My BPAL + other e-tailers sale/swap post!
Hello, all! I'm maintaining a central sales post on my ElJay for ease of editing and keeping things in one place. I have bottles and imps, LE and GC, all sorts of goodies to be found, and I include freebies with every shipment! Links for each scent lead to the review section at bpal.org, and I do my best to include a notes list with the non-BPAL items. My feedback post is over here (with a link to my bpal.org feedback), and my wish list is right here.
Necessary Stuff: Shipping is $3.00 within the US (includes DC). I will ship internationally, but contact me for a quote. International postal fees have been all over the place lately, alas. Please buy at least $7.00 worth of stuff pre-shipping. LET ME KNOW if you want insurance; I will not be responsible for uninsured packages. I accept CC and non-CC PayPal. If you want to buy or swap but don't have or want to make a livejournal account, please either PM me on bpal.org (I'm karihan) or email me at karihan (dot) chris (at) gmail (dot) com.
NOTE ON BOTTLE FULLNESS: I measure the oil levels of my bottles in millimeters. For comparison, from bottom to where the shoulder starts on a standard BPAL bottle is 30mm and the neck starts at about 32mm. I include the to-neck measurement as well for any bottle that doesn't fit that measurement. For those who would rather not do math, I've also included an estimate of "how full" based on the mm measurement, and if you'd like to see a photo of any of my items, let me know which ones and I'll be happy to provide.
Newly added items are in Bold.
Bottles -- LE (including Discontinueds, Trading Post and all Unimpables)
13, April 2012 version (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Agrat Bat Mahlaht (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $21.50
Alien Invasion (35mm, very full), $20.00
An Appraisal of Sensual Pleasure in the Four Seasons (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Araw Ng Mga Patay (29mm, full to a hair shy of shoulder), $18.50
Avenger (24mm, 4/5ths full), $20.00
Bat of Virtue (27mm, full to just below shoulder), $18.00
Black Cherry Amaretto Christmas Puddin' (33mm, very full), $19.00
Blackbear Moon (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Black Heart (30mm, full to shoulder), $26.00
Blooming Rose (31mm, full), $22.00
Champagne and Party Hats (32mm, full to neck), $24.00
Changing the Shadows (30mm, full to shoulder), $19.00
Countess Willie (32mm, full to neck), $25.00
Couple Engaged in Lovemaking (31mm, full), $22.00
Dark Chocolate and Cherry (29mm w/dip, full to barely shy of shoulder), $16.50
Detestable Putrescence (29mm w/dip, full to barely shy of shoulder), $20.00
E Pluribus Unum (28mm, 2mm under the shoulder), $14.00
Feast for the Greatly Revered Ones (32mm w/dip, full), $16.50
Geisha in Orange Kimono Admiring a Samurai (34mm, very full), $22.00
Ghost House (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Ghoulish (33mm, very full), $19.00
Gods of Intercourse (30mm, full to shoulder), $22.00
The Golden Apple of the Sun (30mm w/dip, full to barely shy of shoulder), $18.50
Goliath Birdwing (18mm, just under 2/3 full), $10.00
Großvater Tanz (29mm, full to barely under shoulder), $18.00
An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women (31mm, full), $19.00
In Winter In My Room (31mm, full), $16.50
You-Know-What Galbanum (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Irrelevant and Disturbing Surreal Crawdad Dream (32mm w/dip, full), $14.00
Kajuraho '06 (original release w/Kajurajo label, 32mm, full to neck), $15.00
Kypris (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Leo '07 (32mm, full to neck), $20.00
Lilith vs. the Giant Crab (30mm, full to shoulder), $16.50
Litha '06 (27mm, 9/10 full), $14.00
Maison en Pain d'Épices (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Manners Among Men and Women in the Red Light District (31mm, full), $22.00
Marae (28mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $17.00
Milk Chocolate and Matcha Green Tea Ganache Truffle (32mm w/dip, full), $
Molly Grue (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $25.00
Moon of Small Spirits (30mm, full to shoulder), $17.00
MVJBA Spring Training 2008 (30mm, full to shoulder), $16.00
Pahoehoe (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $17.00
Passion Butterfly (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Pink Phoenix (28mm, full to just under shoulder), $24.00
Poisson d'Avril '12 (32mm w/dip, full)
Pomegranate III (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Pride of Wisdom (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Pumpkin I '08 (28mm, full to top of label), $16.50
Pumpkin V '09 (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Rangoon Riptide (original LE release, 29mm, full almost to shoulder), $17.00
Sangria Champagne (32mm w/dip, full), $24.00
The Snow Maiden '06 (32mm, full to neck), $15.00
The Spell of Amorous Love (32mm w/dip, full), $25.00
Strawberry Moon 2009 (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Suck It '09 (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $19.00
Vasakasajja (24mm, about 80% full), $15.00
The Volstead Act (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Water Dragon (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Weeping Branches Moon (30mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $19.00
Whoop (31mm, full), $19.00
Zarita the Doll Girl (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder, 5 years old with pitch card), $21.50
Swaps --
Tamamo no Mae (35mm, very full)
Velvet Pink Kitty (32mm w/dip, full)
Bottles -- GC
Lampades (34mm, very full), $16.00
Thalia (33mm, very full, old-style label), $16.00
All of the imps below, except for the ones marked otherwise, are at least 80% full (lab-full) as far as I can tell. In fact, many of the GCs are as I received them from the Lab, untouched and even unopened. The others were either opened only to sniff or tested cleanly with a tiny dab. Please let me know if you care about label condition, as some have been rolled and others are slightly marked. All are legible unless marked otherwise. Please buy at least $7.00 worth (pre-shipping) to make it worth the packaging. 8^)
Decants -- LE/Discontinued/Unimpables, priced as marked. (*) = decanted by me.
Ae. Albopictus, $3.00
Bakunawa, $4.50
Cupid Complaining to Venus, $4.50
Entangled, $3.50
Fairy Bites, $4.00
Ghosts in Love, $3.25
Hot Buttered Rum, $4.00
Noche Buena '10, $3.25
An Omen of Good Fortune (1/2 decant), $1.50
Öndurdis, $3.25
Poisson d'Avril '12, $3.25
Reindeer Poop, $4.50
Ruddy Daggerwing, $3.25
Sonnet d'Automne, $3.25
Spider, $3.75
Tin Foil Hat, $4.50
Imps -- GC, $2.00 or 7 for $10.00
Aperotos Eros
Beer from the Marsh Woman's Brewery
Blockbuster
A Countenance Forboding Evil
Czernobog
Dance of Death
The Death-Horse
Debauchery
Dracul
Evil
Fire for Thy Stepmother's Daughters
Follow Me Boy
Gaueko
Grandmother of Ghosts
Greed
Kabuki
Kali
Kubla Khan
Kurukulla
Laudanum
Love Lies Bleeding
Lust
Magus
Nanshe
Ogygia
Queen of Sheba
Rose Cross
Sacred Whore of Babylon
Santa Eularia des Riu
Sed Non Satiata
Shango
Sheol
Sloth
Ulalume
Voodoo Lily
Whoso List to Hunt
Wolfsbane x2
Wrath
Yorick
Zombi
Non-BPAL, priced as listed, standard imp-sized vial unless marked otherwise.
Arcana:
Burlesque (5ml, 32mm, full to neck), $12.50
"The sweet, smoky decadence of a bawdy dance hall, with bold amber, spicy chocolate and the warm wood of a well-traveled stage. Turn your daily grind into a bump and grind."
NOTE: I also have a sample for $1.50.
La Befana ('06 LE, 10ml bottle, 43mm w/neck at 39mm, very full), $
"Ripe apricot, Sicilian blood orange, dark chocolate, smoked vanilla, and toasted biscotti."
Rich Vanilla (LE Layering Note), $1.50
As the name says, a rich, sweet, foody vanilla!
Conjure Oils:
Mlle. Whiard (5ml rollerball, 39mm w/neck at 40mm, full), $17.50
"Wild strawberry, whipped cream, kiwi fruit, raw sugar and a pinch of clove."
Te Ubesc (LE), $1.50
"Dog rose, cherry bark and mandrake compounded in a base of vanilla bean, tonka, witchgrass and sweet myrrh resin."
Vermillion Bird (5ml LE, 32mm w/slight dip, full), $16.00
"Apricot nectar, honeysuckle blossoms, vanilla musk, creamy white amber, heliotrope, basmati rice and a drop of sweet clove."
Haus of Gloi:
Absinthe, $1.50
"Hauntingly herbal. Wormwood and anise swim in a creamy green sea of lemon balm, green lemon, soft glowing mints, a hefty lump of sugar and the tiniest drop of suggestive deep green moss."
Imp, $1.50
"Peculiar passion fruit mingling with sun cured apricots, perfectly pink grapefruit juice and innocent whispers of wet mimosa blooms."
Litchi Milk Tea, $1.50
"Tart lychee fruit and black tea met with a splash of coconut milk."
Pumpkin Cake Pops (5ml LE, 35mm, very full), $11.00
"Just that, lightly spiced pumpkin cake with frosting!"
Heaven and Earth Essentials:
Beloved's Return (5ml rollerball, 25mm w/neck at 31mm, abt 5/6 full), $12.00
"Vanilla FO, Pineapple FO, Pink Grapefruit EO, Blood Orange EO, Indi Sandal Sambac EO and Tonka Bean EO."
Blue Tango (5ml, 33mm w/neck at 33mm, full to neck), $14.00
"Blue Raspberry, Fresh Sugar Cane, Attar Rose Musk, and Woodland Themes."
Brandied Pears (5ml, 28mm w/neck at 31mm, full to shoulder), $14.00
"Exotic tree-ripened pears, bathing in expensive brandy, with dark cherries for company and a dusting of cinnamon to meld the flavors."
Ghoul's Dessert (5ml LE, 30mm w/neck at 31mm, full), $14.00
"Bitter Chocolate, Marshmallow, Toasted Maple, Graham Crackers, Cheesecake, Deep Fried Banana, and Caramel."
Spirit (5ml, full to at least shoulder (tricky to measure w/reducer cap), 6 years old), $14.00
"Toasted Sugar FO, Indi Sandalwood EO, Cardamom EO, ButterCream FO and a shaving of Black Coconut FO."
Nocturne Alchemy:
Bast-um-RA (5ml DC, 31mm w/neck at 30mm, full), $14.00
"Warm Caramel, Sweet Milk, Brown Sugar, Sweet Cinnamon Bark, Wallflower and Pale Vanilla."
Hapi's Pumpkin Chai Creme Brulee (5ml LE, 4yo, 25mm w/neck at 30mm, full to just below shoulder), $14.00
"Pumpkin, Vanilla, Clove, Allspice, Nutmeg and Gold Sugar."
Mummy Daddy Espresso 2010 (5ml LE, 25mm, full to top of label), $14.00
"A shot of Egyptian Espresso (pure Coffee bean E/O), Cocao E/O, Cocoa Bean E/O, Hazelnut Cream, White Chestnut E/O, Chai Spices, Vanilla Coffee and the reason why it is called what it is called - the extra large shot of Egyptian Black Amber Espresso."
Pakhet Amber, $1.50
"Royal Amber Resin, Blue Peppercorn, White Clove Bud, Virgin Nutmeg Shaving over the warmth of Ambers from Nepal and Egypt and sifted through Sapphire (Amber Musk)"
Ra's Hazelnut Cocoa (5ml LE, 29mm w/neck at 30mm, full), $15.00
"Three Cocoa Creams, Cacao, Arabian Sandalwood, Hazelnut, Coconut Milk."
Possets:
Bauble (5ml LE, 33mm w/neck at 31mm, full into neck), $9.50
"Yum, yum sugar plum and cream and a drop of calendula."
Cadmium Red, $1.50
"This is the intense lickable red. Red, it smells red in the most delicious and beguiling way. For the faint of heart who want to take heart and for the fearless who want to accentuate their glee. Characteristics: spicy, unisex, scent locket, home scent, long lasting. Colors."
Charlotte the Halloween Sweet (5ml LE, 32mm w/neck at 31mm, full), $9.50
"Foody smooth beautiful, Charlotte is a gourmand's dream. Concentrated vanilla is swirled round with the most smooth of amber and caramel, topped off by a sprinkling of Saigon cinnamon (the finest kind) and a deep crust of sugar."
Cornucopia, (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Pomegranate, ginger, a bit of chrysanthemum, cranberries, a bit of cherry syrup and that is cornucopia."
NOTE: I also have a Possette for $1.50.
Frolic, $1.50
"Big doses of my Sweet Olive reflect the last blooming of that plant on my windowsill. There is a dry and refreshingly zippy tone to Frolic that is so welcome at this time of year. This is a wake up and enjoy kind of scent that means to get you out of doors and stop you from being sluggish in the nicest possible way. Unisex and sweetly tangy, fruity, and smooth."
The Girls Love Chocolate (5ml LE, 33mm, full), $9.50
"Imagine a thick chocolate shell covering a center of semi-crystallized honey which crunches ever so appealingly as you bite into it. The honey is of the very high class sort, not at all cloying and very fresh. somehow this combination turned out to be gourmandy and imminently wearable at the same time so that a foody scent is elevated to the level of a regular appealing perfume."
Haute Love, $1.50
"Ginger, you say you want ginger? Like love it's hot and burns so beautifully! Imagine chocolate covered ginger which is forced to marry a gooey sticky sweet and all consuming center. It is so clean...it is so very sinful! Characteristics: Foody, spicy, chocolate, vanilla, scent locket, unisex, home scent, long lasting."
Hot Cross Buns (5ml, 25mm w/neck at 31mm, full to top of label), $8.50
"Yeasty bread with a glossy top and a thick "X" of sugary icing, a generous helping of currents and European citron and that is a classic Hot Cross Bun."
Les Girls--Sugar Puss, $1.50
"Sassy enough to grab all of the attention, clever enough to keep it. Sugarpuss is very very sweet but manages to maintain a sophistication and character which puts it squarely in the vanguard. Sugary, with a kiss of red jam and the smooth creamy note which Possets is so famous for."
Lily, The Halloween Vixen, (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Beautiful lychee-quat and nut butters just take the best of exotic fruits and line them with the most appealingly unctuous roasted nuts. This is a treat fragrance which combines all of the best parts of either end of the sharp to smooth spectrum. There is nothing about Lily which is astringent but she is not entirely tame. Fruity, foody, gourmand."
Michelle (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Exquisite and to the point, this is an amplified and fresh pear fragrance combined with golden musk (to make it stick better), a breath of greenery to push the pear scent, and another whisker of a white musk to give it roundness (for a pear should be round). Very nice and very refreshing."
Nigel (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Fresh and yet sweet, Nigel has a hint of fir around his fur but a heart which is pure candy and nuts. Nigel would love to curl up on an expensive wreath and have a snooze next to a big box of caramels. A beautiful scent with the pairing of unexpected pine and candy, maybe he is a citizen of the great indoors and the holidays are his best time!"
The Panties of Ptah (LE), $1.50
"The sweetest mangoes, peaches and melons combined with 'nard and amber."
Passion (5ml, 33mm, full into neck), $9.50
"A supersaturated chocolate solution of chocolated chocolate with a smooth chocolate interior and a chocolate shell covered in chocolate sauce and floating in a puddle of chocolate. All manner of chocolate in one place and that place is heaven."
Penelope (5ml bottle, 30mm, full to shoulder), $9.50
"Penelope combines a red currant and pomegranate base with playful foody and sweet topnotes. Very sexy and pretty, feminine and grown up but retaining just enough of the kitten to keep the tone light."
Pink Pepys (LE), $1.50
"These are the most sticky and gooey smelling of the bunch. Unabashed sugary sensation with sticky over-the-top fruity associations, this is a mouth melting scent, and you want it. Nothing instructional, uplifting, "good for you" or virtuous in Pink Pepys, just all sin and the most amusing and satisfying degradation you can enjoy."
Reason, $1.50
"About 6 vanillas and three toffees and a big glop of butter and cream on it all... Reason will make you feel totally catered to, with vanilla on top of vanilla with a very gooey and butter laden liquid toffee encapsulation. Unbelievable. This is really strong really concentrated vanilla in so many of it's incarnations that you might very well o.d. on it."
Sex in Heaven (5ml, 30mm w/neck at 30mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Coconut, vanillas (two fabulous types: Mexican and Tahitian), and a lashing of sandalwood. Glory, this is heaven!"
Silver Violets, $1.50
"Imagine the first violets of spring poking their heads up above a thin covering of snow and sparkling with a silvery light. Silver Violets is sweet but refreshing and welcome at any time of the year."
Sweet New England - Vermont (5ml, 35mm w/neck at 31mm, full well into neck), $10.00
"The Possets version of Vermont is sweet and very smooth but not cloying. Slightly herbal, shot of lime, with a thick overlay of part of the smell of maple syrup."
Titanium White, $1.50
"Titanium White is white tropical flowers on a white sheet with white sunlight streaming into the interior. White snow playing outside your windowpane as you sit on a white silk tufted pillow drinking fragrant Chinese white tea out of tissue-thin white porcelin cups. The many facets of white. Characteristics: crisp, cooling, summer scent, dry, perfumy."
Victory, $1.50
"This is a simple and straightforward fragrance which concentrates on fighting fatigue while keeping you alert and motivated to get to the next level. Thyme and sage, lemongrass and light camphor, a bit of rosemary, and the lightest hint of white sharp amber to keep it all knit together without being dulling."
Western Hills, $1.50
"Western Hills is a sweet but daring rendition of that part of Cincinnati. Like the real thing, it's sporty, foody, rich and robust but with a heartbreaking familiarity like what you feel when you go home again. Characteristics: foody, sporty, cutting edge, unisex."
Super Bad:
Girls' Guide to Compromise (10ml opaque roller bottle, used twice cleanly since purchase), $9.50
"Snappy and slightly bitter, gingered grapefruit yields to summer’s sweet honey."
NOTE: I also have a roughly 1/6th full spray bottle of EDP in this scent (14mm with the shoulder at 72mm), $2.00
Miss Behaving (10ml roller bottle, 46mm w/neck at 54mm), $9.50
"Wildflower honey infused with vanilla beans."
ZOMG Smells:
Chocolate Orange Cordial, $1.50
"A dead ringer for that first whiff of orange-tinged dark chocolate when you unwrap the foil. Rich chocolate, not overly sugared, mingles with bright, honey-sweet citrus in this dessert cordial for your nose."
Cider Drink, (5ml LE, 33mm, full into neck), $14.50
"Crushed and fermented honeycrisp apples, nutmeg, bright ginger, some truly amazingly nice cinnamon leaf-- and because this is a scent and not a beverage, a little bit of frankincense to sweeten up the sharper spices and help it all stick around longer."
Lovely Lady Lovelace, (5ml LE, 33mm, full into neck), $14.50
"Heliotrope, white musk, and dainty touches of honey, lavender and vanilla: a throughly delicate and refined fragrance."
Mango in the Bathtub, $1.50
"The only way to eat a mango properly is in the bathtub: if you're not sticky from nose to elbows you're doing it wrong. This smell is a bit like that, only without the sticky. And without the bathtub. Convenient!"
Meddyglyn (5ml LE, 32mm, full to neck), $14.50
"Honey, cinnamon, golden ginger, and basil."
Spacebat (5ml, 19mm w/neck at 31mm, about 2/3 full), $9.50
"Cave stone and memorial myrrh lifted by nutmeg and delicate leather wings."
Sniffies -- one free per order, first ask first served. BPAL/BPTP: #20 Love Oil, Aeval, Anactoria '08, Bliss, Cathedral, Couple Consulting an Enpon, Cthulhu, Darkness, Dia, Diary of a Lovestruck Teenage Cannibal, Donna con Ventaglio, Eclipse, El Dia de Reyes, Envy, Flora, The Grave-Pig, Hellcat, High-Strung Daisies, Horreur Sympathique, Horse Chestnut Honey, How Doth the Little Crocodile, Hygeia, Kathmandu, Midnight, Mourning Cloak, Ogun, Paramatman, Pomegranate II, PX117, Queen, Skuld, Suspiro, Tweedledum, Valse Finale et Apotheose, Whitechapel, Yew Trees. Arcana: Breakfast in Hollywood, Grasshopper, Ooomph, Three Bears. Conjure Oils: Plum Jam Paczki. HaEE: Breakfast in Bed. Nocturne Alchemy: Amber Sun: Diurnal, Eternal Alexandria. Possets: Cornucopia, Friction, Hot Cross Buns, Infinite Sky Montana, Mania, Perpetual Motion Machine, Sex in a Tree (testable amount in original bottle), Sweet New England (Vermont). ZOMG Smells: Spacebat. Most of my sniffies are actually testers or partial imps, so feel free to ask about oil levels, or if you have questions about any of the scents.
Anne Beany bottle - sold to willowmoon81
Gold Phoenix, Black Tower, The Deep Ones, Fallen, Hades, Langour, Namaste, Phobos and Tisiphone - sold to onehoureternity
Calaveras bottle - sold to poisondove
Door bottle - sold to cyrus_eyes
Red Lace bottle - sold to willowmoon81
Trick or Treat bottle - sold to haven8146
Merci and Zazz bottles, Zazz, Thousands of Lights and Sunshine in a Bottle - sold to white_aster
Gula and White Rose bottles, and Lady Amalthea - sold to Gwallahay on the forum
Red Roan and Vanilla Taffy bottles - swapped to borednow165
Mother Shub's Spiced Lait de Chevre bottle - sold to knitsnspins2
Figgy Puddin', L'Essence de la Passion and Plum Puddin' bottles - sold to cometgirl21
Breakfast in Hollywood and Orange Blossom Tea bottles - swapped to dedra
13 August 2010 bottle - sold to bzzzyb
White Chocolate, Strawberry and White Pepper Truffle and Lipstick Lost bottles, Kill Switch and Rose Sapphire - sold to wesson83
Touched Twice Bottle - sold to elionwyr
Belle Vinu and Orpiment bottles - swapped to tailoredshirt
Glamour bottle - sold to pinkstardust420
Aureus, Dorian, Goblin, Jailbait, Obatala, Osun and Snake Oil - sold to roses_ce_soir
Brood XIX and Plunder bottles - sold to alioth
Hathor's Raspberry Cheesecake Vanille bottle - sold to the_picklecat
Karkade Summer: Mango, Nefertini and Ra's Blueberry Eggnog bottles - sold to isracat
Judith Victorious bottle and Pumpkin Hard Candy - swapped to crystal_star_ss
Host of the Air bottle, Fates mini-bottle, Ae. Aegypti, Epitaph, and Zephyr - sold to iriedanym
Tanuki no Yudachi bottle - swapped to zankoku_zen
Candy-Filled Apron bottle - sold to charaxinae
Roma, Troika and Inagodadavida bottles - swapped to angelbabydre
Blue Phoenix bottle, Polynesian Pop and Red Tide - sold to redshirtdiary
Blue Fire bottle - sold to ladykorana
Elevenses and Spiced Cocoa bottles - sold to krissy_emme
Previous sales posts: 03/14/12-08/12/12, 08/30/11-03/14/12, 06/02/11-08/29/11, 12/16/10-06/01/11, 08/11/10-12/15/10, 04/11/10-08/10/10, 01/15/10-04/10/10, 09/30/09-01/14/10, 07/17/09-09/29/09, 03/29/09-07/16/09, 11/02/08-03/28/09, 05/04/08-11/01/08, 03/03/08-05/03/08, 12/29/07-03/02/08, 11/06/07-12/28/07, 09/18/07-11/05/07, 5/23/07-09/17/07, 01/07 - 05/22/07, 11/06 through 01/07. Earlier posts were on sinandsalvation and bpalmarketplace.
I pride myself on good communication and good results, so please contact me if you have any questions. And I do enjoy giving little extra goodies, tea, soaplets, candies and the like. ^_^ If there's anything in that line you'd rather not get, just let me know.
Necessary Stuff: Shipping is $3.00 within the US (includes DC). I will ship internationally, but contact me for a quote. International postal fees have been all over the place lately, alas. Please buy at least $7.00 worth of stuff pre-shipping. LET ME KNOW if you want insurance; I will not be responsible for uninsured packages. I accept CC and non-CC PayPal. If you want to buy or swap but don't have or want to make a livejournal account, please either PM me on bpal.org (I'm karihan) or email me at karihan (dot) chris (at) gmail (dot) com.
NOTE ON BOTTLE FULLNESS: I measure the oil levels of my bottles in millimeters. For comparison, from bottom to where the shoulder starts on a standard BPAL bottle is 30mm and the neck starts at about 32mm. I include the to-neck measurement as well for any bottle that doesn't fit that measurement. For those who would rather not do math, I've also included an estimate of "how full" based on the mm measurement, and if you'd like to see a photo of any of my items, let me know which ones and I'll be happy to provide.
Newly added items are in Bold.
Bottles -- LE (including Discontinueds, Trading Post and all Unimpables)
13, April 2012 version (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Agrat Bat Mahlaht (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $21.50
Alien Invasion (35mm, very full), $20.00
An Appraisal of Sensual Pleasure in the Four Seasons (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Araw Ng Mga Patay (29mm, full to a hair shy of shoulder), $18.50
Avenger (24mm, 4/5ths full), $20.00
Bat of Virtue (27mm, full to just below shoulder), $18.00
Black Cherry Amaretto Christmas Puddin' (33mm, very full), $19.00
Blackbear Moon (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Black Heart (30mm, full to shoulder), $26.00
Blooming Rose (31mm, full), $22.00
Champagne and Party Hats (32mm, full to neck), $24.00
Changing the Shadows (30mm, full to shoulder), $19.00
Countess Willie (32mm, full to neck), $25.00
Couple Engaged in Lovemaking (31mm, full), $22.00
Dark Chocolate and Cherry (29mm w/dip, full to barely shy of shoulder), $16.50
Detestable Putrescence (29mm w/dip, full to barely shy of shoulder), $20.00
E Pluribus Unum (28mm, 2mm under the shoulder), $14.00
Feast for the Greatly Revered Ones (32mm w/dip, full), $16.50
Geisha in Orange Kimono Admiring a Samurai (34mm, very full), $22.00
Ghost House (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Ghoulish (33mm, very full), $19.00
Gods of Intercourse (30mm, full to shoulder), $22.00
The Golden Apple of the Sun (30mm w/dip, full to barely shy of shoulder), $18.50
Goliath Birdwing (18mm, just under 2/3 full), $10.00
Großvater Tanz (29mm, full to barely under shoulder), $18.00
An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women (31mm, full), $19.00
In Winter In My Room (31mm, full), $16.50
You-Know-What Galbanum (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Irrelevant and Disturbing Surreal Crawdad Dream (32mm w/dip, full), $14.00
Kajuraho '06 (original release w/Kajurajo label, 32mm, full to neck), $15.00
Kypris (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Leo '07 (32mm, full to neck), $20.00
Lilith vs. the Giant Crab (30mm, full to shoulder), $16.50
Litha '06 (27mm, 9/10 full), $14.00
Maison en Pain d'Épices (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Manners Among Men and Women in the Red Light District (31mm, full), $22.00
Marae (28mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $17.00
Milk Chocolate and Matcha Green Tea Ganache Truffle (32mm w/dip, full), $
Molly Grue (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $25.00
Moon of Small Spirits (30mm, full to shoulder), $17.00
MVJBA Spring Training 2008 (30mm, full to shoulder), $16.00
Pahoehoe (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $17.00
Passion Butterfly (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Pink Phoenix (28mm, full to just under shoulder), $24.00
Poisson d'Avril '12 (32mm w/dip, full)
Pomegranate III (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Pride of Wisdom (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Pumpkin I '08 (28mm, full to top of label), $16.50
Pumpkin V '09 (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Rangoon Riptide (original LE release, 29mm, full almost to shoulder), $17.00
Sangria Champagne (32mm w/dip, full), $24.00
The Snow Maiden '06 (32mm, full to neck), $15.00
The Spell of Amorous Love (32mm w/dip, full), $25.00
Strawberry Moon 2009 (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Suck It '09 (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $19.00
Vasakasajja (24mm, about 80% full), $15.00
The Volstead Act (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Water Dragon (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Weeping Branches Moon (30mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $19.00
Whoop (31mm, full), $19.00
Zarita the Doll Girl (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder, 5 years old with pitch card), $21.50
Swaps --
Tamamo no Mae (35mm, very full)
Velvet Pink Kitty (32mm w/dip, full)
Bottles -- GC
Lampades (34mm, very full), $16.00
Thalia (33mm, very full, old-style label), $16.00
All of the imps below, except for the ones marked otherwise, are at least 80% full (lab-full) as far as I can tell. In fact, many of the GCs are as I received them from the Lab, untouched and even unopened. The others were either opened only to sniff or tested cleanly with a tiny dab. Please let me know if you care about label condition, as some have been rolled and others are slightly marked. All are legible unless marked otherwise. Please buy at least $7.00 worth (pre-shipping) to make it worth the packaging. 8^)
Decants -- LE/Discontinued/Unimpables, priced as marked. (*) = decanted by me.
Ae. Albopictus, $3.00
Bakunawa, $4.50
Cupid Complaining to Venus, $4.50
Entangled, $3.50
Fairy Bites, $4.00
Ghosts in Love, $3.25
Hot Buttered Rum, $4.00
Noche Buena '10, $3.25
An Omen of Good Fortune (1/2 decant), $1.50
Öndurdis, $3.25
Poisson d'Avril '12, $3.25
Reindeer Poop, $4.50
Ruddy Daggerwing, $3.25
Sonnet d'Automne, $3.25
Spider, $3.75
Tin Foil Hat, $4.50
Imps -- GC, $2.00 or 7 for $10.00
Aperotos Eros
Beer from the Marsh Woman's Brewery
Blockbuster
A Countenance Forboding Evil
Czernobog
Dance of Death
The Death-Horse
Debauchery
Dracul
Evil
Fire for Thy Stepmother's Daughters
Follow Me Boy
Gaueko
Grandmother of Ghosts
Greed
Kabuki
Kali
Kubla Khan
Kurukulla
Laudanum
Love Lies Bleeding
Lust
Magus
Nanshe
Ogygia
Queen of Sheba
Rose Cross
Sacred Whore of Babylon
Santa Eularia des Riu
Sed Non Satiata
Shango
Sheol
Sloth
Ulalume
Voodoo Lily
Whoso List to Hunt
Wolfsbane x2
Wrath
Yorick
Zombi
Non-BPAL, priced as listed, standard imp-sized vial unless marked otherwise.
Arcana:
Burlesque (5ml, 32mm, full to neck), $12.50
"The sweet, smoky decadence of a bawdy dance hall, with bold amber, spicy chocolate and the warm wood of a well-traveled stage. Turn your daily grind into a bump and grind."
NOTE: I also have a sample for $1.50.
La Befana ('06 LE, 10ml bottle, 43mm w/neck at 39mm, very full), $
"Ripe apricot, Sicilian blood orange, dark chocolate, smoked vanilla, and toasted biscotti."
Rich Vanilla (LE Layering Note), $1.50
As the name says, a rich, sweet, foody vanilla!
Conjure Oils:
Mlle. Whiard (5ml rollerball, 39mm w/neck at 40mm, full), $17.50
"Wild strawberry, whipped cream, kiwi fruit, raw sugar and a pinch of clove."
Te Ubesc (LE), $1.50
"Dog rose, cherry bark and mandrake compounded in a base of vanilla bean, tonka, witchgrass and sweet myrrh resin."
Vermillion Bird (5ml LE, 32mm w/slight dip, full), $16.00
"Apricot nectar, honeysuckle blossoms, vanilla musk, creamy white amber, heliotrope, basmati rice and a drop of sweet clove."
Haus of Gloi:
Absinthe, $1.50
"Hauntingly herbal. Wormwood and anise swim in a creamy green sea of lemon balm, green lemon, soft glowing mints, a hefty lump of sugar and the tiniest drop of suggestive deep green moss."
Imp, $1.50
"Peculiar passion fruit mingling with sun cured apricots, perfectly pink grapefruit juice and innocent whispers of wet mimosa blooms."
Litchi Milk Tea, $1.50
"Tart lychee fruit and black tea met with a splash of coconut milk."
Pumpkin Cake Pops (5ml LE, 35mm, very full), $11.00
"Just that, lightly spiced pumpkin cake with frosting!"
Heaven and Earth Essentials:
Beloved's Return (5ml rollerball, 25mm w/neck at 31mm, abt 5/6 full), $12.00
"Vanilla FO, Pineapple FO, Pink Grapefruit EO, Blood Orange EO, Indi Sandal Sambac EO and Tonka Bean EO."
Blue Tango (5ml, 33mm w/neck at 33mm, full to neck), $14.00
"Blue Raspberry, Fresh Sugar Cane, Attar Rose Musk, and Woodland Themes."
Brandied Pears (5ml, 28mm w/neck at 31mm, full to shoulder), $14.00
"Exotic tree-ripened pears, bathing in expensive brandy, with dark cherries for company and a dusting of cinnamon to meld the flavors."
Ghoul's Dessert (5ml LE, 30mm w/neck at 31mm, full), $14.00
"Bitter Chocolate, Marshmallow, Toasted Maple, Graham Crackers, Cheesecake, Deep Fried Banana, and Caramel."
Spirit (5ml, full to at least shoulder (tricky to measure w/reducer cap), 6 years old), $14.00
"Toasted Sugar FO, Indi Sandalwood EO, Cardamom EO, ButterCream FO and a shaving of Black Coconut FO."
Nocturne Alchemy:
Bast-um-RA (5ml DC, 31mm w/neck at 30mm, full), $14.00
"Warm Caramel, Sweet Milk, Brown Sugar, Sweet Cinnamon Bark, Wallflower and Pale Vanilla."
Hapi's Pumpkin Chai Creme Brulee (5ml LE, 4yo, 25mm w/neck at 30mm, full to just below shoulder), $14.00
"Pumpkin, Vanilla, Clove, Allspice, Nutmeg and Gold Sugar."
Mummy Daddy Espresso 2010 (5ml LE, 25mm, full to top of label), $14.00
"A shot of Egyptian Espresso (pure Coffee bean E/O), Cocao E/O, Cocoa Bean E/O, Hazelnut Cream, White Chestnut E/O, Chai Spices, Vanilla Coffee and the reason why it is called what it is called - the extra large shot of Egyptian Black Amber Espresso."
Pakhet Amber, $1.50
"Royal Amber Resin, Blue Peppercorn, White Clove Bud, Virgin Nutmeg Shaving over the warmth of Ambers from Nepal and Egypt and sifted through Sapphire (Amber Musk)"
Ra's Hazelnut Cocoa (5ml LE, 29mm w/neck at 30mm, full), $15.00
"Three Cocoa Creams, Cacao, Arabian Sandalwood, Hazelnut, Coconut Milk."
Possets:
Bauble (5ml LE, 33mm w/neck at 31mm, full into neck), $9.50
"Yum, yum sugar plum and cream and a drop of calendula."
Cadmium Red, $1.50
"This is the intense lickable red. Red, it smells red in the most delicious and beguiling way. For the faint of heart who want to take heart and for the fearless who want to accentuate their glee. Characteristics: spicy, unisex, scent locket, home scent, long lasting. Colors."
Charlotte the Halloween Sweet (5ml LE, 32mm w/neck at 31mm, full), $9.50
"Foody smooth beautiful, Charlotte is a gourmand's dream. Concentrated vanilla is swirled round with the most smooth of amber and caramel, topped off by a sprinkling of Saigon cinnamon (the finest kind) and a deep crust of sugar."
Cornucopia, (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Pomegranate, ginger, a bit of chrysanthemum, cranberries, a bit of cherry syrup and that is cornucopia."
NOTE: I also have a Possette for $1.50.
Frolic, $1.50
"Big doses of my Sweet Olive reflect the last blooming of that plant on my windowsill. There is a dry and refreshingly zippy tone to Frolic that is so welcome at this time of year. This is a wake up and enjoy kind of scent that means to get you out of doors and stop you from being sluggish in the nicest possible way. Unisex and sweetly tangy, fruity, and smooth."
The Girls Love Chocolate (5ml LE, 33mm, full), $9.50
"Imagine a thick chocolate shell covering a center of semi-crystallized honey which crunches ever so appealingly as you bite into it. The honey is of the very high class sort, not at all cloying and very fresh. somehow this combination turned out to be gourmandy and imminently wearable at the same time so that a foody scent is elevated to the level of a regular appealing perfume."
Haute Love, $1.50
"Ginger, you say you want ginger? Like love it's hot and burns so beautifully! Imagine chocolate covered ginger which is forced to marry a gooey sticky sweet and all consuming center. It is so clean...it is so very sinful! Characteristics: Foody, spicy, chocolate, vanilla, scent locket, unisex, home scent, long lasting."
Hot Cross Buns (5ml, 25mm w/neck at 31mm, full to top of label), $8.50
"Yeasty bread with a glossy top and a thick "X" of sugary icing, a generous helping of currents and European citron and that is a classic Hot Cross Bun."
Les Girls--Sugar Puss, $1.50
"Sassy enough to grab all of the attention, clever enough to keep it. Sugarpuss is very very sweet but manages to maintain a sophistication and character which puts it squarely in the vanguard. Sugary, with a kiss of red jam and the smooth creamy note which Possets is so famous for."
Lily, The Halloween Vixen, (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Beautiful lychee-quat and nut butters just take the best of exotic fruits and line them with the most appealingly unctuous roasted nuts. This is a treat fragrance which combines all of the best parts of either end of the sharp to smooth spectrum. There is nothing about Lily which is astringent but she is not entirely tame. Fruity, foody, gourmand."
Michelle (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Exquisite and to the point, this is an amplified and fresh pear fragrance combined with golden musk (to make it stick better), a breath of greenery to push the pear scent, and another whisker of a white musk to give it roundness (for a pear should be round). Very nice and very refreshing."
Nigel (5ml LE, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Fresh and yet sweet, Nigel has a hint of fir around his fur but a heart which is pure candy and nuts. Nigel would love to curl up on an expensive wreath and have a snooze next to a big box of caramels. A beautiful scent with the pairing of unexpected pine and candy, maybe he is a citizen of the great indoors and the holidays are his best time!"
The Panties of Ptah (LE), $1.50
"The sweetest mangoes, peaches and melons combined with 'nard and amber."
Passion (5ml, 33mm, full into neck), $9.50
"A supersaturated chocolate solution of chocolated chocolate with a smooth chocolate interior and a chocolate shell covered in chocolate sauce and floating in a puddle of chocolate. All manner of chocolate in one place and that place is heaven."
Penelope (5ml bottle, 30mm, full to shoulder), $9.50
"Penelope combines a red currant and pomegranate base with playful foody and sweet topnotes. Very sexy and pretty, feminine and grown up but retaining just enough of the kitten to keep the tone light."
Pink Pepys (LE), $1.50
"These are the most sticky and gooey smelling of the bunch. Unabashed sugary sensation with sticky over-the-top fruity associations, this is a mouth melting scent, and you want it. Nothing instructional, uplifting, "good for you" or virtuous in Pink Pepys, just all sin and the most amusing and satisfying degradation you can enjoy."
Reason, $1.50
"About 6 vanillas and three toffees and a big glop of butter and cream on it all... Reason will make you feel totally catered to, with vanilla on top of vanilla with a very gooey and butter laden liquid toffee encapsulation. Unbelievable. This is really strong really concentrated vanilla in so many of it's incarnations that you might very well o.d. on it."
Sex in Heaven (5ml, 30mm w/neck at 30mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Coconut, vanillas (two fabulous types: Mexican and Tahitian), and a lashing of sandalwood. Glory, this is heaven!"
Silver Violets, $1.50
"Imagine the first violets of spring poking their heads up above a thin covering of snow and sparkling with a silvery light. Silver Violets is sweet but refreshing and welcome at any time of the year."
Sweet New England - Vermont (5ml, 35mm w/neck at 31mm, full well into neck), $10.00
"The Possets version of Vermont is sweet and very smooth but not cloying. Slightly herbal, shot of lime, with a thick overlay of part of the smell of maple syrup."
Titanium White, $1.50
"Titanium White is white tropical flowers on a white sheet with white sunlight streaming into the interior. White snow playing outside your windowpane as you sit on a white silk tufted pillow drinking fragrant Chinese white tea out of tissue-thin white porcelin cups. The many facets of white. Characteristics: crisp, cooling, summer scent, dry, perfumy."
Victory, $1.50
"This is a simple and straightforward fragrance which concentrates on fighting fatigue while keeping you alert and motivated to get to the next level. Thyme and sage, lemongrass and light camphor, a bit of rosemary, and the lightest hint of white sharp amber to keep it all knit together without being dulling."
Western Hills, $1.50
"Western Hills is a sweet but daring rendition of that part of Cincinnati. Like the real thing, it's sporty, foody, rich and robust but with a heartbreaking familiarity like what you feel when you go home again. Characteristics: foody, sporty, cutting edge, unisex."
Super Bad:
Girls' Guide to Compromise (10ml opaque roller bottle, used twice cleanly since purchase), $9.50
"Snappy and slightly bitter, gingered grapefruit yields to summer’s sweet honey."
NOTE: I also have a roughly 1/6th full spray bottle of EDP in this scent (14mm with the shoulder at 72mm), $2.00
Miss Behaving (10ml roller bottle, 46mm w/neck at 54mm), $9.50
"Wildflower honey infused with vanilla beans."
ZOMG Smells:
Chocolate Orange Cordial, $1.50
"A dead ringer for that first whiff of orange-tinged dark chocolate when you unwrap the foil. Rich chocolate, not overly sugared, mingles with bright, honey-sweet citrus in this dessert cordial for your nose."
Cider Drink, (5ml LE, 33mm, full into neck), $14.50
"Crushed and fermented honeycrisp apples, nutmeg, bright ginger, some truly amazingly nice cinnamon leaf-- and because this is a scent and not a beverage, a little bit of frankincense to sweeten up the sharper spices and help it all stick around longer."
Lovely Lady Lovelace, (5ml LE, 33mm, full into neck), $14.50
"Heliotrope, white musk, and dainty touches of honey, lavender and vanilla: a throughly delicate and refined fragrance."
Mango in the Bathtub, $1.50
"The only way to eat a mango properly is in the bathtub: if you're not sticky from nose to elbows you're doing it wrong. This smell is a bit like that, only without the sticky. And without the bathtub. Convenient!"
Meddyglyn (5ml LE, 32mm, full to neck), $14.50
"Honey, cinnamon, golden ginger, and basil."
Spacebat (5ml, 19mm w/neck at 31mm, about 2/3 full), $9.50
"Cave stone and memorial myrrh lifted by nutmeg and delicate leather wings."
Sniffies -- one free per order, first ask first served. BPAL/BPTP: #20 Love Oil, Aeval, Anactoria '08, Bliss, Cathedral, Couple Consulting an Enpon, Cthulhu, Darkness, Dia, Diary of a Lovestruck Teenage Cannibal, Donna con Ventaglio, Eclipse, El Dia de Reyes, Envy, Flora, The Grave-Pig, Hellcat, High-Strung Daisies, Horreur Sympathique, Horse Chestnut Honey, How Doth the Little Crocodile, Hygeia, Kathmandu, Midnight, Mourning Cloak, Ogun, Paramatman, Pomegranate II, PX117, Queen, Skuld, Suspiro, Tweedledum, Valse Finale et Apotheose, Whitechapel, Yew Trees. Arcana: Breakfast in Hollywood, Grasshopper, Ooomph, Three Bears. Conjure Oils: Plum Jam Paczki. HaEE: Breakfast in Bed. Nocturne Alchemy: Amber Sun: Diurnal, Eternal Alexandria. Possets: Cornucopia, Friction, Hot Cross Buns, Infinite Sky Montana, Mania, Perpetual Motion Machine, Sex in a Tree (testable amount in original bottle), Sweet New England (Vermont). ZOMG Smells: Spacebat. Most of my sniffies are actually testers or partial imps, so feel free to ask about oil levels, or if you have questions about any of the scents.
Anne Beany bottle - sold to willowmoon81
Gold Phoenix, Black Tower, The Deep Ones, Fallen, Hades, Langour, Namaste, Phobos and Tisiphone - sold to onehoureternity
Calaveras bottle - sold to poisondove
Door bottle - sold to cyrus_eyes
Red Lace bottle - sold to willowmoon81
Trick or Treat bottle - sold to haven8146
Merci and Zazz bottles, Zazz, Thousands of Lights and Sunshine in a Bottle - sold to white_aster
Gula and White Rose bottles, and Lady Amalthea - sold to Gwallahay on the forum
Red Roan and Vanilla Taffy bottles - swapped to borednow165
Mother Shub's Spiced Lait de Chevre bottle - sold to knitsnspins2
Figgy Puddin', L'Essence de la Passion and Plum Puddin' bottles - sold to cometgirl21
Breakfast in Hollywood and Orange Blossom Tea bottles - swapped to dedra
13 August 2010 bottle - sold to bzzzyb
White Chocolate, Strawberry and White Pepper Truffle and Lipstick Lost bottles, Kill Switch and Rose Sapphire - sold to wesson83
Touched Twice Bottle - sold to elionwyr
Belle Vinu and Orpiment bottles - swapped to tailoredshirt
Glamour bottle - sold to pinkstardust420
Aureus, Dorian, Goblin, Jailbait, Obatala, Osun and Snake Oil - sold to roses_ce_soir
Brood XIX and Plunder bottles - sold to alioth
Hathor's Raspberry Cheesecake Vanille bottle - sold to the_picklecat
Karkade Summer: Mango, Nefertini and Ra's Blueberry Eggnog bottles - sold to isracat
Judith Victorious bottle and Pumpkin Hard Candy - swapped to crystal_star_ss
Host of the Air bottle, Fates mini-bottle, Ae. Aegypti, Epitaph, and Zephyr - sold to iriedanym
Tanuki no Yudachi bottle - swapped to zankoku_zen
Candy-Filled Apron bottle - sold to charaxinae
Roma, Troika and Inagodadavida bottles - swapped to angelbabydre
Blue Phoenix bottle, Polynesian Pop and Red Tide - sold to redshirtdiary
Blue Fire bottle - sold to ladykorana
Elevenses and Spiced Cocoa bottles - sold to krissy_emme
Previous sales posts: 03/14/12-08/12/12, 08/30/11-03/14/12, 06/02/11-08/29/11, 12/16/10-06/01/11, 08/11/10-12/15/10, 04/11/10-08/10/10, 01/15/10-04/10/10, 09/30/09-01/14/10, 07/17/09-09/29/09, 03/29/09-07/16/09, 11/02/08-03/28/09, 05/04/08-11/01/08, 03/03/08-05/03/08, 12/29/07-03/02/08, 11/06/07-12/28/07, 09/18/07-11/05/07, 5/23/07-09/17/07, 01/07 - 05/22/07, 11/06 through 01/07. Earlier posts were on sinandsalvation and bpalmarketplace.
I pride myself on good communication and good results, so please contact me if you have any questions. And I do enjoy giving little extra goodies, tea, soaplets, candies and the like. ^_^ If there's anything in that line you'd rather not get, just let me know.