Bottles and bottles of pumpkin perfume.: seanan

Bottles and bottles of pumpkin perfume.

So I recently agreed to autograph and mail back a book that was mailed to me, because hey, it seemed like a cool thing to do, and nobody had ever asked me to do that before (and since the book was being mailed with the cost of postage enclosed, it's not like I was giving up a day's Diet Dr Pepper for the sake of randomly mailing things). I was rewarded by the book's owner—also a Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab fan, albeit one who does not share my adoration of their pumpkin perfumes—enclosing surprise BPAL. Specifically, surprise Pumpkin Patch 2006. SURPRISE!

The 2006 Pumpkin Patch was my Very First BPAL. It was a gift from Kate, who thought I would like it. She was right, as my shelf o' bottles of weird perfume can now attest. I bought the 2007 Pumpkin Patch for myself. And the 2008 Pumpkin Patch. And recently, thanks to a "please help me buy more perfume"-based art sale, the 2009 Pumpkin Patch. Oh, and I have a bottle of Jack, and a bottle of Pumpkin Queen. So, counting my new bottles, and the extra bottle of Pumpkin-with-Pomegranate that I got Just In Case (tm), I have...

...twenty-nine bottles of pumpkin-based perfume. Not counting my assorted imps and decants and suchlike.

I think this is sufficient pumpkin perfume to make my declaration of being Pumpkin Queen of California entirely believable, and actually a bit of an unnecessary statement. Because I am so the Pumpkin Queen. I have the spooky perfume to prove it.

deakat

October 17 2009, 19:08:20 UTC 7 years ago

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I wish *so much* that I could join in the BPAL fandom, but I'm flat on my back today because the cashier at the grocery store last night appeared to have bathed in his cologne before heading to work. Fragrances are not my friends.

ladymondegreen

October 17 2009, 21:42:52 UTC 7 years ago

Have you thought about collecting the postcards instead? Many people don't keep the postcards that come with their shipments, but there are a lot of them, and they don't smell like anything.

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seanan_mcguire

October 18 2009, 06:19:40 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, honey! I'm so sorry to hear that. :( Stupid environmental sensitivities.

kathleenfoucart

October 17 2009, 19:10:07 UTC 7 years ago

I have Bath & Body Works "Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin" which I love, though it's more "sweet" and slightly-cinnamon than anything else. But when I won the Debsness bag a couple months ago,

lisamantchev's inclusion was some BPAL and I've been resisting smelling it because I'm afraid of becoming a BPAL addict!

October 18 2009, 06:20:23 UTC 7 years ago

I really really (really really really) miss their formerly-annual Pumpkin Pie bodywash line. I've literally been rationing bottles of shower gel, praying they'd bring it back.

all_ephemera

October 18 2009, 15:18:00 UTC 7 years ago

You know, Philosophy does Pumpkin Pie and a Pumpkin Spice Muffin body wash, and I love their scents above and beyond Bath and Body Works.

bigherman

October 17 2009, 19:17:29 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, am I so totally smelling you tonight!

October 18 2009, 06:20:43 UTC 7 years ago

I think you forgot to sniff! (I was wearing Graveyard Dirt, anyway.)

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October 18 2009, 06:20:54 UTC 7 years ago

*giggle*

catvalente

October 17 2009, 20:18:14 UTC 7 years ago

Can I be Pumpkin Queen of Maine?

October 18 2009, 06:21:16 UTC 7 years ago

Yes. I grant Maine unto thee. Care for it well. If you break it, we shall Have Words.

October 17 2009, 21:43:33 UTC 7 years ago

Yay pumpkin! I have struck out with the first two of the Patch this year, but I have three more to go.

October 18 2009, 06:21:36 UTC 7 years ago

Woe for you! Good luck with the last three.

gwynnega

October 17 2009, 22:14:04 UTC 7 years ago

Wow, that's a lot of pumpkin perfume! I think I have about ten bottles of pumpkin-based BPAL. Pumpkin with pomegranate is my favorite, but I'm starting to run low!

October 18 2009, 06:22:24 UTC 7 years ago

I've had years and years of focused gathering to get me to this point.

silly doggerel

celticdragonfly

October 18 2009, 03:29:02 UTC 7 years ago

Twenty-nine bottles of scent on the shelf,
Twenty-nine bottles of scent,
Take one down,
spray pumpkin around,
twenty-eight bottles of scent on the shelf.

All Hail the Pumpkin Queen!

Re: silly doggerel

October 18 2009, 06:22:38 UTC 7 years ago

*giggle*

You do get the silly points for tonight.

October 18 2009, 03:46:54 UTC 7 years ago

I'm just glad that they went to someone who would appreciate them as they deserve! :-)

Re: Bottles and bottles of pumpkin perfume.

October 18 2009, 06:23:07 UTC 7 years ago

There was squealing.

kyleri

October 18 2009, 04:44:52 UTC 7 years ago

Would it be overly forward of me to note that I have added a few pumpkin-ey things to my bath and body stuff, pretty much mostly cos you talk about it with such longing?

<a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop.php?user_id=5574742>Right here if'n you're interested</a>.