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eldritch is a darling. Knowing my fascination with all things Kali, she sent me an imp of the scent as part of a trio. Naturally, it was the first one I tried on. I find this scent hard to tease apart. Everyone else mentions the choco aspect of Kali; during the dry-down, I thought I caught a whiff of it, but it ran and hid behind the rest of the scents that mingled so well together. The note that comes out most strongly on my skin is the honey. I definatley did not expect that. It is sweeter than I would expect, lighter. The is a very subtle touch, as if the majority of it had evaporated off before getting to my nose if that makes any sense to those of you out there who cook with wine. HOO! Nevermind about that chocolate. I just put my wrist close to my nose and got a good feel of it. It is a rich, honey chocolate, though. This isn't Kali in her bad moods; this is a Kali who wears a necklace of flowers instead of heads.

Mmmmmm. *pulls head from arm* Thanks to the generosity of eldritch, who first pointed me to BPAL, I got this only days after placing my first order along with two others to soothe me while I wait. I love this. In the bottle, it smells like the beach: salty and sweet. On me, a subtle floral scent came out -- and I LIKED it. Right away when it touched my skin the salty was very much muted while the dragon's blood decided to play 'presto-chango'. I also had Kali and Tzadikim on, when I started to notice something smelling like honeysuckle. A few sniffs and I realized it was the Dragon's Tears! It smells like honeysuckle, very, very lightly, on a salty breeze. It is incredibly clean and just faintly dusty, or powdery, again like the air at the beach. Keeper. I WUB YOU, ELDRITCH.

Sorry about your neck. :/ Chronic pain sucks. One of the programs I went through was biotherapy. Have you ever tried biotherapy? Basically it is JUST what everyone else is mentioning: relaxing, only conditioned relaxing. Some calming oils might help get you in the right frame of mind. Otherwise, there might be some oils that warm the skin or cool it -- Think Icy/Hot or Tiger Balm, like someone already mentioned. -- if that helps. If you manage to warm it and relax, the muscles will untense, at least. It won't directly help the source of your pain but it could very well help with the mental component of the pain, which is so very important. As far as biofeedback, it's so easy to 'DIY' it. Get a cheap thermometer, tape it to your finger, and then relax for about 15, 20 minutes. Watch your temperature. See what things, thoughts bring it down. I had the best success raising my surface skin temp 10, 15 degrees when I thought about a warm, sunny grass field next to a creek nearby. I can't say it did much for the pain afterwards, but during it I was pretty relaxed. Good luck.