15 years later...
I started collecting about 15 years ago, went on hiatus in 2009, and never really picked it back up (apart from the odd purchase direct from the Lab, mostly refills of Snake OIl). Here are the ones I'm keeping. It's heavy on limited editions because that's what always seems pressing to keep -- I always feel like if I want a GC, I can just order it from the Lab, but LEs I have to hoard. (And Snake Oil I have to cellar!)
BOTTLES
BPTP exclusive La Fee Verte (2005) -- 1 10mL bottle and 1 5mL decant -- "Sugared wormwood, hyssop and melissa with calamus, angelica and Dittany of Crete, blended with a Bohemian perfume of vanilla musk, honey absolute and Moroccan spices"
BPTP exclusive Naughty or Nice: Snow Angel (2005) -- 1 bottle, 90% -- "Cherubic spun sugar with a hint of lemon, sparkling peach, and floral tea"
- (2008 resurrection) 1 decant, 50%
BPTP exclusive Naughty or Nice: Fee (2005) -- 1 bottle, full -- "A buoyant, dulcet blend of vanilla, sunflower, carnation, honeydew, peach blossom, lychee, oakmoss and white tea"
Carnaval Noir: Snake Charmer (2005 original release, paper label) -- 2 partial bottles, 30% and 10% (10% has lost its label); 1 decant, 60% -- "Arabian musk and exotic spices slinking through Egyptian amber, enticing vanilla, and a serpentine blend of black plum, labdanum, ambrette, benzoin and black coconut"
- Snake Charmer (first resurrection, I think 2007?) -- 1 partial bottle, 10%
- Snake Charmer (second resurrection) -- 1 bottle, full
Carnaval Noir: Midway (2005 original release, paper label) -- 1 partial bottle, 75%; 1 decant, 80% -- "A bombardment of edible carnival indulgences. Funnel cake, caramel apple, cotton candy, salt water taffy and sugar tart"
Ingenue (2004) -- 1 10mL cobalt bottle, 30% -- "Wild clover and gentle melon interlaced with violet leaf, water lilies, smooth wooden notes, and blushing rose"
Lunacy: Bitter Moon (2006) -- 1 bottle, full -- "Nepal poppy, lotus root, wild rose, and blue hibiscus with blackberry, tonka, sage, lavender, peony and vetiver"
Lupercalia: Smut (paper label, I think pre-2006 first release) -- 1 partial bottle, 75%; 1 decant, 75% -- "Three swarthy, smutty musks sweetened with sugar and woozy with dark booze notes"
Monster Bait: Closet (pre-2006) -- 1 bottle, full; 1 decant, 50% -- "Bourbon blackberry buttercream over red velvet cake."
Monster Bait: Underpants (pre-2006) -- 1 bottle, 90% -- "Sexy sugar-smeared saffron sandalwood over lickable vanilla cream with a splash of butter rum"
Perversion (pre-2006, paper label cobalt bottle) -- 1 partial bottle, 25% -- "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"
Single Note: Siberian Musk (2012) -- 1 partial bottle, 60%
- (pre-2006 original single note series) 1 decant, full
Snake Oil -- (2015) 1 partial bottle, 30%, kicking myself for not stocking up! -- "A blend of exotic Indonesian oils sugared with vanilla" OR "deep, rich earthy notes swirled with vegetal musks, sugared vanilla bean, and dark spices"
- (August 2006) 1 decant, 30% I made myself one decant from my first-ever bottle of Snake Oil. Holy &%*#.
- (pre-2019 direct from Lab) 1 imp, full
- (2019 reformulation) 4 bottles -- won't even touch these until they are 5 years old (2024). We will see how they stack up to the original.
- (2022 reformulation) 2 bottles -- can't touch these till 2029
Snow, Glass, Apples (2008) -- 1 bottle, 60% -- no note description
Yule: Skadi (2004 original release, paper label cobalt bottle) -- 1 partial bottle, 25% -- "The Snow-Shoe Goddess, Giantess, the Norse embodiment of winter. Frost-rimed winter berries, crisp pine needle, and a slush of bright snowy notes
Voodoo Queen (2006) -- 1 partial bottle, 60% -- no note description
IMPS/DECANTS (not listed above)
BPTP exclusive ???? - Snowblind (2004) -- 1 partial decant, 30% -- "The perfect vanilla mint"
- (2008 resurrection) 1 partial decant, 50% interestingly, these decants have aged totally differently. the 2004 edition is still light and delicate, while the 2008 resurrection is much heavier on the vanilla and has become dark and viscous
BPTP exclusive Trick or Treat: Treat #1 (2007) -- 1 partial decant, 50% -- "A super-sweet, glittering mountain of crushed hard candy: watermelon, pink lime, lemon, strawberry and piles upon piles of crystalline sugar"
Carnaval Noir: Freak Show -- 1 decant and 1 partial decant, 80% -- "fig, pomegranate and cocoa bean with lemon, bergamot, vanilla, mellow honey musk, calamus and tonka"
Snow White (2004 original release) -- 1 partial decant, 10% -- "flurries of virgin snow, crisp winter wind and the faintest breath of night-blooming flowers" I should probably buy a full bottle of this from the Lab
TAL AND VOODOO BLENDS, BOTTLES AND DECANTS
Arabian Nights -- 1 bottle, full
Bat's Blood -- 1 near-empty bottle, drops only -- very old squat cobalt bottle from 2004
Bend Over -- 1 partial bottle 30%
Black Cat -- 1 bottle, full
Blessings of Isis -- 1 bottle, full
Block Buster -- 1 partial bottle, 75%
Caliph's Beloved -- 1 bottle, 90%
Charisma - 1 bottle and 1 partial bottle, 30%, the latter an old paper label bottle
Clean the Air -- 1 bottle, full
French Creole -- 1 bottle, 95%
Hymn to Pan -- 1 bottle and 1 partial bottle, 20%, the latter an old cobalt bottle
Magnet -- 1 bottle and 1 partial bottle, 10%
Mantle of Venus -- 1 bottle, 85%
Radiance of Ra -- 1 bottle, full
White Light -- 1 bottle, full
Aunt Caroline's Money Bag -- 1 partial decant, 60%
Aunt Caroline's Money Draw -- 1 decant, 80%
Determination -- 1 partial decant, 10%
Fiery Wall of Protection -- 1 partial decant, 40% dates from 2008
Horn of Plenty -- 1 imp direct from lab, full
Ouroboros -- 1 decant, full dates from 2008
Queen -- 1 partial imp direct from Lab, 60%
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