What’s more intriguing about perfumes than their distinct scents?
Sometimes, the florid descriptions concocted by top-notch marketing copywriters.
Perfumery is an art to engage all the senses through complex interrelationships. Voilà.
I started writing about perfume as soon as I began my quest to discover it at a new level. In this way, I would document my journey from the naive beginning, and hopefully progress along the learning curve would become apparent over time. Although perfume is the subject, I rarely review products unless something about an item is unique or compelling to me in some aspect. I have also found that perfume(ry) provides a richness of metaphors for experiences in life, and write along those lines.
Delayed response and distractionPerfumed Alphabet: C is for CedarwoodPerfumed Alphabet: B is for BergamotPerfumed Alphabet: A is for AmberVirtual reali-tea (and Incantation by Rouge Bunny Rouge)Perfume al fresco (Monserrat by FZOTIC)Anecdotal AntidoteRapid adaptation of common sensesDidn’t know I wanted a cocoon until I smelled oneGenius of FoolsA rose by any other processing method (Eternity Roses)Shiso FairyAt the intersection of creative pursuitsHow the psychology of peanut selling applies to perfumeWhat counts as a “collection,” anyway?Perfume the momentReaching for heavier notesSpritz me a fragrant poemTell me a short and fragrant storyBarrel-aged perfume: OK Fine Fragrances (AMO)Wooden FlowersA call for kindreds (London by Gallivant)It’s not over till it’s over (Les Jeux sont Faits)Layers and linearity: a personal studyI bought this for the bottle (Histoire d’Eau by Mauboussin)A perfumed resolution for 2020Armchair PhilosopherA perfumed year: 2019 retrospectiveNeo-absolutely, yesThe many scents of lonelinessBaby, it’s cold outside…The moral of the story is bufferMemory making through scent: the Smell Memory KitAlong a tessellating spectrum of expansion and contraction of the mindA perfume for forgetting?The smell of doing something fulfillingConstant presence is strengthWhen reconstruction takes more than the sum of deconstructed partsRose AnxiolytiqueKnown EntityIs it the ingredient or the effect that you really want?The importance of a thing (depends on the other things)Listening to perfume? (L’Orchestre Parfum)A Peach at HeartPepper me with first impressions (Poivre Electrique)Of dimensionality and transitory displeasuresMaybe it’s not all around, but only on your noseWhen memory becomes better than the real thingI bought this for the bottle (Ag by Ted Baker)A little inertia (and scent doppelgängers)Opossum Tries to RelaxThe animal in stink (t)Perfume: a threshold of imaginationTea on a Dreamy Afternoon | Perfume-making workshop at 4160TuesdaysMy brilliant sniffing tour of LondonA whiff of disappointment (The Writer)It can be given but you don’t have to take itA perfumed tattoo: AMKIRIFlair perfumingA perfume for your drink! (Alice & the Magician)It can be given but not taken awayIs your perfume a part of you, or something you carry?How do I love thee? Let me count the spritzesWe’ll Always Have ParisThe devil you know is still a devilMy second sniffing tour of New York CityOne Spritz Fits MostThe scent of wabi-sabiDegenerate RoseThe scent of small successesAnthocuriousPerfume: a universal languagePerfume: time well spentPerfume: a perfect puzzleThe Copy WriterThis, Too, Shall PassA green puzzle for St Patrick’s Day!Perfume as an olfactory teaBe yourself—more—with perfumeOde to Tobacco FlowerScentsory reprogrammingObnoxious RoseFake Flower’s FoolSmelling clean: an olfactory façadeThe day 2 bluesMoi Non Plus, Mon AmourAll perfume is gender neutralThe Best Supporting Actor award goes to… scent!Slowing time on the scent pianoDo you smell textures?A yen for zenComposition and compromise: a personal studyL’Esprit d’EscalierHow perfume makes you a better personA scent for ascent to a sense of wonderPerfume is all about the “and”A beginner’s experiential sniffing tour of New York CityScents and suggestibility: a personal studyShadow PlaySmile-in-a-vial
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