Circle: CHAOS THEORY VII: EMERGENCE

[synecdochic]

CIRCLE STATUS: Shipped and closed!

I am ONLY doing Chaos Theory, not the Lunacy. (Lunacies have been more trouble than they're worth for the past few rounds.) For those who are a bit fuzzy about how this works: Chaos Theory is a thing where Beth makes every bottle of perfume unique, and there are no notes listed (other than, in this case, a perfume category) and no records kept of the recipe. You pays your money, you takes your chances.

Warning: I will be slow to update the 'taken' list. Just keep signing up, I'll catch up in the wee hours.

This circle will operate under standard policies, with the following variables:

DECANT COST: $4/decant, $11.50/HB, $23/FB
SHIPPING COST: $3 US shipping; for 1-5 decants $7.16 international shipping; for 6+ decants or any half bottles/bottles, $8 to Canada, $10 to anywhere else.
MINIMUM TO ORDER A BOTTLE: 2/6 slots filled
ORDER WILL BE PLACED: Afternoon/evening of Saturday 6 Jun BUT
SIGNUPS MAY TEMPORARILY CLOSE: Evening of Friday 5 Jun
HALF BOTTLES/FULL BOTTLES/RIDE-ALONGS: No add-ons/ride-alongs for this one, because it's going to be a bit of a logistics nightmare to make sure everything gets labeled and that everyone gets what they wanted. I'll do half bottles, but half bottles are still operating under "fucking leaky dram bottles" rules, with a twist for the fact that each of these is essentially a single bottle of a single scent: if the bottle your half bottle is assigned to (see below caveat) fills up entirely, I'll give you the Lab bottle for it, otherwise you will get it in three decant vials.

SPECIAL NOTES ABOUT SELECTION: Okay, this is tough, since it's a Chaos Theory. Here's how I'm going to do the signups: You sign up for how many decants/bottles/half bottles you want for each of the 'categories'. You can sign up for multiple decants of each 'category'. If you do, you MUST specify if you want all your decants to come out of the same bottle (the same scent) or if you want all your decants to come out of different bottles (different scents). If I have more signups from 'different bottles' than I have bottles I'm ordering, or I can't rebalance the signups to make it work out, I'll offer people the option of taking more slots or dropping extra decants. This is why signups will temporarily close Friday night while I shuffle things. (If I don't need to do the shuffling, I won't close signups.)

THE WAY I WANT YOUR SIGNUPS:

Let's say you want 2 Animalic decants, 1 Gourmand decant, and 2 Woods decants.

For decants from the same bottle:
2/Animalic
1/Gourmand
2/Woods

For decants from different bottles:
1/Animalic
1/Animalic
1/Gourmand
1/Woods
1/Woods

Mixing and matching, let's say you want 2 DIFFERENT decants of Animalic, one half bottle of Woods, and 2 of the SAME Gourmand:
1/Animalic
1/Animalic
1 HALF BOTTLE/Woods
2/Gourmand


In other words: signups on the same line mean "same bottle", signups on another line for the same scent means "different bottles". You can list as many different bottles from the same category as you want. If I don't have enough different bottles to fill those orders when it all shakes out, I'll let you choose from another category that I do have slots in, or drop the decant.

IF YOU DO NOT USE THE ABOVE FORMAT FOR LISTING YOUR SIGNUPS, I WILL NOT GUESS WHAT YOU MEANT AND I WILL NOT GUARANTEE IF YOU GET SAME/DIFFERENT BOTTLES. Some of you don't copy/paste the signup template (probably because you're on mobile?) and sometimes I have to guess what you mean. I'm not doing that this time. If you don't use the above format, and you order multiple decants from the same category, you will get either same bottle or different bottle depending on how I need to balance the signups.

Phew.

Name/Username: PayPal email address: US or international shipping: Link to wishlist (if any): Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):

SPECIAL CAVEAT: The signups as listed in the below lists are not necessarily going to be the way that you get your actual decants. In other words, if Alice is on the list as being in the same bottle as Bob, Alice and Bob are not going to necessarily get the same scent. I will label all the decants the way the Lab labels them: with the Roman numbers on the bottle.



ANIMALIC
Accords of castoreum, ambergris, and civet! Leathers and musks ahoy!

Bottle #1: #67
HB. lindra
4. elfin
5. devon
6. momijizukamori


Bottle #2: #68
1. elfin
2. devon
3. momijizukamori
4.
5.
6.

Bottle #3: #69
HB. lindra
4. elfin
5.
6.


FLORAL
Any manner of flowers – pale or bright, crisp or sultry – will form the base of these Chaos blends.

Bottle #1: #33
HB. lindra
4. cameroncrazed
5. devon
6.

Bottle #2: #44
1. cameroncrazed
B. vicki_rae


FOUGERE
Sharply fernlike lavenders and lilacs with a herbaceous, oakmoss-tinted touch.

Bottle #1: #31
1. teaotter
2. biodamped
3. devon
4. momijizukamori
5. alterosen
6.

Bottle #2: #52
HB. alterosen
4. teaotter
5. biodamped
6. devon

Bottle #3: #45
1. biodamped
B. vicki_rae

Bottle #4: #47
B. vicki_rae



GOURMAND
Sweet vanillas, thick chocolates, burnt caramels, and spun sugars.

Bottle #1: #136
HB. lindra
4. teaotter
5. cameroncrazed
6. alterosen

Bottle #2: #146
HB. lindra
4. teaotter
5. cameroncrazed
6.

Bottle #3: #173
HB. lindra
HB. alterosen

Bottle #3: #174
B. vicki_rae

Bottle #4: #209
B. vicki_rae



ORIENTAL
These scents possess sensual, languid bases, including amber, benzoin, tonka, balsams, and dark, warm vanillas.

Bottle #1: #187
HB. alterosen
4. elfin
5. teaotter
6. cameroncrazed

Bottle #2: #190
HB. lindra
4. elfin
5. cameroncrazed
6. momijizukamori

Bottle #3: #189
HB. lindra
4. elfin
5. devon
6. momijizukamori

Bottle #4: #191
1. alterosen
2. ghoti
3.
4.
5.
6.


WOODS
The root of these scents (SEE WHAT I DID THERE?) are foresty and camphoraceous, riddled with deep greens and lush brown tones.

Bottle #1: #70
HB. lindra
4. teaotter
5. biodamped
6. momijizukamori

Bottle #2: #71
HB. lindra
4. biodamped
5. ghoti
6.

Bottle #3: #72
HB. biodamped
4.
5.
6.

Comments

[elfin]

Name/Username: elfin
PayPal email address: same as before
US or international shipping: US
Link to wishlist (if any): wishlist
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):
1/Animalic
1/Animalic
1/Animalic
1/Oriental
1/Oriental
1/Oriental

[synecdochic]

List updated, please check me, invoices coming soon.

[teaotter]

Name/Username: TeaOtter
PayPal email address: TeaOtter at yahoo
US or international shipping: US
Link to wishlist (if any): here
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):
1/Fougere
1/Fougere
1/Gourmand
1/Gourmand
1/Oriental
1/Woods

[synecdochic]

Lists updated! Please doublecheck me. Invoices will come soonish.

[cameroncrazed.livejournal.com]

Name/Username: cameroncrazed
PayPal email address: cameroncrazed02@netscape.net
US or international shipping: US
Link to wishlist (if any):
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):
1/Floral
1/Floral
1/Gourmand
1/Gourmand
1/Oriental
1/Oriental

[synecdochic]

Hello, and welcome to my circles! It's great to have you. If you have any questions, let me know.

I've updated the lists, and will send you out your PayPal invoice in a little bit -- maybe tomorrow, maybe Friday.

[vicki_rae]

Name/Username: Vicki-Rae
PayPal email address: Same as before
US or international shipping: US
Link to wishlist:
http://blackphoenixalchemylab.com/my-lists/view-a-list/?wlid=25149
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):

The idea of Chaos Theory scents just fascinates me for some reason. Five full bottles total.

1 full bottle / FLORAL

1 full bottle / FOUGERE
1 full bottle / FOUGERE

1 full bottle / GOURMAND
1 full bottle / GOURMAND

[synecdochic]

Lists updated! Please check me, yadda.

And, hey, would it be all right if (if necessary) I pull a single decant from each of your bottles before sending? (Obviously reducing the price by $4.) That might give me a little more wiggle room when it comes to shuffling things. (It is perfectly okay to say no, you want the whole bottle come hell or high water!)

[biodamped]

Name/Username: Lil / biodamped
PayPal email address: alyelle at gmail
US or international shipping: Australia
Link to wishlist (if any): http://www.bpal.org/blog/1108/entry-7936-masterlist-wishlist/
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):

1/Fougere
1/Fougere
1/Fougere
1/Woods
1/Woods
1/Woods

Pre-emptively - I am happy for the third decant of either (or both) to be a half bottle if you do end up having to shuffle things about, so just poke me if that happens :)

[synecdochic]

Got it! And yeah, it looks like some of those may wind up having to be half bottles, but I will ping you tomorrow :)

[devon]

Name/Username: devon
PayPal email address: on record - gmail
US or international shipping: USA
Link to wishlist (if any): http://www.bpal.org/topic/127-wishlist/page-119#entry2485613
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):

1/Animalic
1/Animalic
1/Floral
1/Fougere
1/Fougere
1/Oriental

Thanks!

[synecdochic]

Got it! Check me, &c.

[momijizukamori]

Name/Username: Momijizukamori
PayPal email address: cocoa@tokyo-tower.org
US or international shipping: US
Link to wishlist (if any): too lazy to dig it up
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):
1/Animalic
1/Animalic
1/Fougere
1/Oriental
1/Oriental
1/Woods

[synecdochic]

You got it! Please check to make sure I have things correct, yadda.

[lindra]

Name/Username: lindra
PayPal email address: lindra at gmail
US or international shipping: international (australia, baby!)
Link to wishlist (if any): n/a
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):

1 HALF BOTTLE/Animalic
1 HALF BOTTLE/Animalic
1 HALF BOTTLE/Floral
1 HALF BOTTLE/Gourmand
1 HALF BOTTLE/Gourmand
1 HALF BOTTLE/Gourmand
1 HALF BOTTLE/Oriental
1 HALF BOTTLE/Oriental
1 HALF BOTTLE/Woods
1 HALF BOTTLE/Woods

Gosh, apparently I really like gambling. If you need me to change my requests to keep things tidier for you, I'm flexible!

[synecdochic]

Weirdly, when I added you it resolved a bunch of conflicts, but just in case, would you be okay with one of your half bottles as three decants? You and alterosen below have requested enough half bottles of Gourmand that I might have a problem there, and it's not a scent family I love enough to want to have that many partials left over. ;)

[alterosen]

Name/Username: alterosen
PayPal email address: alterosen2 at yahoo.ca
US or international shipping: International - Canada
Link to wishlist (if any): http://www.bpal.org/topic/127-wishlist/page-35#entry824750
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):

1 HALF BOTTLE Fougere
1 HALF BOTTLE Gourmand
1 HALF BOTTLE Oriental

Thanks!

[synecdochic]

You got it! Just in case: if necessary, would you be all right with one of your half bottles as three decants? You and lindra above have requested enough half bottles of Gourmand that I might have a problem there, and it's not a scent family I love enough to want that many partials left over :)

[ghoti]

I am being brave and doing this thing.

Name/Username: ghoti
PayPal email address: see screened post
US or international shipping: US
Link to wishlist (if any): n/a
Please sign me up for (SEE ABOVE FOR INSTRUCTIONS):
1/Oriental
1/Woods

[synecdochic]

You got it! And welcome to my circles :)

[teaotter]

I got my package today, and had to start sniffing these.

Do you have any left of Woods #70 or Oriental #187 by any chance?

[synecdochic]

I replied to you elsewhere, but just so I don't worry I missed something, replying here as well: alas, both of those passed the two-minute skin test, and I'm gonna keep them for future extended testing. I will let you know if they don't pass the extended test!

[alterosen]

Howdy!
Having lots of fun with these.
I'd be very interested in the leftovers of Gourmand #173, if there are any (& lindra didn't beat me to it!) & also Oriental #191 & perhaps decants of Animalic, Floral & Woods?

[synecdochic]

Finally getting to these, ugh!

Fill levels approximate, and I'm knocking off some on the 'standard' price for the bottles being so overfull, but: I could do you leftovers of both Gourmand 173 (about 2.5 decants left, $8) and Oriental 191 (about 4.5 decants left, $15). I'm not going to re-decant, that way lies madness, sorry!

[ghoti]

Would you mind parting with the rest of Woods #71? :)

[synecdochic]

Finally getting to these! Sorry about the delay. I am indeed willing to part with the rest of Woods 71. Fill levels approximate and discounting from 'standard' prices because the bottles were so full, it's got about 2.5 decants left in it, so let's call it $8? Let me know!