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 $3.25 within the US (includes DC). Please buy at least $8.00 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 label condition is a concern for any items, please let me know in your request. 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.
FOR MY INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: I will ship internationally, but please contact me for a quote. Since USPS has decided to raise its international rates so high, I've decided to offer two shipping options: One is for my usual sort of package, where I've added candies, teas, and other little extras. The other is for a package pared down to just the purchased items plus requested free sniffy. My free sniffies vary somewhat in weight; I'll let you know if the one you pick is heavier than the usual. I'll give you the total for each option and the difference between the two, so that you can decide whether you'd prefer the shipping savings or the extras.
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. 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. Of course I can also provide pictures of labels, if you want to see what state those are in.
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, w/pitch card), $21.50
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
Aremata Popoa (32mm w/dip, full), $18.00
Avenger (24mm, 4/5ths full), $20.00
Beaver Moon '07 (33mm, full into neck), $17.00
Blackbear Moon (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Black Heart (30mm, full to shoulder), $26.00
Blooming Rose (31mm, full), $22.00
Butter Rum Cookie (33mm, full into neck), $20.00
Candied Pumpkin (32mm, full to neck), $21.00
Changing the Shadows (30mm, full to shoulder), $19.00
Chanukkiyah '07 (32mm w/dip, full), $
Cherokee Rose SN (32mm, full to neck), $27.00
Countess Willie (32mm, full to neck), $25.00
Couple Engaged in Lovemaking (31mm, full), $22.00
Dessicated Frostberry Pie Filling (32mm, full to neck), $21.00
E Pluribus Unum (28mm, 2mm under the shoulder), $14.00
Feast for the Greatly Revered Ones (32mm w/dip, full), $16.50
Flower Moon '05 (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder, cobalt bottle), $17.00
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
Golden Wave (34mm, very full, LE release), $18.00
Goliath Birdwing (18mm, just under 2/3 full), $10.00
Großvater Tanz (29mm, full to barely under shoulder), $18.00
Ho Ho Ho (32mm, full to neck), $20.00
Hot Buttered Rum (31mm, full), $20.00
An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women (31mm, full), $19.00
In Winter In My Room (31mm, full), $16.50
You-Know-What Galbanum SN (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Kajuraho '06 (original release w/Kajurajo label, 32mm, full to neck), $15.00
Kypris (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Lilith vs. the Giant Crab (30mm, full to shoulder), $16.50
Litha '06 (27mm, 9/10 full), $14.00
Little Flora (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Mabon '10 (34mm, very full), $19.00
Mahana (31mm, full), $
Maison en Pain d'Épices (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Marae (28mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $17.00
Metal Tiger (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $17.00
Mlle. Lilith, Fortune Teller (32mm w/dip, full), $18.00
Moon of Small Spirits (30mm, full to shoulder), $17.00
Mother Shub's Pfancy Pfefferneusse (32mm w/dip, full), $17.00
Mrs. Grose (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Nabby Gardner's Holiday Globules (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Pahoehoe (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $18.00
Passion Butterfly (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Poisson d'Avril '12 (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Pomegranate III (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Pumpkin I '08 (28mm, full to top of label), $16.50
Pumpkin V '09 (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Pumpkin Masala Rooibos (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Rangoon Riptide (original LE release, 29mm, full almost to shoulder), $17.00
Red Tide (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $18.00
Snowy Mountain and Kingfisher (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
The Spell of Amorous Love (32mm w/dip, full), $25.00
Suck It '09 (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $19.00
Sweet Lavinia's Risalamande (20mm, 2/3 full), $14.00
Tanuki no Yudachi (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $21.00
Te Po (32mm w/dip, full), $18.00
Two-Barred Flasher (30mm w/dip, full to barely below shoulder), $19.00
Vasakasajja (24mm, about 80% full), $15.00
The Vine (35mm, very full), $22.00
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
Wezwanie/Hold (33mm, full into neck), $27.00
Whoop (31mm, full), $19.00
Young Pine Saplings (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $22.00
Swaps --
Forever is Mercy Built (32mm w/dip, full)
Bottles -- GC
Aizen-Myoo (32mm, full to neck, older label), $16.00
Eden (32mm w/dip, full), $16.00
Lampades (34mm, very full), $16.00
The Zieba Tree (32mm, full to neck), $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.
Bakunawa, $4.50
Batty, $3.25
Chaos Theory 3 - MCCLIV (1254) (no reviews, I get rum, fruit and light florals), $3.00
The Ecstasy of Passion, $6.00
Fairy Bites, $4.00
Garden Path with Chickens, $5.00
L'Eau de la Passion (1-2oz decant), $4.50
L'Essence de la Passion, $3.50
Mitzvah, $6.00
Narrow Opening (1/2 decant), $1.50
Noche Buena x2 (a '07 and a '10), $3.25 each
An Omen of Good Fortune (1/2 decant), $1.50
Öndurdis, $3.25
Red Velvet Truffle, $6.00
Ruddy Daggerwing, $3.25
Sanctus, $4.00
Sparkling Apple Cider, $4.50
Tissue, $4.00
Imps -- GC, $2.00 or 7 for $10.00
Absinthe
Athens
Bathsheba
Black Phoenix
Bon Vivant
Chaotic
Death on a Pale Horse
Debauchery
Djinn
Dorian x2
Dracul
Egle
Evil
Gaueko
Grand Guignol
The Great Sword of War
Greed
Hairy Toad Lily
Intrigue
Kitsune-Tsuki
Laudanum
Libertine
Lolita
The Lotus Tree
Love in Idleness
Ogun
Ogygia
Uruk
Velvet
Veritas
Voodoo Lily
Wicked
Wolfsbane x2
Wrath
Ya-Te-Vo
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.
Joy (LE), $1.50
"A blend of bubbly champagne and hard apple cider with sugar, creamy caramel, marshmallows, French cognac and white musk."
Namaka (decant), $1.50
"Coconut, vanilla bean, rice milk, golden amber, watermelon, banana leaf, aged patchouli, and lemongrass."
Sturm und Drang (decant), $1.50
"Big bold candy grapes face off with an ecstatic blend of apricot, caramel, sugary coffee, three rich ambers, and a pinch of dark patchouli."
Cobalt Blends:
Juliet of the Spirits (5ml DC, 30mm, full to shoulder), $12.00
"Top notes of sweet violet and black raspberry, blended with herbs and a base of Egyptian musk."
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."
Morrigan, $1.50
"Smoky amber, white narcissus and bloody rose blossoms wilt in the night air."
Sarabba Sulawesi (5ml, 32mm, full to neck), $16.50
"The fire of Indonesian ginger is ignited with white peppercorns then quenched with sugared coconut milk."
A Strychnine Kiss (5ml, 27mm, full to just below top of label), $13.00
"Sparkling pomegranate wine, white patchouli, vanilla musk, pink gardenia and amber incense."
Te Ubesc (LE), $1.50
"Dog rose, cherry bark and mandrake compounded in a base of vanilla bean, tonka, witchgrass and sweet myrrh resin."
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."
Parkin (LE), $1.50
"Glorious ginger cakes celebrating Guy Fawkes Day! Brown sugar, black treacle, oats, a peculiar blend of white spices tossed with chopped roasted chestnuts and coated with the lightest of icings."
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 Fruitcake (5ml LE, 30mm, full to shoulder), $14.00
"Dried cherries, pineapple, yellow cake soaked in Brandy."
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."
Inspiration (2ml sample), $3.00
"Vanilla Sugar FO, Berries FO, Opiana FO and Tonka Bean EO."
Something Different (5ml, 21mm, full to just below TOL), $14.00
"Apricot FO, Sweet Currant FO, Caramel FO, Warm Woods EO's, Buttercream FO and Black Patchouli EO."
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."
Mara Fox - Love Potion Perfumery:
Sugared Hazelnuts, $1.50
As the name says!
Nocturne Alchemy/VApothecary:
Bastet's Warm Buttered Choco-Rum (LE), $1.50
Couldn't find a notes list for this one. In the vial it smells as the name describes, with a hint of ... banana possibly?
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."
Coconut Kh'aramel Ma'athiato (5ml LE, 30mm, full to shoulder), $15.00
"Coconut Milk, Egyptian Espresso, Frothy Milk, a dapple of Vanilla creamer and a rich plop of
butterscotchy caramel goodness."
Egyptian Black Raspberry (5ml, 33mm, full into neck), $14.00
"Egyptian Black Raspberry with the subtlety of vanilla and fig."
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."
Hathor's Cherry Pomegranate Tea (5ml LE, 31mm, full), $15.00
"Cassis, Pomegranate, White Tea, Cherry, Iris and Hathor's Summer-time Blessing."
Hathor's Creamy Vanilla Almond & Chestnut Tea (5ml LE, 23mm w/neck at 30mm, about 4/5 full), $11.50
"Ginger, Creamy imported Vanilla Pod essence, Roasted Chestnut, Sweet Almond, a touch of White Cinnamon, Black Tea and Egyptian Amber Musk."
Hathor's Pomegranate Wine (5ml LE, 35mm, very full), $15.00
"Egyptian Amber Musk, Dark plump Pomegranate Seeds intertwined with Merlot, Cabernet and rich blackberry Shiraz Wines."
Memphis, $1.50
"Sandalwood, Spicy Berries, Egyptian Musk, Citrus and Heliotrope."
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."
NA Spa: Egyptian Bergamot & Nile Grapefruit (5ml LE, 28mm, full to just below shoulder), $15.00
"Egyptian Bergamot, Nile Grapefruit Essential oil, Persian Myrrh Resin and Egyptian Tea Resin."
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)"
Queen Dreams (5ml LE, 31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $15.00
"Elderberry, Papaya, Nokturne:Sapphire, White Strawberry, Toasted Coconut, Coconut Cream, Soft Egyptian Market Spices and Mango Flesh drizzled in NA's deep and rich Egyptian Black Honey."
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."
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."
The Girls Love a Good Posset (decant), $1.50
"Oh so sweet, the honey and the pastry cream. This is the best French pastry cream, so buttery and makes love to your tongue. This is the stuff you find under those excellent plums, a thin coating of heavenly custard. Characteristics: sweet, foody, candy, bakery, feminine."
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."
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."
Nevada - HEAT (5ml, 28mm w/neck at 31mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $9.00
"Supersweet vanilla grabs a sassy orange/citrus for a fast ride through the desert at sunset. Resins drip into and out of the blend, and a blast of spice comes from nowhere to tie it all together. USA, spicy resin, long lasting."
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!"
Opulentia (5ml LE Retour, 34mm, very full), $9.50
"Peach and carnation, a bit of crystal musk and a very small amount of ginger (just to mellow this out and not to play anything like a major role in it). A scrumptiously beautiful blend, plush and opulent but still right for a bit of play. I was thinking of the goddess of all good things when I mixed this one up."
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."
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."
Strawberry Heart (5ml, 32mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Scrumptious strawberry untrammeled by anything other than the most perfect of vanillas. Other people dip their berries in chocolate, let them, we have found the ultimate in indulgence."
Sunshine in a Bottle - California (5ml, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Golden, sunny citrus and honey. A small desert flower blooms but way in the distance, and you have to admit that this really is a beautiful place. Much more honeyed than floral, unbelievably pretty (but a man could get away with wearing it). It's like an American Chypre with the orange and sunny parts of the resins."
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."
Starring Fragrances:
Villainess (10ml, about 1/2 full), $11.00
"She schemes and plots in her den of black vanilla beans, Tonka vanilla and whispered rumors of resinous sultry sugar!"
Super Bad:
Devil's Snack Cakes (10ml opaque roller bottle, used twice cleanly since purchase), $9.50
"Honey cakes, caramel and toasted almonds."
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), $1.00
Miss Behaving (10ml roller bottle, 46mm w/neck at 54mm), $9.50
"Wildflower honey infused with vanilla beans."
Queen of Broken Hearts, $1.50
"Rose and sweet confections."
Villainess:
Blood (decant), $1.50
"A full-bodied spiced Merlot grounded in dry fig and inspired by a ripe bouquet of berries."
Krakatoa (5ml ampoule, level is 1-2mm below website pics), $14.00
"Flashes of exotic foliage - coconut, banana, papaya, dewfruit, mango - amidst slightly more domestic fruits - nectarine, red apple, peach, plums, pears, and raspberries - and an explosive burst of citrus - mandarin orange, pineapple, lemon, and tangerine.To ground our island paradise? A light musk, salted driftwood, sugar cane, and dry sandalwood."
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."
Dr. Zomg's Renovative Cherry Bitters, $1.50
"Dr. Zomg's favorite … she makes hers with sweet cherry fruit, bitter cherry pits, grapefruit rind, galangal root, geranium leaf, grains of paradise, and brandy."
Haydee, $1.50
"Turkish coffee, golden raisins, the warm, spiced residue of sweet resin on her incense burner... and a faint hint of the Count himself lingering in her chambers."
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."
Marmalade Tabby (5ml, 28mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $14.00
"By 'the distilled essence of helpless doofy affection' we actually mean sweet orange and peach, fuzzy musk, sweetroll accord, and a dab of caramel sauce right on the nose AWWW NOSE, WHO'S GOT A LITTLE KITTYNOSE ON A LITTLE KITTYFACE? YOU DO!"
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."
Yellowcake Uranium (5ml LE, 40mm, extremely full), $15.00
"It's a supple lemon-curdy lemon cake, with a bit of black tea and some Slavic spice to make it feel at home: pitchblende was first identified in what's now the Czech Republic."
NON-PERFUME ITEMS:
SCENT BOTTLE PENDANT: I bought a unakite and sterling silver scent bottle pendant from Offerings Jewelry some months ago, but I've never worn it. It's 3 inches (7.5cm) from the top of the bail to the bottom tip of the bottle. Here are pics of it: Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3. The other stones are a moonstone and a mother-of-pearl flower with a peridot center. Offering's stamp "sajen" and a sterling silver stamp show on the back band. The sterling cap is a little loose, but the unakite cap fits snugly.
I paid $50 originally. For that price, I'll include a necklace to wear it on, either a sterling snake chain or a beaded strand of my own creation to match, design details to be worked out with the purchaser, plus a set of matching earrings! I can also include the pendant, with or without necklace, in a swap or swap/sale. PM me or email karihan (dot) chris (at) gmail (dot) com if you're interested, and feel free to ask questions!
Sniffies -- one free per purchase, first ask first served. BPAL/BPTP: #20 Love Oil, Aeval, Bliss, Castitas bath oil, Cthulhu, Darkness, Dia, Donna con Ventaglio, Dove's Heart, Dragon's Eye, Eclipse, El Dia de Reyes, Envy, The Grave-Pig, Horreur Sympathique, Kathmandu, Kill-Devil, Mead Moon, Mommy Fortuna, Mourning Cloak, Paramatman, Pomegranate II, PX117, Queen, Redoul Honey, Suspiro, Tamora, Thanatos, 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster, Vice, Whitechapel, Yew Trees. Arcana: Grasshopper, Three Bears. Conjure Oils: Blood Type A. Haus of Gloi: Sanctum. HaEE: Breakfast in Bed. Mara Fox: Love Potion Perfume. Nocturne Alchemy/VApothecary: Amber Sun: Diurnal, Eternal Alexandria. Possets: Fluoxetine, Friction, Infinite Sky Montana, Mania, Perpetual Motion Machine, Puce, Sweet New England (Vermont). Super Bad: Calendar Girl, Summer Blondes. 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.
Golden Apple of the Sun, Pride of Wisdom, and Thalia bottles; Cupid Complaining to Venus, Ghosts in Love, Poisson d'Avril '12, Sonnet d'Automne, Dance of Death, The Death-Horse, Kali, Kubla Khan, Kurukulla, Nanshe, Queen of Sheba, Rose Cross, Sacred Whore of Babylon, Santa Eularia Des Riu, Sed Non Satiata, Sheol, Ulalume, and Whoso List to Hunt - sold to theredshoes on bpal.org
Molly Grue bottle - sold to atalanta pendrag
Snow Maiden bottle - sold to paperdhall
Ae. Albopictus, Tin Foil Hat, Aperotos Eros, Magus, and Zombi - sold to lotusblue
Dark Chocolate and Cherry, Pink Phoenix and The Girls Love Chocolate bottles, plus Rich Vanilla - sold to krissy_emme
Alien Invasion and Irrelevant and Disturbing Surreal Crawdad Dream - sold to cherryice
Champagne and Party Hats bottle and Reindeer Poop - sold to myearthquakes
Leo '07 bottle - swapped to ashmedai
Black Cherry Amaretto Christmas Puddin', Strawberry Moon '09, Apricot Kobalt, and Raspberry Kobalt bottles; The Panties of Ptah, Mango in the Bathtub and Cornucopia - sold to soapysophielove
A Countenance Forboding Evil, Czernobog, Fire for Thy Stepmother's Daughters, Florence, Grandmother of Ghosts, Jezebel, Jolly Roger, Love Lies Bleeding, Queen Alice, Rakshasa, Shango, Sloth, Squirting Cucumber, and Undertow - sold to sapphire_wolf
Block Buster, Eat Me, Florence, Follow Me Boy, Kabuki, Lust, and No. 93 Engine - sold to Ellisa on FB
Velvet Pink Kitty bottle - swapped to sresla
Sangria Champagne bottle - sold to moons_storm
Plastic Pink Flamingo and MVJBA Spring Training bottles - swapped/sold to alshneato
Asp Viper bottle - sold to starblindpow
La Befana bottle and Reason - sold to moreteawesssley
Vermillion Bird bottle - swapped to craftacular
Wiley Grasser bottle - swapped to absinthetics
Hermia bottle - sold to nympha_nox
Detestable Putrescence bottle - swapped to finefocus
Manners Among Men and Women in the Red Light District and Tamamo no Mae bottles - sold to kuroneko
El Loro, Watcher and Fright Night bottles, Honrar a los Muertos and Sagebrush and Honey-Arizona - swapped to agameofthree
Dark Chocolate and Key Lime Truffle, Milk Chocolate and Matcha Green Tea Ganache Truffle and Ra's Chocolate Chai bottles, Entangled, Slaugh, Sphinx, Frolic and Sugar Puss - sold to quetzall
Pumpkin V '12 bottle - swapped to zankoku_zen
Cheshire Moon bottle, Spider and Yorick - sold to middagen
Pink Lace bottle - sold to rawgirl75
Zarita the Doll Girl bottle - sold to myearthquakes
Devil's Trumpet bottle, Beer from the Marsh Woman's Brewery and Eat Me - sold to myswtghst
Autumn Moon of the Mirror Stand bottle and Gobo - sold to zamonin
Sex in Heaven bottle, Dancing in the Boneyard, Damballa, Decadence and The White Feather - sold to softlywhispered
Blood Orange Marshmallow bottle - sold to soapysophielove
Rum-Soaked French Tonka bottle and Cadmium Red - sold to jules_hoshihito
Bat of Virtue bottle - sold to ttlarue
Previous sales posts: 08/13/12-11/30/12, 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 $3.25 within the US (includes DC). Please buy at least $8.00 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 label condition is a concern for any items, please let me know in your request. 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.
FOR MY INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS: I will ship internationally, but please contact me for a quote. Since USPS has decided to raise its international rates so high, I've decided to offer two shipping options: One is for my usual sort of package, where I've added candies, teas, and other little extras. The other is for a package pared down to just the purchased items plus requested free sniffy. My free sniffies vary somewhat in weight; I'll let you know if the one you pick is heavier than the usual. I'll give you the total for each option and the difference between the two, so that you can decide whether you'd prefer the shipping savings or the extras.
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. 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. Of course I can also provide pictures of labels, if you want to see what state those are in.
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, w/pitch card), $21.50
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
Aremata Popoa (32mm w/dip, full), $18.00
Avenger (24mm, 4/5ths full), $20.00
Beaver Moon '07 (33mm, full into neck), $17.00
Blackbear Moon (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Black Heart (30mm, full to shoulder), $26.00
Blooming Rose (31mm, full), $22.00
Butter Rum Cookie (33mm, full into neck), $20.00
Candied Pumpkin (32mm, full to neck), $21.00
Changing the Shadows (30mm, full to shoulder), $19.00
Chanukkiyah '07 (32mm w/dip, full), $
Cherokee Rose SN (32mm, full to neck), $27.00
Countess Willie (32mm, full to neck), $25.00
Couple Engaged in Lovemaking (31mm, full), $22.00
Dessicated Frostberry Pie Filling (32mm, full to neck), $21.00
E Pluribus Unum (28mm, 2mm under the shoulder), $14.00
Feast for the Greatly Revered Ones (32mm w/dip, full), $16.50
Flower Moon '05 (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder, cobalt bottle), $17.00
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
Golden Wave (34mm, very full, LE release), $18.00
Goliath Birdwing (18mm, just under 2/3 full), $10.00
Großvater Tanz (29mm, full to barely under shoulder), $18.00
Ho Ho Ho (32mm, full to neck), $20.00
Hot Buttered Rum (31mm, full), $20.00
An Incubus Leaving Two Sleeping Women (31mm, full), $19.00
In Winter In My Room (31mm, full), $16.50
You-Know-What Galbanum SN (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Kajuraho '06 (original release w/Kajurajo label, 32mm, full to neck), $15.00
Kypris (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Lilith vs. the Giant Crab (30mm, full to shoulder), $16.50
Litha '06 (27mm, 9/10 full), $14.00
Little Flora (32mm, full to neck), $22.00
Mabon '10 (34mm, very full), $19.00
Mahana (31mm, full), $
Maison en Pain d'Épices (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Marae (28mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $17.00
Metal Tiger (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $17.00
Mlle. Lilith, Fortune Teller (32mm w/dip, full), $18.00
Moon of Small Spirits (30mm, full to shoulder), $17.00
Mother Shub's Pfancy Pfefferneusse (32mm w/dip, full), $17.00
Mrs. Grose (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Nabby Gardner's Holiday Globules (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
Pahoehoe (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $18.00
Passion Butterfly (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Poisson d'Avril '12 (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Pomegranate III (28mm, full to top of label), $18.00
Pumpkin I '08 (28mm, full to top of label), $16.50
Pumpkin V '09 (32mm w/dip, full), $19.00
Pumpkin Masala Rooibos (32mm, full to neck), $19.00
Rangoon Riptide (original LE release, 29mm, full almost to shoulder), $17.00
Red Tide (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $18.00
Snowy Mountain and Kingfisher (32mm w/dip, full), $22.00
The Spell of Amorous Love (32mm w/dip, full), $25.00
Suck It '09 (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $19.00
Sweet Lavinia's Risalamande (20mm, 2/3 full), $14.00
Tanuki no Yudachi (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $21.00
Te Po (32mm w/dip, full), $18.00
Two-Barred Flasher (30mm w/dip, full to barely below shoulder), $19.00
Vasakasajja (24mm, about 80% full), $15.00
The Vine (35mm, very full), $22.00
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
Wezwanie/Hold (33mm, full into neck), $27.00
Whoop (31mm, full), $19.00
Young Pine Saplings (31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $22.00
Swaps --
Forever is Mercy Built (32mm w/dip, full)
Bottles -- GC
Aizen-Myoo (32mm, full to neck, older label), $16.00
Eden (32mm w/dip, full), $16.00
Lampades (34mm, very full), $16.00
The Zieba Tree (32mm, full to neck), $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.
Bakunawa, $4.50
Batty, $3.25
Chaos Theory 3 - MCCLIV (1254) (no reviews, I get rum, fruit and light florals), $3.00
The Ecstasy of Passion, $6.00
Fairy Bites, $4.00
Garden Path with Chickens, $5.00
L'Eau de la Passion (1-2oz decant), $4.50
L'Essence de la Passion, $3.50
Mitzvah, $6.00
Narrow Opening (1/2 decant), $1.50
Noche Buena x2 (a '07 and a '10), $3.25 each
An Omen of Good Fortune (1/2 decant), $1.50
Öndurdis, $3.25
Red Velvet Truffle, $6.00
Ruddy Daggerwing, $3.25
Sanctus, $4.00
Sparkling Apple Cider, $4.50
Tissue, $4.00
Imps -- GC, $2.00 or 7 for $10.00
Absinthe
Athens
Bathsheba
Black Phoenix
Bon Vivant
Chaotic
Death on a Pale Horse
Debauchery
Djinn
Dorian x2
Dracul
Egle
Evil
Gaueko
Grand Guignol
The Great Sword of War
Greed
Hairy Toad Lily
Intrigue
Kitsune-Tsuki
Laudanum
Libertine
Lolita
The Lotus Tree
Love in Idleness
Ogun
Ogygia
Uruk
Velvet
Veritas
Voodoo Lily
Wicked
Wolfsbane x2
Wrath
Ya-Te-Vo
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.
Joy (LE), $1.50
"A blend of bubbly champagne and hard apple cider with sugar, creamy caramel, marshmallows, French cognac and white musk."
Namaka (decant), $1.50
"Coconut, vanilla bean, rice milk, golden amber, watermelon, banana leaf, aged patchouli, and lemongrass."
Sturm und Drang (decant), $1.50
"Big bold candy grapes face off with an ecstatic blend of apricot, caramel, sugary coffee, three rich ambers, and a pinch of dark patchouli."
Cobalt Blends:
Juliet of the Spirits (5ml DC, 30mm, full to shoulder), $12.00
"Top notes of sweet violet and black raspberry, blended with herbs and a base of Egyptian musk."
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."
Morrigan, $1.50
"Smoky amber, white narcissus and bloody rose blossoms wilt in the night air."
Sarabba Sulawesi (5ml, 32mm, full to neck), $16.50
"The fire of Indonesian ginger is ignited with white peppercorns then quenched with sugared coconut milk."
A Strychnine Kiss (5ml, 27mm, full to just below top of label), $13.00
"Sparkling pomegranate wine, white patchouli, vanilla musk, pink gardenia and amber incense."
Te Ubesc (LE), $1.50
"Dog rose, cherry bark and mandrake compounded in a base of vanilla bean, tonka, witchgrass and sweet myrrh resin."
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."
Parkin (LE), $1.50
"Glorious ginger cakes celebrating Guy Fawkes Day! Brown sugar, black treacle, oats, a peculiar blend of white spices tossed with chopped roasted chestnuts and coated with the lightest of icings."
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 Fruitcake (5ml LE, 30mm, full to shoulder), $14.00
"Dried cherries, pineapple, yellow cake soaked in Brandy."
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."
Inspiration (2ml sample), $3.00
"Vanilla Sugar FO, Berries FO, Opiana FO and Tonka Bean EO."
Something Different (5ml, 21mm, full to just below TOL), $14.00
"Apricot FO, Sweet Currant FO, Caramel FO, Warm Woods EO's, Buttercream FO and Black Patchouli EO."
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."
Mara Fox - Love Potion Perfumery:
Sugared Hazelnuts, $1.50
As the name says!
Nocturne Alchemy/VApothecary:
Bastet's Warm Buttered Choco-Rum (LE), $1.50
Couldn't find a notes list for this one. In the vial it smells as the name describes, with a hint of ... banana possibly?
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."
Coconut Kh'aramel Ma'athiato (5ml LE, 30mm, full to shoulder), $15.00
"Coconut Milk, Egyptian Espresso, Frothy Milk, a dapple of Vanilla creamer and a rich plop of
butterscotchy caramel goodness."
Egyptian Black Raspberry (5ml, 33mm, full into neck), $14.00
"Egyptian Black Raspberry with the subtlety of vanilla and fig."
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."
Hathor's Cherry Pomegranate Tea (5ml LE, 31mm, full), $15.00
"Cassis, Pomegranate, White Tea, Cherry, Iris and Hathor's Summer-time Blessing."
Hathor's Creamy Vanilla Almond & Chestnut Tea (5ml LE, 23mm w/neck at 30mm, about 4/5 full), $11.50
"Ginger, Creamy imported Vanilla Pod essence, Roasted Chestnut, Sweet Almond, a touch of White Cinnamon, Black Tea and Egyptian Amber Musk."
Hathor's Pomegranate Wine (5ml LE, 35mm, very full), $15.00
"Egyptian Amber Musk, Dark plump Pomegranate Seeds intertwined with Merlot, Cabernet and rich blackberry Shiraz Wines."
Memphis, $1.50
"Sandalwood, Spicy Berries, Egyptian Musk, Citrus and Heliotrope."
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."
NA Spa: Egyptian Bergamot & Nile Grapefruit (5ml LE, 28mm, full to just below shoulder), $15.00
"Egyptian Bergamot, Nile Grapefruit Essential oil, Persian Myrrh Resin and Egyptian Tea Resin."
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)"
Queen Dreams (5ml LE, 31mm w/dip, full to shoulder), $15.00
"Elderberry, Papaya, Nokturne:Sapphire, White Strawberry, Toasted Coconut, Coconut Cream, Soft Egyptian Market Spices and Mango Flesh drizzled in NA's deep and rich Egyptian Black Honey."
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."
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."
The Girls Love a Good Posset (decant), $1.50
"Oh so sweet, the honey and the pastry cream. This is the best French pastry cream, so buttery and makes love to your tongue. This is the stuff you find under those excellent plums, a thin coating of heavenly custard. Characteristics: sweet, foody, candy, bakery, feminine."
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."
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."
Nevada - HEAT (5ml, 28mm w/neck at 31mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $9.00
"Supersweet vanilla grabs a sassy orange/citrus for a fast ride through the desert at sunset. Resins drip into and out of the blend, and a blast of spice comes from nowhere to tie it all together. USA, spicy resin, long lasting."
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!"
Opulentia (5ml LE Retour, 34mm, very full), $9.50
"Peach and carnation, a bit of crystal musk and a very small amount of ginger (just to mellow this out and not to play anything like a major role in it). A scrumptiously beautiful blend, plush and opulent but still right for a bit of play. I was thinking of the goddess of all good things when I mixed this one up."
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."
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."
Strawberry Heart (5ml, 32mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Scrumptious strawberry untrammeled by anything other than the most perfect of vanillas. Other people dip their berries in chocolate, let them, we have found the ultimate in indulgence."
Sunshine in a Bottle - California (5ml, 31mm w/neck at 31mm, full to neck), $9.50
"Golden, sunny citrus and honey. A small desert flower blooms but way in the distance, and you have to admit that this really is a beautiful place. Much more honeyed than floral, unbelievably pretty (but a man could get away with wearing it). It's like an American Chypre with the orange and sunny parts of the resins."
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."
Starring Fragrances:
Villainess (10ml, about 1/2 full), $11.00
"She schemes and plots in her den of black vanilla beans, Tonka vanilla and whispered rumors of resinous sultry sugar!"
Super Bad:
Devil's Snack Cakes (10ml opaque roller bottle, used twice cleanly since purchase), $9.50
"Honey cakes, caramel and toasted almonds."
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), $1.00
Miss Behaving (10ml roller bottle, 46mm w/neck at 54mm), $9.50
"Wildflower honey infused with vanilla beans."
Queen of Broken Hearts, $1.50
"Rose and sweet confections."
Villainess:
Blood (decant), $1.50
"A full-bodied spiced Merlot grounded in dry fig and inspired by a ripe bouquet of berries."
Krakatoa (5ml ampoule, level is 1-2mm below website pics), $14.00
"Flashes of exotic foliage - coconut, banana, papaya, dewfruit, mango - amidst slightly more domestic fruits - nectarine, red apple, peach, plums, pears, and raspberries - and an explosive burst of citrus - mandarin orange, pineapple, lemon, and tangerine.To ground our island paradise? A light musk, salted driftwood, sugar cane, and dry sandalwood."
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."
Dr. Zomg's Renovative Cherry Bitters, $1.50
"Dr. Zomg's favorite … she makes hers with sweet cherry fruit, bitter cherry pits, grapefruit rind, galangal root, geranium leaf, grains of paradise, and brandy."
Haydee, $1.50
"Turkish coffee, golden raisins, the warm, spiced residue of sweet resin on her incense burner... and a faint hint of the Count himself lingering in her chambers."
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."
Marmalade Tabby (5ml, 28mm, full to just shy of shoulder), $14.00
"By 'the distilled essence of helpless doofy affection' we actually mean sweet orange and peach, fuzzy musk, sweetroll accord, and a dab of caramel sauce right on the nose AWWW NOSE, WHO'S GOT A LITTLE KITTYNOSE ON A LITTLE KITTYFACE? YOU DO!"
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."
Yellowcake Uranium (5ml LE, 40mm, extremely full), $15.00
"It's a supple lemon-curdy lemon cake, with a bit of black tea and some Slavic spice to make it feel at home: pitchblende was first identified in what's now the Czech Republic."
NON-PERFUME ITEMS:
SCENT BOTTLE PENDANT: I bought a unakite and sterling silver scent bottle pendant from Offerings Jewelry some months ago, but I've never worn it. It's 3 inches (7.5cm) from the top of the bail to the bottom tip of the bottle. Here are pics of it: Pic 1, Pic 2, Pic 3. The other stones are a moonstone and a mother-of-pearl flower with a peridot center. Offering's stamp "sajen" and a sterling silver stamp show on the back band. The sterling cap is a little loose, but the unakite cap fits snugly.
I paid $50 originally. For that price, I'll include a necklace to wear it on, either a sterling snake chain or a beaded strand of my own creation to match, design details to be worked out with the purchaser, plus a set of matching earrings! I can also include the pendant, with or without necklace, in a swap or swap/sale. PM me or email karihan (dot) chris (at) gmail (dot) com if you're interested, and feel free to ask questions!
Sniffies -- one free per purchase, first ask first served. BPAL/BPTP: #20 Love Oil, Aeval, Bliss, Castitas bath oil, Cthulhu, Darkness, Dia, Donna con Ventaglio, Dove's Heart, Dragon's Eye, Eclipse, El Dia de Reyes, Envy, The Grave-Pig, Horreur Sympathique, Kathmandu, Kill-Devil, Mead Moon, Mommy Fortuna, Mourning Cloak, Paramatman, Pomegranate II, PX117, Queen, Redoul Honey, Suspiro, Tamora, Thanatos, 'Tis the Voice of the Lobster, Vice, Whitechapel, Yew Trees. Arcana: Grasshopper, Three Bears. Conjure Oils: Blood Type A. Haus of Gloi: Sanctum. HaEE: Breakfast in Bed. Mara Fox: Love Potion Perfume. Nocturne Alchemy/VApothecary: Amber Sun: Diurnal, Eternal Alexandria. Possets: Fluoxetine, Friction, Infinite Sky Montana, Mania, Perpetual Motion Machine, Puce, Sweet New England (Vermont). Super Bad: Calendar Girl, Summer Blondes. 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.
Golden Apple of the Sun, Pride of Wisdom, and Thalia bottles; Cupid Complaining to Venus, Ghosts in Love, Poisson d'Avril '12, Sonnet d'Automne, Dance of Death, The Death-Horse, Kali, Kubla Khan, Kurukulla, Nanshe, Queen of Sheba, Rose Cross, Sacred Whore of Babylon, Santa Eularia Des Riu, Sed Non Satiata, Sheol, Ulalume, and Whoso List to Hunt - sold to theredshoes on bpal.org
Molly Grue bottle - sold to atalanta pendrag
Snow Maiden bottle - sold to paperdhall
Ae. Albopictus, Tin Foil Hat, Aperotos Eros, Magus, and Zombi - sold to lotusblue
Dark Chocolate and Cherry, Pink Phoenix and The Girls Love Chocolate bottles, plus Rich Vanilla - sold to krissy_emme
Alien Invasion and Irrelevant and Disturbing Surreal Crawdad Dream - sold to cherryice
Champagne and Party Hats bottle and Reindeer Poop - sold to myearthquakes
Leo '07 bottle - swapped to ashmedai
Black Cherry Amaretto Christmas Puddin', Strawberry Moon '09, Apricot Kobalt, and Raspberry Kobalt bottles; The Panties of Ptah, Mango in the Bathtub and Cornucopia - sold to soapysophielove
A Countenance Forboding Evil, Czernobog, Fire for Thy Stepmother's Daughters, Florence, Grandmother of Ghosts, Jezebel, Jolly Roger, Love Lies Bleeding, Queen Alice, Rakshasa, Shango, Sloth, Squirting Cucumber, and Undertow - sold to sapphire_wolf
Block Buster, Eat Me, Florence, Follow Me Boy, Kabuki, Lust, and No. 93 Engine - sold to Ellisa on FB
Velvet Pink Kitty bottle - swapped to sresla
Sangria Champagne bottle - sold to moons_storm
Plastic Pink Flamingo and MVJBA Spring Training bottles - swapped/sold to alshneato
Asp Viper bottle - sold to starblindpow
La Befana bottle and Reason - sold to moreteawesssley
Vermillion Bird bottle - swapped to craftacular
Wiley Grasser bottle - swapped to absinthetics
Hermia bottle - sold to nympha_nox
Detestable Putrescence bottle - swapped to finefocus
Manners Among Men and Women in the Red Light District and Tamamo no Mae bottles - sold to kuroneko
El Loro, Watcher and Fright Night bottles, Honrar a los Muertos and Sagebrush and Honey-Arizona - swapped to agameofthree
Dark Chocolate and Key Lime Truffle, Milk Chocolate and Matcha Green Tea Ganache Truffle and Ra's Chocolate Chai bottles, Entangled, Slaugh, Sphinx, Frolic and Sugar Puss - sold to quetzall
Pumpkin V '12 bottle - swapped to zankoku_zen
Cheshire Moon bottle, Spider and Yorick - sold to middagen
Pink Lace bottle - sold to rawgirl75
Zarita the Doll Girl bottle - sold to myearthquakes
Devil's Trumpet bottle, Beer from the Marsh Woman's Brewery and Eat Me - sold to myswtghst
Autumn Moon of the Mirror Stand bottle and Gobo - sold to zamonin
Sex in Heaven bottle, Dancing in the Boneyard, Damballa, Decadence and The White Feather - sold to softlywhispered
Blood Orange Marshmallow bottle - sold to soapysophielove
Rum-Soaked French Tonka bottle and Cadmium Red - sold to jules_hoshihito
Bat of Virtue bottle - sold to ttlarue
Previous sales posts: 08/13/12-11/30/12, 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.