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oh - thanks for responding. Ohh, a SN sounds wonderful! I've got a bottle of Bearded Lady and love it, and I'm going to have to dig out my imp of Berenice and try it again. I remember it as the aloe and linen being most prominent. I haven't tried Cobra Lily, yet but I'll definitely throw that into my next order. Thanks!

Flower Moon - A Little Lunacy Notes: tulip, daffodil, violet, dewdrop, rhododendron, iris, daisy, and a mix of California wildflowers In the bottle, sweet, wild, flowers. These are not the big name florals; no these are the less showy flowers. Wild flowers on a sunny, breezy day. There’s a little sharpness when it first goes on, but it’s not too bad and it softens. There’s a slight berry scent here and I’m getting a whiff of citrus too, which is a surprise. After it’s been on a while, the sharpness is gone and this is a soft, pretty floral scent that is like being surrounded by wildflowers – just beautiful. This is a strong scent though. It has serious throw and too much can be overpowering, so a light touch is required. reviewed 1-14-07

In the bottle, sweet, wild, flowers. These are not the big name florals; no these are the less showy flowers. Wild flowers on a sunny, breezy day. There’s a little sharpness when it first goes on, but it’s not too bad and it softens. There’s a slight berry scent here and I’m getting a whiff of citrus too, which is a surprise. After it’s been on a while, the sharpness is gone and this is a soft, pretty floral scent that is like being surrounded by wildflowers – just beautiful. This is a strong scent though. It has serious throw and too much can be overpowering, so a light touch is required.

Wolf Moon 2007 Notes: Winter air, Terebinth pine, juniper berry, dusty orris, deep amber, white sandalwood, black musk, blue cedar, and tonka In the Bottle: predominantly pine and an airy sweetness On the skin: this smell much like it did in the bottle, pine, juniper with an airy sweetness. I have a problem differentiating the Labs snowy blends – they all smell pretty much alike. That being said, this one is quite nice. While it is similar to Snow Moon, Snow Bunny and Talvikuu, it’s also similar to Golden Priaprus, which love. I think it’s somewhere in between, due to the amber, tonka and sandalwood which add a sweetness and warmth to the blend. From the snow blends, I this is one of my favorites. As it wears, the amber, sandalwood and tonka come forward, balancing the pine and juniper. In this respect it’s a lot like GP, with amber and sandalwood instead of vanilla. I wasn’t sure if I should order this but I’m glad that I did. reviewed 1-14-07

In the Bottle: predominantly pine and an airy sweetness On the skin: this smell much like it did in the bottle, pine, juniper with an airy sweetness. I have a problem differentiating the Labs snowy blends – they all smell pretty much alike. That being said, this one is quite nice. While it is similar to Snow Moon, Snow Bunny and Talvikuu, it’s also similar to Golden Priaprus, which love. I think it’s somewhere in between, due to the amber, tonka and sandalwood which add a sweetness and warmth to the blend. From the snow blends, I this is one of my favorites. As it wears, the amber, sandalwood and tonka come forward, balancing the pine and juniper. In this respect it’s a lot like GP, with amber and sandalwood instead of vanilla. I wasn’t sure if I should order this but I’m glad that I did.

Pink Owl 3 - received 9-29-06 Contents Santo Domingo** - already reviewed Ra** - reviewed Nocturne** - reviewed Dorian** Absinthe** - reviewed Casanova** - reviewed Has no Hanna** - reviewed I need to check but I think that I have imps or bottles of all of these. In that case I can pass this right on. ETA: shipped 10-3 to filigree_shadow

Casanova - Love Potions Notes: leather, anise, lavender, bergamot, amber, tonka, lemon peel, patchouli Imp: lavender, bergamot, leather On the skin: this smells masculine – mainly lavender. It has a slight cologne tang to it, because these scents are traditionally found in men’s cologne. As it wears, the amber, tonka and leather come out, adding a sensuous note. The patchouli too. This is wonderful. The lavender and bergamot provide a bit of an edge to this scent. I’m not getting lemon peel or anise, which is good as I don’t generally care for those notes. This really is a sexy man kinda scent, confident, strong, sexy. It has a similar vibe to me as Doc Constantine, except there’s a herbal edge rather than a smoky one. Delicious!

Imp: lavender, bergamot, leather On the skin: this smells masculine – mainly lavender. It has a slight cologne tang to it, because these scents are traditionally found in men’s cologne. As it wears, the amber, tonka and leather come out, adding a sensuous note. The patchouli too. This is wonderful. The lavender and bergamot provide a bit of an edge to this scent. I’m not getting lemon peel or anise, which is good as I don’t generally care for those notes. This really is a sexy man kinda scent, confident, strong, sexy. It has a similar vibe to me as Doc Constantine, except there’s a herbal edge rather than a smoky one. Delicious!

Budding Moon - A little lunacy Notes: Plum blossom, peony, lotus root, Chinese musk and a hint of white ginger. Not a formal review as I swapped or sold this oil when I got it and didn't review it. Basically, it was a strong, screeching floral that made my eyes ache. Way too strong for me. Notations 1-14-07

Peony Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: Peony, plum blossom, water reeds and soft Asian woods. Peony Moon is a very pretty spring floral. To my nose in the bottle it's very sweet, a bit soft, overall very nice floral. I too see similarities to Budding Moon, which has similar components. As it dries down, the pretty soft floral changes and becomes a bit sharp. I'm not liking this part of it. The sharpness stays with me as I wear it. Is this a bad reaction to the woods and reeds? I hope not but I'm not getting those, just a sharp floral. ah well, I've got some great florals already that work with my chemistry. reviewed 4-17-06

Milk Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: cream and warm honey soften our traditional blend of lunar oils In the Bottle: Honey and milk On the Skin: Honey, milk and mint. As it dries, the honey comes out on me, but I'm not much a fan for honey. The cream stays very true. It does remind me a lot of White Rabbit! It's a sweet, warm, soft scent, pretty but I'm not sure that it's me. The lunar oils add a bit of smoothness and bring to mind the color light, pale mint green. Overall Impression: Milk Moon is nicely done but it's not me. I'm more a woods, leather and incense kinda gal. While this is soft and comforting, it's not something that I'd ever wear on a regular basis, or reach for much at all. So far it's sat in the dark for months. So that says something. For milk scents, I think that the spicy carnation of Alice makes the milk a lot more interesting. Ah well, I'm glad that I got to try it. reviewed 10-16-05

Honey Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: five different honeys, ranging from pale and sweet to deep and heady, with hints of jasmine, white gardenia, Hawaiian white ginger and thyme.. In the Imp: not bad. smells pretty good - honey that's tempered a bit - must be the ginger and thyme. On the skin: pretty good. I was a bit hesitant to order this one, as I wasn't sure how honey and I get along. going along ok - smells like fresh honey, golden and clear and sticky. Over time the darker honeys come out. the drydown is quite similar to O, which I really didn't care for. I prefer the wet/fresh phase over they drydown. this lasts a LONG time. if you like honey, if you like O, I think you'll really dig Honey Moon. as for me, maybe as my nose evolves I'll appreciate it more. at this point, however, there's so many other amazing scents to enjoy that this falls well down on my list.

Holiday Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: Bamboo pulp and oude with green and white tea This is a beautiful, fresh green fragrance to me. It is very refreshing and spring-like. I get predominantly bamboo and tea, the oude is not present much so I’m sure that its presence here in the blend is for grounding and fixing the lighter notes. It’s almost floral but not quite, and I do get a touch of lemon. I’m usually avoided the lighter GC (and LE for that matter!) blends so I don’t have oil to compare it to… As it wears it softens and the oude makes itself known. Just lovely! reviewed 4-22-06

Buck Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: musk, forest herbs, a hint of clear, warm evening air and a crystalline spark of lunar oil Buck Moon is so beautiful. It is a very light scent that stays close. In the bottle it's a bit cool and a bit citrusy, maybe grapefruit. On the skin, it's very different. I'm not getting forest herbs. Instead, the citrus changes to a sweet mild slightly almond smell. And a warm clean musk. On drydown, the almond become a bit more vanilla, a bit of spicy warmth all underlain with a clean glorious musk. This is very beautiful. I wish it were a bit stronger - the only way I can smell it is with my nose plastered to my wrist. As time goes on, it becomes an amazing skin scent - slightly sweet & spicy, musky. reviewed 9-25-05

Beaver Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: cheesecake and cupcakes In the bottle - strong, sweet, edible goodness. Mainly cheesecake. On the Skin - initial - sweet cheesecake, but then it morphs pretty quick and I get plastic. It's similar to the initial note I get in Midway (I get plastic there too) but much much sweeter. It's a very strong scent and the throw is tremendous. After about 20 minutes or so - the plastic note burns off and I get edible goodness, the tanginess of cheesecake, maybe a touch of crust. Overall - I didn't think that it could be done but Beth did a hell of a job capturing these scents. It's pretty phenomenal really. The beginning and ending are great, but the getting there is not good. Is it a keeper? I'm not sure, but it does have some yummy phases. reviewed 12-26-05

Strawberry Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: strawberries and cream with light, dry lotus, soft ylang ylang and a touch of green tea and sage I saw a note here on the forums that someone’s bottle of Strawberry Moon wasn’t aging well. I thought to myself, well I better go test my bottle and see if I need to make lotion or body wash with it. I’m glad to say that on me, it’s is still going strong, and it seems that it’s gotten even juicier than when I first got it. Resniffing the bottle, hmmm, maybe I do detect a touch of change from when I first got it. It does smell a bit like acetone as opposed to when I first got it, which, if memory serves, was a lot more like fresh strawberries. Maybe the sage is doing that. In the bottle is not a great smell. But on the skin, wet, this is all juicy strawberries, red, plump, bursting. It’s pretty sweet but still strawberries. Maybe it’s not as fresh berry as it was when it was fresh from the lab, it’s hard for me to say for sure. I do remember more sage than I’m getting now. As it wears, the fresh strawberry scent remains and I smell delicious and edible. It lasted a good while on me. My skin usually eats BPAL for lunch but by mid-day I could smell it, a virtual record. As it wore, the sweet, juicy strawberry scent remained true. Lovely. Now do I take my chances….? reviewed 10-20-06

Kindly Moon - a Little Lunacy Notes: moonflower, lotus root, white gardenia, beeswax, peach blossom, blue musk, stargazer lily, golden osmanthus, ti, sandalwood, hyacinth, ylang ylang, and a touch of vanilla bean I mainly bought a bottle of this because it’s my birth month, and you have to get your birth month. But I really wasn’t sure – all of the florals had me a bit scared. But, it was my birth month, plus reading Beth’s comment that it was velvety had me sold. In the bottle, it’s a sweet floral, slightly fruity. Once applied, oh my God, this is beautiful. It’s a slightly watery scent, a soft, sweet, gentle floral. It’s very soothing and comforting. Kindly is such an appropriate name for this moon. The combination of sandalwood and blue musk with the stargazer lily, moonflower and other elements in this scent takes it well beyond the standard floral scent. This is soft, and glowing , watery without going aquatic. If blue musk is responsible, then I may just follow blue musk to the ends of the earth, it’s that beautiful. Velvety is an apt description. I’m so glad that I got 2 bottles of this. reviewed 11-21-06

Hungry Ghost Moon: A Little Lunacy Notes: ginger candy, sugar cane, smoky vanilla and rice wine mingle with a ghost’s perfume of white sandalwood, ho wood, ti, white grapefruit, crystalline musk and aloe. This scent is tapered by the presence of seven herbs, woods and resins In the imp, this smells sweet, fresh, juicy, fruit and tart On the skin, this is tart and sweet, almost like a sweet glass of limeade but with a different citrus fruit. It’s juicy, fresh and such a perfect scent for summer. There’s hints of green and clean, clear musk. It has a bit of a fizzy quality to it. It’s complex and hard for me to describe, other than I love this scent and I think it’s really one of the most unique blends. There’s a touch of spice which must be the ginger. After its been on a while, the sandalwood becomes a bit more distinct, mixing wonderfully with the vanilla, sugar and citrus. It gets deeper as it wears, while remaining sweet and fresh. And such a happy smelling scent. It’s an amazing combination of scents and they all meld so well. Fantastic. Reviewed 11-21-06

received 6-2-06 from spacekitty. Akuma - reviewed Baku - already reviewed Eternal - reviewed Grandmother of Ghosts - reviewed The Ghost - reviewed Haunted - already reviewed Roadhouse - reviewed ETA: Ok, this pack is ready to send to cordia on Monday/Tuesday. If I can I'd like to send 2 packages just to keep them moving and make my way through this avalance of imps. ETA: dropped off at PO tonight along with f_s 3 to cordia

Baku - Somnium (reviewed 10-5-05) Notes: none listed Initially it is very strong eucalyptus. I also get lavender and fennel or maybe anise. Maybe a drop of jasmine. As time passes, the fennel/anise scent grows stronger and it gets sweeter. It smells almost edible, like licorice herby candy. As a scent, I like it better than Somnus. But I still think that Oneroi smells the best of the Somnium oils (and is amazing effective).

Haunted - Funereal Oils - reviewed 10-1-05) Notes: amber, black musk Well I definitely know that some ambers are not my friend. Haunted proves it. I wasn't quite sure before. Haunted was not what I was expecting. I think I expected something like the Lion with a blast of musk. Not what I got at all. In the Imp, I was surprised by its smell, not too musky but a dry, not-sweet amber. It reminds me of some kinda food that I can't place right now. On the Skin, that dry smell continues. As I wear it, I get the Play-Dough scent. Uggg. Not good. And that this weird almost foody scent continues. For the life of me I can't think of it - some sort of dessert it must be. Final Thought, Haunted is not for me. There's plenty of other BPAL to love.

found more packages in my mail box this morning (6-13-06). this one is from Ryvre, package #2. Contents: Come to Me* - reviewed Delphi* - reviewed Eclipse* - reviewed Fire of Love* - reviewed Saturnalia* - reviewed Van Sans Retour (bonus sniffie) reviewed via unreleased sniffing circle ETA: I have all of these imps (and tried VSR) so I'm going to send this one along too. ETA 6-15-06: dropped this off at the PO today, so it's heading to Cordia. I've got these all, so now I just have to test and reveiw them! I've got all my imps that I have to test due to this circle in a little baggie and I'm trying to make my way through them. 8-6-06: all reviewed finally!

Van Sans Retour - Unreleased (reviewed 2-18-06) Part of the Unreleased sniffing circle... In the Imp: light, clean, fresh, lemony On the Skin, Initial impression: On the skin, it's as in the imp - lovely, lemony fresh, light smelling. Very clean smelling and crisp. When I first put it on, I thought that I got whiffs of something wild and grassy, but that could have been suggestion... Dry: As it dries, a piney, juniper scent emerges. It also changes into more of an herbal, green scent instead of citrusy, as would be expected by the emergence of evergreen. Overall: It's a nice scent, but not really what I would ever reach for and it has no lasting power on me at all. After about a ½ hr, it’s gone. But, I'm glad that I got an opportunity to try it.

received 6-13-06 from spacekitty. Yet another package - I've reviewed a couple of these so that'll be good! Plus I'm pretty sure I've got most of these in my yet to be tested/reviewed imps so maybe I can move this pack along pretty quick. Ryvre #1 contents: Aureus - already reviewed and own big bottle Baghdad - already reviewed the Black Tower** reviewed Mata Hari - reviewed Phantom Queen** - reviewed Vicomte de Valmont** Wolf's Heart - reviewed I've got imps of the rest of these so I think this pack is ready to send along! 6-15-06: dropped this along with Ryvre 2 off at the PO to Cordia today. I've got imps of the other scents I haven't reviewed so only 3 more to go in this one.

Aureus - Bewitching Brews (reviewed 6-5-05) Notes: none listed This is beautiful! Tried it for the first time this morning - so far I've been wearing it for about 3 hrs and it's going strong. As the day goes on I may come back and add a bit more to this. In the bottle, I smelled pure cedar and patchouli. Not much else. A very dry woody scent. On the skin: Stayed pretty true to the initial sniff - very woody, dry, mainly cedar and patchouli. I do catch a whiff of salt - while I don't in Annie Bonnie - interesting. As it wears on and blends, I catch a bit of smoke - it does remind me of Diptyque's Essence of John Galliano Room Spray! Which I love and have 2 bottles of at home!