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Well, wow. Semagic automatically transfers the font colors and returns and stuff from email. Too cool!

( Aureus, Succubus, Purple Phoenix, The Coiled Serpent, Grog, Manila and Megaera )

I think I'm finally caught up with the old reviews. Just need to type up the new ones sometime this weekend. Whoo!

( 13, Lick It Again, Samhainphobia )

And here are the rest. Which are actually only two, plus Harvest Moon. Oops, didn't split that one up very well!

( Doc Constantine, Melisande The Puppet Mistress, and Harvest Moon 06 )

No italics or fancy formatting this time, as I'm afraid I'm going to get kicked off again. Fatal errors are irritating. :D

( Kindly Moon, The Pool of Tears, Kurukulla, Tiger Lily, and Wanton )

BPAL package arrived today! YAY!!!! I ordered two bottles and received four frimps with them. Weird thing--all the imps have a spiritual element to them. Kind of interesting! That may be because of Ave Maria Gratia Plena, or it could just be coincidence.

( Schwarzer Mond, Kathmandu, Eve, Sacred Whore of Babylon, and Les Infortunes De La Vertu )

These are from the weekend's haul of BPAL. *happy dancing*

( Undertow, Baneberry, Masquerade, #20 Love Oil, Mantis, Ophelia and Madrid )

Will get caught up replies either tonight or tomorrow morning. In the meantime, here are some BPAL reviews from last week and then a few from today:

( Saturnalia, Tempest, Satan & Death with Sin Intervening, And There Was a Great Cry in Egypt, Haunted, Vinland, Al-Sharain & Thanatos )

Kuntstkammer - A sensory jumble, a true cacophony of odors: black pepper, benzoin, blood orange and olibanum. This is an intriguing scent. I don't know what benzoin or olibanum are, but I think the strongest scents are the pepper and the blood orange anyway. Very bittersweet, yet fascinating. I just got a partial bottle of this one, so I'll test it a few more times before deciding whether it's a keeper or not.

The Black Tower - A sepulchral, desolate scent. Long-dead soldiers, oath-bound; the perfume of their armor, the chill wind that surges through their tower, white bone and blackened steel: white sandalwood, ambergris, wet ozone, galbanum and leather with ebony, teak, burnt grasses, English ivy and a hint of red wine. I wanted to love this one so very much. Instead of a hint of red wine, I get an "OMG! WINE OVERLOAD!" Thankfully after about five minutes the wine fades to a dull roar, but I still don't get any of the really cool scents or impressions. So sad.

Death on a Pale Horse - And I looked, and behold a pale horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hell followed with him. 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. I've enjoyed this one for quite a while, but found someone selling a partial bottle this last week. The main site is down so I'm not able to get the whole description, but I believe they called this one a doleful scent. Interesting, because my impression of it is just how very pretty it is and that it's one of those that isn't so light you can't tell you're wearing it. It's a nice mix of pretty scents with some weightier ones to round them out. Surprise bonus on the bottle--it actually has a label! I was beginning to think only the LE ones did, so it must be because it's a subsection of the Sin & Salvation ones.

Survived Monday, though the last hour of work was fraught with a thudding headache. Better now, thankfully.

( BPAL reviews for Lilith, Sudha Segara, Morgause and Bliss )