On the 24th of November I wrote a post; Pay It Forward. Eleven people entered this contest…and unfortunately, the awarding of a prize fell by the wayside…y’all know why. BUT! It was in the back of my mind and on Wednesday it floated to the top! So…drum roll please…here’s the winner!

Erin! You lucky dawg! Email me at fondofsnape AT gmail DOT com with your address please…and tell me what some of your favorite scents are, k?

Recently, I was the third commenter on Confessions of a Pagan Soccer Mom’s blog and as such, I won a handmade prize. And now it’s my turn to pay it forward! It might be a $5 Starbucks card, or a book or scent, or one of my pictures, whatever you chose! If you’d like to participate, please say so in the comments…this will entail you sending me your snail mail address and also paying it forward to three more folks, so if you’re hesitant to do this, bear that in mind! I’ll randomly choose 3 folks using my poppet Skelly, possibly Wolf and pieces of folded up paper. I’m old fashioned like that, ya’ll.

is getting THREE new bottles from BPAL, not to mention SIX frimps (free small vials of scent, called imps; when they’re free, they’re referred to as ‘frimps’)…and not being able to smell a one of them!

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Back now? Ok, these are the scents I got in the mail on 30 January:

Valentine of Rome – Ecclesiastical incense, Roman flora, and the fruits of martyrdom: cypress, olive blossom, frankincense, myrrh, and blood accord.
This one I wore today; I mixed it with some scent-free lotion and OMGG! I LOVE, ADORE, WANT TO MARRY this scent! It’s in my top 5 favorites of all the BPAL scents I’ve smelled. One of the women at work walked into my office, stopped short, and said…WOW you smell GREAT!

Defututa – Olive blossom, honey, smoky vanilla, cinnamon, jasmine, sandalwood, and champaca flower.
This one smells amazing to me too, and I’ll be giving it a try tomorrow, again, mixed with that lotion. Out of the bottle, it’s a flowery, spicy smell.

Red Lantern – Golden amber, blonde tobacco, Sudanese black coconut, rich caramel, black currant, white opium and delphinium laced with a sensual blend of Asian spice.
This one I didn’t like at all. Smelled like pure butterscotch to me. Maybe it’ll smell different on. Eh.

The frimps (small free vials) are:

Aglaea – Three golden ambers, bright musk, peach wine and myrtle.
Baghdad – Amber, saffron and bergamot with mandarin, nutmeg, Bulgar rose, musk and sandalwood.
Cheshire Cat – Grapefruit, red currant, dark musk, Roman chamomile, delphinium, and lavender.
Hemlock (a nice green color) – no description of the scent of it on the BPAL website, but on the message board, it’s described as herbal, lemony, fresh, clean.
Intrigue – Black palm, with cocoa, fig and shadowy wooded notes.
Lust – red musk, patchouli, ylang ylang and myrrh.

Since I already have an imp of Lust…if anyone would like this one, let me know! If I get more than one request, I’ll draw names