HennaFairy

No description. This scent was available to VIP guests at a special reception with Neil Gaiman at the NYC Comic Con 2008 as a fundraiser for the CBLDF. After the VIP meet&greet, he read for the general admission crowd a selection of pieces including an unreleased short story titled "Orange". This scent set was create to go with the story. I have stage fright up here all by myself Orange is actually a set. An orange burlap bag contained a 5 ml of Orange, and an imp of Dark Chocolate. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k8et/2424691042/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/k8et/2424690102/ The imp label reads: "Inspired by Neil Gaiman's short story "Orange". Use this to feed your perfume. (Inedible for humans, please use only to feed supernatural orange lifeforms!)" (I'm not going to give away the story. It's one of those that you have to read or hear to fully experience. I'm sure youtube will have tonight's reading at some point!) Orange: Not surprisingly, it smells like orange! But it's a soft orange, more like orange sherbet. In fact I almost think it's creamy, especially in the drydown, and reminds me of an orange creamsicle. No obvious cream notes that I can tell, it's just soft and not a harsh citrus at all. Dark Chocolate: This is that magic ingredient in Wulric and Boomslang. Like those, the dark part separates out - I can't tell how much is the dark oil because the label covers the imp, but it seems more like Boomslang in color once it's mixed up and put on. Not bitter chocolate, just a dark creamy cocoa, it's wonderful. Together: Should I lie and say it's horrible? You know it's not true. It's the perfect blend of orange and chocolate. sweet but not candylike. soft and refreshing. It's a fairly straight forward scent meaning that you probably know if you like orange, and chocolate, and I doubt this would change your existing opinions on it either way. But it is beautifully executed, especially how the orange is soft and refreshing at the same time. I tried both on together before Neil got around to me at the reception. I told him I put both on together, and he sniffed my wrist then he said another girl had only tried the orange, and he made her come over and sniff too! Hours later, I got in my car after taking the ferry home and taking photos of the NY skyline with an almost full moon. My wrist was faint (I tested sparingly) but just wonderfully soft, barely orange as you usually know it, but leaving the impression of orange as a concept, with a hint of dark chocolate. Love Neil, love "Orange", it was a fabulous night! (More photos will be posted to my flickr account and a report of the whole evening in my blog. If not tonight, early next week.) ETA: it's possible there's a subtle floral in here, maybe orange blossom? I have no idea. But I'm not huge on strong florals, and it's not strong floral... I hope more discerning noses can help me later...

Yep! Thanks! I did figure it out myself eventually, but great to have confirmation Can't wait, haven't placed an order in YEARS!

Is the RPG line impable? thanks

thanks, i DID search for titles only and only the post cemetary ones came up. i appreciate the help!

so - did the will call threads disappear? I see one for each coast in the post cemetary area, but no new ones... just wanted to check...

Note - I wrote only one review for the set. But since there are two entries (as it should be, I think! sorry I didn't do it earlier) I'm duplicating my entire review here. No description. This scent was available to VIP guests at a special reception with Neil Gaiman at the NYC Comic Con 2008 as a fundraiser for the CBLDF. After the VIP meet&greet, he read for the general admission crowd a selection of pieces including an unreleased short story titled "Orange". This scent set was create to go with the story. Orange is actually a set. An orange burlap bag contained a 5 ml of Orange, and an imp of Dark Chocolate. Photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/k8et/2424691042/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/k8et/2424690102/ The imp label reads: "Inspired by Neil Gaiman's short story "Orange". Use this to feed your perfume. (Inedible for humans, please use only to feed supernatural orange lifeforms!)" (I'm not going to give away the story. It's one of those that you have to read or hear to fully experience. I'm sure youtube will have tonight's reading at some point!) Orange: Not surprisingly, it smells like orange! But it's a soft orange, more like orange sherbet. In fact I almost think it's creamy, especially in the drydown, and reminds me of an orange creamsicle. No obvious cream notes that I can tell, it's just soft and not a harsh citrus at all. Dark Chocolate: This is that magic ingredient in Wulric and Boomslang. Like those, the dark part separates out - I can't tell how much is the dark oil because the label covers the imp, but it seems more like Boomslang in color once it's mixed up and put on. Not bitter chocolate, just a dark creamy cocoa, it's wonderful. Together: Should I lie and say it's horrible? You know it's not true. It's the perfect blend of orange and chocolate. sweet but not candylike. soft and refreshing. It's a fairly straight forward scent meaning that you probably know if you like orange, and chocolate, and I doubt this would change your existing opinions on it either way. But it is beautifully executed, especially how the orange is soft and refreshing at the same time. I tried both on together before Neil got around to me at the reception. I told him I put both on together, and he sniffed my wrist then he said another girl had only tried the orange, and he made her come over and sniff too! Hours later, I got in my car after taking the ferry home and taking photos of the NY skyline with an almost full moon. My wrist was faint (I tested sparingly) but just wonderfully soft, barely orange as you usually know it, but leaving the impression of orange as a concept, with a hint of dark chocolate. Love Neil, love "Orange", it was a fabulous night! (More photos will be posted to my flickr account and a report of the whole evening in my blog. If not tonight, early next week.) ETA: it's possible there's a subtle floral in here, maybe orange blossom? I have no idea. But I'm not huge on strong florals, and it's not strong floral... I hope more discerning noses can help me later...

the only tiki scent i ordered. opening the bottle and sniffing, it was almost orgasmic I loved it so much! I put it on and it turned not-so-nice. I didn't have the note list on hand, and it smelled like it had vetiver in it. (Which was unusual because the few vetiver scents i CAN wear, are harsher wet and nicer in the drydown.) I may try it again. I may try it in a scent locket or diffuser. But I'm afraid this one is a disappointment for me...

can anyone tell me the difference between the original three witches bottle and the re-release? the bottle is a 10 ml and has the standard black and white label that is common on GCs now, with the paper (uncoated) label, and i believe a blue bottle. thanks!

This smells like a rich spoiled brat who was wearing too much expensive floral perfume, after her shower upon entry to the prison system. i kinda get the citrusy stuff while wet, but it's a powdery soap scent, with a hint of expensive florals beneath it. Yes, a distant cousin to EBM (enraged louse musk??) ok i smell a SLIGHT SLIGHT hint of that note that's in snow white. definitely clean, powdery, with the hint of a past of debauchery..... too powdery/floral for me, but very fitting for the name/theme!

happens to everyone. no worries

http://www.nattiechan.com/bpal_spreadsheet.shtml probably doesn't have the last two updates, says it was revised 3/26/07..... FYI, the mods will probably merge this with the thread here http://www.bpal.org/index.php?showtopic=10049&hl=

as always feel free to use, just put on your own webspace/photobucket please

(i didn't make it icon size cause i think the locket would be lost...)

It's been a while... but my love of this scent, and the fact that the name skeeves eviltemptress to no end, i HAD to do this! LOL!

it's a creamy cucumber. reminds me of my grandmother's cucumber salad (which has something creamy, mayo? in it) and this is just the ULTIMATE summertime scent! i need to slather in this, i love it!!

if you go to the henna page link i posted, there is much more conversation there - but i believe the attar (which Catherine hopes to have up for sale in two months) is much different than the smell of the paste! people compare it to jasmine.

some replies from over at the henna page! including a friend of someone here ;o) (I didn't want to share real names without permission so I changed BPAL'ers name to her initial!) It's not a definite answer, but may help with some notes to look for in scents! Catherine's husband says she's away today but has experimented with henna blossom EO's, and she'll get back to me when she gets home. Heather:

oooh hmmm let me think.... nothing quite like henna comes to mind, but i use in my mix (for body art, usually not for hair, unless it's just leftover stuff from festivals) an essential oil mix of cajeput and orange. cajeput, tea tree oil, lavender are probably the most commonly used oils that i know of from my forums... if there's anyway to get an oil extract from the henna plant, i would be all over that! i think it's a very earthy hay scent... no green grass. you may want to try to find some premature burial (discontinued)? i have that and like it, but i'll have to sniff it again and see if it is similar to henna. ETA: I asked the henna expert, Catherine Cartwright Jones over at hennapage.com - if you are interested in following it up. But I will report back here anything I find! www.hennapage.com/henna/forum/index.php?module=phpwsbb&PHPWSBB_MAN_OP=view&PHPWS_MAN_ITEMS[]=5552 (copy paste that line, the link has brackets and messes up the url code so clicking doesn't work)

i decanted all the snakes last night, and boomslang stole my heart. yup, wet it's a non-foody/non-sweet cocoa, which is yummy. but dry, i barely smell any cocoa, it's all glorious teakwood! it reminds me of something in kathmandu (my fav) and tombstone, but spicier, warmer, creamier..... i was testing a ton of scents so i look forward to wearing this on its own, drowning myself in it. *off to order my own bottle or three*

i'd say boomslang or temple! i love both, and they are both woody. i barely tried boomslang on, so i didn't see a stain but it is quite dark! maybe a scent locket is in your future? (if not the trading post, then a more affordable one!)

initially sweet foody, too much so for me (along the lines of underpants perhaps?) dries down and becomes herbal lavender... not bad... now, it's sandalwood, and something.... nicer. not as crazy about this one as i thought i would be. but still very unique. quite the multiple personality scent!

this does not scream evergreen. it's wood and mistletoe and a little evergreen, warmed with herbal/floral/resins in the background. it's definitely warmer than yuletide, and i picture a room heavily decorated with natural branches and pinecones and a roaring fire in the fireplace.... so amazingly gorgeous, really really special!!!

i love this!! to me, this is snow white plus mint. not too strong on the mint, but really nice. so so happy! i don't really smell any florals, and hope i don't... (i'm testing 6 at once here and this is a delicate scent, so i must test it alone sometime!) hmm as time goes on it's less and less like snow white, but so far still really nice! but maybe not quite the true love i thought it to be...

there's something almondy-mentholy when it's wet, with a woody/green background. dry, it's a nice evergreen, a neutral scent - the fruit and woods temper it from being too masculine/piney. i am LOVING it!