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    Heretic

    Oh, how I love Heretic! The first time I tried it, it won an immediate top ten slot. I think "decadent, deep and gorgeous" describes it perfectly. It is sweet, resiny, stunning but an unobtrusive scent - not that it doesn't have decent longevity/throw, but I think it is "unobtrusive" in the way that someone might think "I smell something really good" instead of "someone's perfume smells really good". I can't wait to see how this ages - it is already so gorgeous and I only got it three days ago. Aged, this will be one to treasure! The frank is a touch sharp in the bottle, but don't let that scare you - it mellows out on my skin immediately. And it goes BEAUTIFULLY with Snake Oil. Just sayin'.
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    Beaver Moon 2012

    I get Lambs-Wool cheesecake also! From start to finish, that exactly describes this incarnation of Beaver Moon. I get all the creaminess and spice and rich apple from Lambs-Wool, with the bonus of CHEESECAKE!! This is my favorite since Beaver'versary. Absolutely delicious and just gorgeous.
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    Who are the authorized resellers?

    Not a purchasing answer, but depending on when/how long you will be in the area, there is a Meet & Sniff planned for 9/16 at Tyson's Corner Mall - the thread is here. Tyson's Corner is in Virginia, outside of DC - don't know where you will be but we would LOVE to see you there! You would get to sniff lots of things, including unimpables - and I'm sure if there are any you are interested in sniffing in particular, someone would be able to bring them along! (I know I could bring War and Countess Willie for you to try, for example - at least you would able to know if you want to order them!) xo, L
  4. Eat Me is sugary cake on me, absolutely awesome!
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    Sugared incense

    Ha, sorry! I have been dipping in and out of this thread whenever I saw new posts, and completely forgot what whas the original love! I put on some Temple Viper today and thought, "hmmmmm.... sugared incense"! And I hve been following the posts for the same reason..... love, love the sugar + incense combination!
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    Sugared incense

    I love Snake Charmer Res! My other favorite sugared incense and (hopefully, HOPEFULLY) available again soon when the CD comes back, is Temple Viper: Snake Oil with sugar cane, frankincense, champaca, opoponax, labdanum, and hyssop The incense seems similar on my skin, but it could be the vanilla + exotic spices that they both share!
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    Lemon, Lemon, Lemony Goodness

    Bones Trombone smells exactly like lemon meringue pie to me! Lemon Scented Sticky Bat is more lemon candy on me.
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    Ghoulish

    So much amaretto! A lovely liqueor, a little maraschino cherry but mostly boozy amaretto. As it dries down on me, I get the chocolate from chocolate covered cherries, with the amaretto. Absolutely like eating from a box of chocolate covered cherries, sipping a snifter of warmed Amaretto. Delicious.
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    Monster Bait: Bloody Mary

    So happy I won this on ebay! I have been wanting a bottle for ages. In the bottle.... like warm cherry pie with vanilla ice cream. on.....pure cherry lollipop. With something else underneath.....as it warms and melds with my skin, I get..... I don't know - almost cherry tootsie pop? That hint of chocolate in the middle? I think that's it. Warmer than just cherry candy, but not really chocolate.... I keep huffing my arm to try to figure it out! I think that's it - Cherry Tootsie Pops.
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    Snake Oil Hair Gloss

    I received this in yesterday's mail, and wanted to wait until today to do a full review (dry v. wet hair). My hair is very fine, color treated, highlighted, and Brazilian-Blowout'd. (Hey, I'm a hairdresser, ). I am glad that others mentioned that their bottles didn't seem to "mist" as much as "stream" - mine does too. So last night on my dry hair, I got a little too much on one side, And so I did want to try this morning on my wet hair, a squirt into the palm of my hand, rub my hands together and then apply starting with the ends. Then I blow-dried not using any other products, and then when my hair was dry, about another 1/2 squirt into my hands and lightly run my hands through my hair. I love this! My hair is shiny and smooth, and of course, smells goooooooood! My hair feels good, not greasy or anything, healthy and smooth. And shiny! I didn't need any other products for blowdrying, and the scent is rich and true, like SOBO. Love, love. OH, but don't forget, as Puddin' mentioned in the BPTP thread: SHAKE the bottle before you apply! It does setttle/seperate like the SOBO. This is a wonderful, yummy product, well worth the money! Go get some!
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    Spun Sugar Spectre Bath Oil

    I always use the bath oils as after shower moisturizers. This is wonderful, wonderful sugary sweetness, and reminds me so much of my much-loved Zombie Apocolypse! I am getting the light jammy red fruit and carmelized cotton candy that I get from ZA. Not the exact same, but similar on my skin. I will need moar.
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    Boo

    The 2011 version is drier and more "linen-y" on me than either 2009 or 2010. I guess I am getting more of the cotton sheets - I really am getting a vanilla cotton smell! Still the sweet, creamy vanilla that I love so much, but not AS sweet or creamy. But still an all time favorite!
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    The Triumph of Death

    From the listed notes, I really thought this would be instant :love!: for me. However....... All I get is.... pot. Marijuana. And it doesn't morph in any way. It took me a while to figure out what it was the The Triumph of Death reminded me of, but once I figured it out, that was all I could smell! I even tried layering a little Snake Oil over it to see what would happen, but the Snake Oil was stomped down (!). Off to the swaps. Single note marijuana is just ... not me.
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    The Golden Apple Of The Sun

    This was very light on me, mainly faint apples with a little floral in the background. After about fifteen minutes, it turned to laundry soap on me.... and then after an hour, it was gone. <sigh> I had such hopes! I even tried twice, just to make sure. The same exact thing, the same exact timeline. I'm glad this is off to a more loving home!
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    Queen of Sheba

    This starts out lovely - spiced, honeyed almonds. And then, as soon as it dries - SOAP. Very strongly scented soap. It smells familiar, though, like a soap my grandmother used, I think? But straigh up soap. I had to wash it off.
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    Foodie Smells lover and a Halloween question.

    You have made a giood choice with Eat Me! It wasn't a huge favorite for me when it was brand new.... but I let my bottle age a bit and it is awesome! Also, check out Drink Me from the same collection. More lovey foody scents in the general catalog are Shub-Niggurath (evil gingerbread cookies is the consensus, and I agree!), How Doth the Little Crocodile smells like peppermint patties, Bliss is straight up chocolate, Halfling in the RPG line smells of oatmeal cookies, and Vice is mostly chocolate orange. And really, you are getting into bpal at the PERFECT time for foodie scents - the Halloween scents should be up in a week or so - and that is a foodie lovers paradise!!!!!!!!
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    BPAL Patchouli - there's nothing else like it

    Goblin is wonderful patchouli! Also Mme. Moriarty from the Carnival has a great patchouli, but really in the general catalog (i.e., impable) - Goblin is my favorite! Reviews are here. ETA; my other favorite is Banshee Beat, discontinued but you can still find it on the sale pages!
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    Looking Glass, Looking Glass Bath Oil

    This is stunning and beautiful. I get mostly rich velvety red rose, with some sandalwood and mandarin softening it. And it is just the rose, no stems or greenery that I can tell. I really don't get any other notes, only the sandalwood and mandarin - which somehow just enhance the rose instead of standing out as notes. Lovely and subtle, not an overwhelming fragrance, but potent. Very elegant and feminine. I love Looking Glass, Looking Glass, and I am so happy that I have some! It is the best rose scent I have ever tried on my skin, and I am sad that there won't be more ....... I understand why, but it still makes me sad!
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    Incensy Florals

    The Witch Queen from Neil Gaiman's Stardust is a lovely floral/incense blend, although I do get a lot of fruitiness from it as well: Unfortunately it's un-impable, but I do see decants for sale pretty frequently.
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    Knockout Drops

    In the bottle, lemon and mint with a little vanilla in the background - definitely the bourbon vanilla, I can see the "mojito with lemon" comparison. On, the mint and lemon sort of duel for dominance, they blend very well, but as I sniff I think "lemon!" "no, mint!" The vanilla is still there in the background, adding a soft sweetness, but this isn't a vanilla dominant scent - at least, not yet - this review is right out of the mailbox. I think that sometimes vanilla scents especially need a little while to "rest" before the vanilla holds its own against the other notes. So far, the vanilla reminds me of Celeste, I am getting the feeling of a lemon and mint Celeste from this. I am hoping the vanilla comes forward a little more with time, as it did with Celeste......
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    Thunder and Blazes

    MUD. Wet, in the bottle and on my skin, I get mud with something sweet. As it begins to dry, the leather starts peeking out, and I think the sweetness is crushed grass - it smells similar to a freshly mowed lawn type of grass. But that gritty mud is still there, and it really smells gritty and like dirt on a wet stone to me. As it dries, it gets sweeter from the leather and grass, and the mud is receding into the background. No lemon drops yet. Unless that is some of the sweetness in the background? Maybe. This is fresh out of the mailbox, though. If things change, I'll come back and edit! ETA: A couple of hours later, soft sweet leather. The stoney/mud/dirt note has vanished. And I do get a hint of lemon around the edges, just a little. Lemony leather, yay! Also, I remembered what the dirt note reminded me of - Dungeon Crawl.
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    Bones Trombone

    In the bottle, I get lemon meringue pie and a touch of green tartness from the hemlock.... when it first hits my skin that is exactly what I get. Then, as it dries, the green recedes and it is yummy lemon meringue pie. It is so pie-like my mouth waters.......This is the kind of pie my mom made when I was a kid, with fresh lemon juice in the homemade pie filling, very tart but sugary at the same time, and homemade meringue broiled in the oven. I also get a little marshmallow type sweetness, but I'm not finding any blueberry (yet). This is a delicious scent, right out of the mailbox! ETA: A couple of hours later, blueberry marshmallow it is! But still mixed with the lemon meringue pie. I love this.
  23. Some of my favorites: (Seconding lots of other opinions, really!) El Dia de Los Reyes: one of my favorites, spicy chocolate yum. Just warm and delicious and smells like you would want to eat it. Bliss: simply milk chocolate, as others have said, you can layer it easily. Boomslang: yum. Very chocolatey Snake Oil, gets more chocolatey the more aged it is. How Doth the Little Crocodile: Chocolate Peppermint, with a little bit of wood in the background. Vice: on me, orange blossom and chocolate. Light and very much a comfort scent for me. ETA: I can't forget Wulric the Wolfman! Chocolate Lavender, and just gorgeous.
  24. March 21 What three things are you craving right now? paper goods, anyone need? including resume paper, and formal stationery as well as casual cards. I think I'm probably good on these right now. I do like sending notecards, though - I usually include a note in my swaps thanking the person. What is a scent that you've been trying to find even a sample of for a very long time to no avail? (What bottle would you die to get your hands on - even a partial?) Hmmm.... I don't want to even try some of the so rares, I would fall in love, be scared to wear it because it would run out, and then it would be gone and I would be sad. That said. STORYVILLE. I have sniffed, and it is ah-maze-ing. Is there anything in your life that you'd like advice or a "selfhelp" book for?: (ie finances, eating healthier, meal planning) Vegetarian/vegan cooking, paganism/wicca, and knitting! March 19 If your Witch lived near you, would you be happy or creeped out to get a "coupon" for a service like cleaning help or babysitting or dogwalking or coffee out with your Witch or something like that? Would you be creeped out if a local minion personally delivered a package to your house from a far-away Witch? I think this would be fun, I would love to meet for coffee or something! I don't want anybody to see my messy house until I get it cleaned, though! Let's say I have a pair of something you collect, would you like one of them and we have matching things? I think this would be very very cool. March 18 Do you like poetry? Yes, but it's more hit or miss with me - I have poems I like rather than a whole author's work. The Desiderata is a favorite, and I keep wanting a printout of it to frame. What types of scents do you like to scent your home? Which do you totally avoid? I like foody scents for my home as well - baked goods, spicier in the winter and fruitier in the summer. Pies, cookies, things like that. I don't think there are any I completely avoid. What are your thoughts on comics? Any you like? Any you have been wanting to try? Favorite characters? I don' t really read comics. How do you feel about nail polish? What colors do you like? Sparkles? I am stocked up, and get it at wholesale. Household/kitchen goods/gadgets? I like gadgets! But I think I am pretty stocked up at the moment. I can always use measuring spoons and cups though. I saw a ceramic set of measuring cups years ago that were stored in the shape of a bee hive, with the 1 cup on the bottom and getting smaller as it went up - the bees outside the hive were the handles. I still regret not buying that. Ok geek check - what sort of geeky things do you do? Do you read comics/graphic novels? Are you obsessed with something (a TV show maybe?) Do you work in a geeky field? Do you play rpgs like Dungeons and Dragons? Would you like gifts related to any of these? Uh, Dr Who is about as geeky as I get. I miss 10. Do you have a favorite fabric? If someone were to make you a fabric item, would you prefer it be out of any fabric? e.g. velvet, satin, silk, cotton, bamboo??? Would this change if it were an article of clothing vs. a bag/pillow/blanket/somethingelse If someone were to make me an article of clothing right now, I have been looking at maxi skirts, with an elastic waist, in a heavy silk or silky fabric. Some of them look like a dress (or they are a dress, some of them!) that was bought vintage and the top cut off. My favorites have a paper bag waist and are so cute! In bright summery colors. Again, I will find links if you are interested. For scarves, etc., silky soft fabric is nice - bamboo feels lovely. I like things with a nice slip. Anything with the Worm Moon update that you're already lusting after? ENLIGHTENMENT OF THE COURTESAN JIGOKUDAYU MINAMOTO NO YORIMITSU CUTS AT THE EARTH SPIDER March 17 Would you want an invite to a site that is invite-only ex. Diaspora, Demonoid, etc. If so, what? I am not sure what those are, but if my Witch thinks I would be interested, ok. I belong to some invitation only shopping sites! Pillows? What size/designs/colors would most interest you? Shades of blue or pink for the living room, lavenders for the bedroom. Lavender scented would be lovely too - like an eye pillow! purses? bags? What style/colors? I carry a very large black purse. Tote bag sized, seriously. I am always looking for little bags (like I said in my ?aire,), like pencil bags or something. To sort things into. Also I would love a big clutch - the ones I have seen on the blogs look almost like giant zippered pencil bags in bright gorgeous colors like red and cobalt and sunny yellow - the size of big bank bags, I will find a link. If you are interested. Decorative scarves for hair and/or creative accessorizing? What colors? Oh yes! I like any colors, really. They all look good against black. Purples, sagey or minty greens, cobalt or misty blues, pinks - and grays and taupes and gray/blue/violet and all kinds of colors. Would you like anything from Starring Fragrances. They make awesome hair stuff, natural deoderant, and home fragrance (and a ton of other stuff, those are just my favs)? I've never tried anything from them, but I am always up for trying new companies! Especially if they have a wonderful vanilla. March 16 For those who like lipgloss, lipstick, tinted balms, etc, what colors do you wear (and warm? cool?) and do you prefer something sheer or more opaque? How do you feel about shimmer? I like sheer colors in all kinds of colors. The Burt's Bees new tinted lipbalm is nice for every day, and Lipstick Queen's Medieval is one of my favorites. I also love a bright red lipstick, and am always looking for the nice everyday color. That wouldn't have to be sheer. Are there any fancy/gourmet/special herbs or spices that you'd love to receive? ie: good quality vanilla or other extracts, vanilla beans, saffron, lavender, etc. Good quality vanilla would be lovely! I also have thoughts of making lavender sachets for my sheets and drawers (but haven't gotten around to it) What's your favorite animal? Or is there one that's particularly significant to you? I guess mostly mine - small fluffy dogs. Small fluffy bunnies. I like dogs, rabbits, owls, and horses. If you were able to get a vintage or prototype bottle from the upcoming West Coast Will Call, which one would you want? Ha ha! too late I know, but let me just chime in with everyone else to say - underpants. But really, any bottle that my witch would think I would love. I don't know if Halfling was there, but it was my favorite when I sniffed the protos at NYCC. DVDs, Blu-Ray, both, neither? DVDs - I watch them on my laptop. Sock Dreams? What kind? (anklets, footies, etc.?) Sock Dreams is awesome! I like the mid calf ones, and higher. the Over the knee ones are wonderful. They are all wonderful. I like the fun ones, bright colors, stripes, etc. . Since this is a price capped round, would you rather get one "big" thing or lots of "little" things or don't care? Whatever my witch is moved to send me will be wonderful. Probably lots of little things, but I will be thrilled either way! Do you like pirate-related things? Sure! In small doses. I think it's fun. (I would also like to try Dread Pirate Roberts soap) I love the Princess Bride! Soaps? Be specific: if there are BPAL soaps you want to try or are dying for more of, tell all here! Also, any other companies people like or love? Villainess, maybe? Or Lush? What flavors??? I love Tarty's Paintbox Soapworks. I would like to try Immaculate Confection. The Queen is Dead is one of my very favorites, but was an LE and is sold out. I would also like to try the Villainess Bourbon Vanilla, and Lush's shower gel It's Raining Men. What periods of art do you love most? Like, if someone was going to get you a tapestry or a box or some other item, what period would you want it to most resonate with? the pinks and golds of Rococo? the clean geometry of Art Deco? The romanticism of Art Nouveux? The strange lines of Cubism? Rococo, I think. I love the look in small doses. Would you like caffeinated lollipops?: http://www.lollyphil...cks-caffeinated They look interesting! Copied CD's or DVD's? Sure! I'm going to Disneyland in a couple of weeks, is there anything I can get you? I like disneyland! But I can't think of anything I would particularly want. A postcard would be wonderful. Really, anything you wanted to get would be wonderful. March 15 Booze? Yay or Nay? what kinds? I like booze! Red wine or sweet things like frangelico, kaluha, etc. Steampunk inspired items? Yay or nay? I guess - mildly steampunky? I am not into things with all the crazy amounts of gears and things, but I think some of the milder versions are really awesome. Do you like amurigami dolls? i think they are cute but would mostly end up as a doggie toy. He likes little stuffed animals and things. Pirates vs Ninjas vs Zombies - who wins? Which do you love most? Ha! I like them all. I think the ninjas would kick the pirate's asses, and then the zombies would just stagger in and wipe out the ninjas. Do you like wearing things in your hair? If so, what kind (snap clips, scrunchie, headband, etc), how big & crazy (lowkey, bigger the better), and colors. My hair is finally long enough to put up, and I am enjoying it! I wear ponytails, little buns (it's still not very long, ha ha!) I have seen some cute feather hair things on etsy - peacock headbands, I like the big flowers that are ponytail/bun holders, things like that. Dramatic but still work-able for not-so-long hair. Any colors are nice, since I wear mostly black, and add color through accessories (scarves etc) when I want to. Piercings? - ears?? - elsewhere? I have two holes in each lobe, each tragus, and one cartilage. Also my nose. I really only change the earrings in my 1st earlobe hole - the rest stay in pretty permanently. Chocolate. With stuff in it? Are you more a plain chocolate lover, a chocolate and normal items lover (normal items being nuts, fruit, caramel) or do you like weird stuff in your chocolate? (weird stuff being curry, chilis, balsamic vinegar, floraly things) I like semi sweet dark chocolate. 60% or thereabouts is good, and I like almonds, hazelnuts, caramel, and I haven't tried much weird stuff. Lavender sounds good, though. I do like milk chocolate as well, it really just depends on my mood at the time, all chocolate is good! I like the Ritter Sport chocolate with the yogurt, but can only find it here in multi-packs. (their hazelnut is really good too!) March 14 surprise! the world has given you the day off. You hear that, no chores, responsibilities, or budget you have to follow. What would you do in those 24 hours? Do you have any blogs you regularly read? I bounce around the makeup and fashion blogs. Temptalia, Le Blog de Betty, Honestly WTF, Budget Babe, psimadethis, ...love maegan, and lots of others. Do you need another bpal box? If so what would your fantasy one look like? I always need more boxes! I like boxes of all kinds! I love the milled huge boxes that someone shared from etsy, but those are way out of my price range right now. But they are so gorgeous! Do you enjoy gardening? If so, what kind of stuff do you grow? Vegetables, flowers? I want to have a pretty yard and grow my own veggies - at least in containers. Last year I did plant some flowers and had a container of cherry tomatoes and basil. Most of the flowers died, unfortunately. I have a book from a former Witch, I need to read it again more carefully! Social Networking sites: facebook under my real name, twitter: trittipoe, live journal l_trittipoe. I think that's all. favourite artists or specific paintings? There are some on my amazon wishlist, for posters. March 13 how about mix CDs? Sure! Hey, how do folks feel about little e-goodies, like links to stuff your witchee likes? (articles online, pix, fic, etc) Sounds good to me! Tim Tams? Yes or no? Chocolate Creme, Caramel, or Dark Chocolate? Tim Tams are yum! I have only had the Pepperidge Farms ones, I liked the chocolate creme the best. I keep forgetting to look for the Arnotts ones on the rare occasion I get to World Market. Is there any "classic" literature (Hemingway, Dickens, Elliot, Bronte, Hugo, Wilde, etc.) that you would like to add to your collection? I have downloaded most of them to my kindle, because most of them are free. but if there is something that you love that you would like to recommend to me in particular, I will cherish it! candles and/or aroma melts: yay or nay? Yay to both! I like spicy foody scents ("fall" scents) mostly, and fruity foody scents for summer. Lemon pie, key lime, and always, always vanilla. Get your music player, what are the first 13 songs on Random? Astrological charts and interpretation/ reports? I would love this, but have no idea what time I was born. I think in the morning, around 7 am, but it's not on my birth certificate and both of my parents are gone. So how does everyone feel about receiving ebooks? I have a kindle, so ebooks are good! March 11 Would you rather have HUGE list of things your witchee wants to try or just a highlight list? Huge list is good, more chance that I will have something on it! I am not good enough at "if she likes ___, she will like ______" March 10 Baked Goods? Yea Nay? Yay! Preferably with the recipe included if you are willing to share. If not Baked goods and you are changing eating habits..a book of recipes perhaps that will help the new eating lifestyle? I like recipe books. For baked goods and vegetarian recipes. I also like those little spiral books that local groups make as fundraisers - you know, where people contribute recipes. I love those!! If you were to make an order RIGHT NOW (Not that any of you will make any bpal orders until SW is over, because you do NOT want to mess up any plans your witch might have!) What would you order (from lab, forum, DD, TradingPost, etc) Lab: another bottle of Western Diamondback to age, since I opened my 8 month old bottle and it is WTFOMG gorgeous. Now. A bottle of Black Rider, but I do want to try Red and White and probably should before I decide Black is the one for me. A bottle of Smut 2011. So much sweeter and less boozey on me than 2010. TP: Snake Oil Bath Oil, I need moar! And I think maybe the Glowing Vulva bath oil. And another bottle of Spanked. And Kitty sounds very nice! And TAL: a bottle of Anthelion & a bottle of Joy What level of nudity are you fine with on items? Ex: none, tasteful, erotica tasteful is good - someone said "if I can call it art" I know the ?airre asked about gently used books and if you like garage sales, but would you like other kinds of gently used items that may have come from a garage sale? Gently used is awesome. I shop a lot at the local consignment/donation shops and love them! I am looking for that maxi dress mentioned above to turn into a skirt! Do you like cooking seasonings, like the kind you can get in ounce sizes? If so, things you'd love to try out? I love cinnamon, and put it in my coffee before brewing every morning. So I go through a lot! I also like garlic, lemon pepper, and sea salts. I have been really pleased with the different kinds of salts that I have found. Do you like any particular kinds of green or black teas or coffees that could also be gotten in bulk? I am pretty flexible with tea and coffee. I like most kinds! I do prefer darker roast coffee. Favorite snack foods (and can they be from bulk section as well?) Depends on my mood, sometimes sweet, sometimes salty. Cheez-it crackers are awesome, raw almonds, chocolate... I like freeze dried fruit, the crunchy kind, but I don't know if that is available in bulk. It is hard to find, sometimes. I want to try dried mulberries - I loved mulberries as a kid, and had not idea you could get them dried until I saw it in a magazine.
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    Burning Vulva

    Upon first application, I get loads of red ginger - it reminds me of my beloved War. But there is something powdery there..... and as this dries it morphs into all powder, all the time. Maybe there is a little bit of leather there? Amber does this to me sometimes. So sad!
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