These writeups have been sitting for a couple of months ... kispexi2 and smillaraaq were talking about their favorite BPAL scents and reminded me! Sadly, still no huge winners (and in fact, one huge disappointment).

( Seven scents this time ... )

Just real quick write-ups, because I seem to have like, no time lately ...

Another three scents from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab tested! Have I done anything else lately? Not much ... .

Hee, the music's really to the point! It makes me think of both BPAL's scent names and the "Cupidity" story, which is the other major amusement on my mind.

I've gone and done it - I ordered Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab imps (little samples that BPAL calls "imp's ears" and that everyone who has this hobby seems to call just imps). BPAL sells strangely named perfume oil blends, and just reading the descriptions on the website is a total kick.

Anyway, there's a delicious and slightly absurd element of ritual (my sister called it that, when I described it to her) in the way one tests these things. That's not to say everyone does it this way, but wotthehell, I can see the point of it, and maybe it will eventually help me learn to detect some of these scented ingredients, so I'm gonna do the whole in-the-bottle, on-the-skin, drydown thing. And I'm going to give them points out of 10, which is something I've seen done on several blogs with BPAL reviews.