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    CCNow Questions & Problems

    This is why I don't use ccnow. I place all orders via paypal.
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    What's the best coconut blend?

    Goblin. Patch + Coconut and benzoin I think? It's delicious. ETA...also, if you can find a decant of Death Adder. It's from the Carnaval Diabolique line which is on hiatus while the Lab makes new labels, but it's "Snake Oil with vetiver, black coconut, vanilla, and opoponax." also divine.
  3. If you can find it, Hod. The notes are unlisted but it's a smooth amber-carnation to me. The carnation notes are similar, but Hod worked better on me.
  4. Welcome! Midnight Mass is a good one, but try to find one on the forum that's aged. When I bought a bottle last Yule, the frankincense was very sharp and it took almost a year of aging to mellow it out. Cathedral is lovely but there's a "wood" note with the incense. Heavenly Love & Earthly Love is another incense scent (sweeter and lighter than Midnight Mass) but it's not sold on the bpal website, it's sold at the Whole Foods somewhere in GA I think. You can post an ISO in the Wanted section...someone may have a decant for you to test.
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    #occupywallstreet

    I also hoped this would be a chocolatey Banshee Beat. I have to accept that it's gone and nothing can come close to it. OWS is a woody/rooty patchouli, similar to The Coiled Serpent but a bit sweeter. I smell a bit of cocoa, but unfortunately this oil is virgin-fresh from the Lab so I can't detect the other notes very well. I freakin' love patchouli, so it's not a complete disappointment...besides, this will age and get richer.
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    Snake Oil Hair Gloss

    Smells exactly like aged Snake Oil, and the Bath Oil. It's extremely potent also, a little goes a long way.
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    Spun Sugar Spectre Bath Oil

    Caramel Cotton Candy! Caramel usually makes me go ACKBURNTSUGAR! but this is very light and airy. There's a fluffy tart lemon note in here upon first application, but mostly it's just caramel cotton candy. I love this, it's such a change from my usual bath oils.
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    Devil's Night

    Devil's Night 2011 was the first perfume I tried when I ripped open my Weenie box. I put it on the tops and bottoms of my wrists, and was greeted with the same sickly, smokey sweetness that I smelled in the bottle, magnified 10x. The combination of sweet with BOOZY, smokey musk is something new to me, and I'm not sure if I like it yet. It dried down to a sugary musk that I ignored as I was playing with my new phone. Later I applied some more, but this time to my upper forearm and I could smell the cool air and autumn leaves along with the sugar-musk-booze smokiness, which was quite nice. I don't think I can wear this right now, my nose is doing weird things tonight. I hope it calms down by next Halloween, or it will make a great room scent.
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    Samhainophobia

    Samhainophobia smells like what The Coiled Serpent would smell like if it died and crawled out from the grave. It's one of the darkest, scariest bpal scents I've tried yet. The geranium is giving me a sick/headachey feeling when I sniff it on my skin, but after it dries I can smell the menacing vetiver and heavy patchouli. I'm stashing this bottle away to age, which was my intention from the beginning.
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    Halloween: Las Vegas

    HALLOWEEN: LAS VEGAS Ah, love, let us be true To one another! for the world, which seems To lie before us like a land of dreams, So various, so beautiful, so new, Hath really neither joy, nor love, nor light, Nor certitude, nor peace, nor help for pain; And we are here as on a darkling plain Swept with confused alarms of struggle and flight, Where ignorant armies clash by night. On Halloween in 2007, surrounded by our loved ones, I married the man of my dreams in Las Vegas. True to the nature of our relationship, it was a costumed event - a pirate-themed wedding - and it was as merry, strange, and wonderful as a Halloween wedding should be. Ted, I love you. You are the poetry in my soul, you are the dreams of my heart. You are everything I need, and I love you with a passion that transcends all time, space, and logic. The aftermath of piratical nuptials: walls smeared with red and black frosting, copious amounts of spilled red wine, the leftover contents of three full bars, dry leaves and desert flowers crushed into carpet, tobacco smoke, and champaca incense in a cloud of body-heat amped Snake Oil and Dorian. This is Cake Smash all grownz up. It has the same elements: Red velvet cake, Dorian, and a bit of Snake Oil. But there's also ruby red port and a fresh cigar thrown in. I love love love this so much, and I'm thrilled to have a scent that represents awesome Beth & Puddin's pirate wedding.
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    Halloween 2011 Must Haves!

    After going over reviews, I've made a list of the bottles that will be my 2nd Weenie order: -The Gorobble -Expressive Head -Sentimental Initiation -An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women -The Triumph of Death Maaaybe Muse of The Night, and definitely a backup of Samhainophobia. I just know I'm going to love it.
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    What do bottles and labels look like?

    Thanks for posting! Halloween: Las Vegas' label is hot, and Pumpkin Princess is just priceless.
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    I want Popcorn!

    Although popcorn isn't listed in the notes, there is a popcorn note in The Elephantine Colossus. I just tested it now, and there's definitely a kettle-corn in here.
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    Crypt King

    A very generous forumite gifted me a nice sample of Crypt King, so here I am to review! I'm surprised at how light this is. It doesn't have a lot of throw and wears very close to my skin, but the oil is incredibly smooth and well blended. Wet, it's sweet pomegranate juice with a subtle hint of dirt-like oakmoss (yum) and a very green-smelling patchouli. I think I recognize coriander because I had coriander perfume from Kiehl's and it's the same note, and a teeny bit of pepper. I've tested this for 2 days straight, and you know what? The finished product reminds me a lot of the very late dry down stages of Mme Moriarty. The dry stage is not as sweet with red musk and plum, but there's that unmistakeable pomegranate-patchouli scent lingering on my skin. To my delight, I amp both of those notes so this makes me incredibly happy. While I was expecting it to be darker and grittier, it's gorgeous and I can imagine it'll improve with age. I hope one day I can find a reasonably-priced (heh, arm + leg + kidney...) bottle.
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    The Velvets

    Dark, powdery Snake Oil soap. It smelled like a sweet sandalwood soap I had once, then it morphed. I love incensy-powdery perfumes, and I'm glad this isn't a floral mess. I think the florals are just making it too soapy for my tastes.
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    Best "look at me" scents?

    Snake Oil, Banshee Beat, Mme Moriarty are the three most complimented scents I wear.
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    Mr. Jacquel

    Velvety amber, dry patchouli, and spices - I'd love to know what "embalming spices" are, but cinnamon stands out the most. Cinnamon and I don't have a good relationship, it usually overpowers any blend it's in, turning it into a Red Hot Mess. I'm reminded of Hellhound on My Trail, which turned out awful because of the cinnamon, but these "spices" are very subdued and tolerable amongst amber and patchouli. I'm also being reminded of Cat Allingham because they both paint a desert landscape in my mind. I'm looking forward to this one once it's aged a bit--I'm hoping the patchouli gets stronger.
  18. Too bad the Carnaval Diabolique is on hiatus - Temple Viper is pure nag champa incense and Mme Moriarty is plummy incense. I would go with the ones already mentioned such as: Snake Oil Cathedral Oblivion The Antikythera Mechanism Spellbound and add: Old Demons of the First Class - Siberian musk, black clove, opoponax, tonka, black pepper, and neroli I would say that both Snake Oil and Cathedral smell a little sharp/intense at first, but after some aging they are both beautiful. If you don't like them at first, don't write them off forever.
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    Marshmallow Pumpkin

    I can smell fresh pumpkin in here, and sweet powdery marshmallows. Once again, cinnamon red hots turn what could have been an amazing blend into a craft-store Halloween candle.
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    Exotic Bazaar Atmosphere Spray

    I sprayed this in the bathroom, on the shower curtains (they are cloth). It smells like spiced cookies with some fruit and resins. It's very light.
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    Thousand Pillar Atmosphere Spray

    The first squirt smelled like rubbing alcohol, then it was mossy, then light leather. It's hovering between moss and leather, but it's so light that I can't really tell what I'm smelling after 30 seconds.
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    Tricksy Bath Oil

    I didn't get this last Halloween because I put it off and forgot to order before it came down. I figured I'd find it for sale on the boards but never did. I'm glad the Post put this back on etsy for me to grab a bottle. Tricksy is a patchouli lover's dream. It's a very strong and clean patchouli, like high-quality patchouli oil. There is some dark, resiny woods here and sweet, polleny manuka honey is pulling them both together. It dries down to honeyed woods. This needs to be a perfume. Seriously!
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    Ghoul-Haunted Woodland of Weir Atmosphere Spray

    My one complaint about this room spray is that it doesn't come in gallon size. It's the dark, woody forest spray I've been longing for. I would say it's the equivalent of Black Forest or Ranger. It's resinous with dark woods and fresh spruce. It's not chilly at all, but rather warm. I feel as if I've been transported into a cabin in the woods up north, with a warm fire. I'm in HEAVEN.
  24. My top 5 patchouli scents are Banshee Beat, Goblin, The Coiled Serpent, Anne Bonny, and Mme Moriarty.
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    The Stash--for tracking purposes

    BPAL/BPTP 5mL A Bachelor's Dog A Blot Upon The Earth Anne Bonny (2) Amaterasu v2 (2) Amaterasu v3 Autumn Moon of the Mirror Stand (11) Banshee Beat Bastet Bengal Black Forest Black Lace (original) Black Moon Blood Kiss Blossoms In Springtime Blue Pumpkin Floss v3 Body, Remember Boo '09 Boo '10 Boomslang Bordello Butter Arsenic Cabaret.Goth (2) Cake Smash Cake Smash v6 Candy Phoenix '05 (2) Cat Allingham Cathedral (2) Celeste Chaos Theory IV: Edge of Chaos MCCLXV Chaos Theory VI: Vanilla #426 Chaos Theory VI: Vanilla #543 Cheshire Moon Chimera v5 Chrysanthemum Moon Crowley Crypt King (2) Death Adder Devil's Night '11 Dia Dia de Los Muertos '04 Dionysia Dorian Dreadful Lies Eat Me Eat Me v6 Elf v4 Epomophorus Monstrosus Faiza, The Black Mamba (3) Fetish.Goth Fledgling Raptor Moon Giant Vulva Ginger Skulls Glitter '06 Glowing Vulva Goblin Gothabilly Grand Guignol v4 Gun Moll Gypsy Moth Habu (v low partial) (2) Half Elf v5 (2) Halloween: Las Vegas Halloween: Montreal (4) Haloes Heavenly Love & Earthly Love Hexennacht '05 Hod Resurrected Hod v2 In The Forest (2) Inez Invasion of the Flesh Eating Reindeer from Uranus IXHV4 (2) Ivanushka Jacob's Ladder '05 Jacob's Ladder '10 Joyful Moon Kali Kitty (2) La Mano Del Destino (2) Lady Una L'Essence De L'Engouement L'Essence De La Passion (3) Loli.Goth Loosening of the Obi Luna Negra Lune Noire (2) Luperci '11 (3) Mme. Moriarty, Misfortune Teller Marshmallow Poof Mead Moon Metal Tiger Midnight Mass ‘10 Midway (original) Minotaur Misfortune Teller v3 MB: Bloody Mary MB: Bones Trombone MB: Closet MB: Underbed (2) MB: Underpants Mouse's Long and Sad Tale Mr. Jacquel Nepthys v11 O (2) #Occupywallstreet Odd Portents Orange Phoenix v6 Osiris v4 Paduan Killer Swarm (2) Panther Moon Penumbra Phyllocrania Paradoxa v1 PRC12 PSX54 Pumpkin Princess (2) Raven Moon Red Lace Samhainophobia Saqqara v2 (2) Senelion Schwarzer Mond '08 Schwarzer Mond '11 Serpents with Glittering Eyes and Forky Tongues Silas Ruthyn Silver-Haired Bat Smut '06 Smut '10 Smut '12 (2) Snake Charmer Resurrected (2) Snake Oil Snow White '04 Snow White '08 (trunk show label) Spanked '11 (2) Spellbound Spicebush Swallowtail (2) Sprinklecake Stardust Sugar Skull '05 Sugar Skull '06 Sugar Skull '10 Sybil (2) Temple Viper (2) The Anti-Saloon League (2) The Antikythera Mechanism The Arabian Dance The Candy Butcher The Coiled Serpent The Crumpet Rebellion The Elephantine Colossus The Harp of Cnoc I'Chosgair The Illustrated Woman (5) The Infernal Lover (3 heavy red musk, 1 light red musk, 1 no red musk) The Unheavenly City Thirteen (10/06) Thirteen (2/09) Thirteen (8/10) Thirteen (6/11) Tiki Queen Tombeur Tombstone (2) Touched Twice Triple Benevolent Conjunction UOH2 (2) Vamp.Goth Velvet Nudie Velvet Panther Velvet Pink Kitty Velvet Tiki (2) Velvet Unicorn White Chocolate, Marshmallow and Coconut Truffle WILF (2) Womb Furie ‘10 XCDL13 BPTP BATH OILS (2) Bittersweet Chocolate Bourbon Vanilla Frankincense & Myrrh Glowing Vulva L'Eau De L'Engouement L'Eau De La Passion Looking Glass, Looking Glass (~3 oz decant) Snake Oil Spun Sugar Spectre Tricksy BPTP HAIR GLOSS Frankincense + Clove Snake Oil BPTP ATMO SPRAY Aphrodite Kypria The Ghoul-Haunted Woodland of Weir TAL OILS Anechoic Chamber Benevolent Triple Conjunction Samhain Yule OTHER ETAILERS Haunt Blood Orange Cacao 5mL Solstice Scents Sandalwood Vanilla roll-on
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