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Also according to the General Recommendations Post, here are woodsy scents: Anne Bonny Aquarius Belladonna Black Forest Burial Capricorn Darkness Golden Priapus Hamadryad Intrigue Jabberwocky Kweku Anansi Loup Garou Omen Seance The Hesperides Tintagel Tombstone Ulalume Umbra Val Sans Retour Wolfsbane I am most interestedin more hardwoods type forrests, with dirt & leaves, and mosses... the following look most promising based simply on that post: Burial Hamadryad Kweku Anansi Tintagel Val Sans Retour Ok, well Val Sans Retour wasn't in that post, and it isn't even out yet, but I had to read the reviews earlier. After all, it's the Val Sans Retour, in Broceliande, Breizh.

The Firefly thread might be useful. I'd follow the pattern of Zoe or Inara. According to the thread, that would give me: Zoe: O Snake Oil Dead Man's Hand + Bastet or The Lion Anne Bonny Dirty Dragon's Heart Loviatar Inara: Kurukulla Silk Road Lust Scherezade Snake Charmer Queen of Clubs Seraglio Hetairae F'54 Aglaea

I am new to BPAL. Yes, I have been signed up for quite a while, but I agonized over what I would choose for my first order. Then I got laid off, concentrated on a new job, etc., etc. Now, I'm still overwhelmed by the vast selection and my lack of olfactory knowledge, and a large dose of perfectionism. I had narrowed it down quite a bit, but now I can't remember my conclusions. So, I had the (not so) revolutionary idea of chronicling my search here. If I'm lucky, maybe I'll even get some input from more knowledgeable noses. My known preferences: I am not a girly girl. I do not like flowery perfumes or fruity or sweet scents. The prospect of smelling like food scares me; I am not a snack! I like the smell of the woods after rain. I am drawn to nature, and I plant flowers and vegetables; knit, spin, and dye yarn; make candles, bake from scratch, and have intentions of making soap from scratch as well. I also paint watercolors, draw with conte crayon, sculpt clay, sew, make chain mail and venetian masks. I am drawn to Native American traditions, medieval knights, & the exoticism of the Marrakesh Market or the holy Ganges. But I also like steampunk. I like the simplicity, asymmetry, and elegence of ikebana. I ride bikes a lot and hang out with indie hipsters. If that makes any sense to you, then you are starting to develop an idea of me. I wish to first develop a framework to hang my further explorations of BPAL on. I plan to start by trying some musky scents, some earthy scents, some aquatic scents, some exotic scents, and some bohemian scents. This blog will chronicle my plans & reactions to the scents.

Hmmm... http://www.bpal.org/index.php?showtopic=22296 This book looks like something to check out -- for making my skin better, at least.

The ny is just what I was thinking but couldn't explain! I know that the idea of combining the n and the y was not coming across. I should have thought of gn, being a French speaker. Thanks for the vowel info! It's so hard with place names because you never know how people will transliterate or if they will make up their own totally different word.

I never would have thought of Vetch...The "yaya" parts are throwing me off. Reminds me of that Ya-ya Sisterhood book. I was thinking nyaya was a sound more like the naya in Stolichnaya, the vodka. So the n would kind of combine with the y. I was pronounching it in my head like: Vetch-er-naya and Ooot-ren-naya. Though I see how the U is more likely to be like the U in Ukraine. Anyone authoritative on the subject?

Actually, you're pretty close with "'cause you're a ho." I can't quite explain with English how to pronounce the first bit with the j -- it's like the word "cage" in French. Maybe this will help: Ka-jur-AH-ho jur as in jury