Down the Indie Rabbit Hole

[marigoldsue]

Okay sooo The Collection of Grimm from Alchimia Apothecary. I also have to mention regarding use of the company's name - they might have had their logo on the invoice, I can't recall, but the sample vials are so cute and tiny that there isn't a ton of room for text. They are what I expected, don't get me wrong! It shows them right on the listing. They're adorable, though. Alchimia is having a 10% off sale until the 16th (tomorrow for most of us) so if any of these strike you, go for it!

Spoiler

I'm going to list them in order of least to most favorite. Basically there were two Hansel & Gretel inspired scents, and two Snow White inspired. I preferred the Hansel & Gretel but hey, to each their own.

Fairest Envy - This one was gross. And it stayed gross. I didn't like it all, but objectively, I am sure that some may. The website says there are a whole slew of scents layered in, from apple to licorice but all I could smell was mint. Like, weird, chewing gum wintergreen type mint. Not pleasant for me because I actually quite dislike wintergreen scent and flavor. Pass.

Whitest of Snow - This comes third but I actually really liked it because of how different and interesting it was. It is only third because the other two were better, if that makes sense. Alchimia says the fragrance has ebony wood, holly berries and pure white snow, inspired by the titular Snow White herself, but when I first apply this it smells like wet leaves. A pile of leaves that have fallen from the tree, been rained on and then kicked around by a little kid - it's crazy, and I love it. Once it has a chance to warm up on my skin it is very pretty light floral but oh man. I live for those wet leaves.

Out of the Woods - This is actually the most wearable of the scents, barring Whitest once it dries down. It is woodsy and fragrant, but not overbearing - you don't have to worry about smelling like a tree. You just kind of smell like you're in a forest, kind of the point, I'd imagine. I love woods, so of course I love this one.

Feast Day - MY FAVORITE. I'd hoped I would love it, and it didn't disappoint. Please, just read the description from Alchimia's website:

Just... yes. Yes to everything. It smells exactly as described, down to the bacon and I die. I love this so much, I just want to put tons of it on and wear it to the most inappropriate places, like a business meeting or a funeral. It is so terribly wonderful, I can't. If you like gourmands, and don't mind bacon, get this.

The end.

Well shoot.  I ordered a Fairest Envy.  I have strange body chemistry though, maybe it will not be gross on me.

 

[Shalott]

Well shoot.  I ordered a Fairest Envy.  I have strange body chemistry though, maybe it will not be gross on me.

I am sure it will smell fine! Ha ha, honest to heaven, I have weirdest body chemistry. When I was so excited about the wet leaves, he took one sniff and said I smelt like cinnamon. Yes. That's right. What I smelt as -WET, DIRTY, NATURAL DECOMPOSITION- he smelt as CINNAMON. :lol: :lol: :lol: He's bad with scent, but not that bad. LOL, I need a second sniffer to tell me if I am mad or not!

 

[meaganola]

Sometimes it's not body chemistry.  I had a nasty migraine about fifteen years ago.  I was wearing a nutmeg-and-clove perfume oil, and I went to this awesome and weird imported foods store that smelled like spices, olives, and pickles.  My brain, like, re-wired that day, and ever since, it reads nutmeg as pickles.  Fortunately, it's just the scent, but it's still weird to grate nutmeg into a cream sauce, smell pickles, and then taste, well, *nutmeg*.

ETA:  In unrelated news, the Hello Waffle Visage items are up for individual sale!  I have to say that looking at the photos, I would normally pass these by because they are *not* my usual kinds of colors, and even looking at the photos, I am not inspired to use them, but since I did get them in my hands and have played with them in person, I absolutely adore them. 

 

[meaganola]

Dear Acorns & Alchemy:

YOUR WEB DESIGN MUST DIE. 

Love,

Someone without the patience to click on EVERY SINGLE OIL in order to see all of the descriptions

 

[Kelly Silva]

I emailed HoG about my perfumes missing from my Yule order as soon as it arrived, and Matt said they would go out ASAP...well they still weren't here by Saturday (which was a week since I emailed) so I emailed again. And he said he "would be happy to make sure they go out tomorrow". It's been a week since I emailed! I am now hesitant to buy anything in restocks, I get you're busy but it's not cool to make me email twice in a week about basically half of one of my orders missing.

 

[ohsailor]

I have over $120 worth of HoG items I ordered on November 2nd that I still haven't gotten a shipping notice for. It's never been like this with them and that's the only reason I'm not freaking out.

 

[Shalott]

My HoG is scheduled to be here tomorrow (it was in Vegas Friday so I don't knwo why they couldn't deliver it Saturday? Whatever) and y'all making me really scared there will be product missing.

@@ohsailor I know how you feel. I still just have a tracking number, no movement, from Debaucherous. I mean, it was the weekend, so we'll see tomorrow. However, whoever is in charge there had the nerve to ask I "contact them before leaving a review"... like, if you don't want bad reviews just be mostly decent, I suppose?

ETA: Oh, ha ha now the tracking number isn't even in USPS system! Wonderful! Hope I get a new one tomorrow.

 

[CassieM]

I ordered from the HoG Yule launch too the day it was released. I got my order last week, but it was missing two perfume samples and they sent me a sample sized Hearth instead of the full sized I ordered. I emailed and they said they would send me the correct items, I just hope it doesn't take their current tat which I noticed has increased since I last ordered.... I love their stuff, but I feel like these errors are pretty easily avoidable and shouldnt be happening with so many orders!

 

[BSquared]

An update on my Victorian Disco saga, not because I want sympathy or whatnot but because I think people need to know there are still issues here.

So as I mentioned I FINALLY got a tracking number on 11/6.  As of 11/12, it had not moved beyond "shipping label created". I sent her a reddit PM on the 13th askingif she knew what happened, she responded on the 14th stating she was not sure but would check with the post office and update me.

To date, no response. What I find far more interesting is my tracking # has now gone from "label created" to "no record found". I know someone mentioned you could get a refund on shipping after you created a tracking number. I am extremely, extremely suspicious of how this went from label created to nothing.

I'm just asking for a refund at this point. I'm done waiting and listening to her BS. She's a nice girl, but MY GOD she has to be the single most ridiuclous business owner I've ever dealt with.

 

[meaganola]

@@BSquared That was an order from JULY, wasn't it?

 

[Lolo22]

An update on my Victorian Disco saga, not because I want sympathy or whatnot but because I think people need to know there are still issues here.

So as I mentioned I FINALLY got a tracking number on 11/6.  As of 11/12, it had not moved beyond "shipping label created". I sent her a reddit PM on the 13th askingif she knew what happened, she responded on the 14th stating she was not sure but would check with the post office and update me.

To date, no response. What I find far more interesting is my tracking # has now gone from "label created" to "no record found". I know someone mentioned you could get a refund on shipping after you created a tracking number. I am extremely, extremely suspicious of how this went from label created to nothing.

I'm just asking for a refund at this point. I'm done waiting and listening to her BS. She's a nice girl, but MY GOD she has to be the single most ridiuclous business owner I've ever dealt with.

So ridiculous! I would give her a firm time that you expect your refund by (like 24 hours max) or will file a paypal claim.  Even if you are after the paypal window and all that, I think if enough people open claims on a business it locks their paypal accounts or something.  Once I told her I would file a claim, that was when my tracking magically updated, so I think it at least means something to her.  Either she got a refund or the PO cancelled the label because the package had not been shipped and they need to recycle numbers. So so so unprofessional and at this point SUPER rude!

 

[tacehtpuekam]

No idea what's up with my Darling Girl order. The tracking hasn't updated since it left the origin in TX on 11/11 & the estimated delivery still shows last Friday. Transit from Texas to Wisconsin is usually like two days, max. 

Mail already came today but hopefully it comes tomorrow! 

 

[BSquared]

@@BSquared That was an order from JULY, wasn't it?

Yep, order date of 7/26.

 

[Allison H]

Geez VD and her ongoing saga. Did you see what she posted on Facebook now?

 

[tacehtpuekam]

Geez VD and her ongoing saga. Did you see what she posted on Facebook now?

It's taking everything in me to not comment on that. 

MUST. HOLD IN. SNARK. 

 

[meaganola]

It's taking everything in me to not comment on that.

MUST. HOLD IN. SNARK.

What she said. Also: I just cannot believe this company. I was *sure* the implosion would have been over by now, BUT NO.

 

[Kelly Silva]

No idea what's up with my Darling Girl order. The tracking hasn't updated since it left the origin in TX on 11/11 & the estimated delivery still shows last Friday. Transit from Texas to Wisconsin is usually like two days, max. 

Mail already came today but hopefully it comes tomorrow! 

Mine's doing the same thing, was supposed to be here by now.

 

[Shalott]

I got my Haus of Gloi order and everything was correct! I am so relieved! I can't wait to start playing with everything but I have to say this - they threw in Fancy Bread as my perfume sample! I was so excited, since y'all seem to love it so much. Then I put it on,

Please don't hurt me for this but IthinkFancyBreadsmellslikedirtyfeet. There, I said it. :wacko: Ugh, I have to wash it off now, it is so bad.

 

[marigoldsue]

I HATE my post office.  When I went out of ton late October for work, I had my mail held.  I didn't specify an end date since I did not know how long I would be at trial.  In those instances, picking up your mail when you get back is supposed to take you off of hold.  So they delivered some (but not all) of my mail while I was gone.  Then I went to pick-up the held mail and they had changed the hours.  I was too early on my way to work and missed it by 2 min on my way home.  So I rushed a week ago Friday to get my mail picked up.  They gave me mail and delivered on Sat and the following Monday like they should have.  Then nothing.  I thought my GDE OTM was lost.  But after three days of no mail, I went early Saturday afternoon and they had been holding my mail again.  So I picked up mail, and said "Now this time you really have me off of hold, right?"  She assured me they did.  I got home and they had delivered mail on Saturday, which they thought thety had a hold order for me when they loaded trucks that morning, so why did it get delivered?  And tonight I get home and no mail again.  My HoG was supposed to be delivered today, but it looks like they held it.  So I either have to rush to the post office tomorrow to get it before they close, or if I call them and try to get it straightened out over the phone I won't get it until Wednesday.  Masters of Inefficiency!

 

[Shalott]

@@marigoldsue My office usually doesn't have a problem with the sorting, et cetera, but we have one full time mail carrier who is good. Very good, always delivers tot he right house, knows if you need something signed for, or if you're cool with it going in the box, the works. But he's also Army Reserve, so he is gone fairly regularly. Oh man, you can always tell when he is gone. Mis-delivered, returned to post office, beat up, terrible mail service. Then it's like a celebration when the regular guy comes back.

Here's hoping you get your deliveries straightened out once and for all! /emoticons/[email protected] 2x" width="20" height="20" />