{"id":387,"date":"2006-10-03T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-04T03:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2006\/10\/03\/attention-bpal-freaks\/"},"modified":"2006-10-03T22:14:00","modified_gmt":"2006-10-04T03:14:00","slug":"attention-bpal-freaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/2006\/10\/03\/attention-bpal-freaks\/","title":{"rendered":"Attention BPAL freaks!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so I know I&apos;ve got a few BPAL addicts on my friends list, and I think I want to find out what all the hubbub is about!<\/p>\n<p>However, I have &#8220;issues&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p>Item the first:  I&apos;m a complete klutz when it comes to all things girly.  I read the descriptions on the BPAL site and I&apos;m completely lost.  I read reviews such as <lj user=\"naamah_darling\">&apos;s post <a href=\"http:\/\/naamah-darling.livejournal.com\/216591.html\">here<\/a> and I&apos;m all &#8220;durrrrrrrr&#8230; huh?&#8221; and wiping drool off my chin.<\/p>\n<p>Item the second:  The husband, <lj user=\"sqlrob\">, is sensitive to scents.  Perfumes really bug him, as do a lot of  chemical odors.  It&apos;s possible that these oils won&apos;t affect him the same way.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.shins.com.my\/products\/large-sunflower.jpg\" align=right><br \/>\nItem the third:  Due to the second item, I haven&apos;t worn perfume since 1999.  Actually, I didn&apos;t really like a lot of the perfumes I tried, but there were a couple I did really like.  One of my favorites was Sunflower .  Another I liked was Avon Soft Musk.  I liked Mary Kay&apos;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marykay.com\/fragrances\/womensfragrances\/womensfragrances\/10250800\/default.aspx\">Acapella<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So, my question for you, dear BPAL friends, is can you recommend some scents for me to try?  I&apos;ve decided to take the plunge and order 6 imps from BPAL.  I really don&apos;t know enough about my preferences to say &#8220;I prefer musks&#8230; floral&#8230; whatever&#8221;, because I just <i>don&apos;t know<\/i>.  I know what I like when I smell it of course, but I don&apos;t have the words to describe it.  I believe that I can say that patchouli makes me choke.  Living here in Austin, I&apos;m assaulted with it on a regular basis.<\/p>\n<p>So.  Anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OK, so I know I&apos;ve got a few BPAL addicts on my friends list, and I think I want to find out what all the hubbub is about! However, I have &#8220;issues&#8221;: Item the first: I&apos;m a complete klutz when it comes to all things girly. I read the descriptions on the BPAL site and I&apos;m completely lost. I read reviews such as &apos;s post here and I&apos;m all &#8220;durrrrrrrr&#8230; huh?&#8221; and wiping drool off my chin. Item the second: The husband, , is sensitive to scents. Perfumes really bug him, as do a lot of chemical odors. It&apos;s possible that these oils won&apos;t affect him the same way. Item the third: Due to the second item, I haven&apos;t worn perfume since 1999. Actually, I didn&apos;t really like a lot of the perfumes I tried, but there were a couple I did really like. One of my favorites was Sunflower . Another I liked was Avon Soft Musk. I liked Mary Kay&apos;s Acapella. So, my question for you, dear BPAL friends, is can you recommend some scents for me to try? I&apos;ve decided to take the plunge and order 6 imps from BPAL. I really don&apos;t know enough about my preferences to say &#8220;I prefer musks&#8230; floral&#8230; whatever&#8221;, because I just don&apos;t know. I know what I like when I smell it of course, but I don&apos;t have the words to describe it. I believe that I can say that patchouli makes me choke. Living here in Austin, I&apos;m assaulted with it on a regular basis. So. Anyone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/robandjen.com\/jen\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}