Thoth (C.O.) Three Drops of Wax (Arcana) Times Infliction of Eternity Titty Twister (S.U.) Toad (Wind in the Willows) Todos Santos (B.D.) Tombstone Touched Twice Transeo Ü Une Folle Entreprise Unicorn (C.O.) Unicorn Hunt Ursa (B.D.) Vanilla Craves Bread (A.R.) Vanilla Craves Snow Fairies (A.R.) Vanilla Orchid SN Velvet Panther Venustas (+2 bottles) Venus Victrix Victorian Garden Virginie Gautreall (P.O.) Visions of Autumn III Visions of Autumn VI Western Diamondback 2016 When The Woods Awaken (Nui Cobalt) White Bear (Arcana) Whitechapel White Light (TAL) Who In The World Am I? Wicked Stepmother (Arcana) Wilde Wilde (Alkemia) Wintering (Sixteen92) Winter-Mucha (Possets) Winter Wedding Cake (Possets) Wolf's Heart (BPAL) Wolf's Heart (TAL) Woodland (S.U.) Woodland Critters (C.T.) Yule Buddies Yuletide at Baker Street (Sarawen) Ziggy Stardust (C.O.)



+1 fl oz Perfumes/2 fl oz Body Sprays/Hair/ and Atmosphere Sprays (109+):

• Growl (Arcana, 3ml sample)
• Monsieur Lapin (Arcana, 10ml)
• Krampus (Bath Sabbath 4ml)
• Loki (Bubble and Geek)
• Sunnydale Library (Bubble and Geek)
• The Last Centurion (Bubble and Geek)
• Alice Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Antique Lace Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Cathouse Atmo. Spray Tester (BPTP, +2 samples)
• Dorian Hair Gloss (decant, BPTP)
• Dragon With A Llama Mohawk Hair Gloss (decant, BPTP)
• Edible Panties Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Exotic Bazaar Atmo. Spray Tester (BPTP)
• Granite Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Housebreaking Your Dragon Atmo. Spray (decant, BPTP)
• Johnathans Coffee House Atmo. Prototype (BPTP)
• Pickle Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Portrait of a Young Woman with Unicorn Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Sign of Sekkusu Luper Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Skoocoom House Atmo. Spray Tester (BPTP)
• Smut Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• The Inn Atmo. Prototype (BPTP)
• These Long Winter Days Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• The Sharing of The Cake Between The Lion and The Unicorn HG (BPTP)
• The Trackless Erg Atmo. Spray Tester (BPTP)
• Wererat Infested Sewer Atmo. Spray Tester (BPTP)
• Whisky, Candlesmoke, and Musk Atmo. Spray (decant, BPTP)
• L'Essence Du Coeur Perfume Spray (1 decant, BPTP)
• Eat Me Hair Gloss (decant, BPTP)
• Morocco Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Shiny Furball Hair Gloss (BPTP)
• Birth (B.D., 2ml)
• Glam (B.D., 2ml)
• Guava (B.D., 2ml)
• Honey Bunny (B.D., 2ml)
• Pet (B.D., 2ml)
• Shelter (B.D., 2ml)
• St. Carrie (B.D., 2ml)
• Sweetheart (B.D., 2ml)
• Tender (B.D., 2ml)
• Amber Romance Type (CYS)
• Daryl Body Spray (CYS)
• Green Grow The Lilacs Hair Gloss (CYS)
• Moroccan Musk (CYS)
• Rick Body Spray (CYS)
• Rumbly In My Tumbly (CYS)
• Wafer Nut Coffee (CYS)
• Lucy Biblington (Clockwork Couture, 10ml)
• Black Kittens Argan Hair Gloss (Cocoa Pink)
• Caravan of Dreams (Deep Midnight)
• Crystal Song (Deep Midnight)
• Grimalkin (Deep Midnight)
• Professor M. (Deep Midnight)
• Saturnalia (Deep Midnight)
• Save The Queen (Deep Midnight)
• Dreamrider (Kamala, 5 ml roll-on)
• Madame Vastra (Kamala, 3.6 ml)
• Mead (Kamala, 3.6 ml)
• Merlin's Pipe (Kamala, 5ml roll-on)
• Rogue (Kamala, 1/6 oz. roll-on)
• Saga (Kamala, 3.6 ml)
• Soigne (Kamala, 3.6 ml)
• Souk (Kamala, 5 ml roll-on)
• The Fallen (Kamala, 3.6 ml)
• Vatican Cameos (Kamala, 3.6 ml)
• Houndstooth (Long Winter Soap Co. roll-on)
• Little Bird (L.W.)
• Little Red (L.W.)
• Mayan Gold (L.W.)
• Snow Bird (L.W.)
• Sunset (L.W.)
• Duchess of Willowdale (6ml, Moonalisa)
• Enchanted Moon (5ml, Moonalisa)
• Vantasia Detangler Hair Spray (4 fl oz., Moonalisa)
• Dr. Watson (Nevermore Body Company, 10 ml)
• Moriarty (N.B.C., 10 ml)
• Possession (N.B.C., 10 ml)
• Sherlock (N.B.C., 10 ml)
• Tw*tWaffle (Paintbox Soapworks Sugar Scrub)
• Flossing (Possets Perfume, 2 ml)
• Conservatory (Puur roll-on)
• Inked (Puur)
• Tuscany (Puur)
• Courtyard (Solstice Scents)
• Gibbons Boarding School (S.S.)
• Hidden Lodge (S.S.)
• Manor Fire (S.S., 5 ml)
• Monarch (S.S.)
• Night Watcher (S.S.)
• Riverside Hayride (S.S.)
• Solarium (S.S., 10 ml)
• White Fox (S.S.)
• Calm the Fuck Down (Sucreabeille, 3.6 ml)
• Library (S.U., 5 ml roll-on)
• Weihnachten (S.U., 5 ml roll-on)
• Dragon's Blood Oil (Sun's Eye, 15 ml partial)
• Colin (Sweet Anthem, 5.5 ml roll-on)
• Sophie (S.A., 5.5 ml roll-on)
• Cherrished (Villainess Smooch Lotion)
• Jacinda (Villainess)
• Marco (Villainess)
• Retrograde (Villainess partial)
• Thom (Villainess)
• Torchsong (Villainess partial)
• Speakeasy Vanilla (Wiggle, 5 ml)
• Black Cat Whiskers (Woodland Wytchery, 6ml)
• Dark Crystal Shards (W.W., 6ml)
• Krampus (W.W., 6ml)
• Mad Hatter's Biscuit-Flavored Extract (W.W., 6ml)


























































Mergekat

Mergekat

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[reviews]
 

[masterlist] Wishlist

LATEST UPDATE: April 17, 2016. Listed alphabetically and, where possible, by sub-category. Use ctrl+ F to find a specific scent. [**] indicates a priority wish.

As a general guide, I almost always love blends incorporating apple, vanilla, fig, amber, lavender, violet, tea, moss, or wood notes. I typically avoid blends with musk, most roses, wine/alcohol, or 'skin' notes, as they are hit-and-miss on my skin. I am unable to wear anything with cinnamon (it causes extreme irritation) and lemon (it's a migraine trigger).

☆ Limited Editions & Retail/Event Exclusives ☆


Bards of Ireland: (none)

Lilith: Walking the Prime Meridian

Only Lovers Left Alive: Eve [**] achieved! Thank you, five year anniversary release!


☆ Discontinued Scents ☆
Arachne Asphodel Black Dahlia Bluebeard Bruja Calliope Clio [**] Damnation Desdemona Despair Dissipation Dublin Ephemera Ether Fairy Market Glitter Hamadryad Hurricane Hymn to Prosperpine La Belle Dame Sans Merci Severin



☆ General Catalogue ☆

Ars Amatoria: Forbidden Fruit Kabuki Libertine Lilium Inter Spinas Lucy's Kiss Maiden Perversion Spellbound Suspiro The Lady of Shalott Vicomte de Valmont


Ars Draconis: Dragon's Milk


Ars Moriendi: Nocturne Thanatopsis


Bewitching Brews: Aeval Aureus Dana O'Shee Fae Highwayman Incantation Jack Juke Joint Leanan Sidhe Mata Hari Morgause Omen Ouija Poisoned Apple The Forest Reverie Velvet Wilde Yggdrasil


Conjure Bag: (none)


Diabolus: A Countenance Foreboding Evil Marie Serpent's Kiss Villain


Excolo: Megaera


Illyria: Lear Queen Gertrude Rosalind


Mad Tea Party: (none)


Phoenix Steamworks: The Coil


Rappacini's Garden: Belladonna


Sin and Salvation: Seraphim


Wanderlust: Lyonesse Pontarlier







alyelle

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RedRoseMaze's Blog
 

BPAL: Kumiho

Kumiho Category: Diabolus Quantity: sample   Description: KUMIHO Nine-tailed fox demon of Korean lore who transforms into the visage of an irresistible beauty in order to seduce men and lead them to their doom. A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger.   Review:   In the bottle: I can smell the white tea, slightly lemony/herbal.   Wet: It reminds me of Unicorn, very floral, white and sharp.   Dry: Now, I get more of the ginger, spicy and warm, but not overwhelming.   Verdict: It's subtle, delicate, and pretty. I wouldn't have expected that for a "foxy demon", but it's nice.   More reviews: Diabolus: Kumiho
RedRoseMaze

RedRoseMaze

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RedRoseMaze's Blog
 

BPAL: The Pool Of Tears

The Pool Of Tears Category: Mad Tea Party Quantity: sample   Description: THE POOL OF TEARS `I wish I hadn't cried so much!' said Alice, as she swam about, trying to find her way out. `I shall be punished for it now, I suppose, by being drowned in my own tears! That will be a queer thing, to be sure! However, everything is queer to-day.'   A sea of salty tears drowning out Alice's light floral perfume.   Review:   In the bottle: An aquatic, soft floral blend, with a hint of carnation.   Wet: It's very delicate on my skin, and still very floral, with carnation. It reminds me of Alice, but a bit more salty and aquatic.   Dry: Oops, it just turned bitter during dry-down. It seems temporary, but what remains afterwards smells like deodorant.   Verdict: It started o.k., but turned bad. Not a keeper.   More reviews: Mad Tea Party: The Pool Of Tears
RedRoseMaze

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agirlnamedfury's Blog
 

Scents I've Tried

bold: indicates I own a big bottle
italic: indicates I own an imp
green: indicates dislike
red: indicates I want more


Ars Amatoria:
Bien Loin D'Ici -- review
Bordello -- review
Carnal -- review
Depraved -- review
Golden Priapus -- review
Le Léthé -- review
Libertine -- review
O -- review
Perversion -- review
Queen of Sheba -- review
Ravenous -- review
Snake Oil -- review
Spellbound -- review
Wanda -- review

Ars Draconis:

Ars Moriendi:
Embalming Fluid -- review
Nocturne -- review

Bewitching Brews:
Bewitched -- review
Black Forest -- review
Blood Kiss -- review
Burial -- review
Calico Jack -- review
Chimera
Chuparosa -- review
Dee -- review
Eclipse -- review
Grog -- review
Jack -- review
Jolly Roger -- review
Kill-Devil -- review
Lurid -- review
Omen -- review
Plunder -- review
Schrodinger's Cat -- review
Tavern of Hell -- review
Twenty-One -- review

Conjure Bag:
Block Buster -- review

Diabolus:
Hellcat
Troll -- review

Excolo:
Bastet -- review
Mania -- review
Nemesis -- review
Persephone -- review

Illyria:
Antony -- review

Inspiration:

Mad Tea Party:
Alice -- review
Alice's Evidence -- review
The Dodo -- review
The Dormouse -- review
Eat Me -- review
The Lion -- review
Mad Hatter -- review
Mouse's Long and Sad Tale -- review
Queen Alice -- review

Marchen:
Roses, Pearls, and Diamonds -- review
Veritas -- review

Pharmacopeia:
Bruised Violet Compound -- review

Phoenix Steamworks:
Aelopile -- review
Galvanic Goggles -- review
The Antikythera Mechanism -- review

A Picnic in Arkham:
Azathoth -- review
Brown Jenkin -- review
Cthulhu -- review
Shoggoth -- review

Rappaccini's Garden:
Blood Rose -- review
Hemlock -- review
Squirting Cucumber -- review
Voodoo Lily -- review

RPG:
Druid -- review

Sin & Salvation:
Dorian -- review
Wrath -- review

Somnium:
Oneroi -- review

Wanderlust:
51 -- review
Baghdad -- review
Bengal -- review
Eden -- review
Cairo -- review
Havana -- review
Kumari Kandam -- review
Machu Picchu -- review
Morocco -- review
Tombstone -- review

Neil Gaimain - American Gods:
Bast -- review
Chad -- review
Eat the Strawberries -- review
Only A Sip -- review
The Small Brown Cat -- review
Zorya Utrennyaya -- review

Neil Gaimain - Coraline:
The Cat -- review

Liliths:
Blood and Judgement So Well Commedled -- review
Give Me Thy Breath, My Sister -- review
My Baby and a Baby Goat -- review
(Not So) Penitent (Mini) Magdalene -- review
Pop! -- review
Sticky Eyeballs and Floppy Entrails -- review

Lunacies:
Thunder Moon -- review

Lupercalias:
Bright Red Dildo -- review
Comparison of Celebrated Beauties -- review
Desire Bonbon -- review
Haunted Bonbon -- review
Impressions of the Floating World -- review
Ivory Vulva -- review
Laudanum Bonbon -- review
Love's Philosophy -- review
Lovers and a Fan -- review
Lurid Bonbon -- review
Milk Chocolate, Cassia, and Bacon -- review
Milk Chocolate, Raw Ginger, and Butterscotch -- review
Olisbos (2015) -- review
Prosperous Flowers of the Elegant Twelve Seasons -- review
Red Lantern (2011 & 2015) -- review
Serving Tea After Coitus -- review
Signior Dildo (2015) -- review
Smut (2015) -- review
The Avenue -- review
The Initiation -- review
To His Mistress Going to Bed -- review
Venus Genetrix -- review
Venus Libitina -- review
Venus Obsequens -- review
Womb Furie -- review

Halloweenies:
Dead Leaves and Tobacco -- review
Dead Leaves, Black Pepper, and Sandalwood -- review
Dead Leaves, Bourbon Vanilla, and Myrrh -- review
Dead Leaves, Frankincense, and Copal -- review
Dead Leaves, Red Musk, and Neroli -- review
Frosted Pumpkin Spice Cookie -- review
Lambs-Wool (2010) -- review
​Pumpkin I (2007) -- review
Pumpkin I (2014) -- review
Pumpkin II (2014) -- review
Samhain (2014) -- review
SN: Bonfire -- review
SN: Apple Cider -- review
SN: Candied Apple -- review
SN: Pumpkin Spice Everything -- review
Suck It (2014) -- review

Yules:
Bjúgnakrækir -- review
Butter Rum Cookie -- review
Chanukkiyah -- review
Chocolate Stout Cupcake -- review
Christmas Pudding -- review
Christougenniatiko Dentrophobia -- review
Deipnophobia -- review
Diable en Boîte -- review
Drunk Uncle -- review
Dumb Cake -- review
Dusty Accumulated Menorah Wax -- review
Ectoplasm -- review
El Dia de Los Reyes -- review
Faunalia -- review
Fireplace Cinders -- review
Gacela of the Dark Death -- review
Gáttaþefur -- review
Gelt -- review
Gingerbread Dodo -- review
Gingerbread Goblin -- review
Gingerbread Lust -- review
Gingerbread Sin -- review
Gossips of Ghost Land -- review
Haloa -- review
Hans Trapp -- review
Hard Cider Cake -- review
Hot Buttered Rum -- review
Kertasníkir -- review
Krampus -- review
Practical Occultism -- review
Psychodynamic Discharge -- review
Nuclear Winter -- review
Skyrgámur -- review
Snow White -- review
Stekkjarstaur -- review
Stúfur -- review
The Fruit of Paradise -- review
Table-Turning -- review
Unsuccessful Cranberry Garland -- review
Vital Fluid -- review
Þvörusleikir -- review

Atomic Luau Lounge:
Aremata-Popoa

Carnaval Diabolique:
Carnaval Diabolique -- review
Doc Constantine -- review
The Illustrated Woman -- review
Iulia, L'Artiste du Diable -- review
Jiaolong -- review
Knucklebones -- review
Midnight on the Midway -- review
Mme. Moriarty, Misfortune Teller -- review
Nibble Nibble Gnaw -- review
The Organ Grinder -- review
The Phantom Calliope -- review
Theodosius, The Legerdemain -- review
Xanthe, the Weeping Clown -- review

The Collected Poetic Works of Antonin Scalia:
Ask The Nearest Hippie -- review
Jiggery Pokery -- review
Looming Spectre of Inutterable Horror -- review
Mystical Aphorisms of the Fortune Cookie -- review
Pure Applesauce -- review

Fatherhood:
Muddy Puddles -- review

Metamorphosis:
Luna -- review
Pussy -- review

Paduan Killer Bees:
Paduan Killer Swarm

Retail Exclusives:
Haloes -- review

Trading Post:
Apple Pie -- review
Blueberry Cream Pie -- review
En Garde -- review
Key Lime Pie -- review
Marshmallow Cookie Pie -- review
Movie Night -- review
Peach Pie -- review
Pecan Pie -- review
The Worst Pillow -- review

Misc. LE/DC:
Dian's Bud -- review
Glitter -- review
Independent -- review
To A Woman -- review



Prototypes/Unreleased:
Alley of Games v6-- review
agirlnamedfury

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thekittenkat's Blog
 

please help save Victor the cat

Here's a post abt a beautiful rescue cat named Victor who has a blocked urethra and his owner has no money to pay for it:   http://slarmstrong.tumblr.com/post/105641215910/meet-victor-hes-our-three-year-old-rescue-we   The Go Fund Me is here:   http://www.gofundme.com/SaveVictor   Please help if you can, and please boost the signal.   I once had a cat who had this same problem, 15 yrs ago, and it was $800. I can well believe that such an op is even more expensive, along w/ everything else.
thekittenkat

thekittenkat

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Ambrosial Aura
 

First Impressions

So the other day I blogged about wearing Loup Garou on Thanksgiving. I had to work a 16 hour shift that evening and when I got home I STILL smelled just as strongly of the fragrance as I did during the day. Maybe it wasn't strong to other people around me. One coworker told me I smelled like laundry... The bra that I had the piece of cotton in still has a heavenly scent, LOL. I usually hand-wash bras and the like, but it may take me a couple of washes to get all the scent out of it.   This morning I was going to pour a couple of drops of Envy in the tub. When I first opened it, I caught the lime and a basil-y rosemary-ish whiff, very green and herbacious. Today I got more green and less lime. I accidentally poured the entire imp into the tub and it was a nice soak; I'm sorry I poured out the whole imp. The drop or so remaining in the vial went on pulse points.   The Envy doesn't seem to be as long lasting as the Loup Garou was. Maybe it's because I put it straight onto my skin and not on a piece of fabric but I can't smell it at all now, ant it's been about 7 hours.   I don't know that I'd order a full bottle again but I will probably order another imp or a decant.   I'm glad to be ordering more this weekend and again the following payday.   On a personal note:   This is the first time in years that I've been able to budget money for indulgences for myself. My son will be 8 years old this coming weekend and two years ago he was hospitalized and diagnosed with ADHD, ODD, PTSD, and possible bi-polar disorder but they assigned Non Specified Mood Disorder to the list of diagnoses. He was sent home every day for the first semester of kindergarten, and even before that was asked to leave two daycare centers and a preschool. He's been hospitalized twice. I've been bitten, kicked, scratched, cussed out, had things thrown at me, and spent hours literally wrestling with a tiny octopus child of prodigious strength. I've had bruises the circumference of an orange from bites and I've had bloody lips as well. He's never been allowed to watch horror movies or anything that wasn't age appropriate in my home. This wasn't a case of bad parenting or negligence or abuse. (I've been accused of all three.) This is just a child whose brain chemicals aren't properly balanced and the areas of his brain that regulate these things aren't necessarily developing the same way as everyone else's are.   We are insanely lucky to be in a program right now that offers us housing assistance and access to referrals and case management for 5-10 years so that I can complete my degree and raise my son in the manner I see fit. He is homeschooled, I work 40-50 hours a week, and this week some of my art is hanging in a show in the Design District in Dallas. Someone has already inquired about purchasing a small watercolor and the show doesn't even open until tomorrow!   I don't have any outside help with my son. I can't afford the specialized childcare he requires and am very lucky that my aunt is able to take him on the overnight shifts and sometimes my mother can take him on a weekend. If not, he comes to the office with me. No one gives us any financial or cash assistance outside of our subsidized housing. I pay for medical insurance every month, we do not have any sort of food stamp (SNAP) assistance either. He receives Medicaid because he is legally disabled and receives SSI (which I suppose does count as cash assistance :-|) but that money goes to clothe him, feed him, and into savings for his future. His father has never been a part of his life and has no involvement and has never wished to. I've never received child support. I pay my mother's phone bill right now since we're on a family plan and she switched jobs after being with one company for 30 years and filed for bankruptcy. My family isn't close and people aren't really so eager to assist you when you have a 75lb screaming angry ball of rage (only sometimes) stuck to you like glue. Not that my son isn't the most amazing, hilarious, witty, sarcastic, intelligent, eager to learn, and loving small person I've ever met in my entire life, but he has his bad days just like anyone else. His are more along the "Hulk Smash" lines of bad days, though.   I know that was very off track but it is such a huge deal for us to be getting on our feet and getting our lives back to what is normal for us. Being able to spend a little bit of money here and there for something for myself when someone else gets everything first automatically is a big thing. I've had to not guilt trip myself when I purchase hair dye or makeup or perfume. Less than a month ago I dyed my hair for the first time in over 3 years and what a difference did THAT make. Wow.   So anyway, yeah. Loving being able to collect BPAL. Enjoying learning and being part of a diverse fandom and having one more new thing to obsess over. I've got our hermit crabs and BPAL... when I get older I'll be the smelly crab lady that all the kids are afraid of...bahahaha or maybe like the aunties in Practical Magic...that would be cool.    
soilentgringa

soilentgringa

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Ambrosial Aura
 

Thanksgiving

I received my first ever order from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab yesterday, and it was well worth the wait. I'm sure many people have stated the exact same sentiment and many people will continue to share the feeling for years to come.   I dipped my toe into the pool by ordering 6 imps to start my collection and see if the oils would agree with me. In the past, essential oils have served to give me a massive headache by smelling off or like vintage perfume gone wrong. Some have only reminded me of strong incense at head shops, so I didn't know what I was getting into.   I ordered: Loup-Garou, Antony, Thorns, Ultraviolet, Envy, and Y'hai-Nthlei. I received frimps of: Obatala, Ogygia, Lilith, and Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat.   Yesterday I wore Twinkle Twinkle Little Bat after getting the oil on my fingers. The cap was stubborn and when it came off, a few drops of oil came out onto my hands. I did noticed that the scent remained strong even after washing dishes by hand a couple of times during the course of the evening.   Today I decided that Loup-Garou was the way to go. So far it is my favorite, with the strong eucalyptus kick that I adore. I put a couple of drops onto a piece of cotton ball and stuffed it down my bra after rubbing some in the crook of my elbow and on my wrist. I honestly believe that it has done wonders for relieving stress and anxiety associated with being around my family members today.   My son wore Antony today. He will be 8 years old next week and I asked him if he'd like to wear some "cologne" today. I told him it smelled like "leather and heroes" and let him sniff the bottle. He asked to wear some so I put a drop on a cotton ball and rubbed it on his chest, to his delight.   I'm ready to order more!
soilentgringa

soilentgringa

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flyby's Blog
 

UK Customs guide - how it works and what to put on forms

This is a small guide for people from outside the EU on how to complete customs forms for packages to the UK, and how to avoid landing your recipient with an excessive customs fee. Not applicable to packages sent from within the EU as there are no forms or fees (lucky you).   How UK customs works   Every package that comes in is scanned at the point of entry to ensure that there are no prohibited goods like live animals or nail varnish, and that there is no obvious discrepancy between the contents and what is declared on the customs form. If there is a suspicion of prohibited goods, or an obvious discrepancy (like the customs form says 'soft toys' and the xray shows lots of electronics), the package will be opened and inspected. If there are in fact prohibited items, they will be confiscated and destroyed, and the package may be returned to sender or may be sent on to the recipient less the prohibited items. If there's a major discrepancy between the declared contents and actual contents, the actual value will be assessed.   Note: If there's a discrepancy in the customs form itself, for example if it's marked as a gift but the sender's name is obviously commercial (like, say, Black Phoenix Trading Post) this will also be flagged up. The package will be assessed as goods rather than a gift, and if it happens more than once the sender will get a strongly worded letter and basically told not to do it again. This is why Puddin' cannot mark Trading Post goodies as gifts.   At this point, all packages that haven't been returned are assessed for taxable value. Unless there's a major discrepancy that's required re-valuation, which requires something big and obvious (like a laptop in a package that's labelled as books), this is done solely on the basis of the declared value on the customs form. What and how much tax is payable depends on whether the package is goods or a gift.   Goods Import VAT is payable on goods valued over £15 (~US$23), and is 20% of the declared value plus the postage cost. Customs Duty is also payable if the value is over £135.   Gifts Import VAT is payable on gifts valued over £36 (~US$56), and is 20% of the declared value plus the postage cost.   Once Customs has calculated the tax, Royal Mail adds a processing charge of £8 ($12.50) and sends a horrible grey card to the recipient telling them they have to pay the total (which will be a minimum of £11/$17) either online or in person at their local delivery office, in order to get their parcel. There is no means of questioning or appealing the charge; you can't even see the parcel to find out what was on the customs form until you've paid. The options are pay the charge or refuse the package and return it to sender.   (As a side note, stuff that comes in by courier rather than normal post goes through the exact same process, but the processing charges from the courier companies are generally much higher.)   So! With this in mind, how should you best fill out the customs form?   Goods? Gift? Commercial samples? Whatever you're comfortable with. Unless you put down a business name or are sending hundreds of packages to the UK per month, Customs are not going to check into a swap, sale, or decant circle package marked as a gift.   How should I declare the contents? Be as accurate as possible, but generally go by what your local post office is happiest with. 'Perfume' is prohibited, but the kind of perfume they mean is the commercial alcohol/atomiser kind, which BPAL is not. 'Essential oils (non-flammable)' and 'Bath oils (non-flammable)' won't raise any eyebrows because they match the contents perfectly. 'Cosmetic samples' also come through fine if your post office lets you put that.   What value should I declare? Whatever you're comfortable with! I refer you to the above notes on Import VAT thresholds for Goods and Gift packages. I certainly wouldn't want you to be dishonest, but Customs don't actually check unless there's an obvious mismatch between the declared value and the size/weight/declared contents.   Important note on Paypal and other automatically generated customs forms If you use Paypal or some other service that automatically generates a customs form, make VERY SURE that the shipping cost is NOT included as part of the value of contents. Either it should be a separate line, or preferably not on the customs form at all. The reason for this is that Customs take the value of contents and the shipping cost (from the postage label or stamp) and calculate the tax based on both. If the shipping cost isn't separately itemised it gets included twice and the recipient pays extra tax.   Example: Forumite X bought some decants from you and sent you $30 as a lump sum for $20 of decants and $10 of shipping, with a Goods and Services payment type for both of your protection. If you print a combined shipping and customs form direct from Paypal it will put the value of contents down as $30 and type as Goods, because that's all it knows. When Customs look at the package they will see $30 value and $10 shipping, and Forumite X will receive a lovely demand for £13.33 (nearly $20) in order to get the package.   If you separate out the shipping (via Paypal or, if necessary, doing it by hand) then Customs will see $20 value and $10 shipping/handling, and if you've marked the package as Goods Forumite X will only be charged on what they actually paid. And hey, if the package is marked as Gift, it's under the threshold and there will be no charge.  
flyby

flyby

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anaengel's Blog
 

Imp List

Here's the list of Imps I already have at least one of. Dream goal is to have one of every imp available. And this is dream since things can go discontinued and be added at any time. But, it's worth a try. No, they are not sorted by group.   Daphne Honey 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster Ekhidna Forbidden Fruit Calico Jack Ya-Te-Vo Rome Cockaigne Hellcat Baobhan Sith Loralei Deep in Earth Fallen Cairo Fire of Love Dracul Crossroads Haunted Kuang Shi Shub-Niggurath Lysander Lady Macbeth Desire Windward Passage Hemlock Honey Oender Honey Opium Poppy Belladonna Thalia Horse Chestnut Honey Havana Les Infortunes de la Vertu Hairy Toad Lily Bod Countess Bewitched Croquet Dee Belle Epoque Fascinum Santa Muerte The Death Horse Kubla Khan Morocco The Hamptons Delight Bengal Blood Rose Stimluating Sassafras Strengthener Depraved Dragon's Reverie Blood Kiss Vice Brusque Violet Herbert West Troll Purience Helena Debauchery Kabuki Reoul Honey Bien Loin d'Ici Defututa Shanghai Urd Moscow Jazz Funeral Pontalier Chuparosa Yellow Jessamine Honey Veil Nosferatu Antony Dragon's Blood Voodoo Whitechapel Black Lotus The Witch's Garden Tobacco Honey Ave Maria Gratia Plena Faustus La Petit Mort The Forest Reverie Van Van Galvanic Goggles The Phanto Wooer Prague Rumpelstilzchen Pride Chokecherry Honey Hellfire Vicomte de Valmont Morgause Twenty-one Tombstone Oblivion Manhattan Detox: Elixir VI Pain Sybaris Nyx The White Rider Hades Fae R'yleh Arcana The Apothecary Paris Sloth Bensabiel Somnus Siren Titus Andronicus No. 93 Engine 51 Shango Nyarlathotep Come to Me Athens Bathsheba Lady of Shalott Black Hellebore Honey The Jersey Devil La Belle au Bois Dormant Frumious Bandersnatch Embalming Fluid The Black Rider Black Pearl Laurel Honey Bastet Twilight The Dormouse Kitsune-Tsuki Les Bijioux Cheshire Cat Les Fleurs du Mal Katherina Baba Yaga Baku Queen of Sheba Nephilim Olokun Temple of Dreams Obatala Lolita Deadly Nightshade Honey Lust The Temptation Meliai Hollywood Babylon Goblin Lear Blockbuster Mad Hatter Aureus Wings of Azrael Evil Neutral Chaotic Dwarf O Whoso List to Hunt Dragon's Hide Snake Oil Jabberwocky Leanan Sidhe Absinthe Amsterdam Oya Black Forest Against Idleness and Mischief Masquerade Greed Seraphim Water of Notre Dame Perversion Tweedledee Lucy's Kiss Bordello Spellbound Dragon's Claw Aizen-Myoo Burial Glasgow Golden Priapus Shadow Witch Orchid Chimera Erato Eris Urennyaya De Sade Tanin'iver Independent Midnight Daya March Hare Rosalind The Hesperides Ile de la Tortue Karme Neo Tokyo Tin Foil Hat Music of Erich Zahn Night-Gaunt Le Lethe Sacred Whore of Babylon The Old Goblin Santo Domingo Nocturne Pele Brimstone Danse Macabre
anaengel

anaengel

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yewberry's Blog
 

Blind Date with a Book Swap

How would you feel about getting a gift certificate to a local store? Any favorites? I don't shop much. I love thrift stores and my local co-op. Do garage sales count? I go to my local homebrew supply store quite a bit (they sell cheesemaking supplies now, and I'd love to get into that more). Oh, and Otion (Bramble Berry’s retail store). I do most of my non-food shopping in either Seattle or Bellingham, so neither of those places are too far for me. I travel often to Uwajimaya, for example, to shop for both food and non-food items.   There are also a number of cool bottle shops in the area that I frequent, namely our local Ale Spike (they allow dogs, so bonus!), Norm's Market, The Pourhouse (when I visit my father-in-law), The Beer Junction, Special Brews, Chuck's Hop Shop, and Brews Almighty.
yewberry

yewberry

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Reviews
 

List of Scents and Brief Reviews for Comparison Purposes

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vco3k8tcwXAe5JzGsQGfZBaTrSTTAPPtFozChjwRso8/edit?usp=sharing   I prefer feminine, sweet, fresh scents. Especially fruits (though less so citrus, iffy about lemon), candy, and light florals. I do not like buttery foodie scents. I amp bitterness, smokiness, and musk so those don't work.   Last updated: 1/5/15   I should still own all listed so if you want a comparison between scents, let me know!   ***   Overall thoughts on BPAL:   Great concept. The vast majority of these do not work for me--too powdery or musky--they usually smell more strange than good.   I also wish there were some definitive breakdown of what chemicals are in the oils.   What keeps me coming back are the few unique scents that are absolutely amazing: Currently: Kumiho, Nuclear Winter   Other pluses: Fast and safe shipping, getting random imps, the new postcards, and the scents that, though not something I'd wear, are spot-on (e.g. Blood Popsicle, Zombi).      
Kanashisa

Kanashisa

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Alianthe on BPAL
 

Reviews

This is a place for me to track my reviews, so I have some way of figuring out what's working and what's not working. It is an ongoing project.   * = headache inducers. + = before cutting out sugar   ECWC Reviews (barebones) | Jan09: Giant Vulva, Man With Phallus Head, Khrysse, Miss Lupescu, Electricity is Life (prototype)+ |   General Catalog | Arkham+ | Ave Maria Gratia Plenia+ | Bewitched+ | Black Forest | Black Lotus+ | Blood Amber | Cathode | Dirty+ | The Doormouse+ | Fenris Wolf+ | Greed+ | Jolly Roger+ | Kabuki+ | Katharina+ | Kumiho | Lampades | Mag Mell+ | Marie+ | Morocco+ | The Pool of Tears | Queen+ |Seraglio+ | Sudha Seggara+ | Tempest+ | White Rabbit+ | BPTP | Bella Babydolls | Kumiho Soap | Miskatonic University Soap | Yoga pants |   Carnaval Diabolique | Antonino, the Carny Talker+ | Carnaval Diabolique | Inez | Madame Moriarty, Misfortune Teller | The Organ Grinder+ | Halloween | Dark Pumpkin Mead | Death of Autumn 2007 | October 2007 + |   Lunacy | Bakeneko | Harvest Moon 2006+ | Hunger Moon 2007 | Hunter Moon 2007 | Ivanushka+ | Libra 2007 | Oborot+ | November 2007 | Selkie | The Sportive Sun+ | Tanuki | Taurus+ |   Lupercalia | Anactoria+ | Her Voice+ | The Passionate Shepherd to His Love+ | The Presence of Love+ | Red Lantern 2008+ | To Helen+ |   Neil Gaiman | Mr. Jaquel * | Mr. Nancy |   Panacea | TKO+ | Grr+ | Ugh+ |   Salon | Mad Kate+ | Schlafende Baigneuse+ |   Voodoo | Aunt Caroline's Joy Mojo+ | High John the Conqueror+ |   Yule | Chanukkiya 2007+ | El Dia De Reyes 2007+ | Midwinter's Eve+ | Snowstorm 2007 | Snow White 2007 |   Discontinued, other | Chaos Theory III: CCCLX+ | Earth Rat+ | Eos | Litha 2006+ | Midnight Kiss+ | Mort de Cesar+ | Nocnitsa | Ra | Rage+ | Terpsichore |Wood Phoenix+ | Headache Inducers | Black Phoenix +* | Venus* | Samhain 2007 +* |
alianthe

alianthe

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Alianthe on BPAL
 

Coming back after a long hiatus

I've been away from the forum for a few years. Once upon a time I was quite active here, did a lot of chatting, a lot of swapping, a little reviewing. Life got crazy, and money got tight, and I used this space even more as a safe and welcoming place to connect with other people. I immersed myself in the Sleepover Party, and played The Games, and leaned heavily on the support of wonderful people here. And, yes, still participated in decant circles and Switch Witch and such. And then life got crazier and money got tighter, and I decided that the enabling was just too much and I couldn't afford myself the temptation anymore. I separated from someone I'd with whom I'd so closely shared the BPAL experience that for a long time afterwards wearing perfume at all made me think of him. I stopped wearing makeup and perfume and started trying to build a whole new life on a shoestring.   But, you see, I've been running lean for too long. I'm beginning to miss it. A little indulgence in the way of something that smells delicious is perhaps just what the doctor ordered. And then there was the blood moon last night, and out of the blue I thought "huh, that's something Beth might have celebrated."   Apparently not, but this year's Weenies (always my favorites) look amazing as usual, and lead me to the Lab's (new to me) search feature and finding new wish list items. And then I dug out the remains of my old stash and categorized it. Between not replacing used-up stash with new bottles, and those awful times when I had to sell off my excess stash for grocery money, and sold more than I otherwise might have because I was trying to move across country by shipping myself only what I needed, there's not a lot left.   There's a little though. It's pretty much just imps and decants that didn't move during the great cleanout. Many of them are now rare or discontinued. So who knows, maybe folks will want to swap them for lovelies that have happened during my absence, or lovelies I always meant to try and didn't. I'm not sure if our old feedback profiles are still accessible somewhere out there in the ether, but I won't mind if people distrust my lack of feedback in the new forum spots.   In any case, hi! I may or may not be saying anything, but I'm lurking in your forums, seeing who's still around.   Thanks for still being here, and still being awesome.
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Alianthe on BPAL
 

The Backlog

These is a list for my tracking purposes, so I don't let things get on the wishlist that are here. It's a list of imps/decants I found in my stash, which I'm currently testing to see whether I want them. By definition, I'm not offering these up for swap. If I do, they'll go up on my swap page. The goal is to test several scents per day from this list.   From Wishlist, GC: Aglaea Azathoth Blood Amber Cathode Cordelia x3 The Dodo Galvanic Gogggles Lampades RPG: Neutral x2 Oya Port-Au-Prince Tamora Tombstone Vixen   From Wishlist, LE/Unavailable: A Moment in Time Autumn Cider Autumn - Overlooked my Knitting Hallow-e'en 1914 Magnificent Autumn October x2 Samhain Sonnet D'Automne Phaeon Crescent Pumpkin I (Pumpkin III) Pumpkin V Red Spotted Purple Visions of Autumn I Visions of Autumn III Visions of Autumn IV Visions of Autumn V Visions of Autumn VI The White Witch Ahathoor Danube Euterpe Inez Khajuraho Melpomene Pool of Tears Purple Spotted Swallowtail Succubus Suspiro Tanin'iver To Autumn   Unsorted (Testing) Bag-o-imps GC imps: A Countenance Forboding Evil Aizen-Myoo x2 Akuma Caliban Calico Jack Catherine Death Cap Defututa Dian's Bud Elegba Fallen Grandmother of Ghosts House of Night Mad Hatter Medea Nocturne Nyx Omen Oneiroi (Somnium) Ouija The Reaper and the Flowers Santo Domingo Santa Muerte Sheol Tzadikim Nistarim Ulalume Urd Whoso List to Hunt Wicked Wolfsbane   Possets 301: Halloween 2010
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therhoda's Unduly crazy rambles
 

Ye little gods of Chaos please be kind

Okay dear witch let me just say a few things. Last week was CRAZY, to the point i lost a day and when i caught it was friday and i was at a childrens hospital all morning.   So i am behind like MAJOR, because of this i am not going to answer any questions really. If you need to KNOW something please send me a note or ask Lisanut, she can either ask me or ask the Hubby about it.   I Am trying to get a decanting of the NYCC hair glosses so far no luck. i swear i am becoming a hair gloss addict. I have USED all of my Shiny Furball hair gloss and I MISS it so. I have the Eat Me which my girls really like but its SOOOo sweet. I wanted to get the apple ones from NYCC but I havnt found anyone going yet.   The craziness of my life keeps amping up, but I am happy to a degree so yay life!        
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