It's amazing just how much scent affects mood. Right now, I'm wearing Black Phoenix's Sin, which is all sandalwood and and patchouli and a sweeter undertone-- like amber. It's ridiculously sexy, very mysterious. Almost edible. The thing about BPAL oils is that unlike your general perfumes, they don't just smell good. They completely inspire the imagination-- I mean, where else can you just open a bottle and have the experience of being in a medieval feasting hall? Sadly, this morning, I realized that my sample of Sin is already half-empty-- it will be next on my bottle list. I've got two bottles on order right now as it stands-- one of Samhain, and one of Titania, a white fruit and floral combo. Even with all the fun scents I'll have to play with soon, but I have to say, I'm absolutely in love with Sin. I wish shipping didn't take in excess of a month, and I never see Sin 5mls on the forums. Eh, c'est la vie. It's a shame I don't live on the West Coast. Not only is Black Broom one of the finest occult stores in the country, but they now host the full BPAL line and then some exclusives.

I've decided only to buy a few perfume bottles as Christmas gifts-- picking a signature scent can be very difficult, and I tend to have much better luck with things like jewelry, anyhow. So I figure that my next order will be late October so I get it in time for Winter Break here at the school. I'm already drooling over the Yule scents that the lab offers-- apparently they might bring back a limited edition called Snow White that smells like freshly fallen snow.

My scent wishlist has gotten completely out of control. Still, for my own sanity, I've narrowed it down to scents I absolutely must try first.

Alice:: (honey, milk, carnation)
Bewitched:: (berry, sage)
Black Phoenix:: (BPAL's signature scent)
Bliss:: (pure chocolate)
Blood Kiss:: (vanilla, honey, clove, cherries, vetiver, wine, musk)
Dana O' Shee:: (milk, honey, grains)
Depraved:: (patchouli, apricot)
De Sade:: (leather)
Dream Formula I: Oneroi:: (not sure, but the description sounds amazing)
Eclipse:: (almond, vanilla, heliotrope, spices)
Greed:: (patchouli, heliotrope, copal, oakmoss)
Hollywood Babylon:: (strawberries, vanilla)
Old Glasgow:: (heather, blackberries)
Sea of Glass:: (light, fresh scent)
Tamora:: (amber, heliotrope, golden sandalwood, peach blossom, vanilla)
The Coiled Serpent:: (kundalini chakral blend)
Velvet:: (sandalwood, cocoa, vanilla, myrrh)
Vice:: dark chocolate, black cherry, orange blossom)

Mm. I'm big with the amber, the sandalwood, the sweet foody scents. I love the richness.

When doing vocal warm-ups, sometimes I get so locked into a pattern of visualization that I absolutely forget where I am in the scale. I was getting pretty high, but I still had about three more reps left in me when Kyle stopped and just stared at me.

I'd hit an F. As in the one above the staff. As in the one in the Queen of the Night aria. And it felt so easy.

She then proceeded to call me a freak and tell me there would be no more warm-up because I was weirding her out. :)