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.

October 17 2009, 22:00:48 UTC 7 years ago

I hadn't heard of the postcards. Gorgeous!

What I miss, though, is being able to indulge in smelly goodness. In my teens (during the 70s) I had incense for every occasion, and favoured fruity oils (like mango) during my late twenties and early thirties, even though I sometimes had to take allergy pills in order to enjoy them. After a few episodes of severe environmental illness, I gave up on even the natural oils that I had been using. Sad now.

seanan_mcguire

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

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

October 18 2009, 21:59:21 UTC 7 years ago

If you were wearing anything at WorldCon, I didn't react to it, so that's a good thing. There may be some BPAL items that don't trigger me... just a matter of finding them.

October 20 2009, 14:58:02 UTC 7 years ago

Oh, I definitely was. Generally either Bad Luck Woman Blues or Zombie Apocalypse.

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