Jenesis

I agree with what has been said upthread. Some sort of email confirmation from the Lab itself would be very nice, I think, and as well as peace of mind it would allow mistakes and problems to be spotted much earlier. cam is right; the PayPal receipt (I've only ever used PayPal) only proves that you sent the money, it doesn't prove that the Lab got your order.

I ordered a couple of Anniversary scents on November 18th. I haven't had a CnS yet, and looking in the CnS thread, US customers are getting them for orders placed on the 30th. Have the Lab misplaced my order, or have they not sent out the International batch yet? Either way, it won't arrive for Christmas

I ordered some Anniversary smellies on November 18th. Have any Internationals had any CnSs from around that time, because I'm still waiting for mine..? US customers are getting CnSs for orders placed on the 30th... (PS. Is there a better place to post this?)

I've never had that happen to me, and I use PayPal all the time. Are you Verified with PayPal? In either case, I would email the Lab ASAP. They'll probably let you send two smaller payments, as PayPal suggest, while they sort out the spending limit thing.

The scent is indeed vanilla (which, as always, is lovely and sweet on me) and lavender, with the traditional sharpness of lavender essential oil tempered by the sweet vanilla. Even if it doesn't make me actually sleep, it's a lovely, soft, relaxing scent that makes me feel calm and will hopefully ease my falling-asleep process. I go through phases of bad insomnia, and frankly even prescription drugs don't help me sleep then, so it looks like TKO will at least ease the anxiety I feel every evening when contemplating the restless hours ahead.

One can even set up quite ridiculous cases. A cat is penned up in a steel chamber, along with the following diabolical device (which must be secured against direct interference by the cat): in a Geiger counter there is a tiny bit of radioactive substance, so small that perhaps in the course of one hour one of the atoms decays, but also, with equal probability, perhaps none; if it happens, the counter tube discharges and through a relay releases a hammer which shatters a small flask of hydrocyanic acid. If one has left this entire system to itself for an hour, one would say that the cat still lives if meanwhile no atom has decayed. The first atomic decay would have poisoned it. The Psi function for the entire system would express this by having in it the living and the dead cat (pardon the expression) mixed or smeared out in equal parts. It is typical of these cases that an indeterminacy originally restricted to the atomic domain becomes transformed into macroscopic indeterminacy, which can then be resolved by direct observation. That prevents us from so naively accepting as valid a "blurred model" for representing reality. In itself it would not embody anything unclear or contradictory. There is a difference between a shaky or out-of-focus photograph and a snapshot of clouds and fog banks. A paradoxical scent experiment! - tangerine, sugared lime, pink grapefruit, oakmoss, lavender, zdravetz, and chocolate peppermint. No cats were mistreated during the formulation of this paradox, or in the process of creating this perfume. First off, let me say I am a cat person. Very much a cat person. I've already named the three cats I'll have in my home when I move out. I got this from the Lab when it was new, and I didn't like it much then (too sharp and lemony). However, I broke it out again today for my Quantum Mechanics exam, and I was delighted to find that it has aged wonderfully in the few months I've had it! The main thing I can smell is sherbert lemons. I can only assume this is the sugared fruits coming in to play. For the first half-hour of wear, the Kitty is very nice and light and bright (never fear, citrus-haters, it's very sweet). After that, the bright, citrus top notes disappear leaving a sweet, but not tooth-achingly so, musky undertone. I can't get any lavender out of it at any stage. I guess the musky drydown is the oakmoss and chocolate.

I got this from the Lab when it was new, and I didn't like it much then (too sharp and lemony). However, I broke it out again today for my Quantum Mechanics exam, and I was delighted to find that it has aged wonderfully in the few months I've had it! The main thing I can smell is sherbert lemons. I can only assume this is the sugared fruits coming in to play. For the first half-hour of wear, the Kitty is very nice and light and bright (never fear, citrus-haters, it's very sweet). After that, the bright, citrus top notes disappear leaving a sweet, but not tooth-achingly so, musky undertone. I can't get any lavender out of it at any stage. I guess the musky drydown is the oakmoss and chocolate.

Darkly seductive and lethally compelling: sinuous opponax, galbanum, dark wild berries, a drop of lush jasmine and a sliver of lime. As we all know, Venom is one of the oldest and most sought-after BPALs. It was discontinued in 2005. With that in mind... I was frimped a sniffie of this, and I must admit that I'm glad I don't like it. All I get out of it is "feet covered in hair dye". Don't ask me where I get that from, but to me I can smell sweaty-feet-stink with the pervading chemical tang of ammonia-based hair dye. Oh well!

I was frimped a sniffie of this, and I must admit that I'm glad I don't like it. All I get out of it is "feet covered in hair dye". Don't ask me where I get that from, but to me I can smell sweaty-feet-stink with the pervading chemical tang of ammonia-based hair dye. Oh well!

Tristran put down his wooden cup of tea, and stood up, offended. "What," he asked, in what he was certain were lofty and scornful tones, "would possibly make you imagine that my lady-love would have sent me on some foolish errand?" The little man stared up at him with eyes like beads of jet. "Because that's the only reason a lad like you would be stupid enough to cross the border into Faerie. The only ones who ever come here from your lands are the minstrels, and the lovers, and the mad. And you don't look like much of a minstrel, and you're - pardon me saying so, lad, but it's true - ordinary as cheese-crumbs. So it's love, if you ask me." "Because," announces Tristran, "every lover is in his heart a madman, and in his head a minstrel." Dust on your trousers, mud on your boots, and stars in your eyes: redwood, tonka bean, white sandalwood, lemon peel, patchouli, rosewood, coriander, and crushed mint. Although nice, this scent is "meh" for me. I love woody scents and I was hoping this could be a new Geek, but it doesn't have the complexity. Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely scent, but on me it's just straight "wood", with no mint, lemon or anything else to spice it up. It fades quickly. I really can't pick apart the various woods. If this was a regular price GC I'd go for it, but at $25 a bottle it's a little pricey when there are nicer woody blends for the same price tag (The Smiling Spider).

Although nice, this scent is "meh" for me. I love woody scents and I was hoping this could be a new Geek, but it doesn't have the complexity. Don't get me wrong, it's a lovely scent, but on me it's just straight "wood", with no mint, lemon or anything else to spice it up. It fades quickly. If this was a regular price GC I'd go for it, but at $25 a bottle it's a little pricey when there are nicer woody blends for the same price tag (The Smiling Spider).

The Night of the Witches. In the Teutonic calendar, April 30, not October 31, was the night that the witches congregated to celebrate their Work through ecstatic dance, wild music and revelry. The witches fêted with spirits, fairies, and a bevy of otherworldy creatures atop Brockenberg peak in the Harz region of Germany, where they lit an enormous bonfire and cavorted naked until midnight... at which point they donned their robes, boarded their brooms, flying rams and sacred goats, scooped up their cat familiars, and sped off into the night. In later days, it was believed that on this night the witches conjured the devil, who would then select one of them for his bride. This perfume is the scent of the witches' revel: German fir and forest herbs, incense and bonfire smoke, infernal flora, glowing amber, and the wet, glimmering scent of skin warmed by dance. I definitely get the fir from this when I first put it on. It's a sharp, bright, "clean" scent when wet. The fir mellows after a few minutes to be much warmer, and less artificial. It's a very pleasant "green" scent at this point. It stays like this for a half-hour or so and then... disappears. All that's left is a light, slightly musky scent which is hard to place. Odd behaviour, but very nice!

Warm cinnamon, husky clove and white pepper. I was lucky enough to acquire a bottle of the Resurrected incarnation. In the vial and wet, this is all CINNAMON. Spicy spicy spice with no sign of the clove or pepper - it's like I upended a pot of cinnamon onto my wrist. As nice as cinnamon is, it's very strong. On the drydown, the overwhelming cinnamon thankfully fades a little. I can detect a whiff of the clove, and the smooth pepper is coming out to play. Dry, this is a stunning scent. The cinnamon and clove are still there, over the smooth sweetness of white pepper. So glad I managed to get a bottle!

Warm cinnamon, husky clove and white pepper. I was lucky enough to acquire a bottle of the Resurrected incarnation. In the vial and wet, this is all CINNAMON. Spicy spicy spice with no sign of the clove or pepper - it's like I upended a pot of cinnamon onto my wrist. As nice as cinnamon is, it's very strong. On the drydown, the overwhelming cinnamon thankfully fades a little. I can detect a whiff of the clove, and the smooth pepper is coming out to play. Dry, this is a stunning scent. The cinnamon and clove are still there, over the smooth sweetness of white pepper. So glad I managed to get a bottle!

I definitely get the fir from this when I first put it on. It's a sharp, bright, "clean" scent when wet. The fir mellows after a few minutes to be much warmer, and less artificial. It's a very pleasant "green" scent at this point. It stays like this for a half-hour or so and then... disappears. All that's left is a light, slightly musky scent which is hard to place. Odd behaviour, but very nice!

For some ridiculous reason, to which, however, I’ve no desire to be disloyal, Some person in authority, I don’t know who, very likely the Astronomer Royal, Has decided that, although for such a beastly month as February, twenty-eight days as a rule are plenty, One year in every four his days shall be reckoned as nine and twenty. Through some singular coincidence – I shouldn’t be surprised if it were owing to the agency of an ill-natured fairy – You are the victim of this clumsy arrangement, having been born in leap-year, on the twenty-ninth of February; And so, by a simple arithmetical process, you’ll easily discover, That though you’ve lived twenty-one years, yet, if we go by birthdays,you’re only five and a little bit over! Alas, poor Frederic the Leapling! -- bound to the merry Pirates of Penzance until his twenty-first birthday. As his birthday comes around only every four years, so does his scent! Victorian whimsy and piratical romance: a reluctant seaman’s chypre sloshed with a mix of bay rum, patchouli, amber musk, dark woods, tea rose, and red currant. The whole thing just screams manliness and sophistication. It is indeed quite dry, with woods and spices, and thankfully completely free of the sickening "Lynx effect" sweetness that so many masculine scents unfortunately have. Although it is manly, it retains a touch of femininity with the spices and the hint of rose (I normally hate rose, so don't worry, fellow haters, the rose is not prominent at all!). In general it evokes the same feeling as Geek - although the scents are completely dissimilar apart from the woods, it has that same "manly but feminine" feel. I love Geek too, so this is right up my alley! Looking at the notes, I can't smell any rum at all and I have no idea what chypre is, but the musk, woods and patchouli all make themselves known. The rose and currant show up after the drydown as quirky extras, stopping this from smelling too much like aftershave. I absolutely adore this blend. I have the one bottle, and I may have to find another as this is just too nice to only get one of, and I bet it'll age fabulously!

The whole thing just screams manliness and sophistication. It is indeed quite dry, with woods and spices, and thankfully completely free of the sickening "Lynx effect" sweetness that so many masculine scents unfortunately have. Although it is manly, it retains a touch of femininity with the spices and the hint of rose (I normally hate rose, so don't worry, fellow haters, the rose is not prominent at all!). In general it evokes the same feeling as Geek - although the scents are completely dissimilar apart from the woods, it has that same "manly but feminine" feel. I love Geek too, so this is right up my alley! Looking at the notes, I can't smell any rum at all and I have no idea what chypre is, but the musk, woods and patchouli all make themselves known. The rose and currant show up after the drydown as quirky extras, stopping this from smelling too much like aftershave.

The UK Post Office won't send alcohol overseas either, so when they ask what my packages contain I just tell them "soap" or "body lotion" or something. BPAL does not contain any alcohol, as far as I'm aware.

Well, the pineapple and booze definitely make themselves known! This is a sweet, boozy scent, definitely for the evening. The coconut and vanilla mix well to create a smooth undertone and the rum gives it a heady tang. As I said it's not a day scent, but for warm summer evenings (and cold winter ones where you wish it was warm!). Rum and boozy notes in a scent are an acquired taste, I think; at first they smell like, well, booze, then they usually mellow into a sweet rounded scent. This is a very nice warm scent. It's comforting and at the same time tropical and exciting. A nice scent that I'm sure I'll be reaching for often - plus the bottle art is awesome.

Coconut is always a prominent note on me, so the King is mostly that! The whole thing is heavily reminiscent of Brown Jenkins, with the musk and the bark, but it strikes me as a little more regal and slightly more unisex. The lemon lifts the coconut to a less cloying feel than usual. Incidentally, two guys I asked the opinions of on this smelt mint and spices, although the verdict was still "nice". And very different to how it smells in the bottle!

This happens to me as well. If I have a PayPal balance but not enough to cover my purchase, it will use the balance then make up the difference with money from my bank account (it shows up on statements as a Direct Debit to Paypal.com).

I also get mostly grapefruit and smooth citrus out of this when first on, also for some reason: Curry! Yep, this makes me smell like a takeaway for the first five minutes. Drying down, it becomes smoother and mellower and sweeter. It doesn't last a hugely long time. Nice and fresh and sweet.

2008 version - I'm not entirely sure why I bought this. I may have bought it accidentally, because it stinks of talcum powder and soap, and looking through the notes I can see why (rose and champaca). Oh well. Off to the swaps with thee!

I can see why this is so popular! I'm a big musk fan but not so much of booze, which is why it was a relief to find out that on me, Smut is far more about a sweetened musk than about AA-meeting-smell. It's not very long lasting in itself but it does leave behind a faint musky smell. Lurverly!

I bought a bottle of Black Lace and didn't like it much at first, so I put it at the back of the smellies box and let it age. Now, as I take my settled-down bottle and sniff it, I deeply, deeply regret not getting a second bottle while I had the chance! I've been scouring the Sale forums and eBay but to be honest I don't have much hope; it's a much-loved scent by those who have it and I can understand them not wanting to give it to me So, I'm looking for recommendations about GCs (or CD etc.) that are Black-Lace-esque. In BL I particularly like the "smokey, incensy vanila" about it; however the obvious one, Snake Oil, is all smoke and nothing else on me. Any ideas, ladies?