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fume: yves saint laurent's m7
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found my mascot in demy's "donkey skin" of all places
MISS GLUMCAKES, NO OCCUPATION. I doubt it's even worth trying...I told you so. -
fume: serge lutens' sarrasins
serge lutens sarrasins on the other hand...immediately at the top it smelled eerily like a portajohn, right down to the chemical blue aspect layered over sweet waste product, plus the nearby flowers and river/pond in the background as portajohns tend to be in nature spots like hiking trails, parks, etc. i couldn't get past that. i can vaguely see ( Read more... ) -
fume: yves saint laurent's rive gauche
or, sometimes marketing works
wearing rive gauche today! great example of how perfume is more than the explicit sensory experience in the moment merely insta-personal and devoid of background, that it can have a history and story, evocation of things far beyond smell or romantic notions of a single person and their individuality. i knew on the ( Read more... ) -
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killing time at the mall after lunch, learning that holy shit, miss dior is not for me. i have never been so repulsed by a perfume. it reminded me a little of those powdery european fruit candies, once the top note of apple pie gone bad dissipated. eek. -
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sampled interlude man yesterday, now wondering if i'm ever going to not smell like it ever again. :b it is as powerful as all the warnings said, and i'm such a subtaster/smeller/sense person in general that even monsters like shalimar, le baiser du dragon, epic man, and tobacco vanille didn't faze me--this is the first perfume i've put on where i' ( Read more... ) -
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holy smokes, no matter what else happens today is going to be a great day because i have finally tried l'air du desert marocain and it is everything i could have dreamed of and more. i have never huffed at my elbow like a maniac over and over before, but there's no way to show any restraint with this one. i have found 3, maybe 4 "could definitely ( Read more... ) -
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gosh darn it but do i love me some amouage. i didn't think there was a white floral on earth i could love but you did it--not sweet, almost bitterly green at times, and admittedly initially with a hint of mosquito repellent, but worth it for that big, beefy/meaty fresh dewy rose and animal skankified jasmine. so big, so powerful, and not a whit ( Read more... ) -
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making heritage frosting for the first time ever tonight, to cover a chocolate layer cake filled with raspberry jam (Robert talked me down from going weird/nuts and doing a thin layer of habanero jam instead) and ganache for R's birthday. wish me luck! if it works out (it's been so long since i did anything remotely ambitious when it comes to ( Read more... )