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Lughnasadh is the first Sabbat oil I've actually worn and not smelled and I'm so so so glad I bought it. First sniff Mmm cherries. With a bit of a bite? Cherry is really the dominating note of this for me but there is a sense of something with a bit more bite as well. When wet I smell like a cough drop...one of the really tasty Luden's cough drops that I would eat a lot as a child. Still very cherry but now some spices are kicking in...it's going darker. I'm excited. Drydown Oh the cherry smellis now mixed in with woods and spices. It's very warm and *perfect* for this time of year when the bright airy scents should be put away and you need something a bit warmer yet not strong. I can really smell the cinnamon I believe this has and it doesn't burn me at ALL which is lovely because I was getting worried I wouldn't be able to have any fall scents. Lovely stuff, smells like lovely dark wine too. Aftermath Excellent staying power + beautiful scent = A WINNAR IS YOU. This is a lovely scent, perfect for this time of year when it's not *quite* autumn but summer is fast fading.

I have a bottle of Virgo that's about 90-85% full and I got it at the beginning of this year. I think it really depends if you slather the stuff on or not.

Eclipse burned my skin and so did Three Witches & Hecate. I'm thinking it's almond based oils I have issues with...I can wear Hellcat just fine and have no problems with that.

Hello Spellbound how are you today? First sniff Did anyone else hum the Siouxsie and the Banshees song when they first sniffed this? Anyway I smell the roses and I smell the amber which is enough for me. I When wet Roses rose rose. I can't smell anything but...no musk and no amber. I'm bit a put out actually! Drydown Still roses and nothing but. It's a bit spicier then most rose scents I have but really too strong for me. Aftermath Yet another rose scent I wanted to love and didn't. It's way too strong for my normal body chemistry but as there's only a bit left in the imp I guess I'll use it for a room scent. If you love a really heady rose try Spellbound.

Thanks to Diana I have an imp of this First sniff Well it smells like a green scent that's for sure! A bit minty as well but just overwhelmingly green When wet Oh wow...it's mossy! Which shouldn't surprise me as this is called Bayou afterall but whatever. I can smell a bit of lemon in this and juniper? Is that even in this? Drydown Erk. Hello Moss. Just pure moss with maybe a bit of lemon underneath. Aftermath Whelp I like Bayou but not enough ot get a 5ml. I'll be using up the imp though as I think it will have it's moments

I've had this imp of Black Rose for a while but I'm just now getting around to wearing it. Go figure...it's been on my wishlist too! First sniff I don't know whether it's because of the fact that it's been in the imp pile so long or if that's just the way it naturally is but Black Rose smells a bit like that generic bpal smell your imps get after awhile tinged with rose. I can't explain it. When wet A dirty rose. A really dirty corrupted twisted rose. It smells like a rose normally would but...there's something DARKER. Anime analogy alert! For those of you who have seen Shoujo Kakumei Utena (Revolutionary Girl Utena) this is what the Black Roses would smell like...Mikage and whathisface. Mamiya I think? Something like that. Yeah it's definitely a corrupted rose...it's very strong and heady as well. The musk pops out a bit as well. Drydown Glad I didn't let the inital sniff wear me down because this turned into something else entirely. A very melancholy rose now...the musk is non existant but the amber is hanging on...my body does so love amber. It's so subtle now I get the barest whiff of it. Aftermath I'm really glad I stuck with this even though I wanted to wash it off as soon as I put it on. I seriously doubt I'll ever buy a 5 ml of it but I will definitely use up the imp as it's a good scent for when I get into one of my moods.

Red Moon...I love you. Simple as that. First sniff Oh the Dragon's Blood just pops out at me going "You will love me! Yes you will!" and I hope it's truthful. It's a bit floraly and a bit spicy...and a tinge sweet. I really and truly love it so far. It's very girly. When wet This smells like a mixture of O and Unseelie on me. Fruity and decadent and floral and with just a bite of spice. Absolutely wonderful and I can't stop sniffing myself. Drydown Hello amber and orange, it's nice to meet you. More juicy then what I orginially thought Red Moon turns into this subtle warm fragrance that has MAMMOTH staying power. It's lovely...very very girly and red. Aftermath Oh the staying power of this combined with the lovely scent make it a 100% keeper!

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Thanks to the lovely fairywingmaker I have a decanted imp of The Caterpillar which makes me very very happy First sniff Heady...very heady. It smells like an incense shop covered with flowers. Actually I don't know how many of you are into manga/anime but if you've heard of the series Petshop of Horrors this is what I imagine Count D would smell like. Which is very fitting. When wet I've smelled this before...Oh yeah! THis smells exactly what a bag of incense smells like when you lump in a bunch of different kinds together. Drydown Much less incensey now, it's a very subtle heady scent....comforting and a bit numbing actually. Very sweet as well. Aftermath While the first sniff and inital wetness put me off a bit I really loved the drydown for this and so the caterpillar gets a thumbs up. I'm not quite sure if I'll ever buy a full bottle of it but I'll most definitely use up the imp!

Thanks to swapping I've gotten a decanted imp of The Unicorn and I'm glad I did First sniff Wow this is very sweet and a bit heady as well. I've never smelled Linden Blossoms before but I assume the heady bit are the herbs. It's very different from anything I've smelt from BPAL so far. When wet Absolutely lovely! Very sweet and almost ethereal I want to say. I have to concentrate to really pick up the different notes but when I do it's very ethereal and very much on the edge of my scent vision if that makes any sort of sense? Drydown Very much like the Unicorn itself this scent turned extremely elusive and faint on me. It doesn't last very long alas () but the nature of it pretty much stayed the same as when it was wet...except maybe a fruiter. Aftermath I'm so happy I recieved this in a swap ( fairywingmaker) as it's a scent I had been wanting to try for ages. I'll be buying a bottle of it but further down the line as it's not a MUST GET for me. My only real issue with it is that I wish it stayed on longer!

Yay it's Akuma...a scent I never would have picked on my own. Whoohoo. First sniff Very strong and devilish. The orange jumps out at me along with someething darker, maybe the neroli? It's almost TOO strong and a bit offputting acutally but there's something that draws me as well. When wet Wet this becomes Raspberry heaven on me. Nothing but raspberry, can't smell the orange, can't smell the neroli jsut overpowering raspberry. It's very sweet but very strong as well. Drydown Raspberry, raspberry and more raspberry. But now it's not as strong and a bit lovely actually. Still very very sweet. Pretty good staying power as I put this on early early this morning and it's now 8 hours later and I can smell it still. Aftermath I'm not sure what to think about Akuma. I was ready to write it off on first sniff but it was sly and changed its nature on me. I think I will use up the imp as it will be a nice scent for the coming colder months but I doubt I'd get a 5 ml of this.

Blue Moon...the stories about your glory are true. First sniff Oh gods. Something sweet and familar...yet rare as well. I've smelled this before but I cannot for the life of me remember where. The juniper really jumps up at me but there's another stronger scent...maybe the moonflower? I don't know but I LIKE it! Smells very much like the I imagine the actual blue moon would smell...fleeting, mysterious and beautiful. When wet *flusters* This is brilliant. It turns into this wonderfully aquatic smelling floral...one I've been lusting after my whole life. It's a bit berry as well...heartbeast was right it does smell a bit like Love's Rain Scent (which I adored) only without the nasty alcohol smell. My body chemistry really picks up the juniper now (one of the very few scents I can identify on contact as I used to slather myself in Bath & Body Works Juniper Breeze) and I can smell more of the cucumber as well. Absolutely beautiful, I feel enchanting. Drydown I think this is the very first oil that hasn't changed its nature on me as it dries down. Still the same lovely wistful scent it was when wet...if anything the juniper is brought out even MORE. Perhaps my body just loves juniper...who knows? Aftermath WHY. WHY did I not buy a 10 ml of this? Or 8 5mls? This is beautiful, it's goregous and ITS MINE. MINE DO YOU HEAR?!

An agricultural gargoyle. Though he is the Guardian of the Crops and Keeper of the Fields, his visage is still the stuff of nightmares. The scent of a hot wind blowing through desolate, scorched, barren fields. Thanks to Diana I have an imp of this scent which is great because it's not something I normally would have went after! First sniff Wow this is actually...sweet. I don't get really images of barren fields but it does seem a very gold/yellow sort of scent. Maybe a *bit* of wheat in it. When wet Whoo okay NOW I get the images of fields. It smells a bit nutty, a bit sweet and there's a note here I've smelled before but for the life of me I can't narrow it down. Ther's an earthy element to it...maybe some sort of grain. It's lovely though and really not something I'd have chosen for myself. Drydown Oh this is lovely. As it was drying down I kept sniffing myself...it turned into a lovely sort of masculine scent (BPAL oils make me want to find a boyfriend so I can test out scents on him/sniff him like crazy) that doesn't scream GUY so much. It's very warm, very soothing and ...gosh. I love this stuff. Aftermath Ok I gotta get a bottle of this. Which is great because I never would have picked it out orginially for myself..change is good! to Beth for making it.

Ah Voodoo how you TAUNT me. On first sniff it smells like something primal. I can only pick out almonds and I think rum. It really does invoke images of shadows on the wall...writhing in some tribal rhythm. Wearing: Okay for 2 seconds it smelled yummy and almondy but when I wore it I started to burn. Dammit. So up for swap it goes...I really hope it's not the almond in this that makes me burn but I had a somewhat similar reaction to Eclipse so. Figures...I love the scent of almonds but if I can't wear it...pain! Ah well. edited for grammar.

YAY for Diana (shrinkingviolet)! She sent me a bunch of perfumes I had shipped to her house and gave me some of her extra imps...one of which was Xiuhtechutli. On first sniff it's a lovely white floral that's very vcery creamy. Sort of if a very rich decadent vanillaish orange creme was smothered in lovely fragrant blossoms. It invokes images of soaring for some reason. I couldn't wait to try it. On me the scent stays pretty much the same as it is in the imp but my chemistry brings out the orange a bit more then normal. It's a very light sweet floral and great for days when you want to wear perfume but you just sort of want it to trail. The staying power of this is pretty long, I put it on around 5pm and it's now almost nine hours later and if I turn my head I get a whiff of it. This is LOVELY and the orange really makes the floral come out for some reason. I see a bottle of this in my future.

Gah tart you lucky ...tart! Head thee over to the review forum and post! It's been ages since we've gotten a new prototype! And while you're at it...Lampades review!

I ordered the Hermit because his is the card that is currently ruling over the year for me. First sniff Mossy. Books. This actually smells a lot like virgo's inital sniff so I think it might have some oakmoss in it. It's a very wet sort of scent and definitely conjures up images of old bearded men grumping about... Wearing it Well holy crap. This just turned aquatic on me. Well no that's misleading...it went moss drenched in seawater on me. It's a very sort of subtle scent but I keep sniffing my wrists over and over because there's a note I'm missing but I can't place it. It's a bit sweet but mostly I get this overwhelming scent of tranquility wearing it. It's light but always lurking just beneath the surface. I'll update on staying power.

Okay ANOTHER question,...do we use the shipping calculations on the site (ie it says for orders up to $40 it's $6.50) or do we use what CCNOW calculates and put that over to paypal or what? Sorry I'm dumb

Quick question about Paypal orders... Do these need to be connected to a bank card? Because my paypal account is connected to my amex and not my bank card and since I'm seriously considering putting in another order for the King & Queen I wanted to try and do it via paypal since I (stupidly) used CCNow for the Mabon/Wildfire order. Did that post make ANY sense? So yes. Help!

I love layering March Hare with Skinny Dip. It really brings out the clove smell and I feel all deliciously twisted.

First Sniff Like a rainstorm going on outside in the country. With the wind blowing...very fresh. Initall thoughts Wearing this makes me feel like I am standing in the middle of a storm with the wind whipping about me and thunder and lightening crashing around me. It smells like lightening would smell I imagine. After wearing it Oh this is lovely for the dog days of summer. Very fresh and cooling it has a tinge of sourness . It smells clean as well but I don't get any of the bathroom cleaner scent othes have. Very ...yellow and crisp. Perfect for the summer months but I doubt I'd use it in the colder ones. Nice!

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Oh wow. This is beautiful and I can't believe I haven't reviewed it yet! First sniff Very very green and a bit mentholy. A bit like NyQuil but not really...maybe NyQuil left outside on a crisp autumn night in the pacific northwest. I get visions of a woman cloaked in leaves. First wearing it This turns into a lovely pine scent when I first put it on. Definitely very green and earthy but there's also a deeper note underneath. I detect nothing herbaly about it really just pure green pine notes. Very much Christmasy almost. Drydown Oh this is fabulous. Belladonna turns sweet and piney on me. Very much beautiful but there's a bitterness there that sort of says "Don't fuck with me if you value your sanity" I love how it reminds me of cool breezes in a large forest, of whispered secrets and beautiful people. It makes me feel very sensuous. I imagine that this would smell lovely on a male as well, it doesn't smell too flowery or anything. In fact I'd probably have to be pryed off a man who smelled like this. In short LOVELY work and my favourite green scent. Must...own...large...bottle.

Thanks to the loveliness of a fellow forumite I have gotten my hands on some of this. First sniff: Oh this is beautiful. Like I'm standing in a perfect winter garden surrounded by the largest, most perfect red roses imaginable. Also if any of you remember the doll PJ that was Barbie's friend and came smelling like roses in a lovely rose dres...this smells a bit like her. Wet: Rose. Pure pure pure rose. No other scents, just a pure pure rose. I keep sniffing myself and swooning. It's like I am drowning in rose scent and its so so lovely. Have any of you read Patricia A. McKillip's book Winter Rose? There's a scene when the main character Rois is overwhelmed by roses...I imagine this is what that would smell like. Dry down: Not quite as strong now but when I turn my head I get the barest whiff of Rose...like a memory of a scent. This is flipping gorgeous. Why did I not grab a 10 ml of this stuff?! WHY. This is a true rose scent. Oh to be able to bathe in a tub of this...gah. Lovely. Just lovely

There is no more combining orders...once its placed it is final. However in the past I believe you had to email the lab with the information. As for the order not showing up...there was a bottle shortage so they may have contributed to the delay. A lot of people haven't got their orders as well..I'd say wait out the term until the lab reopens and then if it still hasn't come up email.