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It smells like Clara's bedroom! It's very evocative of the season, and it is the smell that matches the theme of our family room Christmas tree. Sugar plums dusted with sweet, creamy vanilla sugar. It is ridiculously adorable and I love everything about it!

I don't know how I missed this the first time around but I'm thrilled to bits to have acquired a bottle. It's just SO CHRISTMAS! I don't get that "buttery baked goods" note from this, which is good for me because that accord never smells good on my skin. This is all creamy, heavily spiced rice pudding studded with candied peel. I love the hints of orange brightening up the rice pudding note. Clove and ginger are working beautifully together. Darkly gourmand with good throw and staying power. This will be in heavy rotation this season.

Jareth. Unmph!

Leo and Doc Buzzard are the best lime scents ever and the lime single note is wonderful. I'd love to see more lime scents being offered.

Good question Minh Scent. I've updated the Newbies guide to include your question. If you haven't already, check out the guide here.

http://www.bpal.org/topic/85086-newbies-guide-to-the-bpal-galaxy/

I love this! I bought a beautiful soft grey sweater coat which has that chemical "new clothes" smell. I don't want to ruin it by putting it in the washer so I just misted it using my Goblin Squirt of Lich's Laboratory. It was a perfect choice! It smells like sweet incense, licorice and damp moss. As someone upthread mention "oddly appealing." It's a perfect scent for the coat and definitely took away the unpleasant smell, replacing it with Mad Scientist Chic!

Ligeia will be live until December 8th. BPAL Lilith's have been extended until December 8th. Weenies are available until December 8th. Trading Post Fatherhood series comes down this evening.

Montes Harbinger The Harbinger of the Dawn Ligeia And the will therein lieth, which dieth not. Who knoweth the mysteries of the will, with its vigor? For God is but a great will pervading all things by nature of its intentness. Man doth This year, we are ringing in the return of autumn by celebrating the life and undeath of one of our most cherished friends, Ligeia. Artwork by Ivonne Carley and Harry Clarke. The Ligeia update is up until December 8th.

(This is a work in progress. If you have any suggestions for this topic or questions that you would like to have answered, please ask here.) The chances of finding out whats really going on in the Black Phoenix Universe are so remote, the only thing to do is hang the scent of it and keep yourself occupied. Don't Panic. This is your guide... BPAL~ Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab, the reason we're all (mad) here. Founded/created/run by Beth and Brian, AKA kebechet and Doc Constantine. BPTP~ Black Phoenix Trading Post. This is where you can find all sorts of Black Phoenix branded dry goods and swag along with amazingly scented bath and body products. Run by Ted, aka Puddin'. TAL~ Twilight Alchemy Laboratories. This is where you can find specially crafted spiritual oils for your magickal workings. *Each company is its own entity, orders and shipping are not typically combined. WCWC/Will Call~West Coast Will Call is a monthly brick and mortar event that takes place on or around the full moon at Dark Delicacies. Check the announcements for details. DSWC~ Dirty South Will Call takes place in Atlanta around the time of the full moon. Info for DSWC is on a to be announced basis. Check the announcements for details. GC~ General Catalog. These perfumes are available for purchase year round. LE~ Limited Edition. These perfumes are limited in nature and typically released on themed updates throughout the year and are, as the name suggests, only available for a limited time. Go Live/Live Until~ This is the duration that a scent or collection is available on the Lab's site. Go live is the date it is released and available for purchase. Live until is the date the scent will be pulled from the site and is no longer available for purchase from the Lab. Update/Update Stalking~ We have an idea of when the update is coming but we never know the exact moment when it will hit. Forum members hang out in a stalking thread, drink tea, eat update themed foodstuffs and chat and hit refresh on the Lab's site in another browser window. The anticipation is as excruciating as it is delicious! Lunacy~ the monthly perfume based on the upcoming full moon. Lupercalia~ the lusty and exotic Valentine's Day themed update. Lilith~ the update to commemorate Beth and Ted's daughter Lilith's early September birthday. Weenies~ the Halloween update. This is an overwhelming favorite, it's the Lab's "Black Friday", and it's usually huge and full of autumnal goodness. Anniversary~The Lab celebrates its anniversary in early November and will come out with a Phoenix themed update to commemorate the occasion. Yule~ This is the Christmas/Winter Holiday update. Forum Only~ this is a limited edition scent that is for forum members only, usually with a secret link. One of the most clever was F5, a most refreshing scent. Anyone who ever stalked an update gets the jokes. CD~ Carnaval Diabolique. Like the carnival that is gone in the night, so Carnaval Diabolique disappeared. We are waiting for its return. Stalk the Carnaval here. Inquisition~ This is an update from The Trading Post. You make a plea to the Goblins for which scent you'd like. One year it was the Naughty and Nice Inquisition. There were t-shirts to go along with the perfume that said "The Lab Decreed Me Naughty/Nice." Event Exclusive~ A scent made specifically for a particular event like Dragon*Con or the annual food and toy drives. This may be a 5ml bottle or a sample size. Retail/E-tail Exclusive~ A scent created by Black Phoenix but is only available at a particular location or website such as the Lace series at Dark Delicacies, Haute Macabre or Pretty Indulgent. Trunk Show~ The Lab sells off stock of unreleased scents, leftovers and even prototype versions of released scents. If you see a scent with a label that reads Fenris Wolf v2, this was a working version of the scent and may differ from the final scent. Check the Lab's Etsy shop to purchase these rare goodies. SN~ Single Note, these are limited editions and sometimes are done in a tongue in cheek way like Pumpkin Spice Everything Single Note. DC~ Discontinued. These perfumes that were once part of the General Catalog but due to component issues were unable to stay. I have it on good authority that discontinuing scents makes Beth very sad. Imp/Imp's Ear~ the sample size vial offered by Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab. Unimpable~ These scents are only available as a bottle from the Lab, such as Limited Edition scents and special series like Only Lovers Left Alive or the Jim Henson collaboration. Frimp(s)~ Those wonderful free samples that the Lab/Post typically include with each order. Don't expect them, don't make special requests for them. Let the Lab fairies work their magic and you may end up finding a new favorite! Frottle(s)~ The rare treat, free bottles with large or special orders. HG~ Holy Grail Unicorn/BPALicorn~ a rare, hard to find scent like Pumpkin King, Storyville, Formula 54. Prototype~ This is be a scent that is up and coming, but its release isn't guaranteed. There will often be prototypes for sniffing at Lab events, they create lots of buzz and people love to read reviews of them. Unreleased~ A scent that was created but for some reason never released, samples or bottles may be floating around but they are rare. Age/Aging~ like fine wine, some BPAL blends get better with age, Snake Oil is a prime example of this. Skin Chemistry~ sometimes abbreviated to "skinistry," the qualities unique to your skin which affect how a perfume is going to smell. It's amazing at how this varies. Food, hormones, climate. Join the discussion here. Testing~ applying a small amount of a new scent to see if it works with your skin chemistry. What are you testing today? Amp~ Amplify. Your skin may play up a particular note based on your skin chemistry. Join the discussion here. Death Note~ this is a note that you don't care for or doesn't smell good on your skin. This note can take over a blend and make it unpleasant. This can vary from person to person, nose to nose. Never pass up a blend because of one note, you NEVER know what is going to work and Beth never lists all the components that go into a blend. ISO/DISO~ In search of/Desperately In Search Of. Like when that GC on your wishlist gets discontinued, you will be DISO of a bottle of that scent. Fairy~ a person going to a BPAL event who volunteers to purchase event only scents and ship them to you. Find your fairy in the Swaps area of the forum. Sniffie/Empty~ An imp or bottle that doesn't have any usable amount of oil left in it. Just enough to get a whiff or teaser of the scent. BNNU~ Brand New, Never Used TOL~ Top of Label TOS~ Top of Shoulder TAT~ Turn around time. From the Lab's main site: All orders, including domestic orders, may take in excess of 14-21 business days to process, pack and ship out due to a heavy workload, the process of hand-blending and the nature of our product. All oils are made once theyre ordered to ensure freshness. Our shipped-through info is constantly updated in the BPAL Forums. Unfortunately, we cannot accommodate rush order requests. CnS~ Click N' Ship, this is the e-mail delivery notification that you get when your postage has been printed and your package is on the way to the post office. DC~ Delivery Confirmation, you may see this abbreviation in the swap and sale area of the forum. Sn.a.ke Oi.l~ When you see things typed with periods or odd spacing, it is so that the search will filter it out and you won't be disappointed to find that something you want may have already been swapped. Cleanly tested~ A toothpick or other disposable implement was used to test instead of applying directly to the skin from the bottle or cap. Some people have concerns about contamination/eventual spoilage of the perfume by skin oils, or the transmission of germs from swapping perfume that hasn't been cleanly tested. This thread has more details on the subject. Quick and Dirty Last Word~ PM a mod or search before starting a new topic. I'm almost always available since my iPad and I are attached at the fingertips, drop me a line any time, and please try to avoid discussing swaps or sales outside of swap area.

Copied and pasted from the Lab's Official Blog The Black Phoenix Gazette... This month, we will be hosting our annual food drive at our Los Angeles and Dirty South full moon events! For every $10 in food that you donate, you will receive a 5ml bottle of: SWEET POTATO MUSK~Weirdly wearable! Brown sugar-glazed sweet potato musk with honeyed ambrette, pulverized pumpkin seed, white oats, toasted cardamom, and sugared clove. We are offering these oils while supplies last, and cannot guarantee that any Will Call location will be able to fulfil all donation exchanges. We’ll do our best! The blends that will be available for purchase include those that went live on the Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab website up to and including the Halloween updates. Our West Coast Lunacy events are held on the night of the full moon and are always free. The West Coast Will Call event will be held on Thursday, November 6th from 6 to 9pm at Dark Delicacies. Food donations will support the Burbank Temporary Aid Center. Dark Delicacies 3512 W. Magnolia Blvd (1 block east of Hollywood Way) Burbank, CA 91505 www.darkdel.com ___ The Dirty South Will Call event will be held Sunday, November 9th from 4 to 7pm at Hammond Park. 705 Hammond Dr. (In the Community Room located off of Glenridge Rd. NE) Sandy Springs, Georgia 30328 If you have any questions, please email us at willcall@blackphoenixalchemylab.com. Remaining Dates for 2014 West Coast Will Call: Friday, December 5th Dirty South Will Call TBA

You could message Tramp here, since she is the originator. But that is the thing about Chaos Theory, other than knowing it contains "O" there is really no way of knowing what else is in it.

Lovers and/or coveteers of Bakeneko, you must try Ginny. That spicy peppery quality is so similar but then gets all round and sexy from the other notes.

Is this a rhetorical question? I have not seen your specific bottle, so I have no idea what was or was not in it. I was explaining that the bottles are filled by volume and not by weight as you had suggested previously. If you feel shortchanged, you may want to send a photo of the bottle to the Lab's customer service.

They are not filled by weight, rather calibrated by volume. The weight of the bottle is irrelevant. The volume (5 milliliters or basically, one teaspoon) is the same regardless of the bottle.

This is a great thread. Add your tips and I will set up a list or a doc for newbs to refer to.

When I sniffed this in the bottle this morning it reminded me so much of Orange that I had to grab my bottle and test them side by side. The top notes of bright, juicy orange are so similar! Once that burst of orange fades away, they change. Orange goes all glittering floral and Eastern Comma goes all sun burnished and bronze. The tobacco and hay are wonderful, warm and smooth.

Rich, sweet, boozy caramel in the bottle and wet on the skin. Once it dries, the scent morphs into gorgeous warm, musky tobacco. Reminds me of Havana as it dries down and melds with my skin. This pleases me! Woodsy musk lingers close to the skin after hours of wear. Good throw and staying power, delightful morphing.

I love this so much!!! Surprisingly fresh and soft. Ridiculously gorgeous, utterly ethereal. I thought it would be aggressively woodsy, but this is much more like a delicate wood nymph on pale misty day.

<span style='font-family:Georgia'><span style='color:Purple'> Energy, vigor, verve, strength, courage, balls. First Impression: ZING! Second Impression: This is the energy elixir and it's doing it's job. Remember the old Coast soap commercial, "the eye opener". That's what this is, not the scent but the wake up and smell the lush orange and spicy ginger! This is aromatherapy at it's finest. Final Analysis: I've had the week from hell and actually woke up this morning with a stress hangover. Sitting here and sniffing my wrist is clearing my head, perking me up and making me feel like tonight at work is going to be a breeze. </span></span>

Black Lace, for sure. It is heavenly and it keeps getting better and better.

King of Spades: Limited Edition 8/15 Available to Forum Members Only The Queen's beloved, he is a modern representation of the tarot's Sword Knight. His authoritative, keen and penetrating demeanor is a perfect compliment to her dagger-sharp beauty. Master of logic and reason, brave, fearless and stong, albeit a bit flamboyant and flashy. His scent is deep, swarthy, and darkly commanding, and compliments the Queen of Swords perfectly: oakmoss, vetiver and opoponax with black plum, wild blackberry, soft woods, sharp and glinting white musk under a soft, velvety robe of vanilla and coconut. First Impression: Second Impression: Yes, this is flamboyant and flashy in the sexiest and most gorgeous of ways. Not overly masculine, King will work well on the ladies and gents. Lightly sweet, a touch fruity and darkly sexy. The notes are working a wonderful harmony of coconutty vanilla, mossy woods and fruity musk. Final Analysis: Hard to explain, easy on the senses. Genius, divinity and I love the label.

My favorites containing sandalwood are Veil, Mr. Ibis, Zephyr, Moonshine and Mist, Lyonesse and I just realized they all contain white sandalwood.

This scent is a dream come true, a real Christmas miracle! It's Snowblind and Snow White blended in one perfect scent that I can actually wear. I adore the way they both smell, I've got Snow White atmosphere that I spray silly around the house but they both smell seriously bad on my skin. But this scent, which is the best of both scents in one magic little bottle, smells heavenly. Thank you Beth!