Today from the Nightstand of Squee: TKO
Yes, Vandole, you are not my only nightstand! 
TKO is from the Panacea section of the General Catalog, and as such, is $10 more per bottle than the average GC; it's blended less for scent effects and more for aromatherapy. You can't buy individual imps of them; you have to buy them as a set, and it's pricey.
Are they worth the extra $10 a bottle? If the rest are like TKO, then YES. Absolutely.
TKO's description:
”Many things -- such as loving, going to sleep, or behaving unaffectedly -- are done worst when we try hardest to do them.”
It is primarily used in BPAL circles for sleep, and is often lauded as a sleep aid. And that's why I wanted a bottle; I often have terrible insomnia, and have a great deal of trouble getting good sleep even once I do fall asleep. I wanted a bottle but couldn't justify the price, so I bought a bottle of Somnus from the collection of GCs designed specifically for sleep instead. I lamented not being able to afford TKO in my Click n Ship post on BPAL.org (you post what you're getting and when you get the notice it's on its way), and someone sent me a bottle for free. *fwump*
TKO smells medicinal in the bottle--a sharp lavender. But on, the lavender softens immediately, and a warm vanilla candy smell comes to the fore. It's not the hyper-sugary candy note that always goes plastic and headache-y on me; it's a mellow, soft, almost caramel scent. It's pillowy, that's the best word I have for it. A pillowy, warm lavender vanilla caramel. That sounds horrid, but it's really, really not. Really not.
Does it help me sleep? Yes. But my theory on why is that it could be most any scent; if a scent is used every night at bedtime, the brain will take it as a cue to shut down and go to sleep. Or not. I dunno. This stuff is so lulling.
TKO FTW.
Posted on 06/25/2009 - 9:25pm
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Wow
Read this right after a bad night. I've had insomnia since age 13, and I have done all the tricks in the book, except medication, I do not want to use any!
(I'm also half-animal or something, because I have very vivid sences, I smell, hear and see thing really well. Also in dreams, when I do get sleep.)
But the idea of scents has never even popped into my mind and this is the first time I hear of it as well. You have gotten me really interested now
Shock and awe! I have been
Shock and awe! I have been referenced in a main post! *swoon*
That actually sounds really good. I'm somewhat of an insomniac as well, though perfume would not have been my first thought of how to fix it. I'm just not very comfortable sleeping in my bed, for whatever reason. My mind doesn't shut down and I find I can only sleep on my stomach, facing away from the nearest wall, with the leg and arm against the wall straight and the other leg raised. It sounds quite uncomfortable to describe it and I got pretty weird looks from my roommate, who described me as a spread-eagled swastika, but I can sleep like that. If I've been lying in bed for about an hour.
I'm no end table, I'm a nightstand.
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