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I scattered drops of Tiphareth into two candles yesterday, one on either side of my Celtic Cross tarot spread. I found the scent very soothing. While I shuffled the cards, I meditated about making an unbiased reading.

I really like that there seems to be a connecting thread in the lunacy blends: the watery, ozony, extremely cleansing underpart. Even Luna, from the Celestial Blends has it. On my skin, Wolf moon is just beautiful. Slightly floral, with a heavier sweetness underneath, all balanced by the blue notes. Like the promise of spring during the dead of winter.

Szepasszony I'm afraid that my rreview isn't going to do much than reiterate what others have said. Light, clean, airy...beautifully floral without being overly sweet. Just a really honest, fresh scent.

Kumiho WOW! Unlike June gloom, the citrus in Kumiho is really deicate and natural...and combined with the tea and ginger...is just gorgeous. The overall effect is very pure, calming, and relaxing. This is now on my Must Have Big Bottle list.

Jolly Roger I'm fascinated reading the above reviews of Jolly Roger! On me, it's a light, clean, oceany scent...slightly amped up by the leather and rum. Very beautiful. I'm always so amazed by how much variaton there is in how different scents smell on different people. LadyLatemar and I almost always like the same ones...Aureus, Old Morocco, etc...so it's interesting that though most things work similarly for us, there's some ingredient in this one that reacts totally different on us. huh. () ADDED Nov. 8: Gorgeous! Light blue in a bottle! (would be great for chakra work!) On me, it's not masculine at all, just a light, fresh, clean scent. Incredibly aqua.

Chimera is absolutely divine! It's a deep, dark, spicy scent, slightly lightened up by the light-sweet of the honeysuckle. I love Old Morocco (Wear it all the time!) and can now rotate this in on days I'd like to smell just a little sweeter. This will fit nicely into my collection as a big bottle.

Have you ever tried imp? It has patchouli, and I really like it. It's not the headshop patchouli smell, but much more wearable. Maybe your friend wants something stronger, though. edited to add: Malediction IS super-patchouli. I just got mine out and tried it. It's the strong stuff!

At first, French Creole is all tobacco and hot leather. OOh la LA! And then the spices start developing, the hotter notes recede to the depths, and a rich, creamy, (cinnamon-clove-nutmeg, and something more exotic like a deep wood) spicy smell takes over. Yum yum yum love it love it love it. I have to edit to add that while wearing this, I heard the news that one of my knitting designs was accepted for publication. I think I have to have a bigger bottle of this! It really is good luck.

Dark Woods, Pepper, and Dry Earth! Kewku Anansi is beautiful! It is so dark and definitely mysterious. I love to smell like the forest and this one does just that! No hint of sweetness or anything to soften its edges. Just straightup woodsy goodnes...I'm going to try to sneak some of this onto my husband and see how is smells on him (He won't wear perfume!)

Dissipation Ooooh. Wormwood! Dissipation definitely has a bright light green scent, mingled with pale pink. Very fresh and pretty.

Hellfire It's deep, dark, and very very sweet. Like a mix of tobacco and honey. I think that, as is characteristic for me, my skin has absorbed all of the dark notes in Hellfire and only reflects the lighter ones. I think this one would be excellent on a really cold day, when everything is grey and windy and severe. It would really be a lovely contrast, every warming to the spirit.

Laud-anum Reading everyone's descriptions of Laudinum, I think it's obvious just how much one's own personal chemistry has to do with how BPAL oils smell to us! On me, for example, Laudanum is strikingly minty. A very bright green (like Ladylatemar so eloquently described,) and then goes straight to something spicy. I know the description doesn't state cinnamon, but on me, that's what I smell. This scent is very intense.

Ladylatemar was sweet enough to sendme an imp of her chaos theory XXI. It's sooo good! It is mostly coconut, but I think there's something light and playfully sweet hiding underneath as well. Delicious, warm, non-food ish...very very ncie. Thanks for sharing the loooove! Previously reviewed by Lady_Ell and andrabell.

#20 Love Oil Is a cinnamony-spicy-clean scent that my husband really loves. I put some on today while we were out and he told me several times how good I smelled, wanted to hold my hand as we were walking though the city, and gave me several impromptu kisses.

Old Venice On my skin, Old Venice is nearly all a beautiful, sumptuous rose. It's very pretty, faintly spicy, and definitely has staying paower.

Old Kathmandu Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices Wow. Sandalwood plus cedar...plus more woods, plus spice = totally great! I love it. I'm so glad to find a scent that contains all of the above without being really heavy. gorgeous!

In the bottle, Kali smells of chocolate and red wine. A combination I'm very familiar with, I liked it right away. On my skin, it's very light, bright, floral. My skin tends to save the deeper scents for itself, not sharing any with my nose. If I hold my wrist right up to my nose I can smell the chocolate, but the lighter side of Kali prevails.

King of Spades The King is sweeter than I thought he would be on reading the description, but, as LadyLatemar says, the sweetness gives way to a rich mix of deliciousness...it's still sweet, darker, richer, fuller than on first application. Definitely tingly high top notes, but balanced by a middleground of moss and berries, with the vanilla, coconut, and musk giving it some heft. Gorgeous! I love it!

Mabon Smells to me like Neu Wine ("Federweissen")...the strongly alcoholic stuff floating on top of the wine in the cask. It's a by-product of the fermentation process, and is naturally fizzy, sweet-sour, and delicious! We're drinking a lot of this right now in Germany. Mabon really captures the essence of standing in the park under the golden, falling leaves and partaking of this traditionally autumnal goodness. (Thanks, Lixolux, for sharing this with me!)

Queen of Sheba. This ranks up there with Old Morocco in the collection of Warm, not-overly-sweet, spicy scents that the Lab does so well. The almond is gorgeous, and I think there must be a little vanilla and something musky. It's just a nice, warm, well-rounded, calming scent. I love it.

Djinn Djinn has a light Asian spice feel, over a mix of light woods. It's seriously one of my new favorites. I used to love "Opium" perfume, except that it was really too 'strong' too heavy, unbalanced, for me. Djinn is like an infinitely better-crafted version of what I wanted Opium to smell like. I don't get any smoke or ash nor metal at all, it's really just light and spicy. I keep wanting to say , "It just smells Asian." Like Tibetan incense. It's so interesting to read the reviews before mine, because, in smilies, = (Djinn + my skin = love. )

Ophelia. I put Ophelia on my wrists and the first thing I thought was, "How did they DO that?" I can smell flowers floating in water! It is definitely a treat. If you're looking for a light, pretty floral with something a little 'extra' to make it complex and interesting, this is it!

Black Phoenix Is dark red fruits, ripe to point of bursting with sticky black juice. ...and clouds deep, resinous, smoky amber...or is it black musk? A truly decadent, dark, musky, sexy scent.

Haunted Is very dark and delicious. I agree with the above reviewers who have said that it's a perfect nighttime scent. I'm always in love with amber and musk...and the Black musk really adds oomph.

Eve is completely gorgeous, in a light, bright , sweet and sour way. The honey really tempers the brightness of the apple, and the ylang-ylang gives it a lovely depth.