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Mouse's Long and Sad Tale `Fury said to a mouse, That he met in the house, "Let us both go to law: I will prosecute YOU. --Come, I'll take no denial; We must have a trial: For really this morning I've nothing to do." Said the mouse to the cur, "Such a trial, dear Sir, With no jury or judge, would be wasting our breath." "I'll be judge, I'll be jury," Said cunning old Fury: "I'll try the whole cause, and condemn you to death." Vanilla, two ambers, sweet pea and white sandalwood. There were a set of testers out at Convergence XII that included the Mouse. The minute, I sniffed this, I found a spot for it on my skin and just fell in love. Rich creamy vanilla, enhanced by amber and sandalwood. I loved this one so much that I returned to the booth after my shower to put some more on to wear all day. I tried to convince the labbies to let me steal take the Mouse home with me, but as that didn't happen, I'll be ordering a bottle as soon as possible. Fans of Antique Lace and other creamy vanilla blends will enjoy this one. It was sweet, but not too sweet. Resiny, without being too resiny. This one stayed pretty true to form on me and didn't morph. Something managed to keep the amber from going powdery. It was long lasting and held up to the heat and humidity of New Orleans without being cloying. Check out the poem in its proper form on the Lab's website (or in your handy copy of Alice in Wonderland), 'cause we can't make the spacing work right on the forum. But it's cool. --Shollin

Shadow looked up at the creature. "Mr. Jacquel?" he said. The hands of Anubis came down, huge dark hands, and they picked Shadow up and brought him close. The jackal head examined him with bright and glittering eyes; examined him as dispassionately as Mr. Jacquel had examined the dead girl on the slab. Shadow knew that all his faults, all his failings, all his weaknesses were being taken out and weighed and measured; that he was, in some way, being dissected, and sliced, and tasted. We do not remember the things that do no credit to us. We justify them, cover them in bright lies or with the thick dust of forgetfulness. All of the things that Shadow had done in his life of which he was not proud, all the things he wished his had done otherwise or left undone, came at him then in a swirling storm of guilt and regret and shame, and he had nowhere to hide from them. He was as naked and as open as a corpose on a table, and dark Anubis the jackal god was his prosector and his prosecutor and his persecutor. "Please," said Shadow. "Please stop." But the examination did not stop. Every lie he had ever told, every object he had stolen, every hurt he had inflicted on another person, all the little crimes and the tiny murders that make up the day, each of these things and more were extracted and held up to the light by the jackal-headed judge of the dead. Golden amber, hyssop, North African patchouli, and embalming spices. Let me start out by saying that I'm usually a patchouli-phobe. I generally go for lighter scents, floral scents, and musks but somehow this weekend I've fallen head over heels in love with one Mr. Jacquel. He starts out with a sort of dark patchouli herbal kick. Mostly deep and herbal really, but as it dries the amber rises up and up. I always have trouble describing ambery scents, but this has a bit of that dry duskiness that Ozymandias has, that almost nose-tickle-y goodness. But this lacks the cologne-y edge of Ozymandias. It's much deeper and spicier. This is amber, kicked up a few notches, deep and herbally. But soothing and almost comforting at the same time. This one has skyrocketed right up to the top of my list. An unusual love for me, but really just amazing.

These were the scents that jumped out at me the minute I saw this thread title. Shanghai is a lovely fresh tea floral. And Phantasm is a strong jasmine scent with a very strong lemon base as well, so it might be worth a try. Katharina is another fruity floral with tea notes. The Illyria ladies are all lovely light florals.

No official description At first, spicy but with a fresh note underneath it. This smells much more sharp in the bottle, but really warms up and opens up on my skin. For a bit, it smelled somewhat citronella-y, but now as it dries further it is softening into a spicy powdery blend with a slightly boozy edge. There is something comforting about this as it dries. I'm looking forward to learning more about Ghede and using this.

I have a feeling this was mentioned elsewhere... I know I emailed the lab a while back when I had a similar problem with Oblivion. If you want to order NOW, you've got two options: 1- order via paypal 2- order any GC scent through CCNow and state in the notes section that you would like Oblivion and are having trouble ordering it through CCNow. Enjoy! Oblivion is LOVELY!

Samael smells a whole lot like La Fee Verte (but without the herbal notes that go a bit bug spray on me) and a bit like a less floral Al Araaf. So if you're into honey musk with some floral, Samael's definitely for you. I also have some Ghagiel & Thaugirion. Thaugirion was a bit too fruity for me... but I tend to the floral side of things. I just wore Ghagiel the other day and was really digging it's sort of musky floral carnation vibe. You know how lilies smell sort of musky? That sort of musky floral, plus a bit more carnation than I usually like... but somehow it just works. Some of the others really had a great dark Hellion type vibe, but those types of scents really aren't for me, so I seem to have forgotten which was which... They're all really quite lovely though.

This will probably end up merged somewhere else... but in the meantime, the answers to your questions: Order confirmations usually come from Paypal and then sometimes there's also a BPAL email order confirmation, sometimes sent from "blackphoenix@blackphoenixalchemylab.com" (which is not an email address you should use for inquiries-- that would be answers@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. C&S's come from USPS, unless you're international and if so... someone else might have to help you there.

I find Chimera to be similar to Bruja... only with honeysuckle instead of lilac. You might want to give it a try. It's not quite the same, but it's nice.

Glad you got it sorted out hadaverde! The ISP blocking stuff is strange and often a little difficult to uncover.

The last time I emailed CS, I got an answer within 36 or so hours. I know Beth posted a few announcements about them having email trouble sending email to several ISPs. Perhaps try emailing again from gmail or hotmail?

I'd try some Quietude or Safari as they're pretty straight up lavendar.

Perhaps Lurid might work? It has currant, lavender, & white musk. I find that it is a lovely complex berry floral scent. Sweet and lovely really. Good luck on your search!

I think it is because you posted this particular trick on the NALF. But it is good to see it posted over here, it's a great tip. I've found Dr. Bronners works particularly well for removing scents too, though I haven't tried to scrub anything off in a good long while.

Anytime! Lilacs are pretty much my fave flower, and I refuse to wear Dragon's Eye on hot days because it can get to be too much by the end of the day... Good luck finding something good to use!

I'd go with something nice and light which wouldn't become overly intense from the heat. So from your list (of the ones I've tried), probably - Phantasm - Embalming Fluid I absolutely adore Dragon's Eye, but I could see it becoming overly sweet and cloying not to mention STRONG when hit with a lot of heat.

This one seems to be a fairly quick morpher on me. It started out as a moderate patchouli scent with lavender. As it dries, the musk and a light powdery note is coming out with a hint of floral. This is awfully faint on me, but nice so far.

Strong citrussy tea at first. Very nice and fresh, though a touch too much on the citrus edge for me. As it dries, it fades quickly. Now it is a faint leather with a gentle tea note. Nice, but too much leather for me.

This is really wet and green and fresh, but in a deep dark way. It is almost piney in its leafy greenness. This still smells leafy and juicy and wet as it dries. Definitely a candidate for further testing. I'm finding this very refreshing.

Dark, heavy, a touch woodsy. With an almost cola-like note hiding in there somewhere. This is another one that is fading quite fast on me. As it dries, it does seem to be warming up a little bit and picking up some sweetness.

This is interesting. It was a promising floral on me for the first few seconds and then BAM-- the most metallic scent I've ever gotten from a blend. Sharp and metallic, worse the closer I get to my arm. Plus a touch of burning hair tossed in for effect. Rose often goes wonky on me and this blend is no different. I think I'm also picking up an orange blossom note-- another note which goes wonky on me. My skin chemistry must be really off tonight, I've never had something go this far off on me. Wow, total turnaround on this one. No more metallic, and that burning hair thing was gone fairly quick too. This is a very powdery, gentle but lovely floral now. Somwhat comforting smelling. I'm really pleasantly surprised by the change here. Much, much better.

Strong patchouli at first. Quite heavy on me. A slight powdery note comes out as it dries. There were some fruity notes, perhaps a citrus, but only briefly. This has just faded into a sorta incensy powder on me. As this dries further, it is getting deeper and a bit more earthy. The patchouli is back.

This was super strong and heavy in a smoky incensy but still fruity way, at first. It is fading very fast. It is starting to smell almost flat on me, not as fruity and a lot less smoky. It is now a faint sorta generic berry/plum fruit on me. And now, at the end this is grape lollipop on me. Not what I expected.

Sticky sweet plum at first, but after a relatively short amount of time-- 10 or 15 minutes-- it completely morphs into a really light ozoney scent that is almost floral. This has a touch of something air freshenery, but much nicer. This has done a total 180 on my skin, in a positive direction.

Melon melon melon. And some sort of hint of ozoney freshness. As this dries, there's some odd note that is coming which really doesn't agree with my skin chemistry. It is a sort of deep note that seems to be warming this up. A powdery honey note is coming out as well. Very interesting, but not quite a keeper.

Super fresh and crisp smelling with a strong damp wet dirt note and also a sort of light cologne note. The cologne note strangely reminds me of Pert Plus. How bizarre. There's some sort of duel going on here between the fresh cologney notes and the dirt. This is more interesting than most dirt/earthy scents on me, but definitely not a me scent.