I finished these a little while ago, but the Yule update made me realize I hadn't posted this.

Creepy 2009 (BPAL): A return of 2006's Ridiculous Scent! As creepy as Spooky was spooky, this is the scent of butterscotch-kissed, caramel-smothered red apples spiked with a blast of coconut rum

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Taurus: This would be an excellent time for you to learn how to brew your own beer or build your own telescope or teach yourself how to operate a forklift. Your ability to master practical new skills is at a peak, and your need to develop more self-reliance is more pressing than usual. Once you raise your confidence levels, you might even move on ( Read more... )

Villainess imp reviews are going to come to stop here as my last bag of untried imps (Antihero, Bathroy, Friction, Malsala, Xia) disappeared from my desk at work during this past week. I'm still not very okay with this, but you live and you learn. And yet get on with finishing up other things to test, like my finally powering The Garden Bath's ( Read more... )

Grundy (Villainess): Swamp moss and fresh-turned earth with a ruthless heart of vetiver, and a distinguished splash of bay rum.

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Arsenic & Lace (Villainess): One of our very first blends. Sweet black cherry tarts with warm, clinging honeymusk and a soft wisp of old-fashioned perfume - roses, honeysuckle, gardenia and chamomile.

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Taurus: Let's say you're listening to your favorite band on a stereo system. There is a place between the two speakers where you will hear the two streams of music blend perfectly, exactly as the sound engineer intended. This place is called the sweet spot. If you play tennis or baseball, you know about another version of the term "sweet spot." It' ( Read more... )

1. I've been putting off testing the last lot of my Fairy'd packages from sinandsalvation for a while. I finally got myself to go through three yesterday, but the others may wait until I'm testing the BPAL Halloween/Samhain releases. I really, really cannot wait for the autumnal scents to arrive. Well, except that also...

2. My huge Villainess decant package ( Read more... )

1. My Glamourkin package of these pendants arrived today, with an awesome surprise Glamourtini in it. I was surprised to see this set arrive before my Elemental one, but I was so excited when I started shifting through bags on my work desk! I love these little pieces so very, very, very much. I can't wait to start wearing them tomorrow. You've out ( Read more... )

I. Hillary Duff's Come Clean is stuck in my head, since Bauhaus was blaring it as I walked by on the way home tonight. I have an endless barrage of memories like this. Today the scent of grapes, the swing of my bag, the sound of my book, and Hillary's voice blended against the steps and cars.

I'm still humming it.

I'm coming clean ( Read more... )

During the last, oh, forty-eight hours.

1. I talk a lot about how I buy fruit on the side of the street while walking home and not so frequently about how really everything in the world can be purchased this way. Monday after noon I was walking by the place I bought the Practice Magic shirt from, and spotted that they had two gorgeous skirts on ( Read more... )