Offered: Perfume Oils (BPAL of the Month)
Offer: Once a month for 12 months, I will send you a small package of Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab oils and related stores' (BP Trading Post, Twilight Alchemy Lab) oils and paraphernalia.
From the site:
"With the exception of our honey products, BPAL perfumes are vegan. Our 'civet' and 'ambergris' are bouquets, and thus, are composite scents created from plant-derived perfume oils combined to best approximate the scent. Black Phoenix is entirely cruelty-free, as our four dogs, many fish, and resident cat will attest."
Perfume oils contain from 15-80% perfume oil, the most perfume oil of any scent product from Eau fraiche to "perfume" itself. As someone allergic to alcohol, I find the BPAL line one of the few I can use consistently.
The monthly packages will consist of no less than 6 general catalog "imps" (testing-sized vials) and one l limited edition imp with no repeats. There will be extra "goodies" in every package, which might include soap samples, other bath and beauty products, candy, tea, bookmarks, other perfume oils and the kitchen sink (i.e. whatever I can think of, especially if I know you might like it). I will accept overseas (outside the continental U.S.) bids for this, but expect a smaller, more limited package because of shipping and customs constraints and costs. U.S. bidders can expect something fat and fun every month!
I will accept a list of your "like" and "dislike" scents (and other likes and dislikes) and other allergies, but also ask that you keep as open a scent mind as possible. BPAL oils are blended and, for example, saying you don't like "rose" scents doesn't take into account all the varieties of rose that BPAL uses. It also doesn't account for the fact that just because a component is listed in the blend, the oil itself might not end up predominantly smelling like that note. You'll have more fun with this if you keep your scent options open.
If a package goes missing over the course of the year, I will make a double package for the next month. Also, if you tell me your birthday and what you're really into after testing some samples, I'll be sure to make that month's package extra special.
Do not bid if you have multiple allergies, are overly sensitive to smells, or have an extremely limited list of scent "likes". If you are overseas, do not bid if you know your country regularly patrols and prohibits "cosmetic samples" or has high customs charges - it's up to you to know your country's rules and communicate them to me, and if two packages go missing in short order, I would like to renegotiate to a one-time delivery. I hate to discourage overseas bidders, but it can be tricky-to-impossible to get oils delivered to you from the U.S. Basically, I'm game and will go the extra mile for overseas bidders, if those bidders are willing to do the same.
Contact: My email is in my user info.
Delivery: Once a month for 12 months. Winning bidder determines the start month.
Minimum bid: $120 - I know it's high, but that's really $10/month to start, and a 6-pack of imps from the Lab are $19.00. Packages will be worth far more than $10. If you want to purchase this for someone else and gift it to them, that's fine with me, as are multiple pay-ers for one person, as long as total receipts equal the final bid. Sold to heeroluva for $190 and an extra single month to eldritchhobbit for $16.
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