BPAL (Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab) discussion

mandragora

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Yay! I've found fellow MAC and BPAL addicts. I'm mandragora over on BPAL.org as well. My current faves are:

LE
Tamamo-no-mae - gorgeous, fruity tea scent with skin musk.
Vasakasajja - very feminine sweet florals (orchid+champaca) again with skin musk.
The Gibbous Moon - moonflower and cucumber, very fresh yet elegant.

GCs
Shub-Niggurath - evil gingersnapp goodness *yum*.
Aged Snake Oil - teh sex!
Scheherezade - sexy, spicy resin.
Dian's Bud - clean, watery floral with a hint of musk.
 

MAChostage

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Ooh yeah, Scheherezade's my FAVE! I also love Vixen and Persephone. Thanks for sharing your likes, I believe we have similar tastes and you've given me some ideas of scents to try!
 

mommamacgurl

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

I ordered some samples a few months ago and i was so excited anticipating how every thing would smell but when they arrived everything smelled like insense like i was at a head shop or something! I Really wanted to Like these!DAMN!!!
 

mandragora

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Don't give up yet. There are over 300 scents in the General Catalog, surely there's one you'd like. What kind of scents do you prefer? Floral, foody, fruity, aquatic, etc? So I can properly recommend some scents.

If you haven't already, I suggest you check out the Reviews and Recommendations section of BPAL.org to get a better 'picture' of the scents and their descriptions. Also, hit up the Sale and Swap thread for a more economical way of getting to try a lot of imps ears. Hope this helps.

ETA: BPAL's Hunter Moon & Halloween Update just went up. Lots of halloween and autumn-inspired scents. There are also a few additions in the GenCat. Check it out.
 

*Dani*

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I love BPAL a lot! I rarely wear other perfumes anymore. I have the same username over there.
 

MAChostage

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

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Originally Posted by mommamacgurl
I ordered some samples a few months ago and i was so excited anticipating how every thing would smell but when they arrived everything smelled like insense like i was at a head shop or something! I Really wanted to Like these!DAMN!!!

As I mentioned previously, this is exactly what I like about many of BPAL's scents. It just has to be one's thing, I suppose.
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But...

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Originally Posted by mandragora
Don't give up yet. There are over 300 scents in the General Catalog, surely there's one you'd like. What kind of scents do you prefer? Floral, foody, fruity, aquatic, etc? So I can properly recommend some scents.

Mandragora is so right! You keep sniffing around BPAL and I'm sure you'll find something that you'll end up LOVING! (Let us know when it happens!)
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Aevalin

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Well I'm officially broke. A decant circle for the Halloweenies and the Lunacy - plus splitting an Inquisition. Oh how I love me my BPAL.

(I'm Aevalin on BPAL.org too)
 
Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

I was really into BPAL for awhile, my fave is Carnal :)
I have a scent locket from them that I absolutely adore!
 

mandragora

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

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Originally Posted by happythermia
I was really into BPAL for awhile, my fave is Carnal :)
I have a scent locket from them that I absolutely adore!


Ooh, they make Carnal Soaps now over at the Trading Post. You gotta try it.
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's hi to fellow BPAL.org forumites.
 

Briar

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Ah Hah! So this is where the BPAL addicts hang out when the BPAL forum's down, eh?

I'm Wildbriar over there and a relative n00b to both BPAL and higher-end cosmetics but they're both bringing out my inner goddess quite nicely.

So far my favorite BPAL oils are Shub-Niggurath, One to Tie, Two to Win and most of the Moons I've tried. Oh, and the 13 released in July, Yummy chocolate perfume. Mmmmmmmm. Before stumbling on BPAL I didn't wear much perfume because I found most of the synthetic fragrances irritated my sinuses terribly. This stuff is very different.
 

Janice

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Maybe you ladies n gents can help me out, I'm looking for a scent for a good male friend of mine. Something with tones of cigar or tobacco in the backnotes? Anything come to mind?

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Originally Posted by Briar
Ah Hah! So this is where the BPAL addicts hang out when the BPAL forum's down, eh?

We seem quite versatile at balancing addictions.
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Aevalin

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Janice
Maybe you ladies n gents can help me out, I'm looking for a scent for a good male friend of mine. Something with tones of cigar or tobacco in the backnotes? Anything come to mind?



We seem quite versatile at balancing addictions.
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Do you want dark musky with tobacco or spicy with tobacco?
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Here's a link to all of the current scents with tobacco -
http://vanilla.spicybrains.org/searc...itle=2#results

If I was to include LEs I'd suggest something from the Dogs Playing Poker collection
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Briar

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Janice
Maybe you ladies n gents can help me out, I'm looking for a scent for a good male friend of mine. Something with tones of cigar or tobacco in the backnotes? Anything come to mind?

If you were looking at the Dogs Playing Poker collection, Riding the Goat has a strong tobacco note and I think would be lovely on a guy. While I love the smell of tobacco in BPAL it tends to go to ashtray on me.
 

Jadys

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

I can't believe that I have a new addiction. I spent two hours yesterday trying to figure out what to order. Since I'm so excited, here's what I got:

Samhain 2007

Imps: Psyche, Persephone, Queen Mab, Snake Oil, Spellbound, and Vinland.

Does anyone have any idea how long it takes to be shipped?
 

mandragora

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

From BPAL's Shiny and New page.

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Please note that all orders, including domestic orders, are currently taking a roughly 14-21 business days to process, pack and ship out due to a heavy workload, the process of hand-blending and the nature of our product.



I just received my latest order yesterday and it took 2 weeks.
 

MAChostage

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

^^ Took two weeks for my latest order to arrive, also. The delivery times are picking up!
 

MAChostage

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadys
I can't believe that I have a new addiction. I spent two hours yesterday trying to figure out what to order. Since I'm so excited, here's what I got:

Samhain 2007

Imps: Psyche, Persephone, Queen Mab, Snake Oil, Spellbound, and Vinland.



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for you! I know and like Persephone and Snake Oil. Can't wait to hear your initial impression when you get your order. Have fun!
 

Jadys

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Originally Posted by mandragora
From BPAL's Shiny and New page.

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I just received my latest order yesterday and it took 2 weeks.


Thanks- I got a little worried when I saw on the forum that some people had to wait longer than a month.

I am so excited.
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BPAL is my new obsession, I wish I had found it before I bought the stuff to make my own perfumes (which I suck at
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). Since I was born on December 21st I can't wait for their Yule stuff! Any ideas on what I can expect? When are those scents usually listed?

Thanks!
 

mandragora

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Re: Any other BPAL fans on the board?

Quote:
Originally Posted by Jadys
Thanks- I got a little worried when I saw on the forum that some people had to wait longer than a month.

I am so excited.
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BPAL is my new obsession, I wish I had found it before I bought the stuff to make my own perfumes (which I suck at
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). Since I was born on December 21st I can't wait for their Yule stuff! Any ideas on what I can expect? When are those scents usually listed?

Thanks!


When I first found BPAL (2005), the TAT was 2-3 months. I ordered end of September, received it December. But, boy was it worth the wait. It has gotten way better since the lab has moved to a larger facility beginning of 06. Nowadays, 14-21 days is pretty much the usual. Although, large orders like the ones for decant circles may still take up to a month.

Re: Yule stuff, last year (my first Halloween and Yule updates), the Yule update went up while the Halloweenies are still around. I think it went up end of October and was gone mid-January the following year. For yule, they had a mixture cold/snowy/piney (Black Ice, Darkling Thrush) scents and foody (Jolasveinar, Lick It Again) scents.
 

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