Attention, all ye gorgeous, glorious steampunk gals! If you haven't seen it already, BPAL has a new update, with a new Limited Edition series called Phoenix Steamworks and Research Facility. I'd be tempted by Aelopile, if I weren't pretty darn certain the labdanum would knock me down. And I'm still eyeballing No. 93 Engine despite the certainty ( Read more... )

Not sure why, but last night I got one of the better nights of sleep I've had since Spouse deployed. Well, actually, I do know a bit of why: I'm finally coming out of the quarter year of sick, though the lingering ear issues and yesterday's nosebleed might fool you otherwise. My sinuses just do not like the way the air pressure builds in San ( Read more... )

Oyce sent me chocolate! Mmm, chocolate. Not to fear, I shall blog it when I eat it.

I also got the first of two BPAL shipments I'm expecting today. I ordered two bottles and six imps, so I ended up with six frimps. Quick little first impressions:

( Cut for the scent suggestible )

( Carnal )

One more batch of four after this, and then I'll be caught up with what I've tried so far.

( Egg Nog 2007 )

Happy Spring! Now seems like a good time to catch up on my smellgoods blogging. My apologies for the scented spam.

( Green Phoenix )

I have an appointment tomorrow afternoon for the sinuses. BPAL has a new update and I am going to order Screeching Parrot and Te Po. Tonight, I get Elisa's justifiably famous enchiladas for dinner.

I'd also order some Vosges chocolate, but we've got warm weather down here in SoCal, which means I get bumped to 2 day air shipping, and that is ( Read more... )

I realize this will kill the suspense, but all of these worked on me. In fact, there is a very, very happy ending to this post, but I'll get to that. Also, Imma bold the names this time, for ease of reading. Didn't realize how lost they'd get in so very big a batch.

( Chanukkiyah )

I fail at BPAL reviews. Tomorrow, I'll do the Yule scents I've tried so far. None of these worked, and in fact I didn't even try on three of them, and most of them have already been sent to new homes.

( Undertow )

So I got my Yule Decant Circle imps in the mail today (dude, they all smell SO GOOD in the imp!), and thought it might be a good idea to maybe catch up on some of my reviews.

( Elegba )