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Xiuhtecuhtli: Copal, plumeria and sweet orange and the smoke of South American incense and crushed jungle blooms.

I second Crowley & would also recommend... The Bow & Crown of Conquest: Sage, carnation and cedar with lavender, vanilla, white musk and leather.

I've experienced the same thing with my last few lab orders. I'm not sure if they're supposed to be glued together, as I've not tried to pry apart any of the older "sealed" lids. I considered gluing them together myself, but decided against it. I'd hate to alter or ruin the scent by doing so. Though I'm a little bit worried about the potential for leakage with these bottles, I've noticed that the wandcapped lids are made without the little plastic piece. The wandcapped bottles are known to leak a bit sometimes, but not disastrously so. I'd love to hear suggestions from more experienced BPALers, too.

I use Dixie stir straws. They come in boxes of 1000. I cut them in half and keep 2 cups in the cabinet with my oils: one full of clean straws and one to hold the used ones. The used straws fill the cabinet with the most delicious scent. I dip an unused straw to the bottom of the 5mL. When I lift it out of the bottle, it retains about 2-3 mm of oil plus a thin coating on the outside of the straw. After dabbing behind my ears, I blow the rest out onto my wrist. Enough for a moderate application without double-dipping or bottle contamination. Edited b/c applying "2-3 mL" of oil would be a pretty bad idea, I think.

TwilightEyes- Fantastic pics. Thank you so much! I've already said it about 32 times, but I'll say it again... I LOVE this year's labels. Also, your dogs are precious

Thank you, Poison Queen & Kashmira! Autumn Fancies is seriously creepy cool. I'm really digging these old photos for labels.

Yay! I hope you acclimate quickly. I also hope your stay in Ireland is everything you hope it will be and more. I'm so excited for you. The oils you've taken with you, especially the ones in heavy rotation for the first few weeks, will be like a magic time machine for you two years from now. They'll bypass your brain & go straight to your subconscious, allowing you to relive the excitement of how "alive" you feel right now

Shipping costs are listed on this page: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/faq.html

White Peacock: Teak, ebony wood, osmanthus, patchouli, red sandalwood, vanilla orchid, tonka bean, tobacco, wild musk, spikenard, and sugandh kokila.

Xiuhtecuhtli: Copal, plumeria and sweet orange and the smoke of South American incense and crushed jungle blooms.

Hi Interfector and French Tobacco are very similar on my skin, too. You might like these: HERR DROSSELMEYER 2010 Pipe smoke, sweet leather, woods and linen. THE ARABIAN DANCE 2010 Leather, coffee, hazelnut, tobacco, and Middle Eastern spices. I actually sold Herr Drosselmeyer, The Arabian Dance, and Sugar Skull because they were all too sweet for me. Dripping, sticky, burnt sugar. I'll probably eventually sell Interfector and French Tobacco for the same reason. If I dislike them all for the same reason, maybe you'll like them all for the same reason? ...Plus a few more. I don't have strong opinions about any of these. Just suggestions... ELEGBA 
His ofrenda contains coconut, tobacco and sweet, sugared rum. HAVANA
 Date palm, dried tobacco, snakeroot, and leather. HELLFIRE
 A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass. KUBLA KHAN
 (haven't tried it, but I'd like to) Through sunlit caves of ice, roses unfurl amidst dancing waves of serpentine opium smoke and amber tobacco, golden sandalwood, champaca, tea leaf, sugared lily, ginger, rich hay absolute, leather, dark vanilla, mandarin, peru balsam, and Moroccan jasmine. PERVERSION
 Smoky rum and black tobacco with a whisper of steamy leather with a splash of crystalline chardonnay, layered over a sensual, sweet, and deceptively magnetic base of tonka. TOBACCO HONEY THE ANTIKYTHERA MECHANISM
 (I second ladymeag's suggestion. It's awesome.) Teakwood, oak, black vanilla, and tobacco.

Hope I'm not leading you on a wild goose chase, but I'd suggest scanning through this thread: http://www.bpal.org/topic/45993-bottles-containers-and-supplies/ Also, perhaps you could email customer service at the Lab? Explain your dilemma and ask which supplier they use. They might not tell you, but it wouldn't hurt to try.

I can't imagine. It gave me a sinking feeling in the pit of my stomach just reading about it. I'm so sorry eta- I have also received decants sealed with finger cots (miniature finger condoms) under the caps. Bath oils and massage oils, too. I purchased them all aged & second hand from the same seller on LJ. I actually thought it was a brilliant idea, as none of them leaked. None of them smelled off to me with one possible exception. That one was in a semi-soft squeezable plastic squirt bottle. It was half-full and misshapen. I still believe the slightly altered scent was due to the ancient container, not the finger cot. That said, I did remove all of the finger cots the night the package arrived.

Huh. Seems like others have had bad experiences with bottles that have been sealed that way...

Zookeeper! What a fantastic job. ...for a cat lover and kindred spirit who's ok with toys strewn about the house... LIL' MENES FELINE ENTERTAINMENTS 2012 (YULE: THE MISKATONIC VALLEY YULETIDE FAIRE) A delightful selection of Ultharian cat toys and offerings, guaranteed to propitiate even the orneriest kitty! THE CAT Sleek, black, dark, and clever: benzoin, honey, cedar, and dark musk. BASTET Bast, Ubasti, Ailuros, Ba-en-Aset. Represented as both a domestic cat and a fierce lioness, she truly evidences traits of both. She is the Mother of All Cats, Goddess of Sensuality, Fertility, and a guardian and protector of women. She is also one of the Eyes of Ra, and in that aspect is an Avenging Goddess, seeking retribution and punishing enemies of her people. Luxuriant amber, warm Egyptian musk, fierce saffron and soft myrrh, almond, cardamom and golden lotus. WULRIC, THE WOLFMAN (CARNAVAL DIABOLIQUE) Friendly, charming, and cuddly, but possessing one hell of a mean streak: cocoa absolute, French vanilla, birch tar, lavender, bourbon vetiver, wild musk, clary sage, and cistus. THEODOSIUS, THE LEGERDEMAIN (CARNAVAL DIABOLIQUE) Earl Grey tea leaves, a white fougere, jasmine leaf, pearlescent white musk, and vanilla bean. ...and finally, one of my top BPAL scents of all time, because I think everyone should try it... WILF Warm fur coupled with red and black musk, vanilla bean, patchouli, champaca flower, juniper berry, chocolate peppermint, frangipani, browned sandalwood, ferntop ash resin, and massoia bark. eta- How could I have forgotten Bastet?

My boss is a playwright. I went in to visit with him yesterday and noticed a calendar hanging on the wall behind his head. "YORICK" in giant letters was the image of the month. I see BPAL everywhere I look. ...for the Shakespearean actress who's unafraid of oddity in a perfume... YORICK Alas, poor Yorick! I knew him, Horatio; a fellow of infinite jest, of most excellent fancy; he hath borne me on his back a thousand times; and now, how abhorred in my imagination it is! My gorge rises at it. Here hung those lips that I have kissed I know not how oft. Where be your gibes now? Grave dirt, bone, decay, angel's trumpet, and moldering scraps of shroud: the essence of finality. Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet with Yorick as a skull.

Ciaobonefish- Wandcapped bottles do tend to leak. Perhaps you could try using the plumbers tape the way the plumber does. Wrap a bit on the bottle thread while the cap is off prior to screwing the lid on tightly. Then a little more plumbers tape afterwards? I actually prefer using electrical tape, but that'd be too thick to wrap the thread. Be careful removing the lid so that no little stringy bits fall in the bottle. I've received leak-free decants of massage oil from decanters who did it that way. I hope your stay in Ireland is amazing!!!

Hi Funny you should ask... Today I'm wearing a fabulous apricot blend... HALOES
 (Retail Only Salon, call Courtney at Healthy Living in Vermont, 802.863.2569) Haloes, Louis Welden Hawkins Oak, tonka, vanilla, white sandalwood, lily of the valley, white ginger, amber, and apricot. Haloes is oak/vanilla/apricot on my skin. Oak is a pretty distinctive note. I'm not sure how you'd feel about it if you don't like patchouli. I tend to like darker woods & resins, and I love me some patchouli (and Depraved). I've not tried any of the following, but a few general collection scents from the lab including an apricot note include: SIREN
 A thrilling, exotic blend — deceptively sweet, but spiked with malice. White ginger, jasmine, and a touch of vanilla and apricot. GRAND GUIGNOL Our Grand Guignol perfume is a shot of sweet apricot brandy. KATHARINA 
A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom. PANDY (don't think this one's impable) Fresh white musk, honeycomb, sweet apricot, elemi, orange blossom, and mischievous pink pepper.

ATMOSPHERIC LINEN & ROOM SPRAYS: Exotic Bazaar The Horticultural Building House of Unquenchable Fire Mahogany Hall Mrs. Palmer's Establishment Oak Leaves & Kyphi Oak Leaves & Kyphi Oak Leaves & Kyphi Snow Bunny Vespers Vespers Vespers The Witch's Garden BATH OIL: Anthesteria Eldritch Dark Frankincense & Myrrh Frankincense, Myrrh, & Rose Petal Beads The Froth of the Serpents of Pleasure Ira Morocco Snake Oil Snake Oil Tricksy HAIR GLOSS: Hair Loosened & Soiled in Mid Origies Snake Oil MASSAGE OIL: Terrae TKO SAMPLES: Alchemical Laboratory AS Alchemical Laboratory AS Alchemical Laboratory AS Alchemical Laboratory AS Alchemical Laboratory AS Le Café du Rat-Mort AS Cathouse AS Doc Constantine's Medicine Show AS Down the Rabbit Hole AS Down the Rabbit Hole AS Down the Rabbit Hole AS Exotic Bazaar AS Fae Forest AS The Inn Prototype AS Lich's Laboratory AS Mahogany Hall AS Mahogany Hall AS The Orchards of Hell AS LE The Queen's Croquet Ground AS The Queen's Croquet Ground AS Saloon #10 AS Saloon #10 AS Unspeakably Evil Temple AS ------------------------ Amber & Patchouli HG Fig & White Sandlewood HG Honey HG Snake Oil HG ------------------------ Luxuria BO Silent Forest BO

Strangler Fig is awesome. I also really like... THE GRAVE-PIG Fig, oakmoss, mushroom caps, and patchouli. I haven't tried but really want to... EDEN Fig leaf, fig fruit, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandalwood. And a few more suggestions... THE APOTHECARY 
Tea leaf with three mosses, green grass, a medley of herbal notes, and a drop of ginger and fig. CARNAL
 Bold, bright mandarin paired with the sweet, sensual earthiness of fig. GOMORRAH Ripe fig, date and currant with black herbs. HETAIRAE 
Golden honey, fiery patchouli, sweet fig and clove, and a blushing touch of ylang ylang. INTRIGUE
 Black palm, with cocoa, fig and shadowy wooded notes. LAWFUL
 Rigid oak, blue chamomile, rhubarb, and fig leaf. NEPHILIM
 Holy frankincense and hyssop in union with earthy fig, defiled by black patchouli and vetiver, with a chaotic infusion of lavender, cardamom, tamarind, rosemary, oakmoss and cypress. TWEEDLEDUM: Green mango, fig, patchouli and green tea.

Oh, dear. I'm sorry to hear that. Probably best to avoid it, then. Completely.

My bottle of Dragon's Heart has a black label. There's a red dragon to the left. "Dragon's Heart" is in purple ink off to the right.

*BLOODLUST
 Dragon's blood essence, heavy red musk, Indonesian patchouli and swarthy vetiver with a drop of cinnamon. *CZERNOBOG
 A combination of three musks, with splashes of dark myrrh, vetiver and mullein. *LUCIFER 
Lucifer, Franz von Stuck 
Indonesian red patchouli, amber, oak wood, pimento berry, fig leaf, and vetiver. (Retail only salon, still available at Healthy Living in Vermont 802.863.2569, ask to speak to Courtney) *TOMBEUR
 Vanilla-infused sandalwood, blood musk, antique patchouli, vetiver, lavender, bitter almond, amber, and a trickle of Snake Oil. ...Those are my personal favorites (I also have & love Death Adder & The Great He-Goat), but here are a few more... A COUNTENANCE FORBODING EVIL
 Patchouli, ylang ylang, blood orange, and vetiver. ALECTO 
Olive leaf, raspberry leaf, vetiver and cedarwood. AZATHOTH Tangerine, saffron, vetiver, black amber and cedarwood. BLACK ANNIS
 Damp cave lichen and oak leaf with a hint of vetiver, civet and anise. BLUEBEARD 
Violet, lavender, white musk and vetiver. DEATH ON A PALE HORSE
 White musk and mint seeped with solemn lavender, doleful patchouli and vetiver, scythe-sharp yuzu and lime, with geranium bourbon, white sandalwood and calla lily. FALLEN
 White sandalwood and golden musk with a dark halo of amber, a breath of imperial florals, unbending woods, and the shadow cast by vetiver and violet. HIGHWAYMAN 
Vetiver with gardenia, blood red rose, night-blooming jasmine, a dash of cinnamon and a faint hint of leather. IAGO 
Black musk, wet leather and vetiver. LAMIA Pale orchid, vanilla amber, black currant, white peach, champaca, coconut, Arabian myrrh, Burmese vetiver, and oude. LOVE’S TORMENTS White sandalwood, neroli, and vetiver. MALEDICTION
 Red patchouli and vetivert. MARQUISE de MERTEUIL 
Galbanum and amber, glistening peach, and a bouquet of French florals, with a merciless undertone of jonquil and heartless vetiver. ORC 
Field grey courgette musk, roughly cured leather, and vetiver.
 PRURIENCE
 Red amber and scorched musk with voluptuous carnation, charred vetiver, sensuous tonka, and orris. SANTA MUERTE Lovers’ roses, solemn chrysanthemum, dark vetiver and dazzling cactus flowers. THE SCALES OF DEPRIVATION
 Lemon peel, white sage, frankincense, lavender fougere, sandalwood, vetiver and labdanum. SLOTH
 Thick, dark, sluggish and heavy with indolence: vetiver over black myrrh. UMBRA 
East African black patchouli, cedarwood, vetiver and a dribble of cinnamon. YÜREI White tea, hibiscus, Arabian sandalwood, white amber, ho leaf, pale Japanese flowers, and vetiver.

Whataboutprom- Thanks so much for that information. I had no idea that some "unscented" lotions actually contained a scent-suppressing chemical. I have, however, noticed that some of my unscented lotions & face/neck creams seem to kill a scent quickly. Sidhechaos- Somewhere on this forum Poenari said she prefers to moisturize first with coconut oil. I tried it & it works really well. I buy giant 16oz tubs of organic extra virgin coconut oil. It's solid at room temperature but liquifies very quickly as it warms to body temperature. I transfer enough to fill a ketchup-type squirt bottle & keep it on the floor of the shower. The hot water warms it enough to squirt on my arms at the end of my shower & the coconut scent fades within 10 minutes. I don't find that the scent interferes with any of the perfumes I apply afterwards, but someone who hates the scent of coconuts might. I tried this with the unscented Neutrogena Rainbath oil first, but had much better results with the coconut oil. Haven't tried the jojoba oil yet, but I'd like to.

Hi I wore Ambergris SN earlier this week, and thought it was a really great neutral scent. Not foody, sexy, girly, masculine, hippy, headshop, quirky, or attention-grabbing. Neutral but really nice. Almost elegant in a really laid back kind of way. I hope your interview goes really well!