Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (BPAL) are a popular gothic perfume oil seller. They sell a wide range of pure perfume oils which are individually hand mixed; consequently there is a huge backlog and orders take a minimum of two months to arrive. To combat this there are several LJ communities devoted to swapping and selling the oils independently.

In one of these, still_serenity makes a snarky post about remembering to order from the site rather than buying off a community.

Various snippy dialogues (in which passive-aggressive :)'s are heavily abused) ensue including such jems as:

there will always be people like you who would rather beg here than give your money to the business that creates the product you crave. [*]

Wow, who lit the fuse on your tampon? Maybe you should go back to bed and try to get up on the right side.
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your comments are the equivalent of the RIAA whining about the sale of used CDs. My advice to you is the same as to them: try living in the real world. [*]

Wow... you really are the rudest, most unpleasant person I have run into in this journal or the forums. I thought BPAL made people happy- not a bitch.

If it bothers you so much- stay in the private BPAL community I see you belong too and keep your rudeness to yourself. [*]

And yes, perfume oils can be a fandom. How else would you class an obsession with something so great that you would put potentially poisonous substances in food to eat or wore it even though it gave you hideous welts because it smelled so good.