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synecdochic_decants2014-07-27 10:29 am
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Neil Gaiman decant circles: prototypes!
So, turns out elisem is also friends with Neil, and she happened to be one of the people who received bottles of the prototypes while the collections were being developed. She has very generously offered to contribute a portion of those prototypes to this circle: she'll be sending me a decant of each of the prototypes she has of each of the scents that did eventually get released.
There are a few ways I could handle that -- the obvious one being giving away each decant to one of the people who ordered that scent -- but I think what I'll do is further divide the decants so that everyone who ordered a particular scent gets a few drops of the prototype as a 'sniffie', with (hopefully) just enough oil to skin-test and compare the two. Elise says she doesn't have prototypes for everything (and, on the contrary, has several prototypes for some and isn't sure which one got chosen), so it will be a bit like a lottery! (I will try to make sure everyone gets at least one sniffie, though, even if it's for a scent you didn't order.)
The one caveat (which will be repeated on the label for each sniffie): if/when you decide that particular scent is Not For You, these sniffies are not for sale or trade. They can only be given away. (This is part of Elise's agreement with Beth for these prototypes: she can give them away, but not sell or trade them, and Beth would like for these to not enter into the secondary market for sale or trade.)
Thank you so much,elisem!
elisem is also friends with Neil, and she happened to be one of the people who received bottles of the prototypes while the collections were being developed. She has very generously offered to contribute a portion of those prototypes to this circle: she'll be sending me a decant of each of the prototypes she has of each of the scents that did eventually get released.There are a few ways I could handle that -- the obvious one being giving away each decant to one of the people who ordered that scent -- but I think what I'll do is further divide the decants so that everyone who ordered a particular scent gets a few drops of the prototype as a 'sniffie', with (hopefully) just enough oil to skin-test and compare the two. Elise says she doesn't have prototypes for everything (and, on the contrary, has several prototypes for some and isn't sure which one got chosen), so it will be a bit like a lottery! (I will try to make sure everyone gets at least one sniffie, though, even if it's for a scent you didn't order.)
The one caveat (which will be repeated on the label for each sniffie): if/when you decide that particular scent is Not For You, these sniffies are not for sale or trade. They can only be given away. (This is part of Elise's agreement with Beth for these prototypes: she can give them away, but not sell or trade them, and Beth would like for these to not enter into the secondary market for sale or trade.)
Thank you so much,
elisem!