Okay, so as I've already told some of you, I'm finally unloading a bunch of things--primarily knitting and beading stuff, and some BPAL. I was originally planning to go through more normal channels for such things, but given the interest some people showed, I was persuaded to post things here first ( Read more... )

That's quite an update.

I have to keep reminding myself that (most of) these are going to be around forever, or at least for a while. So it's okay that I can't afford to buy any now: they'll still be there later. Not like I really need any more BPAL, anyway. (Can you tell I have a whole internal dialogue going on here? Admire my restraint ( Read more... )

I can resist the Lunacy. (Yes, I can. Shut up.)

I cannot resist the Chaos Theory (I mean, strange attractors? That's like a third of my research!), or the Et lux, fuit (I am a sucker for amber, heliotrope, ylang ylang, and lemon in general, so there's no way I could let this one slip). Happily, they will both be around for a couple more months, ( Read more... )

Friday I got an order that I had, er, actually forgotten about. (In my defense, early April was the craziest time of a crazy semester. I don't remember much of anything from back then.) It's two 5ml: Frumious Bandersnatch--which I briefly tried yesterday, and loved, but will have to test more thoroughly--and Cheshire Cat, which I'm wearing now ( Read more... )

So, I was all proud of myself at the March Lunacy update, because I only ordered a decanted imp of Monster Bait: Closet. Such restraint! I was a paragon. I told myself that I could always order a whole bottle if it really knocked my socks off, since the Monster Baits were up until the beginning of May, and lab shipping times were so short nowadays ( Read more... )

I placed an order on Monday. (I knew I'd successfully resist the Lunacy update. Which I did, unless you count getting in on a decant circle for a single imp of Monster Bait: Closet, which I totally don't.)

I just got the CNS.

Whoa. Especially considering the massive, Mercury-screwed update yesterday, that is damned fast.

Oh, so pretty! I'm especially fond of the Phoenix one.

::remember Dresden, remember Dresden::
::sighs wistfully::

Repeat to self: "I do not need any of the new Maelstrom scents. Especially not Montresor or The Masque. I have much more important things to save my money for, and plenty of lovely scents to keep me company in the meantime ( Read more... )

Blahblah busy omg so behind blah so much reading blah exhausted too many things going on at once blah-ditty-blah-blah ( Read more... )

Woo!
Ahem. Sorry, I just got a little excited.

Very, very quick first impressions based solely on sniffing the bottles (and remember, I suck at these--I don't do the "fine connoisseur" style reviews, because my nose is just a nose and not a finely-tuned sophisticated instrument of sniffery):
( Scent report: First impressions matter! )