My Crack for Your Cocaine!

Feb 03, 2006 22:03


MY COLLECTION IS GETTING WAY OUT OF CONTROL. It's either ME or the SAMPLES, and the samples keep eying up my side of the bed! Get ye hence, ye odoriferous wenches!

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(GC & LE Bottles, Partial & Full)
Bottles I've recently bought that just didn't work, and partially full leftovers from decant circles I've run.

Caspar (Possets, 09 LE): $3.75
Very classic, very dry, surprisingly light hearted, not in the least bit sweet. Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh are given a perfumy treatment while retaining the resin feel to the blend. Very long lasting despite the profound ingredients. Beautiful stuff this. Caspar is traditionally said to be the King of Sheba and represents the frankincense brought to Jesus.We will never know if that is true but it's a charming thought and one which goes well with this fragrance. Resinous. (APPROXIMATELY 2 DECANTS LEFT IN BOTTLE!)

Dangerous (Possets, 09 GC): $1.75
Dark and heady, what even Madame X would wear if she had to be assured of a conquest. Dangerous Oil is infused with the finest of rare things. 6 musks from blackest black up through a rare and gorgeous in itself purple/blue musk hybrid. A good jolt of labdenum and an edge of cognac. The heart note is an entire chypre made only for this project and used for no other. There is a fresh and almost gardenia-like part to this (but there is no gardenia in it), it is not a floral but a resinous blend but there is a mesmerizing beauty to it. (APPROXIMATELY 1 DECANT LEFT IN BOTTLE!)

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(GC & LE Decants) - $3.00 USD each
I'm a lazy whore, I admit it. The prospect of judging how much oil is left in 200 perfume samples IS NOT MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME. All of the samples listed below either have been sparingly tested just ONCE, or, in very rare occasions, twice (very, very rare occasions). All are at least 60-99% full regardless of how many times they've been tested (that's a conservative estimate!), and come in your standard perfume sized vial (unless otherwise specified).

Andreiphontes (BPAL, 10 LE):
"Destroyer of Men." Tonka, benzoin, black sandalwood, and nutmeg.

Ariadne Brunnell (BPAL, 09 LE):
Poppy flowers, peat, sphagnum moss, gardenia, and white water lily.

Boadicea (BPTP, 09 LE):
Amber, fig, vanilla flower, oak, patchouli, vetiver, dragon’s blood resin, leather, and neroli.

Brotoloigos (BPAL, 10 LE):
"Murderous." Tobacco, wenge, rose geranium, and myrrh.

Candles Moon (BPAL, 10 LE):
Moonlight shining on the Quickening Tree, the heat and wax of sacred candles, the milk of ewes, Brigid's blackberry, the sting of keening wind, and the last flutter of the Cailleach's winter snow.

Carlin (BPAL, 09 LE): Stained label!
The Spirit of the Eve of Samhain, an aspect of Cailleach, the Divine Hag, in her Destroyer aspect. While Brìghde rules the time between Beltane and Sahmain, Cailleach rules the Dark of the Year. On the night of Samhain, she transforms into Carlin, harbingering the death of the land and the onset of the snows. On Beltane, the Great Crone is slain by Brìghde so springtime can reinvigorate the land. Black sage, ivy-twined rowan, thistle, snapdragon, heather, gorse, fumitory, and anise.

Clarimonde (BPAL, 09 LE):
Pallid skin musk, white roses, and a languorous vapor of Oriental perfume.

Comfort (Arcana Soaps, 08 LE): X 2 (<- NEVER TESTED!)
The cozy, sugarcoated balm of holiday solace. Delicate yellow peaches and nectarines nourish the heart while French vanilla and creamy nutmeg bolster the spirit. (ALL ARE 100% FULL AND NEVER TESTED!)

Cristina (BPAL, 09 LE):
Chestnut trees, juniper berries, violet leaf, labdanum, dazzling, moonlit white musk, and night-blooming summer flowers.

Feeding the Dead (BPAL, 09 LE):
A barrel of beer, a pyramid of cakes, and three sticks of incense.

Harp of Cnoc I'Chosgair (BPAL, 10 LE):
Gilded amber, tiare, golden sandalwood, vanilla, cardamom, and tagetes.

Hell-gate of Ireland (BPAL, 09 LE):
The Cave of Cruachan in Connaught, a province that was given to the Formorians after the Battle of Mag Tuired. On the first of November, a flock of malevolent copper-colored birds bursts forth from the mouth of the cave, ushering a host of restless ghosts and wicked goblins that torment the living by blighting crops, killing livestock, stealing away brides-to-be, and replacing infants with changelings. Smoldering brimstone, bitter labdanum, clove, black musk, and copper-colored feathers.

Hua Mulan (BPTP, 09 LE):
Pink musk, white ginger, tea leaf, night blooming jasmine, bergamot, and leather.

Ides of March (BPAL, 10 LE):
The Ides marked an auspicious time in the Roman calendar. Depending on the month in question, the Ides fell on the thirteenth or fifteenth, and usually marked the Full Moon. As we all know, it was not an auspicious day for Julius Caesar, nor was it fortuitous for H.P. Lovecraft, who also met his maker on this infamous day. Tu quoque, Brute, fili mi! A mixture of springtime greenery and classical Roman cologne: dark musk, spikenard, bergamot, lemon rind and vervain with costus, benzoin, gray amber, cardamom, and white narcissus.

J-Horror (BPAL, 09 LE):
On May 23rd, Black Phoenix Alchemy Labs presents J-HORROR Ghosts, rancorous spirits, and shapeshifters abound! Japanese horror films are tense, elliptical, psychologically chilling experiences, most often inspired by Japanese folklore and Kaidan, or supernatural tales, and are woven tightly with themes of retribution and vengeance. Examples: Ringu, Jigoku, Ugetsu, The Ghost Story of Yotsuya This scent is spectral, draped in funeral white, and surges with otherworldly, malevolent rage: stargazer lily, white sandalwood, chrysanthemum, and shincha, with white mint, eucalyptus, licorice bark, and blood orange.

Johnathon Harker (BPAL, 06 LE):
A respectable gentleman’s scent: lavender, iris, white tea, verbena and white sandalwood.

Joy (Arcana Soaps, 08 LE): X 3 (<- NEVER TESTED!)
All the unrestrained euphoria of the season (as enhanced by various fermented beverages). A blend of bubbly champagne and hard apple cider with sugar, creamy caramel, marshmallows, French cognac and white musk. (ALL ARE 100% FULL AND NEVER TESTED!)

Julia Stone (BPAL, 09 LE):
Rotting once-white fabric, spotted with mold.

Khalkokrustes (BPAL, 10 LE):
"Armed With Bronze." Champaca, pear, cedar, black pepper, jasmine, and red sandalwood.

Khrysopelex (BPAL, 10 LE):
"Helmed in Gold." Caraway, amber, saffron, bergamot, and neroli.

Lambs-Wool (BPAL, 09 LE):
A popular holy day beverage in 18th century Ireland: roasted apples mashed into warmed milk and ale, with nutmeg, sugar, ginger, and clove.

Little Bird (BPAL, 10 LE):
Night air, wild jostaberry, melancholy thistle, meadowgrass, marsh marigold, and butterwort.

Morphine (Arcana Soaps, 09 LE): (<- NEVER TESTED!)
The softening of hard remembrances and the inexorable embrace of warm oblivion. Cocoa absolute, vanilla oleoresin, sticky marshmallow syrup, a trickle of aged patchouli, and a delicate shot of smoked vetiver. (ALL ARE 100% FULL AND NEVER TESTED!)

Nick (Arcana Soaps, 08 LE): (<- NEVER TESTED!)
Pagan origins, iconic elfhood, and laughter like a bowlful of jelly. A jovial blend of raspberry, cranberry, blackberry, pomegranate, and red grape is wrapped in a wisp of Bavarian woodsmoke. (ALL ARE 100% FULL AND NEVER TESTED!)

Nonae Caprotina (BPAL, 09 LE):
The scent is of goat’s milk, ripe fig, and a hint of sweet myrrh.

Olisbos (BPAL, 10 LE):
The ancient Greeks sure weren't shy about taking care of business. The port city of Miletus was once famed throughout the Mediterranean as a source of excellent stone, wood, and padded leather dildos. This scent is the celebration of an age-old pastime: polished wood, well-loved leather, and olive oil.

Pa-pow (BPAL, 09 LE):
A scent evocative of bright days running through the grass and sun-warmed puppy fur dusted with California wildflowers.

Perle Von Mauren (BPAL, 09 LE):
Heliotrope, grave soil, and blood.

Piper at the Gates of Dawn (BPAL, 08 LE):
Sublime peace, ecstatic joy, and thunderstruck awe: terebinth pine, patchouli, brown musk, linden blossom, honey, mallow, blood orange, heliotrope, and golden amber.

Semiramis (BPTP, 09 LE):
Red musk, pomegranate, orange blossom, and melon.

Shadowless Like Silence (BPAL, 09 LE):
Dry leaves and white sandalwood, rock moss, cypress, and dry, lifeless roses.

Silas Ruthyn (BPAL, 09 LE):
Opium smoke, opium tar, mandarin, dark musk, patchouli, tonka, vetiver, and frankincense.

Summer's Last Will and Testament (BPAL, 09 LE):
Doomed summer, supported on the shoulders of winter and autumn: citrus-infused Baltic amber, red valerian, marigold, blood orange, and sunflower subdued by somber myrrh and dry geranium alongside the leaves of autumn and a breath of winter wind.

Traveller, The (BPAL, 10 LE):
A wanderer, poised at the point where three great countries meet, ruminating on government, nationalism, religion, and personal character: boot leather, pipe tobacco, and the dust of soft resins, herbs, and soil-flecked gravel picked on long, solitary travels.

Truculent (Arcana Soaps, 09 LE): X 3 (<- NEVER TESTED!)
Quite contrary. A thoroughly obstreperous, yet stubbornly charming blend of cheesecake, coconut, candied violets, strawberry jam, pink musk, and an impossible sugar high. (ALL ARE 100% FULL AND NEVER TESTED!)

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(GC & LE Decants) - $2.00 USD each
I'm a lazy whore, I admit it. The prospect of judging how much oil is left in 200 perfume samples IS NOT MY IDEA OF A GOOD TIME. All of the samples listed below either have been sparingly tested just ONCE, or, in very rare occasions, twice (very, very rare occasions). All are at least 60-99% full regardless of how many times they've been tested (that's a conservative estimate!), and come in your standard perfume sized vial (unless otherwise specified).

Al-Shairan (BPAL, GC):
The enemy of God, also named Iblis, He Who Despaired of the Mercy of God. Al-Shairan is the leader of the Jinn, a tempter who whispers false suggestions to men enticing them into evil and perfidious acts, and is the sworn enemy of all of Adam’s children. His scent is fiery, bright and thick with sweet sinfulness: clove, peach and orange with cinnamon, patchouli and dark incense notes.

Anne Bonny (BPAL, GC): X 2
Named in honor of the most notorious female pirate to ever set sail. Wicked, cruel, beautiful, intelligent, resourceful and dangerous: a true role model. A blend of Indonesian red patchouli, red sandalwood, and frankincense.

Arcana (BPAL, GC):
The essence of magickal enigmas and long-forgotten esoteric mysteries. Frankincense, rosemary, lavender, neroli, and verbena.

Baghdad (BPAL, GC):
Amber, saffron and bergamot with mandarin, nutmeg, Bulgar rose, musk and sandalwood.

Baku (BPAL, GC):
Our Nightmarebane. Named after the Baku, benevolent Japanese spirits that eat nightmares. In Japanese tradition, nightmares are gifts from malevolent spirits; when you wake up from one, you may call, "Baku, please eat my dreams!", and if you are virtuous and merciful in spirit, the Baku will devour the evil, transforming it into a blessing of good fortune.

Bon Vivant (BPAL, GC):
An effervescent blend of crystalline champagne notes and sweet strawberry.

Chimera (BPAL, GC):
The fiery, volatile scent of cinnamon, thickened by myrrh, honeysuckle, and copal.

Cockaigne (BPAL, GC):
"The weather is always mild, the wine flows freely, sex is readily available, and all people enjoy eternal youth." The Land of Plenty, also called Luilekkerland - the Lazy, Luscious Land: milk and honey, sweet cakes and wine.

Comfort (Arcana Soaps, 08 LE):
The cozy, sugarcoated balm of holiday solace. Delicate yellow peaches and nectarines nourish the heart while French vanilla and creamy nutmeg bolster the spirit.

Contract of Theophilus of Adana (BPAL, 08 GC):
"I dare not open this scroll. Temptation is the plague of men's spirits." Parchment, Siamese benzoin, infernal incense, red musk, brimstone, and daemonorops.

Death on a Pale Horse (BPAL, GC):
The End of All Things: empty white musk and mint seeped with solemn lavender, doleful patchouli and vetiver, scythe-sharp yuzu and lime, with geranium bourbon, white sandalwood and calla lily.

Dian's Bud (BPAL, GC):
"Be as thou wast wont to be; See as thou wast wont to see: Dian's bud o'er Cupid's flower Hath such force and blessed power."

Dragon's Claw (BPAL, GC):
Smooth, polished and lethally sharp: dragon’s blood resin and three sandalwoods.

Elegba (BPAL, GC):
The Spirit of the Divine Messenger, the Lord of the Crossroads, He Who Owns All Doors and Roads in this World. He is the intermediary between the Orishas and mankind, and stands at the intersection of humanity and the Divine. He opens all paths of communication, both mundane and Heavenly. His ofrenda contains coconut, tobacco and sweet, sugared rum.

Euphrosyne (BPAL, GC):
Mirth: Gardenia, tea rose, vanilla and jasmine.

Himerus (BPAL, GC):
The God of Sexual Desire, Longing and Yearning; an attendant of Eros and Aphrodite. A passion-rousing blend of juniper, sandalwood, rosewood, red musk, orchid, bergamot and lilac.

Herne (Arcana Soaps, 09 GC):
Horned trickster, lord of the forest, god of the wild hunt. Cassia cinnamon, Atlas cedarwood, fir needle oil, and a whiff of Herne's holy oak tree.

Huntress, The (Arcana Soaps, 09 GC):
She is the goddess known by many names: Diana, Artemis, Artume, Frau Wode, and Nicevenn, yet her unbound spirit is eternal. Sweet clove, black pepper, aromatic mint, blood orange, and a whiff of her sacred oak groves.

Hymn (BPAL, GC):
A paean to true holiness, spiritual purity, and sacred enlightenment. Based on an incense blend sacred to the Virgin Mary: perfect rose absolute and Palestinian Lily of the Valley with olibanum, labdanum, frankincense and myrrh.

I Died for Beauty (BPAL, GC):
The Venusian splendor of ylang ylang and violet stirred by hyssop, frankincense, and grave loam.

Imminent Seduction of Violet Featherbox to Impropriety (Blooddrop, 08 LE):
Vanilla blossom, Arabian musk, white lotus absolute, rose damask absolute, jasmine sambac absolute, white cognac absolute and cocoa absolute.

Imp (BPAL, GC):
Devilishly playful: white peach, amber, golden musk and patchouli.

Incubus (BPAL, GC):
Spectral white musk and the heart-stopping chill of sheared mint, fanned by caramel-touched body heat, and the diabolical sensuality of black musk, nicotiana, and sage.

Jezebel (BPAL, GC):
Biblical witch, priestess of Astarte, and general troublemaker. A true role model for today's upwardly mobile Modern Woman. A gloriously decadent blend of honey, roses, orange blossom and sandalwood.

Kabuki (BPAL, GC):
Compelling, complex, and utterly enigmatic: a luxuriant, exotic blend of cherry, red musk, and star anise.

Last Gasp (Blooddrop, 08 LE):
Sweet white air tinted with the palest green, yellow, and purple vapors.

Lear (BPAL, GC):
A regal, commanding scent, but poignant. White cedarwood, blue sage and bay leaf.

Les Bijoux (BPAL, GC):
Skin musk and honey, blood-red rose, orange blossom, white peach, red apple, frankincense and myrrh.

Les Fleurs du Mal (BPAL, GC):
The scents of the blossoms of darkness, condensed into one perfume. Features a rose base, softened with lilac and wisteria.

Les Innocents (Blooddrop, 08 LE):
A funeral dowry: sandalwood, whitened Egyptian musk, Shea, lotus and white carnation.

Love-Lies-Bleeding (BPAL, GC):
The velvet flower. A lush, thick, luxuriant bloom, bold and red.

Madame Claire de Lune's Cidre Doux au Poire (Blooddrop, 08 LE):
La Fée Dorée, the distillery of Blooddrop, presents Madame Claire de Lune’s very special home brew of pear hard cider with grandfathered in rights to preserving and producing her family’s old recipe. This wonderful blend is made from three different types of fermented pears plus with a unique touch of Miel de Lune hydromiel (the family’s own honey liquor). With French ciders, all ciders are “hard” (i.e. contain alcohol), but generally come in a few different grades: doux (soft), sec (dry), and unfermented (unfiltered). This recipe is a doux, which although is contains alcohol, is a tiny bit sweeter than a traditional “sec” cider.

Magus (BPAL, GC):
An ancient blend, swollen with arcane power: galangal, high john essence, frankincense, cedar, and sandalwood.

Mandrake (BPAL, GC):
A plant of true arcane power, mandrake has been used in a multitude of ways by witches, magicians and thaumaturgists for eons to many, many vastly different ends. Whole pieces are carried for protection, or are used in poppet magick. Ground herb can be utilized in spells for money, lust or defense.

Mania (BPAL, GC):
The personification of insanity, Mother of Manes, Goddess of Night Spirits, Mistress of Undeath, She Who Gives Life to the Dead. With Mantus, she rules the Etruscan underworld, and her scent is roiling chaos and churning madness, but because she is the mother of the Lares, benevolent household spirits, her perfume also bears an underlying gentleness, and, like madness, a strange sweetness. Screeching white musk collides with a howl of red musk, with sharp white grapefruit and pale strawberry leaf.

Miller's Daughter (BPAL, GC):
Spun gold, tear-soaked straw, and rose-infused amber.

Moon Rose (BPAL, GC):
A crisp, pale, almost translucent rose dusted by moonflower and midnight dew.

Morphine (Arcana Soaps, 09 GC):
The softening of hard remembrances and the inexorable embrace of warm oblivion. Cocoa absolute, vanilla oleoresin, sticky marshmallow syrup, a trickle of aged patchouli, and a delicate shot of smoked vetiver.

Mr. Nancy (BPAL, GC):
Sugar cookies with bay rum, tobacco, and lime.

Nanny Ashtoret (BPAL, GC):
Middle Eastern flowers, amber, honey, blood red-berries, whip leather, and polished paddle wood.

Nervine (Arcana Soaps, 09 LE):
A tonic for frayed nerves, gently composed of sweet labdanum, fresh ginger, traditional styrax resin, aromatic cubeb, bergamot, lavender, ruby grapefruit, yuzu, butter CO2 extract, a dash of patchouli, and a hint of ambrette musk.

Nick (Arcana Soaps, 08 LE):
Pagan origins, iconic elfhood, and laughter like a bowlful of jelly. A jovial blend of raspberry, cranberry, blackberry, pomegranate, and red grape is wrapped in a wisp of Bavarian woodsmoke.

Nocnitsa (BPAL, GC):
Also known as Krisky, Plaksy and Gorska Makua, she is a nightmare spirit, the Night Hag of the Woods, who haunts Polish, Russian, Bulgarian and Slovak children during the darkest hours. The only protection against her torments is a circle drawn around a child’s cradle with a knife, or an axe or protective poppet hidden under the floorboards beneath where a child sleeps. Her scent is that of a lightless fir wood, nighttime air, wet forest mosses and upturned earth.

Nocturne (BPAL, GC):
An olfactory serenede. A somber, contemplative scent -- dreamy and subdued. Deepest violet touched with lilac and tuberose.

Ochosi (BPAL, GC):
The Archer, Lord of the Bow and Arrow. To know Ochosi is to know the movement of the arrow into prey and the whistle of the arrow in flight. He is the transference of energy over a distance, and His is the speed of light, sound and thought, though he is not merely though, he is the stroke of instant understanding or realization. Ochosi is the Hunter-Wizard, skilled in the use of magickal potions and poisons, silent, dangerous and possessed of a cool, calm, sharp intelligence. He is the calculated extension of the mind, the Tracker, the Ranger, and he governs the changing of the seasons, stealth, guerilla warfare, and He alone acts as a buffer and shield between reason and insanity. He is the protector of children, the weak, the helpless, and the aged. His ofrenda is the soft shea he shares with Obatala, forest herbs, and sprucewood arrow shafts.

Ogun (BPAL, GC):
Ogun is the Master of Iron, Lord of the Knife, the Toolmaker, the Supreme Hunter, the God of War. He is primal instinct, energy and motion, strife and resolution, effort and perspiration, locomotion, force, contraction and expansion. He is the lord of all mines and mineral wealth, and his energy is expressed in the transformation of sandstone into marble and carbon into diamonds. His control over transformation transcends this into the metaphorical: Ogun helps to shape the spirit, and hone it into something finer, and He compels us to look deep inside ourselves, searching for our true potential. He is physical might, ruler of the heart, giver of courage and sustainer of war, and is the bond that men fashion with one another during battle. He is gunpowder. Ogun is responsible for teaching mankind to fashion tools and weapons from iron, and his primary implements are the anvil, hammer, machete, rake, hoe, shovel, pick and pry. His favored animal is the dog, who shares his loyalty and unflagging strength. Ogun’s ofrenda is heavy and dark cigar tobacco, gin and juniper, melon, chili pepper and a touch of honey.

Opium Poppy (Decant) (BPAL, GC):
A bitter, soft, fragile flower.

Oya (BPAL, GC):
Oya's ofrenda is a Nigerian potion of love and war, sweetened by darkest plum.

Pannychis (BPAL, GC): X 2
An attendant of the Goddess Venus. She presides over nocturnal pleasure, nighttime festivities, and all the joy and delight that can be found in the darkness. In later ages, it became the name of the all-night festival that closed the Eleusinian Mysteries. Night-blooming jasmine, moonflower, cardamom, sandalwood, black currant, ylang ylang, frankincense and lily.

Peitho (BPAL, GC):
The Goddess of Persuasion, Seduction and Sexual Wiles. A member of Aphrodite’s retinue, she is also Aphrodite’s daughter and sister to Tyche and Eunomia. Lusty myrtle and jasmine with red sandalwood, stargazer lily, and clove over an opulent, rich bed of warm musk and bourbon vanilla.

Pool of Tears (BPAL, GC):
A sea of salty tears drowning out Alice's light floral perfume.

Robin Goodfellow (BPAL, GC):
Dark musk, moss-covered wood, ragwort, heather, and sage.

Santo Domingo (BPAL, GC):
An exotic, sultry blend of tobacco leaf, bay rum and heady Caribbean blossoms.

Sloth (BPAL, GC):
Thick, dark, sluggish and heavy with indolence: vetiver over black myrrh.

Streched on Your Grave (Arcana Soaps, 09 LE):
Cold green apples, alabaster musk, and a scattering of cheerless white blossoms: calla lily, gardenia, tuberose, moonflower, and heart-leaf milkweed.

Sudha Segara (BPAL, GC):
Named after the primordial ocean of milk where Lord Vishnu reclines upon the thousand-headed Naga. Sweet milk and warm, healing ginger with a touch of golden honey and our blend of Ambrosia.

Suspiro (BPAL, GC):
A Latin word that means to sigh or draw a deep breath, that also suggests longing, desire, yearning, and a passionate wish. Ylang ylang with white plum, white orchid, jasmine, calla lily and lily of the valley.

Temptation (BPAL, GC):
An expression of love, adoration, and desire, of beauty that transcends mortal desire and piques the interest of hell itself: attar of rose, calla lily, palmarosa, peach blossom, wisteria, rice flower, and black musk.

Tezcatlipoca (BPAL, GC):
Lord of the Smoking Mirror, god of sorcery, nighttime, darkness, beauty, war, heroic men, beautiful women, and all material concerns. Tezcatlipoca is the Master Magician, a trickster god and shapeshifter, governing all worldly matters, and is also the Great Tempter, seducing men into evil acts and subsequently punishing them for their transgressions. Deep cocoa laced with patchouli, leather armor, ritual incense, and a touch of Xochiquetzal’s flowers.

There, Castle! (Decant) (Blooddrop, 08 LE):
Weird family happenings & uninvited townsfolk with pitchforks.

Tired Hedonists Club (Arcana Soaps, 08 LE):
Complex pleasures indeed. A seductive blend of various exotic black peppers tangles up with narcotic lily of the valley, boozy French cognac, Japanese Ho-sho, red musk, black musk, and the musk that dares not speak its name.

Truculent (Arcana Soaps, 09 LE):
Quite contrary. A thoroughly obstreperous, yet stubbornly charming blend of cheesecake, coconut, candied violets, strawberry jam, pink musk, and an impossible sugar high.

Twenty One (BPAL, GC):
A tribute to New York’s 21 Club on West 52nd, formerly the speakeasy Jack & Charlie’s Puncheon Club. This is the scent of the perfect martini.

Uruk (BPAL, GC):
A city of mystery, wonder and majesty, said to have been built by order of Gilgamesh. Thick bitter almond and heady night-blooming jasmine with saffron, cinnamon leaf, red patchouli, river lilies, bergamot, fig leaf and the sacred incense of Inanna.

Vintage (Blooddrop, 08 LE):
A late summer vintage offers a season’s worth of sun-mulled sweets, a few final boughs of emerald greens, sparkling residues of warm nights reflecting the Pleiades and the gentle golden hues of early autumn leaves. Boronia, davana, Melissa leaf, valerian root, pink lotus, kunzea, michelena alba leaf, palmarosa, litsea cubeba and patchouli.

Zorya (BPAL, GC):
The Midnight Star. Spices of the Orient mingle with crystalline musk, midnight flowers and cereus, jasmine, primrose and vesper iris.

DONE AND DONE!

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