TheBirkeys

Well, it takes a lot for me to say I love a perfume and I will say about Sweet Surrender...I love it!! When I first put it on, the coconut, berry sugars and sandalwood stand out...after it has dried down, it becomes a beautiful sweet coconutty delight!! The sandalwood in this is beautiful..this one seems very soft to me...the white musk is a perfect choice which perfectly compliments the other notes. I plan on getting a sugared coconut when they come out to see how it combines with the Sweet Surrender..I adore perfumes with coconut and was so excited when I saw the notes on this.... it exceeded my expectations!! My routine now involves dotting this up/down my arms before bedtime because I love the barely there smell of it (yes, it is still there!) when I wake up..it is to die for!!!

If Sleep Tight Might is rebrewed in the future..could you please reserve one for me? Thank you...

No and if you are not at the computer at just the right minute all the great scents are gone.

 

Just kidding! The sale is fun given the scope plus you can stock up at great prices. It is really great of Mara to run the sale. A win-win for everyone.

Are you trying to send me to the hospital, quietguy??!!! I read the first line and immediately starting getting palpitations..lol Your next line saved me..

If you have any advice to give on men's scents, it would be greatly appreciated....I am having a hard time finding something for my fiance and my dad to wear. So far, Captain Fantastic (one I am stalking at the moment) is one of the only ones I have found...both lean towards the commercial side of perfumes/colognes and both need a very light scent. Do you have any recommendations? Anything with tobacco in it is out-my dad amps it and can't stand the smell since he quit smoking (he also has OCPD so he can't take anything strong)...Jatin has Aspergers and can't take strong scents (certain ones) because they irritate him...currently he uses D&G Light Blue for men...

I haven't placed an order in several weeks..trying to wait for the sale...it's the first time in months I don't have an order to look forward to receiving...HELP!!! I am going through serious withdrawls!!! I am like an addict, sitting at the computer and wanting to finalize an order so I will have something coming soon....Lord, please let the time pass quickly...lol

Fellow addicts: Is the list of sale items posted before the sale begins so we can plan what we would like?

As I understand it, they will probably be permanent, but I could be wrong. A long. long time ago LPMP used to sell a whole lot of sugareds, and I was able to nab a few before they were discontinued. Sugared French Vanilla was one of my favourites! That being said, Sugared Roses, Nag champa, Amber and a few others are permanent scents and you can buy them any time. Of those, I am a huge fan of Sugared Pure - I am big on sweet, foody scents, and I always get compliments when I wear it

Ahhh...that is fabulous to know!! I love Vanilla (not the dry, but the more foody one) and sugared Roses/Amber/Pure are all on my list of bottles to get..I also love the foody scents..one of my absolute favs right now is the OCCO Pink..it is divine!!

The original sugared apricots was special. I traded mine away, regretted it, and was thrilled to nab another bottle on the trading post. If you like fruit at all, I'd recommend it.

 

Sugared berries was also good. I used mine up ages ago.

 

Of course sugared honeycomb is one of my staples and it is permanent.

 

I still have a partial bottle of sugared vanilla mint. It is one of my favorite bedtime fragrances. I don't see it on the new list, but you could layer sugared vanilla and sugared mint.

Off of the list that Mara made, sugared apricots was my #1! I saw it on Ivy's list and kicked myself for not getting it, although I am very happy that you were able to give it a loving home! Vanilla is also on my list...I didn't think about the honeycomb...I am starting to like the perfumes with honey a lot!! Just got the NOCO Sugared Vanilla and Honey and it is fantastic!! The perfumes with honey seem to have great staying power on me! May just have to get a sugared berries too!

One I am very interested in is the Sugared Coconut. I really haven't started layering perfumes yet, but I am in love with Sweet Surrender (July's NR's) and I thought those two together would be super! I love anything coconut scented!! I am also considering sugared-ginger, grapefruit, jasmine, lavender and oakmoss, among some others...

Celrynnya and Xev...thanks so much for taking the time to respond!!! You both have given me some great suggestions!!

Ivy..I am sorry I don't have an answer to your question..but I do have one for you. I have always gotten my Un pheros with oil..I know we live in the same area..have you found that the silicone works best as far as staying power (for lack of a better word)? I know it gets really hot and humid in east Tennessee during the summer...

I'm hanging out for the sugareds, because GRABBY HANDS. I always prefer simpler scents than a long complicated list of notes.

I am very excited about them even though I have never smelled of any sugareds...which ones tend to sell out most quickly? and which ones should I concentrate on getting? What are some of your favorites?I know I am aksing some questions that you all may not want to answer..lol

I just got the Lavender Marshmallow from Artfire and I love it!! It is very refreshing and very light..gives just that hint of fragrance I was looking for!! I haven't tried the others yet, but this one is very calming and smells fantastic..just as it states in the description! I think there is one more left under the bath/body section...if you hurried you could grab it!!

Welcome Beach Goddess!! Love your avi!! One thing I love about the forum is that everyone is so willing to offer suggestions which come from the heart!! I have recently started loving the pinkish perfumes, especially with pink amber! One of my most recent discoveries is the OCCO Pink! It's fabulous!! Pink Amber with a hint of sweet tartness..one of my new favs!!!

Welcome!! Which products have you tried so far? Everyone on here is very helpful with any questions you might have!!

I got my package today and everything is incredible!! I tried some new things this time and they all smell absolutely wonderful!!!! You all were beyond generous with the extra goodies and sacs!!!! Love the new batch of LP White you brewed!!! I could go on all night......thank you so much for everything and have a wonderful weekend!!!! xo

Yay!! I just got my shipping notice!!!! Can't wait to get my goodies!!!!!!!

I'm the one who picked him, so he's mine anyway,

Lolol...then I need not feel like I am betraying myself because he was never available anyway!! Geez, I'd better shut up...if my intended ever reads this then I am in hot water!! But, let me just say that Mr. Blissful caress has got it goin' on in a serious way..dark hair and dark skin...my kind of guy!!! Jatin, if you happen to be reading this one day....I was forced to comment on the New Releases by the rest of the forum members...no, better yet, I was hypnotized and didn't know I was writing it... either way I'm not responsible for any of it....these are just ordinary guys that I wouldn't give a second glance!!!

I will have no problem rubbing these guys all over my hot points!! If Mr. Crescendo is so me....then why is Mr. Pherodise the one I want??!! I blame this on the G String, you know!! Ever since last Thursday when I slathered that stuff on myself with some BI...I turned from a Gypsum White girl to a dirty honey G String ho..lol (minus the sex of course! )....can't wait for these boys to get to my house!!!

Right now all of my UNs are in sprays, except the UNs I have gotten from the trade forum...I really love the sprays! I don't, however, have any UNs which contain cops, except Lumina (has a small amount). My dream is to have sprays and oils in all that I have so I can use my sprays around my neck area and dab the oil on my wrists, above elbows and behind knees. I just ordered the Leather and it hasn't arrived yet, but I'm so excited about it!! Dom in oil I just received from Halo off the forum and I love it!! You can't go wrong with either...I tend to lean towards Leather because I prefer the phero combos which are more soft, like Lace and Lumina..

Hey there Birkeys! I am familiar with Silicone Glove from back in my Avon Rep days. That stuff really *does* help! From what I have read and done with trial and error, I have found that my perfumes do last longer on well moisturized skin. But what I don't know is what, if any effect this has on pheros?

yeah, I would like to know that too...Sometimes I reapply when the oils/spray dry/dries down because I think..if I can't feel it on my skin, then it must have lost its effectiveness...I wonder a lot if I am applying them too often!! I get all of my pheros in sprays and I tend to go through bottles very quickly because I do this...you asked a question that I have been wanting to know an answer to for quite a while!! thanks!! Hopefully we will get an answer soon...

hey! Since I am fairly new I don't want to give you an answer to your question..I'll save that for the professionals.. As for myself, I found a hand lotion that is made for people like nurses, etc. who have to wash their hands a lot...it contains silicone and basically puts a barrier on the skin to prohibit moisture from leaving the skin..I find it also helps my perfumes (and pheros I'm assuming) to last longer without being absorbed so quickly...I will go look for the name and edit this post when I have it..

**Avon makes one called Silicone Glove...Walgreens also sells one called Remedy Nutrashield (I'm sure there are several varieties at Walgreens or any drugstore)..

I keep thinking about this scene with "Johnson, Navin R." .... any second....I'm going to start running around and screaming "Oh My God! The new LPs are here! The new LPs are here!"

 

ETA: Sorry Luna. I didn't mean to embed the video, just the link. Not sure why I can't fix it either.Heck, I'm not even sure how many ON this forum even remember this movie, LOL.

But in my head I WILL be doing the phone book scene from The Jerk when Mara posts those babies...

 

Bump!

ETA: I've done my LP happy dance now... Luna if you want to delete my post feel free (I dont know if having the video link uses excessive / unnecessary bandwidth or whatever ~ I do not speak web) and of course I can't delete the whole thing. I could take it down to the just the chicken dance I guess.

OMGosh! I just came over here to get the vibes on the NRs and saw this!! I can't believe you posted it, Lovestruck, because this is the exact image I have when the NRs come out! I swear! We people from the south must think alike! I am a huge Steve Martin fan..especially of his earlier movies...nothing tops the Thermos Song....oh I'm picking out a thermos for you......

So.....ok, any hints, vibes...anything for me to dream about and obsess over!!????? lol

I got my sampler today. I am convinced Mara & Co. is totally evil. I cannot decide -- must have them ALLLLLL!!!!

I agree JudyO!! lol I was hoping to find a few that I really loved, but when I tested them they were all fabulous..even the ones I didn't think I would go for because of the notes, I loved!! Now what to do? I had planned to stock up on my true favs, but now I want the whole collection and being the great hoarder that I am..it's very expensive to do that with 11 perfumes!! Decisions, decisions...

That's really for Mara to say; it would simply have to depend on how fast the inventory is being sold.

ok, luna65, I understand...I will make sure he gets the samplers to them and get their choices asap...thanks

Well, I have just tried the New June Releases...and WOW!!! I love them all!! Now I am in a bit of a pickle....Mara, moderators, veterans....do any of you have an idea if perhaps these will be available for purchase in a couple of months? I want to get numerous of them for Jatin's family, but they are all so great I don't know how to pick. If I were to purchase a few June samplers and send them to India w/his cousin the end of this month...do you think I would be able to purchase the FBs in July-August?

Thanks, Birkey! Glad you like Frida/my avi. She was quite a character wasn't she? Gutsy and talented. When my youngest daughter pulls her hair back she looks a lot like her....she's got that same spitfirey edge too!

 

My FB of LP Blue will probably be here early next week, cuz I got my shipping notice 2day. Yay!!!

Firstly...please explain avi to me? I should know this, but I don't. lol Secondly, your daughter must be beautiful then, because Frida Khalo was. For me, she wasn't that generic beautiful like many girls are today, but a standout beauty due to her unique features..like Sophia Loren! Thirdly, I was thinking you would go for LP Blue because of some of the other perfumes you have mentioned you like! Enjoy it and let me know how you like it! I would say that I wouldn't like anything with tobacco, but I love X Appeal and it has it..so maybe I will like it too?

Olderbutwiser...not to get off subject, but I just realized you chaged your profile pic to Frida Khalo!! I love her and her style of painting!! When I taught Spanish, one of our art projects was to paint a self portrait in the same style as she painted hers!! Great choice of artist..and profile pic!!

Now, back to the subject...Lp Blue is one that I am looking forward to trying because the notes are not something that I would usually go for, but I have some loves which happen to have those same notes! I have learned to not pre-judge anything or I might miss something great! While this is not my first pick before testing, I do want to give it a chance and see what happens!!

I love tea scents...this another of the June NRs I'm really excited about!! Keeping fingers crossed my samplers arrive tomorrow!!

Dear Mara & Company,

 

Great news! We traveled safely to our new home. We were dispatched to New York to be with ComingUpRoses. She seems to be nice enough. We were introduced to the other LPs who reside here and were shown our new living quarters. Overall I think we will fare quite well in the household.

 

Upon arrival we were carefully unpacked and lovingly placed in a group. ComingUpRoses did an interesting thing with the spray bottles and the jar of cream. She cut away plastic as needed to allow access, but left some plastic covering the labels of the bottles and jar intact. As she worked on Totem: Panda’s bottle, she explained to him that she wanted to keep the labels as pristine as possible. “Alrighty then” I thought. We can allow her that idiosyncratic behavior as she appears sane otherwise. We’ve been sniffed and some of us repeatedly huffed. She and Heart Strings were going at it at one point, you had to be there. Smh. Presently, we are set out to recover from travel shock.

 

Mara & Company, we cannot thank you enough for concocting us and allowing us to benefit the expanding LP community! LPMP is deserving of a jillion accolades. Many Thanks and Many Blessings to You! Please give our regards to all of our brothers and sisters in production. Oh, and, ComingUpRoses said to tell you “Heyyyyyy” . She’s over the moon! We were trying to send you a photo but no-go on the cut and paste. She said to give you a very special shout out and to pass on smooches for the surprise gift-esses! Squeeeeeal!!! Thank you again, countless times over.

 

~Warm regards~

 

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ComingUpRoses,

That was a pleasure to read..so sweet! You are a lot like me in that...I want everything to stay perfect. I have every order in its respective box in which it came..all FBs, smellies and samples are wrapped exactly as they arrived, except for the one I use which is taken out and again put back in its wrap! I have managed to keep everything as new as possible....except for what happened last week...I was trying to decide on a sack to send a trade bottle in and I took everything inside the sacks out and neatly laid it all on my bed in order...then I carefully placed the bags in a pile so I could compare the bottle lable to the color of the bag (yes, I do things like that..lol)...I stepped away to answer the phone and in that moment my oversized chihuahua, Bentley, got the bags and took off!! When I realized what he had done, I lost it!! I think I even lost consciousness for a few minutes..lol I managed to get them back after I found him, but most are full of holes and torn now. I'm currently looking for thread to patch them up. I think I can repair some of them.

Anyway, your letter reminded me of that happening ...it's nice to know that there is a fellow LP addict out there who is like me with keeping everything just just!!

**Not to turn ComingUpRoses wonderful letter into something about myself (which I just did above-forgive me), but I just got off the phone w/Jatin and his mom is making me some new sacks! I asked him if he could find some there in the market and he said he would look...but now my future mother in law is taking care of it....so, what was something terrible has now turned into something beautiful!! yay!!