BPAL Swaplist Update!
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joiedecombatThe latest list of Stuff I Am Trying To Unload. With lab descriptions.
Aglaea - Splendour. Three golden ambers, bright musk, peach wine and myrtle.
Aizen-Myoo - A bright, bittersweet scent honoring the Japanese Deity of Love and Passion. Aizen-Myoo is one of the vidyarajas, the Shingon's Radiant Kings of Wisdom. Though Aizen-Myoo possesses the lust, grace and passion of both genders, he most often appears to his followers as male. His face is screwed into a fearsome demonic mask, but this is only the wrathful, fierce countenance he places over himself to guide and empower his children. Aizen-Myoo is the patron of prostitutes, of joyous, unbridled sexuality and of all forms of erotic love and is worshipped by all those in the sex industry, musicians, and - oddly - landlords. Yuzu, kaki, and mikan with cherry blossom and black tea.
Amsterdam - Tulips, peony, fresh flowing water and crisp green grasses.
Athens - A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers.
Aunt Caroline’s Joy Mojo - Bottled happiness. Helps reverse misfortune, brings light and laughter to even the most troubled and discordant place, and aids in alleviating the stress and discontent that accompanies so many of life's daily trials.
Aureus - True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent.
Black Dahlia - Voluptuous magnolias strewn over orchid, star jasmine, black amber and smoky rose.
Calliope - The eldest of the Muses, she is Eloquence, and thus, governs heroic and epic poetry, and her eloquence has served to calm quarrels even amongst the surliest of Gods. She is crowned in gold, and holds a roll of parchment or stylus and tablet. Hers is the scent of creative inspiration, and it is a boon to writers, poets and arbitrators: lavender and bright mint with bergamot, verbena, thyme and a touch of sweet orange and warm almond.
Dana O’Shee - In Irish folklore the Dana O'Shee are a fae, elven people that live in a realm of beauty, their nobility akin to our that own Age of Chivalry, eternally beautiful and eternally young. They surround themselves with the pleasures of the Arts, they live for the hunt, and to this day can be seen riding in procession through the Irish countryside at twilight, led by their King and Queen. However, the Dana O'Shee are not benevolent creatures, despite what their unearthly beauty may imply. They are vengeful and treacherous and possess a streak of mischievous malice, and many have whispered that their true home lies deep in the shadowed groves of the Realm of the Dead. Hearing even a single chord of their otherworldly music leaves one stunned and lost to the mortal realms for ever, finding themselves prey to the Dana O'Shee's hunt or enslaved in their Court as servants or playthings. Offerings of milk, honey and sweet grains were made to placate these creatures, and it is that the basis of the scent created in their name.
Dance of Death - A gloriously elegant representation of Lady Death. Dry, bone-white orris, black musk, serpentine patchouli and our murkiest myrrh.
Devil’s Night - Devil’s Eve, Devil’s Night, Gate Night, Trick Night, Mischief Night; whatever your name for it might be, the chaos is still the same. Contrary to popular belief, this festival of pandemonium isn’t unique to Detroit. Falling on October 30th, it is an evening of mayhem and destruction. On the gentler side, it may be celebrated by practical jokes, an egging, Ding-Dong-Ditch, or enthusiastic TP’ing of your most hated neighbor’s trees, and on the more violent side, arson and vandalism. This is the scent of autumn night, fires in the distance, with a touch of boozy swoon, playful sugar and thuggish musk.
Dragon’s Milk - A truly fae nectar! Dragon's blood resin and honeyed vanilla.
Eclipse - All the glory, warmth and majesty of the sun -- darkened. A delicious blend of bitter almond, vanilla, frankincense and heliotrope, with a drop of cinnamon.
Embalming Fluid - A light, pure scent: white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon.
Eve - The spirit of temptation, the essence of lost innocence. Apple blossom, rose, ylang ylang and golden honey.
The Hesperides - The Hesperides are the Nymphs of the Evening who dwell in a verdant garden located in the Arcadian Mountains, guarded by the terrible three-headed dragon, Ladon. Within their garden lives the tree that bears Hera's sacred Golden Apples. Their perfume is that of sturdy oak bark, dew-kissed leaves, twilight mist and crisp apple.
Iambe - Daughter of Pan and Echo and dear friend to Demeter. When Demeter was mourning the abduction of her daughter, Iambe was the only creature in heaven and earth that was able to lend cheer and laughter to the grieving mother. Her scent is one of comfort, beauty and joy: Sudanese amber, patchouli, rose, gardenia, gladiola and white tea.
Inferno - The Dark Side of Fire: cinnamon, bitter almond, and neroli. Heavily spiced, torrid, and possibly conflagrant.
Jacob’s Ladder 2005 - The meeting of Heaven and Earth: golden amber, galbanum, benzoin, ambrette, rockrose, costus and tonka.
Juke Joint - A bawdy, gleefully wicked and unruly scent: Kentucky Bourbon, sugar and a sprig of mint.
Kathmandu - The scent of sacred incense swirling up the steep slopes to Swayambhunath Stupa. Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices.
Kumiho - Nine-tailed fox demon of Korean lore who transforms into the visage of an irresistible beauty in order to seduce men and lead them to their doom. A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger.
Kyoto - A gentle, soothing blend of cherry blossom, white sandalwood and star anise.
Le Petit Mort - Seduction, sensuality, the Act, and the aftermath all in one. The scent of warm, damp skin flushed with the glow of passion, touched by the luxuriant potency of ylang ylang and myrrh.
Lightning - Lightning slashing the midnight skies over the endless reaches of the ocean. The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain.
March Hare - A twisted teatime tart: apricot and sweet clove.
Moon Rose - A crisp, pale, almost translucent rose dusted by moonflower and midnight dew.
Montresor - The black fruit and vanilla oaken notes of fine Medoc and De Grâve, but not a hint of the elusive Amontillado.
Neo-Tokyo - This scent was created for a very dear friend in Kyoto, with love, admiration and continent-spanning affection. The name itself was inspired by Vladimir. A scent that captures a meeting of the serenity and elegance of ancient Japan, the vibrant, shining, neon-lit and ultra-modern splendor of today's Tokyo and the fantastic electric fantasyland of post-modern manga fantasy. Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits.
O - The scent of sexual obsession, slavery to sensual pleasure, and the undercurrent of innocence defiled utterly. Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla.
The Queen of Hearts - Lily of the Valley, Calla Lily, stephanotis and a drop of cherry.
Rage - Black amber erupting with a dark volcanic surge of fiery dragon's blood and a burst of melati, rose geranium, mandarin and black currant.
Santo Domingo - An exotic, sultry blend of tobacco leaf, bay rum and heady Caribbean blossoms.
Sea of Glass - Upon the Sea of Glass, glowing with the perfection of spiritual union and the radiance of true wisdom, rests the throne of God. A scent of inimitable purity, crystalline grace, and limitless light.
Shroud - Dry white sandalwood wrapped in thin woods, soft grasses and the lightest white flowers layered over cajeput and the warm, deep scent of embalming herbs.
Sloth - Thick, dark, sluggish and heavy with indolence: vetiver over black myrrh.
Skuld - Being. Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum.
Stardust - When the holidays roll around, not everyone has mistletoe, caroling and cookies on their minds. This scent is a paean to celebrating hard: nights covered in glitter and dusted with cocaine, flutes of Cristal clutched in shaky hands, leather and lace, the Spiders From Mars in the background, and twisting, sweaty limbs entangled in dark corners. Hairspray and cigarette smoke is the incense in this temple to decadence, strobe and mirrors replace the devotional candles, and Bolan sings the hymns. This scent is for everyone that has every drifted off into Quaalude-induced reverie to the beat of a tribal 4-on-the-floor: the sound of Mott the Hoople, Sweet, Slade or the Dolls. This scent reflects the futurism, self-indulgence and excess of the Glitter 70’s: champagne, hyacinth, tuberose, ylang ylang and flashing white musk with jonquil, tobacco flower, white sandalwood and a pale poppy.
Sugar Skull 2005 - Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits.
Swank - Simply cool, the essence of Lounge: the scent of a crisp pomegranate martini.
Thalia - Good Cheer. Plumeria, pear and white champagne.
Tiger Lily - A feisty bouquet of golden, warm, gently honeyed lilies.
Tintagel - According to legend, the birthplace of King Arthur. The scent of a castle's great hall in the midst of joyous feasting. Spicy mulled wine flowing through the musky heat, warm leather and bright clash of armor, the damp branches of Cornish hawthorn, blackthorn, juniper, English elm and bayberry, and the magical tingle of dragon's blood resin.
Titus Andronicus - Dark musk and black amber with frankincense, red sandalwood, neroli and bergamot.
Utrennyaya - The Morning Star. Osmanthus, Damascus rose, violet, delphinium, white mint, palmarosa and white sandalwood.
Van Van - A venerable voodoo blend, used for purification of the spirit and to amplify positive personal power.
Venice - A complex, voluptuous scent that captures the robust beauty and of the Italian Renaissance: lemon, red currant, wisteria, red rose petals, heady jasmine, Florentine orris root, waterlily, red sandalwood, violet plum, and violet leaf.
White Rabbit - Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen.
Wilde - A sophisticated traditional gentleman's cologne, with just the slightest taint of patchouli's passion, tonka bean's decadence, the philanthropy of bergamot, moss' cynicism, the sharp wit of lavender, and the hopeless romantic longing of jasmine and thyme.
Aglaea - Splendour. Three golden ambers, bright musk, peach wine and myrtle.
Aizen-Myoo - A bright, bittersweet scent honoring the Japanese Deity of Love and Passion. Aizen-Myoo is one of the vidyarajas, the Shingon's Radiant Kings of Wisdom. Though Aizen-Myoo possesses the lust, grace and passion of both genders, he most often appears to his followers as male. His face is screwed into a fearsome demonic mask, but this is only the wrathful, fierce countenance he places over himself to guide and empower his children. Aizen-Myoo is the patron of prostitutes, of joyous, unbridled sexuality and of all forms of erotic love and is worshipped by all those in the sex industry, musicians, and - oddly - landlords. Yuzu, kaki, and mikan with cherry blossom and black tea.
Amsterdam - Tulips, peony, fresh flowing water and crisp green grasses.
Athens - A reformulation and modernization of a true Classical Greek perfume, myrrhine: voluptuous myrrh, golden honey, red wine, and sweet flowers.
Aunt Caroline’s Joy Mojo - Bottled happiness. Helps reverse misfortune, brings light and laughter to even the most troubled and discordant place, and aids in alleviating the stress and discontent that accompanies so many of life's daily trials.
Aureus - True, perfect golden light, refined into an incomparably glorious scent.
Black Dahlia - Voluptuous magnolias strewn over orchid, star jasmine, black amber and smoky rose.
Calliope - The eldest of the Muses, she is Eloquence, and thus, governs heroic and epic poetry, and her eloquence has served to calm quarrels even amongst the surliest of Gods. She is crowned in gold, and holds a roll of parchment or stylus and tablet. Hers is the scent of creative inspiration, and it is a boon to writers, poets and arbitrators: lavender and bright mint with bergamot, verbena, thyme and a touch of sweet orange and warm almond.
Dana O’Shee - In Irish folklore the Dana O'Shee are a fae, elven people that live in a realm of beauty, their nobility akin to our that own Age of Chivalry, eternally beautiful and eternally young. They surround themselves with the pleasures of the Arts, they live for the hunt, and to this day can be seen riding in procession through the Irish countryside at twilight, led by their King and Queen. However, the Dana O'Shee are not benevolent creatures, despite what their unearthly beauty may imply. They are vengeful and treacherous and possess a streak of mischievous malice, and many have whispered that their true home lies deep in the shadowed groves of the Realm of the Dead. Hearing even a single chord of their otherworldly music leaves one stunned and lost to the mortal realms for ever, finding themselves prey to the Dana O'Shee's hunt or enslaved in their Court as servants or playthings. Offerings of milk, honey and sweet grains were made to placate these creatures, and it is that the basis of the scent created in their name.
Dance of Death - A gloriously elegant representation of Lady Death. Dry, bone-white orris, black musk, serpentine patchouli and our murkiest myrrh.
Devil’s Night - Devil’s Eve, Devil’s Night, Gate Night, Trick Night, Mischief Night; whatever your name for it might be, the chaos is still the same. Contrary to popular belief, this festival of pandemonium isn’t unique to Detroit. Falling on October 30th, it is an evening of mayhem and destruction. On the gentler side, it may be celebrated by practical jokes, an egging, Ding-Dong-Ditch, or enthusiastic TP’ing of your most hated neighbor’s trees, and on the more violent side, arson and vandalism. This is the scent of autumn night, fires in the distance, with a touch of boozy swoon, playful sugar and thuggish musk.
Dragon’s Milk - A truly fae nectar! Dragon's blood resin and honeyed vanilla.
Eclipse - All the glory, warmth and majesty of the sun -- darkened. A delicious blend of bitter almond, vanilla, frankincense and heliotrope, with a drop of cinnamon.
Embalming Fluid - A light, pure scent: white musk, green tea, aloe and lemon.
Eve - The spirit of temptation, the essence of lost innocence. Apple blossom, rose, ylang ylang and golden honey.
The Hesperides - The Hesperides are the Nymphs of the Evening who dwell in a verdant garden located in the Arcadian Mountains, guarded by the terrible three-headed dragon, Ladon. Within their garden lives the tree that bears Hera's sacred Golden Apples. Their perfume is that of sturdy oak bark, dew-kissed leaves, twilight mist and crisp apple.
Iambe - Daughter of Pan and Echo and dear friend to Demeter. When Demeter was mourning the abduction of her daughter, Iambe was the only creature in heaven and earth that was able to lend cheer and laughter to the grieving mother. Her scent is one of comfort, beauty and joy: Sudanese amber, patchouli, rose, gardenia, gladiola and white tea.
Inferno - The Dark Side of Fire: cinnamon, bitter almond, and neroli. Heavily spiced, torrid, and possibly conflagrant.
Jacob’s Ladder 2005 - The meeting of Heaven and Earth: golden amber, galbanum, benzoin, ambrette, rockrose, costus and tonka.
Juke Joint - A bawdy, gleefully wicked and unruly scent: Kentucky Bourbon, sugar and a sprig of mint.
Kathmandu - The scent of sacred incense swirling up the steep slopes to Swayambhunath Stupa. Saffron, blessed sandalwood, Himalayan cedar and the miraculous lotus of the Buddha with chiuri bark and Nepalese spices.
Kumiho - Nine-tailed fox demon of Korean lore who transforms into the visage of an irresistible beauty in order to seduce men and lead them to their doom. A sharp, biting blend of crisp white tea and ginger.
Kyoto - A gentle, soothing blend of cherry blossom, white sandalwood and star anise.
Le Petit Mort - Seduction, sensuality, the Act, and the aftermath all in one. The scent of warm, damp skin flushed with the glow of passion, touched by the luxuriant potency of ylang ylang and myrrh.
Lightning - Lightning slashing the midnight skies over the endless reaches of the ocean. The electric tang of ozone, marine notes, and a drop of sharp rain.
March Hare - A twisted teatime tart: apricot and sweet clove.
Moon Rose - A crisp, pale, almost translucent rose dusted by moonflower and midnight dew.
Montresor - The black fruit and vanilla oaken notes of fine Medoc and De Grâve, but not a hint of the elusive Amontillado.
Neo-Tokyo - This scent was created for a very dear friend in Kyoto, with love, admiration and continent-spanning affection. The name itself was inspired by Vladimir. A scent that captures a meeting of the serenity and elegance of ancient Japan, the vibrant, shining, neon-lit and ultra-modern splendor of today's Tokyo and the fantastic electric fantasyland of post-modern manga fantasy. Urban metallics and an ozone-tinged breath of electric light mingled with reedy bamboo, crisp mountain air, cherry blossoms, delicate orchid and a splash of playful, wet fruits.
O - The scent of sexual obsession, slavery to sensual pleasure, and the undercurrent of innocence defiled utterly. Amber and honey with a touch of vanilla.
The Queen of Hearts - Lily of the Valley, Calla Lily, stephanotis and a drop of cherry.
Rage - Black amber erupting with a dark volcanic surge of fiery dragon's blood and a burst of melati, rose geranium, mandarin and black currant.
Santo Domingo - An exotic, sultry blend of tobacco leaf, bay rum and heady Caribbean blossoms.
Sea of Glass - Upon the Sea of Glass, glowing with the perfection of spiritual union and the radiance of true wisdom, rests the throne of God. A scent of inimitable purity, crystalline grace, and limitless light.
Shroud - Dry white sandalwood wrapped in thin woods, soft grasses and the lightest white flowers layered over cajeput and the warm, deep scent of embalming herbs.
Sloth - Thick, dark, sluggish and heavy with indolence: vetiver over black myrrh.
Skuld - Being. Ylang ylang, honey, Egyptian and Arabian musks and labdanum.
Stardust - When the holidays roll around, not everyone has mistletoe, caroling and cookies on their minds. This scent is a paean to celebrating hard: nights covered in glitter and dusted with cocaine, flutes of Cristal clutched in shaky hands, leather and lace, the Spiders From Mars in the background, and twisting, sweaty limbs entangled in dark corners. Hairspray and cigarette smoke is the incense in this temple to decadence, strobe and mirrors replace the devotional candles, and Bolan sings the hymns. This scent is for everyone that has every drifted off into Quaalude-induced reverie to the beat of a tribal 4-on-the-floor: the sound of Mott the Hoople, Sweet, Slade or the Dolls. This scent reflects the futurism, self-indulgence and excess of the Glitter 70’s: champagne, hyacinth, tuberose, ylang ylang and flashing white musk with jonquil, tobacco flower, white sandalwood and a pale poppy.
Sugar Skull 2005 - Vibrant with the joy and sweetness of life in death! A blend of five sugars, lightly dusted with candied fruits.
Swank - Simply cool, the essence of Lounge: the scent of a crisp pomegranate martini.
Thalia - Good Cheer. Plumeria, pear and white champagne.
Tiger Lily - A feisty bouquet of golden, warm, gently honeyed lilies.
Tintagel - According to legend, the birthplace of King Arthur. The scent of a castle's great hall in the midst of joyous feasting. Spicy mulled wine flowing through the musky heat, warm leather and bright clash of armor, the damp branches of Cornish hawthorn, blackthorn, juniper, English elm and bayberry, and the magical tingle of dragon's blood resin.
Titus Andronicus - Dark musk and black amber with frankincense, red sandalwood, neroli and bergamot.
Utrennyaya - The Morning Star. Osmanthus, Damascus rose, violet, delphinium, white mint, palmarosa and white sandalwood.
Van Van - A venerable voodoo blend, used for purification of the spirit and to amplify positive personal power.
Venice - A complex, voluptuous scent that captures the robust beauty and of the Italian Renaissance: lemon, red currant, wisteria, red rose petals, heady jasmine, Florentine orris root, waterlily, red sandalwood, violet plum, and violet leaf.
White Rabbit - Strong black tea and milk with white pepper, ginger, honey and vanilla, spilled over the crisp scent of clean linen.
Wilde - A sophisticated traditional gentleman's cologne, with just the slightest taint of patchouli's passion, tonka bean's decadence, the philanthropy of bergamot, moss' cynicism, the sharp wit of lavender, and the hopeless romantic longing of jasmine and thyme.
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Date: 2006-08-30 03:51 am (UTC)Black Dahlia, Devil's Night, the Hesperides, Lightning, Montresor, Tiger Lily, and White Rabbit also sound interesting. I have no idea how much you're willing to give me, though, so give me some idea of your impressions of those scents and I'll narrow it down?
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:08 am (UTC)Black Dahlia: well, it's been a while, and basically anything with jasmine in it goes the same sort of acrid commercial-perfumey-powdery on me. If jasmine didn't hate me it would probably be a lush, creamy sort of floral. In my original review of this scenet I think I said something about it being a secretive scent, if you can call a scent secretive.
Devil's Night: My opinion is essentially yurgh. I have not a sample imp of this but an actual 5ml bottle, and I will give it to you if you want to try it, but I'm not recommending it to you. Better in text than in actuality.
The Hesperides, on the other hand, is pretty awesome. It smells pretty much like genuine apples, freshly cut and juicy and with a bit of the bitterness of apple peel. It's on the list only because I have two imps and may get a bottle eventually.
Lightning: Can't give a truly accurate impression of this one because, rather like with Black Dahlia's jasmine, all BPAL's aquatic scents just seem to hate me. Initially, it's a kind of masculine fresh scent and gives a vague impression of salt spray - it was too masculine for me - and then on my skin it went unpleasantly weedy, just like every other BPAL water-themed scent I've tried. Some weird skin chemistry thing.
Montresor: Pricey booze was my impression. I got a rich, almost kind of buttery alcohol scent from it. (What kind of alcohol? I couldn't tell you, but it smelled like good alcohol instead of leaving me smelling like I'd been crawling cheap bars, which is what Juke Joint did on me.)
Tiger Lily:
White Rabbit: On me, it smelled pretty much just like what the notes said - milk, tea, and a bit of pepper. The combination didn't really suit me
Aizen-Myoo, in case you - as I did - have no clue what kaki and yuzu and mikan are, puts me in mind of nothing so much as grapefruit and tangerine.
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:15 am (UTC)I also love lily scent, so I think I'll ask for Tiger Lily as well.
Shall I bribe you with something for the Hesperides, Lightning, Montresor, Tiger Lily, and Aizen-Myoo? I mean, I have no idea what, but. :)
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:31 am (UTC)As for bribery, I will make you the same deal I have offered
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:34 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-30 04:39 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-30 07:53 am (UTC)Want want want.
I have a number of imps I am willing to trade - don't recall offhand which,but make a request and i shall see if I have it? I am also willing to decant the two LEs I have, Peacock Queen and Parliament of Foules.
If I have nothing suitable for trade, I too am open for finding other methods of bribery, like fine teas, Godiva, or books.
Aglaea
Amsterdam
Black Dahlia
Dragon's Milk
UTrennyaya
Titus Andronicus
Venice
Skuld
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-30 04:11 am (UTC)I have no scents to trade but we are reasonably solvent at the moment, so other forms of bribery may be possible. :D
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:26 am (UTC)If you'd like to bribe me anyhow, mind, I will not say no. I am sort of tempted to make big hopeful eyes for some kind of shortfic, but at the same time I'm afraid that would be an unfair request, since it would involve an entirely different sort of expense on your part.
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:49 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-30 04:55 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-30 07:56 am (UTC)Moon Rose
too. :D
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Date: 2006-08-30 04:07 pm (UTC)Baghdad, Baobhan Sith, Bastet, Bayou, Black Pearl, The Bow and Crown of Conquest, Coyote, Dirty, The Dormouse, Eden, Endymion, Frumious Bandersnatch, The Hanging Gardens, Jester, Kitsune-Tsuki, Kuang Shi, The Lady of Shalott, Mouse's Long and Sad Tale, Phantasm, Phobos, Queen of Sheba, Shango, Silk Road, Sundew, Titania, Tweedledee, Vice, or Vixen.
Aglaea has already been promised to
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Date: 2006-08-30 08:17 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-08-30 08:26 pm (UTC)