Perfume is kind of stupid.

[snarp]

1) Everyone probably already knows this, but I've come to the conclusion while researching this stuff that there's no fucking way Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab is using nothing but straight essential oils in their scents. Real oakmoss is not cheap, and there is no combination of plain plant oils that smells like ambergris. They've got to be using ambroxan or some other synthetic for the latter; I have not yet decided which is in Cathode, my favorite perfume, but hope to resolve this shortly.

2) My Perfumer's Apprentice order keeps getting bigger and less thematically-focused. I must be stopped. I was supposed to be figuring out the formula for Cathode, but roughly half of the crap I'm getting is unrelated. I'm just ordering the Iso E Super and vetiveryl acetate because some company's been selling them diluted for about $140 (1, 2), and this has irrationally made me curious. They are $3 on this website. I already have some ambroxan, which is the third thing the hella total con artists are selling at a huge markup; it was $6.50.

The crap I'm ordering is under the cut, as I am very sure that you care about this.

My list at the moment:

Limetol (G)**-4ml
Cyclal C ( Triplal )-4ml
Ethyl Salicylate-4ml
Para-cresyl methyl ether**-4ml
Carvone-L-4ml
Menthone**-4ml
Menthyl Acetate-4ml
Cetalox (F) (crystals)-4ml
Bois Ambrene Forte (Amberwood forte)-4ml
Verymoss - Evernyl - Veramoss-4ml
Iso E Super (I)-4ml
Vetiveryl acetate-4ml
Dorinia SA (F)-4ml
Civet (Artificial)-4ml
Black Agar (G)-4ml
Sandalwood Key Accord-4ml

3) I was wearing straight synthetic oakmoss and ambergris yesterday, and have had a headache ever since. Probably should have diluted that stuff! I smelled excellent, though. And I think I've convinced myself that Grisalva is not the ambergris that's in Cathode.

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[telophase]

IIRC, BPAL disctreetly dropped the assertion that they only used non-synthetics form thier advertising some time ago.