For some reason, this bottle seems polarizing. Some think it’s ugly. I think it’s brilliant. The juice in this case is secondary. Continue reading I bought this for the bottle (Histoire d’Eau by Mauboussin)
My goal is to learn the chemistry of perfumery—at least the basics. Continue reading A perfumed resolution for 2020
A scent of sweet idealism tempered by the degeneration of gritty reality. Continue reading Armchair Philosopher
Cheers to a year of perfuming and a happy 2020! Continue reading A perfumed year: 2019 retrospective
New things can come from second lives—as with perfumery ingredients, so with us. Continue reading Neo-absolutely, yes
Some ingredients are more likely than others to be lonely in a crowd. Continue reading The many scents of loneliness
A small crossword puzzle to cozy up with on a cold winter day or night. Continue reading Baby, it’s cold outside…
We need to give ourselves space and remind ourselves that things are often cyclical. Continue reading The moral of the story is buffer
One of the most brilliant inventions in the world of scent, IMHO—abstract smells for deliberate memory associations. Continue reading Memory making through scent: the Smell Memory Kit
In our world of short attention spans, how do we maintain a meritocracy for what we indulge in our minds? Continue reading Along a tessellating spectrum of expansion and contraction of the mind
It’s a game of balancing contrasts. Continue reading A perfume for forgetting?
To do something you love is a beautiful thing—even better if it smells good. Continue reading The smell of doing something fulfilling
Being “always there,” regardless of whether “there” is the foreground or background, takes a special kind of strength. Continue reading Constant presence is strength
Recreating an impression requires some translation across the senses. Continue reading When reconstruction takes more than the sum of deconstructed parts
It’s a nice idea, as rose and saffron are bound to make. Continue reading Rose Anxiolytique
My first “fantasy chypre.” Continue reading Known Entity
One can be had without the other, but no one said it would be easy. Continue reading Is it the ingredient or the effect that you really want?
In other words, it’s all relative. Continue reading The importance of a thing (depends on the other things)
Happily, you don’t have to be synesthetic to enjoy perfume and music simultaneously. Continue reading Listening to perfume? (L’Orchestre Parfum)
The beginnings of a peachy rose perfume. Continue reading A Peach at Heart
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