telophase | BPAL summary:

A quick rundown of the things that really worked on me and the things that didn't. If any of you have suggestions on what I should put on my wishlist or avoid based on this, let me know. The links go to my own reviews.

Good elements: Amber, cherry, nuts, honey that's not a major note, chocolate and cocoa, vanilla. ~~Perfect scent BROWNIES~~ Light florals: (cherry blossom, orange blossom, apple blossom, plum blossom, peony) Myrrh. Sandalwood. Fruits. Rum. Red wine. Orris.

Bad elements: Musk. O dear god the musk. Apricot. Heavy roses. Non-cherry berries? Certainly very strong berries. Heavier florals. Neroli. Possible allergy to jasmine, definite allergy to cedar. Ginger turns into lemon. Heavy cloves take over, then turn into lemon. Tobacco is interesting, but not to wear. Mint. Lavender. Pumpkin. Milky scents. Baked-goods scents. Vetiver. Leather. Iris turns to soap, same as violet. Dark roses not good. Eucalyptus, menthol, fir, pine, and all sorts of evergreen scents.

Good

13 - including white chocolate, tangerine, currant, mandarin, white tea and iris. (Not bad. Nothing spectacular.)

Ahathoor - Description not given. (Amber and incense)

Alice - Milk and honey with rose, carnation and bergamot. (Warm, honey, powdery, nice scent)

Athens - voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers (Lovely myrrh/honey scent.)

Bastet - Luxuriant amber, warm Egyptian musk, fierce saffron and soft myrrh, almond, cardamom and golden lotus. (OMG YES - I think the amber makes it)

Bordello - Bawdy plum with amaretto, burgundy wine and black currant. (OMG YES)

Brisingamen - five ambers, soft myrtle and apple blossom, myrtle, and carnation. (Warm, soft, lovely powdery scent.)

Centzon Totochtin - Bittersweet Mexican cocoa with rum, red wine, and a scent redolent of sacrificial blood. (Dark, smoky berry.)

Chaos Theory III: DX - Random chance!. (Powdery cherrywood)

Cold Moon - Traditional lunar oils combined with glittering snow flowers, soft breezes and frozen ferns.. (Light, cool scent. Me like.)

Dee - soft English leather, rosewood and tonka with a hint of incense, parchment and soft woods. (Woods with a hint of leather)

Dublin - misty forests, damp alder leaf, and the gentlest touch of white rose. (Nice. )

Enraged Bunny Musk - Soft cotton blossom, white musk, baby's breath, clover and pale powder notes.. (Soft, warm, with a hint of baby powder.)

Gluttony - Thick, sugared and bloated with sweetness. Dark chocolate, vanilla, buttercream, and hops with pralines, hazelnut, toffee and caramel. (Nice.)

Golden Priapus - Vanilla and amber with juniper, rosewood and white pine. (Nice, subtle.)

Gypsy Queen - Romany incense and candle smoke mingling with an alluring, body-warmed whiff of bergamot, neroli, Bulgar rose, carnation, and amber musk.. (Spicy ambery goodness. I'm in love.)

Hanging Gardens - date palm, ebony, fir, pomegranate, plum, two pears, quince, fig, and grapevine with plumeria, three gardenias and dry rose. (Nice!)

Hellcat - A soft, sensual, luxuriant blend with a wicked bite: hazelnut, buttercream, honey mead, rum and sweet almond. (OMG YES)

Jacob's Ladder - golden amber, galbanum, benzoin, ambrette, rockrose, costus and tonka. (Amber, yummy.)

Le Serpent Qui Danse - Violet entwined with vanilla and gardenia. (Powdery vanilla scent with hints of florals, nice but not something that I must have.)

Libertine - Rosewood and chamomile with bergamot, violet, red sandalwood, primrose and Arabian musk. (Nice. )

Midnight Mass - traditional Roman Catholic sacramental incense. (Nice woods, nothing spectacular.)

Miskatonic University - The scent of Irish coffee, dusty tomes and polished oakwood halls. (Warm vanilla-y coffee smell modulating into nutty vanilla smell.)

Neo-Tokyo - Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits. (Ooh, very nice, floral without being FLORAL.)

Peitho - Lusty myrtle and jasmine with red sandalwood, stargazer lily, and clove over an opulent, rich bed of warm musk and bourbon vanilla. (Very nice, especially the vanilla)

Pink Moon - phlox, tulip, daffodil, dogwood and muscari, dusted with pink sugar, carnation and honey, and a touch of the first strawberries of the season.. (Light, pink, slightly cloying.)

Schwarzer Mond - opoponax, Tunisian black amber, night musk, antique patchouli, zdravetz, terebinth, myrrh, and Pimenta racemosa. (Ambery incense.)

Spirits of the Dead - dry tea leaf, linden blossom, papyrus, orris and coffin wood.. (Tea with light lemon and wood, with the richness of orris sneaking out a bit.)

Sugar Skull '04 - five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits. (Sweet and fruity.)

The Red Queen - Deep mahogany and rich, velvety woods lacquered with sweet, black-red cherries and currant. (Lovely cherry and woods.)

Velvet - gentle sandalwood warmed by cocoa vanilla and a veil of deep myrrh. (OMG YES!! My favorite so far)

Venice - lemon, red currant, wisteria, red rose petals, heady jasmine, Florentine orris root, waterlily, red sandalwood, violet plum, and violet leaf.. (Not bad, not good.)

Verdandi - Deep herbs and apple with black amber. (Amber, with touches of apple blossom.)

Versailles - red and gold citrus with amber, ruby roses, jasmine and orris. (AMBER YES!)

Yog-Sothoth - A glittering oil, ephemeral, iridescent, and horrifying in its immeasurable emptiness. This is the scent of air and darkness. (Gender neutral) (Interesting. Not my fave, but interesting.)

Bad

Aeval - sage, sweet pea, bold pale musk and warm tonka. (Guest soap)

Aizen-Myoo - Yuzu, kaki, and mikan with cherry blossom and black tea. (Not good. Turned into frightened-cat-pee smell)

Akuma - blood orange, neroli, and raspberry. (Nasty bitter smell - neroli, I think)

Antique Lace - dry flowers, aged linens, and the faint breath of long-faded perfumes.. (Milk.)

Arcana - Frankincense, rosemary, lavender, neroli, and lemon verbena.. (Rosemary. No.)

Babalu Aye - No real description (Allergy-inducing suntan lotion)

Bayou - Spanish moss, evergreen and cypress with watery blue-green notes and an eddy of hothouse flowers and swamp blooms. (Allergy-inducing lotion.)

Belladonna - Belladonna. (Menthol.)

Black Moon - motia attar, black orchid, mugwort, English pear, cucumber, blue lotus, jonquil, massoia, calamus and crystal musk. (Bitter floral.)

Blood Amber - dragon's blood and amber. (Wet concrete)

Brimstone - A smoky, gritty blend, husky and gray. (Darkly herbal top note - no.)

Casanova - A rakish blend of leather, anise, lavender, bergamot and amber with tonka, lemon peel and lusty patchouli. (Gave me a headache in the bottle.)

The Caterpillar - Heavy incense notes waft lazily through a mix of carnation, jasmine, bergamot, and neroli over a lush bed of dark mosses, iris blossom, deep patchouli and indolent vetiver. (Meh. Vaguely cumin-y scent turning me off it.)

Catherine - orange blossom, rosemary and rose. (Bitter harsh note. No.)

Chaos Theory III: DCCXXVIII - One-of-a-kind scent. (Metallic vanilla?)

Chaos Theory III: MCCCII - No description. (Familiar, but can't place it.)

Crossroads - A chill twilit garden of blooms over dry earth and mosses, heavily laden with incense and offertory herbs. (Dirt smell - interesting but not to wear. At all. And makes my nose stop up something fierce)

Danube - Rhododendron and bellflower petals swirl through deep, cool, dark aquatic notes. (Tart cardboard box.)

Debauchery - civet and red Egyptian musk, thickened with opium. (Faintly animalistic with a touch of flora at the edges.)

Delirium - apple, rose, and lemon. (Lemon Pledge)

Dragon's Heart - dragon's blood resin, red and black musks, a throb of fig and a sliver of black currant. (Two scents I hate - dragon's blood and musk. NO.)

Eden - fig leaf, fig fruit, honeyed almond milk, toasted coconut and sandalwood. (Makes me sick.)

Eleggua - Minty and buttery. (Sick to my stomach.)

Envy - Green herbs slithering through mint, lime and lavender.. (Spearmint chewing gum.)

Ephemera - violet and chamomile with muguet, white geranium, calla lily and tea rose with a hint of autumn leaves. (Guest soap)

Eris - wet fruits and sharp mimosa with Martial spices and a deceptive flash of floral. (Mothballs)

Euphrosyne - Gardenia, tea rose, vanilla and jasmine. (Allergic to the jasmine)

Fortunato - begins with a sense of drunken glee, of orange peel, bittersweet berry and rose hip, and moves inexorably towards the dread and terror expressed in black patchouli. . (Bitter berry.)

Fruit Moon - green apple, apricot, blackberry, black cherry, black and red currants, cantaloupe, English pear, guava, lemon and lime, orange, mandarin orange, kiwi and mango, passion fruit, papaya, Georgia peach, raspberry, plum, tangerine, pomegranate and strawberry over a luminous blend of lunar oils. (Top note turns nasty.)

Grand Guignol - Our Grand Guignol perfume is a shot of sweet apricot brandy; just enough to settle your nerves after a ghoulish, gory brush with the macabre. (Nice in-vial, but turns to eau de cardboard box on me. No apricot for telophase!!)

Grandmother of Ghosts - Her scent swirls with a high-pitched tumult of laurel, stargazer lily, splintered woods, peony, mandarin and white musk, and is spiked with pale pepper. (Stops my nose up, stale woods, and then the musk comes out to play. NO.)

Hearth - Sweet pipe tobacco, cherry wood, the warm, worn leather of an easy chair and a pleasant, subtle waft of fireplace smoke. (Gender neutral) (Very much not me, although interesting.)

Hellfire - A swirl of pipe tobacco, hot leather, ambergris, dark musk and the lingering incense smoke from their Black Mass. (OH GOD MUSK AGH AGH GET IT OFF ME NOW)

Hymn - perfect rose absolute and Palestinian Lily of the Valley with olibanum, labdanum, frankincense and myrrh. (Lotion)

House of Mirrors - Antique amber frames a series of distorted, eternally warping clear crystal and glass notes. (Laundry. Meh)

Jester - Huckleberry and red currant with the incisive bite of neroli. (Overly berry, and triggers my allergies)

Katharina - A strong, willful blend with a soft, utterly lovely soul: white musk with a trickle of bright, sharp apricot and orange blossom. (Apricot does not love me: it fades and leaves the musk, which isn't that great.)

Kathmandu - Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices. (Nice, although not in a perfume-y way, and made me sneeze from the cedar.)

Kumiho - A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger. (Lemon Pledge.)

Kunstkammer - black pepper, benzoin, blood orange and olibanum. (Artificial fruit smell)

Lightning - The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain. (Hm. Laundry, mostly.)

Loviatar - leather punctuates the warm, sensual embrace of black amber, red musk and dark, lascivious myrrh. (Leather and musk=bad)

Lucy's Kiss - rose and a blend of Victorian spices. (Rose and soap.)

Lump of Coal - sticky, thick, dark and rich fudge brownie. (Wonderful in bottle, awful on me.)

Mata Hari - five roses with soft jasmine, warmed by vanilla, fig, tonka bean and mahogany, spiced with a drop of coffee bean. (Nose thing again, never goes through a stage where it works on me, and quickly fades, leaving behind whatever is triggering the allergy.)

Midway - Funnel cake, caramel apple, cotton candy, salt water taffy and sugar tart. (Cloying suntan lotion.)

Mitzvah - caramelized sugar and sweet cream. (Cream scent = no)

Namaste - This oil blend is a serene, soothing Indian blend, created to bring calm and joy to the heart and peace to the spirit. Sandalwood, jasmine, rose, patchouli, cedarwood and lemongrass.(OK, but not a perfume I'd wear, and the cedar is stuffing me up)

O - Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla. (You'd think it would be perfect. Unfortunately artificial.)

Oneiroi - Soporific, dark, and unfathomable: a somnambular blend of deep lavender, white sandalwood, jasmine, bergamot and mugwort. (Gender neutral)(Not horrid, but nothing about it makes me want to wear it.)

Queen of Sheba - a bounty of golden honeyed almonds and a whisper of African and Middle Eastern spices. (Very bitter at first, mellowing later, but not enough.)

Regan - A deceptively sweet orchid vanille with a faint trace of stephanotis. (Floral suntan lotion.)

Snow Angel - sugar with a hint of lemon, sparkling peach, and floral tea. (Unlike anything in the description.)

Snow White 2005 - flurries of virgin snow, crisp winter wind and the faintest breath of night-blooming flowers.. (Milk. Ick.)

Snowblind - vanilla mint. (A soft mint)

Spanked - whip leather, cardamom, patchouli and bourbon. (Raw leather)

Spellbound - An irresistibly sexual, utterly rapturous blend of three roses, radiant amber, and sensual red musk. (AAAGGGHHHHH MUSK MUSK MUSK GET IT OFF ME NOW)

Spooky - A maddeningly festive blend of warm, buttery rum, cocoa, coconut, vanilla and a jolt of peppermint. (Cloying, nauseating mint.)

Twilight - An enigmatic, otherworldly scent, brimming with power and mystery. Lavender and jasmine, with a touch of glowing honeysuckle. (Nope, smells like suntan lotion and gives me a headache.)

Meh

#20 Love Oil - Lemon and floral. (Nice, then goes into lotion.)

Aglaea - Amber, bright musk, peach wine, myrtle. (Peach. Very peach.)

al-Shairan - clove, peach and orange with cinnamon, patchouli and dark incense notes. (Clovey head shop.)

Anne Bonny - Indonesian red patchouli, red sandalwood, and frankincense.. (Sandalwood. Loots of sandalwood.)

Anubis - His scent is a blend of holy myrrh, storax, balsam, and embalming herbs. (Gender neutral) (The myrrh works, but nothing special for anything else.)

Aureus - True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent. (Sandalwood and cedar - allergic to cedar, and sandalwood needs something else to work with it and make it a good scent for me.)

Ave Maria Gratia Plena - Rosewood with Sicilian lemon peel, red Mysore sandalwood, pale musks, sweet mountain sage and a dusting of lily, night-blooming jasmine and orris. (Nice, but not doing anything special for me.)

Baron Samedi - our spin on traditional Bay Rum. (Traditionally masculine) (Very clove-y, nice, but not me)

Belle Epoque - Sweet opium, Lily of the Valley, vanilla, mandarin and red sandalwood. (Turns into suntan lotion.)

Berenice - Stargazer lily, white musk, clear aloe, blonde amber and winding-cloth linen. . (Nicely warm, but fades quickly.)

Black Dahlia - Voluptuous magnolias strewn over orchid, star jasmine, black amber and smoky rose. (Solid "meh" - nice but nothing special)

Black Lotus - Black lotus flower, amber, myrrh and sandalwood. (Nice at first, turns into putty.)

Black Opal - Soft and luminescent with flashes of black fire. (Too milky for me.)

Bliss - Milk chocolate. (Turns plasticky.)

Blood - dragon's blood resin, thickened with myrrh and cherry, with a trickle of clove.. (Not as bad as most dragon's blood scents, but not me)

Bon Vivant - Champagne and strawberry. (Champagne and strawberry.)

Cathedral - A true ecclesiatical blend of pure resins.. (OK, not me.)

Chaos Theory III: MCCCXXXI - No description. (Fades to a pipe tobacco-type scent.)

Chaos Theory III: MCCCXXXIV - No description. (Faintly spicy fruity scent.)

Chaste Moon - milky blossoms and soft cream touch the last buds of winter, coupled with crystalline, bright traditional Lunar oils. (Nice, but stops up my nose)

Cordelia - lilac, lemon, green tea, wisteria, osmanthus, white cedar, and Chinese musk. (Nice but faded fast/)

Danse Macabre - Black cypress with oakmoss, frankincense, oude, and a sliver of toasted hazelnut. (Interesting, smells exactly like water, but vanishes quickly)

Dirty - A fresh, crisp white linen scent: perfectly clean, perfectly breezy (Light, faintly fruit/floral.)

Dragon's Milk - Dragon's blood resin and honeyed vanilla. (Interesting, turns floral-y, not me.)

Eclipse - A delicious blend of bitter almond, vanilla, frankincense and heliotrope, with a drop of cinnamon. (Nice at first, but not me.)

Eos - Her scent is that of softly glowing skin, jasmine, buttercup and honeysuckle. (Gender neutral) (Nice, but jasmine allergy is hitting again.)

Eve - The spirit of temptation, the essence of lost innocence. Apple blossom, rose, ylang ylang and golden honey. (The honey was good, but the rest just wasn't me)

Fee - vanilla, sunflower, carnation, honeydew, peach blossom, lychee, oakmoss and white tea. (Veeeeery faint honeydew)

Fiery Command - No description. (A dark floral)

Florence - Elegant iris, bright berries, gilded amber and velvety spices. (Wood. And fades very quickly.)

Follow Me Boy - Honey and floral. (The honey goes sour on me)

Glasgow - wild blackberry breezing over gentle rosy heather. (Interesting, but triggers allergies)

Herr Drosselmeyer - Pipe smoke, sweet leather, woods and linen. (Eh. Not me.)

Holiday Moon - Bamboo pulp and oude with green and white tea. (Lemon tea.)

Honey Moon - Honey Moon contains five different honeys, ranging from pale and sweet to deep and heady, with hints of jasmine, white gardenia, Hawaiian white ginger and thyme.. (Gender neutral) (Hm. Light floral honey.)

Iambe - Sudanese amber, patchouli, rose, gardenia, gladiola and white tea. (Florals too strong)

Les Infortunes de la Vertu - leather, oakmoss, orange blossom, amber, and rose with a breath of virginal French florals and a hint of austere monastic penitential incense. (Leather=bad)

Jack - The scent of warm, glowing jack o'lanterns on a warm autumn night: true Halloween pumpkin, spiced with nutmeg, glowing peach and murky clove. (I would have liked this more if it weren't for the CLOVE grabbing me by the throat and shaking)

Jolly Roger - Sea spray with an undercurrent of leather, Bay Rum, and salty, dry woods. (House of Mirrors. Meh.)

Juliet - Sweet pea with stargazer lily, calla lily, heliotrope, honeysuckle, white musk and a touch of fresh pear. (Blah)

Kurukulla - a harmonious, sweet, enchanting blend of three lotus blooms and three roses. (Gender neutral) (Pears and roses)

Kyoto - cherry blossom, white sandalwood and star anise. (Meh)

Lady Macbeth - sweet Bordeaux wine, blood red currant, thyme and wild berries. (Hm. Not bad.)

The Lady of Shalott - The scent of calm waters just before a raging storm, limned with achingly-beautiful blooms, an icy scent, but somehow warm, and mirror-bright: bold gardenia, crystalline musk, muguet, water blossoms, clear, slightly tart aquatic notes and a crush of white ginger. (Gender neutral) (Turpentine. Not bad but again, meh.)

Laudanum - Nutmeg, sassafras, black poppy and myrrh. (Nice, but fades fast)

Machu Picchu - Sweet tropical fruits burst through deep, wet rainforest boughs, enormous steamy blossoms, over thin mountaintop breezes, mingled with the soft, rich golden scent of Peruvian amber. (I think the amber worked well, but the rest was blah and it faded too fast.)

Madrid - Bold red wine, mimosa, and a trickle of clove. (Banana bread.)

Medea - Night-blooming cereus, black orchid, black currant and myrtle leaf enshrouded in the incense of Hecate's cypress and myrrh, and the dark rage of magickal labdanum and intoxicating poppy. (Gender neutral) (Soapy floral, allergy-inducing.)

Midwinter's Eve 2005 - sugared plums over a breeze of winter flowers. (Plums, not me.)

Mi-Go Brain Canister - pink pepper, peony, jasmine, mango, kiwi, pomegranate, pineapple, white ginger, serene white tea and light musks. (Melony.)

Muse - Tuberose, lotus and jasmine with a hint of lime. (Nice, light floral - doesn't make me want to run out and get some.)

Nanshe - Lemongrass and lavender. (Nice lemon, not for perfumey wear for me, though.)

Numb - a singularly chilly, delectably ice-rimmed perfume. Revel in the gelid polar frostiness that is Numb, and forget about the heat for a moment. (White Shoulders. Powdery.)

Port-au-Prince - Dark, decadent and incomparably exotic: the rich scent of buttered rum flavored with almond, bay, clove and sassafras. (I liked it, but not as perfume - I'd scent a closet with it, or something like that.)

Rakshasa - Sandalwood with rose and patchouli.. (Sandalwood fades, leaving persistent old-lady rose.)

Seraphim - A perfume sacred to the highest of the angelic hosts: calla lily, wisteria, white sandalwood, Damascus rose and frankincense. (Meh. Nothing good or bad.)

Serpent's Kiss - Dragon's blood, vetivert and spice (Meh. Cashew with a hint of cinnamon.)

Silk Road - A panoply of cultural treasures, spanning the herbs, flowers, oils and balms of the Romans, the Byzantines, the Mediterranean, the Levant, Northern China, Eastern Europe, Iran, the Bulgar-Kypchak, Mesopotamia, the Crimean Peninsula, Anatolia, Antioch, and North Africa. (Not too bad, might get if someone had a cheap bottle, but nothing I'm going out of my way for)

Sudha Segara - Sweet milk and warm, healing ginger with a touch of golden honey and our blend of Ambrosia. (Gender neutral) (Very very very faint milky ginger.)

Tamora - Amber, heliotrope, golden sandalwood, peach blossom and vanilla bean. (Eh. The scents don't mesh and don't work on me.)

Titania - A nocturnal bounty of fae dew-kissed petals and pale fruits: white grape, white peach, iced pear, musk rose, sweet pea, moonflower and snapdragon. (It starts off nice, but eventually something comes out that I don't like that much. Eh.)

Thunderbird - The sharp tang of ozone and the deep bass growl of thunder over mountain trees. (Gender neutral) (Clean laundry)

Vice - A deep chocolate scent, with black cherry and orange blossom. (Nice, but I felt like a box of candy.)

White Rabbit - Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen. (Subtle, not me.)

Wrath - dragon's blood spiked with black pepper, clove, and cinnamon. (Cinnamon and cashew. Meh.)

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If you can get a hold of LE: Spooky, I suspect you might like it. (I don't have it anymore, alas, or I'd pass it on.) Chocolate mint rum mmmm. (I don't know--how are you with mint?)

Hetairiae: honey, patchouli, five, clove, ylang ylang.

The Red Queen: woody, lacquer, cherries and currants. (However. It goes through a cherry cough syrup phase on me. I enjoy this; maybe you wouldn't.)

Aureus: No clue what's in here, but drydown is quite amber-ish. It also goes subtly earthy on me.

Hunger: Black narcissus, orange blossom, vanilla.

Baron Samedi: "our spin on traditional Bay Rum." It went spicy on me--but Hellcat and Bastet made me think of this. (Imp available. Yours for the asking; ditto any other availables.)

Dragon's Milk: dragon's blood and honeyed vanilla. It's a pretty, soothing scent. (I have no idea whether dragon's blood behaves like musk or like amber. I feel the latter--but I could be very wrong.)

Alice: Milk and honey, rose, carnation, bergamot. Frankly, I never detected the florals here and this faded pretty damn quickly. (Imp available.)

Athens: myrrh, honey, red wine, sweet flowers. (A guess--myrrh explodes and becomes icky on my skin, so it's hard to gauge.) (Available.)

White Rabbit: black tea, milk, white pepper, ginger, honey, vanilla, linen.

Yeah. I'm gonna be of decreasing use because I actively seek out berries and musk. :-p There are a couple imps in the current box I haven't tried yet that might be up your alley--I'll update once I can get this !@#$%@#$@#$ myrrh to depart my skin for good. (It's been something like 18 hours. I mean, for cryin' out loud.)

Not sure how I am with mint - I don't like the taste of overly minty things, but I don't have a clear opinion on the smell.

Sure, I'm willing to take your availables up there - Baron Samedi, Alice, Athens. If there's anything I've got that you want, have at 'em. My current availables are:

Grand Guignol
Jester
Katharina
Machu Picchu
Seraphim
Spellbound
The Lady Of Shalott

and I've got five more in the box to try, at the moment (with five more in the mail, heh), so that list should be expanding next week.

Myrrh on you sounds like musk on me. XD Overnight, with two soap-and-water washings, two alcohol rubdowns, and a full shower, I could still smell it. If only the scents I liked had that staying power!

I have your address, unless it's changed. Do you have mine? *flails* (I'm at requiescat at cityofveils dot com).

I'll take a gander at Seraphim and Spellbound. I keep questing for a scent with rose that will work on me. :-) (I have found a sandalwood-ish scent that works on me, so all is not lost.)

Don't you wish that the scents that you love were the ones that lasted overnight-plus? It just ain't fair.

Well, maybe Spellbound will last long on you *and* work. :)

They're both decants, but strong enough that it's pretty obvious they're not diluted (after a recent wank on the BPAL forums :D). I'm not sure I've got your address in an easily findable spot, but I'll email you. I haven't changed.

(If you do end up wanting to try out The Red Queen as suggested by

yhlee, I have an imp of it I could send off. I wasn't impressed: I like cherry cough syrup, but it was this awful bitter-cherry for the first hour on me, and then turned into something that smelled like eating a coconut & nougat bar, only somehow not awesome. :D)

Sure, sounds great. :) Anything you want on my list there in answer to

yhlee? (except for Seraphim and Spellbound, which she's taking) My email is telophase14 at gmail for various address-swappingness.

Machu Picchu, maybe? But let me know if postage to Australia's too high; I'm happy to send this one off as a trade or for free.

YOU ARE ENSNARED YOU CANNOT ESCAPE!!

Nah, postage won't be too high; they're teeny. :) I won't guarantee it'll make it through the mail, just like I won't count on yours getting to me - I have no idea if them drug-n-alcohol sniffin' dogs will alert on them or not, but it's worth a shot. :) telophase14 at gmail for address-swappin'

Stay away from: Yerevan. The apricot is deadly in it.

I'm not sure how your skin would work with peach -- some people can't tell the difference between them. My skin definitely can. Like, markedly different. (Or maybe my nose just has the appropriate fu, I don't know.)

Yoon gave you some good suggestions already.

I'll look through my collection and see if there's anything in there that might work for you. (Especially since most of my collection is LE.)

Thank you. :) I've made a note about Yerevan.

Your link for lightning is wrong. It goes back to this page.

Strangely, I can't find that entry. I wonder if I even posted the review?

Hi--

bastmoon directed me to this page; I was asking about bpal and how to organize scents you like, didn't like, etc. just wanted to say hi and that I'm adding this to my memories so I can find reviews, etc. Just started this new addiction... :-D
do you swap/sell on any of the lj comms?

*wave* Hi! I swap/sell on

alchemylab, for the most part, although I ahvne't posted one in a while. I'll probab ly be posting next week, though. :)

Yeeeeeeup, wandered over here from fandom_wank and have just about read all of these, up to Nanshe. Your cat is a hoot, <3's.

:D I got the idea from

oyceter, who has rats and lets them sniff and reports their responses. And now, if I don't put the cat's response, people are all "What did the cat think?"

I love ginger, but it turns into faint lemon on me. I like lemon, but it turns into Lemon Pledge on me. I like the idea of ozone, but it turns into detergent and dryer sheets on me. And the apricot! *cries* Myrrh was the total surprise - I didn't know what it smelled like, nor realized how well it would work. XD

And there are things I like, but not as wearable scents: Miskatonic University is very comforting, even though I don't drink coffee, because my parents made coffee every monring, so I woke up to it. But I wouldn't wear it around.

Came here from most recent reviews, finding VERY helpful. It seems like you and I have similar preferences/skin chemistry, so I am encouraged to try some of the ones you rilly liked. :D

Oh good. :D My current favorites are Versailles and Brisingamen.

If ambers work on you, then Jacob's Ladder probably will - I've heard that from several people, hence my desire to find a sample before the Yule series goes away.

how good are you with rosewater?

Depends. Very light roses are OK, but much heavier and it turns into grandma perfume. :D

rosewater is kinda light. i think. i dunno. i like roses a lot. hrm. aight :D

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...wait, does trading mean that I'm getting sucked in? :D

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