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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2007 16:14:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>They sure do! I do think it has more to do with the evocative titles, descriptions and artwork though, a subcultural thing. I guess many go for the &quot;magic potion&quot; thing too, although for me it&#039;s cheesy and makes me suspicious of the quality of the actual scents - you can get away with anything if it&#039;s supposed to be a powerful love potion or have healing properties...

Many of the perfume oil fans seem to find all alcohol-based perfumes too synthetic and harsh and choking, so it may have to do with sensitivities as well as personal preference. Personally I find the &quot;naturalness&quot; of BPAL quite overrated, who cares what it is if it smells like bubblegum anyway? On the other hand, several expensive niche perfumes smell like bubblegum too... (Encens Epice, I&#039;m looking at you!)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>They sure do! I do think it has more to do with the evocative titles, descriptions and artwork though, a subcultural thing. I guess many go for the &#8220;magic potion&#8221; thing too, although for me it&#39;s cheesy and makes me suspicious of the quality of the actual scents &#8211; you can get away with anything if it&#39;s supposed to be a powerful love potion or have healing properties&#8230;</p>
<p>Many of the perfume oil fans seem to find all alcohol-based perfumes too synthetic and harsh and choking, so it may have to do with sensitivities as well as personal preference. Personally I find the &#8220;naturalness&#8221; of BPAL quite overrated, who cares what it is if it smells like bubblegum anyway? On the other hand, several expensive niche perfumes smell like bubblegum too&#8230; (Encens Epice, I&#39;m looking at you!)</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:08:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is my complaint with the vast majority of etailer perfume oil lines: it all smells like bubblegum and scented candles. But it is all a matter of personal taste, and I know BPAL has some serious fans.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is my complaint with the vast majority of etailer perfume oil lines: it all smells like bubblegum and scented candles. But it is all a matter of personal taste, and I know BPAL has some serious fans.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ah yes, BPAL was how I became a perfume junkie but now I&#039;ve pretty much left them behind. I used to eagerly follow all the updates but jeez, they really do release loads of new scents all the time, there&#039;s no way to keep up! For the price, I think many of the scents are very decent and fun to try, but many do smell like bubblegum or scented candles. Also, I have a limited amount of money to spend on perfume samples and there are so many other perfumes I&#039;d rather try right now...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ah yes, BPAL was how I became a perfume junkie but now I&#39;ve pretty much left them behind. I used to eagerly follow all the updates but jeez, they really do release loads of new scents all the time, there&#39;s no way to keep up! For the price, I think many of the scents are very decent and fun to try, but many do smell like bubblegum or scented candles. Also, I have a limited amount of money to spend on perfume samples and there are so many other perfumes I&#39;d rather try right now&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for the detailed reviews! The Shanghai is actually the only one you mentioned that I&#039;ve tried, and I did think it was nicely done, although I am not a big fan of oils and not sure the line is really my style. Have only tried about 6 of them though, and it is a massive line so I&#039;ve obviously barely scraped the surface. Given the turnaround time, it is probably going to stay that way, sadly! Dormouse sounds tempting though...</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for the detailed reviews! The Shanghai is actually the only one you mentioned that I&#39;ve tried, and I did think it was nicely done, although I am not a big fan of oils and not sure the line is really my style. Have only tried about 6 of them though, and it is a massive line so I&#39;ve obviously barely scraped the surface. Given the turnaround time, it is probably going to stay that way, sadly! Dormouse sounds tempting though&#8230;</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:57:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Oh and yeah, there are loads of reviews on their discussion board, www.bpal.org but I guess it&#039;s mostly for the rabid fans and not very &quot;objective&quot;. Negative reviews are certainly allowed though, I know I&#039;ve written some.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oh and yeah, there are loads of reviews on their discussion board, <a href="http://www.bpal.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.bpal.org</a> but I guess it&#39;s mostly for the rabid fans and not very &#8220;objective&#8221;. Negative reviews are certainly allowed though, I know I&#39;ve written some.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2007 01:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have tried a few of them, let&#039;s see... The Red Queen is very red, a strong, boozy clash of red woods and red berries. I quite liked it, but you have to enjoy the cherry note. 

March Hare is one of my favs too, I like BPAL&#039;s apricot note, it&#039;s not candysweet like some of their fruit notes and the clove adds a nice spiciness. 

White Rabbit was not really my cup of tea, I&#039;d have liked more tea and pepper but I remember it as a soft, milky scent and I&#039;m not a great fan of milky scents. It&#039;s a huge success though. 

The Dormouse is a really nice tea scent with just a hint of floral, overall I think BPAL are very good at fresh green tea scents, they have a whole bunch (Kumiho and Shanghai being favourites of mine) Their tea note is almost like fresh cut grass. 

Alice is also a very soft and milky scent, a little plasticky if I remember correctly and I&#039;m not a carnation fan, but I think this one too is very popular.

Tweedledum is a bright and cheerful yellow fruit scent, mango and citrus, not very sophisticated.

The Caterpillar is a sweet-ish, almost fruity somehow, incense, very psychedelic!

The Unicorn was very meh, schampooish.

The white florals in The Queen of Hearts turn to soap on my skin.

Oh, I didn&#039;t realize I had tried so many of them... The Lion I haven&#039;t tried but it&#039;s a hit among the amber fans. I have to warn you though, turnaround time is usually about 2 months.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have tried a few of them, let&#39;s see&#8230; The Red Queen is very red, a strong, boozy clash of red woods and red berries. I quite liked it, but you have to enjoy the cherry note. </p>
<p>March Hare is one of my favs too, I like BPAL&#39;s apricot note, it&#39;s not candysweet like some of their fruit notes and the clove adds a nice spiciness. </p>
<p>White Rabbit was not really my cup of tea, I&#39;d have liked more tea and pepper but I remember it as a soft, milky scent and I&#39;m not a great fan of milky scents. It&#39;s a huge success though. </p>
<p>The Dormouse is a really nice tea scent with just a hint of floral, overall I think BPAL are very good at fresh green tea scents, they have a whole bunch (Kumiho and Shanghai being favourites of mine) Their tea note is almost like fresh cut grass. </p>
<p>Alice is also a very soft and milky scent, a little plasticky if I remember correctly and I&#39;m not a carnation fan, but I think this one too is very popular.</p>
<p>Tweedledum is a bright and cheerful yellow fruit scent, mango and citrus, not very sophisticated.</p>
<p>The Caterpillar is a sweet-ish, almost fruity somehow, incense, very psychedelic!</p>
<p>The Unicorn was very meh, schampooish.</p>
<p>The white florals in The Queen of Hearts turn to soap on my skin.</p>
<p>Oh, I didn&#39;t realize I had tried so many of them&#8230; The Lion I haven&#39;t tried but it&#39;s a hit among the amber fans. I have to warn you though, turnaround time is usually about 2 months.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 02:01:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There are reviews for some of them on MakeupAlley!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are reviews for some of them on MakeupAlley!</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Solander, I should have known BPAL would have an Alice in Wonderland collection, it sounds like them! Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Solander, I should have known BPAL would have an Alice in Wonderland collection, it sounds like them! Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:53:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Has anybody tried any of the BPAL Mad Tea Party scents? Some of them sound rather good--particularly Alice, Frumious Bandersnatch, and The Lion--but of course 1) you can&#039;t tell what something&#039;s going to smell like from the list of notes, and 2) the company&#039;s in the business of selling its product and so is going to describe them in the best possible terms. I&#039;m half-tempted to order at least a bunch of samples; has anyone beaten me to the punch?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Has anybody tried any of the BPAL Mad Tea Party scents? Some of them sound rather good&#8211;particularly Alice, Frumious Bandersnatch, and The Lion&#8211;but of course 1) you can&#39;t tell what something&#39;s going to smell like from the list of notes, and 2) the company&#39;s in the business of selling its product and so is going to describe them in the best possible terms. I&#39;m half-tempted to order at least a bunch of samples; has anyone beaten me to the punch?</p>
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		<title>By: Anonymous</title>
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		<dc:creator>Anonymous</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Feb 2007 21:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There is a &quot;Drink me&quot; perfume (with a proper warning). There is actually an entire Alice in Wonderland scent collection already. Here: http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/alice.html</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There is a &#8220;Drink me&#8221; perfume (with a proper warning). There is actually an entire Alice in Wonderland scent collection already. Here: <a href="http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/alice.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.blackphoenixalchemylab.com/alice.html</a></p>
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