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Oh wow.. now that is awesome Mara. i adore Neroli and its uplifting, slightly euphoric effects, but have always had a bit of a problem with the biting edge it can have. I am afraid i'm going to have to get this one too. Mara, leave it to you to improve upon perfection!

Today was one of those days where for whatever reason, maybe a bad dream that set the tone, who knows, I just woke up in a really bitchy mood. No obvious reason for it. Let's put it on menopause, if it is going to be here, then it might as well take the blame! BUT, my partner had brought in the mail and he left it on the couch and I immediately saw what could only have been my LP order!!!! YES! I got a cup of tea and sat down and anxiously opened the box, taking out its precious contents.I sat here, B2 in one hand, BB in the other. Hmm.. I needed SOMETHING bad. I have never tried either, so I thought maybe B2 might be too much having just gotten up, and what about BB? Too early in the day? To BB or not to BB? Oh to hell with it, I am doing this! So, I spritzed some on each wrist up to my inner forearms and put just a tiny dab above my upper lip. Then I added a bit of sunny OCCO Ambrosia just because. Not kidding.. within 10 to 15 minutes, I felt sort of a subtle, mellow, wave of pleasantness wash over me as I checked my facebook stuff. I just sort of noticed and thought, "Hey.. my attitude is gone!" Not at all sleepy, just nicely, subtly calm and in a *nice* mood! OMG... I ADORE Balm Bomb!!! I could have kissed the bottle. I sat here and blessed Mara for making this available and for the perfect timing with shipping. Really, truly, I could not be happier with this phero blend. Well, maybe I could if it somehow helped me to drop 20 lbs... but that aside? What a sweet little friend to have on your side! I am sitting here in a nice mood, typing, with a kitteh curled up on my thigh snoozing, and life feels GOOD!!! Thank you Mara! How have I been getting by without this stuff?!?! ME> BEFORE: AFTER: I you Balm Bomb!!!

Hello lovely "Mara the Awesome!" Got my package o' magick today. SO speedy. Thank you for that! I have been so looking forward to it since I had Balm Bomb and B2 in it and couldn't wait to try these. OMG!!! I tried the Balm Bomb today and I was blessing you for it. Will write a review on this. Thanks so, so much!

cChristy and Elliebellikins, you both look so beautiful! I love your labels!

I am so excited!!! My lovely great niece is Sugared Honeysuckle! Thanks so much Mara!xoxo

LOL Livin! I think that might have been a bit scary!

Blackcat, you look lovely! And Sugared Iris..how awesome!

I got mine yesterday too!!! Am so excited!

I am in agreement with this Dolly. Open Windows and OCCO are a VERY nice combination. I guess everything is better with the windows open.

This is fine with me Mara! I have not even BEGUN to order any Sugars yet and was just this morning wondering how I would be able to pull off my list of sugar wants and the NR too! Can not speak for everyone, but I am really relieved to hear this!

Congrats Bellumed! I can't believe I am at over 2000 posts. It just doesn't feel like it to me at all.

DD, I am so sorry. Have kept you, your mom, and many other people from here in my thoughts, prayers, and candle lighting. Sending you gentle pink light to soothe your heart. XO

tyvey, that is awesome! Great idea! I *really* look forward to mixing these sugared notes and coming up with really nice blends! This would be like cooking all this yummy stuff and sharing recipes! I love it!

I am really loving looking at these and seeing new faces emerge. It is like watching a beautiful garden and each day being surprised by beautiful new blooms! That is exactly how this feels to me as I watch these pop up.As if Mara has this magickal (of course) garden and the faces on the labels are the flowers. I wish I could afford a bouquet of each and every one. So glad that these are not going away any time soon! I might just acquire that lovely, huge, bunch of sweet smelling flowers yet.

I figured as much Bellumed. I know we are all on the same page here, but I do appreciate the validation. LOL

LOL!!! Too funny! I wore one of th UNs around our cats and they were acting like major goofballs! Can not recall which, but it was not Sexpionage. They do get oddly rambunctious and competitive when I use TH of all things!

More awesomeness!!! Kitty and Ivy,you look beautiful, Mara, seems not to be able to do wrong with these!

OMG!!! I haven't even gotten to the Sugars yet! I spent more than i had planned on both the sale then spur of the moment chose to order both B2 and Balm Bomb. If any rationalizing is necessary, then I am going with the fact that it is medicinal! That's my story and I am sticking to it!

BG, I agree with Stacy. LFM is the bomb! My other current faves are Open Windows also Treasured Hearts, but not TH for a job interview. Good luck BG!

Oh wow! I totally missed this post. Lady that is awesome! I want this reaction! I need it! Sighs..Ok so once I get caught up from having bought UNd two months in a row, score some Sugared Layerables, and whatever else Mara is brewing in New releases, I am going to HAVE to try this! And that decision is based solely on your report Lady V! Nice results!

JudyO, everyone, just awesome looking! LOVE that gorgeous red hair!

I hope it will play nicely with you Ivy_Fiddlefox. If however,it does get mean with you again, and it and I get along well, maybe we could swap or I could buy your' s, but really I hope it just caught you on a bad day! I never tried LP Purple.

Love your label Calii! Mara told you not to count her out! It looks great!

I agree Luna. PINK Pepper has become quite popular in many current commercial perfumes and with good reason I think. It lends a lovely bite where needed and is more delicate than black pepper for perfumery purposes. I can see myself playing with these layerables to tweak them and get them more to where I want them to be to my taste and Pink Pepper could add some zest to a lot of fragrance blends. Just my thoughts. ETA: http://www.fragrantica.com/notes/Pink-Pepper-91.html

OK, I have to say that I am a body cream addict. I have spent quite a bit of money on hand crafted creams from a few companies and they really are wonderful. My skin is dry. Always has been, but even more so with menopause doing what it does. I had tried the old creams Mara was making back when she had the time to customize the scents of the creams and it was beautiful stuff. Lately, I have been put off by the underlying "oily" or even "greasy" smell that some of these artisinal creams leave once the fragrance fades. My nose is very sensitive to any smell of greasiness. Plainly put, I hate it! Am finding that even some of my faves have had the scent fade only to leave my skin, clothing, sheets, and towels still have a residual greasy smell. I finally got around to including two jars of Mara's LP Original w/ Cops Body Cream. For those of you who know and love the smell of LP Original, you already know. I have to say also that if you love Ambrosia, this will work beautifully with it! The cops are undetectable to my nose. I do not pick up on them at all! If that is holding you back from trying this, all I can say is that I just can not detect it. Really, do not let the cops scare you away from this one, they are NOT at all strong and the cover scent is just perfect! The cream itself? OMG...a little is going to go a VERY long way, even with dry skin. When you dip your fingers into it, it really feels like it is going to slather on pretty heavy and it does, BUT my skin easily drank this up and I was not left with any filmy greasiness. It only left its lovely signature scent (YUMMY) and left my skin softened, silky smooth, and completely moisturized. I even had a couple of problem areas on my elbows and one arm. Took a shower, smoothed this luscious stuff on while my skin was still damp and later noticed that these areas were considerably improved after just one use! AND, *NO* greasy after scent whatsoever!!! OMG! That is such a selling point for me! It is just perfect! Mara, please don't discontinue this cream. I will buy ALL of my body cream from you as long as you are selling this! I am going to try a patch test on my face to see if it will be ok for me and if it is, I am going to try using it as a night cream. The only way this could be improved upon for me would be to offer it in an unscented version in addition to this, so that one could use it and not have it clash with any perfume you are wearing OR so that if you wanted, you could simply scent your own. But really...all of this in one cream and NO greasy after smell??? I am in body cream heaven! Thank you Mara! LOVE this!